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GPS on Froyo seriously messed up! Can this be fixed?

There are a few threads on the various Froyo releases, their features bugs etc. but nothing that touches on Froyo's GPS issues specifically.
I'd like to know whether anyone has successfully changed the 'look ahead' behavior that all the Froyo firmwares come with so far.
For those who have not experienced, i.e. not YET noticed this 'feature', here is a brief description:
On Froyo the GPS is showing you exactly where you are even while driving at speed. There is no delay whatsoever. All is well while you are going in a straight line.
The problems begin when you either stop abruptly or take a sharp turn. It then takes the GPS up to a few seconds to come to terms with what just happened. I can only assume this is due to some software component 'smoothing' the path by making up positions, i.e. looking ahead.
I uninstalled JPH and JPK. GPS doesn't do me any good when I see myself still driving down the same road after I took a right turn 5 seconds ago. JM8 and a number of other Eclair firmwares do not suffer from this.
Has anyone successfully 'downgraded' the GPS component of Froyo? Is this even possible? Is there a way to disable the 'look ahead'.....somewhere hidden in settings or some hidden menu?

ewok666 said:
Has anyone successfully 'downgraded' the GPS component of Froyo? Is this even possible? Is there a way to disable the 'look ahead'.....somewhere hidden in settings or some hidden menu?
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Did you turn on the "Use Sensor Aiding" feature? That's new in Froyo. Try turning that off. It's in the Location menu.

hardcore said:
Did you turn on the "Use Sensor Aiding" feature? That's new in Froyo. Try turning that off. It's in the Location menu.
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Thanks. I thought I had that disabled. Is this on by default? I'll give that a try next time I load a Froyo firmware....if there was a quick way to nandroid back without an Odin restore, EFS fixup plus all the Voodoo conversions that would be sooner rather than later ;-)

ewok666 said:
Thanks. I thought I had that disabled. Is this on by default? I'll give that a try next time I load a Froyo firmware....if there was a quick way to nandroid back without an Odin restore, EFS fixup plus all the Voodoo conversions that would be sooner rather than later ;-)
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The default is off
It greatly helps when it's on I think

Arkanius said:
The default is off
It greatly helps when it's on I think
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Isn't it meant to aid while walking? I can see that this may be causing when driving.

Well, there is absolutely no reason this option to decrease performance.. At least shouldnt be, unless Samsung screwed something up as usual. (which actually may be the case)
I had mine set to "off" by default. There is next to no difference while driving.

xan said:
Well, there is absolutely no reason this option to decrease performance.. At least shouldnt be, unless Samsung screwed something up as usual. (which actually may be the case)
I had mine set to "off" by default. There is next to no difference while driving.
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As I said in the OP, I've always had the issue that GPS took seconds to realize that I changed direction or suddenly stopped. I'm just guessing that something that is intended to help stabilize GPS at slow speeds (walking, swimming with the dog, etc.) might cause a similar effect while travelling in a car.

swimming with the dog? I shat bricks ;d
Anyway, yes that right. Since its like phone is calculating from the sensor (compass, g-sensor -> speculating here) reads the approximate direction and pace you are moving at. It *might* be a problem with g-sensor read, becouse I find it quite flaky (using gps testing utilities exposes its terrible lag and low sensitivity)
BTW is it better after disabling it?

xan said:
swimming with the dog? I shat bricks ;d
Anyway, yes that right. Since its like phone is calculating from the sensor (compass, g-sensor -> speculating here) reads the approximate direction and pace you are moving at. It *might* be a problem with g-sensor read, becouse I find it quite flaky (using gps testing utilities exposes its terrible lag and low sensitivity)
BTW is it better after disabling it?
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Well, there was a guy in another thread who claimed his Galaxy GPS was spot on. To proof that he uploaded a track of his walk with the dog and it clearly went right through the river a couple of times........I thought THAT was hilarious! ;-)
I might flash Froyo once again and play with that setting......still hoping that the Galaxy CAN do acceptable GPS. :-|

i'm mostly happy with the gps software on JPK (compared to JM8 which was already better than "official")
but the lag you're speaking about is killing me. there's waaay too much delay. sure it makes nice recorded tracks, but using it you'll see its crap
going to try my track with aiding stuff off tomorrow although im not sure its going to help

Well i am using JPK and the MOTONAV is running......ok, but i got "GPS LOST SIGNAL" every 10 minutes and the map jump around, after 10 seconds it will find signal again and back on track. anoying.

I borrowed an iphone 4 to test that thing's GPS and compare it to the Galaxy.
I have attached the Horror kml track file. It's no better, if not worse, than the Froyo stuff. I certainly did NOT expect that!
The kml can be viewed with Google earth and other GPS programs.....
And for the record....I did drive ON the road at all times ;-)

There is a new trend obviously. The more expensive the phone, the more messed up the GPS. LOL
What a total fail for the high-end devices these days.

bilboa1 said:
i'm mostly happy with the gps software on JPK (compared to JM8 which was already better than "official")
but the lag you're speaking about is killing me. there's waaay too much delay. sure it makes nice recorded tracks, but using it you'll see its crap
going to try my track with aiding stuff off tomorrow although im not sure its going to help
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did not help ;D

bilboa1 said:
did not help ;D
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Bummer......
Maybe they looked at the iPhone and thought it was a great 'feature'.

Oh man, if 2.2 firmware didn't get the GPS issues resolved, then it's pretty much useless for me. I'm happy with the overall phone as it is, minus the GPS issues.

stan28 said:
Oh man, if 2.2 firmware didn't get the GPS issues resolved, then it's pretty much useless for me. I'm happy with the overall phone as it is, minus the GPS issues.
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The GPS issues will NEVER be resolved - it's a hardware problem. You probably just won't ever get Samsung to admit it, now they try those lame "sensor aiding" dirty fixes, but that's just another proof that it's a hardware problem - why else would they spend time doing the sensor aiding?
EDIT: I hope Samsung proves me wrong

MoWa22 said:
The GPS issues will NEVER be resolved - it's a hardware problem. You probably just won't ever get Samsung to admit it, now they try those lame "sensor aiding" dirty fixes, but that's just another proof that it's a hardware problem - why else would they spend time doing the sensor aiding?
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PROVE IT!!! You are presenting hypothesis as fact, and that might be acceptable in places such as Digg, but it is inappropriate on developer websites.
Also, how do you know that sensor aiding required much much work? After all, it's predictable polling from already working/predictable sensors, unlike GPS sensors which pick up a fuzzy idea of where you are, is affected by satellite coverage, etc.
Sensor aiding can assist even GOOD GPS receivers indoors, tunnels and in areas where signal can drop (heavy trees, huge skyscrapers). Yes, even on Garmin units, this can be handy. We all know that the faster you travel the greater inaccuracies which are incurred, and this can help reduce inaccuracies in those scenarios. There are plenty of reasons to implement this functionality, and not all point towards bad hardware. Samsung probably has a few groups of programmers being thrown at different problems, because programmers aren't scalable, and there is a limit to the number of developers which can work on a specific issue/bug/improvement.

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PROVE IT!!! You are presenting hypothesis as fact, and that might be acceptable in places such as Digg, but it is inappropriate on developer websites.
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I can't prove it - but I can use my brains to put together the circumstantial evidence. Sorry if that isn't good enough for you.

MoWa22 said:
I can't prove it - but I can use my brains to put together the circumstantial evidence. Sorry if that isn't good enough for you.
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You SAID "The GPS issues will NEVER be resolved - it's a hardware problem", and spreading random rumors like that makes XDA appear unprofessional, and benefits nobody. I've just simply noticed a recent trend towards guesses being slowly changed to fact here in XDA developers, and I'd like to try to reduce the frequency of that happening

Several sensors have failed in less than 24hours

Hello guys
I received my phone yesterday and it was working nicely but today when I realized, I saw that several sensors weren't working.
After several hours of wiping, flashing roms, RUU's, and so on... my phone is defective 99.9% sure.(NOT!)
I've downloaded the app "Sensor List" by Idea Matters, and it shows me 9 sensors, but the only ones working are the proximity and light sensors.
The first two pictures are from my phone, the other three are from a friends HTC ONE X that is working properly.
The difference is clear enough...lol! Can this be a software related issue?
The ones from him say Panasonic and all of mine say MPL.
BTW: both of our phones were made in Taiwan according to the invoice.
His is white, mine is grey
Tks
EDIT: SOLVED WITH THE STUPIDEST POSSIBLE THING EVER... after all of the trouble, simply went to task manager and did a kill all tasks, working perfectly.
If it happens to you guys, consider simply turning the phone off and on again.Don't do a simple reboot.

Have you tried this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24513824
You can test almost all sensors without installing 3rd party apps.

yup the magical number is still 20% defect rate
color and build country seems unrelated also the chinese seems more affected
20% is not acceptable...

tks mate but it just stays there "put the device on a plane surface", and it doesn't do anything

hamdir said:
yup the magical number is still 20% defect rate
color and build country seems unrelated also the chinese seems more affected
20% is not acceptable...
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damn...

casca said:
damn...
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it will clear out in few weeks I'm sure but yea damn

hamdir said:
yup the magical number is still 20% defect rate
color and build country seems unrelated also the chinese seems more affected
20% is not acceptable...
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total understatement!!!!!

This is not what I was hoping to hear :/

hamdir said:
yup the magical number is still 20% defect rate
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Did you know that 84.175% of all internet polls about defect rates were complete nonsense, and didn't return anything even slightly close to the real-world figure?
It's true, I swear. I read it on an internet poll. ;-)

hamdir said:
yup the magical number is still 20% defect rate
color and build country seems unrelated also the chinese seems more affected
20% is not acceptable...
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Never in this world do they have a 20% failure rate. A straw poll on XDA doesnt equate to real life figures, nor do any internet polls as such.
20% failure rates would be picked up at the factory without a doubt. 20% is a damn high figure.
Generally 1% failure is the norm , so at most if things really are bad it'll be at 5%. Never 20%.
Slim

hamdir said:
it will clear out in few weeks I'm sure but yea damn
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what do you mean by clear out?

Omg... This is the weirdest thing ever...
After having unlocked, relocked, and unlocked the bootloader again...flashing the ruu, flashing several roms, restored factory defaults, restoring through the phone fastboot menu and so on...
Nothing was able to get my sensors working (g-sensor,compass,gravity...).only proximity and light sensor kept working.
The fix after all of my failed attempts was as simple as going to the phones task manager and doing a "kill all tasks".
This is the freakiest and weirdest gadget related issue i have ever seen.
3 letters...
Wtf!
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

casca said:
Omg... This is the weirdest thing ever...
After having unlocked, relocked, and unlocked the bootloader again...flashing the ruu, flashing several roms, restored factory defaults, restoring through the phone fastboot menu and so on...
Nothing was able to get my sensors working (g-sensor,compass,gravity...).only proximity and light sensor kept working.
The fix after all of my failed attempts was as simple as going to the phones task manager and doing a "kill all tasks".
This is the freakiest and weirdest gadget related issue i have ever seen.
3 letters...
Wtf!
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA
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More than likely all you've found is a bug in the test program.

Don't know dude...but after all i have done, the solution was freakin weird...
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

hamdir said:
yup the magical number is still 20% defect rate
color and build country seems unrelated also the chinese seems more affected
20% is not acceptable...
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you base that on what? What we se on forums are what usualy are called "vocal minority". That is the people that yells most are often the ones heard.
I dont think HTC has more problems then other new high-end devices like xperia.

audioslim said:
Never in this world do they have a 20% failure rate. A straw poll on XDA doesnt equate to real life figures, nor do any internet polls as such.
20% failure rates would be picked up at the factory without a doubt. 20% is a damn high figure.
Generally 1% failure is the norm , so at most if things really are bad it'll be at 5%. Never 20%.
Slim
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It's a defect rate being measured in the poll not a failure rate.

rory88uk said:
It's a defect rate being measured in the poll not a failure rate.
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Arguably, the poll isn't measuring anything at all. You can vote more than once, vote if you don't own the phone, vote incorrectly on purpose or because you don't actually know what is a phone defect or a third party software issue, and of course as stated already people with problems are vastly more likely to answer than those without.
The poll is completely meaningless...

Problems with camera

Hey all,
i have some problem, with my camera, i noticed that on the photos there are some grain or noise a lot.. Its only for me ?
Please help!

marvelfreak said:
Hey all,
i have some problem, with my camera, i noticed that on the photos there are some grain or noise a lot.. Its only for me ?
Please help!
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I have a similar problem. Curious, though. have you opened camera, settings, and at the bottom of the list, reset?

chip.hughes said:
I have a similar problem. Curious, though. have you opened camera, settings, and at the bottom of the list, reset?
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Jap, i also try that, nothing changed..

Picture actually looks pretty good for it to be a low light indoor shot. Plus your computer monitor casts a light bleed on your picture. Have to remember this is a camera on a phone and not a high end dslr camera. So pictures in low light can always come out bad and grainy.
Sent from my HTC6500LVW using Tapatalk

Grain in dark pictures are expected. I have a canon 5d mkIII and even with a full-framed sensor, it'll still pick up some grain. Our phone does pretty well for the size of the sensor. Wouldn't sweat it unless the purple hue attacks

This is a well-documented issue with the One.
HTC says it should be fixed in software on the 4.3 update. I'm not 100% convinced. If it's not fixed, I'll be getting rid of the phone. My low-light pictures are awful compared to other phones I've owned.
As for the Canon guy.. I'm sure you have way more settings you can change over the phone's setting to make your 5D pics better

Thank you guys for yours answers,i will play again with my phone's camera's settings. I thought that the Ultrapixell kamera is perfect in low-light. i as wrong..

dbornack said:
This is a well-documented issue with the One.
HTC says it should be fixed in software on the 4.3 update. I'm not 100% convinced. If it's not fixed, I'll be getting rid of the phone. My low-light pictures are awful compared to other phones I've owned.
As for the Canon guy.. I'm sure you have way more settings you can change over the phone's setting to make your 5D pics better
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I didn't know the grainy pics was "well documented." I only know of the purple hue issue. If I use the night setting it helps a lot and I've been pleased with the pics, better than my S4 in many settings.
I suppose you could try night mode, maybe with a low iso to see how your pics look.
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mlin said:
I didn't know the grainy pics was "well documented." I only know of the purple hue issue. If I use the night setting it helps a lot and I've been pleased with the pics, better than my S4 in many settings.
I suppose you could try night mode, maybe with a low iso to see how your pics look.
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Search "htc one camera issue" and you will get a google's worth of results of discussions on the topic.
Purple Hue and Grainy are pretty much the same issue, or I have both issues with two HTC Ones now. I tried every setting in the book. Nothing made it better. Night mode made them blurry on top of it, as I'm holding the phone at a very slow shutter speed, this was expected. Tried ISO as well. It just sucks.

dbornack said:
Search "htc one camera issue" and you will get a google's worth of results of discussions on the topic.
Purple Hue and Grainy are pretty much the same issue, or I have both issues with two HTC Ones now. I tried every setting in the book. Nothing made it better. Night mode made them blurry on top of it, as I'm holding the phone at a very slow shutter speed, this was expected. Tried ISO as well. It just sucks.
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I agree one hundred percent. I envy those of you that do not have this issue. I purchased mine second hand. To my knowledge, the warranty is non-transferable. Just hoping that the Verizon update will patch this, if it is not straight up hardware. I tried the 4.3 roms, but they are ports, and this probably goes deeper than just a surface flash.

If I may be so bold, please allow me to share my experience. I was having an issue with grainy pictures. When I covered my lens it would turn red. I sent a support request to HTC. They gave me the runaround for about 2 weeks saying to wait for 4.3, the software will fix it. Then they told me to use third-party camera apps. Eventually I got mad, closed the ticket. I sat there and fumed and then walked away. A day later I got a "tell us how we did" email. I laced into them and told them that I had a bad experience, that my camera is clearly defective and being told to use third-party apps that still have the issue isn't a fix. I got a response back and they asked if I had considered sending it for repair. I told them that I had never been given that option. The guy told me he was going to call me and he did. We talked for about 5 minutes, he took my info, he sounded like a cool guy. We joked a bit. He offered to pay shipping into HTC. I sent it in.
I got it back today. It's a night and day difference. It's actually catches focus like it should. When I cover the lens it stays jet black. It's a big difference. Send it back. Let them fix it. It sucked to be without it but it took them about a week round trip. It was worth it.

one4thewings said:
If I may be so bold, please allow me to share my experience. I was having an issue with grainy pictures. When I covered my lens it would turn red. I sent a support request to HTC. They gave me the runaround for about 2 weeks saying to wait for 4.3, the software will fix it. Then they told me to use third-party camera apps. Eventually I got mad, closed the ticket. I sat there and fumed and then walked away. A day later I got a "tell us how we did" email. I laced into them and told them that I had a bad experience, that my camera is clearly defective and being told to use third-party apps that still have the issue isn't a fix. I got a response back and they asked if I had considered sending it for repair. I told them that I had never been given that option. The guy told me he was going to call me and he did. We talked for about 5 minutes, he took my info, he sounded like a cool guy. We joked a bit. He offered to pay shipping into HTC. I sent it in.
I got it back today. It's a night and day difference. It's actually catches focus like it should. When I cover the lens it stays jet black. It's a big difference. Send it back. Let them fix it. It sucked to be without it but it took them about a week round trip. It was worth it.
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What did they "fix"? Did they state that in the repair documents? Are you still on the current OTA release of software? I'm wondering what the fixed for free that is the root of the actual problem.
I'm on my 3rd phone in 7 weeks now (for other issues than the camera), and I still have the issue.

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What did they "fix"? Did they state that in the repair documents? Are you still on the current OTA release of software? I'm wondering what the fixed for free that is the root of the actual problem.
I'm on my 3rd phone in 7 weeks now (for other issues than the camera), and I still have the issue.
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They didn't share any repair document with me at all. They just shipped my phone back in a "gift" box with a screen rag. No documentation at all. I have to assume that they replaced or repaired the camera sensor. A month or so back there was a link in the forums about trying to narrow down if it was a sensor issue or not. They had us record the camera sensor version. It involved finding a particular file and then opening it in a text file. In any case, even then with only like 35-40 responses there were at least 9 different camera sensor versions. Also, my camera seemed ridiculously sensitive to motion. I don't have the most steady hands but I also don't have seizures every time I take a picture either. The old camera (or firmware) seemed to exaggerate any motion.
As for the OTA, I sent it to them with OTA .8. They shipped it back .10. I've since flashed NuSenseONE but I have a TWRP backup of the ROM as it arrived back to me.. plus logging into a few things. If there is anything in particular that you are interested in, such as a file version or something, let me know.

one4thewings said:
They didn't share any repair document with me at all. They just shipped my phone back in a "gift" box with a screen rag. No documentation at all. I have to assume that they replaced or repaired the camera sensor. A month or so back there was a link in the forums about trying to narrow down if it was a sensor issue or not. They had us record the camera sensor version. It involved finding a particular file and then opening it in a text file. In any case, even then with only like 35-40 responses there were at least 9 different camera sensor versions. Also, my camera seemed ridiculously sensitive to motion. I don't have the most steady hands but I also don't have seizures every time I take a picture either. The old camera (or firmware) seemed to exaggerate any motion.
As for the OTA, I sent it to them with OTA .8. They shipped it back .10. I've since flashed NuSenseONE but I have a TWRP backup of the ROM as it arrived back to me.. plus logging into a few things. If there is anything in particular that you are interested in, such as a file version or something, let me know.
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Nothing I'm particularly interested in. I was wondering if they owned up to it being software or hardware. I too, went through calling HTC, explaining the issue, going through an hours worth of diagnostics on my phone, before they told me it would be fixed in 4.3 release. Perhaps they have a 4.3 release that includes a camera sensor firmware update as well? Are are you suggesting that the camera versions are 9 different versions of hardware?
I don't know.. the camera on here just isn't what it's cracked up to be. It's great in PERFECT conditions, but sub-standard when not in perfect conditions.

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Nothing I'm particularly interested in. I was wondering if they owned up to it being software or hardware. I too, went through calling HTC, explaining the issue, going through an hours worth of diagnostics on my phone, before they told me it would be fixed in 4.3 release. Perhaps they have a 4.3 release that includes a camera sensor firmware update as well? Are are you suggesting that the camera versions are 9 different versions of hardware?
I don't know.. the camera on here just isn't what it's cracked up to be. It's great in PERFECT conditions, but sub-standard when not in perfect conditions.
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I'm not at all sure what I'm suggesting now. I just went back to that survey and looked through the results, and it looks like there are literally 100's of different possible results from that sensors file. What I did find that is probably of no value at all is that my phone, before it was serviced had the following text in the sensor text file:
Before servicing:
st vd6869(1.0) cinesensor 2013-04-29
After servicing:
st vd6869(1.0) cinesensor 2013-09-16
I don't know if that is just a firmware revision, or the manufacturing date of the sensor itself, but if you look in that link to the survey results there are probably 50 different dates.
Here is something that may be of interest to you. The guy who started the thread mentioned sending it in to repair and they sent him the work order. They replaced his camera with a SHARP sensor and the results he posts are far superior to what he had before. Link here
Is this admission of guilt or just a result of part shortage? Or just typical hardware phase-out/phase-in.

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I'm not at all sure what I'm suggesting now. I just went back to that survey and looked through the results, and it looks like there are literally 100's of different possible results from that sensors file. What I did find that is probably of no value at all is that my phone, before it was serviced had the following text in the sensor text file:
Before servicing:
st vd6869(1.0) cinesensor 2013-04-29
After servicing:
st vd6869(1.0) cinesensor 2013-09-16
I don't know if that is just a firmware revision, or the manufacturing date of the sensor itself, but if you look in that link to the survey results there are probably 50 different dates.
Here is something that may be of interest to you. The guy who started the thread mentioned sending it in to repair and they sent him the work order. They replaced his camera with a SHARP sensor and the results he posts are far superior to what he had before. Link here
Is this admission of guilt or just a result of part shortage? Or just typical hardware phase-out/phase-in.
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Wow.. I just checked that thread out, and will be calling HTC soon to get a replacement. That's night and day difference, and his before results are similar to mine. It's ruined some experiences in which I thought I would have a good enough phone to captures memories..

dbornack said:
Wow.. I just checked that thread out, and will be calling HTC soon to get a replacement. That's night and day difference, and his before results are similar to mine. It's ruined some experiences in which I thought I would have a good enough phone to captures memories..
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I'm glad it helped. I hope they get it swapped out for you and you finally have the camera that you bargained on. I know I'm far happier with my results.

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I'm glad it helped. I hope they get it swapped out for you and you finally have the camera that you bargained on. I know I'm far happier with my results.
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Also, how do you find out what version you have?

dbornack said:
Also, how do you find out what version you have?
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These are the directions I followed from the original survey post:
Use ES File Explorer to find camera module manufacturer (does not have to be rooted). Navigate: Device > sys > android_camera > sensor Open this file as text (eg. st vd6869(1.0) cinesensor 2013-05-10)
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These are the directions I followed from the original survey post:
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st vd6869 (1.0) cinesensor 2013-06-07
So yeah, pretty old it seems.

Moto G5 Plus [issues]

Guys I have made this thread specifically to address or review issues we are or will face on our G5 plus.
(OP will be modify accordingly as more issues are found)
First issue.
VoLTE connectivity issues??
Not really sure about these issues but some of the guys are facing weird issues regarding VOLTE when using only one sim on 1st sim slot. Are you guys facing anything like this?
I am referring to this:-https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Moto-G5-Moto-G5-Plus/Moto-G5-Plus-VoLTE-issues/m-p/3610582
Solution:-Issue seems to be fix by first inserting any other carrier sim in slot 1 and register it on network than by replacing with JIO.
2nd Issue.
Guys I have come to know that under specific lighting conditions there's some visible horizontal lines all over display is seen for some guys here.
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Moto-G5-Moto-G5-Plus/Moto-g5-plus-Disply/td-p/3614361
Any of you also have this? Is this issue or what? My unit is still in transit lol.
Solution:-???

u mean first before using jio sim i should put any other carrier sim in phone and use it?

aravindgb92 said:
u mean first before using jio sim i should put any other carrier sim in phone and use it?
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Yes with first slot only. Setup and register with any other sim on slot one. And than replace that with JIO. It should be fine than. :good:

rayzen6 said:
Guys I have made this thread specifically to address or review issues we are or will face on our G5 plus.
(OP will be modify accordingly as more issues are found)
First issue.
VoLTE connectivity issues??
Not really sure about these issues but some of the guys are facing weird issues regarding VOLTE when using only one sim on 1st sim slot. Are you guys facing anything like this?
I am referring to this:-https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Moto-G5-Moto-G5-Plus/Moto-G5-Plus-VoLTE-issues/m-p/3610582
Issue seems to be fix by first inserting any other carrier sim in slot 1 and register it on network than by replacing with JIO.
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Yes when I first booted up my device with Jio Sim it was not showing VoLte but I just gave a reboot. After that VoLte came and everything is working fine.

I received it today morning and For me all thing was normal. Inserted JIO Sim in first slot and Other in 2nd one and VOLTE is there enabled in Network setting by default yeah though there is no icon of VoLTE in the status bar but calls works fine without any issues. So far everything seems to be good.

sagar27691 said:
I received it today morning and For me all thing was normal. Inserted JIO Sim in first slot and Other in 2nd one and VOLTE is there enabled in Network setting by default yeah though there is no icon of VoLTE in the status bar but calls works fine without any issues. So far everything seems to be good.
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Yup if you are using two sims than no issues. ThX for confirmation.

Sorry OP Its not a issue but its question related to update.
Has anyone got the Google assistant update or its out of the box? And second has anyone got the update which fixes video recording sound and improves stability ?

Ankit_29 said:
Sorry OP Its not a issue but its question related to update.
Has anyone got the Google assistant update or its out of the box? And second has anyone got the update which fixes video recording sound and improves stability ?
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I didn't get Google Assistant out of the box. I updated the Google App but no luck. So I ended up disabling Google app. I don't really use the app.
And for the bug fix OTA update, it has not yet come for me.

Ankit_29 said:
Sorry OP Its not a issue but its question related to update.
Has anyone got the Google assistant update or its out of the box? And second has anyone got the update which fixes video recording sound and improves stability ?
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I have the assistant working. Got it after updating the Google app.

I feel that device is getting bit warm while normal tasks and hot while playing games. Is is due to the metal back or my device has issue of that? anybody else having same feeling?

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I have the assistant working. Got it after updating the Google app.
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I have updated Google app(17-march) but still google assistant is not working.
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I feel that device is getting bit warm while normal tasks and hot while playing games. Is is due to the metal back or my device has issue of that? anybody else having same feeling?
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In my case during normal use no issues. Yes during gaming it does get warm but not hot. The temperature always remain around 40°C while gaming. And yes you are correct due metallic back the whole back surface may feel warm since metal dissipate the heat to keep the Cpu cool.
If your device gets temperature around 45°C then its getting heated up.

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I have updated Google app(17-march) but still google assistant is not working.
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In my case during normal use no issues. Yes during gaming it does get warm but not hot. The temperature always remain around 40°C while gaming. And yes you are correct due metallic back the whole back surface may feel warm since metal dissipate the heat to keep the Cpu cool.
If your device gets temperature around 45°C then its getting heated up.
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Yeah... I checked the temp. in CPU-Z app it was around at 39... So it is normal right? Its not issue? Also here in my city it already a very hot environment, so may be due to that I am having that kind of feeling.

sagar27691 said:
Yeah... I checked the temp. in CPU-Z app it was around at 39... So it is normal right? Its not issue? Also here in my city it already a very hot environment, so may be due to that I am having that kind of feeling.
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Yes bro don't worry it won't be the case as G4+. Don't panic if your device temp goes around 40 the Soc inside is the best midrange all-rounder. Be happy and use it. This device is just awesome and development are gonna come soon, thanks to squid2.

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Yes bro don't worry it won't be the case as G4+. Don't panic if your device temp goes around 40 the Soc inside is the best midrange all-rounder. Be happy and use it. This device is just awesome and development are gonna come soon, thanks to squid2.
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Yeah... I am very happy to have this device as I was on Osprey which is also a great device. I am also more than happy as squid2 is going to buy it and support the development for G5 Plus as well. His work and contribution for osprey is remarkable. Sometime I wish Someday I will also compile a custom ROM successfully and give my contribution to this community.
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Can anyone share what type of battery life they are experiencing ?
(edit)Made a new thread as suggested by @rayzen6, for all your help move on to this thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus/help/battery-life-moto-g5-t3577331

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Can anyone share what type of battery life they are experiencing ? How much SOT they are getting and how much time does it take to full charge the device ? Just wanted to check whether I'm getting the same or not.
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Start a specific thread for that. Let's fill this space.

sharan.nyn said:
I didn't get Google Assistant out of the box. I updated the Google App but no luck. So I ended up disabling Google app. I don't really use the app.
And for the bug fix OTA update, it has not yet come for me.
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For solution head on to this thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus/how-to/enable-google-assistant-t3577380

Display issue?
Guys I have come to know that under specific lighting conditions there's some visible horizontal lines all over display is seen for some guys here.
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Moto-G5-Moto-G5-Plus/Moto-g5-plus-Disply/td-p/3614361
Any of you also have this? Is this issue or what? My unit is still in transit lol.

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Guys I have come to know that under specific lighting conditions there's some visible horizontal lines all over display is seen for some guys here.
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Moto-G5-Moto-G5-Plus/Moto-g5-plus-Disply/td-p/3614361
Any of you also have this? Is this issue or what? My unit is still in transit lol.
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I didn't noticed such lines. Have to check that in different lighting. I too see these types of line in my moto e(1st gen) but its vertical and no issue. They are only noticed in direct sunlight at an angle.

Ankit_29 said:
I didn't noticed such lines. Have to check that in different lighting. I too see these types of line in my moto e(1st gen) but its vertical and no issue. They are only noticed in direct sunlight at an angle.
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Yuss. Guess what sun is a *****?? do check it in the morning plz. But I guess that shouldn't be an issue just like what mods are saying at lenovo forums.

Samsung fitness app update issue

Has anybody else noticed a huge jump in floor count since the last update?
I used to think maybe it was a bit low and undercounted but now I'm getting huge numbers for the same daily routine?

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Has anybody else noticed a huge jump in floor count since the last update?
I used to think maybe it was a bit low and undercounted but now I'm getting huge numbers for the same daily routine?
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Dont know when it happened, but its totally unreliable. I can get like 50 floors during one day, when in real life I might have walked 2 stairs.

please check the barometer, I experienced the same issue and the reason was barometer

sandgod said:
please check the barometer, I experienced the same issue and the reason was barometer
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How to fix it?
It seems to include the floors when I used lift

sandgod said:
please check the barometer, I experienced the same issue and the reason was barometer
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What did you do, uninstall it?

torickray said:
How to fix it?
It seems to include the floors when I used lift
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Nothing helped, i sent it to the service center