Root CM4DX Gps Fix

Steven58 · Jun 16, 2011

You.. guys... rock.

I've been away all morning and boom. Fixed! You guys are fantastic. I don't care what they say about you!

Trooper · Jun 16, 2011

Steven58 said:
You.. guys... rock.

I've been away all morning and boom. Fixed! You guys are fantastic. I don't care what they say about you!

Lol what the hell happened to your avatar?

txeris · Jun 16, 2011

Not working for me..

Bought root explorer.. copied the file from the OP to the diretory and changed permissions to match.

GPS notification just blinks and blinks while in maps. Also GPS can't find location in navigation. Network location still working.

I did not use monster, I came from Froyo SBF if that might make a difference.

Airmaxx23 · Jun 16, 2011

txeris said:
Not working for me..

Bought root explorer.. copied the file from the OP to the diretory and changed permissions to match.

GPS notification just blinks and blinks while in maps. Also GPS can't find location in navigation. Network location still working.

Did you reboot after changing the permissions?

txeris · Jun 16, 2011

Airmaxx23 said:
Did you reboot after changing the permissions?

Multiple times. Checked and double checked permissions.

I wonder if everyone who confirmed it working used the monster. Just an idea.

yawdapaah · Jun 16, 2011

I used the monster update FYI.

Airmaxx23 · Jun 16, 2011

yawdapaah said:
I used the monster update FYI.

So did I...

majorcovert · Jun 16, 2011

yawdapaah said:
I used the monster update FYI.

Airmaxx23 said:
So did I...

Did you use monster from Stock Gingerbread, Gingerbread Rom, or stock Froyo after SBF?

Airmaxx23 · Jun 16, 2011

majorcovert said:
Did you use monster from Stock Gingerbread, Gingerbread Rom, or stock Froyo after SBF?

Monster.zip right from the stock GB.

majorcovert · Jun 16, 2011

txeris said:
Multiple times. Checked and double checked permissions.

I wonder if everyone who confirmed it working used the monster. Just an idea.

I'm having the same issue with baseband .07 coming from fresh Froyo SBF. And this is definitely not my first picnic

txeris · Jun 16, 2011

majorcovert said:
I'm having the same issue with baseband .07 coming from fresh Froyo SBF. And this is definitely not my first picnic

Baseband .07 here too.

yawdapaah · Jun 16, 2011

I used the Monster.zip from rooted Odexed GB.

SaurusX · Jun 16, 2011

Any chance we can get a flashable zip of this fix? Lazy, I know, but figured I'd ask.

txeris · Jun 16, 2011

Following the same logic, does anyone have a 2.2.34 Froyo gps file I could try to change permissions on and see if it works?

Kaleb Randleaxe · Jun 16, 2011

I used the regular method (SBF to Froyo, upgrade) and can confirm that this is working for me. Wasn't working at first, and then remembered to change the permissions. So if you're having problems, make sure you've done that. Also rebooting a few times wouldn't hurt, just to verify. I am also on .07p.

Maps is working fine now, as is Navigation. Trying other things now.

majorcovert · Jun 16, 2011

I got it to work going in this order.

1. SBF Stock Froyo
2. Rooted Froyo install
3. Drocap for Droid 2
4. Installed 2 part rooted GB
5. Formatted system, data, and cache
6. Mounted system and ran the monster.zip once. Let the radio fail and rebooted into CM 7.1. (Initial Install)
7. Rebooted into recover and installed monster.zip again. (Radio passed)
8. Rebooted phone into CM 7.1 and installed Root explorer.
9. Mounted system as read write.
10. Copied gps.shadow.so from SD card to /system/lib/hw over the existing file. Existing is 5.5kb and the new one is 45kb.
11. Held down on gps.shadow.so and selected permissions and changed to rw-r--r--.
12. Rebooted phone and GPS is in fact working.

Make sure you have the correct permissions on the file after the install. For some reason when I wrote over the existing file it removed read access to the new one.

txeris · Jun 16, 2011

Kaleb Randleaxe said:
I used the regular method (SBF to Froyo, upgrade) and can confirm that this is working for me. Wasn't working at first, and then remembered to change the permissions. So if you're having problems, make sure you've done that. Also rebooting a few times wouldn't hurt, just to verify. I am also on .07p.

Maps is working fine now, as is Navigation. Trying other things now.

Have restarted all day. Permissions are correct (match every other file in there and the post) and it's still a no go.

Edit - just so you know, not complaining. These updates will get worked into a final release cm7 that i'll no doubt flash anyway. Just trying to give an update.

I don't think I'm going to flash the monster zip because I'd rather have network location over Gps anyway.

yawdapaah · Jun 16, 2011

txeris said:
Have restarted all day. Permissions are correct (match every other file in there and the post) and it's still a no go.

Ok, install P3droid's All in 1 rooted GB zip (Wipe data and cache). Use Root Explorer and copy gps.shadow.so from /system/lib/hw to your sdcard.

Then install P3droid's CM7 Monster.zip (twice) wipe system, data and cache the first time, to get on the correct baseband. Replace gps.shadow.so with the version you copied from .596 into /system/lib/hw, correct the permissions, and reboot.

Please note that the GPS works but the Location services don't.

GL

keegan1014 · Jun 16, 2011

Every time I download the shadow file it comes in as a txt file is this a problem

Airmaxx23 · Jun 16, 2011

keegan1014 said:
Every time I download the shadow file it comes in as a txt file is this a problem

Download it to your computer first then transfer it to your sd card.

yawdapaah · Jun 16, 2011

Wow, over 300 downloads. Pretty stunning for a silly (albeit fruitful) idea. :eek:

Edit: Keegan simply change the extension from .txt to .so

keegan1014 · Jun 16, 2011

Got it but now I lost the nav. App I can't win

kingdroid25 · Jun 16, 2011

yawdapaah said:
1. Download Yaffs file manager from the market.
2. Navigate to /system/lib/hw
3. Long press gps.shadow.so
4. Select Permissions (you'll have to grant root access)
5. Select the check the first three boxes on the first row.
6. Check the left most box on the second row.
7. Uncheck every other box.
8. Reboot phone.

GL

ok maybe im not the sharpest tool in the shed but im not completely getting this.. after i download the file posted am i suppose to replace the 1 on the phone with the downloaded 1??... i have root explorer and made sure permissions are fine but i havent replaced the file so is that what im doing wrong ? sorry apparently i cant read either.. taking care of my 3 yr old feeding em makes me rush through the reading gonna try it see if it helps me

yawdapaah · Jun 16, 2011

You are supposed to replace the file currently on your phone (running CM7) with the file that you downloaded. That post was in response to another user who'd already replaced gps.shadow.so that's why it's a little hard to understand.

keegan1014 · Jun 16, 2011

Ok I got it, thanks so much for the help, lessons learned. Maybe my headache will go away, lol

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