MLS Manager

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Submitted by black_sheep_dev on Sat, 2022/01/08 - 16:29
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This app is a manager for Mozilla Location Service offline packages for Sailfish OS.

!!! Warning !!!

When using this app deinstall all other mls offline packages from other users first! This software overrides this data otherwise.

Mozilla Location Service

This app uses the offline data from Mozilla Location Service. The data is licensed under Public Domain.

Intention of project

I had alread released some offline packages on OpenRepos.net but I realized keeping all of them up to date will be a very hard job. An other problem is the big package sizes, taking away a lot of ressources from OpenRepos.

So I decided to host my own repository with packages and create a manager app. And here we are...

All of this is only intended as a temporary solution until Jolla presents an alternative.

Development Status

The main functionality is given (I hope) but code is a bit hacky at the moment. It needs to be improved in the future.

Automatic Updates

Updates with actual data will be released weekly (if possible).
I have created an automatic package creation pipline to make the job a bit easier for me.

Available Countries

At the moment 185 different countries are available.

Available Regions

  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Australia and Oceania
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South America

Get no fix at your current location?

These packages do not necessarily guarantee that you will get a GPS lock in your current area. This largely depends on whether there is any cell information available for this area.

To remedy this, you can contribute to the Mozilla Location Service or OpenCellid with software such as the Android App Tower Collector by logging the cell tower information in your area.

How to use

Recommended settings:

Settings > System > Location > Custom settings: ON

Settings > System > Location > Select custom settings:

  • GPS positioning: ON
  • Offline position lock: ON
  • Online position lock: OFF

Storage Location

Packages with version >2021.02.10-1 the installation path is in "/home/.system/usr/share/geoclue-provider-mlsdb/".  So no worry about size on ROOT partition. Thanks abranson for his suggestion.

Translations

  • English
  • German
  • Norwegian (by comradekingu)
  • Polish (by atlochowski)
  • Slovak (by okruhliak)
  • Russian (by sdiconov)

Your language is not available? You are welcome to support this project by translating it on my self hosted Weblate server:

https://weblate.nubecula.org/engage/harbour-mlsmanager/

 

Thanks

I want to thank Petr Tsymbarovich(osetr) for his work on Storeman. His code helped me to get an idea how to handle repositories.

Source code is available on Github:

https://github.com/black-sheep-dev/harbour-mlsmanager

Donation

If you like my work you can buy me a beer.

Donate

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Application versions: 
AttachmentSizeDate
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.0-1.armv7hl.rpm208.35 KB06/02/2021 - 20:39
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.1-1.armv7hl.rpm208.86 KB06/02/2021 - 23:05
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.2-1.armv7hl.rpm391.21 KB07/02/2021 - 13:30
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.2-1.i486.rpm398.46 KB09/02/2021 - 20:19
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.3-1.armv7hl.rpm392.46 KB09/02/2021 - 22:18
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.3-1.i486.rpm399.93 KB09/02/2021 - 22:18
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.4-1.armv7hl.rpm393.36 KB11/02/2021 - 20:50
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.4-1.i486.rpm401.02 KB11/02/2021 - 20:50
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.5-1.armv7hl.rpm393.16 KB13/02/2021 - 12:45
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.5-1.i486.rpm400.89 KB13/02/2021 - 12:45
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.6-1.armv7hl.rpm393.42 KB19/02/2021 - 23:02
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.6-1.i486.rpm401.26 KB19/02/2021 - 23:02
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.7-1.armv7hl.rpm394.88 KB02/03/2021 - 11:30
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.9-1.i486.rpm404.11 KB02/03/2021 - 23:16
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.9-1.armv7hl.rpm396.25 KB02/03/2021 - 23:19
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.10-1.armv7hl.rpm398.91 KB03/03/2021 - 13:50
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.10-1.i486.rpm406.55 KB03/03/2021 - 13:50
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.11-1.armv7hl.rpm399.33 KB07/03/2021 - 11:42
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.11-1.i486.rpm407.3 KB07/03/2021 - 11:42
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.12-1.armv7hl.rpm399.48 KB19/04/2021 - 18:54
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.12-1.i486.rpm407.41 KB19/04/2021 - 18:54
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.12-1.aarch64.rpm403.3 KB19/04/2021 - 18:54
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.13-1.aarch64.rpm403.65 KB01/06/2021 - 19:47
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.13-1.armv7hl.rpm400.02 KB01/06/2021 - 19:47
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.13-1.i486.rpm407.82 KB01/06/2021 - 19:47
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.14-1.i486.rpm407.88 KB15/07/2021 - 20:34
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.14-1.armv7hl.rpm400 KB15/07/2021 - 20:34
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.14-1.aarch64.rpm404.08 KB15/07/2021 - 20:34
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.15-1.i486.rpm408.5 KB01/09/2021 - 18:38
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.15-1.armv7hl.rpm400.72 KB01/09/2021 - 18:38
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.1.15-1.aarch64.rpm404.28 KB01/09/2021 - 18:38
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.2.0-1.i486.rpm446.14 KB13/10/2021 - 21:05
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.2.0-1.aarch64.rpm441.62 KB13/10/2021 - 21:05
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.2.0-1.armv7hl.rpm438.04 KB13/10/2021 - 21:05
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.2.1-1.armv7hl.rpm438.12 KB21/11/2021 - 22:18
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.2.1-1.aarch64.rpm441.64 KB21/11/2021 - 22:18
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.2.1-1.i486.rpm446.41 KB21/11/2021 - 22:18
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.2.2-1.i486.rpm447.62 KB08/01/2022 - 16:29
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.2.2-1.armv7hl.rpm439.29 KB08/01/2022 - 16:29
File harbour-mlsmanager-0.2.2-1.aarch64.rpm443.04 KB08/01/2022 - 16:29
Changelog: 
* Sat Jan 08 2022 Black Sheep <blacksheep@nubecula.org> 0.2.2-1
- Preparations for Sailjail
- Add Russian translation by sdiconov

* Sun Nov 21 2021 Black Sheep <blacksheep@nubecula.org> 0.2.1-1
- Updated translations

* Wed Oct 13 2021 Black Sheep <blacksheep@nubecula.org> 0.2.0-1
- Add regions (Africa / Asia / Australia & Oceania / Europe / North America / South America)
- Improvements & Bufixes

* Wed Sep 01 2021 Black Sheep <blacksheep@nubecula.org> 0.1.15-1
- Translation update (Polish / Slovak)
- Remove repository on deinstall (4.2.0 seems to have a problem with it at the moment)

* Thu Jul 15 2021 Black Sheep <blacksheep@nubecula.org> 0.1.14-1
- Improved scrolling behaviour (thanks to Petr Tsymbarovich for his contribution)

* Tue Jun 01 2021 Black Sheep <blacksheep@nubecula.org> 0.1.13-1
- Translation fixes Slovak (thanks to Ladislav Hodas)
- Add button to star repo with SailHub in about page

* Mon Apr 19 2021 Black Sheep <blacksheep@nubecula.org> 0.1.12-1
- Translation fixes
- Build for aarch64

* Sun Mar 07 2021 Black Sheep <blacksheep@nubecula.org> 0.1.11-1
- Polish translation updated (thanks to atlochowski)
- Show package version info in list

* Wed Mar 03 2021 Black Sheep <blacksheep@nubecula.org> 0.1.10-1
- Add translation information with self hosted weblate server

* Tue Mar 02 2021 Black Sheep <blacksheep@nubecula.org> 0.1.9-1
- Polish translation added (atlochowski)

* Tue Mar 02 2021 Black Sheep <blacksheep@nubecula.org> 0.1.7-1
- Norwegian translation added (comradekingu) 
- Slovak translation added (okruhliak)

* Fri Feb 19 2021 Black Sheep <blacksheep@nubecula.org> 0.1.6-1
- Add page busy indicator

* Sat Feb 13 2021 Black Sheep <blacksheep@nubecula.org> 0.1.5-1
- Error notifications
- Bugfixes

* Thu Feb 11 2021 Black Sheep <blacksheep@nubecula.org> 0.1.4-1
- Fixed bug when install all available package updates
- Fixed translations
- Optimizations

* Tue Feb 09 2021 Black Sheep <blacksheep@nubecula.org> 0.1.3-1
- Show progress of install / remove / update operation of package

* Sun Feb 07 2021 Black Sheep <blacksheep@nubecula.org> 0.1.2-1
- Update notifications
- Update all packages at once in pulley menu
- Remorse timer for actions
- No need to make a new version of this app when new country is available
- Code cleanup and improvments

* Sat Feb 06 2021 Black Sheep <blacksheep@nubecula.org> 0.1.1-1
- Added Russia (thanks to osetr again)

* Sat Feb 06 2021 Black Sheep <blacksheep@nubecula.org> 0.1.0-1
- Intitial release

Comments

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ric9k

Wed, 2022/01/12 - 00:19

Hi, thanks for this app!
Haem... Hope not too stupid question:
Does the app have to be launched or does it serve to download mls lists only?

Also, If I check offline and online options in advanced settings, is that ok?
(I am on 4.3 XA2. Didn't verify an improvement but it is very random on this device)

EDIT: I found answers on the forum.

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black_sheep_dev

Mon, 2022/01/10 - 21:40

Thanks for the feedback! Yes, the software only manage the installation, you don't need to have it running. Settings are OK. Online isn't working at all, so makes no difference.

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moofang

Sun, 2021/10/17 - 15:56

Hello!

Any chance you can add Singapore - or point me to how I might be able to add it myself? I tried just installing "Asia" but that doesn't seem to help too too much.

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black_sheep_dev

Sat, 2021/11/13 - 13:02

Hi,

Singapore is part of the Asia package. However, it is not guaranteed that cell information is also available in your current area. What helps here is to collect your cell information inside your area with e.g. Tower-Collector (Android) to support the Mozilla Location Service or OpenCell ID.

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unmaintained

Wed, 2021/05/26 - 15:32

Why is this app considered "Deprecated" ?

Contrary to what is stated in the description this software is very well still necessary!

The packages from the Jolla store seem to be lacking many, many countries that are included with this excellent app.
Could you please edit the description accordingly?

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black_sheep_dev

Wed, 2021/05/26 - 20:38

You convinced me. I removed the deprecated thing.

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maier

Tue, 2021/05/25 - 12:25

Hi I can't imstall it on xperia 10 II and I need it for Russia because Jolla's solutions don't support this atea.

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black_sheep_dev

Tue, 2021/05/25 - 21:42

Hi, I can't test it because I don't have an Xperia 10 II. Can you please provide the output of "devel-su pkcon -v install harbour-mlsmanager"

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tkoham

Fri, 2021/05/14 - 21:38

This is the only way to get mls for the americas still, looks like

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black_sheep_dev

Fri, 2021/05/14 - 22:04

I will keep it up. Does it still work vor US with 4.1?

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TMavica

Mon, 2021/04/19 - 19:39

Maybe is in china

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black_sheep_dev

Mon, 2021/04/19 - 19:57

It should be included in China package, because it is in its bounding rect

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TMavica

Mon, 2021/04/19 - 17:28

I want aarch64 package

THX

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black_sheep_dev

Mon, 2021/04/19 - 18:55

And you get one! It is out but untested...

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TMavica

Mon, 2021/04/19 - 19:37

No Hong Kong?

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glanternier

Thu, 2021/04/01 - 14:39

Ok tanks !

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glanternier

Wed, 2021/03/31 - 20:20

What about usr/share/geoclue-providers? Should I delete that one too?

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black_sheep_dev

Wed, 2021/03/31 - 20:47

No! Only mlsdb!

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glanternier

Wed, 2021/03/31 - 10:09

Hello,

I have installed offline MLS packages before this app was released and would like to remove them now so I can instal this one.

Do you know where the files are stored?

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black_sheep_dev

Wed, 2021/03/31 - 10:45

Hi,
the files are in /usr/share/geoclue-provider-mlsdb

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delocoyo

Mon, 2021/03/15 - 23:01

I will write u bck tomorrow, cause now I have been moving and after uninstall the app I installed another mls app and got it to work. So now I have got the gps close where it shoild be, but dont know if it is cause it has had register the gps accurance from the other mls. I let uou know tmw. Thanks for your answer

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delocoyo

Mon, 2021/03/15 - 17:53

And the share location also doesnt works.

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delocoyo

Mon, 2021/03/15 - 11:00

The gps doesnt work at all in my xa2 when I have download the country where I am.

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black_sheep_dev

Mon, 2021/03/15 - 19:13

Hi,

thank you for your feedback...let's start to analyze your problem!

Some questions:

  • Do you get a horizontal accuracy in pure maps or not? When you get several km accuracy in some seconds everything works as it should.
  • Country?
  • Sailfish OS version
  • Is high accuracy mode turned on in location / GPS settings (phone settings)?
  • Did you restart your phone after install. When updating I need to restart my device sometimes to get it to work. Didn't figured out yet what is the problem here.

This software only provides offline data for Mozilla Location Service. This will not give you an accuarte fix at all, it only helps to get one. The accuary is several kilometers depending on the cell towers / data in your area.
I also have a XA2 and sometimes it get a real GPS fix in seconds and sometimes it will take a long time or even doesn't work at all. But this is related to the GPS / Hardware Adaption of XA2.

 

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greatneon

Mon, 2021/03/01 - 11:38

Hi @blak_sheep_dev.  Thank you for this. I've installed it but I'm not sure if everything is working correctly. I've enabled High Accuracy Mode, under Location but I don't get gps fix as fast as one would expect (within seconds) I get it within minutes. Mobile data is enabled.

ls /home/.system/usr/share/geoclue-provider-mlsdb/

gives me: hr si

Any ideas? Should I remove these 2 directories and start over? I hope this will return obtaining agps to previous state when it got fix in seconds.

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black_sheep_dev

Mon, 2021/03/01 - 15:11

Hi, I don't know how good / complete the cell info is in Croatia and Slovenia. This data only helps to get a first inaccurate position, which should help to get a faster fix for regular GPS.. You can check if it works when you open GPSInfo or PureMaps and you get a horizontal accuracy. This can be several 1000 meters, depending on the cell tower information. For me with XA2 I dont get a GPS fix in 100% at all, but this is an other issue.

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black_sheep_dev

Wed, 2021/02/17 - 05:03

Ok. Fixed it. New offline packages are out.

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ABreen

Wed, 2021/02/17 - 00:31

That seems to work. At least at my current location

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ABreen

Tue, 2021/02/16 - 11:10

Thanks for the reply.
When I first tried using your mlsdb data I was able to get a quick location close to where I was located but not anymore.
Is the problem that there is two geoclue provider folders?
Otherwise do you have any other things for me to try?
Thank you

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black_sheep_dev

Tue, 2021/02/16 - 20:43

Hi there,

after some investigations, it seems to me that the problem is moving the mlsdb data to "/home/.system/usr/share/geoclue-provider-mlsdb" and create a symlink instead.
This I did some days ago and it seemed to work, unfortunatley not  :-S.

Can you please do the following in console:

  1. devel-su
  2. rm /usr/share/geoclue-provider-mlsdb/[country_code] (replace [country_code] with e.g. nz)
  3. cp -r /home/.system/usr/share/geoclue-provider-mlsdb/[country_code] /usr/share/geoclue-provider-mlsdb/[country_code]

Then restart your device and look if it works again. In the meantime I will prepare new packages installing the data in system partition again, until I have a solution for that.

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