For fixing the issue with Angular HTML5 routing requiring the <base href="/"></base> tag, causing svg sprite icons to no longer display due to their xlink:href property. Please note, this is not a bug with Angular or Angular UI Router, but how the <base> tag is meant to behave.

svg-base-fix.html

<svg><use xlink:href="{{absurl+'#svgvID'}}"></use></svg>

svg-base-fix.js

var app = angular.module('svg-base-fix', []);

// Keep absurl up to date (for svg's)
app.run(['$rootScope', '$window', function($rootScope, $window){
     $rootScope.$on('$locationChangeSuccess', function(event){
        $rootScope.absurl = $window.location.href;
    });
}]);