setting resolveAlways

gistfile1.js

    angular
        .module('app.core')
        .factory('cranker', cranker);

    cranker.$inject = ['$http', '$log', '$q'];

    function cranker($http, $log, $q) {
        var data;
        return {
            go: function () {
                if (!data) {
                    // pretend to go somewhere and return the data
                    $log.info('been cranking here');
                    data = {
                        some: 'data'
                    };
                }
                // must return a promise, which it would if we used the real $http
                return $q.when(data);
            }
        };
    }

    angular
        .module('app.core')
        .config(function (routerHelperProvider) {

            routerHelperProvider.configure({
                docTitle: 'Cranking',
                resolveAlways: {
                    ready: function (cranker) {
                        console.log('cranker was here');
                        return cranker.go();
                    }
                }
            });

        });