is it a hardware issue? software problems?
I don't know how such a problem could persist for such a long amount of time, I really hope the Nexus S doesn't have this and I would likely shell out money for that (though the lack of HD video recording disturbs me)
I have perfect GPS. After JL1, it even locks indoors in 10 seconds or less
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I have perfect GPS. After JL1, it even locks indoors in 10 seconds or less
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Ever since JI6, the GPS has been able to "lock" in, but it gives terrible accuracy. It's accuracy that's important.
JK2 had choppy accuracy, JK6 made it slightly better. JL1 has been dead on for me, it even tracked my accuracy up to big bear (snow mountains in california). I went twice, once with JK2 or JK6 the first time, which sometimes listed me as off road during the trip, but when I went back with JL1, it went without a hitch.
I'm not familiar with these terms, but my accuracy has been fine, it's the speed which bugs me (takes as little as 10 seconds to as long as a whole minute before locking)
JK6? JK2? JL1? modem firmware?
Yep, modem firmware.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=868774
JL1 has excellent battery with great GPS
Got my phone a week ago gps has been fast and accurate, It came with jk6, but I had jk2 and now have jl1, I run samsung restore when I change anything and out locks within seconds
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anthonys2r said:
I have perfect GPS. After JL1, it even locks indoors in 10 seconds or less
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Same here. running Axura 2.2 JL1, i just came home from using it. dead on.
I suggest disabling the wifi option in nav setting and the sensor thing, that did keep me from locking originally.
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I suggest disabling the wifi option in nav setting and the sensor thing, that did keep me from locking originally.
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I agree, it is unnecessary and if this doesn't help consider an exchange.
Outstanding GPS Performance After Warranty Exchange!
I recently had to get a replacement phone from Tmobile due to a problem with the haptic feedback. I received a new (not refurbed) phone in original Samsung packaging with a mfg date of 10/20/10. The phone already had JI6 installed.
Since I've had good GPS performance on my previous Vibrant I was a little concernced about what might happen on an exchange. My concerns were definitely misplaced.
The new Vibrant's GPS locks up virtually instantly, faster than my old Vibrant ever did and with higher signal strength and more birds. I've used the navigation extensively and have yet to drop connection while navigating.
My first experience with the phone's GPS was by accident. We were shopping and I needed to get around a plugged freeway on surface streets I wasn't familiar with. I went into the Navigation app, spoke my destination and was INSTANTLY provided with my location and directions. Subsequent testing has also been 100%.
I've never seen GPS performance this fast and powerful with my previous Vibrant although it worked well enough to get me from point A to point B. The previous phone on occasion would take a minute or two to find my location.
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JK6? JK2? JL1? I'm not familiar with these terms.
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These are typically rom build / version designators. The confusion comes from using these terms to refer to the individual components (kernel, baseband / modem, etc) that have been pulled from any given rom such as the modem. When the a proper context is present, it may not be too hard to tell how the terms are being used. That's not always the case though.
blame samsung
Used out twice today locked and put in an address at a red light, it's fast, if yours isn't working try settings recommended above because it's way faster then my garmin nuvi
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I am using JK6 FROYO on my vibrant, I installed it inmediatly after I got my phone with JI6, now I regreth that I don't tested my gps with it... beacuse now with froyo JK6 it's impossible to get a lock.. and the samsung fix doesn't work either
I realize now that Project Nero has JL1 already installed, so that's not it.
also, I have yet to see an answer to my question, what is the issue that causes the GPS to fail on these samsung vibrants?
If we truly knew, we would tell you. Or you would have searched and found the theory/answer(s).
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Yep, modem firmware.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=868774
JL1 has excellent battery with great GPS
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JL1 was horrible for me. Constantly running on edge, and GPS sucked. Back to JK6 and everything is running great, back with strong 3G signal and GPS is acceptable (although accuracy is still off).
Best 2.1 modem JI6
Best 2.2 modem Jk6
Just my opinion
Damonkashu said:
I realize now that Project Nero has JL1 already installed, so that's not it.
also, I have yet to see an answer to my question, what is the issue that causes the GPS to fail on these samsung vibrants?
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Samsung says the hardware is fine and that it is a software issue.
A few people believe it is quality control issues with the build of the vibrant (could be a loose connection and so forth)
so no one knows for sure, although most people do see changes depending on the software used, both for better and worse.
Not everyone seems to get the same results. (for some people, newer software fixes gps completely while for others it does nothing at all or makes things worse)
and then there are people that have had no real trouble from day one (they are rare, but there are some)
that's all anyone knows.
I think this question has been asked quite a few times already (there's even a few threads on this very page), you might check some of those threads for more info.
Damonkashu said:
I realize now that Project Nero has JL1 already installed, so that's not it.
also, I have yet to see an answer to my question, what is the issue that causes the GPS to fail on these samsung vibrants?
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Probably multiple issues. Agps and status reporting were clearly busted originally, but that's fixed in later firmware. The accuracy issues on the other hand persist, for me anyway. Some people claim that they have no such problems, even with the exact same software, and if that's the case I can only assume sample variation in the hardware is to blame.
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How is the GPS in JI6. Is it perfect like in iphone and other devices or is it still jumping on the road.
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How is the GPS in JI6. Is it perfect like in iphone and other devices or is it still jumping on the road.
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Is this a question or a statement? I will try out the GPS today and see. I haven't tried it out since i flashed JI6.
The GPS is better but it is not 100%. Mine jumped off the road twice today and at least once the Map program stated that it'd lost GPS signal... My response to the loss of GPS signal was to reboot the phone...
Not perfect but then I'm okay with it... The apps are more stable than Bing was on my TouchPro 2...
My GPS has been working perfectly since updating. Just as good if not better than any other phone I have used.
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No problems here with GPS. It is as you say 100%.
GPS sucks still. I couldn't get a lock while driving. When I'm not moving it'll take about 20seconds or so. But if I can't get a lock while in a moving car its pretty useless for me
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the gps becomes better, but not perfect. sometimes it may take some time to access your location. i haven't tried it really outside.
Not as good as my old-and-gone G1, but at least it works now, which makes it better.
I don't know if this is in the right area so if it's not please move it. I know there is a lot of questions revolving around the GPS for the Vibrant.I was just curious to see how you guys are getting the best performance from your GPS using Bionix 1.3.1. So please post and tell me, my GPS sucks and I've tried all fixes that I know of including the hardware fix. THIS QUESTION IS FOR BIONIX 1.3.1 USERS ONLY THANK YOU!!!
Nobody ??????
Pretty sure it's working here without any tweaks. What is it doing?
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Mine worked great on Bionix...
Mine works great with bionix after i got the samsung gps fix off market
my gps never worked until they sent me an exchange. now it is amazingly good. i even tried walking from one end of the driveway to the other using My Tracks and it had me the whole way. i think one night i even locked on to 9 out of 16 birds. i never even heard of anyone seeing more than 13 birds! sometimes when i first turn it on it has me a few blocks away but within ten seconds i'm locked on. even works pretty well inside. the warranty exchange definitely did the trick, although i believe i got a brand new phone, who knows? definitely a hardware issue IMHO
tony yayo said:
my gps never worked until they sent me an exchange. now it is amazingly good. i even tried walking from one end of the driveway to the other using My Tracks and it had me the whole way. i think one night i even locked on to 9 out of 16 birds. i never even heard of anyone seeing more than 13 birds! sometimes when i first turn it on it has me a few blocks away but within ten seconds i'm locked on. even works pretty well inside. the warranty exchange definitely did the trick, although i believe i got a brand new phone, who knows? definitely a hardware issue IMHO
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Any idea what kind of accuracy you get?
It will find sometimes up to 13 sats, but from that point it will never lock. I've left it on for 30 minutes before trying to get it to work. It never wants to lock though. The accuracy is always terrible to, it always ranges from 3500 to 2700 meters never gets below that.
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It will find sometimes up to 13 sats, but from that point it will never lock. I've left it on for 30 minutes before trying to get it to work. It never wants to lock though. The accuracy is always terrible to, it always ranges from 3500 to 2700 meters never gets below that.
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Yeah, that is terrible. Did your GPS ever work? (Before Bionix)
I got it to lock one time. I had to leave it on for 45 minutes though before it would lock and after that it never locked again. I know this is one of the devices mfg before OCT 2010. I already called them and they want me to send it in. If there is a fix that I can use to get it working before I send it in though, that would be great.
Oh and I have tried the gps restore app from the market and that always fails too.
That sux :-/
Delete gps data. Change gps to cold Start. Reboot. get a good lock.change gps to hot start. Reboot.
If that disney help, try hethens gps fix
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use a-gps is fast.
Well .. It's a little bit awkward, because everyone here says gps on bionix 1.3.1 it's working well but mine sucks. Utterly bitterly sucks. It always says "could not get your location" and stuff..
Mine works great with Bionix 1.3.1 & Sgps. I flash it at the same time I flash Bionix. I don't know if it makes a difference to do it that way. I'm also running Overstock. I can usually get a lock in 5 to 20 seconds even indoors. I've had lots of trouble getting it to work in the past but Sgps seems to work for me.
PS: Before launching my GPS app I use GPS test to get a lock then launch my GPS app of choice.
Hmmm... Sgps? Where is that? I'm gonna give it a shot.
Okay I guess I'll just have to send it off lol. I've tried all of the software fixes and I've done the hardware fix and none of that has helped in anway. I think the GPS in there is just bunk lol. Thanks for all your suggestions though guys. I appreciate it. Well a week without my phone, I don't know how I'll live.
en，GPS also drove me crazy at first，but when I reset APN without any software，it‘s working perfectly~
I sent it off couldn't find a fix that worked. Oh well hopefully it comes back working. I just don't know how I'm going to survive a week without my phone
I have an SGS1 now. Considering upgrading due to unfixable lag with it. Is the SGS2 free from major problems?
Experience may vary .. but for me, after 1 week (coming from HD2), it's a dream phone. Biggest problem seems to be battery life. My is comparable to HD2, but some people have considerate problems with it.
Battery life (fixable - there are some rogue processes that eat it up), banding (16bit color instead of 24bit - fixable, driver issue).
phone gets very hot when gaming, radio is a bit f***ed in that sometimes you cannot get the internet to work when going from wireless to 3g (workaround is to toggle flight mode, bit annoying to be honest). some are experiencing a yellowish left side of the screen, though i personally do not have that problem.
all in all it's a good phone with a few quirks, but comparing to sgs1, (had it previously as well) i must say that it is quite a leap in the right direction.
speaking of lag on sgs1, have you updated to 2.3.3? i gave the phone to my mom and installed 2.3.3 and the lag is almost gone to be honest.
My Wifi signal seems week ?
andrej.marinic said:
phone gets very hot when gaming, radio is a bit f***ed in that sometimes you cannot get the internet to work when going from wireless to 3g (workaround is to toggle flight mode, bit annoying to be honest). some are experiencing a yellowish left side of the screen, though i personally do not have that problem.
all in all it's a good phone with a few quirks, but comparing to sgs1, (had it previously as well) i must say that it is quite a leap in the right direction.
speaking of lag on sgs1, have you updated to 2.3.3? i gave the phone to my mom and installed 2.3.3 and the lag is almost gone to be honest.
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Have 2.3.3. but lag returns after a while...
OP, go visit a few forums for phones that have recently been released. The new question isn't "are there any major problems?", but "which major problems should I investigate?" I would challenge any existing SGS2 user to point out a dual-core phone that has fewer issues. You'll find "different" issues, but not "fewer." For now, for me, there's no phone currently out that I'd replace the SGS2 with.
And OP, the direct answer to your question is find the threads on display banding, Wi-FI performance, GPS, 2/3/4G radio, audio, camera, and battery life and if, based on your needs, you're OK with what's been discussed you should be fine.
OP, just read across this board and see! No need for a new thread.
Had it for a few days. My wifi works fine, no light leaking out of the sides, battery life is normal for an Android smartphone. I don't notice any banding (and I'm not going to go looking for it).
Coming from a Nexus One it's a massive upgrade. Couldn't be happier with it (aside from the loudspeaker quality, iPhone 4 is better in this regard).
By all means take the plunge. It's the best phone currently on the market.
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I have to keep resetting my internet connection (Go into Airplane mode, and out) as it seems to get stuck when switching from H(SDPA?) to 3G...
I'd say it's a major... but only effects a few people, it seems.
Cralis said:
I have to keep resetting my internet connection (Go into Airplane mode, and out) as it seems to get stuck when switching from H(SDPA?) to 3G...
I'd say it's a major... but only effects a few people, it seems.
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Which network are you using? It could be an issue on the provider's end! I am on Telstra NextG and find that the issue occurs only in certain areas. I believe it is very tower-dependant as I can go into areas where it flips between 3G and HSPDA+ many many times without fail and then I can get into an area which I assume have not been upgraded and I will end up with the phone stuck in one of the two modes and not be able to transfer data.
I really want this phone when it comes to Canada. The issues seem either minor or limited to small percentage of units. No different than the SGS1 or any piece of technology for that matter. Defective units do make it out the door, that is why there are warranty and return periods.
As to the issue some of you guys are having with loss of data signal, the SGS1 had an issue while on Eclair where when you were in a no signal area the phone would totally freeze and you would have to reboot. It's been fixed since Froyo along with many other bugs.
Enjoy your phone, I hope to join ya'll in the not too distant future.
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I am assuming the connectivity issue people are having is with the "up arrow" constantly lit up but not the down arrow. This problem I have seen in every single android handset I have used (G1, Optimus T, SGS1, and of course, the SGS2). The only common denominator is that I have used all of them while on T-Mobile USA's network. It almost always happens when I am in areas with spotty reception, or in other words, instances when I lose signal, momentarily.
However, that isn't the biggest issue for me. I bought the SGS2 to play the Gameloft games I bought on my SGS1, and I can tell you right now that this is the biggest shock to me when I did get my SGS2: none of my Gameloft games work (Asphalt 6, MC2, NOVA2, Eternal Legacy). Although I am finding out more and more about why this is the case now, this was not something I saw coming in the research I've done leading up to my purchase of this phone. 2D games seem to work fine, but if you intend to play 3D games on this phone, I suggest running some searches here with the the name of a game-in-question to see if there are any threads already about its compatibility with the SGS2.
That being said, I do not regret buying this phone one bit. It is hands down the smoothest Android experience I have ever had. I cannot slow this phone down even when I tried, and I am a very heavy user--I can drain my Vibrant's battery in under 3 hours, with di.fm playing while I use feedly and the browser while talking on beejive. This phone can handle that with no slowdown, and last much longer than my Vibrant to boot. I've actually gotten through a full workday with this usage pattern, on a single charge. This is the first phone to last me through an entire day. Even my iPhone needed charging mid-day.
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Which network are you using? It could be an issue on the provider's end! I am on Telstra NextG and find that the issue occurs only in certain areas.
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I have just ported to Telstra, from Three ... and the whole train trip home has been perfect. On 3, I had to restart 3 or 4 times.
So, yeah, seem Telstra is OK.
borchgrevink said:
I have an SGS1 now. Considering upgrading due to unfixable lag with it. Is the SGS2 free from major problems?
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SGS1 does not lag with almost any recent roms. Major problem for me is that it dont have voodoo sound. A MAJOR problem that lol
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SGS1 does not lag with almost any recent roms. Major problem for me is that it dont have voodoo sound. A MAJOR problem that lol
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Hehe, well mine lags on every rom I've tried.
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Galaxy s2
That was the biggest pile of junk i had ever owned. In 5 months the charging port quit working. In 8 months power botten failed. So then, all the phone would do is boot over and over. Completly usless.
Would these patches work with our Fascinates?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1442032
There is a google specific patch that the developer claims should work with most phones on pretty much any ROM.
What do you guys think?
FYI this is what I posted in that forrum:
Holy GPS Batman! I flashed the google specific patch in cwm and now my phone locks into my position in like 2 seconds. Also, the accuracy is up to 3 meters, which I have never seen before in my phone, the best I have ever seen is 9.
So the patch has greatly improved the gps in my phone.
Samsung Galaxy S (note is not S II, it is the first generation galaxy S) on USA Verizon Network.
Thanks for the patches!
the google one works great and cuts my lock time in half when on a stock rom...on CM or MIUI it doesn't change anything but then again i haven't had a GPS issue with them in a long time.
So would this work on teamhacksung's ICS?
used the google patch on the powerwashed gingerbread. seems to be working well so far
I dont think it would make any difference on ICS. I have had faster locks on ICS than any other rom I've used. From a clean flash I got a cold lock in around 10 seconds and was down to 2 meters in under a minute...pretty fast IMHO
"the grave will provide plenty of time for silence"
What ICS rom/kernel are you using? links please?
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I dont think it would make any difference on ICS. I have had faster locks on ICS than any other rom I've used. From a clean flash I got a cold lock in around 10 seconds and was down to 2 meters in under a minute...pretty fast IMHO
"the grave will provide plenty of time for silence"
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Just wanted to say that I just flashed this on my Fascinate running SC3 Milestone 2 with the 1/16/12 KGB kernel and my gps locked on to, in my kitchen, 9 birds within 10 seconds accurate to 7 ft! I can say unequivocally that this phone has never been able to do that!
Hit my thanks button man!
johnsma22 said:
Just wanted to say that I just flashed this on my Fascinate running SC3 Milestone 2 with the 1/16/12 KGB kernel and my gps locked on to, in my kitchen, 9 birds within 10 seconds accurate to 7 ft! I can say unequivocally that this phone has never been able to do that!
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ljbrenes said:
Hit my thanks button man!
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I hit the button, but I can't thank you enough for finding this patch and posting it!!! It's completely fixed one of the most glaring functionality problems this phone has had since the day I got it! Now it only takes 2 seconds to lock on from inside my house! Before flashing this, it wasn't a matter of how long it would take to lock on, it was a matter of it never locking on.
Between this patch, the SC3 GB rom and kgb kernel all the gps functions now work as they should have to begin with, with no lockups and instant gps lock. Nice!
Oh man I'm so glad, I had the same issue. Darn phone would never lock into my position.
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What ICS rom/kernel are you using? links please?
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Team hacksung ICS with the kernel that comes with it. its the first or second thread over on rootzwiki
"the grave will provide plenty of time for silence"
Hasn't helped me one bit. I can't lock a single sat. Weird thing is it works once in awhile, but then quickly stops working again.
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Try the google ALTERNATE patch. That one worked even better for me.
Same thing with the alternate patch. No locks. Wiped davlik and cache. Shut GPS off and turn it back on. Nothing. I think I have bad hardware. This issue is the only one I've consistently dealt with. Might be time for a new phone.
CM 7.1 build 112
Glitch v13
EH03 radio
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Holliday said:
Same thing with the alternate patch. No locks. Wiped davlik and cache. Shut GPS off and turn it back on. Nothing. I think I have bad hardware. This issue is the only one I've consistently dealt with. Might be time for a new phone.
CM 7.1 build 112
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Perhaps your phone hardware is worst than average. Our phone have poor receiver sensitivity comparing to other phones such as the Mototorola DroidX, -3dB to -6dB less in everything - Radio, GPS, Wifi... AND touch-screen phantom buttons sensitivity.
The underlaying problem is poor analog grounding causing degraded performance in multiple subsystems.
Proof - the analog ground suffered huge conductive common mode interferences whenever the USB cable get plugged into the computer, the obvious display symptom is touch screen sensitivity gone to hell from having been plugged in...
You can optimize GPS configuration all you want but if the phone can't get decent enough signals it simply will not work.
One thing you can try is finding a kernel supporting leakage compensation, tweaking leakage compensation will reduce the internal wide band noise ripples on analog ground and improve receiver sensitivity.
Wow this explanation left my head spinning!! lol.
So what rom/kernel do you recommend? I am on miui with glitch 13.1 and very happy at the moment.
beray5 said:
Perhaps your phone hardware is worst than average. Our phone have poor receiver sensitivity comparing to other phones such as the Mototorola DroidX, -3dB to -6dB less in everything - Radio, GPS, Wifi... AND touch-screen phantom buttons sensitivity.
The underlaying problem is poor analog grounding causing degraded performance in multiple subsystems.
Proof - the analog ground suffered huge conductive common mode interferences whenever the USB cable get plugged into the computer, the obvious display symptom is touch screen sensitivity gone to hell from having been plugged in...
You can optimize GPS configuration all you want but if the phone can't get decent enough signals it simply will not work.
One thing you can try is finding a kernel supporting leakage compensation, tweaking leakage compensation will reduce the internal wide band noise ripples on analog ground and improve receiver sensitivity.
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Holliday said:
Same thing with the alternate patch. No locks. Wiped davlik and cache. Shut GPS off and turn it back on. Nothing. I think I have bad hardware. This issue is the only one I've consistently dealt with. Might be time for a new phone.
CM 7.1 build 112
Glitch v13
EH03 radio
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get a new device..my fassy locks within seconds and is accurate to 5ft running the exact same setup.
Gotta try this, my gps is kinda spotty
Ok results!! Not good. First up is the google specific one, no satellites found.........nothing. No matter what I tried. Second the Google alternative one. This one found one satellite after about 5 minutes, another after 3 more minutes, then another 5 minutes and it went to zero and stayed there for about 15 minutes.
Well gotta find a stock gps.config file. At least it didn't brick my phone.
BTW I used the Root Explorer method i don't like flashing unknown stuff.
johnsma22 said:
Just wanted to say that I just flashed this on my Fascinate running SC3 Milestone 2 with the 1/16/12 KGB kernel and my gps locked on to, in my kitchen, 9 birds within 10 seconds accurate to 7 ft! I can say unequivocally that this phone has never been able to do that!
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i'm still confusing , which one do you use ?
trunk 3.x 2.x ?
the Google Specific
the Google Specific Alternate*
the Google Specific CWM Flashable
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anybody have a more focus clue for our fascinate and cwm ?
Same as UCLF5. Mine unable to lock indoors and take more than 5 min to lock while driving.
CWM Fix file from UCLF5 thread would work on this but seriously they should have tested it before release to public.
Mine works just fine, lock indoors in less than 10 seconds. Outdoors, same. Running stock 4.0.4 ATT I717. You must just have a bad chipset causing problems.
Also no problems on mine.
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Works great here in Ohio
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762090
Works great on official ICS for me.
-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
NOTE user:
"take a deep breath, make sure to get a good look at it, relax and slowly take it in, the size is overwhelming at first but you will have a happy ending afterwards".
Woman:
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GPS is fine here..
I too have gps issues. It will not lock, best I get is 20m radius. This is not precise so navigation will not start either.
GPS works fine before and after the update.
Had the Samsung captivate, it had a bad gps
Had the Samsung Infused, it had an ok gps
Now on the Samsung Note, the GPS works perfect, locks within a sec or two.
I get locks indoors in 5 seconds or under.
My GPS improved over GB.
From my Galaxy Note
dacho said:
I too have gps issues. It will not lock, best I get is 20m radius. This is not precise so navigation will not start either.
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20m radius is still a lock, unless it simply doesn't sit still for a minute or more
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Radukk said:
Same as UCLF5. Mine unable to lock indoors and take more than 5 min to lock while driving.
CWM Fix file from UCLF5 thread would work on this but seriously they should have tested it before release to public.
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Some people have issues with gps lock and some don't.. I believe certain roms help because they add different tweaks .. or build props to "enhance" or tune. Other devices just have a better response time or better reception I guess everyone's phone is different as we see...
wish777 said:
Some people have issues with gps lock and some don't.. I believe certain roms help because they add different tweaks .. or build props to "enhance" or tune. Other devices just have a better response time or better reception I guess everyone's phone is different as we see...
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Being on Android for over a year, it's become very apparent that even with the same internals and install procedures, every phone is treated differently, and treats the user differently in turn. It's just something that's unforeseen and probably the main reason things are redone a lot by manufacturers or developers to account for every possible account that the software could change through normal use, by either power users, normal simple users, on all of the extremes.
Can't wait to see developers get at the new build and for source to finally drop.
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slight issues for me only from initial use if not used for a day. A quick gps on / off toggle fixes it and it instantly locks.
I had issues with GPS lock on my last two roms. Now I am on stock UCLF6 and GPS locks in seconds.
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I have the same gps issue as well. I will give it a day and see how it goes, but need be I am going to go back to GB wipe everything and try again. LF5 didn't work for me either, but the first leak was fine.
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Reflashed it again, now even worse than before. Navigation is not working at all. I tried to turn on and off gps but it's still not working. I think I'll have it replaced but funny thing is that on gb and previous ics leaks, except on latest leak, it worked flawlessly.
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My GPS...
...was fine on stock UCLA1 and is flaky as hell on stock UCLF6 after doing the Kies update. I used to get a solid lock indoors, now it randomly takes forever if I get a lock at all sometimes and is fine others. I'm trying to sort this (see what might be causing it). Gonna be lots of pissed people if their GPS gets borked by the update.
Edit: GPS Test app always shows 20+ satellites in view but satellites in use can inexplicably vary from 0 to apx. 14, even if left alone. Cold boot fixes it.
Has anyone tried using gps test and clearing / updating AGPS data in the settings? Also something that usually helps me.