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Just saw on twitter Sammy just released an app to the market for a "gps fix". The name of it is in the subject line. Im afraid to try it being that with the jk3 modem, my gps has been finally working...
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People have been talking about it here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9507297#post9507297
Sounds like all it does is set the settings back to default, basically changing it to standalone rather than ms-based, and it still doesnt work
Yeah that's what people are saying. Mine starting working with perception perfectly, not changing a thing here.
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It's about as useful as a chocolate teacup.
proof in the pudding http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9513617&postcount=31
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It's about as useful as a chocolate teacup.
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Is it equally tasty?
cappysw10 said:
It's about as useful as a chocolate teacup.
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Mmmmm, chocolate.
lol like Endgadget says... it will re-screw up your already screwed-up GPS by defaulting it back to the non-working default settings
Only thing that has ever worked for me has been the Jupiter tweaks on the Dev forum.
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lol like Endgadget says... it will re-screw up your already screwed-up GPS by defaulting it back to the non-working default settings
Only thing that has ever worked for me has been the Jupiter tweaks on the Dev forum.
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lol true.
i installed this crap and ran it.. after that my gps doesn't even get a lock at all.
reflashed from scratch again... wth....
I THINK SAMSUNG HAS EVERY REJECT THEY HAVE WORKING IN THERE GPS SECTION OF THE DEVS. COME ON SAMSUNG WE HAVE GPS WORKING ON AFTERMARKET ROMS AND YET STILL SAMSUNG CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT.
i HAD TO RESTORE AFTER TRYING THAT APP IT SUCKED.
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I THINK SAMSUNG HAS EVERY REJECT THEY HAVE WORKING IN THERE GPS SECTION OF THE DEVS. COME ON SAMSUNG WE HAVE GPS WORKING ON AFTERMARKET ROMS AND YET STILL SAMSUNG CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT.
i HAD TO RESTORE AFTER TRYING THAT APP IT SUCKED.
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Phandroid posted a story about this app and Samsung's "new" faq for Captivate/Vibrant owners who were still having gps issues after installing Samsung's official "fix". NO NEW INFORMATION WHATSOEVER.
Powercycling, enabling "Use Wireless Networks" in Locations and Security Settings?! REALLY???
FAIL.
I bought my Captivate not long after they were release and never have had an issue with GPS....with Perception ROM I get a lock in less than 10 seconds INSIDE the house...its about half a block off but that's pretty accurate in my book
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I bought my Captivate not long after they were release and never have had an issue with GPS....with Perception ROM I get a lock in less than 10 seconds INSIDE the house...its about half a block off but that's pretty accurate in my book
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Dude.....Really? Half a block? That's not accurate man that's about as bad as everyone else's captivate . I'm sorry to be rude but I'm sick of people saying "its perfect" " it locks in half a second to 82 sats with 2 inch accuracy" . Post some proof of your awesome gps then do us a favor and share how you made it work because I'm pretty sure Samsung screwed them all up. Sorry for the rant.........
(I would bet that your "lock" INDOORS would be celltower triangulation and that no birds were actually locked as this is were many people assume there gps works when it in reality suck like everyone else's)
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I'm really starting to think that the problem is in the antennas. I've never had a problem getting a lock pretty fast, yes lock, not agps approximate. However, it's getting it to keep a lock that is the problem. I always had the dreaded blue circle, or out right gps signal lost. However, for about 3 days straight it has been sunny. And for the first time I tried putting the phone up near the console, back outward and not downward, and it has been perfect. No circle, no lag, no problems. I never had to do this with my other phones. Hell, my WinMo device that I frequently use as bluetooth gps receiver works fine in the passenger seat, or floorboard for that matter. It just seems as if it has to be perfect conditions for the phone get decent gps reception, which to me seems like antenna problems.
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Hi Vibrant owners!
I made a post over in the Captivate forum about how we can configure the GLGPS daemon in our phones (this is used to control the GPS behavior)
Attached are some update.zips with a new glgps daemon pulled from the Nexus S, secgps.conf and a jupiter.xml configuration inside. The GPS chipset is common among all SGS models, so this should work for you. Please try it, feedback is appreciated!
Sweet!
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I thought the vibrant does not use the jupiter.xml
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I know at least one model of Vibrant does (Bell), not sure about the others (CDMA does not I believe)
With the vibrant froyo leaks, we now use gpsd and jupiter.xml Samsung decided to make it the same across the board. At least for the i9k, cap and vib. Not sure aboit the epic and fascinate though
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i really don't understand these "fix your gps" threads. Hasn't it already been fixed a while back with the newer 2.2 roms? Mine is just fine now.
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i really don't understand these "fix your gps" threads. Hasn't it already been fixed a while back with the newer 2.2 roms? Mine is just fine now.
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Wow. Your like saying that people doesn't have to fix their gps if yours has been already fixed.
im saying if you've upgraded to a new rom like most here then it should have been fixed. what kind of fix are you expecting a 100/100 Sat lock the instant you turn on the GPS app?
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im saying if you've upgraded to a new rom like most here then it should have been fixed.
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Yeah it should have been fixed, but to some it isn't. Maybe because of the hardware or other issues.
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what kind of fix are you expecting a 100/100 Sat lock the instant you turn on the GPS app?
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I'm not expecting that, we all just want it to be usable like having a better accuracy.
sorry it's getting late and my brain is not fully functional ^_^ though it is sorta confusing how the same hardware can produce different results with the newer 2.2 roms.
It's not the same though.
The antenna got revised in October 2010. See the post about the gps fix in the Vibrant general forum.
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ic... that's even more depressing lol. you would think a newer antenna would fix it.
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ic... that's even more depressing lol. you would think a newer antenna would fix it.
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It seems the newer antenna did fix it - the older design is unreliable so "identical" hardware can have different GPS performance depending on how much the connection has worked loose.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878970
if you compare to HTC model like HD2, you will see that vibrant is very slow altough gps is fixed...I once use htc hd2 with MDJ mod for android GPS is real fast, never more than one minutes from start ( case compared when u totally delete gps data) I don't know how HTC did it...just for your guy to concern
My GPS has never worked and I've tried every ROM and every fix. Sure I can get a lock on 8 of 12 satellites, and I can easily get 10 foot accuracy. As soon as I try to use Navigation, it sucks. It'll jump around by a few feet here and there, and that's enough to totally throw off the navigation. All of a sudden it thinks I'm the wrong street and its telling me to turn around.
im sorry guys, that sucks. mine has been fine for a while now. and i navigate quite a bit as I am new to Cali. Initially it truly pissed me off when I was on 2.1, telling me i'm staying on the highway when i infact took the off ramp etc... lol. I'd get a replacement.
Can anyone ever say the word GPS without sending everyone into a pissing frenzy?
BACK ON TOPIC:
OP which one do you recommend starting out on for us Vibrant owners?
I highly.. very highly recommend Sombionix' Nero 3. I've used a lot of roms and this one is very very fast. And I usually refrain from saying "fast" because most phones are initially fast when new roms are installed but this one definitely deserves it even after massive app installs and use.
I tryed out the google version and it killed my GPS it sees 12 birds but won't connect to any.
Which do I install? I have a Tmobile Vibrant. You have 3 files listed. Thanks.
This does not work on the newer nightlys, it breaks GPS. Removed the attachment.
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update.zip to replace /system/lib/hw/gps.inc.so with the file found in the Incredible_C_GB_S_VERIZON_WWE_4.01.605.0 leak that rmk40 posted/updated from 911Sniper's.
I really can't take any credit at all for any of this. I just saw what the Evo guys did, tweaked a line in the updater script, switched their gps file for ours, and then signed it with Signapktic.
If you want to thank someone, please thank galandy and daryelv.
Runkeeper has been having problems for me, so I'm seeing if this helps. i've flashed this and made sure I still got a GPS lock (CM7 Nightly 134), but I haven't had a chance to try it with Runkeeper.... hopefully this isn't an epic fail. One image shows what it looks like good, and one what it has been doing lately.
If you aren't having a problem, I wouldn't flash it, and remember the nandroid!
md5: 2c1f40fcdeabfd4068ef13b9f3358aa6
Hey so do you think you can elaborate on what exactly this does?
On first glance it looks like it is having the GPS refresh much more rapidly (therefore consuming more battery life I'm guessing).
Is this the only thing this mod does?
Yes, how is the battery life with this?
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I can't comment on battery life at this point. I'm going to use GPS on Monday evening and will report back. I expect it may drain the battery more while using GPS, but for me, the trade off of more polling is worth it.
The update.zip simply replaces the CM7 GPS driver with the driver found in the Gingerbread leak. I can't speak to the changes in the HTC driver, because I've not seen the code (probably wouldn't do much good for me to see it anyway), and the source is not released.
If you are not having a problem, I wouldn't flash it.
I'm curious how this turns out, since I've noticed the same thing with RunKeeper lately. I don't think it has a negative effect on my total mileage, but every once in a while the accuracy goes completely wonky and it can't give me an accurate reading of my pace at the moment.
I had my days mixed up, today isn't a run day.
I wanted to get some initial results though, so I did do a quick run. GPS seems to have a higher polling/refresh/whatever it's called rate. The only thing I did was flash this update.zip.
Tomorrow I go for a 40 minute run so I'll have a better idea on how it hits the battery. I just went 5 minutes today, so it didn't really do anything.
So far, seems to be good. No more corners being cut off!
I'll have to keep my eye on this, when I was running sense roms maps was able to be able to track me with pinpoint accuracy, with cm7 it seems off by a few yards. Not a lot but enough to say im in my backyard when i'm in my bedroom or my neighbors front yard when i'm in my kitchen. If I can get that lock I got in sense with cm7 i'll be a happy camper.
Curious as well
I have noticed issues with GPS being off 5-10 yards as well. I ad recently flashed back to 7.28 radio which seemed to help initially or so I thought. I noticed it off about 10 yards on golf apps.
Looking forward to how this turns out
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I had my days mixed up, today isn't a run day.
I wanted to get some initial results though, so I did do a quick run. GPS is back to being accurate. The only thing I did was flash this update.zip.
Tomorrow I go for a 40 minute run so I'll have a better idea on how it hits the battery. I just went 5 minutes today, so it didn't really do anything.
So far, seems to be good. No more corners being cut off!
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Nice. I'll have to flash this...
Is this something that I will need to flash every time I update to a new nightly?
Subscribing to this, Thanks OP!
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Is this something that I will need to flash every time I update to a new nightly?
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Yup, sounds like it
Just got done with a 35 minute run, GPS is working much better for me. I have an 8 month old 1500mAh TP2 battery. It dropped 6% in 35 minutes (screen off the whole time, just using runkeeper), which does not appear to be better or worse on the battery to me than the stock CM7 GPS driver.
If you are flashing this driver, you will have to re-flash it after flashing CM7.
I haven't tested accuracy, I can only say that it has increased the blue dots on my run keeper map which is what I wanted.
Thanks for looking into this. I've noticed that my tracks has been working poorly lately for me. Sometimes it even skips parts of my course altogether. Some of this may be due to the terrain (I use it for MTB ) but I never noticed it when I was using the stock rom. Ill try it out and report back if anything gets better.
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I look forward to hearing if it helps you or anyone else.
None of this was my idea, I just saw what other people had done on the evo and applied the idea to our phone.
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I look forward to hearing if it helps you or anyone else.
None of this was my idea, I just saw what other people had done on the evo and applied the idea to our phone.
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Yeah, this helped me. Maps is smoother, and MyTracks is insanely smooth! No noticeable difference in battery use either.
Just got finished with my evening ride and it seems my tracks is working perfectly as far as smooth maps. I did notice something odd however, my tracks reported almost one mile more than the odometer on my bike computer! The first two miles were right on and then it seems something went wrong. Ill have to try it with a known distance and see which one is the culprit.
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Very odd. Please let us know what you find.
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Just got finished with my evening ride and it seems my tracks is working perfectly as far as smooth maps. I did notice something odd however, my tracks reported almost one mile more than the odometer on my bike computer! The first two miles were right on and then it seems something went wrong. Ill have to try it with a known distance and see which one is the culprit.
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Did a quick walk this morning to get breakfast and I notice that it polls a lot more. Good job, k_flan!
Ok, I've tried it a couple more times and I'm confident the error was in the bike computer. I may have bumped the magnet attached to the wheel at some point and that's what threw off the readings. Everything looks good now, thanks for this!
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Glad you got it sorted and it wasn't something crazy caused from flashing this.
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Ok, I've tried it a couple more times and I'm confident the error was in the bike computer. I may have bumped the magnet attached to the wheel at some point and that's what threw off the readings. Everything looks good now, thanks for this!
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GPS issues please reply and call LG 1800.243.0000 and tell them your GPS don't work they told me that there is no issue and that I'm wasting my time if they had a problem they would here about it I called art they said GPS problems was not thiers to worry about call LG and I get no problem well I'm not nuts it is junk does not work just says searching for GPS that's it every option is checked tried with Wifi and mobile data no dice. So please if your phone has a issue make it known and call lets make art and LG here there customers we have the power not them so please call.
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I haven't had any issues. I rarely use it though. Cell tower triangulation works just fine for me so I don't waste battery on GPS.
Maybe its just your phone I have no problem with the gps
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How long have you had the phone/been trying to use the GPS? For the first week that I had been using it on mine it was taking 15+ minutes to connect (which didn't bother me since my Captivate would never connect.) But the more I have used it, the better it has gotten. I get locks within about 20 seconds now.
well about 5days i try it every day and nothing never connects i feel this is going to be a problem for more as time goes on god i hope not /.
I found a fix, see my thread in the forum.
Just turned on my GPS to make sure I wasn't just being an ignorant D-Bag, it found me, in a building, in about 20 seconds the first time I've ever turned it on.
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I found a fix, see my thread in the forum.
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Can you show me please. I am in desperate need of a GPS fix. I am going on a trip soon and would love to not have to carry a dedicated tom-tom if I can...
No problems with mine.
No issues whatsoever with mine.
just navigated me fine to work over here no probs
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Can you show me please. I am in desperate need of a GPS fix. I am going on a trip soon and would love to not have to carry a dedicated tom-tom if I can...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1272598
There ya go! I have another fix too if that doesn't work, let me know how it goes.
I thought that by rooting and putting a new ROM on my phone that it'd help out my problems of it rebooting randomly and having a non responsive internet 50% of the time but it hasn't. Anyone else having these problems with their Thrills? About to go back to the iPhone even though i really don't want to
I have occasional reboots, but not often. I know mine is more tinkering with my kernel.
i only had mine reboot once only cuz i killed gta3 the rong way and it crashed
yeah mine does it any time that it has to think about something... i go to post something on facebook and about half the time it freezes and then reboots. I think i've pulled the battery out a couple dozen times this last week because of it just stopping on me
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i only had mine reboot once only cuz i killed gta3 the rong way and it crashed
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There's a wrong way close apps/games? Not on the iPhone. Get with the times Google.
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There's a wrong way close apps/games? Not on the iPhone. Get with the times Google.
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There is no wrong way to close an App/Game.
It's the developer of the app that causes the problem.
ok now i'm finally getting it to where it's saying different apps (mostly clockworkmod) are failing and to either force close or cancel...
Well I jumped out of gta3 with the home button and tryed to go in app manager to close it and probly ran out of ram and crashed instead of backing out of gta3 with the game menu
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There is no wrong way to close an App/Game.
It's the developer of the app that causes the problem.
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I just wish Android OS suspended everything when you push the home button and had push notifications instead of persistent checking. All this background running is killing our batteries and causing lockups.
Ya I know I wounding if you could put it in a rom or kernal
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True multitasking has been built into Android (similar to Linux, which it is based) from day one. Here to say it, but that would be a longshot. Best bet would be to become more scrupulous on what apps you download and more critical of the makers when their programs go rogue. Plus turning background data off in settings can help. Fyi.
Note: I don't want you to feel as if I'm being overly critical or a douche here, just realistic with what we have and what we are dealing with.
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True multitasking has been built into Android (similar to Linux, which it is based) from day one. Here to say it, but that would be a longshot. Best bet would be to become more scrupulous on what apps you download and more critical of the makers when their programs go rogue. Plus turning background data off in settings can help. Fyi.
Note: I don't want you to feel as if I'm being overly critical or a douche here, just realistic with what we have and what we are dealing with.
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how do you turn off background data and what does it do? Also can i dump clockworkmod recovery since it's one of the ones that keeps popping up saying it's froze? i've got the Doomed ROM on it now
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True multitasking has been built into Android (similar to Linux, which it is based) from day one. Here to say it, but that would be a longshot. Best bet would be to become more scrupulous on what apps you download and more critical of the makers when their programs go rogue. Plus turning background data off in settings can help. Fyi.
Note: I don't want you to feel as if I'm being overly critical or a douche here, just realistic with what we have and what we are dealing with.
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I hear ya, I know its wishful thinking. I just wish android was as efficient as iOS. Android having Backgrounding from the start was a big perk, but I gotta hand to apple for seeing how inefficient it was and hold off until they found a better solution. Android needs to grab the bull by the horns and convert to that solution.
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how do you turn off background data and what does it do? Also can i dump clockworkmod recovery since it's one of the ones that keeps popping up saying it's froze? i've got the Doomed ROM on it now
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Menu>accounts and sync>Background Data
Background data allows you to receive emails and your apps to update periodically while your not using your phone. This is the basis of 99% of your notifications. It's kinda the point of having a smart phone in the first place.
oh ok... yeah i really like getting all my updates so i don't wanna do that
Well I've got an issue where the phone shuts off while not in use and I have to pull the battery to restart. Are there any suggestions on how to fix this problem? Its random so I have no clue what's causing it.
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Well I've got an issue where the phone shuts off while not in use and I have to pull the battery to restart. Are there any suggestions on how to fix this problem? Its random so I have no clue what's causing it.
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pretty much the same thing i'm trying to figure out...
Just had to pull my battery to restart after sitting for a while
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I wonder what the deal is, I got a refurb and that may be the cause of it. How about you guys?
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o0shaft0o said:
I wonder what the deal is, I got a refurb and that may be the cause of it. How about you guys?
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mines brand new... started happening more when i rooted and put the ROM on it but it was doing it straight from AT&T too...
Same here. Any advice?
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