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Wanted to get a read from folks as to what their Gut feel is. Are you confident that Sammy will really fix this? Any by fix, I mean the following. This comes from experiences with 2 HTC smartphones (Aria, and the Pure):
1. GPS locks in under 5 seconds in clear sky conditions
2. Usable navigation; IOW, 30-50m accuracy, again under ideal conditions.
3. Usable navigation such that it stays locked while driving at highway speeds.
TIA.
I have not experienced any of the above issues (post update) except for the 5 second lock, and even my garmin can't do that. The cog2.2 had my gps jacked up so I reverted back and it works great again.
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I did My Tracks for the first time today and was surprised by the results - highway for 15 miles, 15 miles off (obtained the lock at highway speeds as well) But it lost me in this one dead area about a mile from my house - I drop most calls through this one area as well too.. must be a whole in the ozone
However! (Always a however, right?) Tonight while walking the dog around the neighborhood, the phone could see up to 12 satellites.. yet it didn't get a lock for over 5 minutes. <--- This is the biggest problem I have with the GPS on this phone. INCONSISTENT AS HELL.
What causes the inconsistency?? So since I've owned the phone (release day) and it's been this long and inconsistent from the beginning, I am beginning to lose my confidence in a real fix (at least Samsung can make some kind of formal announcement you know?)
My GPS has always worked. Stock JF6. Cognition 2, 2.1, 2.2.1-5. Anything I throw at it, it just works. Freeway, walking, indoors, etc. I think it is partly a hardware issue.
Mine is fixed
I ordered my Captivate from AT&T's online store. GPS did not work, no matter what kind of settings I played with (lbstestmode, etc.). Got the update, no help. Took it back to the AT&T store and replaced it. Got the update and it works fantastically. If yours is still in the 30 day warranty period get it switched out.
Considering that many people had the gps issue fixed with the ota update or with the newly released froyo, yet many still have problems, I think there are some bad phones. I'll try to get mine replaced even though it's outside the 30 days.
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I'm on my second Captivate. I have no faith that GPS will be reliable enough to use for navigation purposes or apps like My Tracks or even Layar. The OTA update definitely helped, but turns and changes in direction throw it off by quite a bit.
About all it is good for is telling your weather app what city you are in.
For me, the GPS didn't work from the first day I bought the phone. It got a lot better after the OTA update. However, it's getting mess up again in the last few days. I've heard other people from this forum said the GPS will go bad after a few weeks, I guess that's happening to me now. Moreover, the lag seems to be getting worse too.
I'm running Cognition 2.2 FroYo and for the first time ever I got 11/11 sattelites locked. My ride home it stayed more or less dead on the street i was on, occassionally wavered onto the sidewalk a bit or whatnot in My Tracks. That's using the stock settings (spirent-lcs.com and Standalone, with Use Wireless Networks off). If this does not degrade over time, I'd call it fixed for sure.
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Keep it coming folks; seems like for the most part people's gut feel is about in line with mine. Im going to return my Captivate to Amazon and have them replace it to see if I can see any improvement. Not holding my breath though.
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My GPS has always worked. Stock JF6. Cognition 2, 2.1, 2.2.1-5. Anything I throw at it, it just works. Freeway, walking, indoors, etc. I think it is partly a hardware issue.
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Mine has always worked on both of captivates. It's in no way perfect but it gets the job done.
I just ordered a replacement Captivate from Amazon. I will then update the software to JH7 in the un-mollested state to see what kind of improvements I see, if any.
Crossed fingers............Bottom line, im not too confident.
So I got my replacement Captivate from Amazon. The second I got it, I stepped outside to see if I can get a GPS lock. I stood there for 5 minute, and no lock.
So I did the software update; which worked. It didnt work on my "molested" captivate.
I then went outside for a drive. Locked very quickly I think 5 seconds. Accuracy was very good; certainly on par with the two HTC smart phones Ive owned.
Maybe its dumb luck that I got a good unit; but it seems not overly molesting your captivate is a good idea until people really understand the consequences.
EDIT: The above drive I mentioned was in neighborhood roads, at relatively low speeds. On my way to work it was definitely NOT as accurate as my HTC Pure. It showed me about 1 exit behind; was about a half or three quarters of a mile.
I just want to say that I called Samsung support directly yesterday and the guy told me that "he hasn't heard anyone else who's applied the JH7 update that said their GPS wasn't fixed."
SO CALL SAMSUNG SUPPORT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. Don't stop calling. They need to know the update didn't fix it!
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I just want to say that I called Samsung support directly yesterday and the guy told me that "he hasn't heard anyone else who's applied the JH7 update that said their GPS wasn't fixed."
SO CALL SAMSUNG SUPPORT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. Don't stop calling. They need to know the update didn't fix it!
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They already know. I can guarantee you that some of their dev team consistently troll these forums.
My GPS works pretty well, especially considering its a phone, since JH7 OTA update.
The problem you're talking about with locks under 5 seconds, isnt always going to happen. It depends on how long its been since the last time gps was used, and how close you are currently to where you last used it.
If you use it and then turn it off, and in a few hours turn it back on, at roughly the last location it was used, it'll get a very quick lock. If you wait days, it wont. If you use it at location A last, then are long ways away from that location when turning it back on, it wont get a quick lock, it has to calculate where its at based on new data from the satellites. Thats the nature of the beast with GPS. My Garmin in my car is the exact same way. If it has to do a cold start it sometimes takes up to 2 mins to get a lock. But once its got it, if I go in a store for a few mins and come right back out, it picks up location almost immediately.
Since JH7 I'd say my GPS performance more than meets my expectations for a mobile phone GPS.
Started out very confident.
Less confident every day.
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Started out very confident.
Less confident every day.
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Yeah, I'm with you here.
When it came to the HTC video driver fiasco on many of their phones it was sickening that HTC wouldn't do anything about it, or even tackle the issue on future releases. But at least slower video performance than the hardware was capable of wasn't really a deal breaker when it was still working good. So I could understand why a company wouldn't invest a ton to fix it for already purchased phones.
This however is outright broken. It's not a phone with good video performance that COULD perform better with an update. It's a phone with a broken technology that can hopefully be FIXED with an update.
I don't know how Samsung will avoid lawsuits etc etc by manufacturing a blatantly broken piece of technology unless they can rectify the situation... quickly. I think their window is slowly closing on this type of scenario.
As for myself, the GPS problem just isn't an issue since I don't use the GPS anyhow. So I'm not a consumer frothing at the mouth, but the idea that I spent money on a fancy, but broken, phone leaves a bitter taste in that unfrothy mouth of mine.
I'm very confident. I put the leaked froyo from designgears on one of my phones and the lock was fast, and gps accurate. Drove from Chicago to Kohler, WI the other day (~130 miles) and ran gps on the phone along with my dedicated gps unit to check accuracy. Had no issues at all.
I think once 2.2 is released, all of the gps issues will be resolved if the leaked version is any indication.
I'm guessing it's the sum of several issues causing problems.
1. Basic hardware configuration that results in worse signal-to-noise than other handsets.
2. Non-optimized settings that sporadically contribute to slow or poor locks
3. Some kind of software buffering or other issues that cause freeze-ups where the position doesn't update.
When my phone is working well I don't experience problems 2 and 3, and I can live with problem 1. When that's the case I get consistent tracking 95% of my trip. Sometime 2 and 3 seem to creep into the picture for no apparent reason. I hope and expect they will get those problems solved.
Went on a 180 mile trip today through SoCal and I was stunned at how good my GPS is now working. I'd done some tests locally, but never far enough of a drive to consider the results of any significance. Today, I headed east from the San Fernando Valley, through Pasadena, out to San Bernardino, then north through the Pacheco Pass into Hesperia in the high desert. From city to boonies and from about 350 feet elevation to over 3,500. My Cappy got a lock within seconds while sitting in my driveway and never once dropped lock the whole way there and back. Watching the screen the position marker remained steady on the road and did not wander at all. GPS is important to me and I finally have the performance I was getting on my Tilt 2. Yes, I had to go to a custom ROM to get it (Andromeda 1.2), but it runs so well on so many levels that I'm OK with that. Screw stock Froyo (which I tried along with Cog 4.x and GPS was mediocre at best on both).
I drove about 175 miles today using it, and never lost a lock also... I was using my girlfriends phone with stock 2.2. Was accurate to 10 meters whole trip... Had never had anything close to that before upgrade
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Mine is horable.. just don't know What rom to go to
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Mine works good on any rom as long as I don't put the phone in my lap. Seems that the antenna gets a weak signal if placed back down and gets the dreaded large blue circle and looses accuracy. If I hold the phone up though it is balls on accurate.
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Stock, I could lose GPS by just flipping the visor down. Today, I had the phone in my car mount, I put it on the seat at one point, put it to my head to answer a call...didn't lose lock once. All while playing MP3s via BT through the radio.
Im on stock 2.1 and my GPS has always worked fine in my car. I have trouble getting a lock indoors. I went on a 7 hour drive Thursday and didn't lose a lock once.
I wonder if some peoples GPS's are just junk and its the luck of the draw.
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I wonder if some peoples GPS's are just junk and its the luck of the draw.
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That may be for some, but I've had stock Froyo and Cog 4.1 on this same phone and neither had the GPS work as well as it does on Andromeda.
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put it to my head to answer a call
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Not the best habit in California, pretty steep fines for that.
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Not the best habit in California, pretty steep fines for that.
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I was offroad at the time.
Mine works pretty well most of the time.. seems to have a slight 'drifing' issue when stopped tho.. say at a stop light.. kinda strange..
hate to poop on the whiner party, but stock 2.1 and now stock 2.2 have worked as expected. totally. this is a gnarly phone.
FireFly is by far the best results I have ever had with GPS...locks super quick and stays!
It seems a lot of the Captivates' GPS, like mine, worked great when the new phone was used for the first 2 to 3 weeks, then it would degrade. Load a new rom on the phone and again it would work fine for 2 to 3 weeks then deteriorate again. I'm always interested in knowing how long the current rom has been installed and how much the GPS has been utilized. The fact that it worked good when new, makes me think the hardware is not the problem. I'm no programmer but I always wondered if the deterioration was the result of some "file" that grew in size as the GPS was utilized. And, as the "file" grew, time/power requirements increased causing the GPS to deteriorate. How could it ever work correctly if it is a hardware issue?
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hate to poop on the whiner party, but stock 2.1 and now stock 2.2 have worked as expected. totally. this is a gnarly phone.
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Oh, well, then I guess your singular experience negates that of the many other users whose GPS has been total crap. It must be all their fault and not the device.
At one point I had 3 Captivates in my possession and all had stock Eclair, Froyo, Cog 4.x and Andromeda on them at various times. This was typical of their GPS performance (the phone with Andromeda is on the left).
I've had fairly good gps performance but I'm not picky. However, in the last couple days it won't get a lock no matter what..just flashes. I'm not that picky, but I don't like that it doesn't even get a lock
My first captivate, bought in September, was exchanged at Best Buy on day 30. The GPS on stock eclair never was very stable from day 1, slow to lock, very unreliable on the move much of the time, although not always.
My second captivate had very good GPS on stock eclair. Not perfect, but fast lock and rarely wandered, for three months. Then one day, out of the blue, it turned into my first captivate. I factory reset it. No joy. I exchanged it at ATT warranty center, told them the GPS wasn't working.
The third captivate GPS on stock eclair was an order of magnitude better than the second one ever was. Locks instantly, indoors or out, always good to 5 meters no matter the conditions, it's just unreal. Still is with Froyo.
So, I can say I have had wildly varying experiences with the same software. That tells me there is hardware variance. I haven't tried software fixes, ever, so I can at least be a reference point from that perspective.
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It seems a lot of the Captivates' GPS, like mine, worked great when the new phone was used for the first 2 to 3 weeks, then it would degrade. Load a new rom on the phone and again it would work fine for 2 to 3 weeks then deteriorate again. I'm always interested in knowing how long the current rom has been installed and how much the GPS has been utilized. The fact that it worked good when new, makes me think the hardware is not the problem. I'm no programmer but I always wondered if the deterioration was the result of some "file" that grew in size as the GPS was utilized. And, as the "file" grew, time/power requirements increased causing the GPS to deteriorate. How could it ever work correctly if it is a hardware issue?
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I haven't noticed that before, but I've had the current ROM (Paragon) for a couple weeks, and now I can't get a lock - worked great at the start, after a master clear. Maybe the old Samsung GPS reset app would work here.
What you have proposed is something we should all keep in the back of our minds...
My 1008 build had mediocre (at best) GPS. The I sent it in for repair and when I got it back (and installed Andromeda) the GPS worked so well I was beside myself with joy. The GPS remained fabulous for almost 2 month then, while running Cog 4.1 with Adam's GPS fix (and still working great--I got 10 sats while sitting on my toilet!), nirvana ended. I'm lucky to get 4 sats and locking is painfully slow.
It's been this way for about a week. I'm going to complain to Samsung and see if I can send it back for repair again.
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I haven't noticed that before, but I've had the current ROM (Paragon) for a couple weeks, and now I can't get a lock - worked great at the start, after a master clear. Maybe the old Samsung GPS reset app would work here.
What you have proposed is something we should all keep in the back of our minds...
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Isn't paragon a kernel?
I'm not as lucky as you with Andromeda 1.2. I live in the SF bay area and can barely get a lock. Any suggestions?
So I spent 3 hours on the phone with AT&T last week while their warranty department did everything they could to not just honor the warranty (I can go into detail of anyone cares). But after the long grueling battle I was finally able to get my 1008 replaced with a 1009. Now the gps on my 1008 was shotty at best. I received the new phone, fired up Srendipity 6.3 and installed the free TeleNav GPS program and received instant results. Before, I was getting 3-4 sats after 30 seconds and it would barely hold. Now, I instantly get 7 or more sats and was able to lock up to 11 and hold them. My gps works spot on and I couldn't be happier. Morale of the story.. if you have spotty GPS at best, try exchanging the phone.. but be for warned about AT&T honoring the Gps capability for the Captivate with out a lot of legwork.
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I was having a GPS problem and the warranty people sent out a replacement with a 15 min phone call. got one that works ok, but with the right modem it gets 10-11 sats in under 5 seconds.
might be who you get and how willing they are to try and figure out your problem without just jumping to it being a hardware problem.
The captivate gps is way to random to guarantee a replacement will fix anything as no one knows all the details of the problem. Part of it is obviously software as several tweaks work wonders for most people. No one knows what the combination is for sure.
A standing lock shows nothing for actual driving navigation performance.
Your results will vary but do we really need a new thread from everyone who warranty replaces their phone for bad gps performance
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Remember too, almost all "new" Captivates' GPS work great for a few weeks. Post back in about a month and let us know how your new Captivate is working. Also, it seems as though the GPS will work great for a few weeks after loading a new ROM, then it goes bad again. Tells me there is s file the GPS must process avery time you turn it on. As the file grows in size, the GPS program can't process the file in a timely manner resulting in the interpretation of the GPS data being slow and off-course.
I'll do that. I like using my GPS for looking things up (don't use navigation that much since I don't do much traveling) but I'll definitely keep an eye on it and see how it handles aftera week or so and then after that.
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just got a 1007 replacement for the 1007 i have. The GPS works out of the box for stock froyo. it actually trasks every single turn and is able to catch up when i am driving 75-80 on the freeway. So ya... if anyone fail to get their gps working by software tweaks, you should go ahead and use the random shut down execuse to get a replacement phone. the 1007/8/9/... thing doesnt really matter i guess. The one I got works like a charm beside the sticker behind the battery look crappy without a SN number and the samsung logo.( oh well probably a refurb , but at least it works~)
It's like a gamble, but hey at least exchange it while u still can with warranty is better than hoping for a software fix that we are still not sure about if it's the real issue. Honestly it could be software for some people, but after u tried couple Roms and fixes, a bad gps is a bad gps.
The "batch number" on my phone is 1008. The phone came with Eclair, of course. The GPS was poor at best. I updated the phone to Froyo. The GPS was not perceptibly different; still darn poor. I remember one miserable night where I was forced to find my destination using the Biblical System. The GPS never did lock during my one-hour ordeal.
For a totally unrelated reason, I ending up doing a master clear and reset. After I got everything reloaded I "tested" the GPS. Wow! It locked, well, instantly, or so it seemed.
An app available in the Market called GPS Status has two nice features. You can set it to automatically download the A-GPS file at start up. And, it reports on screen how long it takes to get it's first lock. With GPS Test (and others) you can see when the phone locks but GPS Status reports the time-to-lock information in seconds, no stopwatch or counting required.
Fascinated at the new-found capability of my Captivate, I have repeatedly checked how long it takes to get a lock. I would say, under widely varying conditions, the lock time is almost always less than 20 - 25 seconds.
YMMV but you might try a master clear and reset if you have a phone you undated from 2.1 to 2.2. Except for the time it takes to rebuild your phone, you have little to loose and you might find, as I did, the Captivate's GPS is excellent. Had I not "discovered" this "solution" I would have abandoned my Captivate--even though I think it's great phone overall--as I routinely depend upon my PDA's GPS capability.
FWIW, I do a lot of Geocaching so I have an understanding of how a GPS should perform. I had an AT&T Tilt which I'd made usable with a Sakajati HyperDragon IV ROM. The GPS in that phone was excellent. The first few days with the Captivate was a real downer. But, the now-functioning GPS makes the Capitvate a keeper.
For those not wanting to try getting a replacement. Plumbobs gps fix worked great for me. Check it out.
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My Xoom locks on in 4 seconds, indoors, straight out of the box. This whole thing is stupid.
So I've been using my gps for a few days now and it's still working just as well when I got the replacement. IMO there may be 3 types of phones out there which is why we all get different results..
Captivate with working GPS right out of the box
Captivate with 'meh' GPS that is fixable with software tweaks
Captivate with GPS so bad that it doesn't work at all.
This could all be hardware related in just how the manufacturing process worked. Some could have just been bad apples.
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10 meter lock inless than 20 seconds. Running JVE modem on Continuum v4, and I have a 1008 build number.
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This is my third device and for 8 days it has been pretty rock solid, Yesterday I had 2 screen freezes and noticed it had been rebooting randomly.(for how long I do not know but I thought at first the app was turning itself off, than learned the device was actually rebooting itself) Today while at a restaurant I lost data and the signal would go in and out. In this same place my Vibrant gets 3-4 bars of 3G consistently. Upon arriving at home I had the same situation but additionally the GPS refused to lock or even see any sats. After rebooting twice it finally straightened out. I only have a couple of days left to decide whether to get a refund or take the chance of getting one that has even more issues or just keep this one and hope for the best. Anyone else have these or issues like them?
Are you running stock? There is a patch that fixes the slow Downs which can cause a reboot.
LG left the device in engineering mode which is why it boots up so fast.
Root and flash the patch, or wait for official gingerbread, or foot and flash CM7 which is doing me good.
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Yes, my data randomly gets stuck, switching to airplane mode and back fixes it sometimes, otherwise a reboot fixes it.
My GPS randomly dies and gets stuck, usually while navigating, only way I've found to fix that is yet another reboot. Cycling the GPS on and off does nothing.
Also, about once a week, the phone will crater, come back up to "system checking", decide it doesn't like something and do a factory reset! I'm actually scared every time I reboot that it'll come up reset.
Also notice if I make heavy use of the internal SD card, say, 1080p video recording, it'll randomly reboot. Defective memory?
Par for the course until LG figures stuff out. I wish this was like a computer and everything worked when it was expected to work!
Running the dexopt patch, rooted, and nothing else major.
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Are you running stock? There is a patch that fixes the slow Downs which can cause a reboot.
LG left the device in engineering mode which is why it boots up so fast.
Root and flash the patch, or wait for official gingerbread, or foot and flash CM7 which is doing me good.
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Yes running stock and applied the patch as soon as it came out. I have not tried cm7 yet. The patch does not seem to do any good for this device.
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Yes, my data randomly gets stuck, switching to airplane mode and back fixes it sometimes, otherwise a reboot fixes it.
My GPS randomly dies and gets stuck, usually while navigating, only way I've found to fix that is yet another reboot. Cycling the GPS on and off does nothing.
Also, about once a week, the phone will crater, come back up to "system checking", decide it doesn't like something and do a factory reset! I'm actually scared every time I reboot that it'll come up reset.
Also notice if I make heavy use of the internal SD card, say, 1080p video recording, it'll randomly reboot. Defective memory?
Par for the course until LG figures stuff out. I wish this was like a computer and everything worked when it was expected to work!
Running the dexopt patch, rooted, and nothing else major.
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Gosh, sounds like we got the exact same phone!!LOL Almost my situation word for word!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you really think that software patches will fix all the issues? I would like to believe but am doubtful. I went through the GPS debacle with the Vibrant and it still has not been fixed after almost a year for a lot of people.
As powerful this phone sounds I am hesitant of getting it because of the list of complaints. I think the g2 might be a better choice even though it has an inferior chip
The patch made a big difference with mine. After the patch is successfully applied, it will take longer to boot and won't slow down and laggy after a few hours.
I'm wondering if it was applied correctly? It would have to be applied after every wipe you've done. Thing is you have to remove the X-Factor from the equation. Flash CM7 and see if the problem is persistent or not. If it is, replace the phone. If not, then you owe me $5 cause I called it. There is a weird bug with the stock kernel. We are expecting an updated Kernel with the new Gingerbread rom that is about to be released.
@Jjday7: I wouldn't sweat it. I've been around the block and as far as hardware goes; the G2x is solid. The initial kernel is a little wonky but thank god we have CM7 right? I used my GPS today and had no problem getting a lock and keeping it. Of course I'm on CM7. I also don't have anymore random lockups.
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The patch made a big difference with mine. After the patch is successfully applied, it will take longer to boot and won't slow down and laggy after a few hours.
I'm wondering if it was applied correctly? It would have to be applied after every wipe you've done. Thing is you have to remove the X-Factor from the equation. Flash CM7 and see if the problem is persistent or not. If it is, replace the phone. If not, then you owe me $5 cause I called it. There is a weird bug with the stock kernel. We are expecting an updated Kernel with the new Gingerbread rom that is about to be released.
@Jjday7: I wouldn't sweat it. I've been around the block and as far as hardware goes; the G2x is solid. The initial kernel is a little wonky but thank god we have CM7 right? I used my GPS today and had no problem getting a lock and keeping it. Of course I'm on CM7. I also don't have anymore random lockups.
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I have applied it before and after GB update. I have hesitated flashing cm7 (have a couple of questions) If I do flash it and want to go back to stock or some other rom, would I have to flash a different kernel even with my nanroid? If so what would be the process for that? AS far as GApps I notice that you cannot use the one for tegra. All I have found at the cm7 site is universal which I suppose would be the one to choose. Do you know for sure?I have used cm7 on my nexus one but not on my Vibrant . Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
I also have all the same issues as the OP. Hopefully the update fixes all these issues. Did any of you notice the phone really hot when the reboots and freezes occurred?
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So where is this patch? My GPS has been non-functional this morning. Usually it just takes a LONG time to lock on. Also, last two days I've been getting the freezing while on a call. Black screen, won't come back, have to remove the battery. Early this morning after taking the phone off the charger was the first time it froze to black screen while not on a call.
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As powerful this phone sounds I am hesitant of getting it because of the list of complaints. I think the g2 might be a better choice even though it has an inferior chip
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To my G2x friends above. Keep swapping phones. Don't give up. I was at my wits end until I swapped out a couple of times. My new phone has no bleed issues and the random crazy stuff has completely stopped.
lilaliend... take it back. get another. It should not do that. It will be nothing but a head ache/heart ache until you do. I get a solid lock within 5 seconds.
Jjday... if you get one, run the heck out of it the first few days to see if all is good. Any issues pop up...swap it.
This is a solid phone that seems to have had some issues with the first run of production. There are many detailed posts on how to fix any minor annoyances. TMobile sold out of them for a reason.
Swap bad behaving phones then read, read, and then read some more. The potential of this phone is awesome. I am a die hard WM guy who has been converted.
So .. I ended up exchanging my g2x in via t-mo customer support since I was out of the window of taking it back to the store (having 4g/wifi toggle issues etc, random reboots). The new phone is by far better, but I am having issues with the GPS still. It will see 10 satellites, all locked on (green via GPS test) but it takes forEVER to lock. When I first took the phone out of the box it locked within seconds inside my house ... should I send this back for another one again?
So my problem is whenever I try to use GPS to lock onto my position, the most accurate my phone gives me is to 1200 meters - like it gives me that blue circle around where it thinks I am in the maps/navigation apps. I've tried inside, outside, wherever, and it's always exactly 1200 meters. I've also tried different ROMs, froyo, gingerbread, and ICS and it's the same problem. I've updated to the latest baseband (V21y) and it's the exact same problem. I've tried GPS status & Toolbox to clear and download agps data and still no dice. I've dialed 1809#*999# and ran the GPS test, played around with the settings there, and still no improvement.
I've had my G2x since September 2011, and this problem only started about two weeks ago, out of nowhere. My GPS has always been really accurate, and consistently too, until all of a sudden it wasn't, so I'm sure this isn't another, "ohh that's the G2x for yah, buddy."
The part that confuses me is that it's ALWAYS accurate to 1200 meters in the Maps app. It's never more or less accurate. Also the compass functionality still works fine, and every other part of my phone is exactly the same.
I'm starting to think part of my hardware got messed up, and the only way to fix it is to get it replaced, but that would be annoying.
I got this phone the day it came out. I have never had any luck with the gps on this thing. Every ROM I have tried has been the same. I just updated to v21y mainly because some were saying they were having better gps signals, however, it still sucks balls for me. I'm really just tired of all the little bs issues with the phone. Can't wait until next April to get my full upgrade... lol
Bladedwings said:
So my problem is whenever I try to use GPS to lock onto my position, the most accurate my phone gives me is to 1200 meters - like it gives me that blue circle around where it thinks I am in the maps/navigation apps. I've tried inside, outside, wherever, and it's always exactly 1200 meters. I've also tried different ROMs, froyo, gingerbread, and ICS and it's the same problem. I've updated to the latest baseband (V21y) and it's the exact same problem. I've tried GPS status & Toolbox to clear and download agps data and still no dice. I've dialed 1809#*999# and ran the GPS test, played around with the settings there, and still no improvement.
I've had my G2x since September 2011, and this problem only started about two weeks ago, out of nowhere. My GPS has always been really accurate, and consistently too, until all of a sudden it wasn't, so I'm sure this isn't another, "ohh that's the G2x for yah, buddy."
The part that confuses me is that it's ALWAYS accurate to 1200 meters in the Maps app. It's never more or less accurate. Also the compass functionality still works fine, and every other part of my phone is exactly the same.
I'm starting to think part of my hardware got messed up, and the only way to fix it is to get it replaced, but that would be annoying.
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I had the same issues until the march bb update. I lock on under 10 seconds. Accuracy as good aa 5 meters. I dont know guys, the update seems to have fixed this for a lot of people. Could be hardware, ive had 4 g2x's only 1 can oc 1.6ghz stable.
jnralp00 said:
I got this phone the day it came out. I have never had any luck with the gps on this thing. Every ROM I have tried has been the same. I just updated to v21y mainly because some were saying they were having better gps signals, however, it still sucks balls for me. I'm really just tired of all the little bs issues with the phone. Can't wait until next April to get my full upgrade... lol
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jnralp00 said:
I got this phone the day it came out. I have never had any luck with the gps on this thing. Every ROM I have tried has been the same. I just updated to v21y mainly because some were saying they were having better gps signals, however, it still sucks balls for me. I'm really just tired of all the little bs issues with the phone. Can't wait until next April to get my full upgrade... lol
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Yeah I'm in pretty much the same boat. I got this phone shortly after it came out, and I've had GPS issues since I got it. I've done every baseband update hoping it would fix my issues, and it hasn't. The only way I've been able to "make things work better" is by heavily modding the gps.conf file. Even then, the TTL varies greatly - sometimes it's 30 seconds, sometimes it's 3 minutes.