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where can i find the lastest firmware update in the samsung website i heard it can fix the gps problem

The future is the only place you will find an official fix. Dated for september release at best.
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sevenvt said:
The future is the only place you will find an official fix. Dated for september release at best.
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LOL I was just thinking the same thing when I read this post.
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Samsung firmware world. Google it. Not on samsung website. Its not an official release yet. And it does not fix gps. It helps a little but really not worth it. Just be patient and wait till september when it becomes official. That's probably your best bet. I am running it currently and not impressed really, plus there are issues with apps missing after updating.
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This reminds me of the iphone 4 vs htc evo video on youtube. The one with the bears talking... I don't know why but I'm laughing hysterically just thinking about it. "does it have the wifis??"
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beazie0885 said:
This reminds me of the iphone 4 vs htc evo video on youtube. The one with the bears talking... I don't know why but I'm laughing hysterically just thinking about it. "does it have the wifis??"
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True i almost pissed my pants the first time i saw it LOL.

End of September could not come any sooner. Its really frustrating when im on the highway and the phone is telling me im on some side street and not on the highway....damn thing wont shut up.

sevenvt said:
The future is the only place you will find an official fix. Dated for september release at best.
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What website is that? www.Future.com.
Main Target said:
End of September could not come any sooner. Its really frustrating when im on the highway and the phone is telling me im on some side street and not on the highway....damn thing wont shut up.
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I really don't know what the fuss is about. i don't use my gps that much but i did the quick gps fix and it seems to work fine. it finds me in seconds and locks in. i don't lose the signal anything. I think maybe setting are not set correctly. who knows who cares. no need gps. google maps is just fine for me to look up stuff. I just want Froyo. It be so nice. For now stock android is fine too.
Edit: Try this new firmware just released this morning. Maybe there is a fiix. I haven't flashed it yet. I phone is all mummy-fied. Just applied the phantom-skinz and wrapped it with white tape. I will try it later this evening though. I want to know what is new on the new rom.
http://samsung-firmware.webs.com/samsungi897.htm

yokozuna82 said:
where can i find the lastest firmware update in the samsung website i heard it can fix the gps problem
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This doesn't belong in the Dev section.
Also, look before asking. Do some research - the info is here if you read some threads.
- what if someone sent you a link to a porn malware site - would you just click it?

no fix yet!!!

Offical Release Very Soon? Leaked Emails Indicate so.

If this article is correct, how much time would AT&T take to release OTA or via Kies?
wirelessandmobilenews.com/2010/10/samsung-galaxy-s-update-2-android-22-froyo-epic-4g-fascinate-vibrant-and-captivate-coming-soon.html>

Not sure I saw that also. Well im not waiting for the ota, might take dorever, ill just wait for trusty old designer to make a back up of the update for us then ill donate
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So when 2.2 is out, will the update wipe our phone of our apps and stuff?

No, it will not wipe out your phone...
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Yes it will, froyo will not be a OTA hotfix, it will be a complete system/kernel/modem.bin etc, which WILL require wiping data/system/cache etc etc, but the update will take of all that.

Wipes all that hu that sucks
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yeah I'm not sure OTA is a good idea since it bricked so many people' phone on jh7 release lol I will wait for kies or DG rom and donate as well.

rafyvitto said:
Yes it will, froyo will not be a OTA hotfix, it will be a complete system/kernel/modem.bin etc, which WILL require wiping data/system/cache etc etc, but the update will take of all that.
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I would expect Kies to reinstall apps after wiping - this is basically how iTunes installs new OS - backup apps/data, wipe and install clean system, restore from backup. From user's point of view, everything he cares about should be preserved.
But I have no clue if Kies actually does it.

HAHAHA
Anyone read Korean, probably says "Look at all the dumb round eyes thinking they'll be getting Froyo soon!"

vietn95 said:
yeah I'm not sure OTA is a good idea since it bricked so many people' phone on jh7 release lol I will wait for kies or DG rom and donate as well.
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so many successes with stock rom begs to differ

Sure would be nice, but I've learned not to get my hopes up so I won't be expecting anything official in the near future. Samsung seems to move at a snail's pace with these firmware updates and whatnot. Just as well though, I'm enjoying Cognition...if I didn't have it I'd probably be really annoyed at this point.

http://www.wirelessandmobilenews.co...cinate-vibrant-and-captivate-coming-soon.html
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Now, lets just hope DG gets a hold of the official cause waiting on AT&T will mean another month, at least.
boomerod said:
http://www.wirelessandmobilenews.co...cinate-vibrant-and-captivate-coming-soon.html
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cant wait for this!

dlrjr327 said:
If this article is correct, how much time would AT&T take to release OTA or via Kies?
wirelessandmobilenews.com/2010/10/samsung-galaxy-s-update-2-android-22-froyo-epic-4g-fascinate-vibrant-and-captivate-coming-soon.html>
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It usually doesn't take them to long to test. They mostly make sure it doesn't mess up their network. I have heard it takes about 2 weeks. But first we have to hope that the AT&T Froyo build is final - this rumor is that Korean binaries are ready - so it could be just the Asian builds are ready.
Although, the JI6 build we have is pretty close - if they have GPS fixed, they really just need to tweak some other stuff - it is pretty close to done.

cappysw10 said:
HAHAHA
Anyone read Korean, probably says "Look at all the dumb round eyes thinking they'll be getting Froyo soon!"
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Haha
Could be, the people who wrote this couldn't even translate it.
Too bad I moved, no more korean neighbors. South asian girls are so hot.
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m.e. said:
I would expect Kies to reinstall apps after wiping - this is basically how iTunes installs new OS - backup apps/data, wipe and install clean system, restore from backup. From user's point of view, everything he cares about should be preserved.
But I have no clue if Kies actually does it.
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On my first captivate the ota didn't wipe anything. On this one though, jh7 from kies did.
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When I spoke you one of the Android support guyby the name of "Sage" at AT&T he told me he was hopeful for a FroYo release in 2-3 weeks.
Who knows what his source was, hell could have been xda lol
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sdotbrucato said:
When I spoke you one of the Android support guyby the name of "Sage" at AT&T he told me he was hopeful for a FroYo release in 2-3 weeks.
Who knows what his source was, hell could have been xda lol
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that would not surprise me at all actually. There is one ATT rep at the store i go to with a real clue about Android and it seems her gets his info from XDA, Droiddog, and BGR

ryusen said:
..... info from XDA, Droiddog, and BGR
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What's bgr? I know xda, phandroid, droiddog, and androidforums. I'm new to android, so I'm still looking for places to find info. Thanks.
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[Q] [Question] market sees my phone as SeaMobile Carrier? wtf?

I bought an app while my phone was stock, NFS Shift. After updating to EA-11 then EB-16, I thought maybe waiting a few days would make my app show up but it hasn't. I logged into the market on my laptop and it shows that i indeed have paid for the app but my carrier is SeaMobile. WTF!!!!!! I'm lost here. After some suggestions found out in the wilds of the web, I went and looked at the /system/build.prop file and it says uscc in there so whats up? Is anyone else experiencing this? I am really confused by this. The market says SeaMobile isn't a supported carrier. I have bought other apps while on ea11 and they showed up

I've noticed that market thinks the phone is no longer compatible with the NYTimes reader, but that's the only issue I've had. I don't think it said I was another carrier though?

Mine did the same thing. I heard the desire did something similar after the official froyo too. Not sure if it still does our not. I'd guess it has something to do with the way google reads our firmware since it's not official?
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Just realized that it says SeaMobile for me too. Weird..

Has anyone found a fix for this yet, I'm really stumped? I'll pay, beg, and or humiliate myself if it gets this fixed. Lol, seriously though I will do whatever it takes.
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I've noticed this too... Paid for NFS: Shift and Tetris when it was on sale and now I can't get them back since upgrading. Even after I downgraded back to Eclair, I couldn't get them back. Oh well. It is what it is, and I'm out $2. No big deal I suppose.

This is happening on both builds. The build.props are both correct for the market. The only thing I can think, is that these aren't supposed to be available yet so the market doesn't recognize the phones. I'm going to try a few things tonight.
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phidelt82 said:
This is happening on both builds. The build.props are both correct for the market. The only thing I can think, is that these aren't supposed to be available yet so the market doesn't recognize the phones. I'm going to try a few things tonight.
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Thanks for doing some digging Phidelt. Like I posted earlier there were a lot of people having similar issues when the official FroYo release came out for the desire. I think its just google being slow about updating the market to recognize the phones.

Note taken

Seems to me like you need to incorporate a market enabler and trick the market to think we have 2.1 maybe?? I have a link to one....or better yet imma try it out let you know how that goes
**just used a enabler and downloaded all my apps that wasn't working because I originally bought them for the acclaim and it just let me....eb16 build...
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sipthis said:
Seems to me like you need to incorporate a market enabler and trick the market to think we have 2.1 maybe?? I have a link to one....or better yet imma try it out let you know how that goes
**just used a enabler and downloaded all my apps that wasn't working because I originally bought them for the acclaim and it just let me....eb16 build...
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thanks again to everyone looking into this...sipthis, can you provide a link with instructions? Pm me if you like

spilky1224 said:
thanks again to everyone looking into this...sipthis, can you provide a link with instructions? Pm me if you like
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I'm interested in this too... Please PM me with details.
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Got this fixed for the Mesmerize version and uploading now. Working on the Showcase version next.
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phidelt82 said:
Got this fixed for the Mesmerize version and uploading now. Working on the Showcase version next.
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Major fistpump to phidelt. You are always knocking it outta the park. Thanks as always.

So what is the solution? A update to EB16? Or?
Never mind. I see the link from phidelt!
Thanks!
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Glad to see that others are having the same issue. I had a feeling it was due to the "leaked" signature.
I haven't been able to find Bejeweled 2 and a few other new apps because the market thinks I am a Seamobile phone.

Umm it was showing SeaMobile when I was on stock 2.1
It isn't a bug, USC just isn't that well known.
Also as for NFS Shift, I bought it when it was on sale and I just upgraded to EB16 and had to factory reset.
NFS Shift can no longer be purchased because of some legal thing with Verizon.
Also people who did purchase it could not re-install it and had to repurchase it for 10$.
A bunch of bull if you ask me.

KrevlinGoodspeed said:
Umm it was showing SeaMobile when I was on stock 2.1
It isn't a bug, USC just isn't that well known.
Also as for NFS Shift, I bought it when it was on sale and I just upgraded to EB16 and had to factory reset.
NFS Shift can no longer be purchased because of some legal thing with Verizon.
Also people who did purchase it could not re-install it and had to repurchase it for 10$.
A bunch of bull if you ask me.
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maybe that's why it doesn't show up

Official Gingerbread update preview.

I hope its coming soon.
http://thisismynext.com/2011/05/01/t-mobile-g2x-gingerbread-update-review/
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Nice! Once they release source would cm7 be more stable?
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I see a more stable cm7
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mobilehavoc said:
I hope its coming soon.
http://thisismynext.com/2011/05/01/t-mobile-g2x-gingerbread-update-review/
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The problem I have with the review is that it doesn't address any of the "issues" being discussed here (reboots, freezes, WiFi vs. cells conflicts, signal strength, battery level reporting). I mean it's great GB should be coming soon, but unless it fixes the numerous bugs...well it's not of much use IMHO.

Kind of Odd that the clock says PM/AM when Google removed that in gingerbread

Didn't the system info say 2.2 lol
On the video
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dumbkkid said:
Didn't the system info say 2.2 lol
On the video
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Get glasses... it says 2.3.3

The camera thing is disappointing, but my guess is this a rom pull from a test phone rather than the official all bugs worked out 2.3.3 update. Hoping the camera app stays the same.

momentarylapseofreason said:
Get glasses... it says 2.3.3
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Get glasses? I thought I saw 2.2. No need to be so insulting.
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Been running factory 2.3.3 on my recently deceased N1 for a few months now, like a lot of you I'm sure. Doesn't really do that much for me anymore. What I'm really waiting for is 2.4 (also Gingerbread I'm told) with native support for the front camera.
Correction: I'm waiting for 2.3.4

some one need to leak this, i want it NOW. CM7 is still a little buggy, once this leaks or releases CM7 will be so much faster.

Good find.

cervantesjc said:
some one need to leak this, i want it NOW. CM7 is still a little buggy, once this leaks or releases CM7 will be so much faster.
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The author thanked Paul from Modaco a few times and on Twitter. Me thinks he got the ROM from Paul
Maybe we can twist Paul's arm to give it to us?

This is a joke right ... since when did gingerbread have .. pm or am on the clock? ??
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Rather disappointed to see the baseband and kernel is the same as our 2.2.2 phones.

I like that the notification bar is black now, back to what I was accustomed to with my old Galaxy S

brentil said:
Rather disappointed to see the baseband and kernel is the same as our 2.2.2 phones.
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Yeah, I think that might end up being more troublesome than anything else.

Watch the video. Looks like LG customized the date and time settings.
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This is a joke right ... since when did gingerbread have .. pm or am on the clock? ??
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Congrats to JCase for the first Gingerbread Release

As most of us, I have been following this since the leak this morning and we now have a flashable release over at AndroidPolice.com (http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/05/16/download-leaked-gingerbread-rom-for-the-htc-thunderbolt/)
I am personally waiting until das BAMF comes out with their next version based on GB just so I don't have to download and configure another rom within days, but again, congrats to Jcase.

inzandity said:
As most of us, I have been following this since the leak this morning and we now have a flashable release over at AndroidPolice.com (http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/05/16/download-leaked-gingerbread-rom-for-the-htc-thunderbolt/)
I am personally waiting until das BAMF comes out with their next version based on GB just so I don't have to download and configure another rom within days, but again, congrats to Jcase.
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Wasn't the leak file a Trojan Virus?

WorldOfJohnboy said:
Wasn't the leak file a Trojan Virus?
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Ha yeah...Adrynalyne said it was a trojan to free up bandwidth for dev's to download it. The original "leak" was not flashable and people would have messed up their phones if they jumped the gun too early. Probably did himself and the rest of the community a BIG favor (no threads titled "Help I tried to flash the leak and screwed up my phone")

Has anyone tried this yet with 4G? Will this work with Titanium Backup so I do not have to reload all my info and apps?
Thank you!!!

HarlyFan said:
Has anyone tried this yet with 4G? Will this work with Titanium Backup so I do not have to reload all my info and apps?
Thank you!!!
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It just hit within the last 30 minutes or so. Right now it may just be a trial and error thing. Just do a nandroid backup of your current rom and start experimenting. Let us know

inzandity said:
Ha yeah...Adrynalyne said it was a trojan to free up bandwidth for dev's to download it. The original "leak" was not flashable and people would have messed up their phones if they jumped the gun too early. Probably did himself and the rest of the community a BIG favor (no threads titled "Help I tried to flash the leak and screwed up my phone")
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I wish the OP would update the thread to make sure people got the full story...
Also, I have a Dedicated Web Server and could have hosted if bandwidth was such an issue, though it's all hindsight at this point.

WorldOfJohnboy said:
I wish the OP would update the thread to make sure people got the full story...
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What full story...the rest of it a whole 2-3 threads down. It's not like it's 25 pages away like the rest of the information in that thread. I put this out here because not everybody lives in the dev section waiting for new stuff to drop.

Running it right now, seems to be working great except for the camera issue.

100% working. Rooted and debloated. Well everything other than the camera. Love it!
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Running it right now. The LTE is depressingly slow though.
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g0ldt00thgr1n said:
Running it right now. The LTE is depressingly slow though.
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Not so sure its GB, my 4g has been slow all day.

jwort93 said:
Running it right now, seems to be working great except for the camera issue.
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I hope we end up with some kind of video call software.
Rumors about Skype working proper and maybe even a Google app that works.
Hope so anyway.
Looking forward to the updated Bamf that's for sure.

Thanks to slayher for the first gingerbread release.... his has been out for weeks. Unless you meant for releasing the leak which is completely different.
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tanium said:
I hope we end up with some kind of video call software.
Rumors about Skype working proper and maybe even a Google app that works.
Hope so anyway.
Looking forward to the updated Bamf that's for sure.
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There is a skype video app that leaked weeks ago. I've used it and it works.

rotorocker said:
There is a skype video app that leaked weeks ago. I've used it and it works.
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I don't think it works on 2.3
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aostl said:
I don't think it works on 2.3
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It doesn't, it won't even install.

McLabia said:
Not so sure its GB, my 4g has been slow all day.
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I just flashed a new kernal. It went up 2mbs. Still sluggish though.
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I just flashed a new kernal. It went up 2mbs. Still sluggish though.
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Probably your network. I dont think the rom would be throttling your speeds.. you would either have a connection to 4g or not.

running it since last night, you guys in the chat were super helpful thank you!