This was the last thing I was expecting from this phone. Did they finally fix it or am I an anomaly?
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i dont know about fixing it because this is my first android phone but it works well for me too
today, I tried it out for the first time.. and omfg. it was fine for about 3 seconds, then it started jumping around on the map like I was teleporting or something.
adobrakic said:
today, I tried it out for the first time.. and omfg. it was fine for about 3 seconds, then it started jumping around on the map like I was teleporting or something.
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That's what samsung gps usually does and what my gf's captivate always did. That was the reason I got her the inspire.
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Phateless said:
That's what samsung gps usually does and what my gf's captivate always did. That was the reason I got her the inspire.
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gps has been working perfectly for me since out of the box
I can't complain. Mine has always been perfect.
Same here. Never had a gps issue. Even at street level. Must have been fixed with the first ota maybe?
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I get 15 sec cold locks with 9ft. accuracy all the way down to 4ft. after a min or so. my vibrant takes 45sec to lock with 20-40ft accuracy. (and thats with gps mods). id say they fixed it.
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I get 15 sec cold locks with 9ft. accuracy all the way down to 4ft. after a min or so. my vibrant takes 45sec to lock with 20-40ft accuracy. (and thats with gps mods). id say they fixed it.
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I agree. GPS was always my biggest reservation with Samsung phones. That and lack of a stable cm7.
When cm7 finally comes out for this phone I might sell my mt4g.
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I'm running stock and my GPS is incredibly slow. Using GPS Fix can never get a fix within 15 minutes. Any ideas? Should I just return the phone? I bought it at a tmobile store over a month ago. Would they even accept returns this far out?
You only have 14days to return but I would go plead a case how your not satisfied with the product
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Bspence415 said:
You only have 14days to return but I would go plead a case how your not satisfied with the product
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30 days in California.
I'm having this problem too. Nothing seems to fix it!! arghhhhhhhhh
I think installing a Gingerbread build breaks the GPS.
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I'm having this problem too. Nothing seems to fix it!! arghhhhhhhhh
I think installing a Gingerbread build breaks the GPS.
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That's when my problems started.
Hopefully the official GB update provides some fixed GPS drivers.
I noticed that it goes back and forth for me. Sometimes it locks right away, other times I have to close and reopen slash turn off and on GPS. Do remember though there are always areas that are hard for any GPS to fix a location on. I know some of them here in the twin cities.
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I noticed that it goes back and forth for me. Sometimes it locks right away, other times I have to close and reopen slash turn off and on GPS. Do remember though there are always areas that are hard for any GPS to fix a location on. I know some of them here in the twin cities.
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That's what I thought...at first.
But I have 2 G2xs. One that has never been flashed, and one that was flashed to CM7 and back to stock.
Never been flashed picks up GPS everywhere, indoors, outdoors in under 5 seconds. It's perfect.
Flashed one hardly works. Sometimes never gets any GPS satellites. Other times it gets them but never locks, even with 9 or more satellites in view. Before flashing, it worked fine.
I would like to go back to ginger bread has anyone who hasn't switched bricked recently?
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When I first read about the bricks I switched back to froyo, I stayed on it for less than 72 hours before I switched back to gb. So far my experience has been great not a single random reboot and everything works as it should. I'm more hesitant of messing with system files as I normally would be but I think I can hold off tweeking if the trade off is a complete gb sense experience.
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I don't see any problem with switching back, since the intiial bricks (3-5 people?), I haven't heard of anyone else bricking.
Just be sure to wear your tinfoil hat when flashing.
I don't think there have been many (or any) bricks since the announcement
I'm running CM7 gingerbread just to be safe. Ill switch back when the dev who originally posted the warning says we are good to go back.
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In your opinion is cm7 tolerable for a daily? I've been wanting to make the jump but have been hesitant.
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In your opinion is cm7 tolerable for a daily? I've been wanting to make the jump but have been hesitant.
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Yes. Call volume is a tad bit low (not a problem for me but may be for some people who are hard of hearing, or work/live in a noisy area). Absolutely no problems with 3G and 4G works by just switching from 4G to 3G, getting a strong signal, then switching back.
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In your opinion is cm7 tolerable for a daily? I've been wanting to make the jump but have been hesitant.
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I ran the latest release for over a week with no issues at all.
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It works plenty well enough to use daily. The battery life wasn't great for me. since being on Das Bamf 2.0-5 I've really started to like the new Sense bits so I couldn't go back to CM7. Plus the battery seems to last forever on 2.0-5. If my phone takes a dump I guess I'll at least be able contribute a broken phone to the crew trying to figure out the problem.
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From what I've read, you'd lose 4G, which is a deal-breaker for me.
I'm waiting for the next leak of Gingerbread before going back.
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From what I've read, you'd lose 4G, which is a deal-breaker for me.
I'm waiting for the next leak of Gingerbread before going back.
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You don't lose 4G. I have had a constant 4G connection for almost 42 hours. The only time you may "Lose" it is when rebooting but all you have to do is switch to 3G and back.
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You don't lose 4G. I have had a constant 4G connection for almost 42 hours. The only time you may "Lose" it is when rebooting but all you have to do is switch to 3G and back.
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Are you talking about CM7? I was referring to CM7, which from what I've read, does not have working 4G.
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Are you talking about CM7? I was referring to CM7, which from what I've read, does not have working 4G.
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This is from a random page in the CM7 thread:
joshnichols189 said:
My phone is flawless.. lol I have gps, mms, earpiece quality is fine, my settings stick, on kangbang my battery doesn't die in an hour, my 4G doesn't drop.. for me its flawless I'm not sure you can say it isnt.. it does everything I need it to
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I'm not sure where you've read it doesn't work. I've used CM7 in a 4g area and it worked fine. Some may have had problems with 4g not working or hand offs between 4g-3g but for the most part it works.
Yep 4g working fine with 223 radio for me with CM7.
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This is from a random page in the CM7 thread:
I'm not sure where you've read it doesn't work. I've used CM7 in a 4g area and it worked fine. Some may have had problems with 4g not working or hand offs between 4g-3g but for the most part it works.
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I read it from one of those threads talking about the missing RIL.
been running bamf 2.0 since it came out never switched back when i heard about the scare. havent had any problems.
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Are you talking about CM7? I was referring to CM7, which from what I've read, does not have working 4G.
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Yes I am talking about CM7 RC.03, released 6-1.
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In your opinion is cm7 tolerable for a daily? I've been wanting to make the jump but have been hesitant.
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CM7 is fine. 4G handoffs are fine, everything works fine so far. Haven't found any issues yet. Only small annoyance is after I get off a phone call, the screen wont respond to anything unless I lock the phone and unlock it again. But that only seems to happen if the other person hangs up first.
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CM7 is fine. 4G handoffs are fine, everything works fine so far.
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How long does it take for GPS lock? Last I heard GPS was still wonky
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How long does it take for GPS lock? Last I heard GPS was still wonky
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For me it takes under 5 seconds. I don't know how others are faring but it really doesn't matter where I try to get a lock it comes up almost instantly.
Lets talk about the ups and downs of refuse and infused! Ive been running infused since it came out and love it gtg did a great job. I was thinking of trying refuse so whats the general consensus?
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Lets talk about the ups and downs of refuse and infused! Ive been running infused since it came out and love it gtg did a great job. I was thinking of trying refuse so whats the general consensus?
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Refuse is like that person you know that's real cool, but your scared to talk to him in fear of something different.
Infuse is like that person that you can approach and has a very good and easy going personalty.
Not trying to offend any of the DEVs.
and then there is Bionix Infinity, who looks like a amazing person from far away, as you start to approach and talk it takes a sword and back stabs you...
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and then there is Bionix Infinity, who looks like a amazing person from far away, as you start to approach and talk it takes a sword and back stabs you...
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Hey.... Its gonna be good, the kinks just need to get worked out.
Hopefully, it gave me a brick.
seems kind of cool.
I noticed that on Infuse i have slow GPS locks times, i mean slow... even after the GPS improvement thingy
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Hopefully, it gave me a brick.
seems kind of cool.
I noticed that on Infuse i have slow GPS locks times, i mean slow... even after the GPS improvement thingy
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bricked me too, but it was fun
why would it be fun.
i was like after i couldn't get past the rethink possible screen, but i found the fix on how to fix it that same night after flashing like 5 times. saved everyone! lol
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Hopefully, it gave me a brick.
seems kind of cool.
I noticed that on Infuse i have slow GPS locks times, i mean slow... even after the GPS improvement thingy
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same with me. my GPS is slower even after the GPS fix on infuse 1.2.1. it was fine on 1.2 before the update patch added
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i thought it was just me being a little [email protected]#!$ but no its actually slow, with stock its fast but here it just sits there usually until my screen turns off and then i have to turn it back on and the whole process starts again... kep in mind my screen turn on time is 2 mintues...
That's weird cuz mine works perfect. I can even lock inside my house. And its within 10 seconds
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First post in this forum, coming from both HTC Desire HD and Motorola Defy forums.
Just got a Atrix 2 from the market place and I like it. I was having issues with reception on my HTC phones in my basement. Someone suggested I try a Motorola because of they get great reception. I bought a Defy and sure enough 15 -20 dbMs better in my basement.
I just couldn't get use to the smaller screen on the defy so I picked up this phone to try it out.
My issue is that the GPS works, no issues with maps, nav or GPS status and tools. However, faster fix and my golfing app won't work? Faster fix just sits there with a white screen and my golfing GPS app tells me that my settings for the GPS are wrong?
Anyone else with these issues? I have my phone rooted but haven't flashed any new roms yet.
Thanks in advance.
Wow, over 200 views and no response! Am I the only one with this issue?
Would be nice to know if flashing a different rom solved this issue as I'm still on the original. I thought I would wait a couple of weeks before I started flashing again as it's been a nice break, lol.
I am having the exact same issues but with my jogging apps. None of them can get a location for me.
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I am having the exact same issues but with my jogging apps. None of them can get a location for me.
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Thanks for the reply, now I know its just not me.
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Nope.. my GPS is perfect... actually so good that when I zoom to maximum and walk around my apartment it shows accurate movement... I mean accuracy is within 3 to 4 metres... and ya.. usually fixes within a few seconds.. I m running rooted stock Indian rom...
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Nope.. my GPS is perfect... actually so good that when I zoom to maximum and walk around my apartment it shows accurate movement... I mean accuracy is within 3 to 4 metres... and ya.. usually fixes within a few seconds.. I m running rooted stock Indian rom...
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Can you try using an app called fasterfix and see if it works, much appreciate it.
Even with the new baseband the G2x has a unreliable GPS (sometimes needing a reboot to work, etc). Is the Gnex much better? (Generally, and in urban areas or heavy tree cover)
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<30 secs always.
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Yes, The gps on my gnex locks from a cold start within 15 seconds. After the first lock it's pretty much instant every time after that.
Thanks guys.. I ended up ordering one last night. Seeing the Jelly Bean demos at Google I/O was the straw that broke the camels back.
Ill see u there
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With the new baseband and v21y update I get locks within 15 secs or so every time. Mostly instantaneously.
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As I said in another thread, with v21y I get <15 second locks nearly all of the time; once in a while it'll be back to the 2-3 minute mark.