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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?
after nearly two weeks of perfection my phone went nutz today , lock screen problems , scrolling problems...did three hard resets and tried all fixes that i could but no dice , im getting a replacement on tuesday, i will update all the parameters of replacement unit for anyone interested in seeing what i get back here on this thread, he basically said that they are aware it needs a software update (like we didnt know that already) and only thing they can do is replace the unit,or i could wait on the update from HTC
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after nearly two weeks of perfection my phone went nutz today , lock screen problems , scrolling problems...did three hard resets and tried all fixes that i could but no dice , im getting a replacement on tuesday, i will update all the parameters of replacement unit for anyone interested in seeing what i get back here on this thread, he basically said that they are aware it needs a software update (like we didnt know that already) and only thing they can do is replace the unit,or i could wait on the update from HTC
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Mine lasted for 12 days and then it just has gone apesh.t. Lock screen and scrolling and random reboots while I am using an app. No volume at all then very weak volume(it was pretty weak to begin with). HTC widgets not working at all. Device does not register or acknowledge phone call and I have been missing phone calls. touchscreen issues also. This is my third one and there is a fourth on the way. I do like this phone but if the one on the way has issues as well and there is no word on an update fix from HTC than I believe I will just return it and wait a short time for the EVo3D which is rumored to hit T mobile shortly. It does not seem to suffer from the multitude of issues that the Sensation does and has more ram than the Sensation. I played with one at Bestbuy and it appeared to be smoother and faster than the Sensation and the touchscreen was really quite good. T Mobile also acknowledged to me that it does need a software upgrade but stated they have no idea when it will come about. I have doubts that root and custom roms will fix all of the issues but then again it just might.
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Mine lasted for 12 days and then it just has gone apesh.t. Lock screen and scrolling and random reboots while I am using an app. No volume at all then very weak volume(it was pretty weak to begin with). HTC widgets not working at all. Device does not register or acknowledge phone call and I have been missing phone calls. touchscreen issues also. This is my third one and there is a fourth on the way. I do like this phone but if the one on the way has issues as well and there is no word on an update fix from HTC than I believe I will just return it and wait a short time for the EVo3D which is rumored to hit T mobile shortly. It does not seem to suffer from the multitude of issues that the Sensation does and has more ram than the Sensation. I played with one at Bestbuy and it appeared to be smoother and faster than the Sensation and the touchscreen was really quite good. T Mobile also acknowledged to me that it does need a software upgrade but stated they have no idea when it will come about. I have doubts that root and custom roms will fix all of the issues but then again it just might.
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well im hoping for an update , i really like this phone alot , i really dont want an evo 3d ,more ram but less camera and video recording , im sure once the bootloader gets cracked then the sky is the limit for this phone , i mean look what the devs did for the HD2 , im gonna stick it out for as long as i can , if things don get straighten out ill just wait for the next best thing , and it wont be a samsung phone , i hate them ,ill just wait for the next htc phone to hit tmobile thats not the evo ,if that even happens
I had the same thing happen, and also got a replacement on the way.... Tuesday also. This will be my fourth. I had 3 g2x phones and now 4 sensations.. honestly.the sensation has more issues, but its a better phone. Last chance on Tuesday, if not, I'm going back g2x ...
I think they push phones out to fast now and need to use more quality..
yep. mine has gone nuts about a couple of hours. i have it since june 17 and everything worked perfect and now the wifi wont work. 2 weeks reading all these things here and i was thinking that i dodge the bullet but it got me.
EDIT : i think i jump the gun too fast. tested my ps3 thru the wireless network and it connects like 50% of the time. again the ps3 is in the same room as the router. went to my cousins house and the phone conected to the wireless effortless on the first try. i dont know if it is the phone or the router.i dont know what to think anymore.
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I had the same thing happen, and also got a replacement on the way.... Tuesday also. This will be my fourth. I had 3 g2x phones and now 4 sensations.. honestly.the sensation has more issues, but its a better phone. Last chance on Tuesday, if not, I'm going back g2x ...
I think they push phones out to fast now and need to use more quality..
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I also have a G2X (my fourth one) andi it is pretty doggone solid, no major issues. I too had thought I had gotten lucky with the Sensation(3rd one) but after 12 days it is apparent that I did not. I also believe the Sensation ( with all of its warts and issues) is the better phone or the phone with the greatest potential. I am beginning to wonder if the problem lies with consumers like me. I continue to buy and support companies and devices (cell phones) that are defective out of the gate and then continue to sit by and hope that the device is updated and made to work like it should have been out of the box, when the track record shows that this is not always the case (maybe even rarely). I would not tolerate a computer that had issues out of the box, nor a TV or a Car and the list goes on. I guess I am just too eager or hungry for the cutting edge cell phones so I accept (even though I grumble) whatever they throw out at the time. Knowing ahead of time that there will be issues and that some will not be resolved. I guess instead of looking at the cell phones I should be looking at my actions and desires surrounding the cell phones. Maybe it is the pursuit of the unreachable goal--the perfect smartphone, that leads me to keep up the acceptance of mediocrity..LOL
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I also have a G2X (my fourth one) andi it is pretty doggone solid, no major issues. I too had thought I had gotten lucky with the Sensation(3rd one) but after 12 days it is apparent that I did not. I also believe the Sensation ( with all of its warts and issues) is the better phone or the phone with the greatest potential. I am beginning to wonder if the problem lies with consumers like me. I continue to buy and support companies and devices (cell phones) that are defective out of the gate and then continue to sit by and hope that the device is updated and made to work like it should have been out of the box, when the track record shows that this is not always the case (maybe even rarely). I would not tolerate a computer that had issues out of the box, nor a TV or a Car and the list goes on. I guess I am just too eager or hungry for the cutting edge cell phones so I accept (even though I grumble) whatever they throw out at the time. Knowing ahead of time that there will be issues and that some will not be resolved. I guess instead of looking at the cell phones I should be looking at my actions and desires surrounding the cell phones. Maybe it is the pursuit of the unreachable goal--the perfect smartphone, that leads me to keep up the acceptance of mediocrity..LOL
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Yep exactly,and we will keep buying them no matter what , I originally was gonna wait a month or 2 after the sensation cane out to actually get one ,looking back now I probably should have , I guess when the next superphone comes out ill try to hold back a little longer , I just wish I hadn't sold my HD2 now ,at least is have a great phone to fall back on while these issues get resolved ...oh well good luck to everyone who's in the same boat as me right now
Mine went crazy yesterday, but today is fine again ... Strange
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so i pulled the battery out and left it out all night and most of problems went away , the lock scrreen is still buggy sometimes but not all the time , scrolling works as it should and the speaker seems louder
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Yep exactly,and we will keep buying them no matter what , I originally was gonna wait a month or 2 after the sensation cane out to actually get one ,looking back now I probably should have , I guess when the next superphone comes out ill try to hold back a little longer , I just wish I hadn't sold my HD2 now ,at least is have a great phone to fall back on while these issues get resolved ...oh well good luck to everyone who's in the same boat as me right now
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Mine came to me nuts...so I grounded it and let it sit in the box, hoping it would learn its lesson. No dice. Tried it again last night and it was an ungrateful POS. So I called amazonwireless to return it. They offerred to send a replacement instead. After seeing all you guys with replacements,, thought I would give it a try too.
Ironically,, I called for the sensation replacement from my G2x
Strangest thing... this morning I grabbed my phone first thing. It was plugged in so I unplugged it.
I pushed the power button and nothing, it wouldn't turn on. So I took the battery out and put it back in.
Turned it on and that battery was at just about 30%, yet it had been on the charger all night.
So, for some reason my phone turned itself off and would not turn back on AND it did not charge all night while plugged into the charger.
To top it off-- Yesterday my phone all of a sudden had the screen problem. Couldn't type, get carousel working etc...
NOW- it works great!
I think the device itself is fine. Tmobile and Htc need to release a os update.
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Didn't seem to have this problem when I first put Mango on but now it seems to be happening everyday. What's basically happening is my data connection just seems to disappear. 3G shows fine and SMS's come through, but I can't get on the internet, Twitter or Facebook at all.
The only way of fixing it is to pull the battery for a few seconds and then boot it back up. Flight mode doesn't fix it, nor does trying to change the carrier.
Anyone else had the same issue? Can see myself going back to NoDo unfortunately
Same issues here. Everytime the phone goes to 3G (or even G) it seems to loose data connection. Means no browsing, no bing maps, no syncing whatsoever...the same thing happened to me with NoDo, so I'm going to stay with Mango beta. Switching to flight mode and back usually fixes the conncetion though.
Reverted back to NoDo and data seems to be fine again (fingers crossed). It started to get worse, to the point where I'd only be able to get data for a few hours before needing to pull the battery.
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Didn't seem to have this problem when I first put Mango on but now it seems to be happening everyday. What's basically happening is my data connection just seems to disappear. 3G shows fine and SMS's come through, but I can't get on the internet, Twitter or Facebook at all.
The only way of fixing it is to pull the battery for a few seconds and then boot it back up. Flight mode doesn't fix it, nor does trying to change the carrier.
Anyone else had the same issue? Can see myself going back to NoDo unfortunately
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I had this on mine. Worked out that you have to select your phone provider's network explicitly in 'Settings' - Cellular' or 'Mobile Network' (if in Europe). If you use 'Automatic', it looses the data connection quite a lot...
Hope this helps!!!!
Just updated to Mango a week ago - Official via Zune.
Hadn't noticed it till today but I went on a long trip today and saw that after 20 mins or so my emails had stopped syncing. Only thing to get the connection back was a soft reset.
Seems after an hour or so it drops the data connection, and even though it is displaying a G/E/3G/H the connection isn't actually active.
This is a major issue... I can't be resetting my phone every hour!
I wonder if it is an issue with the roaming switch between Orange and T-Mobile because from what i've read it only really seems to be happening to people on Orange or T-mobile with the Omnia 7.
Another reason this is going to be my first and last Samsung device! Roll on Nokia.
Upgraded to official Mango and still getting the same problem, needing to pull the battery and boot it back up to get data running again.
Will try geddeeee's suggestion.
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Upgraded to official Mango and still getting the same problem, needing to pull the battery and boot it back up to get data running again.
Will try geddeeee's suggestion.
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I tried this but it didn't seem to help. I'd be curious to see if it fixed the problem for you though.
I now know of at least 4 people on Orange with the Omnia 7 now suffering this problem.
Nope, doesn't work. This is ridiculous and kinda makes the phone useless as a smartphone if it keeps losing its data connection every hour. Not very happy at all.
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Nope, doesn't work. This is ridiculous and kinda makes the phone useless as a smartphone if it keeps losing its data connection every hour. Not very happy at all.
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Likewise. It renders the phone more or less useless. May as well have a dumb phone.
I hard reset mine 2 days ago and haven't installed or changed anything on it yet to see if it happens. I haven't been to an area where i'd lose reception yet though so i'll see if it helps.
As an aside some other problems i was having with mango have been solved with a hard reset. Improved battery life, voice to text is putting punctuation in properly now (before it would put spaces like "don ' t"). My lock screen doesn't have lag displaying the time and calendar info any more. That's what i've noticed so far at least.
May be worth trying as it seems that the update didn't seem to install properly for me.
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Likewise. It renders the phone more or less useless. May as well have a dumb phone.
I hard reset mine 2 days ago and haven't installed or changed anything on it yet to see if it happens. I haven't been to an area where i'd lose reception yet though so i'll see if it helps.
As an aside some other problems i was having with mango have been solved with a hard reset. Improved battery life, voice to text is putting punctuation in properly now (before it would put spaces like "don ' t"). My lock screen doesn't have lag displaying the time and calendar info any more. That's what i've noticed so far at least.
May be worth trying as it seems that the update didn't seem to install properly for me.
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I'll do a reset on mine now and see how it goes.
Edit: Still got the time lag when turning the phone on.
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I'll do a reset on mine now and see how it goes.
Edit: Still got the time lag when turning the phone on.
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After updating to mango mine was taking an age to boot up. sometimes as much as 2 minutes and it happened several times where it actually just froze completely with a black screen and just the battery indicator displaying.
I havent had a reason to reboot it yet so not sure if thats changed.
I was suffering the disappearing keyboard as well but so far touch wood. that hasn't happened yet either.
Well, tonight I went off for a run through the forest where i knew i would lose reception.
Sure enough when i got back to my car my data connection had died "email last update 39 minutes ago" or whatever.
Needed a soft-reset to get working again. So hard-resetting the phone hasn't solved this. I'm getting stupid battery level problems too, had this for a while now. When the phone is on it will show around 30% battery, after a soft reset it comes up with battery critically low.
Getting fed up with this now. If i return the phone I'm pretty sure that the same problem will be present as it's software related. All it means is my phone is more or less useless now.
Well I thought the hard reset had done the trick. Had emails coming through right up until I went to bed and turned on flight mode. Just trying to access data now and it's not working again.
Nokia's phone announcement and release can't come soon enough.
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Well I thought the hard reset had done the trick. Had emails coming through right up until I went to bed and turned on flight mode. Just trying to access data now and it's not working again.
Nokia's phone announcement and release can't come soon enough.
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I was genuinely gutted when i saw it wasn't working. It lasted two days and I thought it was fixed too. I don't know if it may have made it slightly better though...
I'm due an upgrade the start of next year. Like you say it can't come soon enough. I really love the OS, Mango is great but it seems Samsung have managed to ruin it again.
Nokia for me for sure.
I'm convinced this is an issue between the Software and the Orange network. Something either Samsung or Orange should have picked up during the testing phase so I can't see a replacement device being any better.
I can either sell it and get around £160 or so towards a new phone, or change supplier. I could go back to GiffGaff but O2 doesn't give 3G in my workplace and the other suppliers are too expensive for what I'm after.
The problem waiting for Nokia's phone is that I'm not going to have the money to buy a brand new Nokia outright and I don't want to get tied into a 18/24 month contract as I'm quite happy on my 30-day rolling contract.
Decisions...
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I can either sell it and get around £160 or so towards a new phone, or change supplier. I could go back to GiffGaff but O2 doesn't give 3G in my workplace and the other suppliers are too expensive for what I'm after.
The problem waiting for Nokia's phone is that I'm not going to have the money to buy a brand new Nokia outright and I don't want to get tied into a 18/24 month contract as I'm quite happy on my 30-day rolling contract.
Decisions...
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Tough call. There is always the possibility that a "Samsung Update" will be pushed out in the near future that could solve this. Between Nov 2010 and now i've had 5 updates to this phone so it's at a rate of around 1 every 2 months. And one of those was a firmware update only. It could be that it is simply a radio software issue and a new rev. could resolve it.
For my part i have insurance with Orange so they have already agreed to take the phone back and replace it. I know from past experience if i have the same fault with the phone 3 or 4 times they offer a different hand set in exchange. So conceivably if i keep sending them back i could get a Mozart or Radar i would guess.
The problem with that would be that i'd have to keep re-setting up new phones at a rate of around once a week and that's a whole world of hassle
Just out of interest, did your Omnia 7 have any Samsung apps prior to upgrading to Mango?
I've forced my Omnia 7 to upgrade to Mango via the Zune trick so I'm not sure I'll get any Samsung updates as I'm using a stock Microsoft rom as opposed to a Samsung version. Samsung haven't even released their version of Mango yet, have they?
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Just out of interest, did your Omnia 7 have any Samsung apps prior to upgrading to Mango?
I've forced my Omnia 7 to upgrade to Mango via the Zune trick so I'm not sure I'll get any Samsung updates as I'm using a stock Microsoft rom as opposed to a Samsung version. Samsung haven't even released their version of Mango yet, have they?
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Well mine wasn't forced - i updated when zune prompted me to. I did have some Samsung stuff installed prior. Now app is broken but that's affecting everyone.
When i hard reset none of them were pre-installed though.
Out of interest has your device been working better in any way since hard resetting like mine has?
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Well mine wasn't forced - i updated when zune prompted me to. I did have some Samsung stuff installed prior. Now app is broken but that's affecting everyone.
When i hard reset none of them were pre-installed though.
Out of interest has your device been working better in any way since hard resetting like mine has?
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It kinda feels like it is actually running better, to be honest. Internet (when it works) seems to draw the pages quicker as well as loading quicker, it feels smoother between transitions of apps so I think the hard reset has helped to some degree.
I've also got a "Help+How-to" app on there which I didn't have before the hard reset.
It'd be nice to have constant data access though I'm not holding out much hope for any updates to the OS from Samsung or Orange to fix anything up either.
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It kinda feels like it is actually running better, to be honest. Internet (when it works) seems to draw the pages quicker as well as loading quicker, it feels smoother between transitions of apps so I think the hard reset has helped to some degree.
I've also got a "Help+How-to" app on there which I didn't have before the hard reset.
It'd be nice to have constant data access though I'm not holding out much hope for any updates to the OS from Samsung or Orange to fix anything up either.
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I'd noticed that Help and How to app as well.
Yeh I'm not really hopeful One question... are you signed up for Orange's Everything Everywhere thing? IE does your phone occasionaly switch to Orange-T-Mobile ?
URGH man I love this phone the look, the feel, the screen, the camera its beautiful and its main features are #1, WTF does it have to drop wifi signal and multitask like crap? So my AT&T guy is going to let me exchange it hopefully to try a different model number and hopefully get one without the wifi hardware issue, I can deal with the multitask until a custom rom has that wiped and the camera working like stock. The wifi dropping when im surfing is not bearable. I dont want to go to a SGS3 what an eye sore, glossy plastic, pysical home button, really and they dont want to be like apple? Why dont you stick a fricken light switch on it. What are you doing guys is your wifi making you want to smash it like me? I got 3 days to go in an exchange and then he said if im still not satisfied he will extend my 30 days to try a SGS3 when it lands in store.
Have you applied any updates? My phone has absolutely no wifi issues. Running stock deodexed 1.85.
Some of the wifi issues can be hardware related there is a thread about it in the international one x forum and i think there is one here too.
Mine used to have strong wifi problems. I flashed a couple roms, and currently on clean rom dev 2.3 and NO wifi issues or signal drops ever. Give it a shot. What if your replacement has dead pixels or something? That's purely hardware related and now you've fallen into a loop of exchanges
I'm having wi-fi problems as well. It will say I'm connected and have good signal but the browser or google play won't load anything...I turn airplane mode on and off and then boom...I get some old FB and twitter notifications and the internet starts working again.
I'm having the same exact problem with plain old 4g / LTE data as well. It will say I have service but I really don't...have to airplane on and off then all of a sudden my texts will come in and data works.
My replacement arrives from Amazon today, hopefully this one works. I got the replacement on the 30th day of my warranty with Amazon. Does anyone know if that replacement extends my return policy? For example do I get 30 days from today with the new phone for a replacement or return? (just in case this one has the same problems, i'll want to switch over to something else)
I do not believe that getting a replacement from Amazon extends the 30 day return period past 30 days from the date of purchase
Have you all applied the 1.85 update? I did and it completely fixed the data not working but shows connected issue..
everything just works on this(except true multi-tasking, lol)
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URGH man I love this phone the look, the feel, the screen, the camera its beautiful and its main features are #1, WTF does it have to drop wifi signal and multitask like crap? So my AT&T guy is going to let me exchange it hopefully to try a different model number and hopefully get one without the wifi hardware issue, I can deal with the multitask until a custom rom has that wiped and the camera working like stock. The wifi dropping when im surfing is not bearable. I dont want to go to a SGS3 what an eye sore, glossy plastic, pysical home button, really and they dont want to be like apple? Why dont you stick a fricken light switch on it. What are you doing guys is your wifi making you want to smash it like me? I got 3 days to go in an exchange and then he said if im still not satisfied he will extend my 30 days to try a SGS3 when it lands in store.
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Same exact problem I have... I had to enable best wifi performance to get it not to drop my wifi connection while I was browsing. Let us know how it goes and if you don't mind, can you tell us the serial number on the defective phone so we know which model to avoid.
Cryosx said:
Same exact problem I have... I had to enable best wifi performance to get it not to drop my wifi connection while I was browsing. Let us know how it goes and if you don't mind, can you tell us the serial number on the defective phone so we know which model to avoid.
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HT24VW, I dont know what to think, i might do it just to have the option to one get brand new One x ( mines a month old) it wont be refurbished he said brand new right from the store I got this one and the option to get the gs3 when it comes out if im still unimpressed. I have not been able to get the 1.85 update im rooted (one click) bootloader locked( dont want to unlock it if im returning) I can download the update but it wont insatall.. have rootkeeper going. One guy said he did it this way but I have had no luck.
beyorj said:
HT24VW, I dont know what to think, i might do it just to have the option to one get brand new One x ( mines a month old) it wont be refurbished he said brand new right from the store I got this one and the option to get the gs3 when it comes out if im still unimpressed. I have not been able to get the 1.85 update im rooted (one click) bootloader locked( dont want to unlock it if im returning) I can download the update but it wont insatall.. have rootkeeper going. One guy said he did it this way but I have had no luck.
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I'm surprised they would allow to to exchange a phone with poor wi-fi performance when that is a fix called out in 1.85. Unless it's to get a phone with 1.85 because yours won't take it.
My phone's S/N is HT246W running CleanROM v1.1 Lite. Rooted and Unlocked. Wifi issues only when 'Best WiFi Performance' disabled. I checked it against stock 1.73 and official 1.85, wifi still problematic. (Note: Not 100% sure how wifi was on 1.85, but i'm pretty sure it was still problematic.)
WiFi workingng fine here, it's the faux 4g data drops us what gets me, greatly improved with the 1.88 radio but still happens from time to time.
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I got mine yesterday from the new batch that ship with 1.85. WiFi is working properly, no dead pixels, corners of glass all flush. Multitasking is working fine. MLB at bat audio running right now while I am doing a bunch of other things. I think the multitasking issue is not really an issue, just different from what you are used to seeing. For example, some apps will refresh upon returning to them when in the past they would just show the old data and you would have to refresh manually. As a whole the multitasking behaves very much the way it did on my Inspire, just fine.
From what I have seen so far, the new batch seems to be better as far as build quality. None of the issues that have been reported here.
If you enable WiFi best performance your phone will not deep sleep ever. Be warned.
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beyorj said:
URGH man I love this phone the look, the feel, the screen, the camera its beautiful and its main features are #1, WTF does it have to drop wifi signal and multitask like crap? So my AT&T guy is going to let me exchange it hopefully to try a different model number and hopefully get one without the wifi hardware issue, I can deal with the multitask until a custom rom has that wiped and the camera working like stock. The wifi dropping when im surfing is not bearable. I dont want to go to a SGS3 what an eye sore, glossy plastic, pysical home button, really and they dont want to be like apple? Why dont you stick a fricken light switch on it. What are you doing guys is your wifi making you want to smash it like me? I got 3 days to go in an exchange and then he said if im still not satisfied he will extend my 30 days to try a SGS3 when it lands in store.
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Thread title? Huh?
I'm not trying to hate, but please understand that each of us has a unique way of writing fast, and if we use shorthand, it's nearly impossible to effectively get our message across.
c5satellite2 said:
I got mine yesterday from the new batch that ship with 1.85. WiFi is working properly, no dead pixels, corners of glass all flush. Multitasking is working fine. MLB at bat audio running right now while I am doing a bunch of other things. I think the multitasking issue is not really an issue, just different from what you are used to seeing. For example, some apps will refresh upon returning to them when in the past they would just show the old data and you would have to refresh manually. As a whole the multitasking behaves very much the way it did on my Inspire, just fine.
From what I have seen so far, the new batch seems to be better as far as build quality. None of the issues that have been reported here.
If you enable WiFi best performance your phone will not deep sleep ever. Be warned.
Sent from my ATT One X
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Same here I got mine on on the 6th.. new batch running 1.85.. s/n ht25xw.. not one signal issue build wise or dropping data, WiFi issues etc..
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I'm still in love with Skyrocket, but some developers and mantainers stop making new buils because feels like there are just a few Skyrocket users out there.
I think it's just because some of us are waiting for a more stable Lollipop release and better compatibility of xposed. But believe me, Skyrocket only needs a little push, and this is the time; I found a repartition thread for Hercules and same method works for Skyrocket, it means less space limitations and more juice to pull out of Skyrocket.
What do you guys think?
I still have the phone but even with a new battery I don't get much life out of it. Especially compared to my HTC One M7. I still have a real fondness for the Skyrocket. I'm running lollipop on it via the Candy ROM and it runs pretty good . In fact I think it runs much better than it ever did compared to when I had it on stock touchwiz.
I see by looking at file host download counts that over 400 downloads for Lollipop.
So a lot still using,I know some may be repeat downloads where they have gotten bad dl's,but still plenty. Just don't know how many developer's are still rocking the skyrocket.
Hope they keep up the builds there doing now . Lollipop is making my SR faster and longer life on battery.
Just bought one to use as a media streamer for summer.
Mine still get use as Ambio / music players. They are incredible devices, and amazingly enough, still reasonable performers. Not flag-ship worthy anymore, but remarkably close to the middle of the pack for mid-grade devices, and much faster than the low-end crap.
If Samsung hadn't gone nuts on locking (and encrypting) the bootloader for AT&T models, I'd still buy their hardware.
yap my beloved skyrocket is still with me as my daily drive
starting to have some problems with it but not something that a 15$ part cant fix
My husband bought me the LG Optimus G (AT&T) as a gift. Ended up returning it.
I like both versions of the S2 (i727 & i777). My husband used the i727 before upgrading. Mine was the i777.
Parts are cheap and phone is way easy to repair. At the moment I am using the i727 because the i777 needs fixed.
I don't need all the bells and whistles of a fancy phone. I have an S5 but its used by the kids.
Still have my skyrocket. I'm running cm11 but really want a stable lollipop rom. But my phone is about dead. it is so slow and laggy i cant figure out how to fix it. ive switched roms and it still remains frustrating slow.
I got my i727 back in 2012, and it's a great phone. My problem is finding a stable AND secure rom (meaning, consistent updates). My favorite for a while was Slim Roms' "Slim Kat"... but they haven't updated it in over a year I believe. I did find a way to increase app space by partitioning using a custom PIT file (someone shared how on these forums). I would be happy to hear rom suggestions, as I am using T-Mobile in the US currently.
Skyrocket going strong still, even after 3 years.
I bought my skyrocket 3 years ago and I still use it with Stock AT&T touchwiz ROM. Battery is new and gives me half a day backup. I love it and the old 4.1.2 interface seems refreshing after seeing tons of lollipop phones with similarly decked out homescreens and notification bars. The big font, the big icons and the bright colours on this phone (Especially with the AMOLED screen) still feel awesome.
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I still use it with Stock AT&T touchwiz ROM...
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That sounds nice! What service provider do you use? I am currently using T-Mobile, so I had to use a different radio to get it working better. Do you happen to know what radio that stock rom comes with, and if it might work for T-mobile? My phone is seriously throwing a fit right now so I gotta get a new rom on there soon.
*Edit* I just used Odin to return my i727 to stock AT&T rom (ATT JB 4.1.2 I727UCMC1 ..) which can be found here on Vincom's sticky under "
3: STOCK FIRMWARES: ODIN FLASHABLE - FULL/COMPLETE/ STOCK", and it seems to run fine as I use my T-Mobile sim card! Running very smoothly right now. Before the AT&T stock rom was updated (back when I got my phone in 2012), I do not recall it even using the signal correctly when I inserted the T-Mobile sim card, so I opted to use custom roms with short-term joy and a lot of pain and suffering in the long-run. Will let you guys know updates as I continue to use it, because long term is the real test of how a rom handles!
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What service provider do you use? Do you happen to know what radio that stock rom comes with, and if it might work for T-mobile?
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I'm on Airtel in India. And the stock ROM comes with UCMC1 radio and it works pretty okay. The ROM is solid now that I've used it for 3 weeks now. There was one occurrence where the phone rebooted when the battery was low and when it came back on it had factory reset itself (That was a pain to bring back everything update). Other than that ROM has been solid.
As far as signal and data is considered, what I found out which worked better is when I installed xposed framework and installed a mod called Intelli3G. If I change the network mode to WCDMA via UltraCfg I used to get 1 bar signal. But when I used to switch network mode via Intelli3G I get 2-3 bars. I don't know why it is like that, but it works.
Why would anyone still be using this phone? It was a piece of crap. Literally the worst purchase decision I have made in my entire life. Nothing but problems.
jimv1983 said:
Why would anyone still be using this phone? It was a piece of crap. Literally the worst purchase decision I have made in my entire life. Nothing but problems.
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ymmv but for me it has never failed me in over 3 yrs since ive had it, its still my dd, flashed a ton of roms and apps and still using the original battery.
best purchase ive made
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ymmv but for me it has never failed me in over 3 yrs since ive had it, its still my dd, flashed a ton of roms and apps and still using the original battery.
best purchase ive made
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Still using the original battery after three years? My battery life wasn't very good even when new and was awful after like 6 months getting like 1.5 hours screen on time with like 8 or 9 hours off the charger.
I could see it being a little better with custom ROMs since you wouldn't have to deal with the pathetic TouchWiz but not much and I didn't want to void my warranty and insurance by installing custom ROMs. After the first update it was so slow(even after a factory reset) I missed half my calls because the phone was so slow that the call had went to voicemail before it had registered my swipe to answer.
The build quality sucked too. The phone was creaky and had several gaps between parts. The back cover didn't sit flush with the back of the phone even after replacing the back cover which I did 3 or 4 times during the two years I used the phone because of how easily it scratched and worn out.
It also had issues every few months were it would get stuck in boot loops.
After using that piece of crap for two years I vowed to never get another Samsung phone unless serious changes were made by Samsung.
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Still using the original battery after three years? My battery life wasn't very good even when new and was awful after like 6 months getting like 1.5 hours screen on time with like 8 or 9 hours off the charger.
I could see it being a little better with custom ROMs since you wouldn't have to deal with the pathetic TouchWiz but not much and I didn't want to void my warranty and insurance by installing custom ROMs. After the first update it was so slow(even after a factory reset) I missed half my calls because the phone was so slow that the call had went to voicemail before it had registered my swipe to answer.
The build quality sucked too. The phone was creaky and had several gaps between parts. The back cover didn't sit flush with the back of the phone even after replacing the back cover which I did 3 or 4 times during the two years I used the phone because of how easily it scratched and worn out.
It also had issues every few months were it would get stuck in boot loops.
After using that piece of crap for two years I vowed to never get another Samsung phone unless serious changes were made by Samsung.
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I have two - my wife and I bought them the same day - and the only issue I have had so far is the power button on the black one going out after 2.5 years. (One of the solder techs at my work replaced it for me.) Otherwise, both have been fantastic devices. They don't creak, the backs go on perfectly, and they still function quite well - even if they are fairly slow compared to my M8. Even the TouchWiz poo that shipped on them was functional - I just prefer CM.
I think you got a lemon.
even though i got mine new i also bought 2 used ones for family members, all 3 are still working great