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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killwrath:
Thanks for the info, I did unroot it the way you mentioned in the thread. And it is unrooted the s zip is on and when I try to get into recovery I do get the red triangle warning. So I guess my best bet is to take it to Sprint. Is there a way to root the phone thru bootloader or do I have to have the phone turned on to root it. As far as the SD card issue any ideas.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cobirch2:
so you didnt run an RUU? Did you just flash a PC36IMG.zip from the bootloader? The problem with that method is that you dont know what all was in the zip, or if it included everything. Theres a lot of PC36IMG.zip's out there that all serve different purposes. Go download the official RUU on your computer, plug your phone in and boot into fastboot (or just bootloader, not sure), wait for the process to finish, and your phone will be back to stock 100% no matter what. This is what sprint will do to restore a phone, so its official.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killwrath:
Ok one more quick question, how do I get my computer to recognize my phone after I plug it in. I found the official RUU and when I plugged my phone in and booted to bootloader the computer did not find it. As a result running the RUU did nothing. I went thru all the warning screens and then when it was searching for the phone and then gave me a warning that no phone was connected. So if I could get the phone connected to the computer then I am sure I can run the RUU and see if that helps. Any ideas?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrimReaper24:
check my guide have a link to the ruu you need just place it PC36IMG.ZIP on SD card and run get into boot loader mode and there you go.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killwrath:
Ok the phone wins. It is going back to sprint to see what they can do. All of your suggestions have been great, thanks for them. I just cant get the computer to recognize the phone when its plugged in. And the phone cant detect the SD card even in bootloader. And it will only charge when its is turned off. DAMN YOU TECHNOLOGY!!! hahahaha

Again thanks a ton for all your help. Warms the heart to know there are lots of fellow phone hackers willing to help out.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killwrath:
First thing is Thank You Everyone for all your help and suggestions.

Here is the update. The phone won and I had to take it to Sprint. And much to my suprise and honestly relief, they could not get the software reinstalled, it was stuck in a boot cycle is what they said. Ok if you say so. So they are going to send me a new phone. WOO HOO!!!!!

Thanks again for everything. Guess I get to try out Auto Root this time.

Yeah Rooting.
[Streak 5 General] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Fire off an EECB (Executive Email Carpet Bomb) to Michael Dell, using either of the following addresses:

michael_dell@dell.com

Michael@dell.com

Follow these tips: http://consumerist.com/2007/05/how-to-launch-an-executive-email-carpet-bomb.html . You won't have to do steps 3-5 because the list is already in this post. I do believe once the owner of the company is made aware of a problem from one of his customers, it will get resolved VERY quickly.
[Streak 5 General] travfar:
As the other post said, tell Mike. I did on an issue that was not getting resolved for weeks. It took literally 12 hours from when I sent the email to when I got satisfaction.
[Streak 5 General] BlueCrystal:
If you just call the main dell line, you'll bounce to india and then bounce to the dell streak call center. They should be more than happy to give you the unlock.

When I had to rma my phone they were quite easy about getting me my phone. In fact, I think it came unlocked. Can you not unlock your sim or something?

I didn't read the whole thread so I probably missed something about it.
[Streak 5 General] randomtask16:
Sounds pretty similar to my experience minus the unlock issue. Mine bled to death within hours of unboxing, then they sent me a still broken refurb to replace my dead of box new phone. In the end it took 3 weeks and 2 replacements to get a working one. Oh and that was only because I called and harrassed them constantly. I'd probably still not have a phone today since it was "on back order"
[Streak 5 General] gravles:
Update: Still no unlock code... Sent a nice email to Michael Dell explaining the problem but haven't heard back, sent the following follow up this morning after my conversation with "customer service"
[Streak 5 General] fone_fanatic:
How did you get them to replace it? my screen under the glass has cracked from simply tapping the home button. They are telling me that the screen isn't "hardware" and not covered by the warranty and i have to pay $249!

my damage wasn't caused by "external causes such as accident, abuse, misuse, or problems with electrical power" and should be covered by warranty!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] briansj:
Anyone who is using GPS on Infuse, please let me know how GPS performance is. I used to own the Samsung Vibrant and had horrible GPS performance. Thinking about buying the Infuse but afraid that it would have the same GPS performance as the Vibrant. Thanks!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] shaunleger:
I had a captivate and had HORRIBLE GPS performance, unusable. I tried about 10 different ROMS in an effort to improve GPS performance. It was only fixed by getting a hardware replacement (refurb).

I have had my Infuse for about a day now. And GPS performance is on par with my refurb captivate. Meaning it locks fast (within 10 seconds) and it tracks well while driving. I am satisfied with the Infuse's GPS performance, it seems they have resolved the GPS hardware problem.

That being said, i did some serious research regarding the captivate's GPS problems, and it seems certain batches from Samsung worked well and some didn't. Hopefully that is not the case with the Infuse.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] olson.lukas:
So far, so good. Locks within a couple of seconds. I'll post again if I find otherwise.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] bragOS:
Werent those GPS issues due to Skyhook being yanked right before distribution? I wouldnt expect GPS issues on future models.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] bigballa:
the gps has been fixed on the infuse and sgsII

the phonedog review says it and so does engadget i believe
[Samsung Infuse 4G] netnerd:
yes, the gps has been fixed!

i used to have galaxy s2, gps locks in quick and never lose gps signals!

just got my infuse yesterday, gps locks in quick too! need to do some driving to test if it loses gps signals or not.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] shaunleger:
just wanted to say, my captivate never had any trouble locking. it was the tracking that was horrible. anyway, infuse works fine. Larger screen is nice for navigation too.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jonx15:
I went to check out the infuse yesterday at AT&T ...

Really liked the screen and overall feel of the phone..

I went to the maps to see of I could get a lock on my location...

It would only triangulate my location.

I thought since I was indoors it may be a fluke so tried the atrix that was on display right beside it...

The atrix locked on my location instantly...tried the inspire on display...it also locked my location..,

Just for kicks I went over to the captivate..."unable to determine your location"....

I tried over and over on the infuse to get a lock...but it was a no go..,,

I hope it was an isolated incident...

Would be a shame if samsung didn't learn from the captivate....
[Samsung Infuse 4G] donharden2002:
Mine locked in a matter of seconds in my house. It basically pointed directly at the window I was sitting near.

My captivate want too bad either once I started flashing roms with it. It was a 1007 model. Never had an issue with it that wasn't my own fault.

Sent from my huge infuse (ladies does size matter)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] AllTheWay:
Great GPS

I can honestly say Samsung has fixed the GPS issue with the Infuse. I have been using the phone for almost a week now and I have had 0 issues with GPS are far as locking or jumping around Google Maps. It's right up to par with the Atrix which in my opinion has a great GPS as well.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Simba501:
Wow, that's saying a lot. The Atrix's gps was the best I've ever used. Simply phenomenal.

Sent from my HTC Inspire
[Samsung Infuse 4G] deanhatescoffee:
I hate to say it but I've had mixed results with the GPS performance on the Infuse. I've run into an issue with it not being able to find a satellite signal, and it doesn't track 100% accurately (shows me as being ~15 feet off the road, albeit in the right direction). It's leaps and bounds better than the Captivate - at least it doesn't randomly think I'm going the opposite way - but, in my experience, the GPS performance in the Infuse is not up to par with the Atrix or iPhone.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Dani897:
good static locks, very precise, under 10meter accuracy, bad tracking, not great under cover either. the secgps.conf file is still not written to correctly from the lbs test mode. it was showing msbased while the lbs screen was never changed from standalone.

even a captivate can track adequetly if setup right, the comunity is still convicend that is not true but i can post my tracts from my captivate, you wouldnt believe how good it does.

i havent gone as far as replacing jupiter.xml yet. i have turned off dynamic accuracy, it didnt do anything for the captivate so i started there. i turned it off in both lbs and secgps.conf set it to controlplane supl and turned off secure socket and fixed mismatches in secgps.conf to lbs screen and got rock solid locks after it eventually got the data it needed. before the edits it would be all over the place when i was indoors. will try tracking tomorrow, but this made a world of difference on the captivate.

this does have better hardware and drivers than the sgs though. the accuracy in lbs test mode is repoted to 2 digits after the decimal. the captivate seems to work in multiples of 5 meters. it also seems to do better with the altitude.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] upgradedcaveman:
I am coming from my Samsung epic (sprint) and the GPS was terrible. I am now on the Infuse, the gps is perfectly fine. The speaker could be louder though.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] garak0410:
I've had mostly good locks...today though, it has been bad...just not locking in.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] briansj:
Tried it out today at ATT store. The screen was bright and beautiful. Camera is better than the Streak but GPS still not working properly. Inside ATT store, the Infuse got a lock for a few seconds, lost the lock, and not able to re-gained the lock again. Doesn't looks like Samsung knows how to implement GPS function correctly. My Dell Streak, the Atrix and the HTC Inspire next to the Infuse were all able to get GPS lock.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Dani897:
yeah samsung has some funky settings but this hardware is very acurate. just needs some tweekage.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] cynikaloptimist:
The GPS works like a dream. Usually it takes no more than 15-30 seconds to get a lock.

When I was at the launch i was able to lock in on my location in 30 seconds, INSIDE.

The GPS is good now.

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[Samsung Infuse 4G] schahr01:
No - It was a hardware issue.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Dani897:
it was a number of things from the implimentation in the rom, the jupiter.xml the default settings and the chip not meeting adverties sensitivity specs and maybe even an interference issue. and even capabilities that were in the chipset werent being exploited. the gps dropped when recieving phone calls. on some models a poor antenna connection as well. it was a mess.

i can get an sgs to work fine but it means turning off many features and therefore slower locks but i can get my captivate to track better than many commercial units.

the gps in this phone has greater accuracy and can actually read my altitude, the captivate was not even close in that regard. but it still resets when it switches modes. it can benifit from some updated settings. i havent tried the agps modes yet as they didnt work on my captivate very well but if this is truely improved running agps from the beginning might make this hard to beat.

i just tested my captivate settings on the infuse and the tracking is impecable, but locks are taking a lot of time in this abysmal weather. will ry it tomorrow with it set for agps instead.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Haplodroid:
I get a lock on 6 satellites almost instantly here indoors by a window, I'd say that's pretty good. Altitude and heading looks good too.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] lost1:
I've been running the GPS heavily for the past three days. The GPS locks quickly, usually within 10s, and I am consistently using 10 satellites.

GPS Test speed and heading values are correct (they never were for my Captivate on stock).

I've also run numerous MyTrack runs, and noticed that the lock was dead on for the duration of tracking. On my Captivate, it would randomly jump occasionally (even after all of the fixes in the various roms). No jumps here.

I can say that I'm happy with the GPS, and whatever the issue was, it seems to have been addressed.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Dani897:
im having really abismal weather and i can see the issues. it is the phones tendancy to swap between modes when it cant establish a lock in a timely manner and restart the process cold. it is much like the captivate in that regard. more testing tomorrow. i want to see if agps is useful this time. i dont think anyone will need to poke around jupiter.xml on this one. just lbs and secgps.conf.

this has no hardware issue whatsoever im just saying it can be better.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] nstong:
How can you tell what satellites you're connected to and stuff? I'm having trouble getting a good lock with just the gps, I need to turn wifi on also
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Dani897:
lbs test mode. it is launched by typing a numeric code in the dialer. i dont know the code, there are atleast 2 it can be on the galaxy s depending on the firmware build. you can launch it with launcherpro activities.

i dont recommend randomly poking around with the settings. this was much of the cause of hatred on the galaxy s gps.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] TheKenAnthony:
GPS is awesome here.. can't complain..:)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] briansj:
It was a cloudy/light shower day when I tried the Infuse's GPS at AT&T store.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
Just picked mine up at Best Buy and it was locked on and tracking me before I left the parking lot. I took my Inspire back and exchanged it for the Infuse today. My Inspire AND my Evo Shift both had gps issues, this phone may turn me away from Htc.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rrryan2:
I've learned a thing or two about Captivate GPS in making the plumbBob fix for Captivate. Since I'm having an unrelated hardware USB issue right now and have previously been offered to exchange for another model I thought I'd go to the AT&T store to get a hands-on look at the Infuse to see if I wanted to ask for it.

Tested the GPS in the store on the Infuse using Google Maps (couldn't get the display model to enter LbsTestMode for some reason?) and it had locked by the time I clicked through all the disclaimers. Held my Captivate up right next to it and could only lock 1 bird, never got a fix.

I don't know if it's "fixed", but it certainly seems improved.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Dani897:
All the hardware is fixed. In lbs you can tell this is in no way a galaxy s with gps. But some settings are convoluted. I had dificulty with it in this abismal weather ive had since sunday. Its still raining. By changing a few setting to what worked for my captivate it got better tracking bt dificulty on the initial lock. After trying msbased and setting supl to auto config then matching all settings in secgps.conf i got stellar performance.

My cappy couldnt use agps at all. The cell radio would not cooperate with the gps radio. It got quick locks but couldnt track. The infuse has none of those issues i can even get a phone call and keep tracking. With agps in msbased mode and supl on auto config i get locks in seconds counting in single digets. Not much luck with supl.google.com but the one for supl auto config works amazingly well. I would write it down but it is a long url.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] DarkDvr:
Tested GPS on my new Infuse for 2 days with some 85+mph freeway driving, some turns in the city..

Works like a CHAMP - no problems at all. I'm very happy.

After the f***ing captivate which made me spend at least 50+ bucks on gas... piece of crap that was.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] rapidstar:
GPS(Google nav) on Captivate was piece of crap, never worked for me. GPS is usable on Infuse but not reliable 100%, it loses signal once a while but comes back in 20-30 secs. This happens only with google navigation, but no issues with Navigon. It works flawlessly with Navigon.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
same here today. tired it just for fun and i had the same issues you did. made me go :(. the atrixs GPS was amazing locks super fast and tracks 100% eve locked inside a parking garage.

Infuse on the other hand. 15 ft of road. bounces around in Google Maps. takes about 30 seconds to lock. i think we have inherited an issue form the captivate.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] chvybeatsford:
I hope not as this makes me not want to get rid of my Cappy for the infuse... Id hate to have just a bigger screen cappy(no wifi)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
i know! some say it works flawlessly. others have some issues. I come from a Atrix with a amazing GPS, but yet again its a Motorola. Motorola kknows its way around a GPS as it started off as a Satalite company
[Samsung Infuse 4G] rapidstar:
It's not just Motorola.. GPS works flawlessly on HTC, SE & every other Andriod phones out there. It is just Samsung having issues with google navigation.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
well it works the best on motorola phones. that i have had. just saying.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Simba501:
+1

Sent from my HTC Inspire
[Samsung Infuse 4G] chvybeatsford:
OK so i went and got one. And leaving store no wifi and gps locked in 20 sec if that .. Then took the 6 mile ride home doing 75-80mph and it followed me great.... Will do more testing but coming from a cappy its alot better,
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
i have a serious issue with mine. never really locks my position and when i comes close it bounces around my actual position. im indoors. my atrix would lock in a parking garage. a parking garage! i cant even imagine trying to get this to lock in there.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] chvybeatsford:
I dot have that problem. Look at my thread showing my track..maybe we need to see what build dates everyone has ..

sent from Infuse but miss my captivate on cont. 5.5.... One day this can be as good...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] pixelkore:
Quick to lock here.

I do daily deliverys and driving around town with a few out out of towns. I also tried it with Google Earth and it was quick.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
Reset the device.

still bouncing around like crazy.

Defective device i guess. going back to AT&T and getting a new one then.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] chvybeatsford:
Can u check under batt..

Mine say 1104... I would assume April 2011... and rev.0.8...

sent from Infuse but miss my captivate on cont. 5.5.... One day this can be as good...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
1104

rev0.8
[Samsung Infuse 4G] chvybeatsford:
Then that won't be the reason. Im pretty sure u have the settings in location all set. Just in case...

sent from Infuse but miss my captivate on cont. 5.5.... One day this can be as good...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
Use wirelss networks? Check

Use GPS satellites? Check

Use sensor aiding? not check
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
it shows a huge blur circle im sure you know what im talking about. then it shows me in my neighbors house 4 houses down the slowly wiggles down to mine. then shows the huge blue circle again, then agian surrounds my house bounces around and then i just close the app.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] chvybeatsford:
Same setting I use...

sent from Infuse but miss my captivate on cont. 5.5.... One day this can be as good...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] gtg465x:
Most consumer GPS devices are not meant to be used indoors. Yes, some devices work indoors, but the main use for GPS is outdoors or in a car driving.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
yes, but it doesnt even work outside...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Terrigno:
The Infuse GPS is on par with any Android device. No problems here

sent via Samsung Infuse 4G using Tapatalk
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
Seriously thinking about getting and iPhone instead... I must have a working GPS since I travel alot
[Samsung Infuse 4G] budco2000:
My Infuse Gps is perfect in every way. My captivate was as well. my inspire was good to then when it worked lol
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
So I tried navigation today. Worked pretty good. Seems the issue is with maps. Still going to go trade in for a new infuse.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] chvybeatsford:
Never used navigation ......since maps works great for me I'll. Try nav and see what happens.

sent from Infuse but miss my captivate on cont. 5.5.... One day this can be as good...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
Doesn't maps go into navigation?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] chvybeatsford:
Im not sure how that works. I think Navagation is just skinned over maps having voice.

sent from Infuse but miss my captivate on cont. 5.5.... One day this can be as good...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
Have you tried unmuting it?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] chvybeatsford:
Yes many times toggle mute on off. I'll prolly uninstall and re install ..

sent from Infuse but miss my captivate on cont. 5.5.... One day this can be as good...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
Yeah. That should fix it. I fond that if you uninstall the update maps tracks me better.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] cmjkxa:
my first infuse had battery problems so I exchanged it. Now this one has GPS issues. I'm gonna head to the store again and hopefully exchange it for a perfect one. =[
[Samsung Infuse 4G] JeremyE77:
Gps

I was concerned at first. The first few times I tried the GPS it was all over (like the Captivate). Then came another moment when I needed to arrive somewhere located in an area I did not know. This time it locked and stayed so and has ever since.

I don't know what was up with those first attempts but it is quite good now.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
today i tired Waze instead of Google Navigation. waaaaaaaaaay better than navigation.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Dani897:
waze seemed like an interesting app, social navigation and all. but i got it and half the groups around me were for homosexuals to meet at truck stops. im a huge homophobe so i deleted it. but yeah google nav in general is not that great. even on phones with stelar gps you can have some redirecting issues. plus it usses data. i used navdroyd on my captivate and it was very good even if it wasnt very polished. there are better ones but the captivate gps was so touchy that once i found one that worked and didnt make the glgps daemon crash i stuck with it.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
sorry but LMAO!

im using Waze with out a account so you cant be contacted or anything like that. it seemed pretty good. i liked it better than G-NAV
[Samsung Infuse 4G] b3asty:
I used the GPS while in DC last week on a business trip. It worked flawlessly. Thank goodness... A wonderful phone from Samsung that also happens to have a working GPS....
[Samsung Infuse 4G] MikeyMike01:
From what I understand, a GPS looks for any satellites on the assumption you could be anywhere in the world. After it figures out where you are it has a better starting point. I've noticed this when you use a GPS in a new location (like on vacation or something) and it takes longer.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Dani897:
yeah no need to explain. i wasn't insinuating anything. it just gave me the hebegebes.