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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solissfiend:
I Just wanted to write a short thread to let everyone know about my experience with the GPS of this phone. I to like everyone else have always had major issues with the GPS on this phone. Sometimes with little to no connection at all. Sometimes I would get a good connection for like 5 minutes and then would lose it for hours unless I did a reboot which then it would start all over again.

I found the thread GPS hardware fix: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=878970 which gave me a ton of useful info. I flashed the s.gps file which worked great but did not always give me a good connection. I took it a step father and did the actual hardware tweak where you open your phone and bend the little copper antenna up. That worked awesome as well so I took it to the next level and opened my phone again and placed a small piece of credit card plastic under the antenna to keep it propped up. I had a wonderful connection at most times but it looked almost like I had a buffering problem or something as I would drop connection for a few seconds at a time and then it would reconnect, not really sure what the deal was.

I opened my phone to check things out once again and the credit card plastic had fallen down. I went to fix it and snapped the little copper piece off which I was fairly warned about. So I read on in the thread and wanted to try the solder method. I happen to work with a guy that used to work on circuit boards and soldering and what not so I asked him if he could give it a shot, he couldn't make it any worse.... After he a made the small round ball of solder I put everything back together and booted up... I have never had such accurate GPS. I drove home yesterday and ran GPS test all the way home and it tracked me between 14-17 feet accuracy. It has constantly stayed that way for days now. I have gone from 2.2 roms, to 2.2.1 and 2.3.4 and each one, after applying the proper fixes for each rom (GPS files) has maintained amazing GPS results. I recommend anyone with any soldering skills to try this and see what kind of results you get. I was super worried at first about breaking my phone forever but I couldn't be happier that I went thru with it.

I know I know... everyone is going to want me to post screen shots. That is my next step I will be taking some of my accuracy and uploading them over then next day or so for anyone to check out. If you have any questions about anything I have done or any help please feel free to PM me or post on here. I will help you with anything I can, And please remember this is a thread of my personal experience with the vibrant GPS. This is not my fix, all the credit goes to Plato56 for being the first one to try this and KWKSLVR for posting the hardware fix thread. And everyone involved in the vibrant community for your input, posts, ideas and help. That is the only reason I even attempted this. Good luck if you decide to give it a shot!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serendipityguy:
Post a photo

Thanks for your personal experience and I am happy that you recovered successfully. Kudos, to ya and how you overcame that challenge.

Could you post some photos of the area of the phone with the cover removed to show the after work and to give your experience more detail? :rolleyes:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bounikariel:
may i ask which files did you use on the 2.3.4 jvq? i too had the same issue and came up with the same solution, thing is on gingerbread rroms its wont lock for some reason while on 2.2.1 it works instantly with no fixes or anything
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solissfiend:
As soon as I get home (Im at work) when I am around my camera I will take pictures of the inside of my phone so everyone can see.

For the JVQ....I am afraid I have not done that one yet. I am on JVP Simply_Honey_4.0_Revo rom right now. I just got done downloading Trigger Redux 15 and I am going to try that out next. Maybe I should skip to Revolutionrom JVQ and check it out though and see how the gps is.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laylovj:
SP v4 is JVQ. ;)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solissfiend:
Oh man Lol your right, I looked at my Kernal which is JVP.... NOOB.... haha. I didnt use any special files or anything, just stock Simply Honey v4 rom. Ill download drocap right now and get some screen shots up shortly.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] playonline53tms:
Short thread he says lol
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solissfiend:
Lol sorry, its a lot of info, thought it would be a short post and all..... screen shots up. Like I said as soon as I get around another cam other then my phone, Ill get some shots of the solder.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bearsfan85:
and this is development how?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solissfiend:
developing the gps :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bearsfan85:
ppl on the xda really are idiots
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottspa74:
Wow!. What Fn planet are you from, moron? OEMs get most of their kernel fixes, etc from the genius of xda. Not much reason for you to be here. Go along now.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolairG1:
such a son of a *****, if you don't like it here, go somewhere else.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solissfiend:
Please dont flame on thread. If you dont like it move on :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bounikariel:
well whatever ill just try sh v4 and see what comes of it
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solissfiend:
Simply Honey v4 worked great for GPS. I am now on Trigger Redux build 15 and GPS is the same, outstanding.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikka06:
I totally agree with the OP regarding the gps working on Vibrant. I did exactly the same steps and i have no issues. I'm using Tard 2.1 rom from Team Whiskey and i found in the Market an application called GPS Boost which seems to increase the gps signal.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jdom58:
I think getting satellite locks using GPS Test and GPS Status works for most users on the CM7 or 2.3.4 GB ROMS. My phone was getting 8/12 or even sometimes 10/12 satellite locks within a few seconds with just the gps fixes included in those ROMS. The question is how is the GPS working with Google maps or even Mapquest? that's where you would see the major flaw in the GPS, at best it would just give you a general idea of where you were.

On 2.2 ROMs or even the one I'm using now Bi-Winning V3 (2.2.1), the mapping accuracy is spot on even as to which lane on the highway I'm using.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solissfiend:
This is after running maps for about 7 seconds
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solissfiend:
Sorry here is a better picture then before, did not realize it was uploaded so small...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ali1276:
I used navigation for about 20 miles to pick up my sister from her soccer camp never lost a lock and was always better than 30 feet in accuracy.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuotcontodung:
I didnt have any GPS until i installed MIUI revamp 8.1. Unfortunately, it only locked that one time when i first installed. :(
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] rogconnect:
I did this (mod) Desktop browser user agent!

I tried to copy over to the system/framework but said not enough space and a lots of FS occurred. And I shut down the TAB. And now when power on the TAB keep on going to the re looping when the Samsung screen on. And it's cannot load now.....try to do a data wipe and it's don't help. Any idea? How to I copy the update.zip to the SD again ?

I flashed to the

[ROM][GUIDE] 3.1 TouchWiz UX for 10.1 WiFi [UPDATE: New WiFi Base Rom and rooted previously.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] jeandujardin01:
go into CWM and try mount usb storage
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] rogconnect:
samsung_Android driver don't seem to installed on Windows...but Odin3 v1.85 work...Can I copy the file over with Odin?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] tghockey07:
Do you have any back ups saved in CWM? If you do, that would always be the easiest bet.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shweta245:
well i need a kernel which supports bln control and notification power control.. nothing more than tat no uv or underclocked kernel just the above mentioned.. if any1 can help me out or guide me to the rite page im runing stock rooted 2.3.4.. thanks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SA-07:
Well if you use Matr1x, you can set it to 1Ghz using setcpu lol
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shweta245:
thanks mathkid95 for the quick reply
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jungbum:
You will need custom ROM for notification power control if you meant being able to choose options such as Sync, WiFi, 2G/3G Toggle, Brightness setting on notification bar.

As for the appropriate kernel for your need, Matr1x and Netarchy fits your bill. Both kernels support BLN control and an option to UC/UV if you prefer.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shweta245:
ok jungbum thanks bt i have heard that stock rom is the best for battery so a lil hesitant to change rom.. by the way wat does your username mean.. sounds different
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Graham19:
I downloaded widgetsoid from the market to give me notification controls on stock.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shweta245:
im not so comfortable with widgetsoid. coming from samsung spica with cm.. really liked the cm power toggle
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Borky_16:
there i a hack and flashable zip at the themes section! search for it! it is for 4G Nexus, but you can use it on GSM too
[Samsung Infuse 4G] lyall29:
I don't know if its the rom or my phone but i don't get any notifications at all with google talk. I have the ring tone and vibrate checked. My email and messaging notifications work fine. I installed ebuddy and the vibrate works but there is no sound. What in the world could be wrong? Also, i don't have a desktop client installed. Thanks for any help.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] wpghtc:
Exchanged 3 today, got B70's, all had the same issues like dust and creaks.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] finalhit:
i thought you went through 5 of them, from other tread you made, about the exact same subject, 10 minutes ago.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] wpghtc:
Yup 5.

The other 2 were B06, what was the question?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] reuuin88:
Get an Ipad.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] msticninja:
B60 here. No light bleed or creaking.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] magicpork:
+1

and please leave here
[Eee Pad Transformer General] todders:
Yes thirded!!!!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] hensk:
+1

B50 Bought in may from US,exelent exsampler
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Hellrespawn:
I have a B70. No light bleed, creaks or dust under the screen.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] AG_Uni:
Got mine yesterday and have no issues with it. No dust, no cracking, not seen screen bleeding. B70 seems to be fine.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dills2214:
Who the hell are you? He is here reporting information that is useful to others and you tell him the leave?

Many people, including myself happen to be a bit more of a perfectionist than you. I like my things that are brand new, to look brand new. I know, call me crazy. Just because you are happy with your imperfections, doesn't mean other people are.

When I spend several hundred dollars on something, there shouldn't be anything wrong with it leaving the factory. Period. If you are OK with it, great, but not everyone is.

I see posts like these on XDA all the time lately and it is just ridiculous. Why can't this place just be about helping people and making our devices the best they can be?

/rant
[Eee Pad Transformer General] smiler51:
I just got my B70 unit now. No issues till now (A little light bleed only).

My B50 had bad light bleed, bad on/off, volume buttons and creaks. Let's hope most of us get lucky with the B70 revision :-)

Now i gotta check if i have an Elite Tegra. Lol...

Smiler51
[Eee Pad Transformer General] seshmaru:
Because whining about imperfections that generally no one gets or cares about is annoying, especially when he already made a thread on the subject and decided to make a new thread just to QQ anyways.

For you perfectionists pricks: it's plastic, it's gonna creak, deal with it.

Dust and **** is fun stuff and all but we already know about all these issues since they have been posted about into oblivion already. If your smarmy self-righteous self wants to walk in here and say the exact same thing as every god damn other person before you, stating the obvious over and over again, then maybe it is you that has bigger issues than dust under the screen that you should be worrying about.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuckonduhmode:
Look, we all want things to be perfect. But let's be realistic here. This is not the most expensive tablet on the market. There's going to be some flaws here. Some people can't see them but I bet there's an issue with every single one, even if the screen is off by a millimeter.

Instead of exchanging the tablets 4-5 different times, the smarter thing to do would be to get something else, maybe a G-tab or gasp, an iPad 2 (with fewer quality control issues). All you're doing is putting yourself through frustration, and really, no one can help you with that one besides yourself.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Wdustin1:
I cant believe there is ANOTHER one of these threads open. If you think the transformer sucks so bad go buy an ipad I love my transformer
[Eee Pad Transformer General] DingieM:
B50

I've a B50 16GB model only and a little bit of light-bleed and a little bit of cracking...I decided it is not enough to have them exchanged.

A tablet that is for 95% good is quite good :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ikeny:
Sure. You don't have to accept anything you don't like. The problem is you keep going back to the same product and assuming it will magically get better is unrealistic. One or two exchanges? Sure. But FIFTH? and made a thread about whining about it? Please turn on your TV and watch some news to see some real problems out there.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] vicw:
I've had my B1 for a couple of months, with absolutely no problems, but I'm puzzled about what the "B50" and "B70" references in this thread mean, related to the TF. I can't recall ever seeing them before.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] slient:
They're referring to the first three digits of the serial number, not the model number
[Eee Pad Transformer General] myamex:
I hope op can find a gf. Some people are just ridiculous.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] zephiK:
I don't see any information that is helpful in op. It's a complete rant thread about dust.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dills2214:
I'm still on my first one. What are you talking about? Not sure where I said I've returned anything.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dills2214:
The help would be that I am looking at purchasing a new one and I want to know if some simple quality control issues have been dealt with.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dills2214:
I don't even care about the plastic. I never said anything about that. The dust under the screen making pixels appear to be dead is unreal. It is everywhere and I can't look at any part of the screen without seeing "dead" pixels because of dust. It's unacceptable and don't really care if you think it is.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bithir:
Try using forum search - there is probably 10 more threads like this. Just bump an existing one with your experience. Not sure what the point is with another thread of the same sort, just makes you look a whiny sort. However, why someone would go through 8 of them beats me - if you are such perfectionist, then perhaps you should spend a few hundred more and get a more expensive make because I am sure none of the more expensive makes have any issues at all.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] gadgetfann:
+1
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jerdog:
CLOSING THIS THREAD - IT'S A DUPLICATE OF PLENTY OF OTHER IDEAS AND THOUGHTS AND NOT HELPFUL IN THE LEAST.

ALSO, TO THE BELOW COMMENT - XDA IS A PLACE FOR DEVELOPERS AND TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT. NOT FOR HELPING USERS.

THIS POST SHOULD GIVE YOU, AND OTHERS, HELPFUL INFORMATION AS TO WHAT XDA IS ABOUT.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2031989&postcount=45
[Motorola Droid 3] Anthrax79:
Before I got this phone I was really nervous about the screen because of all the drama about the pentile screen. Wow, what a waist of worry!!

I am continually amazed at how great this screen is, and outside in direct sunlight it is nothing but astounding. It has been over 5 years since I could see my phone outside this well and that was a "feature" phone with a typical LCD display.

I simply love this phone, the screen is great, the keyboard is great, and while I wish the battery was better I am getting 9-12 hours on a charge depending on usage. Now if we can just get a root so I can dump all the bloat ware it will be perfect!
[Motorola Droid 3] dpwhitty11:
+1 one to that! Everyone I show my phone to is absolutely amazed how well they can see the screen outside... And I'm not talking about when its just a little sunny, I'm talking about the spot-on Texas sun! I can even see it perfectly fine with my ray bans on lol.
[Motorola Droid 3] 640k:
I've got some anti-reflective screen protectors on the way. I'll report back to see if they increase or decrease visibility.
[Motorola Droid 3] mrslax:
I can see the screen with auto brightness in immense sunlight. This to me is enough to accept the pentile display.
[Motorola Droid 3] lordgodgeneral:
I got some of the anti glare screen protectors when I first got my phone. Dumped them after using them 3 days. They help with glare, but they protector has a cross hatch pattern in it to do this that seems to blur the screen slightly. I ended up just going with just the regular scratch protector.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaks007:
What is the best LAUNCHER in ur comparison..and the best feature that makes it awesome...(eg. mine is goLauncherex coz it have swipe in the screen to do additional options like swipe down for notification or open helicopter view of all home screens).....REPLY PLZ
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johno168:
I use adw ex because its fast. But when Zeam has widget scrolling back i will use that mainly cause, adw ex is fast but it uses more memory and sacrifices graphics. You can check this by using a dark/black coloured widget and then scrolling, you will see it distort.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
I use ADW Launcher Ex, it has the same swipe features and many themes available
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevmeister46:
+1 for ADW Launcher Ex, it just seems to move smoother and more fluidly than others ive tried.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beowulf_pt:
Tried several all they all have advantages, still, surprisingly, I am now quite used to TouchWiz on the Galaxy S2 2.3.3 and while it is not perfect, decided to stop bothering with other launchers for now. It does a fair, fast/fluid job and I complement it with a couple of widget-thingies like Elixir and a couple of apps like Tasker and ZDTools.

The good part is that it appears to be very stable. I'll probably keep using it until something amazing shows up.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bubu.:
LauncherPro, tried Zeam and Go Ex, both rather slowly working. But I like the feature on GoEx launcher to open the recent apps out of the appdrawer... :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Borat38:
I like Go Launcher's ability to uninstall an app just by long-pressing on the app icon in the drawer of home screen, and that you could add up to 30 screens--something few launchers can do.

ALso the many themes and icons that it has for free download. Font packs though, are not its strength. You'd have to look elsewhere for fonts.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bubu.:
30 screens -> will be BAD SLOW! i have 3 screens and it is really enough...

launcher pro: tap long on an icon, drag it over the trash can and wait -> so you can uninstall it
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexs1mmo:
I love adw launcher being able to hide app labels, looks much cleaner.

Quite like transparent app drawer too!
[Acer Iconia A500] Verdeee:
My a500 crashed, when I turn on the device, it's just the ACER screen and stop, reset button does not help, there is a hardreset? I have an HTC that when I reset, by pressing reset button + send + end, so it resets
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
Just a few threads down, the same thing, fixed now.........read ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1187578
[T-Mobile LG G2x] bballcat03:
I qualify for their "multiple problem" deal where since they keep sending out replacement devices and I still have issues, they asked me if I wanted to upgrade.

I understand, there is a lot of bias here, but I'm hoping to get some of you who aren't biased. Do I want to keep trying with the G2X (I already have 2.3.3 for those making that pitch, I updated already...don't care for some things), get the Sensation, the MyTouch/MyTouch Slide or other option maybe?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] wendellc:
I am quite happy with my g2x but if you aren't due to issues then try the sensation. No phone is perfect, my wife has sensation and quite happy with it. I hate sense but it does have a great camera and a larger qhd screen.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] LordButtersI:
Go for the Samsung Galaxy S2. It's a more powerful phone and unlike Sensation it doesn't have a crapload of it's own problems too.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dnguyen1988:
Too bad we don't have the s2 or a variant :( unless you can wait for the Hercules which is rumored to drop sometime in September.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] CaliLove310:
How many times have they replaced it?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shinydude100:
I don't know how many devs work with the Epic's Framework, but this much I do know; If certain Frameworks from other devices, such as the 'HTC Sense' Framework's widgets are restricted to having that framework, who says we can't edit Touchwiz's Framework or perhaps, creating an app in order to Spoof other frameworks, make it a running process, and therefore, fooling widgets from other devices onto our epics? If any devs see hope in this, count me on board and I'll try and make this a reality, I just can't do it alone. Who's in?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ugothakd:
No. I'm not gonna be the forum rentacop, but don't title ur thread something like that. EVER. Everyone has important info to share, urs is not special.

On thread, I'm pretty sure someones though of this one time or another. The dev's are not stupid. I'm pretty sure there's propriety software/modules/idk that the frameworks depends on. Its not as easy as opening wordpad and replacing "com.htc" with "com.samsung" or whatever they may be.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shinydude100:
Hm, perhaps you're right, either way. It was titled that way because I was offering to lay my cards down and commit to making it happen with the help of dev gurus. If they wanted to know my programming background, they would indeed be filled in on it. Thank you for your input though.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shane6374:
Sense requires way more than just the framework to make it work. There are also driver dependecies that are required. In essence in order to port as you say, the 2 devices would have to have the same or simular device drivers which would mean having same or simular hardware which is why Sense 3.0 could be ported to the evo4g but not the epic.

Sent from the Epic Dark Horse via Tapatalk
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanderman112:
Very informative and straight to the point. Thank you.

Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shinydude100:
I'm very sorry but I think the point is being missed here. I'm not asking or suggesting a Sense port. Only a spoof in Touchwiz's Framework, or add-on coding in order to trick widgets from other frameworks.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 063_XOBX:
If you read his post you definitely didn't comprehend it.I'm not going to type what he said all over again, all that matters is that what you want is not going to happen. It's either full port or nothing at all.