[Epic 4G General] zman519:
Furthermore hear is an example of why the GPS not working with OUT airplane mode off/No CDMA is BS.

I know a women with a 94 accord ok right old POS car, & Broke ass women (dont say she should fix it), the Speedo is busted. Guess what she did? O that's right she used an old android phone (LG lg optimus s Total POS phone, was unusable b4 cm7 was flashed) she had & Ulysse Speedometer a NOT so useless app in this case. Now had she had an old Epic 4G she WOULD NOT have been able to use this work around to see about how fast shes going. Yes the Speed read out lags when taking off FAST but when your cruising its Dead on we tested it with many other cars speedos & other GPS units.

Thats what gets me SO ****ING PISSED about the GPS is. i always thought old smartphones (the one i'm NOT paying the bill on any longer) would make vary good devices for other uses, Like WiFi phone, WiFI web stuff, Setting up/fixing costumers routers & simple networking fixs. & a GPS Maping unit, etc... There are a ton of app on google play now that have downloadable maps, hell even google's own "Maps" has it now. But our Epic's are going to be quite useless to me as soon as i get a new phone.

I don't think it's Childish to be UPSET with a $249 phone that i bought with plans to use long after i was no longer using it as a primary Cell Phone. To put it simple the only reason i have this phone is well 1) there's nothing High End on the market that has a keyboard & meats my other must have spces 2) xda Devs keeping our phones ticking

@josidhe I do agree with you about GB running nice & fast & ICS kinda being slow at times, if not always slower:good: But i dont understand people like you that think I should use my phone the way you think it should be used? Why is it every time i bring up the POS GPS in our phones someone like you cant grasp the fact that it's BROKE & there is NO reason the cell radio should have any thing to do with GPS! if your on a trip to parts of the world where there is NO CDMA Epic 4G owns should be able to use the device as a Maping unit. I mean if the POS free phones Sprint has given out with contact work in Airplane mod why the hell cant samsuck fix the GPS in ours? did the **** up the hardware design that bad? IDK only they do & there to lazy to address the ONE big issue to me & others. Also i bet you don't Fly as in your a pilot? are you starting to understand WHY the GPS upsets me so much? Yes no pilot is going to Nav with a cell phone GPS but its just cool to be able to see your ground track speed on one more thing. Or for that matter as a passenger its really cool to see how fast your going in a plan. Now in an aircraft there in NO (legal in the US) work around to get our phones to get a GPS lock. trust me in a small aircraft MOST smartphones can & WILL get a GPS lock.

@xboxfanj I will post up my GPS testing data from yesterday on the Lake in the GPS thread, But as long as i'm posting my [ranting] long story short Nexus KL2 Modem makes no change in the GPSone chip failing to acquire gps signal let alone a lock on 1 or more birds/Sats

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No NO NO i do not agree with that line of thought! I say again what if the Bluetooth depend on the cell radio? or how about the WiFI radio depending on the CDMA radio talking back to the towers for God knows wtf reason.

I have yet to see ANY OTHER android that Totally disables GPS when there is no CDMA RF with in range & or airplane mode is ON. every one of my friends (Non Epic 4G's) phones i have tested this on with airplane mode & jamming CDMA bands not a ONE fails to get GPS lock. Hell some of them are other SGS 1's

I'm sick to death of buying CRAP that i research the hell out of before buying it only to find that things i really wanted to work DO NOT

an other point is. BATTERY if your out camping/hiking with in CDMA why not turn the cell radio OFF to save power. Solar USB chargers are a grate thing. one other point Most of the time when i go camping i like to get off the grid so to say, no xda no sms no CALLS but i would like to use GPS at times & have the phone in case i chose to use it for out going calls.