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[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] paul_73_uk:
I too am seeing poor performance with the GPS. Seems to be a hardware issue.

I did a test over the weekend comparing my Galaxy S with a friend's HTC Desire. Using one of the many GPS utilities the Desire was consistently seeing and locking more satellites when stood in an open area outside. When running Google maps and showing the current location I found that the "accuracy circle" (for want of a better description) was growing and shrinking several times a minute causing the map to zoom in and out.

I've also noticed that the compass is almost unusable and showing a much lower signal compared to the Desire. I did perform the figure of 8 calibration several times.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] MarvinTheAndroid:
Not tried the GPS yet, but I'm amazed how accurate network location is on this thing.

On my old G1 network location was laughable, but this thing knows pretty much exactly where it is without GPS.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] tommy34:
probably having wifi on? google can locate you more precise cause it has registered every wifi network during the streetview picture taking.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] MarvinTheAndroid:
No, this is with wifi turned off.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] BasieP:
Lol what kind of anti-google propaganda have you been reading?

Google streetview cars collected data of open wifi networks.

Besides from the fact that google doesn't use the data (which it isn't allowed to have), there are by far not enough open wifi networks to find your location.

Also. You have to have at least 3 networks to be able to determine a location using wifi access points.

So the statement you just made is rubbish and ofcourse nonsense...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] tommy34:
i dont care about it, i like it.

hmm. just figured this because where i live there arent any open networks and with wifi on it knows my exact location. Without wifi it has a 1600 m radius.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Toss3:
The GPS seems to work flawlessly for me at least.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] CPeterson:
Google collected the SSID and MAC addresses for all of the wifi networks they found, with the explicit intention of using them as an additional source of location data. They also inadvertently collected more data from open networks, and that's what they're in trouble for.

googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/wifi-data-collection-update.html
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] lgkahn:
yes and the new google navigation api in the i9000 and android appears to use this data as the damn thing turns on your wifi even when off when gps tries to get a fix!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Dopedangel:
you can disable it in location settings then it wont look for wireless data
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] lgkahn:
nope it is disabled and try to get a gps fix.. wifi still comes on and then goes off.. not sure what it is doing.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Evans_Prophet:
I got mine and tested.

In the beginning I had a perfect fix on location. When I started moving, however, I experienced this "jumping around" issue with a huge loss of accuracy. The circle of accuracy was also changing constantly. I think I show something about the wifi seeing (or not being able to see - can't remember) some hotspots although my wi-fi was turned off.

Maybe indeed - the phone detects wifi networks even if the wifi as such is off and possibly compares it to an internal database (thus explaining the persistence of the problem even when the radio is off and the phone is not connected on the net).

Do you know any good free program that would allow me to get some test data - e.g. number of satellites / signal quality etc (unless there is already one somewhere in the interface - I am new to Android).

Can someone else run a test? Can some one run a test in an area where no wifi exists.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] °Dexter°:
That's bad news,i'm really interested in this phone (money-forgiving for a while :D),but i need great gps performances...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] kitsune223:
Try "GPS Test" its on the market for free. From my test the GPS is actually quite nice, several 18-25 SNR connections and a few 26-30 SNR ones ( When outside I even find one or two 31-40 SNR ones which is really great).

Anyway I notice that GPS had become far more accurate when I disabled the Wifi-location option. The only problem is that locking down takes some time ( about 10-20 seconds max) in my area.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Evans_Prophet:
ok - i will test with that and revert..

By the way, in my wm6 Touch HD there was a utility called quickgps which would download data from server instead of having them downloaded from a satellite with a low speed connection. This increased speed of cold lock. Furthermore there was also another option to enable assisted gps (not sure whether this was different from the quick gps application and what this did exactly). I wonder whether these application / features are automatically enabled in our case.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] tommy34:
It can also be a problem of google navigation beta?? Did anyone try another gps navigator?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] MAJED.y:
i felt the same thing about GPS, as it is not that good , as there's no wi-fi Google can detect hear. the performance was not that good at all!.

but tonight i used the GPS without the Wifi (i turned it off) and for a surprise the performance was amazing, I was with my friend in his car watching the road as he drive and watching the google map in my phone and was very good indeed.

that's strange!.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mbr01:
I'm actually pretty content about the gps. I'm in house right now and have a fix within five seconds literally, using an app from the market. About 5 satellites connected. No experience outdoors or on the move however.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] vitalij:
Yeah I tried MOTONAV (its the same IGO) and it was working good while driving. Never lost satellites and was quite precise.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dlci:
hi,

will it be possible to try also in pedestrian mode? or for example sportypal /cardio trainer? they used to have issues with the gps of the galaxy & galaxy spica
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] tommy34:
Maybe Google Maps Navigation prefers wifi too much above gps data?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Haukifile:
I've been having loads of problems with the GPS so far, GPS test gives only five satellites with signal at about 40% at best. Running the phone on XXJF3 firmware.

e: Rebooted the phone and tried again. GPS Test now gets about 10 satellites in the same area, but the signal stays constantly at under 40%, so I'm getting an accuracy of about 5-10 meters which is much better compared to the over 100 meters with the earlier test. Hopefully everything gets magically better, or navigating with the phone will be a chore.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dlci:
would it be possible that someone tries MyTracks/sportypal/cardio trainer and posts a map snapshot of a recorder route? I really hope it doesn't look like the one here: http://sportypal.com/Workouts/Details/383473
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] kekele:
Try GPS test first, then turn on SportyPal or something else
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Ferdimage:
Can you tell me what version of MotoNav you are using and does it support native 800x480 display?

I have Igo8 R3 Maps <--- will these work with Motonav too?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] paul_73_uk:
I've just tried a short walk with MyTracks recording. My friend did the same with his HTC Desire which showed the route as 0.57 miles, my Galaxy S showed the route as 0.85 miles and seemed to lose an accurate reading at one point which resulted in odd deviations to the route.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dbtomas:
Yesterday I received my Galaxy, and have no problem with Sygic, my GPS works ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] dlci:
Thanks for trying it. A short question was the complete route messed up after that point of interference or was looking fine, apart from a small glitch? Did you pass near a house/office/caffee there?

heretic idea: When looking at the graph I posted earlier, it looks like the glitches occur near buildings..having in mind the google´s spying nature, what if those are caused by surrounding wifi networks. the route seems ok, until suddenly the phone positions itself in the house nearby, then again from the beginning...quite weird to be explained by simple innacuracy I´d say.

That would explain why not everyone sees an issue - google has not captured everything...yet.

P.S I don´t expect problem with car navigation sw - the speed and "lock on street" functionality there is usually quite robust
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Ferdimage:
I can confirm that GPS works very well using CoPilot, fix within 30seconds.. :)

8 satellites fixed on and did not drop out at all on a 20 min test drive..

Maps is no good for GPS... takes for ever to get a fix..

Copilot is ok i rather use Igo8 but not compatible versions yet for Android on a 80x480 res...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] binche:
paul_73_uk,

Have you try to

1. Reboot the phone ?

2. Turn off wifi ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Pika007:
Using Waze&Google navigation, works very well, getting a fix on 4-6 sattelites within 30 seconds.

IMO, better than the GPS in my nexus.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] n4nick:
No issues here

I've had no issues with sports tracking (sorry about the links, please remove spaces):

See here for a track taken with a Huawei U8230 (Pulse)

www .trailguru.com/wiki/index.php/Track:CQYZ

See here for a track taken with a Nokia 5800

www .trailguru.com/wiki/index.php/Track:CV5K

See here for a track taken with the Galaxy S

www .trailguru.com/wiki/index.php/Track: D6IZ

All over the same territory. I think there may be some differences in altitude reading, but I understand that altitude is not that accurate from GPS anyway.

The Galaxy S was with WiFi on, I think, and location using wireless networks. Having said that, its a semi rural suburb with houses some distance from the road so probably not much wifi compared to some areas :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Benjamin Dobell:
I just tried GPS Test. It jumps between 2 and 3 satellites and no more than 20 SNR. In which case it's totally useless at the moment :( I wonder if it's a hardware problem.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Evans_Prophet:
tried sygic mobile maps today. saying performance that was bad would be a praise to this piece of useless hardware. sky was clear blue and I was walking inside the city with reasonably wide roads. things were not improved even was I was not walking on the pavement.

So...

IF YOU WANT A GPS

STAY AWAY FROM G S
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] wouwout:
I've used GPS test on both my HTC Hero and my new Samsung Galaxy S, outside.

Both received a fix within 10 seconds. Levels on both were around 30 to 40 SNR. Accuracy for both after about 30 seconds was 5 meters.

So basically similar performance, however I noticed the Galaxy S to jump up and down a bit more. Accuracy moved from 5 to 10 meters for a short while, and then settled on 5 meters.

GPS seems fine.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] TravUK:
When I first got mine I thought it was all working fine, however, now that I've had it a while i can say that it only seems to work about 1 in 3 days. The others it either fails completely to even start the GPS, or it hops about between an accurate lock and putting me 2 or 3 miles off course.

My primary use of this phone was meant to be for Sat-Nav and with a crummy GPS and no car mount, its not exactly going to plan. :mad:
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] aeo087:
Are you all in the latest firmware? I noticed an improvement with JF5, I haven't run extensive tests, but let me know if anyone else is experiencing an improvement in GPS reception with the JF5 or JFB firmware.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Evans_Prophet:
This seems to be the case here as well. Thr problem is stronger if start walking in the city. There is a lot of jumping around and sometimes no signal at all. Like it is having a very bad reception.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] 2me:
have you tried iGO8 for Android?

Hi!

I'm just planning to buy Galaxy S i9000. And one of the main usage will be as a navigation system. Until now, I've used

iGO8 on HTC Diamond 2 with 840X480 and on a iPAQ4700 PDA with 640x480, both using WM. iGO8 is one

of the best navigation software, having available maps for almost all countries. There is a version of iGO8 available for

Android. Please search with google (I can't post url's here).

You can find the related discussions here on xda-developers.

(BTW, I don't have any affiliation with iGO or NavNGo).

G S has hardware problems with GPS? Or, the problems are

related to software, only? There is anyone here having G S and who tried to identify the source of the problems? However, it seems that G S has the best hardware platform, see: androidandme.com

Cheers,

2me

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[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] ash99:
Mine seems to have bad GPS lock as well. When my route is recorded using "My Tracks" it looks like a kids gone wild with a marker.

I'm going to try the WiFi off thing and let you know tomorrow.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] jollyz:
I have tried my GS with google Map Navigation with clear sky and the performance are similar to my old G1, Wifi was disabled. The only thing i noticed was with voice recognition, i had to take my phone in hand and say clearly the words, probably for my car noise. I'll update to last firmware JF5 and i'll let you know after a long trip with my car. BTW this phone is amazing! :):):;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] aeo087:
So, I had a huge issue with the gps with the original firmware, could not get better than 100 meter precision... then I flashed jfB and still had the same problem... Now I re-flashed jfB but with the re-partition option in odin3 checked,and the problem is completely gone!! I'm getting 5 meter precision with both wifi and gps on! Ill walk around my neighborhood and post...

Don't be alarmed by the gps feature in this phone... It might not work well straight out of the box, but is fixable!!

Let me know if this works for anyone else.

I'm now using MCR R1 with the stall fix and the gps is still working great.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] aeo087:
I had this problem, the gps wouldn't get better precision than 100 meters, and the following worked for me:

Flash JFB with the re-partition option checked. I did it first without it and it didn't work.

Now I'm getting a lock on me accurate to 5 meters by my window with both gps and wifi enabled!!

Let me know if this works for you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] zrehope:
The same to me
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] rpro95:
I think we need a poll on this and what solution is the best fix.i just returned my evo now waitimg for the epic.which is internally the same as the galaxy s except radio and couple of other things.i know there are going to be probs with every.device but gps is so essential to my every day needs.i am thinking this could be a big prob down the road.

sent from hero soon to be epic 4g.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] sjdean:
I've just spoken to a Samsung rep who, and I'll paraphrase, said that my phone sounds like it is faulty. He kind of indicated with that that there are no known issues.

I mentioned XXJF5 and XXJFB and asked when we might get new firmware, they said they're working on the Android 2.2 release but have no firm dates.

I asked about interim updates from Samsung for XXJF5, but the impression I get is that there will be no new updates until Android 2.2 is released.

He said I could flash the phone with the "updated" (albeit unofficial) firmware, and he said I could do that, it's my phone. I mentioned about warranty, and he said he would be concerned about that too.

One thing I might try is to speak to a Samsung Service Centre and see if they can completely wipe the phone and re-flash and re-partition the device using XXJF3 firmware.

worth a try.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Beards:
Ohh dear..... Samsung are sounding just like HTC did when I first approached them on the HTC HD2 camera fault.

That took ages to get sorted but in the end it did.

Although the person you spoke with did not give any good information back, what he should have done was to pass on your comments to a higher authority in order that it would have then been lodged.

As to upgrading to the non-Samsung official firmware, yes, that is my concern as well Simon and is the reason why I have yet to upgrade..... I don't want to do it only to find later when I take it to my nearest Samsung Centre they refuse to do it because I have invalidated my warrenty.

As to the representative saying Samsung were not bringing out any interim fixes until Froyo, that goes against what we are hearing..... I thought Samsung were literally 'JUST' about to release a firmware update supposedly at the end of June/early July.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] DjMarvel:
heeeelp

this is my galaxy s

:(

[YOUTUBE]sf4sPZ4nNPM[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Beards:
My first question would be to ask, did you try it outside?

The reason I ask is I note the video is shot from a window, which although should not stop you obtaining a connection it would dampen picking up and using satellites better.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] DjMarvel:
The window is open! Yes, I have tried in the street. Nothing. No stable signal.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Beards:
You need to join the threads here or here.

This will save yet another thread being opened on this same topic.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] magicdroid:
but this thread is older :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Marcolooij:
For me too, default was JF3 and GPS was poor. Updated to JFF, GPS working fine now.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Beards:
What does it matter if it is older just so long as it is still running and the information relates to your video question.

The first link I gave you started off by showing two screens with the same 'GPS Test' software loaded on screen.

Use the second link I gave for information purposes.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] chrispilot2293:
Take a look at my slide I have vanilla and default android lock on my unrooted, shipped rom espresso

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata&v=DCCE_XQifu4

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[myTouch 3G Slide General] kcbboy:
ummm...that's just panda home.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] r0man:
Epic. Fail.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] migueltherocker:
LMFAO pandahome. Dude go home.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] chrispilot2293:
Hey, I know that, but if gives it the look and feel of vanilla and lockbot gives the lock screen

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gunitsolja625:
Hi guys im new to this forum and tried searching but couldnt find an answer. I came from a palm pre to an evo and had the sprint store transfer all my contacts. now that went fine but everytime i get an incoming call the contact name doesnt show up. BUT as soon as i answer it shows the name. also in the call log the name and everything is there. its only on incoming calls itll just show the number. anyone having this problem?? or know how to fix it?? ill really appreciate any help
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gunitsolja625:
No one has any idea???
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdmoore81:
Has any one been able to get this to work properly if so please explain.

Mods if this needs to be in q and a please move

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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdmoore81:
Can anyone help

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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergioalvarezmac:
It`s working perfect for me. If you explain what is the problem, perhaps someone

could help you.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] y2whisper:
what is your exact problem? i have installed and started the application without problems.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdmoore81:
It says it found no photos take a photo or something along that line should I reformat my card because I have about 53 photos and the app can't find any of them

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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watercool:
Go in settings and uncheck show camera photos only
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdmoore81:
Thank you so much I can't believe it was something so small

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[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kraftey:
So with t-mobile's recent upgrade to HSPA+ this is bothering me more than ever. Am I the only one that has to run multiple speed tests to get it to switch to the faster network? I clearly have the signal to get the faster speeds, but I have to run a single speed test first to get it to "switch", and then on the next speed test I get the faster speeds. Is this normal?

Secondly, what's everyone's latency? I always have MUCH higher latency than any of the other speed tests I've seen. I average about 150 on the upgraded network, and about 300 on the other one.

If anyone is in Seattle, what kind of latency do you get on speed tests (tethered or not)?
[HD2 General] firozu:
when using word mobile and acrobat reader it doesnt rotate.....is it not suppose to or is there a way to get it too?
[HD2 General] ryan562:
you can enable rotation of those apps through the editing within the registry but that can be a bit tedious for some people.

an easier way to enable it would be to use a program like BSB tweaks to enable rotation to any program you'd like. that's what i usually use.
[HD2 General] 10507:
I try using BSB tweaks to enable rotation on MS word but it doesn't work.
[HD2 General] firozu:
im sorry im new to this phone wats bsb?
[HD2 General] Paten:
[APP][27/12] BsB Tweaks 1.6 (More tweaks and features!)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Arranmc182:
If any one is on the 3 Network in the UK and are having problems sending Text messages here is the fix that worked for me.

Go to phone dialler and punch in

*#*#4636#*#*

Then go to Phone Information and scroll down to SMCS and enter

+447782000800

Now Press update now all should work 100% if that did not work retry all the steps but press refresh after.

I hope this helps people out as it started to piss me off that all ROM's stopped sending SMS texts randomly on my HTC Hero.
[Desire General] rogershroed1991:
Is it bad to charge the battery when it doesn't need charging yet (for example if it's still at 60%)? I'd like to use the Google Navigation on my Desire more but I don't because I think the phone is gonna die while I'm driving. So I'd like to charge it before I start driving but if the battery is still pretty high and I charge it, will it ruin the battery?
[Desire General] ljesh:
No, this new type of batteries have no harm if charged even when are not at very low level :)
[Desire General] Vlad_M:
The Li (ion and polymer) batteries actually work better if topped up regularly and never get deep discharged.
[Desire General] ingvarr_zaag:
I've heard, that these batteries should be kept 20-80% charged. Sometimes it's good to fully discharge and recharge to 100% just to reset some kind of memory in the battery.
[Desire General] JohnSteveDoe:
It's used to recalibrate it. But doing that (depleting til it shuts down by itself > charging to 100%) once a month should be plenty.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jontorres:
I just installed bugless, don't like it, I want to try out Damage, I'm using ROM Manager, do I have to uninstall bugless 1st, or can I just go to ROM Manager and install another rom over what I have now?

My phone doesnt have any apps or anything that I need to back up.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timgt:
just install damage next, just select wipe when it asks you in rom manager