[Galaxy S I9000 General] ghosty_uk:
lbs test menu is disabled in JPM, as there were other more better apps out there.

now this is interesting, a direct comparisson as i have flashed up from JM1 to JPM i dont have a direct comparisson but i have the results of a previous test i did.

conditions/experemental locations etc

location: my desk, about 3 feet from a window, with me sat in the way

conditions: weather is dry night, phone is sat on desk, gps test running, only GPs sensor on, all other aiding is off.

experement: is JPM better than JM1

Sats view: 0-7

sats in use: 0-5

SNR levels 11- 25

of those in use 14 - 23

accuracy is at 49.2 feet at present.

JPM is seeing far worse data than JM1, with JM1 i used to get 5-7 sats locked and an accuracy of 5-10 feet.

end of testing via standing data.

historical data,

i bought an SGS as an upgrade to my touch hd, 1 week before my 32nd birthday, as an early bday present to myself, i had initially wanted a htc desire but due to a number of factors, a 4 week wait for stock, less internal memory, crapper and smaller screen, i went with the SGS. i took it home and gave it a full charge, the next day on a trip to rotherham i thought i would test the GPS and boy did i get a shock when it failed to work, it would not even get aa gps fix. so when i got back to swindon i took it back and got a replacment, while at teh shop i did the lbs test, to show that the gps was indeed fu*ked. while holding the 2 SGS's about 4 inches apart, you could clearly see there was an issue with the first one i had, after about 2.5 mins it managed to get a lok to 3 sats, where as the new one managed to get a lock to seven sats in about 25 secs (no there is no problem with thee SGS, aimed at the one person who seems to have flawless gps). so off i toddle with my now functioning SGS, get home start transfering phone numbers etc etc.

so on testing out things like google navi, gps test all seemed good, till i actually started moving in the car with it, erratic is not the word.

this is the first track i recorded, after i manged to get it to upload to google, (this is about a month after getting the replacement), in all my maps the blue represents ty tracks data and orange represents the actual route.

this was with JF3 stock rom, no mods bar apps, using both gps and wireless networks

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...1.555502,-1.739638&spn=0.006537,0.021136&z=16

this is a JM1 track

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...1.561652,-1.740904&spn=0.026146,0.084543&z=14

this is a JPM track i recorded just yesterday.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...1.562065,-1.733866&spn=0.006536,0.021136&z=16

as you can see JF3 was appaling, JM1 was actually fairly good, and JPM is wors than JF3. however these are only with my tracks.

all 3 firmwares are appaling when using google maps, none of them track right, and as this is supposed to work, and be a free alternative to spending money buying navigation software, i for one say there is more then just software at fault, while its ture that JM1 seems to be the best for my SGS, upgrading to JPM should have made that better, but in fact made it worse.

as i have posted in the other thread, and on facebook the GPS is a serious issue, the phone is being mis sold, and as such samsung could end up being sued under the trade descriptions act.

as it is sold to be used as not only a phone but also a GPS device, yet the GPS does not function to a reasonable standard.

i may email google, to hear there thoughts on it.