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[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
You can't believe the reported accuracy. Part of the overall defect is that the coordinates displayed may not be correctly showing your actual location on the face of the globe. This can be checked by using applications such as Google Maps or Google Earth. Or if you have any GIS apps or skills, you can take the reported lat/lon coordinates and compare them with your actual, known location, and compute the difference.

Yesterday I had my Vibrant outside, and the output of the GPS sensors, as reported by GPS Test or GPS Status, claimed a degree of precision of about 30 ft. But the actual location being reported was several hundred feet away! And while I was still, the location reported jumped around.
[Vibrant General] jonathan75:
For testing purposes I turned Wi-Fi off and have the phone in airplane mode so it is not connected to the network. There are 11 satellites in view and 1 in use. With 27 foot accuracy. The one is use has a SNR of 0. I just don't understand how this is working if it is "locked" on a satellite with 0 SNR?
[Vibrant General] jonathan75:
I looked in Google maps and it used the cached map since I have Wi-Fi off for testing. It is very close. So it is reporting right. I think maybe the "In Use" function might not be working right on the phone. I compared with the GPS in my car and the phone will get every satellite in view that the GPS can with similar or better SNR ratings. I think maybe it is getting lock even if it does not say there is any satellites in use or even only one with 0 SNR.

But I should report the other day that I was using Google maps and it lost the satellite even though it was working using the test program. It would not reconnect either.
[Vibrant General] Welshy992:
Just noticed this. Every time I use g maps my system volume gets set to max. I think it's a bug. Anyone else notice this?
[Vibrant General] coolguy949:
I notice this too. Very annoying.
[Vibrant General] coolguy949:
Guys, looks like we have some more positive news:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/TMobile?v=wall&story_fbid=418196748894&ref=notif&notif_t=feed_comment

Looks like they might be working on something.
[Vibrant General] kizer:
Can somebody post what that Facebook page says? I can't view Facebook from my Internet connection.
[Vibrant General] Qwijib0:
Rob Lescaille: Guys, do you know when we'll see a fix for the Vibrant GPS issues people are having? GPS is barely usable...

T-Mobile USA:Rob we are working on this, once he hear something we will let our customers know.
[Vibrant General] kizer:
Thanks, at least it appears T-mobile is under some pressure. Of course it doesn't mean they can fix it, but at least they know "their" customers are not happy about it.

Pressure, Pressure time :D
[Vibrant General] coolguy949:
I would encourage people to post in their FB page (dont spam it though). I work at at major automaker and I can tell you our engineering group reads our FB page for feedback and information is routed to them from the social marketing group. If T-Mo has similar processes in place, it hopefully will reach the right people.
[Vibrant General] XfooYen:
That's not "more" news. TMO has been saying this since day one. Read the forums.
[Vibrant General] coolguy949:
Excuse me, but I do read the forums. I'm all over these things every day if you haven't noticed. So far the only thing T-Mo has been saying "since day one" is hearsay through customer service calls. It certainly doesn't hurt the cause to have T-Mobile confirm they are working on the issue in writing. The more avenues we complain through, the better.
[Vibrant General] atvman29:
So what do you guys recommend right now? I'm sure T-Mo will just say they want to replace the phone after they do a reset or two, but I'm not crazy about getting a new phone and having to sync up the work email and everything.

Is there any way this could be hardware related, which would mean replacing the phone would be a good idea? I hate to go past this Thursday (last chance return) and be stuck with this expensive of a clunker....
[Vibrant General] tlvsnjunkie:
I'm not sure what to do either. I'm coming up on my 15 days for return and I don't know if getting a new phone is the right idea or if I should just hold out for a fix from Samsung. Thoughts?
[Vibrant General] blink55184:
same here.. cant decide...

and my 14 days is basically up this evening, since I will be unable to go to the store and return/exchange for the next 2 days...
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
Return it and send them a message that faulty hardware is not acceptable.

I was told that I had 30 days, multiple times, from my store. I have a feeling that's incorrect, though.

I'm going to ask if replacing the phone with a different one extends my 14 days. If it does not, I'm going to return it, revert to my cheap plan and continue using my old iPhone until Samsung fixes this problem, or until a new phone comes out.

What a shame. :(
[Vibrant General] atvman29:
Well, I bit the bullet and did the swap. Went from a 7-2 ship date to a 7-12 ship date. So far so good. Acceptable GPS connectivity on the stock settings (haven't tried the mod yet). And I've yet to freeze up. *knock on wood*

The guy at the T-Mo store was great. He got himself a Vibrant the day it came out as well and was having the same problem with the phone freezing on him....(also said he was calling 611 tonight to complain! lol). Needless to say he made it a painless swap. He also extended my warranty another 14 days, which I'm not not sure if it would be legit with T-Mo, but he said come back to him if I have any problems and he'll hook me up with a new one. Good to know.

I'll let you folks know if I run into any problems on the newer phone.

If you're on the fence, I'd say do it. It only took me about an hour or so to get everything back to the way it was. I wrote down my apps so I could remember all of them.

OH and one other thing.....Photos and videos you take with the phone go to the phone's internal memory by default. I didn't know this till I booted the new one up with the 4GB SD I had in the other phone and all my pics and vids were gone. Bummer that they're lost, but none were terribly important fortunately.
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
Well, good to hear that your new phone isn't driving you as crazy.

So, if you buy the phone at full cost (as I did), you have 30 days to return, along with some fine print about changing your plans in-store. I adjusted my plans with a CSR through 611, so I assume I'm okay. Otherwise, I might go in for my third phone. :(

As for the photos / video / music and whatnot...

Here's a fun fact: when you do a 'Factory data reset', that information is retained on the device. I learned this after trying out the 'heygrl' suggested fix of restoring to have better GPS performance. It didn't work - of course - but at least it taught me that lesson. When I booted into the phone to set everything up, imagine my surprise when I found all of my photos, videos and music intact.

So, if you don't want some creep at a refurb plant or T-Mo store going through your memories, keep that in mind. At least it wipes your emails, though. :cool:
[Vibrant General] atvman29:
Well, I spoke to soon. I just tried to open maps and it froze. So don't bother returning I suppose. What a waste of time.
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
Sorry to hear that, man. :(

It's starting to look like the best course of action is to return and wait to hear if the OTA patch / 2.2 update fixes these issues.

By that time, hopefully the new HTC device is out, so at least there will be a second option on T-Mobile.

Otherwise, it would be a damn shame. The Vibrant is probably the fastest phone I've ever seen. It's hard to go back to LCD after this display, too. I spend some time this week with the EVO 4G, and I was not at all impressed. The colors were all very washed out, and the images were very blurry and chunky. The OS felt sluggish and slow. I felt the same way about the Droid X.

This screen / CPU / GPU can't be beat. That's why I really hope Samsung does the right thing and fixes the device.

But if they don't, it's better to not be stuck with an expensive brick. Hard as it may be, we might just have to sit it out for a few months until everything is addressed officially.
[Vibrant General] Welshy992:
Froyo in september according to an official samsung tweet. All networks.
[Vibrant General] XfooYen:
That's all networks in the UK. They all run an unmodified Galaxy S. That announcement has absolutely nothing to do with US carrier updates.
[Vibrant General] genaire:
I have found a stable solution

i downloaded several prior versions of google maps and have found v4.2 is the most stable on my phone. The older versions can downloaded at freewarelovers.com
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] 12MaNy:
Here's a simple boot animation I made. Just the phrase "htc EVO™ 4G" appearing letter by letter, then disappearing letter by letter, then the animated Droid X eye. Thanks to Pseudoremora for making the DroidX boot animation available. :D

I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU TURN YOUR DEVICE INTO A PAPERWEIGHT!!!

I recommend you install with Root Explorer. You can also install via "PushBoot" boot animation installer, or you can push to your device via adb.

adb install instructions for AOSP ROMs

- Put the bootanimation.zip in sdk/tools folder, then open adb window and type this code:

adb remount
adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media
adb reboot

adb install instructions for Sense ROMs

- Put the bootanimation.zip in sdk/tools folder, then open adb window and type this code:

adb remount
adb push bootanimation.zip /system/customize/resource
adb reboot

Install with "PushBoot" installer

- Download PushBoot HERE

- Extract "PushBoot" folder

- Move boot animation zip to "PushBoot" folder

- Plug in device (Leave in charge only mode) & double click "PushBoot2" Batch file

- Follow prompts in cmd.exe window to install your boot animation

Install with Root Explorer

- Download bootanimation.zip and put on root of your SD card

- Open RE & navigate to "system/media"

- Select "Mount R/W", then either delete, or move existing bootanimation.zip

- Navigate back to "sdcard", then move bootanimation.zip to "system/media" (AOSP ROMs)

- For Sense ROMs, move it to "/system/customize/resource"

Download HERE

Click the button ^ to buy me a beer.​
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] 12MaNy:
Updated the preview in post #1 so that you can get a better idea of what it looks like now. Keep in mind, the preview is cropped & low quality. The actual boot animation is 480 x 800 and is really high quality.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Psionicsin:
Hmm Sound doesn't seem to be working.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] gabesir:
looks awesome man!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] The Rubenator:
Great Work, it looks very good.

I have a question, how do you repack a bootanimation to get the right text file and dont worry Im already droping my donation as we speak ):
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] 12MaNy:
Did you download the right version. One version is sound compatible and one version isn't.

Thanks! :)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] mrvirginia:
mods, can you please link this thread with the

custom boot animations thread located here > http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=708173

thanks
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] 12MaNy:
It already is. Look in post #1 of that thread. :D
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] pseudoremora:
Looks good.

However, why did you make a separate thread for yours? There's already two huge Bootanimation threads, one of which is trying to consolidate all the bootanimations into one area? Not trying to be a jerk, just saying -- it probably would have been better if your posted in this thread instead.

Edit, it's been done already apparently.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] 12MaNy:
Check PM. :)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] 12MaNy:
Do you talk to everyone who's started their own boot animation thread this way? Lol
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] pseudoremora:
....Why do I get the feeling you're already getting defensive? My question was serious and no, I don't post like this in every thread -- I just find it ridiculous that there are two threads already geared towards bootanimations and you decide to make an entirely new one...for what reason?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] 12MaNy:
I'm defensive because I'm trying to give something back to the xda community and you're nitpicking at me for something utterly retarded. :rolleyes: 80% of the boot animations on this site have their own thread and I looked over those threads and I didn't see one nitpicking post from you...so why are choosing me? I have mad respect for you bud (I even praised you in the OP), but nitpicking at me (whether it's something big, or small) is a good way to get me to squash that respect. You could've PM'd me and avoided this argument in the forum, but you saw fit to drop it in my thread. Posts like yours make it hard to want to keep contributing because I know if I break some unwritten rule, I'll have to hear from the nitpick fairy.

*catches breath*

Anyway, I didn't know I wasn't allowed to start a thread (like everyone else did) I'll try to be more perfect next time. ;)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] pseudoremora:
My intention wasn't to single you out. However, like you said, 80% of the bootanimations have there own threads... which in reality is ridiculous. Thus the reason the main threads were made (the How-to and the Collection one), so that users could get information and learn from a how-to and then share there creations in that thread or place it in the collection thread. It organizes things -- You don't see many people posting new bootanimations anymore in there own threads...so Idk.

Thanks for the praises, I do appreciate it. However, I think the way I went about this was just. I mean, someone before me posted and said:

Obviously more than one person voiced the same concern, so someone else feels the same way and I just decided to ask. Also, I see no reason why you should stop contributing, even if what I said does offend/bother you in some manner, which wasn't my intention.

You didn't break any rules -- I just feel like the EVO forums are being trashed because new users don't either search or just post obliviously. Being a senior user and a former Hero owner, I can tell you that those forums were structured and organized much better, mainly because people were called out when this stuff happened (some people were even bigger dicks than me, so yea). Again, I'm not trying to be a jerk and if I've lost your respect, so be it... not much I can do to change that. However, I do apologize if in some way my post offended/bothered you.

Never said that and, well... that's all I'm asking for.;)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] rdboyce:
I love this animation. could you possibly make a Cyan version to match the CyanogenMod?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Reaper333:
Thank you 12many. Came out great. I appreciate your work.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] 12MaNy:
Sure, I could work on something like that. :) However, between work and other stuff, I can't guarantee a set delivery date.

Thanks man! :D
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] rdboyce:
That Fine man. I just want you know I'm showing mad love for this. (Wow, haven't used that vernacular in a LONG time. Must be all the Guru, M-1, and Dead Prez I have blasting today.)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] 12MaNy:
Fixed the preview in the OP.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Just_s:
Edit:Got it working using pushboot froyo .bat

Cool animation. Unfortunately this didn't work for me. The boot that came with my rom still shows up.:mad:
[General Questions and Answers] gaz_armo:
i have SPB mobile shell on my samsung omnia.

Later i saw this image of the mobile shell

cocomohk.info/archives/3

I was wandering if anyone new how to get the same theme. (Im talking about the top part of the photo, the bottom part is how my mobile shell is now)

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] akbisw:
Look into daily mobile forums, since they specialize in symbian hacking and they have modified the themes for SBP Mobile Shell to different things from what i have seen. Good luck.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amoricaorbust:
My Facebook no longer syncs after going back to the Rooted Stock 1.47 Rom from the CyanogenMod Rom.

I've pulled the build.prob files and it seems to have the original values (not what was altered to get sync w/ CM).

I've also wiped the data and cache files and even reflashed the Rooted Stock 1.47 Rom without any luck in getting FB to sync.

Restored CyanogenMod and FB Sync works fine there.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amoricaorbust:
snyc problems in gmail too

I just discovered that I'm having sync issues with not just facebook but in gmail too.

After deleting a email from the phone it still appears on the browser on my desktop. it also shows up in the unread count at the top of the page and in the account selection page on the phone.

I know there are a few threads on here saying the facebook problem is a server issue, but the problem is now (at least for me) more than just in facebook. These issues also are not present if I switch back to CM6. I have not tried any other ROMs yet.

Is anyone else experiencing problems in their gmail? And for those experiencing problem were you using CM6 at any point?
[Vibrant General] phragg:
Accidentially in ADB I did the command ls > *.apk which would print the whole ls to a file called *.apk

Now you're probably asking, why would I print this out to a file of that obscure name..?

Welp, I was a bit rusty in linux commands..

Long story short, I did a quick ls again, saw that there was some 'file' named as *.apk

It being 3:30 AM I also ran the command "rm -r *.apk" and then went "...oh ****..."

Basically, I'm stuck on boot of the Downloading... Do not turn off Target!!! and am wondering if there's a way to get to the recovery, which luckily I had made a back up earlier.
[Vibrant General] phragg:
I guess I acted a little hastey before trying to figure it out myself.

Previously I wasn't able to get past that "downloading ...etc" screen but I was able to get into the recovery.

Mods can close.
[Vibrant General] acjames:
NOOOB!!!! You need more practice bricking phones. LOL

Glad you got yours back working.....mine wasnt so lucky.
[G1 Android Development] ToeKnee!:
Is it possible to extract/access files from a nandroid img file?? like unzip it or something? Thanks... :D
[G1 Android Development] rk0:
Yea. Using unyaffs. Download zip below. Then extract to a directory. Put the nandroid img files in the folder. Then open command prompt and cd to the directory it's in. Then use the command "unyaffs system.img" . That would be an example on extracting the system.img.

Download: http://bit.ly/eXA7jS
[G1 Android Development] themapleboy:
personally i dont even like the idea of this seems too thief friendly IE. confidential information on your phone, remove via nandroid, ........ profit?
[G1 Android Development] nickstewartroc:
True, but its on the SDcard, unless someone somehow had an app in their system to do something with the nandroid image, no one can get ahold of it unless they have your phone, well if they have your phone to begin with.....yeahh....
[G1 Android Development] Firerat:
how many apps do you give root to?

anyone of them could upload a 30-80mb data.img for someone to be able to read your gmail

so, yeah you are right to be paranoid
[G1 Android Development] themapleboy:
yh i would not think twice if an app asked for root ... now i will
[Desire General] jmbillings:
Probably more of an Android question really, but anyway, my Desire is on order and I'm wondering the best way to sync... I do have a Google account already but I dont use the mail or contacts. I want to sync contacts and calendar with two pc's but for email just use pop3/smtp. should I somehow sync both Outlooks to Google and sync the phone to there, or can I put HTC Sync on both PC's and ignore Google for sync altogether... pros and cons appreciated :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 20mihalko:
I wasn`t able to find any information, if HD2 can recieve RDS via FM on android. If it can, in that way, we can finnaly have TMC on HD2. Do you know something about it?

Thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ATomCZ:
Any solution will be also very interesting for me!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Hannes_HD2:
As we now have properly working NAND builds, does anybody know if TMC works for the HD2 under Android?

Thanks!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] lukesan:
+1 as an RDS specialist I would love to have this on Android too
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dxdy:
is any TMC news for Android?
[EVO 4G General] Zori:
Today my friend texted me telling me we had 4G service, I was at another friend's house a few blocks from mine and turned it on to find 4G signal. Very weak, and it didn't run particularly well, but it was there. Then I went to pick up another friend who lives at a greater elevation, and for a little while I picked up 2 bars and tried loading the eiffel tower site and it loaded insanely fast, much faster then when I'm on 3G. Now I'm back home, and unfortunately can't pick up 4G. I live in Burbank, CA. Wondering if it rolled out all throughout LA? Anyone else picking up anything in the area?
[EVO 4G General] n64kps:
I don't live in LA, I live in OC, but I've been up to LA a couple times and I have turned on my 4G radio and have got 1-2 bars of 4G signal. I didn't test it out too extensively though.
[EVO 4G General] SteveDusa:
There is limited WiMax services in downtown area. I had a mapped out Google Map somewhere.

Anyway it works good when you are elevated and in downtown. Speed is nice as noted by OP.

Let's hope they extend the coverage soon.
[EVO 4G General] ckombo:
4g is working in parts of WLA and Downtown.

Check out Map Viewer in the market and you can filter the map by 4g (and by any other carrier). It will give you an idea of where you can turn on 4g if you need the higher speeds.
[EVO 4G General] teddyh2o:
4G also works in Santa Monica
[EVO 4G General] zeeyo987:
so ive gotten 4g on temple and grand, on the 5 south going through downtown la, and through hollywood, also i got it going on the 5 north near norwalk, but its really sensitive like ill have a couple bars then nothing it seems more "specific" than 3g which i think would more gradually go out
[EVO 4G General] Bielinsk:
There is testing going on all over LA. I have gotten it in Cypress, Hollywood, LA, Anaheim etc.

But it cuts in and out very frequently. Towers are in place, but not deployed yet.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] STONEMC:
Hello,

can someone tell me something about the Google partner setup? What does this service do? Is it necessary? Because I get a force close when I am trying to open it via task cleaner. I don't have any idea what this service is doing.
[HD2 General] jasonrabbit:
hi

I am sorry if this has been asked before (but I did search)

Is there any way to add suggest word(s) when typing in text, I have to type the same sentence over and over again every day and on my old phones/PDA this was not to bad as you could set the suggest word(s) to give you the next 4 works, I can't find this in the HD2 is there any way to add it

Thanks for any help
[HD2 General] p107r0:
according to hint 19 in this thread:
[HD2 General] jasonrabbit:
I have read these tips and know about adding custom words.

What I want is for three to four words to come up to complete a sentence.

This has been in the input tap on old PDAs suggest word(s)
[HD2 General] jasonrabbit:
Hi

Is there no one Who can help with this?
[HD2 General] jasonrabbit:
Really with all the clever people on this site can no one help me

Please someone help me