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[Vibrant General] DKYang:
The choppiness of pinch and zoom could be cause by flash lite. Disable plugins (I think that's the one) and you shouldn't see it happen anymore
[Vibrant General] kiddiosky:
Update : Just went and pick up my girl from school, when I got out of the house, the GPS found me right away. During the drive gps found 9 satelite but only connect 1-2 only. But Map show exactly where I'm at, compass is off when I'm not moving still.
[Vibrant General] Dougefresh91:
I was told the same thing when I went to tmo today. The girl also told me you get one exchange in the 14 day period. After that its on to the factory warranty or insurance. She basically convinced me not to swap it out in case something actually does go wrong with it. In retrospect that makes no sense--wtf else could go wrong in the 14 days? Anyway next time I go back there it'll be to return it. 7 days to decide. Still more annoyed than happy with this phone.
[Vibrant General] androidmonkey:
What are people using to see what satalitles they are connected to? I downloaded the GPS Test app by Chartcross LTD and it doesnt connect to ANY satallites even though I see them in view.

If load Google Maps, my location is spot on and fast.

So, maybe this GPS test app is crap?
[Vibrant General] ishydroid:
No matter what app zi use my gps is garbage, google maps, pure weather widget, gps test, yelp, etc.... All crap because my gps is always so far off it's useless.

I might be jumping on the dx wagon, sucks because I like everything else about the sgs.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Try this. My accuracy is still floating around 20ft and my lock is good enough.

It doesn't fix the GPS, but it does help some.
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
The customer rep I talked to at T-Mobile told me the opposite when I arranged to return my phone (via shipping because I bought it online) for the GPS defect. She said there IS a new 14-day period for the replacement phone.

That only makes sense. What if the defect is not fixed in the replacement, which seems likely? Or if the replacement phone has a different defect?
[Vibrant General] DKYang:
When you exchange the phone, they do a re-purchase. You have 14 brand new days to return it or whatever. I'm sure there is a limit to this though.

If it is indeed a hardware defect, then I'm sure there will be a recall. Samsung is quite confident to reach their goal, and if they want to, they have to satisfy their consumers in order to reach that goal. Otherwise, they will never break into the smartphone market successfully and everyone will hate their mobile phones.
[Vibrant General] heatfan:
I bought mine at Costco so i have 90 days instead of 14 to swap if i choose too.
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
That is also my understanding. For me, assuming the GPS defect is not fixed yet, the point I hit that "limit" will be the point I just demand a refund instead. Then later, if the defect is ever really fixed and there is not a compelling competitor, I might buy the phone again.

I could be wrong, but I suspect that there is a hardware problem. The GPS chip reportedly is new, a combo chip from Broadcom that handles Bluetooth, FM and GPS, as well as media processing. That Broadcom design, which is supposed to offload some of the GPS processing from the phone's CPU to the combo chip, could have internal problems. Or Samsung could have designed the surrounding circuit wrong. Or the manufacturing QC could be flaky. The symptoms reported from testing different Galaxy firmware versions indicate that Samsung engineers may have been trying to work around some inherent problem in the hardware by buffering, interpolatation, etc., of the GPS outputs. And the reported symptoms come and go mysteriously over time. If the underlying output from the new chip is unreliable, no software miracle can truly fix it. But Samsung might succeed in faking out most of the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, with a software workaround.

I am not so sure that Samsung will really be forced to make this good in the marketplace with a recall. So far, as a PR matter, the manufacturer is amazingly unscathed by the GPS fiasco. Search Google news and you will find only a couple of minor online trade-press articles that even mention the Galaxy GPS defect. And all the lazy "reviewers" never really get past the first impressions and gee-whiz over the screen. They don't get out and do real field tests of GPS apps. (I agree that, absent the GPS problem, the phone is stunning. But a defective GPS on an Android is a deal breaker. GPS is core functionality that has to just work.)

If Samsung had Apple's market share and visibility, public stonewalling would not work. This problem would already be on the front page of the New York Times and on the network news. Remember how Steve Jobs was forced to hold that big press conference recently to defend the iPhone 4? I think the GPS flaw on the Galaxy S is much more serious and repeatable than the iPhone 4's phantom antenna problem, but it is not really news outside forums like this one because Samsung is not the big bad Apple and the head of Samsung is not world-famous.
[Vibrant General] DKYang:
So, from this paragraph, you're saying GPS is more important than antenna? If so, then that's one interesting point of view. Since when I buy a phone, antenna/reception is number one, then all others come thereafter.
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
I'm saying I was not convinced that the iPhone antenna problems were nearly as serious as the mainstream media hyped them to be. Heck, the Galaxy also has some apparent problems with signal strength. But the problems with the displayed bars don't really affect the success of calls on either device in most cases. I also am saying that GPS is core functionality on an Android smartphone, and the Galaxy GPS defect is more objectively demonstrable by testing.
[Vibrant General] JeremyNT:
I'm debating whether to swap, but I'm reluctant to do so.

First, I bought online, can I exchange locally (if they have it in stock?)

Second, I used Bing to get cash back when I purchased online, when they do the swap would I be at risk of losing my cash back? I got the off-contract pricing with 35% cash back which worked out to be $200; that's too much for me to risk on a return.

Maybe the best bet is to just stick it out and hope a software update fixes things*. If not, get it repaired under warranty.

* in my case, this is really just the GPS issue and the bogus signal / battery meters
[Vibrant General] mystycs:
I got mine first day at radio shack, mine is dated 6/27

Do you think i can swap it at tmobile store even though i did it at radio shack??

Also for anyone who swapped, are they getting better battery life on the newer swaps than the older ones? My battery life is just hurting me so much....
[Vibrant General] mystycs:
I think i'm just going to go exchange it at the shack tomorrow, doesn't hurt anyway.
[Vibrant General] jlmcnamara:
There is a difference between a sub optimal phone reception and a really poor gps reception. The Galaxy issue is much more severe.

Sent from using XDA App
[Vibrant General] Yogi76:
We bought three Vibrants on launch day. Two of them work perfect, but the other one, my wife's, has been giving problems. It was good when we first got it, but it started getting really slow. I did a factory reset, but it still had problems. The final indicator was we installed WiFi Tether on all three phones and the first two worked fine, but my wife's locks up 75% of the time when we try to start the tether. We're going to swap it today.
[Vibrant General] Dougefresh91:
See now you're not the first person that's said that. I'll be calling customer service today to see what they say. Not saying you're lying; I think its more a matter of t-mobile(I almost wrote Comcast because that's what tmo is starting to remind me of. i.e. the worst customer service I've ever dealt with in my 30 years on the planet earth) employees not knowing their ass from a hole in the wall.
[Vibrant General] usery:
Radio Shack swaps, Samsung hacking their GPS, etc.

I too got a 6/27/10 Vibrant from Radio Shack on July 15. It has the familiar defective GPS, lag/hanging in apps and Samsung shell, and a defective ear bud jack. Since then I've talked to reps at the store about the defective GPS. At the time they weren't very informed on the defect, but they were completely willing to exchange the phone within the _30-day_ period they're honoring on the Vibrant.

This is by far the most cogent speculation I've seen on the crappy GPS - thank you, u=2762948. While I've not yet found a rigorous comparison of GPS performance/reliability between handsets of different ship dates (6/27/10 vs 7/11/2010, etc), it's all for naught if the Samsung EEngr's can't get the programming right.

Agree with Boomer on low likelihood of handset recall - Samsung Corporation is, well, a corporation. Not enough downside for them on this issue, in media, public image or ultimately their bottom line.
[Vibrant General] boodies:
You make it sound like this is all a fact. I smell fanboy. Sure, my first Vibrant had this issue. Gps is a non-issue for me with my second device.
[Vibrant General] boodies:
That's not possible. According to the Apple Fanboy post, all 3 of your phone should not work at all. You must be holding it right.

Yeah, and where are you coming from with all of your 2 posts? Are you quoting yourself by anychance? :)
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
Pot -> kettle: Black, boodies.

I am no iPhone fanboy. Have been an Android user since early G1 days.

I just am not a fanboy of T-Mobile, Samsung or any other vendor. It is not my intention to slam either brand, or to cheerlead for it. (Absent the GPS deal-breaker, I happen to love my Vibrant.) I am just seeking a realistic assessment of the root cause of the GPS defect on the phone I paid good money for, trying to cut through the spin from the carrier and the manufacturer.

So far, T-Mobile is tap-dancing and Samsung is stonewalling.
[Vibrant General] boodies:
Well you gotta understand if this infact was indeed a big overarching problem with ALL of the hadnsets you will hear about it in the news. Obviously this is not the same widespread issue as the Apple Antenna case. Then why do we hear about it so much? Because we are on a forum that people come to complain in. As i've said, my second phone is fine. Does it have the same hardware as other Vibrants? YES.
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
If you read all all the posts in all the threads about this issue in various forums that discuss the GPS flaw, one generalization that can be made is that some of the GPS symptoms are mysteriously intermittent. A phone can appear to work for a time, at least as seen though integrated apps such as Google Maps, but then will turn flaky again. The lower-level outputs, as seen through utilities such as GPS Test and GPS Status, are shown to be inconsistent. My own replacement Vibrant exhibits such a mysterious pattern, just as my first Vibrant did.

I think we can see who is the "fanboy" here. Denial is not just a river in Egypt.
[Vibrant General] kiddiosky:
This morning the GPS found me right away at home. But when I got to work and tried it again, the phone thought I was in Rhodes Island for an hour and then it just found my work place.... which still like 30 meter off...

For the people that actually have their GPS working on their Vibrant. How many times do you guys use it per day? That's what I'm wondering....
[Vibrant General] usery:
Generally I'll engage in reasoned, balanced debate with people who by their words demonstrate they're equipped to reciprocate and bring value to a conversation.

You haven't.

Want to do better? Exercise some willpower and keep sloppy opinions, judgement and/or blaming to yourself.

Want to do even better? Do some analysis and fact-finding on the issues, report the results evenly and without ego, and ask others how you can help further.
[Vibrant General] kiddiosky:
Update: Just two days after the Swap from 07/10/10 to 07/07/10. I have to say, the GPS works pretty good on my new phone. Only problem I have is the compass shows different direction when I'm not moving. As for the GPS, when I'm in a building, the GPS is a bit off sometime 20 meters and sometime miles away. BUT right when I step outside it locks on right away. I have mess around with it all day yesterday. Driving around all over Houston, going into restaurant, home etc...
[Vibrant General] Blah man:
I just swapped mine 7/3/10 to 7/6/10 (that was the latest ship date they had) and so far, battery seems better, my phone doesn't heat up as much as my last one, and reception is better too...but the main reason for my exchange was the gps issue, which still seems to be present on this model as well :( , I haven't tried the gps fix yet, but once I do I'll post my response

P.s. every time you do an exchange you start anew with 14 days, that's what the tmo rep told me
[Desire General] dinidudealwis:
I upgraded my Desire by installing the LeeDroid ROM to get FroYo. Now however, facebook Sync does not show up on my People. When I try to enable Facebook as a sync account, "Facebook" does not get selected, and "Facebook for HTC Sync" gives me a connection error. Is there a way to fix this?

IF I want to go back to my original state, how do I go about doing that? :)
[Desire General] Grandt:
Try to uninstall and then reinstall Facebook app for Android on market, it may help you.
[Desire General] wickedpenguin:
Same thing happens to me, I think it is a fault with the Stock ROM.
[Desire General] blud7:
I think its HTC sense not playing nice with Facebook. Had the same problem with another rom and reflashed a couple others. HTC has confirmed it I think.
[Desire General] dinidudealwis:
I tried the uninstall/reinstall avenue, but no luck. Is there any way that I can revert to the stock ROM that my phone came with? I'm missing out on a LOT of contact details without facebook. Plus contact images :(
[Desire General] jwickers_1234:
Weird Facebook HTC sync works fine for me, using 1.4c
[Desire General] dinidudealwis:
Reverted back to the nandroid backup. Some posts point to a Facebook issue. Will try out in a few days. I has the sad.
[Desire General] goges:
It's Facebook problem. I have same issue can't login my account with "Facebook for sense",but can login with "Facebook for android", sense said service unavailable , but I can login with other account, so its not "service unavailable", its "my account unavailable".. still can't fix yet
[Desire General] carlo0810:
I have the same problem as well, friendstream stopped working so i logged out and cleared data, after that whenever i try to link contacts it says no match found, its a FB error, you can check FB page for htc sense and a lot have the problem, not just people with the Desire
[Desire General] nelimbg:
It's HTC <-> Facebook related problem, not only on Desire but on all HTC Sense phones.

HTC confirm about the problem and said it will be fixed until the end of tihs weekend - they hope :D.
[Desire General] Jagdish84:
how bout try n play with your privliges on facebook?
[Desire General] sioppao:
This is the reason why I bought the Desire, they better fix it quick!
[Desire General] goges:
hope they can fix it ... i using non sense rom now with official facebook sync ...

i like the Sense FB sync more .
[Desire General] AndroHero:
i wish htc would hurry up and sort this, all im getting is "service unavailible" when i try to sign in to fbook for htc sence :mad:
[Desire General] Norsehawk:
Try this, it might help:

"Settings" > "Programs" > "Manage applications" > "Facebook for HTC Sense"

1) Click on "Clear data" + "Clear cashememory"

It shall work by now. However, u have a weird ROM so try this if it still doesn't work:

2) "Settings" > "Accounts and synchronization" > "Facebook for HTC Sense" > "Remove the account"
[Desire General] DrLaban:
This fixed my FB sync problem for good :)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7353149&postcount=3327
[Desire General] ajaffarali:
Tried the above method and although it has started sync'ing, it is not getting my entire list of friends. I dont have that many on Facebook (about 30) but I spotted at least two missing from the list!
[Desire General] zedeff:
Working for friend stream. Still cant see all contact's
[Desire General] AndroHero:
Am i the only person that cnt even sign in to fbook for sence? all i get is this service is not availible retry? error msg :(
[Desire General] DrLaban:
I had the same problem, try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7353861&postcount=16
[Desire General] AndroHero:
wow seriously thanks that actually works really well :) ur a legend :D
[Desire General] JOeS:
Thx! Adding my city fixed it! :D
[Desire General] Budadank:
I've just experimented with this. After following the above link I can now log in, but not all of my friends synced as others have reported. One of the missing friends was my gf so i got her to log in and check her profile - she too had not set her work location. Guess what happened when she set it? Yep, she now appears in my contacts after a refresh.

I'll update HTC tomorrow under my support ticket.
[Desire General] fredisco:
Yepp this will fix it

I can also confirm that this (link below) worked for me too.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7353149&postcount=3327
[Desire General] carlo0810:
You guys are lucky, the fix didnt work for me... sigh...
[Desire General] willy792003:
any dev kind enough to include this fix in htc sense facebook app? :)
[Desire General] willy792003:
second that. did the same thing to my wife contact and now it sync'ed. looks like it only sync facebook contacts with workplace entry. i'll update my open ticket with htc. how's ur ticket going?
[Desire General] blud7:
Works with all my contacts thanx :-)

Wait scratch that, works with some.
[Desire General] sioppao:
it only was able to link 380 out od my 700 contacts. i cant ask them to update their work info lol.
[Desire General] willy792003:
exactly. not sure if it's in the app, but if one of our dev can mod the facebook for sense app, make it ignore work info whether it's empty or not, and just sync the contact, then it would be awesome!
[Desire General] fallos:
adding City not working for me=(

when i try resresh friends from people>online directories facebook give me ''connection error''... anybody experienced this ?
[Desire General] coriron:
seems to be working for me today.
[Desire General] fallos:
but today morning it just start working.

i think htc and facebook solve the problems =)
[Desire General] dmpwd:
they did. it should be working on every rom by now.
[Desire General] carlo0810:
Everything is back to normal :)
[Desire General] sioppao:
Yeah, seems to work now. The only I cannot update now is the 'ME' entry, just an endless Loading...

I have to factory reset and add Google account again.
[Touch HD General] jan.himself:
Hi dudes,

I want to set the "Start" button from the upper left corner to the left Softkey. On Stock Rom I used Panoramic Lauchnpad and had set "Panolauncher.exe" on the left Softkey by using AdvancedConfig > More Settings> Key Mapping> Left> Windows/Panolauncher.exe

Where is the "Start.exe" or how its named...I don´t know... Please help me!!

Greetz Jan
[Palm Treo 750 ROM Development] mmelo76:
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[Vibrant Accessories] hohoeyo:
I had a question about a charger - I'm interested in getting a second charger for the Vibrant. I see that the charger that comes with the Vibrant says it has an output of 5.0V and 0.7A.

If I have an old LG charger that has an output of 5.1V and 0.7A, would that work. Could it damage the battery in my Vibrant, in anyway.

Thanks.
[Vibrant Accessories] sfsilicon:
Not sure about your old charger, but it should work. Try it out at your own risk though.

I did want to comment on the chargers for the Vibrant. The phone seems to want a lot of current to charge properly. I was using an older 5V 500mA charger that served me well with my G1 and older BB Pearl. I had the Vibrant on it and it wouldn't charge fully. I also noticed the same thing when I would hook-up the vibrant to my notebook (typically 500mA max per port).

The good news is that there are a lot of cheap 5V 1A chargers on eBay. Just make sure to check a charger's spec before buying one.

$1.75 wall charger - http://cgi.ebay.com/US-AC-Power-USB...er_MP3_Player_Accessories&hash=item4aa03f4b9a

I also bought 5V 1A car chargers and mini USB to micro USB adapters so that I can use my old USB to mini USB cables when I am on the go.

$2.40 car charger - http://cgi.ebay.com/1000mA-1A-USB-C...er_MP3_Player_Accessories&hash=item4399e189d1

Charge only $1 - http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?LH_BIN=...r&_dmpt=PDA_Accessories&_trksid=p3286.c0.m301

Charge + Data $2 - http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=mi...adapter&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313
[Vibrant Accessories] Vegastouch:
I have used my iphone charger a couple times. Very small letters on the back but I think it says it is 1.0A. Worked fine bit I went back to my vibrant charger. I also found a car charger at a circle K for $9.99. Probably could of got one a little cheaper on ebay but it was there and i needed a charge...lol
[Vibrant Accessories] hohoeyo:
Tried my old charger .. it works but is really slow compared to the one that came with the Vibrant. Probably going to end up purchasing an extra one for when I travel.
[Vibrant Accessories] kizer:
Personally I don't mind something charging slower when I travel as long as I'm getting more power to the phone than I'm using of course.
[Vibrant Accessories] sonnyg95:
Monoprice has 1000mA

Anyone has experience with this wall charger from monoprice? (can't link, please look up Product ID: 6767)

It's rated at 1000mA. The stock charger that came with the vibrant is 700(I think). Will extra 300mA damage my phone?
[Vibrant Accessories] tengtengvn:
The extra 300mA will not damage the phone. Most smart phones require 700mA-1A to charge properly. But be careful, cheapo charger has potential to fry your phone. Anytime I buy a charger from ebay or cheap vendor, I plug it in to my old MP3 player for a week before I use it with my newer devices.

I have the same one that you see on monoprice. I've been using it for almost 2 years with no problem at all, YMMV tho.

I'd recommend this one. Looks identical to the charger that comes with my 3GS. Works well, I use it every day at work for more than 6 months now. Again, YMMV.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.26446#open full view
[Vibrant Accessories] SykesAT:
the max charge rate for a Li-ion battery is 1C. So you could charge at up to 1500mA.

I ordered that exact charger a few days ago.
[Vibrant Accessories] MV10:
The amperage rating only tells you the *maximum* possible output. The device (your phone) controls the current draw. As long as the voltage matches (5v), you can use a charger with any amperage rating which is 700mA (0.7A) or higher.

(Note that this only applies to chargers that your phone plugs into. You have to be more careful with the self-contained spare-battery chargers (where you remove the battery from the phone and put it into the charger). But those are normally battery-specific anyway.)

Also, you *might* risk damaging the battery through long-term usage of a charger that can't supply at least the minimum amperage (such as the sfsilicon's 500mA transformer). The end of a charge cycle draws the most power which is probably why sfsilicon couldn't fully charge his battery.