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[Vibrant General] SanFrancisco:
Excellent post. Listen up people, he knows about what he speaks.

In 2006 I got my first smartphone (the Pearl). Before that phones were more PDAs combined with a phone.

Since then I have had the Curve, G1, Touch Pro2, BlackBerry Bold 9700, HD2, myTouch Slide and now the Vibrant.

EVERY one of those phones have had or have issues. All of them are eventually fixed, either with carrier/manufacturer patches or the custom ROM community.

And a lot of phones are fixed via tips from people on XDA, for example, on how to use the phone, tweak the settings, etc.

Consider my TMOUS HD2. WinMo would start to lag badly. That was because people were not closing and killing applications. Running task manager two to three times a day eliminated the problem. Many people did not do that and instead returned the HD2 telling T-Mobile their HD2s were defective. Totally bogus and it took XDA experts to say "Run task manager" to stop the flow of HD2 lag complaints.

The Vibrant has been out for 7 days (it debuted early on July 14, not the 15th). People have to be patient, especially since we are early adopters.

Early adopters enjoy the benefits of being first on the block with the hottest new phone, but have to deal with the detriments of being "beta testers" for the phone that has not been tested under the rigors of everyday use by consumers.
[Vibrant General] ryan562:
did you nexus one work right about the box? if i remember correctly, that phone had its own issues after its initial release date. no phone is perfect right outside of the box. that is why we have websites such as XDA here to help you. that is why we have firmware updates. looks like your patience has gone cold. i wonder how you'll react if you have the same issues on your next phone.
[Vibrant General] XfooYen:
All I know is that I have 30 days to "be patient" for a real firmware fix. Not an XDA settings tweak, not a custom ROM that fixes it. A fix from Sammy and/or TMO. Forgive me for wanting my $500 phone to work properly. I suggest you all call Samsung and TMO as I did and let them know of this very serious issue. Peace
[Vibrant General] Silrocco:
Some people have patience and some don't!!!

Let them go...The should have not bought the Vibrant from the start. It's very typical of people that have no patience for newly release products, they expect flawlessness from the start. If that's the case with you all, then, just wait a few months to a year before you buy a new release. Therefore, you are happy and we don't have to hear all the whining.

Besides, I bought a MT3G from day one which I loved, but, found it slow and then rooted the phone and was then very satisfied.

Next, I bought the Vibrant from day one too and the only issue with the phone is the GPS connectivity (taken care of for now by a great XDA post). Nonetheless, I have confidence that this will be resolved correctly in a matter of days or months for that matter by Sammy and T-Mo.

Furthermore, as far a lag on the Vibrant; I have not experience it and maybe because I'm not running a Task-Killer! When I had my MT3G running CM5 and CM6-RC1 it would cause hang-ups and lags very much. Then, after taking advice from people in this wonderful XDA site to remove the Task-Killer, I did just that and was very satisfied by the advice. So, as to previous advice, I did not install Task-Killer on my Vibrant; it flying like a hummingbird.:D

Overall, have patience as others have posted and fixes will come. If not c-ya! I love my Vibrant, it is beautiful, the most light weight (A+) phone that I have ever owned.
[Vibrant General] jrwingate6:
I do have a issue. When I use 3 home screens it makes #3 the default home and there is no way to make #2 the default. Other than that, I have not had any issue you are talking about. My market is fast, the only time the phone lags is when scrolling very fast through my text message inbox and I don't know of this black screen you are talking about. Is it like the Windows Blue Screen of Death?

Bottom line: Every Android phone will lag if you have 7 pages worth of useless widgets.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
I seriously have no LAG either. I do have an occasional pause but this lasts less than 2 seconds at the most. When I hit the power button, the screen comes up instantly and the screen swipes to unlock instantly.
[Vibrant General] Bigshow281:
1.) *Fixed* http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=728894

2.) I never encountered this issue

3.) I never encountered this issue

4.) I don't use tethering so IDC.

The Galaxy S is by far the best smart phone I ever owned, I absolutely am in love with it and it doesn't even have Froyo or CM6 on it yet!!! The best...as Frankie always said...is still to come. Too bad Frankie can't sing the same song about the Nexus One, bad move pal.
[Vibrant General] velocd:
LOL. I must be one of those liars then. Try coming from an Evo. Horrendous battery life, grounding issues, terrible camera, screen separation, light leakage.....I had to root, load an eng bootloader, flash up a recovery, find a rom that worked for my hardware, flash up a kernel to take care of grounding and fps locking issue that worked for my novatek screen......After all of that I had an ok phone. Camera still sucked ass, and the physical QC issues were still there.

I have a small amount of market lag (not yet rooted) but I have zero black screen/lag issues. I am actually getting to enjoy the phone instead of doing massive tweaking and dealing with constant FC's from testing out different roms.
[Vibrant General] robstunner:
Ditto, no lag anywhere. Im unsing launcherPro Beta tho. Im rooted and have non-market app's jailbroken. Ive come from the Evo, Nexus, Hero (euro version) and i must say this is the BEST android device ive used.
[Vibrant General] Pneumatic:
Dude. It's a pretty bold statement to call people, me included, liars when we say there is no lag on our phones. My phone is running smooth as silk (and that's no lie). :)
[Vibrant General] robstunner:
I must be fibbin'it up as well! :p
[Vibrant General] SanFrancisco:
That sounds more like a desire or want rather than an "issue" that needs correcting (via a patch or whatever).

This functionality will be provided by someone in here coming up with a user interface or shell that will provide the option for you. XDA geniuses are working on it as we speak.

It's a common option, for sure. I like it too. For example, on my HD2 there is Cookies Home Tab Editor that completely changes the feel and functionality of the phone. (It's a mod of the HTC Sense user interface).

One of the options is to tell the OS (shell) on which screen to load when booting up the phone.

See screen of my HD2 to see what I mean, it's the phone on the right in this pic I made and posted about Apple ripping off the touchscreen concept from Samsung and Audiovox/Toshiba (see year 2002 phone on far left). I have no doubt that either 2.2 / Froyo or a custom shell will enable us to make our home page just as easily customizable:
[Vibrant General] sombionix:
I can HONESTLY say that I don't have a single problem with this phone. No phone lag, not market lag, no black screen, no GPS issues. I'm incredibly happy with this phone and its by far the fastest Android I've ever put in my hands.

Now, I'm not saying that the people reporting problems are lying. They may actually be experiencing problems. Keep in mind, when a company like Samsung, HTC, or Motorola mass produces a phone or any kind of electronics for that matter, you're going to have some faulty devices. Humans aren't perfect by any means, and neither are the robots that assemble these phones. If you're having so many issues, return it and ask for a new one, see if you experience the same problems. Don't forget, there is a 30 day return policy.
[Vibrant General] martin0641:
I got my SGS and loaded it down with apps... it ran great. Then I woke up one morning to horrible lag. I did a factory reset, reinstalled the same apps mostly, and it is burning through them still.

If people expect a community to produce six months of development in a week just because they are impatient and unrealistic - I won't be the one shedding a tear as the door hits them on the way out.

From XDA App on SGS-Vibrant
[Vibrant General] havok800:
This device is HSPA compatable not the full spectrum but it gets benefit of it. I have no issues with mine and i did the gps fix and its working even more better. I think you have higher expectations of your device.
[Vibrant General] zoid_99:
This is a great device except for the GPS and compass. Great great great device..... except....
[Vibrant General] mingkee:
Perhaps everybody heard some nexus one issues before 2.2 was out. I got mine and upgraded to 2.2 and I am satisfied.

2.2 doesn't come overnight. It took almost 5 months from nexus one initial release.

Now I am holding off for Vibrant until 2.2 will be released (hopefully), but don't expect it'll come overnight. It may take a couple of months.
[Vibrant General] tipsofme:
Five guys in NY store bought this phone, me included. I'm a tier 2 PDA tech for T-Mobile and the other four are sales reps. I have had to master reset all but one of their phones due to task killers and user error. Mine had issues the first day. Day two I uninstalled the task killer and now the phone runs better than it ever did with it installed. All the reps in mu store have no issues at all after removing their task killers. There is a moral to this story.
[Vibrant General] mystycs:
Mine is already on 59 percent for the last 20 minutes, I feel charging is extremely slow on this. Or is it a defect?
[Vibrant General] disturkis4u:
Yes its slow. Search the forums
[Vibrant General] mystycs:
So you dont think i have a defective battery?
[Vibrant General] bdjnk:
No, your battery is probably fine.We've all noticed an unusually slow charge speed. Mine has gotten noticeably faster after a couple chargings. Maybe these batteries just need breaking in for some reason.

Magicked here from my Vibrant by tube traversing XDA elves.
[Omnia II General] sakisds:
I've recently downloaded a samsung cube cab for Omnia Pro and I like the cube, but I have some problems.

1) The internet side of the cube won't do anything. Can I root it to Opera 10?

2) The photo side displays all photos, including /Program Files/ and /Temp/. How can I filter the results like Photo Album.

3) The games side displays all apps, can it only display the ones I want?
[Omnia II General] AlbertWT:
yes man, the cube will always be very slow i don't know if anyone here can tweak it up ?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] inneyeseakay:
Is there a way to remove a morph applied in MetaMorph?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] yayramen:
Depends on what you themed?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] inneyeseakay:
Status Bar...
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] yayramen:
And you want it back to the default?

If you are using a custom ROM, you can just reflash it, and it will get rid of it.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] inneyeseakay:
Won't that also get rid of everything else on the phone?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] willverduzco:
While some update.zips do perform wipes, the vast majority do not. Do a nandroid backup, reflash your ROM, and enjoy the stock status bar. :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] watercool:
Anyway it would be great if people offer an "unmorph" with the original files more often. Not possible every time I know..
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] FormelLMS:
It's very much work when you will do this.

You must do this for any rom you will theme.

And if there is an update, you must do it again.

The best way is to go to recovery and reflash the rom.

You don't lose anything of your data by doing that.

Thats easiest way.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] watercool:
Not for the morphs for the roms. But when you morph an app and just change some colors or icons it would be great to include the original pngs too.

Nand restore only because of a few icons is not so great :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] S_Dot:
Not really, just push framework-res.apk and services.jar from the ROM you have and adb reboot
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] inneyeseakay:
Thanks guys... the reflash worked perfectly. That'll teach me to nandroid before morphing! :D
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] britoso:
if MM adds the option to backup the apks before morphing, Then there will be a chance to undo :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] RogerPodacter:
i believe the right thing to do is re-flash your current ROM, like said. it only copies the files that have been changed i believe, which obviously changes them back to stock. at least that's what i've read. but you wont lose your data either way.

i worry about creating and restoring lots of nand backups, and flashing lots of ROMs, cause i worry about killing internal flash memory over time. that cant be good to continually re-write over and over in such a large quantity!
[Touch 3G General] arvinivra:
hi guys,

i have htc 3g , i forgot user code . what can i do to unlock this phone ?

PLZ HELP
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hay112:
Anyone else been having problems with MMS ever since going to frf91. I've used CM6 and the modded FRF91 on the developer forums but every time I send an MMS message to someone with an iPhone I get this message. I'm using T-Mobile. I'm not certain but I think it did work with frf85. Anyone else having this
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leyvatron:
Here. Same with iphone and incredible.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] player911:
Its weird, I send MMS pics to several of my friends but only one can't recieve them. She says it looks like it came across but has an error opening it.

She doesn't have an iPhone, I do think its a crappy dump phone though. I'm not even sure what carrier.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cangri87:
same thing happens to me with stock froyo FRF91. i think its a ATT thing. because i can send my GF pics fine on her MT3G or any one on Tmobile, but when i send my friends with Blackberries or Iphones on ATT it gives them same messege.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] player911:
I think you are right. Might be a Carrier thing (AT&T)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jnrandall:
I had this exact same issue. My N1 to my wife's iPhone. I installed Handcent SMS and then set the MMS file size to 300K and its been working ever since. By default, the MMS file size in this app is 300k but it doesn't work using the default (300K) setting. You need to actually select the 300K item.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hay112:
good heads up, i did this just to send MMS msgs and worked great
[Vibrant General] dcam1075:
After applying the GPS fix I am having an odd issue. When I fist launch google maps it shows me in some small rural village in China. Once the GPS gets a fix it goes to where I am really am. This would not be a big deal except when I take pictures it Geotags the picture as being in this Chinese village which is kind of a pain. Also it screws up my weather widgets sometimes. Any ideas? I was thinking maybe it has to do with the server it is using to pull down the GPS data, but not sure.
[Vibrant General] pearlblues:
I am having a similar issue, but not quite as drastic. Mine just simply shows me being the last place i was before GPS was turned on. Like right now, without GPS connected but using the towers to figure out my location, it shows me at the place i at lunch, about 3 miles away, rather than at work. Its VERY frustrating.
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
I'm having the same problem. My GPS shows me in a neighboring city that is 50 miles away, every time.

The best way to test this is to load the 'Maps' live wallpaper. It happens every time. Also, booting up the 'Maps' application will throw me into the other city for at least five minutes, before it realizes that the data is not correct. :(
[Vibrant General] nick_karstedt:
It's a new "google fortune" feature. It's telling you you need to travel the world.
[Vibrant General] chastbi:
Same problem here, however, I was thinking it had more to do with the "Use Wireless Networks" not updating my location.

-If I have gps turned off and wireless network location on. My location doesn't update at all until I reboot the phone (although Latitude shows it as being updated within the last few minutes, even though it shows me somewhere I haven't been in hours and is 50miles away.)

-If I turn gps on, it will then get a fix and properly update my location.

I did apply the GPS fix.
[Vibrant General] gagan512:
lol mine switches between seattle and SPAIN! wtf.
[Vibrant General] sync3:
I think it has to do something with the way samsung implements the gps receiver..a friend had a sammie moment..she would be right next to me..nyc...but her gps would say shes in havana, cuba..on good days..some place in estonia..lol...and now i see the issues being replicated here...i blame samsung...my old trusty g1 locks a signal and is very accurate within a min or 2..
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
Thanks for the info, sync3. That's starting to become my thought as well.

What a shame. I hope an official statement is released, either way.
[Vibrant General] pearlblues:
This is the EXACT problem I am having. I dont know how to get it to update my location.
[Vibrant General] unxconformed:
I have the same issue. I also had applied the GPS fix... I've tried reverting to stock settings, tried enabling skyhook and tried a few other things.

The only way I've been able to properly get my location is to turn off the network assist and tell the GPS to operate in standalone mode. It takes a heck of a lot longer for a fix, but it's accurate if it does get a lock. Doesn't work so well indoors though.
[Vibrant General] southpaw773:
Who the heck were the field testers for this device? its full of more bugs than an entymologist's labratory.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Clear your GPS data
[Vibrant General] unxconformed:
That was one of the first things I tried. It didn't help.
[Vibrant General] pearlblues:
My main concern is that this is unrelated to the GPS software issue and that this is actually a hardware issue. Does anyone agree or disagree with this?
[Vibrant General] PePPaZ:
I agree this is hardware related because others have reported exchanging their phones rids them of the GPS issues.. :-/
[Vibrant General] jkcheng122:
I work in Houston and sometimes while at work GPS says I'm in Pawcatuck, CT.
[Vibrant General] pearlblues:
The question is when not using gps what function of the phone updates your location? Could it be a network issue? How do you force it to retrieve tower data that marks your location?
[Vibrant General] pearlblues:
Well, i exchanged my phone last night because of this issue and the new one is doing the same thing. So either this is a problem inherent to this model (hopefully the software not telling the phone to refresh tower data) that can be fixed with an update or i am extremely unlucky.
[Vibrant General] blink55184:
Just had my 3rd call with TMobile- she now assured me that this is a software issue (which i made her mark in my account incase it winds up being hardware later) and that all phones with software # T959UVJFD have it. She said tmobile is working with samsung to fix. I told her all Galaxy S series, domestic and international, have GPS issue and samsung has yet to fix any. She said well that is something you need to consider.
[Vibrant General] J3ST3RM4A3:
Wow, very helpful information. How they get this fix released ASAP.
[Vibrant General] thunderstruck!:
Is this going to be a software kludge to fix a hardware problem, or is it strictly software? I don't think the question has really been answered yet. Kind of like Apple changing the formula for calculating signal bars instead of addressing the faulty antenna design.
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
Agree.

There definitely needs to be a software (firmware) fix at a minimum. But that does not mean there is not also some hardware problem that Samsung is trying to work around.

See this interesting post on another forum.
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
Man, it's not looking good for this device...

This locational stuff is driving me crazy. And it's the only complaint I really have about the device. But these days, this information is too handy to not have. I depend on Google Maps, and this phone just won't work for that.

It seems like a such a stupid "well of course it will work" thing to overlook in the design of a smartphone. I guess Samsung engineers were just too busy giving each other handjobs over that SAMOLED display. :confused:
[Vibrant General] blink55184:
As I just posted in other thread:

Just talked to Samsung Level 3 support again. Guy told me

"We are still researching in to the issue, we do not know why some phones are having the GPS issue and some aren't."

"Definitely don't have any dates yet on a firmware update, but there will probably be one."
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
That doesn't exactly instill a level of confidence.

I was told:

"There will be an OTA (over the air) update. There is no estimated time just yet."

My question was about the GPS / 3G reception and Compass. The focus was mostly on Raw V. Averaged data, from the compass. I assume the issues with the two are somewhat related.

Either way, it's really sad that Samsung still hasn't officially addressed the issue.
[Vibrant General] acspin:
Same issue here, when I use navigation in Google Maps, my GPS places me in Malaysia...

Hope Samsung stops giving the royal runaround and this doesn't turn into Behold II 2.0

QUOTE:

"We are still researching in to the issue, we do not know why some phones are having the GPS issue and some aren't."

Wow. Come on.
[Vibrant General] kizer:
Used my phone yesterday and maps told me I was on the wrong street because the accuracy was well at 30meters. I mean its good enough to navigate with, but man that kinda sucks when my G1 was closeto 4-6meters at a time.
[Vibrant General] J3ST3RM4A3:
I was driving on the highway earlier, very open area with no trees, clear sky and picked up 16 satellites and not one of them was being utilized... :mad:
[Vibrant General] dalepa:
Anyone out there not running T959UVJFD?
[Vibrant General] robavila721:
if this does turn out to be a hardware problem lets hope that samsung will do a recall or something so we can exchange for a working phone.
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
Or, we could all return our phones and wait for them to make the next move. :(
[Vibrant General] Dougefresh91:
Where do you find that info?