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[Vibrant General] dalepa:
Here's the Video, for those who want to see first hand the Vibrant initial GPS locking issue:

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I decided to compare my two new Samsung Vibrant's to my Motorola Cliq...

I tried with and without the fix, and tried with and without wireless, and with and without use wireless networks... all resulted in the same results... The Vibrant GPS has a problem.

Test Case

1. Power off

2. Power on

3. Start GPS Test

Results:

Motorola Cliq: ~ 1 second

Vibrant 1: ~ 70 seconds

Vibrant 2: ~120 seconds

I repeated the the test several times, and the vibrants had random results from 1 to 10 minutes to find the initial lock.

After the initial lock, subquentiant locks took less than a second, however anytime the vibrant is shutdown, or hours pass, the vibrant goes back to taking minutes to lock.
[Vibrant General] captain_awesome:
awesome video.. i noticed a couple of things that were very interesting in this video:

one, i noticed after owning *cough*several*cough* cliqs that the cliq keeps the GPS polling in the background periodically. the cliq also runs in MS Based mode. i found this out after being on the road with my band with this phone. when my network signal is lost so is my GPS lock. that probably contributes to the faster lock displayed in GPS test. the software seems to keep the GPS locked in the background all the time.

two, i also noticed that the vibrant in the middle that showed a single sat lock in GPS test also displayed the same time discrepancy that i discovered and posted about in my reply in the "GPS fix" thread. the vibrant also seems to keep the GPS "off" when not in use by any programs.. and it seems to have a relatively cold startup. this probably contributes to the phone sipping battery as compared to the cliq. the vibrant also comes stock with the GPS in "stand alone" mode. this makes the GPS separate from the mobile network. in theory you should still be able to achieve GPS data and lock independent of your network connection status. this is helpful when navigating in an out of network area.

i do agree that the GPS on the vibrant needs to be fixed.. but i am very convinced that the problem is in the way that the software reads the raw data from the GPS and Compass and also how the hardware is utilized.. and not related to any hardware failure. i also agree that one thing i liked about the cliq was that the compass and gps were always bang-on accurate. even if the rest of the phone was a total fail.
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
This depresses me to no end. I love my Vibrant, and these issues are what's keeping me at bay with a return. So long as they just came out and admitted there was a problem, that they intended to fix, I would be happy.

What do you guys think? Is it worth it to keep the phone and hope that the OTA / 2.2 update fixes the issues? Or are we about to be left in the dust by lack of support?
[Vibrant General] captain_awesome:
im of the firm belief that the issues are software based and therefore very fixable.. i also was shown the email that mentioned the 2.2 update for the Vibrant that will be released in the "next couple of weeks." so.. im keeping mine. my GPS works well enough for now that its usable until an update is issued.
[Vibrant General] dalepa:
I'm not sure why they would change the code that already worked very well with the cliq... Turn the cliq on and BANG it locks with and without use wireless network setting

I hear that the galaxy s used newer gps hardware, so while I'm hopeful it's a software issue, I'm not so sure. Every app now days is using location services, so this is a MAJOR issue if they can't get GPS to lock on in seconds
[Vibrant General] captain_awesome:
what code are you referring to?
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Is this news? I had a CLIQ and there have been several updates to it's GPS capabilities. Even the latest update (6 months after it's release) is supposed to improve lock time. I was happy with the CLIQ's GPS performance but it wasn't always good. The Vibrant has no problem getting a quick lock or seeing a bunch of sats with acceptable SNR levels. It just doesn't connect to nearly as many as it should and eventually it will take longer to get a lock (I'm back to a few seconds but who knows how long that will last) which seems completely like a firmware issue.

With some new tweaks I did to the GPS, I get a quicccccccccck lock from a FRESH reboot and this is only after 10 seconds or so. This is subject to get worse or stay the same but obviously, the GPS isn't flawed but the firmware is. It also seems like if it was to lock onto more sats, that it would be really good.
[Vibrant General] dalepa:
What tweaks did you do to get 10 seconds after reboot?
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
It's all temporary stuff so I wouldn't bother.
[Vibrant General] sjdean:
Ooh, that's interesting. You seem to have six locks, and two of those are reported "00" and are red? How are you getting locks there?

What tweaks did you make to keep zero's on your phone?
[Vibrant General] pj415:
Try this. mines locks very fast using these settings

these are my application settings in LbsTestMode (use SGS tools to get into it)

session type >tracking

test mode >s/w test

operation mode >standalone

start mode >hot start

gps plus >on

dynamic acuracy >on

acuracy >1

gps logging >on <----this is very important
[Vibrant General] darksandz93:
why did you dig up an 8 month old thread?? :confused:
[Vibrant General] Col.Kernel:
Because he thought he could help someone.

Why did you post in an 8 month old thread if him resurrecting it offended you so much? Just let it die again.
[Vibrant General] darksandz93:
and who said i was offended? its simple question out of curiosity. how bout you get off your high horse buddy.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdawg0528:
i did a little searching and couldn't fine any posts on this, which surprised me so i apologize in advance if i'm just too stupid to use the search function properly ...

anyways, i'm using CM6 and it is awesome. the only thing i miss from the Sense roms is the ability to have different "Scenes". basically multiple profiles so i can set a profile up for work with work type apps on my home screens and one for home with games and leisure apps, etc.

is there anything out there that does that? i didn't see anything in adw launcher. played with launcherpro briefly but didn't see anything there either.

anyway, if anyone knows of something like that, please let me know.

thanks in advance.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heystek:
I've searched around to no avail as well. If I stumble across something I will surely let you know.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twospirits:
I'll be interested In this as well.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laydros:
I haven't used it much, but it is kinda a cool feature.

I haven't tried the backup and restore in ADW and Launcher Pro, and it might be too cumbersome, but that was my first thought. Maybe you could do a backup and call it work, then change things, do a backup for social, then restore as desired.

Haven't tested, but might work.
[Streak 5 Android Development] maxrfon:
Hi folks.

Is there a way to extract the content of dell's PKG archive?

Thanks!
[Streak 5 Android Development] dead101:
Astro manger for outside apk Root explorer for core PKG
[Streak 5 Android Development] maxrfon:
Hi, thanks for trying, but i have bot apps (Astro manager & Root explorer) but it does not open/extract it.

Could you please explain what you mean?
[Streak 5 Android Development] dead101:
R u trying to open update.pkg? to update ur built?

If so rename ur pkg to update.zip

Copy to sd card

switch off of ur device

Turn on ur device same time hold both the volume buttons on side

Device will boot in recovery mode

With volume button highlight update device and click ur camera button once

It will run ur update pkg

Make sure u ba@k up ur apps as it will clear all ur app but it wont delete anything om sd card

Make sure u use right update
[Streak 5 Android Development] SGTDavePwnage:
As the OP has requested in his first post....He is wanting to extract the contents of the file, not flash it
[Streak 5 Android Development] maxrfon:
Yes actually i want to extract the 3G modem firmware.

But i was told Dell has all in one (hard to believe).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] starplaya93:
does anybody know of a good site to get legit playstation one roms?

I mainly just want ffvII and metal gear solid.

If people will share the sites they use for roms, that'd be great!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBiles:
It would also be against xda's no warez policy. Use Google. The damn emulator will even input the search terms for you.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neodorian:
What he said. There are no "legit" sites that sell rips of game CDs. You can rip your own or you can hunt around for rips of games you own.

While most wouldn't find ripping or downloading images of discs you own to be immoral, the distribution of them is probably illegal. Honestly you can find these kinds of things through any major search engine but I doubt this site wants anything to do with the legal or ethical implications.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] starplaya93:
sorry. I didn't realize this was against the rules. Any admins can go ahead and delete this thread. I'll just do my own dirty work. ;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadowhawk2020:
It would be COOL if you could find ROMS...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elegantai:
loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

... i think I just poo'd my pants
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herbthehammer:
Look for a blockbuster video....

;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herbthehammer:
Or torrents...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acme64:
it's iso's not roms
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rekphiv:
I like many people on the internet do not normally purchase software, BUT psx are so cheap now, If you cant find it illegally, GO BUY THE GAME! seriously, Pawn shops and used games stores will sell psx games for less then $5.
[Off-topic] randyrubb:
.....................................
[Off-topic] Robin.B:
I really really don't understand what you're trying to say in the post...
[Off-topic] Danni3:
kid go back to school and learn how to spell...

its illegal to change the IMEI or "radio signature" of the phone, its the identity the phone has on a list the phone company has. Due to the fact that not everyone in the world is happy and nice, phones get stolen and companys blacklist phones (IMEI numbers), changing your IMEI number and circumventing this is a punishable by law. Theres also the fact that there is no point to change an IMEI number unless for malicious intent.

silly question, mediocre answer close thread
[Off-topic] Demon_man:
First of all you're post makes no sense what so ever, maybe you should of read what you was posting, second of all it is illegal to change the VIN number on you're car full stop, yes you can scratch it off and scribe you're own on their but that doesn't mean you have change it does it, !!

You're Knife story is just stupid and there is no point to it.

IMEI numbers will not be change for legal reason's would you be happy if someone claimed fraud on there phone got it replaced changed there IMEI number to the same as yours I think not,

Not only have you wasted a thread you have made you're self look like a 10 year old that cant spell or string a sentence together (I had to read it twice to try and make out what you was saying) maybe next time think about what you are going to post, yes I no flaming is against the rules here but meh you deserve it in this instance.

What a waste of time people come on here for help and to help people and learn new things not sit and read pointless threads.

Peace out
[Off-topic] egzthunder1:
Moved to Off Topic.
[Off-topic] Purple Drama Llama:
Your actually keeping this topic?
[Off-topic] Alex530:
Agreed! The kid should do a spell check atleast
[Off-topic] captainstu72:
i read the first few lines and came to the conclusion the OP doesn't have a clue what is what in the world of the English Language... There is no legitimate excuse for changing your IMEI number...
[Off-topic] falken98:
Mr. randyrubb, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard.

At no point in your rambling, incoherent post were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought.

Everyone in this thread is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
[Off-topic] captainstu72:
ist true, my skill in reading is now -3 points. Fail.
[Off-topic] randyrubb:
only American phone companies do that for her own stone age systems. no one else in the world register a phone to the provider . least not in the Free world (China, north Korea, Iran, and the USA maybe do so)
[Off-topic] jaszek:
The minute your phone is on with a sim card in it the carrier to whom the sim card belongs to knows what phone you have. Yes, even in europe.
[Off-topic] death1246:
he may be foreign guys stop being assholes.

Yes its illigal but there are tools that do it I had to do it to 2 of my phones for reasons I will not explain and I do have tools to do it.

Its legal to do it for educational purposes but do not use the device if you think you might get cought.
[Off-topic] jianC:
Yes... foreign on an AT&T network...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=276851 ;)
[Off-topic] cthulhu1987:
According to what law? All that gets quote here is a bill that didn't pass.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pettigrew95:
Ok, I have slidemeroot5r1 currently installed on my phone. I have an ext3 partition for it and my a2sd is working fine. I went to test out SlideMR v4 which states that it also supports ext3 partition for a2sd. So I go into clockwork and wipe the phone then install slidemr v4. When the phone boots back up none of my apps are there. Just wondering what the problem could be? Both ROM's support ext3 for a2sd. Also, when i wipe again and restore my nandroid of slidemeroot5r1 my apps are all back on the sd card through a2sd. Anyone know what the deal is? Thanks in advance.

Edit: CM 5.0.8 for Slide doesn't have my apps showing up either. My apps only seem to be showing up in slidemeroot5r1
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jordanjf86:
I remember back from the old G1 days... often when switching between roms when you have a2sd you will have to wipe the ext on your sd card for it to work. I always just reformatted the ext in gparted in Ubuntu and reflashed the rom to make it start working. I have had to wipe the card with this phone to...... kind of annoying but may help.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pettigrew95:
I just backed everything up in MyBackup Pro and flashed the new ROM then just restored all my apps and they went to SD. They don't seem to carry over on their own though I have to do the restore and they go to SD. Thanks for reply.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saint168:
I take a walk everyday after lunch at the office and use RunKeeper to keep track of my progress. When I was using the Aria, I open the app, click the start button and never had trouble. With the Captivate, I have to stand on the street corner for 1 - 15 minutes before I get a GPS fix. This is unacceptable! I tried to follow the direction of the other posting and it's not helping much.

I feel like I made a bad decision to return the Aria and got the Captivate.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oriveradel:
after reading tons of forums and post about the gps on captivate, I found out itis the google navigation software not the actual GPS, I got rid of all my problems once I switched the software to Sygic GPS, which is not free however; pm me and will hook you up!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emuneee:
Buy a different phone. After a year with the Captivate, no matter the tweak, GPS for navigation purposes or tracking purposes is not reliable. I used to use it with My Tracks for tracking my runs as well and it was shotty at best.

It is not Google Navigation either as Google Navigation on my Galaxy Tab 10.1 is freaking flawless.

The GPS on the Captivate sucks. Period. /endThread
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] curti.nogg:
After I got a refurb mine has worked and locks on quickly, but my previous Captivate did the same thing. It would take forever or sometimes not work at all.

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mpencexda:
The gps is spotty.. You can try turning on the control plane (hardware) also i noticed increase by removing case.. (hardware) other than that we have crappy chip with insufficient antenna..

sent from an alternate reality
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
The Captivate GPS is broken. Period. It doesn't work. Never has, never will. Anyone telling you anything else has low standards, poor testing, or is a liar.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenKranged:
With stock settings GPS is clearly broken.

That said changing the to the google SUPL server and occasionally running the "GPSRestore" app by samsung if I can't get a fix are pretty much the only GPS fixes I've ever needed.

I think my phone is a 1007.

But based on the majority of posts here my experience is not the norm.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baoli:
What's the build date on your phone? I got mine recently with a Feb 2011 build date and the thing locked in seconds out of the box. I've used Co-Pilot to take me from Vancouver to Las Vegas with no issues. What bugs me about this phone is the battery life..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FishyFishFishingForFun:
same

happens to me as well.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rob ben:
My stock captivate was great I'd get a 9 sat lock in 12 seconds nearly all the time.

I got hooked on flashing and my gps was usually crap on other roms.

Now I'm running apex 9 with a talon kernal and I'm getting a 9 sat lock in 10 to 12 again. So go figure
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techn:
same here i think i got a bad phone so i send it back and a new one and everything works fine now.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asrrin29:
Anyone telling you that the Cappy's GPS is broken is running Stock or doesn't know what they are talking about. It's not bad hardware, it's bad drivers. Use any ROM other than stock and they use updated drivers from other devices. I get a solid lock with 6-10 sats in less than 15 seconds as long as I can see the sky. the only time my GPS loses accuracy (it's usually at less than 5 meters, i.e. no circle in Google Nav) is when I go under a thick grove of trees or under a bridge.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
Congrats on your fortunate luck but to insinuate that your solution is a universal fix is naive.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asrrin29:
There was quite a lengthy breakdown of the entire process for fixing the GPS, but basically it comes down to two problems.

1. The drivers that were shipped out with the stick ROM were HORRIBLE and did not work. through using the SGSII and Nexus S ROMS, as well as some config file fixes, they were able to fix the drivers.

2. There is a hardware bug, but it only manifests itself when the screen is oriented in landscape mode. While in landscape, the CPU has to do extra calculations which slows the phone down and also boggles up the GPS, since the GPS is CPU assisted. As long as you keep the phone in portrait mode with a clear view of the sky, you will get flawless locks. Even if you don't do these two things, you should still get decent locks with the new drivers, just not instantaneous and super accurate.

Anyone who has installed any of the latest gingerbread mods has noticed the huge increase in the GPS vs. Stock. Only a few people complain that it's not as accurate or fast as their (dedicated) TomTom's and Garmins. But no one I have seen has claimed that the GPS fix has not worked. I urge you to give a GB ROM a try.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhiannon224:
Wrong! You can argue your point all you want but you are incorrect. I ran GB ROMS, Froyo ROMs, all of the numerous GPS fixes throughout the forums and nothing worked. GPS on my Captivate doesn't work, it is broken, I know what I am doing, I have been flashing custom ROMS for a year on it, it is inaccurate, can't hold a lock and just sucks. After dumping the Captivate for an HTC Sensation I now know what a working GPS is, it works out of the box, no need for patches or fixes, it just works. I am happy with my new device, I get over a day on battery with 5 hours of screen time without turning the brightness all the way down, 4 hours of calls all on one charge. I don't regret my decision to get rid of a broken device, Samsung makes great tv's but I doubt I will buy another Samsung phones again.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speedy_11:
The gps on the captivate is either hit or a miss. For some it works other it doesn't. Its all in experience and opinion. You can make an excuse and try to get a captivate replacement with a better gps.

Other than the gps and a pentile screen the cappy is a pretty great phone
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tking0036:
Gps On Mine is worthless as wel..

I find gps to be better on KF1 KH3 Roms rather than jvr, cm7, etc
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prbassplayer:
Might be better but the fact is the older Captivate's have faulty gps. Newer builds have better gps performance.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tlkraus1965:
I agree it's a phone issue.. had my 07/2010 Captivate for 11mos, 2 weeks.. tried everything.. one day it would lock great the next 5 days nothing.. with 2 weeks left on my warranty I went to an ATT warranty center, luckily one close to my work, and they reflashed it with brand new software from Samsung as of last week and that did nothing, they gave me a refurb( looks brand new) and running Stock Froyo I got a 9 second lock 3 times in a row, you can even tell the GPS anntenae is different than my previous phone. GPS is awesome on this new phone, old one was defective..period. Running Fasty II Gingerbread did not affect the GPS on either phone.. if anyone is under warranty, work ATT warranty support and see if they can get you to send it back for an exchange.. my wife's worked great out of the box, mine did not but the replacement is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hero2zero:
I agree with you. I've been posting on the FastyII Q&A forum about this. I bought my Captivate last August and have been flashing ROMs ever since. The only ROM that came close to nailing a GPS lock was Serendipity. I'm using FastyII now which is awesome, but, as usual, can't get GPS. BTW, how long are these things warrantied?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prbassplayer:
1 year with samsung. But you will have a hard time changing it just because of gps.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hero2zero:
Nevermind, I just read on AT&T's website: "New wireless devices carry a one-year warranty from date of purchase."
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lyrad12:
got my 1108 last july, no gps problem compared to my old 1008.. got always 5meters spot .. and 10meters inside my house
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hero2zero:
Even worse than the GPS problem I'm having, my "leveling sensors" are jacked. When I use GPS Status, my pitch/roll settings are off. For example, pointing the phone up and down indicates left-to-right roll instead of pitch up and down. When I twist the phone left-to-right (roll), it "pitches" up and down. It's like my sensors are pointed left instead of straight ahead. I tried re-calibrating. Just my luck, it hasn't worked. Weird...