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[Captivate General] k2snowboards88:
My gps is awful too. I am on vacation in cape cod and the gps is useless. Without wifi on,i can't get a lock at all. I've even tried waiting twenty minutes and nothing still. I made a mistake on the way here and actually had to read a map like in the olden days. It was horrible ;). In all seriousness, I'll be returning this phone if the gps isn't fixed in this phone's return window.
[Captivate General] TheSopranos16:
I wonder what time this is going to become available. I also wonder if its going to be available for AT&T so quickly...I doubt it :(
[Captivate General] temperbad:
Might as well return it now then people. I put 1 million dollars that within 15 days this wont br fixed... I on the other hand get a good GPS fix...
[Captivate General] derek4484:
Thats not possible. The condition affects every Captivate and Vibrant out there. Its a problem with the drivers/firmware for the GPS unit.
[Captivate General] meatrocket:
I dicked around with all those BS static settings and eventually just set "Server FQDN Type" to AUTO Config and it works great!

The server that it automatically came up with was

h-slp.mnc410.mcc310.pub.3gppnetwork.org

Port: 7275

I wouldn't suggest statically setting this server as I'm thinking it was the best for me based off of my 3G location. Hope anyone who tries this gets good results as well.
[Captivate General] christoph79:
GPS finally works after replacing device

Due to number of people reporting they don't have problems with the GPS performance, I returned my Samsung Captivate today and as soon as I walked out of the building with my new Captivate it took less than a minute to get a GPS fix with reported 5 meters accuracy. Google navigation finally works flawless. It was unuseable before.

If interested following are FW/Baseband/Kernel versions of my new device:

Firmware: 2.1-update1

Baseband: I897UCJF6

Kernel: 2.6.29
[Captivate General] ewingr:
I hope your bubble doesn't burst. But I will tell you that is exactly what I have, and I though it was working great. Then I learned what the little blue circles were. Tehn I drove up a highway that that had 2 other highways on each side, and it bounced me between all 3 of them and gave me constant screwy directions.
[Captivate General] sremick:
Sorry, but there's nothing unique about that. Many people noticed the same behavior immediately after a factory reset, or even just a reboot.

However, even after exchanging the phone with new, users find that GPS behavior and reception degrade again after a few days.

And if you can't get a GPS fix with "Use wireless networks" unchecked in your "Location and security" settings, then your GPS isn't really fixed at all.
[Captivate General] no driver:
Did you happen to note what they were on the phone you returned? I ordered mine 7/18 and my phone is the same. I have had trouble getting a GPS lock with default settings but using the tweaks recommended here has helped a ton.
[Captivate General] bigdaddy4u:
At&t Nav

Does anyone know if the gps works in At&t maps & Nav apps? I find it hard to believe that At&t did not test the GPS with their software (thoroughly). I'm tempted to just try the 30 day trial and see :mad:
[Captivate General] rurouni572:
For the first few days I didn't have GPS problems either while my friend did. I thought it was just him, until I started getting lock on issues. It took 5 minutes one time to get a proper lock driving down the freeway.

To those saying there are no GPS problems, you may think it's completely fine right now since you're not getting issues, but I guarantee the first time it happens will be quite frustrating. You will realize it's not just people being crazy, but an actual problem.
[Captivate General] bp787:
I have been testing it out while on business in dc. One day, I drove down I 95 for 40 minutes and couldn't get a lock. I then tinkered with settings, enabling skyhook, and was able to get a lock fairly quick. I used google to guide me using walking directions. It was decent, but not the 10m accuracy it stated.

This morning, same drive, quick lock, but quickly noticed the damn thing was about 200 or so meters off, not the 5 meter accuracy google was reporting. Made for interesting directions...

I also saw while using a gps program, that the gps would get a lock quick, then lose it, get it back, lose it, and so on. Probably part of the accuracy problem. If it doesn't maintain a lock, it will never get a good position.
[Captivate General] derek4484:
AT&T maps is free. I've sampled it. Its not as good as Google Maps. It took about the same amount of time to get a lock in AT&T maps as google. And it lost it as soon as I started to move.
[Captivate General] AllTheWay:
Use gps test first to acquire a signal than you should be good to go with the gps. It's free from the market place.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
No, it is not. You will be charged a monthly subscription fee.
[Captivate General] mongstradamus:
thought thier nav costs money but there map app was free i could be wrong on that tho
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
I'd keep an eye on your monthly bill closely. Maps cost money. The only time you get free map is from places like Google or Bing where they use ad sales to support the free map.
[Captivate General] s.m.knipe:
I have had some issues with the GPS Test app, "GPS Status" works flawlessly for me. It almost seems like there is some code the "Status" app is running that the others fail to, that triggers the phone to look for and lock onto satellites...
[Captivate General] TMC_Sherpa:
The strange thing (with my phone anyway) is if I have WiFi enabled I never get a lock. OK I guess it could get a lock eventually but I never wait that long. However if I disable WiFi (not from the GPS menu but off off) it locks no problem. the #* code gives the same results on or off (nine sats 4 locks) but Maps, Layar, Compass nothing locks in the app itself. *shrug*
[Captivate General] Smallsmx3:
I have no issues with gps. I changed my settings to supl.google.com and the gps is always accurate. The longest it takes is 20 sec to get a lock. This is my second captivate and the settings worked on both. I didnt even check to see if the original settings worked on my second unit. I've used google navigation a few times and stays with me the entire time
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
The A(SSISTED)-GPS that uses network to help fast track sat locks requires a cell data connection to work. When you have wi-fi on, Android automatically turns off the cell data connection. Those other apps don't know how to turn it back on for the GPS assistence.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
When you use Google Nav, did you notice a big blue circle surround your position on the map? That blue circle indicates the accuracy of the GPS (your current position can be anywhere inside that circle). If your GPS is accurate, you should see no blue circles. The Nav app always snap your current position to nearby road. So, don't be fooled by that.
[Captivate General] saint168:
If you are driving on the open freeway with few roads around, you can get accurate result from bad GPS reception since the software will find you on the freeway. However, if you have trying to navigate your way through town, like San Francisco, slight mistake in the GPS positioning will mess you up badly. When I use my phone to navigate in town, I can get up to 5 totally different driving instruction in 1 minute, extremely confusing.
[Captivate General] YellowGTO:
Some people using the new Arabic rom that just came out are reporting perfect GPS.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=743820&page=11
[Captivate General] TMC_Sherpa:
Nope, I get an arrow. Just thought it was weird, good to know its the apps that are freaking out and its not me.
[Captivate General] no driver:
If I put my phone in the cupholder or on the seat next to me while I'm driving the blue circle shows up from time to time, in various sizes. If I hold it in my hand on top of the steering wheel it very seldom shows up (no car mount yet). I did get it confused the other day and it briefly thought I was on a parallel road in a subdivision instead of on the main road, but for the most part it's been working with the settings adjustments that have been posted here.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
I got an arrow and most of the time with blue circle around the arrow. Very rarely see arrow alone without circles. Anytime you see a circle, you know GPS just crapped out.

So, for anyone who said their Captivate's GPS is perfect, please post if you see blue circle or not while driving. It appears that if you're most stationary, the GPS accuracy is ok in most cases. We need to know your GPS performance when you're moving.
[Captivate General] dontshakepandas:
I have never claimed that my GPS is perfect, but it is usable now. It still needs to be fixed by Samsung, but it isn't nearly as bad as it was out of the box.

It will lock on to me pretty quickly (a few seconds) and is fairly accurate. In navigation I do get the blue circle sometimes, but while it was pretty constant when I was traveling at speeds over 55mph or so, I only saw it rarely at other times. While this isn't perfect, it will get the job done for now. Before I applied some of the fixes, the little gps thing would blink at the top of the screen forever, and I'd have a huge blue circle that was absolutely no help to me.
[Captivate General] XorZone:
As far as I know you need cell lock and not edge/3g connection.

A(SSISTED)-GPS will send the network packet with cell info in order to get help with the almanac and lock.

I'm pretty sure that it should be indifferent which connection to use (3g or wifi), but cellular info is the key.

Correct me if I'm wrong.
[Captivate General] adnanmalik:
Fix for GPS. Worked with me

I managed to solve this problem. Quite simple. Goto Android Market and install GPSfix. Now turn your GPS on, run the application and press "Start GPS". You will receive a message "Located" after sometime. Now click on the compass button and it will take you to the MAPS. You may need to turn on wifi order to download the map.
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
:rolleyes:
[Captivate General] Bogie1:
Is your phone stock?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] aalopez10:
i just check out Engadget, and saw this article

i really hope it is the full update to froyo 2.2 it will seriously make my weekend :)

sources:http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/29/evo-4gs-android-2-2-update-starts-trickling-out-tomorrow-loads/
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Sprockethead:
What article.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] 063_XOBX:
Hooray another replica Froyo thread in the wrong section!

Toast will be busy tonight
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] tbee2k9:
Lol.
[Vibrant General] Kld4ever2008:
Hey every one I'm new to xda and I got my samsung vibrant rooted with the stock system recovery and was working fine but than I decided to do some apps and file transfer from another android phone to it and after that my phone kinda froze on me. So I rebooted the phone and boom nothing happen after the galaxy s animation, its just stuck there then the screen went black out. I rebooted again and this time I went to the sustem recovery mode and try to do the data reset but it couldn't fix it either. I tried to connected to my computer but since the phone wasn't fully booted into the home screen my computer are unable to detect the phone driver. I reconnect the phone and computer together, and this time I got to where it say's "downloading" "do noy turn off target", what is that mean? is it download something or is that I'm suppost to do something to it. Please can someone help me out. I've already download the stock firmwire but couldn't be able to transfer to the mass storage cos the phone couldn't boot beyound the galaxy s animation and eventhough its in the system recovering I still couldn't get it to connect to the phone mass storage. What can I do to fix it?.
[Vibrant General] Minker17:
You can take the battery out at that screen, but I don't know if it's going to fix your overall issue.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Take sd out. Hook to computer with adapter. Move stock nandroid to sd. Replace sd in phone. Boot into clockwork recovery. Restore nandroid. Reboot.you are now stock with root.
[Vibrant General] Kld4ever2008:
one thing

I know what I did is stupid but at lease I learn my lesson. I would really appreciate if someone could help me out.
[Vibrant General] Kld4ever2008:
help

I tried but its not working cost the phone doesn't read what's on the sd card it read only the mass storage which is the 14g not the 2g memorycard.
[Vibrant General] vinnydakid:
The SD card won't be in the phone so of course it won't read from it. It will read from the interbal memory, so do it from there.
[Vibrant General] Captainkrtek:
Turn off the phone, take out the battery and take out the SD card, try to get your hands on a sd card reader for your card so you can fix what you did without using your phone to mount it. Copy the rom or stock firmware over to the card and use the recovery, wipe data/factory reset and then try to load up the stock firmware. if all else fails do a hard reset:

To hard reset Samsung Vibrant, follow the steps below:

Step 1. Turn your Samsung Vibrant off. If your Samsung Vibrant is frozen, pull the battery out and reinsert it.

Step 2. Hold the Volume Down button.

Step 3. Press and release the Power button.

Step 4. You are now presented with a menu that allows for Fastboot, Recovery, Clear Storage, and Simlock

Select Clear Storage by pressing the Volume Down button, then press and release the Power button.

Step 5. Choose one of these: Volume Up for YES and Volume Down for NO. If you selected YES, all data including third-party applications will be deleted from the Samsung Vibrant.

That is for the default recovery so depending on the recovery you are using try to wipe everything and flash the ROM from the sd card, if you need help PM me or contact me on chat.andirc.net #droideris, or irc.andirc.net #droideris

Best of luck!
[HD2 Accessories] sausagedog:
iam using the headset that comes with the hd2, so it has play/pause rew fwd but are there any that do volume lime the iPhone does.
[HD2 Accessories] sausagedog:
bump anyone ?????
[HD2 Accessories] frotna:
You can try with this app which can assign double press action for each headset button (double press fwd for volume up and double press rew for volume down).

http://headsetbutton.com/

Or U can mod standard HD2 headset and add volume controls from other headset that has it (like it's described in this thread):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=613732&highlight=headset+mod

cheers...
[Vibrant General] rodrigos122:
I'm having issues with Titanium backup not showing any apps to backup on my vibrant. When i go to batch they all have 0 in front of the app count.

-I have my phone rooted

-I tried restarting the phone

-i tried reinstalling the app

-I tried refreshing the app list
[Vibrant General] turbosix:
Download busy box like the app tells you to.
[Vibrant General] rodrigos122:
I tried but it didn't change anything.

I gave up a did a factory reset, now it works.

i have to download everything again but at least now i can make backups for the future.

Thanks for the help
[Vibrant General] ttabbal:
Were you trying to make a backup or restore your apps from another phone? If restore, you need to change the "Backup folder name" in the preferences. It will default to "/sdcard". Change it to "/sdcard/sd". Then back out to the main Titanium screen, then Menu->More->Reload Application. Your old backups will show up now.
[Vibrant General] Beast84:
So a wipe is the only thing that will fix this? I have been racking my brain to figure out what I needed to change. This kinda sucks but I guess I'll have to try it now

Edit: Just tried the busybox way & BAM! I got my apps back! Sweet thanks for this
[Vibrant General] rodrigos122:
no i was just trying to make a backup.
[Vibrant General] TGA_Gunnman:
Launch titanium. Click "problems?" Button and choose "do it" or whatever. It will install new busybox
[Vibrant General] joe.kerwin:
This might sound silly but just to make sure, you have your license on your sd card for titanium right?
[Vibrant General] rodrigos122:
yes it's on the sd card.
[Captivate General] maximus-dev:
I'd LOVE to root my new Captivate to enable side loading and removal of AT&T bloatware... but my only concern is with OS updates from Samsung afterwards... Since there hasn't been one yet I suppose it's hard to answer the question, but if I root are/will Android updates (like when Froyo is released for it) (be) safe after rooting?
[Captivate General] max_warheads:
See

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=737231
[Captivate General] maximus-dev:
Doh! Sorry I missed that... thank you for the heads up.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] bignadad:
Welcome to BiGnAdAd's Droid X Theme's

Installation Notes:

Copy apk File to Storage Card and Install

FancyWidgetDusk Series

FancyWidgetSplit

FancyWidgetReflect

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[Droid X Themes and Apps] bignadad:
Manila Style Clock/Weather Widget

FancyWidget1 FancyWidget2

FancyWidget3

FancyWidget4 FancyWidget5

FancyWidgetEdgeGloss FancyWidgetGlass

FancyWidgetGlass

FancyWidgetRelect

Credits: All credit is given to FancyWidgets for there Creation. I have just modified graphics....

Wallpaper

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[Droid X Themes and Apps] bignadad:
My MaxSense Style Toggle Widgets

Credits: Full Credit goes to LevelUP Studios for creating widget.. I just altered images...​
[Droid X Themes and Apps] bignadad:
reserved.....
[Droid X Themes and Apps] x.v_:
Very cool! Thanks!
[Droid X Themes and Apps] :
Good stuff
[Droid X Themes and Apps] suzook:
Am I blind? Fancy widget 1-5 all look alike...??????
[Droid X Themes and Apps] bignadad:
They all have different gloss's

Was going to pick one, but was just as easy for me to post all

oh, an 4 & 5 are not transparent
[Droid X Themes and Apps] :
Another Fancy Widget Apk Theming thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=738577

Just popped up as well in the incredible forum
[Droid X Themes and Apps] :
Wow I just have to say Im really impressed once again.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] bignadad:
btw.... I just figured out how to successfully make apk's today.... so expect a TON more or these edits very soon!

Also since they are not giving trouble is it okay to try the framework-res.apk?

i know i take a chance at boot-looping, but if these are working fine then whats the prob?

only thing i can think of is that its harder for user to install right? has to be done to adb?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] adoubledash69:
do you have to use adb or a terminal emulator code to use these? if not then how do you use them?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] bignadad:
More added to post 2

FancyWidgetEdgeGloss FancyWidgetGlass
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FancyWidgetGlassWhiteNumbers
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[Droid X Themes and Apps] bignadad:
And Another One :)

FancyWidgetRelect
[Droid X Themes and Apps] yourfriendwayned:
hmm I plan on helping you out soon :) and adding on if that is fine - don't worry I know what I'm doing lol

Might add a live wallpaper for this to - so you can make a bundle...
[Droid X Themes and Apps] :
These are awesome, would it be possible to mod the clock to not have the "flip" boxes around them? Preferably glasswhitenumbers? They look really awesome but I'm really anal and the flip part is just for show, it doesn't actually flip and those look almost digital anyway so the horizontal line going through it seems out of place. If you don't want to that's cool or even if you can't cause you're just reskinning, thought it wouldn't hurt to ask though. Keep up the good work!
[Droid X Themes and Apps] iGLOMP:
These are awesome =). Thanks a ton!
[Droid X Themes and Apps] bignadad:
Added to post 1

FancyWidgetSplit
[Droid X Themes and Apps] :
Very nice!
[Droid X Themes and Apps] :
Just got into doing this myself. Id like to share my own contribution if its ok.

May I present :eek:

Scary Widget!

:eek:

:eek:

Scary Widget V2

:eek:
[Droid X Themes and Apps] bignadad:
updated post 1

This will have to do for now..

FancyWidgetDusk
[Droid X Themes and Apps] cloudsdale:
subscribed. really nice stuff
[Droid X Themes and Apps] bignadad:
Going to revisit the dusk theme really put some detail into it... i have built the following from scratch and plan to do the rest of the theme the same way.... any input?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] nemesis000000:
Looks good

loving the level of detail

any chance once its done you could make it red as well?

appreciate your work
[Droid X Themes and Apps] quadjacks:
Unable to install, I am Rooted and I have the check for Unkown Sources... I get, APPLICATION NOT INSTALLED... Any help?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] quadjacks:
wow really...... No support on this?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] nemesis000000:
can u give us more detail?

how did u download? direct to the phone or pc? if pc, what program are u running to find/install once uve moved to the phone?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] quadjacks:
downloaded to pc, pushed to sdcard with adb, used root explorer to attempt install by drill to sdcard chose apk, after setting read write
[Droid X Themes and Apps] nemesis000000:
you went too deep

just copy to sd via usb put it in a folder or sd root

then use astro file manager, find the apk and use the app installer option when you click the apk

and you should be good
[Droid X Themes and Apps] quadjacks:
so I shouldn't use root explorer. Also attempted with app installer.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] nemesis000000:
yeah, you don't need it for standard apks

it also failed via astro file manager?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] quadjacks:
Was able too with Astro... Why couldn't I with Root Explorer?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] nemesis000000:
not 100% sure, could have been you didnt set it to "rw" read/write

for standard apks off the net, its easier to go via astro anyway

should only use root exp when you're renaming, copying, etc...
[Droid X Themes and Apps] quadjacks:
Kewl, thanks for the advice. One more thing. Why would I have to change permissions. I understand the term but how does it apply to Android:confused:
[Droid X Themes and Apps] nemesis000000:
best way to explain is, look at certain pc files, they're read only and the only way to modify them is to change that attribute, same with android, especially with root access, you need to enable the write attribute in order to write to the specific area.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] bignadad:
updated post 1 with new dusk

FancyWidgetDusk2
[Droid X Themes and Apps] nemesis000000:
Looks great, keep up the good work

Red or black would be awesome ;)
[Droid X Themes and Apps] bignadad:
Wallpaper
[Droid X Themes and Apps] nemesis000000:
Can't see the picture for some reason, do we have a red update ;-)
[Droid X Themes and Apps] aplechaty:
Where did the images go so you can see what each one looks like prior to download?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] bignadad:
It seems my free web server is up and down atm..... i will update ASAP
[Droid X Themes and Apps] Zaphod-Beeblebrox:
Ya get what ya pay for eh :)
[Droid X Themes and Apps] aplechaty:
Thanks for the update.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] mezdup:
you should use dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTIyMTQ4ODI5

using the referral link will give both of us an extra 250mb on top of the free 2gb.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] bignadad:
i have dropbox account... it can be setup for download from public address?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] mezdup:
yea it should come with a "Public" folder. put the images in there. once they're uploaded, right click one, go to dropbox > copy public link. paste in between the
[Droid X Themes and Apps] xmetl:
pics dont work, i want to see what this looks like before i download
[Droid X Themes and Apps] bignadad:
pics are back up now :)
[Droid X Themes and Apps] aplechaty:
Thanks for getting the pics back up I copied them into a file to storroe with the apk files.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] aplechaty:
I noticed that the screens of the beautiful widgets toggles do not seem to work properly. The Blue tooth toggle does nothing when I tap it, and the GPS toggle just brings up the settings it does not turn it on. Is anyone else having these problems? The wifi and plane toggle work fine.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] nemesis000000:
Any chance we can get a red style dusk 2?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] bignadad:
updated post 1

FancyWidgetDusk Series