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[Epic 4G Android Development] NeonMonster:
Yes! I'm still gonna wait a minimum of maybe 2 weeks to root to make sure that all parts/software are functioning as they should... but it seems like there are people already compiling roms! :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] shep211:
You can undo root by flashing stock rom.
[Epic 4G Android Development] rajendra82:
Alternate download location linked in this thread, just in case the original file gets pulled. Let the hacking begin, and pass some of that goodness to us Captivate owners too.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=760167
[Epic 4G Android Development] chococrazy:
Here's my mirror just incase original gets pulled and someone wants a 4shared link :P

http://www.4shared.com/file/cgswu04_/Epic4G-system-dump.html
[Epic 4G Android Development] Eazail70x7:
Where can I find the Epic 4g static wallpapers in the dump? What directory is it in?
[Epic 4G Android Development] raiderep:
I found some in system/app/launcher/res/drawable-hdpi and depending on how touchwiz works there might be more in the TouchWiz30Launcher.apk as well...
[Epic 4G Android Development] Eazail70x7:
What are the names of those wall papers? I looked through that directory and was having trouble finding them...
[Epic 4G Android Development] raiderep:
They all start with "wallpaper " , are you sure you are in the right file?

sent from a sliding hero
[Epic 4G Android Development] Eazail70x7:
Thanks, you were right. I was in the framework directory lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] Richthofen:
Forget what I said.

The rom was for AT&T upcoming Galaxy Tablet (SGH-I987)...
[Epic 4G Android Development] Eazail70x7:
Thats the Captivate isnt it?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Hero's Hero:
Can you post the DL link in the thread?

Some people are banned..:o
[Epic 4G Android Development] jmkasperek:
hey thanks for getting a mirror to that file it did get pulled
[Epic 4G Android Development] WhiteWidows:
You do realize this thread and system dump is from August
[Epic 4G Android Development] Strange Brew:
LMFAO! I was just going to say same thing.

Sent from the desert by the most Epic of phones. Love, Peace, and Chicken Grease!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garreh:
2K/bytes download speed on T-Mobile UK

Using the speedtest.net app I'm only receiving 2 K/bytes download speed and an impressive 134 K/bytes upload.

There is nothing in the background using the Internet

Full signal strength/bars

APNs correctly setup on device (general.t-mobile.uk, username: t-mobile, pass: tm)

Have free 3GB Internet Booster on the account

Content filter removed

Capped data rate removed

Connecting by WiFi at home receives 1174.2 K/bytes down, 137.2 K/bytes up

I'm absolutely lost at what could be the fault. Called T-Mobile mobile tech support team and they say there's nothing wrong with my account or known issues with my area code, and my signal strength is top.

Sometimes I get 40 K/bytes max (very rare but possible)

Any ideas?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Th1rteenth:
Test your SIM in another phone and see if that makes a difference.

If it doesnt then do 5 speed tests throughout the day noting the time and results and the postcode your in and call tech support and ask them to escalate it to the network guys ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitch1974:
I've just tested my connection and got 247kbps download and 121kbps upload.

That's using the same app on T-Mobile, and I don't live in a city (though the speed results when I had my G1 were worse when I went into Newcastle).

Have you tried the speed test when your phone is closer to a different broadcast tower? That would be the easiest way to tell if it's your phone or the local network.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garreh:
Thanks for your comments guys. I've just run the speed test at my work location in Slough (inside the office, much slower... I'm guessing because of the thick brick walls and loads amount of local networks and electrical equippment around)

Down: ranging from 76 to 133.7 KB/s

Up: ranging from 54 to 57.9 KB/s

Signal strength: poor (1 to 2 bars) ranging from -99db to -105, 7 to 3 asu

So it's faster at work with only 1 bar, how does that work?

I also tested it this morning in my home area (where I'm having the problems) and again it's 1-2 KB/s download speed but fast upload with full bars.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
Checking this morning I'm getting 600kbps down/450kbps up on T-Mobile, 2 bars HSDPA.

This is quite low for my download speed, as I'm often getting 1.5mbps+.

If you are getting a problem in a specific location, chances are it is the cell tower.

Regards,

Dave
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garreh:
I honestly don't know how you're getting those speeds. Top speed I've seen on my HTC Desire on T-Mobile is 150 KB/s
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
It should be very achievable as long as you are connected to a cell via HSDPA, and the cell has sufficient capacity. Bear in mind that cell congestion can cause your speed to vary wildly during the day.

I presume that you have an H on your phone when you are testing?

Regards,

Dave
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Th1rteenth:
Looks like there is an issue on your home transmitter do what I said with the speed tests at intervals and get them to escalate it ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garreh:
My handset shows the HSDPA symbol. Even during non-peak hrs like 3am it's still slow. Occasionally it spikes up to as high as 40KB/s but 9 times out of 10 its no faster than 2KB. Tried the sim in a friends HTC Hero and get the same result, if not around 30% slower (expected as this is a slower device than my Desire)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wgg:
Just tried it on my phone and got a d/l of 1045 and u/l of 489. This is a bit slower than I normally get as I have full reception although it has thrown up a bit of a teaser as when I did the wifi speed check I was only getting 1.8 mbs where I am normally nearer 6 mbs
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingofkings2603:
im considering buying this phone,but i hear there's problems with the GPS. my current phone has a great GPS receiver and i use it a lot for day to day navigation.How much will i be disappointed if i were to expect the same from the galaxy s?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
http://xdaforums.com/search.php?searchid=42858169
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hiraj_panosian:
Here in holland I have no problems with the GPS reception...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LostAlone:
Personally, I found that straight out of the box the gps was dreadful, but an hour later after I did the simple gps fix, it navigated me on a hundred and fifty mile round trip with no problems at all.

The fix is simple and easy and takes literally no skill. When you take your sgs out of the box, see if the gps works for you, then try the fix. If there is still no joy then take it back and say the navigation is busted and you want a different handset.

I'd certainly say its worth trying at least. Chances are can get it working and everything else that you like about droid is better on the galaxy :p.

It's worth remembering that the gps is not battery friendly and you'll need a potent (2A output)car charger to keep you running on the move.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
Basically, in summary:

1) In late firmware, the lock is quite quick, especially compared to car GPS units. Maybe not as fast as some other phones, but fast enough. Certainly faster than my Garmin Forerunner

2) The accuracy boundaries on this phone are wrong sometimes (at least in XXJM5), but this may be a bug in that specific pre-release.

3) With JM5, the unit seems to only lock onto 8 satellites max, but, some people are saying apparently newer firmware's are locking onto more

4) People are complaining of issues getting locks when moving with the unit. However, I've experienced this on ALL GPS units I've owned. AGPS should help with this though (but I've never tested initial lock whilst moving except in a firmware where GPS was 100% broken for me).

5) In some cases, the GPS goes skitzo, this might be fixed in later firmwares

6) Finally, sometimes the track is a bit off to the side, and doesn't handle cornering well.. This is likely related to (2). But this makes it useless for fitness at the moment

Anyway, the GPS is usable, but there are serious accuracy problems with it still. Samsung has said that they are working on optimising GPS for a September update. My best advice is wait until then, because if it isn't fixed in September, the possibility that it is due to poor hardware design seems to grow significantly..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingofkings2603:
thank you for your valuable input,this forum really is the best on the internet.I'm gunna be buying it next month anyway,so lets see if the update fixes the GPS or not.To be honest,theres no other phone that can match it,so theres no alternative to this phone even if the GPS IS dodgy :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fatherboard:
The GPS sucks so hard that I'd rather use a regular map for navigation.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uberberben:
My Galaxy S has no gps problems. The first time i went out from house to check GPS accuracy I got GPS signal after 3 seconds. It's stable in 100% cases.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fatherboard:
Acquiring signal is not the issue. I don't understand why people keep comparing signal to accuracy. it's not the same thing.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
Exactly, there are people in other topics that are just inflating the whole issue, their claims are way exaggerated, and the original issues has already been fixed on newer firmwares, yet they refuse to accept it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
Go for a 20min jog then and show a track of your perfect GPS. I have a lower standard than many of them, but all tracks I saw lost lock excessively at some point or another..

I haven't tried it myself, but can on tuesday.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingofkings2603:
damn,so many different opinions on this issue.also not being able to track my runs is a BIG minus :( but still not a deal breaker.day-to-day city navigation is a must though.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fatherboard:
It's just as simple as that - you don't check gps functionality just by its fix time. you put it in your car, and start driving - if it's accurate (highly unlikely), gewd. if not - go back here and whine.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkoroje:
The GPS is bad to the point of being unusable for car navigation or fitness tracking. Yes you may get a lock in GGps test but when moving the reported location is all ov

er the place.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Case_:
Case in point to illustrate what andrewluecke is trying to explain here about the accuracy not being exactly...well, accurate. Take a look at the attached screenshot. My GPS had a great fix with accuracy of 5m (the best it's able to report), stable for a few minutes, everything was working perfectly. Or so it seems. Except for the slight problem that I was actually standing where the red dot is... There's no scale on the screenshot, but it's a good 30-40 meters off. And that's quite common for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
Exactly Case_. The point of the accuracy measurement is to say "you are somewhere within this range". But, with the Galaxy S, it isn't, and that shouldn't happen, at least not as often as it does (except maybe at the beginning whilst obtaining a lock"). Professional systems have something known as RAIM and FDE which detect when the accuracy may be incorrect due to external factors (such as shonky satelite, or serious atmospheric interference). But this happens a LOT, and I would have thought it affects GPS units equally (unless the Garmin forerunners in fact DO ship with fault detection, which could explain it, in which case, Samsung should implement fault detection and exclusion too, to make it usable).

Anyway.. What I am trying to say is summed up easiest with Case's post.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kgk888:
It most certainly is an issue. It takes a minute or longer to acquire a lock in some cases despite stationary and clear line of sight.

The people who stomp their feet with "The GPS is fine" are no different than the iPhone4 users who claim there is no attenuation in their phones.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] araje:
In my case with the DDJG4 update, I see some minor issues.

Once in a while when I am at home (indoors with no visible satelites) my location shifts from bangalore to toronto. All my stuff changes to that. It looks like AGPS is not turned on or buggy becuase 80% of the times it works well. Does anybody else face the same problem ?

So when my phone takes me to toronto, i restart the phone and everythng is back to normal

SOmetimes, the location service fails to find where I am and shows Toronto in Google website. Is there anyway to avoid this.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kil:
It's just like what most people say, you can get a fix, and GPS seems fine. Try to use it, and it's a whole different story.

Somebody on the forum posted a link of a run, where the SGS GPS went everywere but on the straight line, it even made a hilarious loop. Too bad i can't find it.

People need to stop saying "Firmware updates fixed it already" as that's just not true.

Hah, there it is, posted by sjdean.

Desire, and SGS GPS.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...52.48542,-1.742063&spn=0.014138,0.045319&z=15

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...=52.48082,-1.761761&spn=0.01414,0.045319&z=15
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appelflap:
Ok, I never had such a bad track :cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JaY_III:
My take on the GPS:

Compared to my Garmin eTrex Vista HCXx

It fails on every front other than the screen.

But we need to look at what this device is.

Its a phone. Not a dedicated GPS.

Some people will say they spent $500 on it so it should work better.

Well compare it to a $500 GPS and it will be worse on all fronts.

Using skyhook it does an alright job.

Yes the phone does get confused at times when sitting at a red light.

Yes it could preform better. But it is good enough to help AID in Navigation.

The biggest problem with the GPS is, that common sense is required when you are using the phone to help aid in navigation.

I honesty think some people have unrealistic expectations on what they expect from a phone. Performance is on par with the Black Berry World edition from my experience. And also from my experience all phones do poorly when compared to REAL GPS units.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uberberben:
I'll try to make such a tracking tommorow. I was driving few times with navigation and maps application and never had issues with accuracy. Hmm, maybe one time when i took phone off the front window to backseat, but it's normal i guess.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kil:
I have to disagree with people saying "It's a phone, not a gps device"

A nokia 3310 is a phone.. a SGS is a (mini) computer with phone capabilities. As well as GPS capabilities.

The things we carry in our pockets today can't be called "Phones" anymore. And as they advertise with GPS.. it should just work just as well as on a regular TomTom or any device.

If the phone-part didn't work, would we say "Ah well, the GPS works, we can't have everything!" It just doesn't work that way.

In addition to that, the first gps-phone i bought was a HTC Artemis.

When i installed TomTom on it, and used it beside my TomTom Live 950 (late 2009 model!). They both do the same, in fact the tomtom live 950 lost signal once (for only about 3 seconds) while Artemis kept it's signal all the time.

As for the SGS, if i followed what 'he' said, i would still be driving in circles right now, probably ending up in a ditch upside down on the wrong side of the road 1600 km from where i should be. Think about it, the poor GPS of the SGS could cost lives!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JaY_III:
The GPS does work

It just doen't work as well as a device dedicated to GPS

Now if you are going to start compairing it to a computer.

That another can of worms all together and results in a device that is terrible.

So yes this is a phone with the primary function of being a phone.

All the "extras" makes it a smart phone.

I honestly would like someone to open the phone up and have a look at the GPS antenna. Then look a a real GPS and compare the two antennas. My guess if the phone is going to have a very simple antenna with minimal gain compared to a true GPS
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kil:
Then how can it be, that the GPS of a HTC Artemis (model 2006?) does a better job than a 2010 "Super phone". I agree, it shouldn't have to be as good as a stand-alone gps (although i used my Artemis / Kaiser / Touch Diamond as a daily gps-device without any problems) but you have to agree, it should at least compare with say a Desire or any of these other models.. But it doesn't even do that.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Case_:
I've had some very nice tracklogs as well ;)

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...8671,17.256163&spn=0.005927,0.009441&t=h&z=17

Mind you, this is probably the worst track recording I've ever done with Galaxy. Usually it's not THIS bad :)

And for the "you're expecting too much" - I've said it many times, so I'll say it again: I'm not expecting anything more than what I'm used to from my trusty old HTC Magic I've had for the past year. And I would be quite satisfied it my brand new hi-tech €500 Galaxy would match the GPS performance of puny cheap €100 Vodafone 845 (which is on par with my old Magic GPS-wise). So how exactly I'm expecting too much?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LostAlone:
Is it worth pointing out that running tomtom software is clearly going to give you better results than google nav?

Paid for satnav has all kinds of error correction and optimised route finding that's far better at dealing with the realities of gps.

Its not so much that an antenna or device sucks, it's that making a high quality near perfect mapping program is hard and google aren't going to match gamin or telnav or anything you pay for just because they aren't doing the same level of development into how to make it good.

The sgs is a great aid, same as my old blackberry was, but you still have to apply sanity and not just follow it blindly, because that's just asking for trouble.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uberberben:
I have to say one more thing. Recently i've had Samsung Wave, it had simmilar problems with proper positioning. There was sometimes 10-15m of inaccuracy. I sold that phone because i didn't liked it. My brother had that phone too and he told me that in later firmwares GPS signal was very very good without this kind of inaccuracy. Wave is very simmilar phone to Galaxy S so maybe samsung really will fix it in future firmwares.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkn72:
If the firmware fix for the GPS doesn't work out you can always connect a bluetooth GPS with an app from the market (see i9000 apps section). Comparing the builtin GPS to my 'old' bluetooth GPS on the same route gives some differences. With the builtin GPS some strange 'jumps' occurred while with my old bluetooth GPS things were spot on. (Using stock firmware XXJF3 with lagfix, and the google supl setting) The jumps would have sent me of the right road anycase... actually I would have ended in a river :P

So the builtin GPS leaves a bit to be desired (even for a 'addon' to a phone IMO). It's probably worse than the GPS's of around 2000 (?) (like the first tomtom bluetooth GPS I ever bought), in terms of keeping a fix and getting a fix and accuracy. In it's current state the internal GPS is nice for playing around, for real navigation I'll be bringing my bluetooth GPS along. (I'm not that touristically inclined)

Using an external bluetooth GPS also safes some battery is my impression, bluetooth power drain seems less than for the internal GPS. And if better GPS's come out you can always replace it. Even if the GPS isn't getting fixed the galaxy sports some nice other hardware :)

So I guess if you don't want to use an external GPS I'd wait for some reports on the september upgrade before deciding. Although a good bluetooth GPS isn't that expensive.

Cheers,

Ric
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fatherboard:
That's good to hear... though we can only hope.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Toss3:
After applying the EPIC 4G fix I get a lock on in under 10 seconds. :) Prior to that it was pretty awful, but still good enough to be useful(don't apply the "gps fix" found with a google search as it does nothing to improve things).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uberberben:
Today i made 2 trackings, results are not that bad. 4-5 km tracking and maybe 1 or 2 misalignments:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=200647130377286298426.00048e4f8b9d15edc6a7c

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=200647130377286298426.00048e50294c650986155
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
Not perfect, but looks pretty good. Is this is jogging, because if so, what's interesting is that under close satellite, it even notices you running around a tree (if not, then bummer).

So, it's certainly odd. For comparison, refer to http://connect.garmin.com/activity/3220789 (Garmin Forerunner 305)

(btw, is this Astalavista Prozac?)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uberberben:
I was driving my car during this tracking. Phone was laying on front seat, so there was only partially visible sky.

Your tracking is bit better, some really minor misalignments (or it was you running this way :))

No, i have nothing in common with Astalavista :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingofkings2603:
uberberben, your trackings look decent enough.not as bad as i expected...still not as good as my HD mini(which has a perfect GPS receiver),but by no means deal breaking.thanks for this.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
That example was running, with a Forerunner 305 for comparison to a proper fitness GPS. It's basically high enough resolution to identify when you are switching sides of the sidewalk, and never goes too far off track.

It looks as though the algorithm to handle turns overcompensates or does something silly on the SGS.. Anyway.. I'm waiting for the official fix..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uberberben:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=200647130377286298426.00048e6ab36dc24a4ebac

I made this tracking today while was with dog for a walk. Made of course with SGS and it's 99% accurate. Only one misallignment is at the beginning of tracking while there was not enought satelites (i was indoor while started tracking so this does not count) and another minor one during walk. Phone was in my pocket so this too may be the case. It's my 7th tracking with SGS and My Tracks and every one was really good in my case, so i think GPS isn't that bad.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fatherboard:
Guys who claim for a good gps behavior - would you be kind enough to let us know which firmware/gps fix (if any) are you using?...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evil-doer:
exactly how my n95 is. you can clearly see which side of the street you are on for the entire track. solid 1-3 meter accuracy consistently. im really hoping the gps gets fixed to this quality or im gonna have to swap the sim back and forth to my n95 when i do bike rides, etc.

and thats a 3 year old phone that only connects to 5 or 6 satellites.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uberberben:
I'm using JM5 without any fix for GPS.