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[General Questions and Answers] Kosmos dk:
When I go into settings and the info menu my own phone number is listed as "unknown". Normally I guess i wouldn't care, but the TiKL PTT does not want to do anything without this info. Anybody have an idea how I can solve that?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berre:
Hi,

been wondering about this: how does switchpro widget disable data connections?

It seems to work fine on my desire but when I go to settings I see data connection is still enabled and apn's haven't been renamed

Does it do anything in the background or am I missing a parameter?

Cheers

B
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyuk:
I have been trying to work out exactly what it does as well.

It certainly is not an APN re-namer like most, as this is something you can enable in switch pro's settings if you need too.

However like you said it also does not tap into the official HTC version like the sense widget, or CM6's modified power control widget.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berre:
Anybody ? I switch data connections off when I go to bed but when I unlock my phone in the morning I notice a 3g icon active (though it disables immediatly after)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Furma:
i cant even enable data connection using switchpro widget - the icon lights up but nothing happens

i have to manually turn on the connection in settings

i am only able to deactivate data connection using this widget
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djpleasure:
Sorry if posted wrong section, went to post in the questions and answers section, but it states do not post questions???

I have installed Cyangen latest version on my N1, very happy, but when using phone for a little while, the screen goes all out of sync, for example, I touch middle of screen and it will activate something on the bottom such as menu. Very very annoying, especially when in the middle of playing a game. Also the google addon randomly stops working, quite frequently.

Any help appreciated
[Epic 4G General] APOLAUF:
After a nice reboot, GPS in gmaps, GPS test, and any other GPS-enabled app seems to work great. However, after a couple of hours, especially if connected over WiFi, GPS stops acquiring a lock. GPS test even shows that it "sees" a good number of satellites, but fails to lock. The only solution is a reboot, sometimes two.

I have also noticed that during the aGPS lock portion, it tends to jump between tower locations at random. After this, sometimes it will lock, sometimes it will not. I have also noticed that on rare occasions, GPS becomes unavailable altogether.

Please tell me that some among you are experiencing this issue as well? Folks at BAW are reporting the same. I have a Captivate as well, and the problem is *identical* to the issues I see there, except that the aGPS tower association happens much faster on the Epic.

We need a fix, and fast. Evo was FAR faster in acquisition, and 100% reliable.
[Epic 4G General] ConceptVBS:
Downloaded the latest google maps and google nav?

launch sprint nav first, close it, then try google maps/nav.
[Epic 4G General] APOLAUF:
Indeed I have. The issue crops up after a while of non-use. Then, only a reboot comes to the rescue. Sad.
[Epic 4G General] ConceptVBS:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=771503
[Epic 4G General] APOLAUF:
No dice. It works... at first. However, after I left my phone on the charger (and on WiFi) overnight, and started up maps this morning, again on wifi, no lock for over 3 minutes. I started up the Sprint navvy app, and no lock. I went to diagnostics and it got stuck on "waiting for gps" for over 2 minutes until the icon FINALLY stopped pumping away. However, it's still "getting GPS", so I have to tap "go back" and then once more return to GPS diagnostics. It then says "10%", which is obviously a bogus number; GPS Status shows a reasonable fix, though a few satellites are still shown with yellow bars that seem never to quite resolve.

This has NEVER happened with the Evo. Obviously, there are still some unsettling issues with this device's satellite lock.
[Epic 4G General] id_twin:
I was able to replicate this same problem -- Left Wi-Fi on over night, was programming tasker to auto-gps when I open up the Navigation, went to test and now gps will not lock on for me either.
[Epic 4G General] shep211:
The epic's gps has a lot of the same issues the others have. Sprint lied about the gps being fixed. You will have to wait until Samsung releases the new drivers to get your gps working 100%. They said some time in September.
[Epic 4G General] barakisbrown:
I had my epic on wifii and charged last night and I just tried my gps here at work and got an automatic lock using google maps which my hero was not that accurate.
[Epic 4G General] robl45:
ROFLMAO, you really think they will get it 100%, I doubt they even know about the issue of it not working after time. And some time in sept means sept 30th or later so you can't return the phone. I love this phone LOVE LOVE this phone but if they don't fix it soon I"m out.
[Epic 4G General] hydralisk:
My Epic has successful navigated me to 3 places so far. Only once did I use it to actually so somewhere I didn't already know how to get to. It was a 25 minute drive and the only thing I noticed different from my EVO was the 98 feet circle bug plaguing the Epic.

For me, that's all I need my GPS for. I start it from my car sitting still. I can't get a lock inside my house when I want to use maps for something, but I couldn't get that with my Evo either. My apartments have an inter-dimensional beast living within the walls that feeds on dreams and cell phone reception...
[Epic 4G General] shep211:
Samsung knows of the gps issues and has said they are working on the issue. The gps not working after the first few days is a know issue on all galaxy s phones. Are they going to fix it 100%? Who knows. I returned my captivate and bought a new one just so I can see if the gps gets fixed. If it does not get fixed this month i will be returning my captivate again.
[Epic 4G General] nicknomo:
I would guess its probably that the GPS stops coming back from standby... hopefully that is just a driver issue, and not the hardware failing to respond to wakeup singals.
[Epic 4G General] APOLAUF:
I'm not holding my breath... Sammy is very content to think that the Epic's GPS is performing to spec. They have even said that it meets all their standards and requirements. We need to make some noise.
[Epic 4G General] sling:
I have no faith in Samsung making fix so I took it back to Rshack got refund today :( .
[Epic 4G General] Stresa:
Just to be clear...Samsung never stated that the Epic was going to SHIP on day one with the update.

It may well be a few weeks until the promised update starts rolling out and it's hard to say which Galaxy S carrier will be first.

Sent from Samsung Vibrant
[Epic 4G General] smashpunks:
I can't believe people return this phone over not so great gps. It sucks yea but hell what phone out is worth leaving this for ?

My gps has gotten me to plenty of places. And no offence but if your 30 meters off and you can't find your destination then maybe you buy a real one... this phones the ****..
[Epic 4G General] APOLAUF:
I'd agree with you, except that Sammy specifically stated that the Epic's GPS was performing according to their specifications. I take this as meaning that there will be NO update to Epic phones. Infact, many Captivate and Vibrant forums are supposedly pulling files off the Epic in order to "fix" the GPS issues on those phones... I just see this dragging on and on and on, but maybe I'm just used to HTC's inability to push out fixes in any reasonable time - hopefully Sammy will be different.
[Epic 4G General] Stresa:
I just re-read the quote that I've seen in news stories and I would agree that it seems to imply that the Epic was fixed and the Vibrant and Captivate were pending.

It's not clear to me where this quote originated from within Samsung and I'm wondering if there are any language translation issues creeping into this causing a misunderstanding.

Sent from Samsung Vibrant
[Epic 4G General] mesasone:
Apparently many (some) people can not survive day to day living with out being coddled by technology...
[Epic 4G General] boomerbubba:
I don't think there was a mistranslation. I have no doubt the words of that Samsung statement were carefully parsed by English-speaking marketers and lawyers at both Samsung and its carrier partners. The skill is called dissembling -- giving a false impression by half-truths without actually telling a gross lie.

Note that Samsung did not actually promise to fix the GPS issues in time for the Epic release, but it sure gave that impression, and Sprint acquiesced. For that matter, Samsung has never committed to "fix" the GPS -- which would mean admitting something is broken -- only to "optimize" it. That might be construed to mean anything, and will be so construed if no complete fix materializes. Yet the public paraphrases the statement optimistically and credits Samsung with more of a commitment than it really has made.

This is not naive corporate behavior, but rather sophisticated spin.
[Epic 4G General] Kelvala:
Its all speculation on who's fixing what. All I can say is side by side in my "man-cave" my Hero locks dead on while my Epic cannot get a location fix....

Do I care? Not really, I know where my cave is at all times. Once I step outside, dead on accuracy. I am taking it on a road trip later this week.
[Epic 4G General] hydralisk:
Heh. Exactly. My Epic has not once failed to navigate me to my destination. I even took a different route to work because Google nav told me to. The GPS on the Epic worked great.

Inside my house... it sucks. My EVO can get a lock SOMETIMES.... but it doesn't really matter. I typically don't start up google nav until I'm in my car.

Regardless, Samsung hears your cries and will do something about it. These phones are Samsung's way of saying "we're stepping up our game." I would expect better support from them with these phones. If not, nobody will ever trust them again.
[Epic 4G General] sling:
When speaking with Advanced tec support they were un-aware of GPS issue ,Samsung told them it was fixed.

Tec rep took his epic outside fired up GPS finding it could only get 1 sat lock , needless to say he was surprised.

Store was un-aware of issue as well , When picking up EVO this morning rep asked me why I returned Epic & I explained.

We took Her Epic outside did diagnostic test & sure enough she only got 10% 1 loc. She forwarded issue to district manger letting them know.

What many users don't know is that you must have 4 locks in order to get proper fix.

Info from one of my prior post in different thread touching on gps issue

Satellite navigation receivers operate by line of sight with global positioning satellites. This means that at least three satellites must be in "view" of a receiver in order to calculate longitude and latitude. A fourth satellite must also be within line of sight to calculate altitude. On average, eight satellites are continuously within line of sight of every position on Earth; the more satellites in view, the more accurate the positioning.

How to Test how many satellite locs you have is easy

Enable telanv wait for satellite loc then go into Telanav menu & select (Share & more) , (Diagnostic Tools) & (GPS Status) You will then see pop up that provides your satellite loc info.

You will find epic is only providing 10% 1 satellite loc.

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Anyway all take care in Epic world I do wish you luck getting this issue fixed. Love your epic but don't deny gps issue being present or it will never get fixed.

Samsung terrible on providing updates hopefully Sprint kicks them into gear
[Epic 4G General] nicknomo:
Have you had these problems since you got the phone?

I've seen a lot of people saying that telenav was reporting 8+ satellites, although the SNR was a little high.

I would guess that if your epic is not getting a location, it might be defective. It appears that it works for some others..

I think this is a re-occuring theme for most of the problems in this forum. If your phone is doing something wrong, and other phones do it right... Its defective.

Considering the same batch of phones can come into the same store (and some times stores throughout he area), replacement phones might have the same problems too... If you can't get a phone that works, then you might want to return it and wait for the bugs to be ironed out..

I'm going to wait a month to see if I can get a phone that has these things corrected. With the frequency of problem reports, and experiencing one bad phone already (back button), it looks like the odds of getting a phone with something wrong are relatively high..

Overall though, it looks like the phones that are working correctly are pretty awesome. I'm really looking forward to completing the upgrade once they get quality control straightened out..
[Epic 4G General] boodies:
Amen to that. Stop whining people. No phone is perfect. I'm just glad it's software rather than hardware.
[Epic 4G General] sling:
Ya first thing I checked was GPS its very importent I use it 4-6 hours a day

On first time activation or after hard boots * batt pull it will show 100% 9 locs

Every time apps used after that point it will show 1 loc and preform so.

Not the case with GPS , Its a definitely issue across the board yet being denied by some. They have no clue how GPS works and what needed for it to work properly.

They see Sprint nav open , get a loc and it works perfect so they think.
[Epic 4G General] nicknomo:
Well maybe that is why.. if you didn't have problems to start with, then it would sound like the same bug as the vibrant/captivate.

I assume people who are reporting multiple satellites just haven't run into the bug yet.

Does a hard reset fix the issue temporarily?
[Epic 4G General] sling:
Yes hard reset & battery pull will fix it sometimes but only the first time you open app.

Every time apps used after that point it will 1 loc
[Epic 4G General] boodies:
and make sure wireless location is turned on. It is turned off by default.
[Epic 4G General] sling:
To consider those concerned about this issue to be whiners hmm

You might as well Disable your GPS not worry about it.

It may very well be a hardware issue who knows...well samsung does.

If it is software Sammy is terrible updates , Vibrant and Captive GPS issue still hasnt been fixed.

At any point its not my problem anymore I hope issue gets fixed fast for all
[Epic 4G General] sling:
Preform test In Post 23 , use any gps setting you want and you will get same bad result 1 loc.

If by chance get more then 1 loc back out of Telav start it up again then preform test again and it will give you 1 loc I promise you that.

After that point You will continue to get 1 loc every time you use gps feature.

The temp fix is to hard reset or battery pull but keep in mind , GPS will only work as should on first telave open , after that point your sol
[Epic 4G General] boomerbubba:
Reports of failure to get satellite lock after a period of inactivity sound like they are a new issue introduced on the Epic, probably related to the cache of GPS data used by its Hot Start initialization. (I think I did experience the issue once this weekend myself, and like other commenters above I cured the problem with a reboot.)

If it happens again, I think I will try a new workaround instead: The latest version of the GPS Status utility, updated yesterday from Market, includes new functionality in its Settings menu. With a couple of clicks, the user can clear the GPS cache and download fresh GPS ephemeris data over the Internet. I tested this functionality, not intended only for the Epic. It worked and was very fast. (But this test did not occur during a problem incident such as I handled earlier with a reboot.)

I habitually run GPS Status anyway to start the GPS, to ensure that I have a good satellite lock before running any mapping, navigation or similar location-based apps.
[Epic 4G General] APOLAUF:
This may work (will have to try again), but it shouldn't be necessary - Samsung should be able to get their sh*t together. On a different note, I just moved from Tennessee to Ohio yesterday, and noticed that the lock problem is far less prevalent. Worked right off the bat in the morning, never abandoned me during the day, until tonight. I wonder if it's polling a different assistance server (or perhaps the location cache was not populated yet?). An odd discovery nonetheless. However, I seem to be back on track to having problems with it again, so we'll see how this develops long-term.
[Epic 4G General] ravizzle:
I used the gps status utility after maps was showing my location like a mike away from I actually was, I reset and downloaded the data and it worked
[Epic 4G General] jfenton57:
Something Screwy Going On Here

OK...used SPRINT branded Telenav all afternoon yesterday in the car and it worked great.

Charged the pho0ne last night with no reboot.

Started up Telenav on the front steps just now.

A) Immediate lock (seconds)

B) GPS info shows 6 sats.

C) Hit refresh and it shows 2 sat (26 meter accuracy on both accounts). If i RESTAERT telenav, it shows anywhere between 5 and 6 sats.

GPS Test shows 10 in view instantly with 9 being used.

Absolutely convinced that this is a software code issue.
[Epic 4G General] aero1:
This is an Epic thread and Samsung has spun just before release that they fixed it. There isn't evidence they are going to actually fix the new problems thy created. There is also evidence that the reviewers had a different older software version from comments on touch wix an included software.

trolling. this is a smartphone, not dumbphone forum. If 3g was not working well compared to the competition, would you go onto a thread on that and whine about people trying to identify and diagnose the problem?

You are the one whining. What is with the trolling? this is not a general review thread but one on the problems with GPS.

And I think you are leaping to concussions. There is a hardware problem. You can see it in the low signal to noise tests. The new problems with Epic GPS with caching may have to do with attempted fixes to try and compensate for an inherent Galaxy attenuation problem
[Epic 4G General] boomerbubba:
I come to this as a skeptic, having been quite active in testing and criticizing the GPS performance on other Galaxy S platforms. I used to own Vibrants.

Having tested my Epic quite a bit, I am pretty well persuaded that the underlying GPS problems experienced on other Galaxies are fixed, although there are some new problems introduced in the new Epic GPS firmware.

As far as accuracy goes, I have tested the Epic simultaneously against my venerable G1, and I find the results to be quite satisfactory, both walking and driving. Here is a walking test, for example.

The Epic has a new utility called GpsSetup, which apparently supplants the old LbsTest menu used on earlier platforms. Don't know about drivers specifically, but the tracking results bode well.

There are two new bugs that I think are new to the Epic:

1) GPS Test shows a constant 30.0 meter accuracy no matter what, as if this value is hard-coded in the firmware.

2) After a prolonged period of not being used, the GPS sometimes needs to be reinitialized. Rebooting does the trick. I would bet that the latest version of GPS Status, which now includes some active functionality to empty and reload the satellite ephemeris data, also might do the trick.

The SNR levels to me seem moderately lower than other devices, but without a detailed logging utility I can't be sure how much. Some others perceive the difference to be larger that I do.

For a discussion about testing of the Epic, see this thread on another forum.
[Epic 4G General] aero1:
Thank you.

I think your findings on this problem maybe accurate. I now have three Epics in hand. They are getting varied results in whether or not they get a fix at all in the same position (outdoors on agps, or long enough wait for autonomous). One will get a fix another not, and if I reset it and check twelve hours later often one of the others will not get a fix. I think this points to stale ephemeris held un-flushed and un-updated in cache.

Do you know a mechanism to further and more definitively check/confirm this? I can check on WM but don't know my way around android quite enough. I have spoken this week past general top teir to the epic team themselves at Sprint, and they are aware of problems, but this might help them be specific and get samsung on track to soonest possibile fix

Pending a fix is there a way to create a string to lunch either gpsstatus or a more specific bit of code to flush cache and pul from assistance serves if accessible or pull from sats if necessary? We had created a cabbed bit of code in WM for the Treo Pro when some programs would not launch GPS directly (eg tomtom on treo pro) that factually triggered GPS, essentially creating an all in one shortcut to run

Also I am getting some intermittent failures on tower triangulation also. In my urban environment my other handsets have no trouble getting fltl indoors. I was thinking perhaps my airave might be related, but turning it off I see intermittent problems even with tower triangulation (also fixed with reset). I suppose it could be other airaves around or somethign else, but are you are is anyone seeing internment tower triangulation failures (total failure to even get 3000m whihc isn't even triangulation but just single strength from a signal tower.)?

Lastly with respect to Signal to noise, I am getting sharp and consistent lower SNR against all other devices (smarphones and dedicated GPS) on all the Epics in hand. Today my snrs are about 10 db less, yesterday it was even wrse
[Epic 4G General] sling:
Well Ive come to conclusion Sprints blind to issue.

I visited the Sprint service center store to return Epic case & desk top charger this mourning.

Rep asked me why I was returning so I let him know of device gps issue.

Of course he was in full denial sporting his shinny epic blind to facts.

He then shouted back to tecs they weren't aware of issue so rep asked me to prove it.

We took a walk outside I showed him what was going on & he was blown away.

Tecs then joined in on the fun outside with 2 more units sure enough those displayed faulty GPS 1 loc as well

All were puzzled so they brought out a 8330 , 9630 & Evo to check them.

8330 got 8 loc ,9630 got 7 & EVO got 9.

I really don't think Epic fix will come anytime soon...heck of their service centers aren't aware of issue.