yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Android Development] PatrickGilmore:
Thank you! Flashed fine. Immediately had 12 satellites in view and with 2-3 seconds locked on to 10. About 20 seconds later had 11! What an improvement!
[Vibrant Android Development] MV10:
Sweet. Fixed mine. Took awhile... but after about 5 minutes outside it suddenly jumped from 2 to 11 in view, then about a minute later it said it was using 7. Accuracy was initially 200 feet, but over about two minutes it dropped down to about 30 feet.

Seems like a slower reaction than most people are posting (and this is in my back yard, basically a 2 acre open field, with a clear blue sky), but it does work.

None of the other claimed fixes have made any difference. (Of course, ironically, today they're starting the OTA 2.1 fix. Figures.)
[Vibrant Android Development] ZX3ZX4:
Vibrant OTA J16 install

I just installed the Samsung Vibrant OTA J16 update, and it works! I tried the XDA interim fix a couple of months ago, but unfortunately it didn't help. Previously my (non-rooted) phone would find 10-13 satellites within a minute, but would sometimes only lock on 1-2 after several minutes, and often none (I check with the GPS Test and GPS Status apps). All the GPS-dependent apps and navigation features were totally unreliable or unavailable. After the install -- which took about 5 minutes -- the phone was locking on 8-9 satellites within 30 seconds, even indoors. I briefly tested things like Navigation, Google Earth, and Maps, and they all seemed to work. This was with GPS on and wireless networks off. I will check more tomorrow, but so far so good.

One last thing. I was curious about what the GPS settings were now with this revision, so I dialed in: *#*#1472365#*#*; interestingly, this did not do anything even trying it several times. Does anyone know what code to use to access those functions?
[Vibrant Android Development] hakkers420:
just got a replacement phone yesterday . i think it might have already been installed, anyway to find out?

I tried gpstest and get a lock with 8 sats found 6 sats used with 30 foot accuracy in under 30 seconds indoors, and it slowly increases over time. With my old one it took way over a minute before to get that indoors.
[Vibrant Android Development] IuNlockeM:
it really works. bump from 6 to 11 locks good work!
[Vibrant Android Development] copter105:
I installed this fix a while ago. Now I have the OTA update icon on my phone from T-mobile and was wondering if I can just go ahead and update without the fear of a brick. Has anyone installed the T-Mobile update on top of frankencat's fix? Will it work?

BTW My Vibrant is rooted with OCLF.
[Vibrant Android Development] mikito1498:
Will this work for a Rom running froyo
[Vibrant Android Development] m2m2nto:
gps

this is awsome, dude! :)
[Vibrant Android Development] Bendezium:
I flashed over JI6. No luck here. Thanks for the effort though! Very disappointed with this phone. I wish I could return it.
[Vibrant Android Development] gl3nng:
this thing rocks my AOSPish FROYO...gps now works...

nice find man....o and also compass works....amazing fast
[Vibrant Android Development] gl3nng:
got sooooo excited that i tested it with my wifi on.....

without wifi, my location is like away from my real location for 1 mile......but it works....

really nice find
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
It DOESN'T work for Froyo.

Turn off "Use Wireless Networks" & "Wifi" then try.

I bet you wont get anything, also show your GPS Test

It will zero out
[Vibrant Android Development] gl3nng:
you are right master my bad. its my problem got easily excited that i dont think anymore
[Vibrant Android Development] talalvip:
Thanks for the zip fille
[Vibrant Android Development] bazrippa:
Installed this on froyo last night and cant connect to one satellite now.

I dont suppose anyone knows of a link to my old version?
[Vibrant Android Development] dddtc2005:
you should have made nand backup before flash everything... Maybe you have to reflash your rom now
[Vibrant Android Development] frankencat:
ATTENTION: THIS IS NOT FOR 2.2 FROYO ROMS!!! IF YOU FLASH THIS ON 2.2 IT WILL BREAK YOUR GPS AND QUITE POSSIBLY BRICK YOUR DEVICE!!!!

It says JI2 right in the title so I am not sure why you would think it works with 2.2. I have added this disclaimer to the OP just in case.
[Vibrant Android Development] patriot1973:
The explanation is quite simple, really. All of these people rushing to apply the holy grail of fixes, and they end up hosed because they were too excited to slow down and pay attention.

Like my Uncle Jethro Love would equate it to is this: The young buck earns a hundred dollars. He's still a virgin. His buddies take him downtown in the hopes of scoring a lady for the night. He gets so excited at the first one he sees, he rushes her to a motel, hands over all his money, then is surprised to discover that the she is really a he and now has an 8" woody headed his way.

Slow down guys, or you'll be left holding the tree trunk!
[Vibrant Android Development] hassan987:
Samsung!

What should we do on froyo ?

My GPS wanna make me look like superman.

gained 500m elevation in a 3 min walk today
[Vibrant Android Development] mattb6288:
i accidently installed this on a 2.2 rom. is my gps pretty much fkd up now. is there any way get it back to normal?

EDIT: Nevermind... my GPS is better than ever after installing countless different roms and finally going back to the one i was first using. its weird, but my GPS is better than ever. using 8 to 9 satalites out of 12 in under 10 seconds. |: ) unibrow smiley face ...ps i don't have a unibrow!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] Highlife22:
My input:

I read this thread in desperation and decided to flash anyway. It worked very nice. I went from 0 satellites to now 5 on a very cold cloudy day.

I'm on Macnut R12 Froyo and finally have GPS lock. Thanks.
[Vibrant Android Development] xriderx66:
this works on FROYO dude.

I tried it on AXURA got 11 satellites locked.

I tried it just 4 minutes ago on Nero Beta 3 and... IT broke my GPS lol.

How can i uninstall this without reflashing over again/
[Vibrant Android Development] Rayman19876:
To get back on this one..

In order to fix the gps problem. My galaxy has a pretty fast fix, but its unstable an inaccurate.

Does this gps fix work on the european galaxy s to? If not, is there another solution for the european galaxy s. Whithout i have to look into the hardware. Cause i am a little bit frightend i wreck the phone if i do that.

Thanks for the anwers,

Raymond
[Vibrant Android Development] zerogzone:
I forgot to read "ATTENTION: THIS IS NOT FOR 2.2 FROYO ROMS!!! IF YOU FLASH THIS ON "

Hi,

I was over excited and forgot to read "ATTENTION: THIS IS NOT FOR 2.2 FROYO ROMS!!! IF YOU FLASH THIS ON 2.2 IT WILL BREAK YOUR GPS AND QUITE POSSIBLY BRICK YOUR DEVICE!!!!". I flashed it, thankfully it didn't brick my phone but it did break my GPS. Its not showing the GPS symbol on the notification bar at all. I am using a Samsung Vibrant, jail broken, rooted and updated to Froyo.

Is there anything I can do to get back to the old state?

Thanks in advance.
[Vibrant Android Development] nacron:
Jail broken?! Hopefully you made a nand backup. If not, you may have to factory reset or flash again

Sent from my Galaxy Tab
[Vibrant Android Development] zerogzone:
Need Help!! I screwed my GPS with this update.

Hi Guys, am still stuck with no GPS. am not being able to get back my GPS at all. Is there anyway I can get it to the previous state?

I tried resetting it to the factory settings. It didn't work. Can someone tell me how to revert back to the stock ROM? Hope atleast that would fix my GPS. Am still stuck with Android 2.2 and not being able to revert back to 2.1.

Or can anyone help me with some update which will revert the changes..

Please .. someone ..

Thanks a lot in advance..
[Vibrant Android Development] zerogzone:
Hi Guys, am still stuck with no GPS. am not being able to get back my GPS at all. Is there anyway I can get it to the previous state?

I tried resetting it to the factory settings. It didn't work. Can someone tell me how to revert back to the stock ROM? Hope atleast that would fix my GPS. Am still stuck with Android 2.2 and not being able to revert back to 2.1.

Or can anyone help me with some update which will revert the changes..

Please .. someone ..

Thanks a lot in advance..
[Vibrant Android Development] AgentFour20:
Check out GPSRestore in the market its a samsung app .
[Vibrant Android Development] frankencat:
Hopefully you got back to where your GPS is working. If not then you can always flash one of the many great Vibrant ROMs out there. I highly recommend Team Whiskey's stuff. Happy flashing! :)
[Vibrant Android Development] dex1701:
I just flashed this. It did nothing for my compass, but it did wonders for the GPS. I rarely was locking more than 2 satellites before outdoors, and nothing indoors. Even outdoors it was fairly slow or wouldn't lock unless I restarted the phone. After flashing this I walked over by a window on the 17th floor of a concrete high-rise and locked 6 satellites in about 10 seconds. Wow.

Of course, the real test will be on the road tomorrow and over the next week or so. Looking good so far, though. :)
[Vibrant Android Development] timafey:
I have to say this works 100% I just tried this in my room sitting in the same spot before the fix I was getting view of 11 sat and lock on 2. After flashing, view of 11 sat and locked on 8 in like a few seconds and this is inside the house. This is on Eugenes Vibrant 9. Thanks again!
[Vibrant Android Development] zephiK:
Download the file and put it on (/sdcard/) directory

Installing this requires root access.

Have root access? Get ROM Manager from the market and flash Clockwork Recovery... boot into Clockwork Recovery... flash from zip... choose zip from sdcard.. select the gps fix .zip... restart

its not hard.. pretty much, Clockwork Recovery 101

@kolyan: do a nandroid backup... flash..... see results?

if they dont satisify you... boot into recovery, nandroid restore

easy as that. doesn't posts of "its working well" on this thread answer your question? :| results vary between user but it has a really HIGH % for success
[Vibrant Android Development] backslide311:
6 locks while inside my 14 floor office building. :)
[Vibrant Android Development] scrizz:
y are people testing this inside?

u guys need to go outside to test.

It's not like u use the GPS inside....
[Vibrant Android Development] dex1701:
It's already working better inside than it used to work outside...lulz. :p Let us lift frankencat upon our shoulders and parade him through the streets!
[Vibrant Android Development] haiishq:
wow, it finally worked but it took long time for it to work first time i would say 10 min or so

now it works faster, but max 6/10 sat and normally 4/10 sat and still happier
[Vibrant Android Development] kizer:
Outside it went from locking with 2 Sats to locking with 8.

Went from Accuracy of 15 meters down to 7 meters.

Compass is still pure crap.

Thanks for the Zip file it works pretty good. :D
[Vibrant Android Development] backslide311:
errrrr, maybe the people "working" can't just run outside, like in my case. I've never seen a lock inside untill this .zip
[Vibrant Android Development] PaiPiePia:
Thank you very much! Will give it a try after reading a bit more about clockwork recovery. :)
[Vibrant Android Development] CamachoInc:
I flashed it and GPS working a lot better. Don't know how many satellites I got cuz I don't know how to check it.

Thanks for the GPS fix!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] DirtyDre:
thank you

i tried it and it works thank you
[Vibrant Android Development] barch27:
Yes!!! GPS finally works! I was getting NO fix previously, and now it's perfect. Awesome work.
[Vibrant Android Development] rakeshchn:
Just put this file in and took a short walk outside..10/10 Sats fixed and 20 ft accuracy. Great! Never got more than 4 Sats fixed earlier.
[Vibrant Android Development] PaiPiePia:
I can report it working as well, now locking onto 7-8 sats out of 11 in view. For those we still having problems getting lock in door, I would suggest moving out door for the very first lock. I stayed in door for 10 minutes and the phone refuse to lock, but just 30 seconds outside and the gps is working. After the initial lock the phone seems to be able to lock on in door as well.
[Vibrant Android Development] memorito:
What app is that in post #24?

I love readouts...
[Vibrant Android Development] soccerdad:
+1 Got 10 sats after fix, before fix only 4. Locks on sats in less than 1 min.
[Vibrant Android Development] ytj87:
Excellent. Locking 9 vs. the 3 of normal.
[Vibrant Android Development] memorito:
What app is this?

Is it GPS TEST PLUS?

http://www.androidpit.com/en/android/market/apps/app/com.chartcross.gpstestplus/GPS-Test-Plus

UPDATE: Found GPS TEST (Plus is paid version) 9/10 sats. Nice!

It has some random whackiness. It was dead on for a bit, then started to randomly roam about my neighborhood. I think it wants me to take it out for walkies. pfffft. It's late. Tomorrow... okie.

Thank you for the file!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] KerryG:
Ok, I am officially impressed. I have never had a sat lock indoors with the Vibrant (could with MyTouch 3G Slide) and after this update I lock onto 6 sats indoors. Cant wait to try it outdoors next time I am on the road.
[Vibrant Android Development] Goog1e Phone:
Is anybody trying this with hybrid r3 rom? I just flashed this, but not locking on to any sats.

I know eugene installed a previous gps fix, so does that have to be disabled first?

Sent from my SGH-T959
[Vibrant Android Development] designerfx:
If flashing this should we make sure to go back to stock gps settings first?
[Vibrant Android Development] redwolf313k:
Flawless!!!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] JeremyNT:
I'm using it with that rom and I do get a fix. Cold fix took a while indoors, but it reported good accuracy and 6 sats. If nothing else the lock display bug is definitely fixed.
[Vibrant Android Development] dzasta:
Working for me. Went from 0/10 locks to 9/10 with ~27ft accuracy.

good stuff...
[Vibrant Android Development] thedarkpassenger:
Works for sure. I never had a sat lock before. Always 12 visible, none locked. Now I have 5-7 consistently locked... indoors!

I turned off Use wireless. Networks for good measure and it works flawlessly.
[Vibrant Android Development] gordon.mott:
Amazing... Got a near-instant lock on 7 satellites. Thanks to all involved!
[Vibrant Android Development] zoid_99:
Tested it on the way to work with MyTracks. It followed me better but it still overshoots and gets "wacked out" when you stop. It was not always tracking on the road and had me driving through a few buildings. At least it's not tracking me in the same part of the country.
[Vibrant Android Development] exadeci:
Or just rename it to update.zip and Turn off > Press vol up + home + power and select apply update.zip...
[Vibrant Android Development] lincoln131:
This is what I am experiencing. It certainly gets my location much faster, and it says it locks onto way more birds than it used to, but my accuracy has never been less than 30ft, and it drifts when stopped at stoplights. As soon as I get a chance, I'll post my track.
[Vibrant Android Development] Xidroid:
My GPS has never responded so quickly. It picked up a bunch of satellites and got a lock within a minute. It holds the lock as well. The compass appears to work.

It will take some real world use to tell how successful this is but so far it appears to be working great.
[Vibrant Android Development] kolyan:
Don't wanna risk with this.....i tested my stock Vibrant Navigation and it was more accurate then Nexus. I've done side by side comparison. So i dont really know whats the deal with people getting ZERO lock
[Vibrant Android Development] lwick74:
Just wanted to report my findings so far. I applied the update and my gps satellite fix went up from 2/9 to 6/9 sats. I had previously applied the band aid fix of changing the LBS testmode settings:

1. Navigate to Settings > Location & Security and uncheck the box next to “Use Wireless Networks.”

2. Go to the phone’s dialer and enter the number *#*#1472365#*#* then press send to access the phones LBSTestMode menu.

3. In the LBSTestMode menu, press “Application Settings” and change “Operation Mode” to “MS Based.”

4. Navigate to the “SUP/LCP Settings” and the SERVER & PORT to supl.google.com (make sure NOT to place “www.” in front) and port 7276.

5. Make sure the settings are saved and reboot your phone.

6. Navigate back to Settings > Location & Security and check the box next to “Use Wireless Networks.”

I went back and made all the settings stock (used the delete all gps option, the replaced the server and the operation mode) and now I'm getting 10/9 sats locked on the GPS test app on the market. It might be nothing, but it seemed to work better for me. I'm running the stock rom rooted. I'm going to try to change the server back to the google server and see if it gets even better. Just wanted to also say thanks to frankencat for making the update!

lwick74
[Vibrant Android Development] masr1979:
AH, if only more of us could follow your example :D

Anywho's I'll be flashing this in a bit, though my gps wasn't really horrible to begin with. Will post later with impressions.
[Vibrant Android Development] exadeci:
This "fix" is just an improvement for lock using only wifi triangulation you don't really need it if GPS works :D
[Vibrant Android Development] floepie:
Could someone post the stock settings then to revert from that "wifi fix"? Thanks.

EDIT:

Original settings:

Operation Mode: Standalone

Server: www.spirent-lcs.com

Port: 7275
[Vibrant Android Development] ttabbal:
GPS is still screwy, but better. And at least it reports things like which satellites it's using and the local time correctly. aGPS still works when it wants to, but when it does it's much improved. Compass seems a little better, but that could be placebo.
[Vibrant Android Development] srqt:
Got to my office this morning and had a lock on 7/12 sats in about 10 seconds. I have never managed a lock from this area before. I am super excited about this fix.
[Vibrant Android Development] ttabbal:
Not really, that's what Skyhook does, but the use wireless networks uses cell towers. The old "fix" just enables aGPS which uses your rough position from the cell towers to download the available satellite list from the internet connection. It's sort of like priming the receiver with which signals to look for and the data it normally needs to download from the satellites. Your internet connection can download this data significantly faster than the GPS network can send it to you.

If aGPS is working, within a couple seconds you should see the list of satellites pop up in GPS Test. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. On the G1, it always works if you have a data connection available. That's why you get 5 second locks every time on a G1 if you have data.

And no, you don't need it, but it can make getting a position from a cold start a 5 second affair rather than a multi-minute one.

And the phone has been sitting on my desk, tracking 11 satellites with 20-25 SNR without a fix for the last 5 minutes or so. Yes, the signals are a bit weak, but come on Samsung, with 11 of them you can calculate a reasonable solution. My SiRFIII based standalone GPS receiver can do it in less time sitting in the same place with similar SNR stats. It's like the GPS receiver is refusing to calculate a position without a stronger signal, that's retarded.

Yep, took the phone outside and once I got a signal at about 30 it locked right on, using signals as low as 10! grrrr...
[Vibrant Android Development] dnob:
can I flash this on top of previous gps fixes.
[Vibrant Android Development] ttabbal:
Yes. It replaces the config files and drivers, so it should work on top of anything you have already done. My config in lbsTestMode for aGPS and such was left unchanged.
[Vibrant Android Development] floepie:
Are you suggesting to leave the "fix" in lbsTestMode (Google server) in place?
[Vibrant Android Development] ttabbal:
It works for me. Reverting to the stock config will result in aGPS not being available. That's fine, and it's a good way to test between versions as aGPS is not reliable on the Vibrant, but when it does work aGPS will result in much faster position locks.
[Vibrant Android Development] frankencat:
Here's my settings...

Application Settings -

Session Type: Tracking

Test Mode: S/W Test

Operation Mode: MS Based

Start Mode: Hot Start

GPS Plus: On

Dynamic Accuracy: On

Accuracy: 150

Use Skyhook: Off

Use PC Tool: Off

SUPL/CP Settings -

Server FQDN Type: Auto Config

SUPL Secure Socket: On

AGPS Mode: SUPL

No ryhme or reason. It's just what I had ended up with after trying the various "fixes" out there. I think the important ones are the SUPL/AGPS settings and I had the best results setting it to Auto (before applying the JI2 files). I don't think these are necessarily optimal settings but they work for me.

Can somebody who has flashed the leaked firmware post the out of box GPS settings for that version? That may be a better starting point. Thanks -F
[Vibrant Android Development] techspy:
Well I flashed this (correctly I guess, never used clockwork before and didn't get any error) and see no difference. It always locks on only one sat which is one of the lowest on the horizon and the time is still hours fast. Maybe it didn't flash correctly. How can I check to see if it has been applied?
[Vibrant Android Development] Xidroid:
I flashed this on top of a GPS fix and everything seems to work fine. I was previously using this fix: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=748821 and I had no problem flashing over it with this new one.

Adding to my above observations, after the initial 1 minute fix (I deleted GPS data first) I now get a fix within several seconds, even indoors. Never happened before.
[Vibrant Android Development] techspy:
Ok, I flashed it again and it seems to have "stuck" this time. I now get 5-6 sat locks in about 30 seconds. Originally the accuracy was bad, like 150 feet or so but after another minute or 2 it gets down to about 30 feet. Most interestingly, the time is now correct and the sats it is locking onto are not the ones low on the horizon. even more interestingly, the accuracy I had before, with just 1 sat was 25-35 feet but it took quire awehile to get a lock. I imagine this was assisted by the cell towers etc as I have use wireless networks on as well. From what I understand and have heard, it is impossible to get a location lock with just one sat locked. Anyway, that is my experience.

I really would like to know what what changed in this update. The big flag for me is that the local time was off before, and now is correct.
[Vibrant Android Development] M5devil:
Guys, please post your GPS settings whoever got it working.

Thanks.
[Vibrant Android Development] raduque:
I'm running the leaked JI2 FW, but I can't access the LBS setting menu - I punch in the code and it just disappears and nothing happens.
[Vibrant Android Development] scpieps:
I flashed this and GPS is now working perfectly. It went from taking about 5 minutes to find 1 or 2 out of 12 satellites -- when it could find any -- to taking 30 seconds to find 9 or 10 out of 11 satellites. Accuracy is now about 20 feet. For me, this is a complete fix.

Here are my settings, now that it has been flashed (YMMV):

Application Settings:

Session Type - Tracking

Test Mode - S/W Test

Operation Mode - Standalone

Start Mode - Hot Start

GPS Plus - On

Dynamic Accuracy - On

Accuracy - 50

Use Skyhook - On

Use PC Tool - Off

SUPL/CP settings:

Server FQDN Type - Auto Config

Server - h-slp.mnc260.mcc310.pub.3gppnetwork.org

Server Port - 7275

SUPL Secure Socket - On

AGPS Mode - SUPL
[Vibrant Android Development] techspy:
My settings as well
[Vibrant Android Development] mrxela:
Thank you for this update package! A definite improvement over retail release.