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[Captivate General] matthewpapa:
For me I can now lock indoors, which I could never do before. This is in the Gmaps app

Also I can actually get a lock in an urban setting (apts and buildings everywhere) and not have to stand out in a field somewhere for five minutes

There has to be some kind of tweak in the latest update, there just has to
[Captivate General] climber1872000:
I use gps test to see how many locks I'll get. But, I can fire up google maps or google navigation without warming up with gps test and still be up and running within 20 seconds.
[Captivate General] phr00t:
Gathering anecdotal reports on whether the GPS is fixed is worthless.

Some people get a lock indoors and think it is fixed, while others do serious Google Navigation and My Tracks testing and find it is not fixed.

I do not think the GPS is fixed to be as accurate as other phones. Yes, it has improved since stock, but stock was garbage -- now it is just poor.
[Captivate General] fooldog01:
What he said.
[Captivate General] whitenerj:
You people keep saying it works on your captivates. We know your either full of it or have a special edition phone that no one else got. No bodies captivate works 100% on GPS. If you think yours works then PROVE it!!! Take a long drive and track it on a map and post it here. I've yet to see such. QUIT SAYING IT WORKS WHEN IT DON'T.
[Captivate General] bigdaddy4u:
Thank You! Locking on Satellites DOES NOT mean the GPS works - Hell you can just use location to find out where you are - GPS is for MOVEMENT and how WELL it keeps up with MOVEMENT. If People keep saying that it works it's improved after the update - Samsung nor At&t will do anything to fix it (don't believe me just call them and they will get angry telling you how the update fix ALL that was wrong with the phone). PLEASE stop posting it's FIXED or IT WORKS because it can see and lock on satellites. Drive/Walk with this phone and then ANY other phone - Trust it will make you want to SLAP someone at Samsung & At&t.
[Captivate General] netnerd:
i admit after the JH7 update, gps locks in alot quicker! but it still samsung garbage! gps navigation show Turn right on Pine Ave, i turned Pine ave 2 block ago, gps navigation still showing Turn right on Pine ave. or i waiting at red light waiting to make a turn on Pine ave, gps navagion already tell me the next turn Turn right on Rose Ave. so do i turn right on Pine or keep driving straight and turn right on Rose?
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
Are you sure this is a GPS problem and not crap code for navigation app?
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
How do explain the same crap navigation code works just fine for other android phones like all the HTC phones? Yes, some ppl did side by side comparison with HTC Aria and there is no doubt that it is the GPS in Captivate that is the problem.
[Captivate General] chrisryn:
No its not fixed. I did get one time were I had solid lock with 5 meter accuracy for about a three hour road trip with speeds up to 75mph. The day after I did the jupiter.xml v001 fix. Since then I'm lucky to even see a sat. I haven't changed anything. So we are still waiting on a dev or samsung to figure something out.
[Captivate General] MarcianoS:
What I don't understand is why GPS performance seems to degrade over time... It surely happened to me (post JH7 update) and I keep reading posts inviting people who say they have no issues to wait a few days. Is there a theory about why this should happen? We might as well speculate while we wait for samsung to hopefully fix the issue for good :-)
[Captivate General] climber1872000:
I bought this captivate 2 weeks ago and never really had any issues with the gps. It locked quickly and tracking was always great and got even better after the update, even though it has been said that the update did not include a gps fix. I have another rooted captivate that I bought about a month ago that had gps issues from day one until the update. Since the update I have had perfect gps on both units and that not only includes quick locks but perfect tracking as well with navigator.
[Captivate General] The Bishop:
I hate saying it because I didn't think it would, but the JH7 has worked really well. I have had it installed since it came out from DGs thread, and have been waiting for it to degrade after a bit but it has not. Just today I used it with MyTracks to drive from home to the office (15 miles) and it was very accurate (and much more accurate even when I was using the leaked JH7, although it did put me into oncoming traffic once). If I hadn't started it up from my driveway I'd post it, but yeah --- not so much.

I'm going to try the Nav app tomorrow and see if that makes a difference (if it puts me on a feeder road, or on the wrong side or something).
[Captivate General] jboz:
There is a lot of talk about whether the GPS is improved or not, but not many specifics.

The problem is not whether the phone can find and lock onto satellites. Before the update and after, when I use GPSTest the phone finds and "locks" onto satellites. That is not the problem. The problem seems to be that Google Maps/Navigation is having some type of problem interfacing with the GPS data. It is only when trying to use the Nav mapping that the phone loses lock all the time and is constantly hunting for the satellites.

I see no significant difference before or after the update. The phone will not lock and track when using the Nav mapping.

I have been playing around with all the suggested fixes by editing the LbsTestMode settings.

When I made the following changes:

server to supl.google.com

changed port to 7276

turned SUPL Secure Socket off

set the operation mode to MS based

I finally saw significant improvements. First let me say that if I just start up Navigation on its own it will take forever to find and lock. However, if I first start GPSTest and get a good lock in about 30 seconds, then I start Navigation or My Tracks, the gps will lock and track the satellites with good accuracy. I drove today for the first time about 18 miles back and forth from the office and Navigation worked well and recalculated well. My Tracks verified a stable lock the whole time.

I am hoping Samsung will send out a real fix soon, but for now can someone else with crappy existing performance make the above changes in LbsTestMode and verify if these settings improve performance or am I just hallucinating with the major improvements I am seeing.
[Captivate General] tysj:
Here's my track from earlier testing Cognition 2.1.4 (although it has worked before, never did a track).

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=216661452770440885255.00049159d7cc0cb1b2eab

Might look weird with just the map, but the satellite view shows that I'm on the road most of the time. Veered off onto the sidewalk a few times but it's nothing that throws the GPS off at all. It even got my u-turn and parking spot dead on (on top of the red car pretty much in the satelitte view).

I am using the settings posted right above me exactly.
[Captivate General] Dell2:
^

This, almost exactly, THIS. This post needs to be stickied or something because it describes the update perfectly. Everyone with GPS problems needs to read this. With the exception of my captivate being in STANDALONE mode, these are my settings and my experience.

There really is nothing more Samsung can do with my GPS. It locks quickly and it stays locked since the update.

It is obvious that the update wasn't meant to help rooted, lag fixed, ROM changed or whatever else Captivates; hell you couldn't even get it. If your phone is modified, get it back to stock, update it and use the above GPS settings, THEN modify it all you want.
[Captivate General] jboz:
Im glad to see a few others are having some success with these settings, but I want to clarify though ... when you say that your gps locks now and works with these settings, do you have to "kick start" the gps with a program like GPSTest prior to starting Navigation or can you just go straight to Nav and it works perfectly?

And just to clarify, I dont attribute the improved gps performance in my case to the update, but to my manually changing the LbsTestMode settings to the above settings after realizing that there was no significant improvement after the update.

FYI also my phone is rooted and the update downloaded and installed without any problems
[Captivate General] climber1872000:
I will get the same results whether I warm up with gps test out a do a cold start, simply just toggling on my gps and cold starting google maps or google navigation, it simply doesn't matter I get the same great results.
[Captivate General] Tangelo:
I updated today, and it went fine. Works fine outside in in clear view of the sky, but inside it still does not lock. I put my Captivate next to my wife's Aria, and her Aria had 8 in view 7 in use, when my Captivate would have 5 in view & zero in use.

If someone that just received there refurbished Captivate and locks it on inside, please post your GPS settings.
[Captivate General] The Bishop:
Ha Ha!

So after yesterdays really good results with MyTracks I decided to try out real world use by firing up Google Nav from home to work. Long story short:

DISASTER

It was consistently around 30 seconds behind +/- and putting me on wrong roads all over the place. Definitely done with this phone until a 2.2 or a real GPS fix, going back to iPhail for now :(

GPS is not fixed. It's a bandaid for people to open up maps and get a quick location and see that it's "somewhat" working, but nothing
[Captivate General] richb500:
My refurbished phone installed the update with no problem. However my gps is worse than my old phone. I'm not sure if it's the hardware in the new phone or the update.... but I was better off before. My phone is 100% stock and unrooted and full of Att evil hidden fee charging bloatware.
[Captivate General] zeronothing:
Before the update my GPS hardly ever worked. When I say it hardly ever worked, I would try and use Google Navigation and it would just sit on "Searching for GPS." I bought the phone when it first came out and was able to use google Navigation once.

After the OTA JH7 update, I can now use Google Navigation. Every time I have used Google Navigation after the update it has worked (which has been about 15 times).

to me the update has fixed the GPS for me
[Captivate General] The Bishop:
The only difference that I can see between your phone and mine would be if you had yours stock and never had done anything to it, whereas I had rooted and applied leaked JH7, lagfixes, etc to it. That would seem to me to be the only reason that our phones would provide such varied results using the same software on the same build with the same hardware inside. I don't get it.

Samsung really gave a steamer on this one it seems. :/
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
It sucks, move on.
[Captivate General] zeronothing:
At first I had mine rooted, had all of the bloatware removed etc, etc. I had mine all modified and when the update JH7 came out I couldn't update. Everytime I tried to update it would fail.

At first I thought If i would do a factory reset I would be able to install the update, wrong! even after the factory reset I still couldn't apply the update. I really wanted the update because I heard it was to fix the GPS problem.

Then I looked around and found away (on the xda forums) to take my phone back to factory stock ROM. After I reloaded the stock ROM and had everything back to factory settings, I then found a stock rom of the JH7. I then applied the stock ROM JH7, re-rooted, re-removed bloatware, and ta-da my GPS works much better.
[Captivate General] saint168:
While I agree the GPS on my phone is far from perfect, but it has definitely improved since the update. It used to take anywhere from 1 - 10 minutes to get a lock and now it never takes more than 30 seconds. As far as using the navigation feature, most of the time it's accurate. About 10% of the time it would find me on the next street compare to half the time before the update. I say that's an improvement!
[Captivate General] legend221:
GPS

Still broken? No Samsung for me til Ive confirmed its 100% fixed.

Thanks for your comments everyone.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
It's 10% fixed. :)
[Captivate General] SpartanGA:
My Captivate will never lock prior to the update.

Now? Still. NOTHING.

I downloaded the GPS Test app and it shows 1 satellite eventually. Thats it. (yes, outside).

pisses me off.

Has anyone done any firmware updates using the Kies program?

This is my current firmware per the Kies program:

I897UCJH7/I897ATTJF6

I897UCJH7/I897UCJH7

No idea why it lists too unless it is an ATT service reference.
[Captivate General] jboz:
Spartan,

It would seem that there is something "extra screwed up" with your phone. It appears that with most phones, mine included, the problem is not finding and locking onto satellites. By using GPSTest or the LbsTestMode Get Position Test, the phone finds and locks onto satellites reasonably quick [although the strength numbers fluctuate wildly]. The problem seems to be that no software that relies on the GPS data will function correctly without first using one of these 2 programs right before starting up any app that requires GPS data.

Yesterday I was playing with an HTC Incredible at the Verizon store and it had no problem locking onto a GPS signal from within the store and locating me on a map within just a few seconds. It was very annoying since my Captivate just continued hunting ... on and on and on.
[Captivate General] SpartanGA:
what has worked best to report/solve these issues with Samsung and AT&T? go into an AT&T store directly? Or one of their service centers? Or call AT&T? Or call Samsung?

thx
[Captivate General] jboz:
I have not tried going back to ATT because I know what they will say: if you dont like the phone you have to return it within 30 days. I bought mine from Costco so I have 90 days to return for an exchange or completely different phone. After 30 days I am stuck with the 2 yr ATT contract extension, but I can exchange it within 90 days. So by November I am hoping the GPS issue is fixed. If not, then hopefully ATT will carry an HTC Android phone or I will get a new Windows 7 phone.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Accessories] BeEazy10:
The reason why i bought this battery is because i wanted to end my work shift with at least 20-30 percent(on a single battery) f obattery left to make phone call if needed, extend my phone usage away from a charger and longer web searching and the Andida 2000mAh didn't help at all. The result

OEM Battery 1500mAh: listening to music from 4 to 1am = 10% battery life left

Andida 2000mAh: ran 3 test each time my phone ended up dying around 11:30-12:00 this battery is not 2000mAh it somewhere around 1100-1300 it make an good back up battery but not an good extended battery.

I well be running some more test, like how long it last on 3G compared to the OEM battery but as of now i see theres no need to.

If you need an extra battery this is worth the money, but if you need an extended battery its not.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Accessories] Miami_Son:
I got mine about 2 weeks ago. Haven't seen anything Earth-shattering as far as performance under normal use, but I watched a 2 and half hour movie on the device yesterday and it only went down to 50%.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Accessories] BeEazy10:
i listen to alot of music etc etc daily when im at work so that when i would be able to see if its really a big change. I always end the night with about 10 percent of battery life.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Accessories] stevedebi:
Not terrible

I'm using a pair of these, with an external charger. I don't see that they provide a lot of advantage over the original HTC 1500Ma battery that came with my TP2, but they are an acceptable substitute.

One thing to keep in mind - I think they are heavier than the stock batteries. They are advertised as LiPoly, but I think they are LiIon.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Accessories] BeEazy10:
Well tomorrow i will find out if this battery even worth the money
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Accessories] Miami_Son:
It's under $10. Even if it's only as good as the stock battery it is well worth the money considering the stock one costs about $40. Even an OEM off eBay is as much as $16.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Accessories] BeEazy10:
for an extended battery it not, i was looking for extended battery life without having to switch to another battery but this battery didnt do its job 2000mAh i don't think so its at least 1100-1300 i notice my battery died faster even on normal usage compared to the OEM. I honestly had enough of it :\... about to add some MM to my TP2 and get a bigger battery.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Accessories] stevedebi:
You are using the US T-Mobile version, from what I can see in the pix you posted; the only one available is the Mugen 3200, it runs about $79. I have not considered it because it really makes the back of the phone stick out. And it is expensive.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Accessories] elegant047:
I buyed an used Touch pro 2. so i dunno how was the OEM battery when it was new. When i replaced with this 2000 mAh it nearly double up the battery life. From my site there is full satisfaction.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Accessories] Miami_Son:
Aside from the poor English in your post, there's no way a 2000mAh battery is giving you double the battery life or even close to it. It is only 33% higher capacity than the stock battery.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Accessories] BeEazy10:
link please lol @miami
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Accessories] DGProlific:
Wow. Thanks for the heads up people. I was just on eBay looking at this battery and thinking about buying it. I was a little iffy about it. Guess I won't now.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Accessories] BeEazy10:
Np, i full charge and completely drain the battery and still the same results
[General Questions and Answers] Graceg:
Where does the jpg from a text attachment get stored?

It gives me the option to save, I thought it would go to the gallery...but it isn't there

Samsung Fascinate

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimJ87D:
I am running lagfix and JH2.

My wifi stops working once I connect my phone to the PC. The wifi will be on and connected but there won't be any internet connectivity. Does anyone know what is wrong? Or what can be done to fix this problem?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Novarider:
I'm looking for just the HTC #11 kernel. Has anyone posted it by itself yet? I searched and couldn't find it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xNotta:
VirusROM AirBouRne's page has a link to get the new stock kernel. "2.6.32.15 HTC STOCK KERNEL OUT OF NEW OTA 3.29"

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=789493

I haven't tested it, so nandroid back up just in case.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Novarider:
Sweet thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricsim78:
Just wipe cache and dalvik and flash the 3.29 version of Azrael X (either the regular or Director's Cut). Will restore the HTC # 11 kernel.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Cincybearcatfan:
Dev's, I am hoping to make a place to collect any working versions of the Hulu app and flash with any voice patches, etc. that are available. I've searched all over the forum and some ROMs have working HULU and some do not. Some have working patches and some are working on patches. It would be helpful to have one place for everyone to come to for answers. If this is a PITA disregard, I just thought it was worth a shot. Thanks for all of your hard work, too bad HULU has to create problems to be solved. :rolleyes:

Thanks in advance!
[HD2 Accessories] Devils1stBorn:
How different could the international build be from the usa version?

For some reason this mugen case doesn't support the usa version. I want to get the extended battery 2600mah and this is the only decent case for the phone.

http://www.mugenpoweronline.com/pro...d=758&osCsid=0f415eefaf00bbe764389a605d707abe
[Fascinate General] DigitalDementia:
Any chance we could see this ported to the fascinate?
[Fascinate General] tallnerd1985:
Yes we will, it will be based off of Zenulator's build if I get his permission to do so. Just got to wait until 2.2 becomes available.

Then will try to tackle the HTC Ace build afterwards with help from Jamezelle but that will probably take awhile, dont know how Sense will function with the Samsung hardware as opposed to the Omap that Droid has based on Jamezelle's work.
[Fascinate General] DigitalDementia:
So in other words yes it will just take some time?
[Fascinate General] bomber889:
in other words.

maybe, it will take some time and if all things go as planned.
[Fascinate General] tallnerd1985:
MIUI will be pretty straightfoward, not any hardware integration like Sense is so its mainly pushing the framework over with a couple modifications. The main issue has been the language locale but they have fixed and patched that already.

Sense will take forever, probably will never get completed all the way unless a custom RIL is finished, everything else takes time.
[Fascinate General] DigitalDementia:
Glad to hear it! I'd port it myself if I had the skills sadly my skills end at adb and flashing ROMs I'll be more then happy to donate though once it comes about it's the least I can do.
[Fascinate General] wicked_beav:
MIUI FTW! Glad to hear that's getting worked on and really could care less about Sense otherwise I would've bought an Incredible. Thanks for the work though! Mucho appreciated!
[Fascinate General] Daswolven:
Saw the video on this. Looks incredible, I would love to get my hands on it.
[Fascinate General] DigitalDementia:
I completely agree! I don't know why everyone is so obsessed with Sense yet doesn't buy HTC devices. Then asks devs to do the impossible I mean we all know how well porting it to the Droid went. I'm extremely excited to see all of the custom ROMS that the devs are going to come out with!
[Fascinate General] Ianxcom:
Incredible owner here.

Ive started following the fascinate section because my wife will be getting one soon and i cant wait to get my grubby hands on it. I love MIUI on my phone and would really like to put it on hers. Hope it gets done! Good luck Devs!!
[Fascinate General] 40Glock:
I put MIUI on my spare Droid 1. There are some cool things about it with most of the cool features residing in the stock launcher. Therein lies the problem. The MIUI launcher is laggy even when I'm overclocked to 1.25ghz.

Now I'm not saying my fascinate can't handle it better with the hummingbird and extra ram BUT I will say there will need to be some optimization first. If I have to use launcher pro plus to get a smooth launcher with MIUI, I will pass.
[Fascinate General] DigitalDementia:
My friend has been running MIUI for days and hasn't had any issues with the ROM itself as far as bugs go, he's also seeing significant gains in battery life. His phones been unplugged for 24hrs with 60% of battery left with pretty decent usage. Are you running the latest version?
[Fascinate General] ruthlessbeatle:
where can i get this and try it
[Fascinate General] bL33d:
Jamezelle tweeted he has miui booted on fascinate still buggy though.
[Fascinate General] BlackHoleSlam:
Oh hell yeah
[Fascinate General] micdawg12:
..... I AGREE, OH HELL YEAH! I can't wait!!!!!!
[Fascinate General] akaine2001:
MIUI < CM6... Kaos is doing CM6/CM7 already . End. The only thing cool about the miui rom for other phones is the pulldown toggles. CM like i said before, copied that a few weeks after the miui rom came out on the nexus one, then we had the toggles on CM so i went back. Miui rom has an option to turn down your cpu clock speed as a toggle, but i use setcpu to do that when i know im not going to use the phone like that i turn it down to 600, but i need 1.2 ghz kernel for there to be a 600 so right now i just use 800 all the time unless im gaming ... no reason to use the extra 200 mhz ... it just eats battery faster. and these kernels aren't oc'd and uv'd on froyo... so until then... 800/200 runs sweeeeet. keeps that 100 (where i get no signal) off my charts
[Fascinate General] TheSonicEmerald:
MIUI is a more user friendly interface so some people may like it.

Rockin' DJ05, Liberty Gingerbread, Clocked at 1.2ghz Voodoo

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