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[Vibrant General] heygrl:
GPS is working great. If it's bugging out disable Wireless Networks and make sure all of the settings under LbsTestMode are stock.. they do carry over if you update.

I can open up maps and expect a fix. Compass is working.. it has been changed for the better since JI2. It's not a "hardware" issue.
[Vibrant General] EpicSurge:
I can't open LBStestmode anymore with this new update, i think my settings are still screwed up from last time when i was messing with it.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
The new code is *#3214789650#. The settings are exactly the same as JFD, Spirent, Standalone, etc.

You might want to delete GPS data, disable WiFi and wait for your first fix.
[Vibrant General] tornado76:
My GPS has always worked pretty good and on JI6 it seems even better but I haven't had a chance to do a lot of testing. My compass so far is finally working. It wasn't working too well at first but it started working great after calibrating it.
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
My settings are different now. My server shows:

h-slp.mnc260.mcc310.pub.3gpp

and I'm now MS-Based.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Are you sure you didn't change them prior? I flashed from a complete wipe and they are most definitely not like that.
[Vibrant General] clivo360:
GPS definitely works much better after the OTA update. However, i'm still curious as how it holds up to other smartphones. I created a thread for people who have another smartphone to compare JI6 GPS to other smartphone GPS performance.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803439
[Vibrant General] mattox59:
my odin update went smoothly. the gps is perfect now, but the compass still has a few issues. seems like i have to calibrate it every time i use it. after that its ok, usable, but not perfect.
[Vibrant General] tornado76:
I just noticed that myself. It's like it doesn't want to save or keep the calibration setting.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
I'm trying to upload a video showing how fast I get my lock over WiFi or the GSM network but Youtube keeps speeding it up. Coming soon..

I flashed the "OTA" JI6 recently to avoid any problems. The file sizes are exactly the same. The GPS performs the same.
[Vibrant General] EpicSurge:
Can someone post the stock settings?
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Like I said above, they're the same as they always have been. Standalone, Accuracy @ 50, www.spirent-lcs.com 7575..
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl1Q2qlRNwE
[Vibrant General] DonutYankee:
Compass and GPS perfect for me after the update (used ODIN, didn't feel like waiting).
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
That's the weird part. I did play around with settings; after the Captivate OTA I managed to get those guys to post their GPS settings and I applied them to my Vibrant. Here's the server they gave me:

- h-slp.mnc410.mcc310.pub.3gpp

I tried it and it didn't work so I thought (not quite sure) I had gone back to spirent.

But my auto config settings after JI6 is definitely

h-slp.mnc260.mcc310.pub.3gpp

Not quite the same, and I didn't input that string, so it came with the update.

Now, I tried inputting spirent-lcs and also did a toggling of Standalone vs. MS-Based... no significant difference in GPS performance. I did think that I was able to get lock quicker on Standalone when Wifi was on, but I'll have to test that out more.

Regardless, I can use spirent or the mnc260 server and performance is the same. The GPS fix is definitely not in any user settings.
[Vibrant General] BRodz:
Thanks for all of the replies everyone.

I finally got tired of waiting for the OTA and I flashed JI6.

In my experiences the GPS does perform better than stock but it definitely doesn't seem 100% fixed. If I am stationary and I use the GPS Test app I have about 11 satellites in view and I would consistently be locked to 7-10 of the 11. This is an improvement from my stock GPS especially for the amount of time it takes for the GPS to lock

I took the GPS for a drive though and the accuracy seemed bad. The GPS seemed to lag about 30 feet behind my actual location. Halfway through my drive (it was only a 10 min drive) my GPS completely lost me when I made a turn and then navigator froze until I locked the screen and then unlocked it.

Before upgrading to JI6 I reset GPS data, rolled back to full stock except root, and did a factory reset under the privacy settings.

Is anyone else having accuracy issues and problems with the GPS losing its lock while driving around or is it just my phone?

I will test it more and report back.
[Vibrant General] dicklaser:
JI6 Problems

The GPS locks good sometimes but then it is terrible most of the time. Signal drops still occur & I was going down a street (Google Maps) & the video had me visually going the opposite way.
[Vibrant General] cavinsays:
Did not fix it for me. :(
[Vibrant General] mistical:
GPS has improved for me with JI6, it did for me with JI5 as well. I never really had many issues with it when I was on stock firmware in my area but like I said it did improve, it is much faster now then before.

The compass is working for me now too. I still think it could be improved though, it is not as great as it is on my G1 that I use to use. If people are having any issues, I suggest calibrating their compass, after I did, it worked even better. This came just after the Compass 2.0 update in its options found in the Market for free. I imagine it helps calibrate the entire phone and not just the app? I am unsure. Try it out yourself.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
guys listen. The GPS will never be as good as other phones, just the way it is, but they got it good enough to do its general job. It has gotten me to where I need to go many times, it probably will run off track a few seconds and may even lose Signal for a little few seconds also, but it should reroute and find you pretty quick.

Did we get screwed? NO, is the SGS GPS not as great as others? Yes, its not.

However samsung has OPTIMIZED it good enough especially compared to Stock out he Box, this update has improved it all its gonna get. If A spot spot on gps is your thing, your not gonna get it. If you need a quick route when your lost or to use it not to find a pot of gold within a meter, than it works great.

Now vs release is now is way better. Compass is perfect for me..
[Vibrant General] 12paq:
Anyone?
[Vibrant General] briand805:
I just couldnt sit and wait any longer for this damn update from t-mobile. So over the past couple days I combed over these forums and Learned how to download and set up the drivers,programs and software needed to properly use ADB to successfully flash the hardware lock fix using oden. After that I then successfully flashed the update.

Prior to this my gps was completely broken. it might see one sat but would never ever lock on. Now after the update just walking out into the driveway i am seeing 11 and locking 8-9..

Thank you!
[Vibrant General] MV10:
Stock, I would only get 3 or 4 in view and no locks. I flashed the GPS from JI5 and that worked -- I typically saw 11 in view and would lock on 4 or 5. With JI6, I now consistently get 13 in view and have seen 6 or 7 locks, though it usually sticks to 5.

I have to say, I'm still a little disappointed with startup time. It takes up to two minutes before my accuracy drops down into the 35 ft range.

For the folks requesting the stock settings -- mine didn't change when I flashed JI6 (which I did with ODIN and ADB and so on), you can find the old originals in the OP here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=728611

DEFAULT - OPERATION MODE - Standalone

Server - www.spirent-lcs.com

Port - 7275

Note the port is 7275 not 7575 as posted earlier in this thread.
[Vibrant General] tiebmbr:
Sad to say...

...there's absolutely no improvement. In fact, now it seems both the GPS and the compass are even worse than before. I'm constatnly driving/walking through people's backyards, and sometimes not even in the right neighborhood.

Oh well. :(
[Vibrant General] clivo360:
does turning skyhook back on make any difference?
[Vibrant General] DreamcastDC:
It sort of fixed it for me, it sometime locks and sometime it doesn't, and when it does it's very accurate, I think it's software related, cause when I first update to a fresh copy of JI6 it would lock every time.
[Vibrant General] bobn4burton:
At first I thought the update had fixed the gps. Definitely helps to get a lock quicker. Overall it does work much better than before the update...but far from working well. I tried navigation twice tonight and while it started to work decently well at first, it soon started to lose accuracy. Soon I found my location to be on neighboring side streets which kept causing re-routes. A couple times I lost gps lock altogether and once it completely locked up my phone.

So while the update was an improvement, I'm still not getting acceptable performance like from every other smart phone I've used.

I'm also starting to suspect a hardware issue. If samsung can't get their biggest and most publicly recognized "software" bug addressed and completely fixed in two plus months...then either the samsung software guys are retarded or they are trying to make up for a hardware deficiency with only moderate success...

:(
[Vibrant General] dex1701:
The compass still isn't right for me. I have to calibrate it every time I use it, and it only works when I hold the phone flat, parallel to the ground. If I tilt the phone to use Skymaps, Street View, Layar, etc. it reads completely wrong.

*Sigh* I guess I'm going to wipe the phone again and re-flash JI6 clean and see what happens.

I set all of my GPS settings back to stock and so far so good. It hasn't started having the same kind of accuracy issues it was before. I'm still testing, though, I've only been using the official JI6 since it was found and posted for download (obviously).
[Vibrant General] splat matt:
I keep reading how people are complaining about GPS accuracy with the JI6 update.

FYI: Garmin states that their devices

on average are accurate to 15 meters

(~45 feet) reference: http://www8.garmin.com/aboutGPS/

The Garmin article also explains how GPS signals reach your phone and the possible signal errors that can occur.

My current experience with the Vibrant and JI6:

I'm in the suburbs of somewhere Ohio and inside my office I'm getting 5 to 6 meters (15 - 18 feet) accuracy after 1 min. I lock under 15 secs with about 5-7 sats with 11 in view. Those results will rival most dedicated GPS devices.

-"Splat" Matt
[Vibrant General] Stresa:
I think that there is one huge factor that many people miss in relation to navigation performance while driving.

Garmin has been fine tuning their navigation software for at least a decade. Google has far less experience in this area and has not reached parity (yet).

As an example:

I see people complain about the navigation in the Vibrant putting them in the wrong (opposite) lane while stopped at an intersection which triggers a reroute.

The accuracy of the GPS at that moment may be absolutely fine ( < 20ft ) but the Google navigation software isn't smart enough to realize that the car has not changed the direction of travel since it was last moving.

On the other hand, the Garmin software is sophisticated enough to determine that since you were last heading west when you stopped, you have not been able to rotate the car 180° while you were stopped. Thus it doesn't put you in the east bound lane while you are sitting still.

There is much more to effective navigation than just the raw accuracy of the GPS itself.

Honestly, after the JI6 update my Vibrant GPS has been on par accuracy wise with my	Garmin Nuvi. The navigation software in the Nuvi is far superior.

Sent from Samsung Vibrant
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
CoPilot works great but I do see where people mention Google Navi getting squirrely at intersections. Even Google Maps in Map View doesn't display the jumping around like Google Nav. CoPilot stops showing a direction arrow when you stop.
[Vibrant General] 305buddyluv:
My GPS is still not working properly. I went back to using my Nexus one. I will wait for Froyo.
[Vibrant General] reetska:
It's not an issue with the Google Navigation software. I've used my G1 for navigation for 2 years and it never put me in the opposite lane or on another street close to me. It's an issue with the GPS configuration on the Vibrant.
[Vibrant General] ScratchSF:
JI6 Broke Google Sky Maps

I used ODIN to flash to JI6 following a failed OTA update. However, I have noticed a few interesting observations, specifically regarding the GPS & Compass - and broken Google Sky Maps functionality.

1. The GPS performed better than the original JFD firmware. (I really didn't notice a difference between JI2 and JI6.)

2. The GPS always performs better if I turn off other radios (e.g., if I turn off WiFi or if I put the phone in Airplane mode).

3. The compass in JI6 works much better. (It is a little off - by about 15 degrees, even with calibration. But it is much better than in JFD.)

4. Interestingly, JI6 broke Google Sky Maps. It is almost as if I would need to be looking through the back of my phone. So, if seems like it is 180 degrees out of phase. I reapplied the JI2 GPS fix to the JI6 firmware and it seemed to correct the problem.

I would be interested in hearing what other people are experiencing with Google Sky Maps and JI6.

Thanks!
[Vibrant General] jstein222:
gps has not worked for me on the ji6 build, so I flashed the ji2 gps patch on top of my current ji6 updated rom and lo and behold...the gps worked perfectly, super accurate quick locks etc. I turned off Gps, and turned it back on again, and now it doesn't work anymore...no more locks....wtf?!
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
how do you check the satelites lock in the gps?
[Vibrant General] DonutYankee:
Google Sky Maps works fine for me, as do compass and GPS on JI6.
[Vibrant General] N8ter:
My GPS and compass work great. I actually feel good about my phone now. I just need a good media management app that doesn't suck like DoubleTwist and it'll be just about perfect. True perfection shall come with FroYo ;)
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
"Use Wireless Networks" truly does **** with GPS location acquisition in Maps/Navigation. Make sure it's disabled.
[Vibrant General] DonutYankee:
Hasn't for me. I think I lucked out with this.
[Vibrant General] f1restarter:
Avatar 5.1 dolby broken!

with the new update, my compass is messed up now but GPS works just fine. Also the Dolby 5.1 is broken. Anyone else with similar issues with Dolby surround when playing Avatar?
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
It's not Dolby, it's SRS (the icon below the 5.1 signifies SRS technology). Anyway, yes it's broken. No fix yet.
[Vibrant General] dbriese:
Compass Question

OK, so everyone who says their compass works "perfect", is your perfect one that takes only a second or the kind that takes a few seconds to point you north.

Its only because i have yet to see a galaxy s compass that was not so slow its practically unusable in something useful like skymaps or layar. No matter how accurate the compass is slllooooooooowwwwwwww to respond. Is there a way to fix that? Go ahead and hold an HD2 or G1 next to it, they will find heading 3 times as fast.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Are you on JI6? If not update your phone and yourself on what's been going on around here.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
It's more or less a problem when in a moving car.
[Vibrant General] DonutYankee:
Oh, makes sense. I haven't tested faster moving yet. I'll test tomorrow on my way home on the train and see how it goes. If I remember that is.
[Vibrant General] DonutYankee:
Again, I feel my phone being completely stock prior to ODIN update may be a factor, but my compass is spot on. It moves as I move my phone. There is no delay whatsoever. I haven't even needed to do the figure-8 to get it to respond accurately.
[Vibrant General] 12paq:
My compass is now way off, through all my mods including the GPS flashed fix, from the day I got my phone, my compass worked flawlessly. After Ji6, now its way off. Crud.

My GPS is very sketchy now. It was fine after I flashed a fix and did some tweaks. Now after Ji6 its not broken, but it is unreliable. I have yet to clear cashes, uninstall maps and reinstall, or used the key codes that have now changed ? to tweak it.

Argh! My hated iPhone's GPS was rock solid. Drat.

Sent from my SGH-T959 JI6 via the XDA App
[Vibrant General] lolcopter:
Compass has always been fine, gps is definitely better. Consistently locking 6-8 birds. 6 was the best I ever got beforehand
[Vibrant General] jscarano:
My GPS definitively works better since JI6 but Google Navigation always seems to lock up after about 30 mins of use and I have to pull the battery out to restart. Anyone else have this issue?
[Vibrant General] tiebmbr:
I'm curious to know what sat locks have in common with the GPS showing a proper location in Google Maps. I enter the code and get to the GPS position test, and suddenly 11 to 12 sats come up...excellent. However, latitude and longitude will jump and jump and jump to various locations, and while sitting on my front steps at home, my speed readings will climb and climb like I'm driving. Google maps will show my location changing over and over, even after sitting for several minutes. Highly disappointed as the GPS function is pretty much useless.

Is it possible if JI6 has made no improvement, T-Mobile will offer some kind of amnesty and swap defective phones for new ones?
[Vibrant General] kdf2883:
The GPS issue isn't hardware related, it's a software issue. Also, if you're still having issues go to this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8729286

Someone posted an amazing fix to this issue.I've tested this and works really well.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtyhamster73:
I'm hoping someone can shed some light on why this is happening to my vibrant all of a sudden. Quick little history on my phone: samsung vibrant, purchased 8/25, no modding, no rooting, no lag fixes, no nothing, straight out of box...i started getting this message after I sent a few normal yahoo emails out the other night:

Application process com. android.email has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again: dumpstate_app 201010071404_com android email.

Log has been saved. Use *#9900# to copy out log.

When I do the *#9900# it takes me to a few options, none of which I would have any clue about which to pick. Does anyone know what this is, how I can get rid of it? I use the app that came on the phone to access my yahoo email ( the app is the one that has the white envelope with the blue at symbol on it. I have deleted the account and configured again but nothing, I received the force close message again 10 min later. I had one person who tried to help me for hours, poor guy! But I really just want to find whatever it is that's doing this. I installed the offical yahoo app and its been working ok, a little slow, glitchy, freezes a lot, but I'm getting my email without a force close! Thanks to my tmobile friend who suggested the app...i would appreciate if anyone could help me. Thanks so much!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kook32:
You should look for an email you just received that may be corrupted somehow. If you figure out which one, try to delete the email (online). I got similar messages repeatedly after I created a Google contact on line and it appeared in my phone's contacts. I had left the year off the person's birthdate and apparently there's a bug in the Vibrant such that it chokes and core dumps when it encounters an empty year field. I deleted the contact (on line, because I couldn't get to it on the phone without force closing) and the problem went away.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chichu_9:
Go to app manager in settings and try clearing data. Also, as previous post suggests try deleting the email from online server and restart the sync process.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtyhamster73:
Thank You all! The force close issue is still happening. I've started using the browser to receive my yahoo email. I've done everything you all have suggested and nothing has helped. Thank you all again.
[Vibrant General] WiKDMoNKY:
She is on her way home from work and I would be happy to dump the update to upload on here, but don't know what to do. I have used ADB and use custom Roms on my Nexus One, but not her Vibrant. I decided to leave hers alone until Froyo dropped. I am a computer guy, so I can handle any instruction given to me.

I am happy to help if someone explains what to do.

I just watched a video and read an explanation on how to use Odin, it is simple enough. Now how to dump the update?
[Vibrant General] rhcp011235:
No dump needed. I already posted the full firmware on my thread. Go read.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] removesstains:
Last weekend my screen stopped responding to touch.

Anyway, T-mobile was nice enough to send me a new phone for free under warranty. I unfortunately have all my nandroid backups on my internal memory on the old vibrant. Is there any way i can access that on my pc in clockwork recovery mode. Cause i can't do anything when the phone is on besides look at the unlock screen light up for 30 secs. This blows cause i dont want to go through all that time to get my new phone back to the way the old one was.

BTW my old phone was rooted and i had my ld phone heavily customized.

Hopefully somebody can help cause im coming up empty searching for an answer. No one seems to have had this problem yet or i'm not searching for the right words. i only got 2 days to send the old phone back also.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdhvanIt:
First. Rooting your pho.e automatically voids the warranty.... so you'll likely get charged for the device after a month or two.

Second, boot into recovery. Using adb, execute the following command

Adb pull /emmc/nandroid/

This should pull the entire nand directory and copy it into your sdk\tools directory.. Also know that cross device band restores don't always work so well and you may run into problems. When putting it on your new device, toll have to make a band with the new one and empty all your backups into the new folder, since the device ids will be different...

Hope that helps.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] All~G1:
You can run adb pull /sdcard to get the whole internal sdcard. Highly doubt TM does anything they rarely do.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] removesstains:
i decided to go w running adb pull /sdcard

its pulling the data now. i choose the command since i realize thats where some photos and other files are saved.

My next plan was to find a way to unroot it through recovery. then mail that thing back and no harm done.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdhvanIt:
You said it was saved on internal storage.... if its on the sdcard, no need for adb. Use the same card in the new device.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] removesstains:
No it was the phones internal storage you know the internal 16gb of space.

Anyway i got all my data off of there. Thanks a ton. This post should help others as well. it was stupid easy if you understand basic terminal commands.

I got my new vibrant like my old 1 in about 10mins. I'm so happy now.

Oh btw, the t-mobile rep. Stated that if they find anything that looks like the phone was altered in anyway that would void the warranty. They would charge me a max of $100. If that happens it would suck, but not as bad as the full vibrant price.

I think I'm going to get the insurance on this new phone now.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kurichichan:
i followed everythinig ive read.

1. download adw launcher .apk

2. put it in androidapps and root/system/app (thats how it worked for me) and be able to open my droid again :) after restart

3. go to market and download latest launcher pro=succesfull

but i cant install it, its says installation unsuccesful. i tried to uninstall adw but i cant also. anyone knows how to solve this? help pls :) ty ty ty :D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MTC44:
I am using bionix 1.6 and can't find the stock green messaging icon anywhere! Link would be appreciated.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StefanB86:
Are you talking about the stock android green icon with a smiling face ?

EDIT: If that's what you were looking for, here it is.