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[Epic 4G General] J3ff:
Sorry man, if you have wireless networks enabled its not real GPS. I need real gps.

Where I boat is on the Ocean, there are no wireless networks.
[Epic 4G General] othan1:
It works fine. I've been using it with cold start set and wireless networks OFF and it locks all the time for me lately.
[Epic 4G General] crajee16:
Well, I was perfectly fine with my GPS because I thought it had to do with where my house was, but my brother got a iPhone 4 and that thing is super accurate and locks on way faster than my Epic. So is this a hardware issue or a software issue? Also, his compass seems to be a lot less jerky than mine. I mean the GPS works for what I need to do but better is always welcome.
[Epic 4G General] J3ff:
All of us hope it's a software issue.

We also hope that 2.2 fixes it.

That's yet to be seen!
[Epic 4G General] fooo1:
I know you can change the snooze duration on a global scale - the nice thing about WM is it let you change it when a notification popped up for only that notification.

Does the voice action tie directly to the capacitive button? The point of it is to not be looking at the phone so using widgets/apps etc is not an option if it's not tied to a hardware key.

Poor GPS. I wish it would be fixed so it stops hijacking threads. I'm so glad the 3g upload issue got fixed - the boards are a lot nicer now.:)
[Epic 4G General] bobdude5:
use vlingo from the market for voice search command. Works really well and has a wide variety of commands like "send message to ___ message hi how are you?" or navigate too pizza hut etc...Also android 2.2 has a incredibly good stock voice command feature which is no use to you right now since sprint and samsung are lagging it
[Epic 4G General] splashmktg:
I read all of the time about bad GPS but my Epic has been working great in Alaska on a business trip...actually better than my Tom Tom. I'm using Sprint Nav.

On my TP2 the battery drain was terrible. I've been using GPS for other programs also with no problems.

I guess different problems for different users...just like my TP2.
[Epic 4G General] jbadboy2007:
All of these issues can be addressed with the right apps and settings. it's just not in the same places you are use to. This phone will kill your wm phone in functionality and possibilities. hands down.....
[Epic 4G General] LordLugard:
Then go out and buy a friggin REAL GPS then...geez and stop whining. There ARE folks whose Epic GPS work just fine for them, like me. I use it with CoPilot and Navigation, locks in secs and never fails. No complaints here.

I do miss TomTom like i had on my Treo Pro.
[Epic 4G General] dewey1973:
You can do this without any additional apps and without changing settings.

Start your new message, click in the To box and click the search button. You should be on a screen titled "GAL Search." That searches the global address book.

Edit: I'm talking about the search button that is in the group of buttons under the Bcc field not the magnifying glass button at the bottom of the phone.
[Epic 4G General] ultra78721:
My gps locks on fast....after the last update it now locks on while inside my home:D
[Epic 4G General] aero1:
LOL, the last update made no changes to GPS or aGPS, so your observations are just based on bad testing.

That is 100% FUD, "use wireless networks" has no affect whatsoever on the aGPS function of Epic. NONE. No affect at all on accuracy, number locked or Time To First Fix.

I have three epics and spent weeks with controlled tests.

Completely and totally untrue.
[Epic 4G General] aero1:
Man that isn't a good attitude, there are in fact problems with the GPS on Epic

It isn't a question about going our and buying a "real GPS" because on almost all smartphones aGPS, performance and utility in most ways better than a dedicated GPS device,

If by "real GPS" you mean Evo, touch Pro2, Touch Pro, Treo Pro, Droid, Droid 2 etc, than you see the problem, Epcs should work as well as other smartphones, but doesn't.
[Epic 4G General] itsmebryan:
The thing you may not know about is j3ff is a threadjacker and acts like a troll on the EPIC forum. This thread was about features that you miss from WM. Nothing to do with GPS. He jumps the thread way off topic. Read the OP. What does his post have any thing to do with the OP? If you check his post history since he got the phone he threadjacks threads to complain not to add to the conversation. J3FF how is GPS a feature of WM? That is why people are jumping on him. I had WM for over 5 years and I miss some features so I came to this thread for info. So again J3FF is threadjacking to complain. People are really getting sick of him. If he has a bad phone take it back and stop threadjacking. Sorry for going off topic
[Epic 4G General] crazaytalent:
Well said... Bravo *applause*

back on topic...

I miss copy and paste... fully incorporated on the device... Epic has it, but its very limited, seemingly only to text input windows and browsers (i think also email)... but often time there are thing i want to copy and paste from other apps or areas on my device, where the functionality doesn't work...

Only possible work around i found is third party app "copy paste it"... probably try it out later this week... open to any other suggestions , others may have.
[Epic 4G General] itsmebryan:
I always like the spelling correction and auto complete feature when you text or post. Is there some way to add that to android?
[Epic 4G General] nerdtaco:
Long press an audio file.

Set as ringtone.

Profit.

The ability to copypasta files into system directories without having to remount the volume.
[Epic 4G General] fooo1:
AWESOME! Great news - thanks!
[Epic 4G General] fooo1:
I found a secret recently. You can use the menu key + V and C (I think those 2?) do to copy/paste. Plus use the shift key in the browser and you can select any text. These are hidden things that seem to only work on keyboard android devices! They aren't super polished but they work better than nothing!
[Epic 4G General] J3ff:
Then you're not using the real GPS. Sorry man.
[Epic 4G General] J3ff:
Bs buddy. I'm not hijacking anything. The gps is a feature of google maps which ran on all my windows mobile phones. Get real.

The only people getting sick of me are apologists who either aren't smart enough to understand when something is broken OR they just can't admit what the short coming of these devices are.

I have 4 "real gps" devices, of course I have a nautical one for the boat as well. However, it would be NICE to have a cell phone that actually worked. My gps on the boat is old and out dated and the maps are 150 a year to update. If my phone gps actually worked 100% of the time like it is supposed to - I could spend 10 dollars on a map AP and call it a day.
[Epic 4G General] CrozB:
This bugged me too coming from WiMo... However I got Calendar Snooze:

http://www.appbrain.com/app/calendar-snooze/com.bitfire.development.calendarsnooze

and never looked back. Even more options than WinMo. Free (ad based) or you can pay for ad free.

CrozB
[Epic 4G General] itsmebryan:
Really? You just don't get it. Compare your post to all the other post in this thread. GPS is not a WM feature. Bing is a WN feature.
[Epic 4G General] jimmyz:
This is an awesome tip- it works with my exchange email!! I noticed when you hit the shift key a little arrow shows- thanks!!!
[Epic 4G General] nerdtaco:
Well, while we're off topic about GPS, does anybody else remember how the Kaiser's GPS became almost useless after the WM 6.1 update? It went from < 30 seconds to get a GPS fix to almost 20 minutes. God that sucked.
[Epic 4G General] fooo1:
Testing this out now. Looks a little ugly but it seems to do exactly what I want - thanks!
[Epic 4G General] CrozB:
Glad you saw my post amongst all this GPS gibberish.

Calendar Snooze might not be the prettiest app, but it is fun to have Mrs Android Roboto Voice read aloud the subject of the appointment, at least until the co-workers start throwing stuff at you. :D

CrozB
[Epic 4G General] Grogck:
1) Native wifi tethering (or at the very least a simple app that would work on even locked phones.) This is the only thing I foresee possibly causing me to root anytime soon. I realize 2.2 does this natively as well but it's blocked on most carriers.

2) Setting to automatically vibrate during appointments. I can't remember if this was a native WM capability or just an HTC/Sense function. Either way though, I took for granted having my phone instantly switch to vibrate whenever I had an appointment. I use the Vibrate During Meetings app and it's pretty good.
[Epic 4G General] smoothone:
I second that. Why would anyone be out in the ocean and use their phone as a GPS?
[Epic 4G General] J3ff:
Because the map updates cost next to nothing.......compared to 100's that the marine gps companies rip you off for?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dadyal:
post your official froyo / Gingerbread bechmarks here (without lagfix)

if you got upgrade via kies :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xExisioNx:
Got jp6 trough norwegian kies

1020 is highest before lagfix

2015 is highest after oclf lagfix
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AsgardCurse:
as I've noticed before, without lagfix on 2.1 the I/O check takes ages

but as compare,

2.1 without lagfix around 850

2.2 without lagfix around 1000

2.1 with lagfix around 2200

2.2 with lag fix, not tested yet, need to find a root :P
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dadyal:
here is a root for you

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=788108

OCLF only boost IO on Galaxy s : nexus 1 is still way faster in processor optimization test and this is what we need in galaxy s
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DarthV:
Faster in real world performance or in synthetic benchmarks?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
I guess for using FPU intensive task, like Mathematical design, database, encoding video or MP3, file sharing and sugh... :|

For me, I use the phone for mostly GPU intense task, such as taking pictures/video, listening to video, gaming, browsing pictures, etc. so I asume that better gpu makes it better all around eh!

Kinda like being able to lift heavy wieght but doing a desk job I assume!

(BTW, sorry for the sarcasm :P)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] blexoz:
2.2 without lagfix 1001
[Galaxy S I9000 General] qavro:
2.1

before: 854

after: 2273
[Galaxy S I9000 General] omaga:
Sorry guy for a stupid question but which app are you using for the benchmark test?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sO_os:
Quadrant Standard banchmark - U can find it in market
[Galaxy S I9000 General] omaga:
Thx for the app info! I got 1010
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DarthV:
So wouldn't benchmarks for your specific application be better than synthetic benchmarks suck as linpack and quadrant? The snapdragon CPU in the n1 is very very friendly with linpack (NEON + 128bit SIMD). I doubt that the hummingbird in our SGSs will ever score as high, but that doesn't mean that real performance is going to be worse. And well quadrant is pretty much a joke or at least how it weights cpu/gpu/io.

Maybe someone group will get a bunch of phones together and test things like gaming speed, web render times etc etc. That would be meaningful.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gTen:
you mean VFP? the Hummingbird is the one with the ARM Neon chip...

VFP is pretty much a floating point accelerator which is why benchmarks are so high on linpack which calculates floating points.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lostja:
my score is 1034, was over 2000 before Froyo update
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dadyal:
you got this update via kies ?

i flashed JPA and it go 970 - 1050
[Galaxy S I9000 General] vigge_sWe:
960 without

How to do the OCLF? It says "Unavailable" on everything...

Edit: got it fixed

1819 with
[Galaxy S I9000 General] frankatboy:
If everything shows unavailable check the following:

Phone is Rooted,

Ext2 tools installed,

BATTERY MUST BE MORE THAN 40%

last one is the one that most people dont check
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DEagleson:
Score was around 1008 with standard Froyo. (Kies update)

With root and lagfix i get around 1873. :(

With official Enclair and lagfix i could easily get 2200+ points.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] an.d.d:
970. not the best!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] vigge_sWe:
Battery is more than 40%.

How do I root and install Ext2? (stupid question I know but I am new lol). I see it can root and install ext2 as well, but those are unavailable too.

Edit: *fixed* 1819 with lagfix
[Galaxy S I9000 General] opica:
Quadrant scored 1017.

Have JP5 (JPM modem) which I got at the official service.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] snelpiller:
1013 running official 2.2 froyo!

I really want to get lagfix on it now but I have to root it, anyone know if theres a root/lagfix for galaxy s 2.2 yet?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] vigge_sWe:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=788108
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StonoARGH:
Guys,

Just updated to froyo 2.2 but i didn't remove the lag fix before hand...

now my galaxy S is just stuck on the S loading screen and never loads.

For some reason ive never been able to enter recovery using the volume+home+power button, the only way was through command prompt SDK

Now my obviously problem is, i can't boot the phone so can't reboot into recovery that way.

HELP!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackDino:
goto samfirmware and download your original firmware with bootloader.

Flash via odin and it should boot you straight into recovery.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brownstone:
Or check out the post I just commented on in this same section.

Cheers,

BS...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StonoARGH:
Hi - can't see the bootloader on that site :S
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackDino:
they should all come with a bootloader, just download your original firmware.

download odin v1.3, beside the firmware you are downloading should be a PIT number.

Goto the bottom of the page and download that pit number.

Open Odin, and set your pit and pda.

Then set your phone to download mode,

connect, flash, and you should boot directly into recovery
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StonoARGH:
I can't enter download mode. neither 3 button mode works, never has done, can't use up or down for recovery or download.

The only way i've ever been able to get into a recovery console was through ADB.exe which requires the phone to be booted lol.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackDino:
hmm... lol I dont know man. you might need to return your phone :-(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raphman:
Reboot with the up button on the left, the right one, and the home one.

and then full factory reset, and cache clean.

then reboot and wait :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eatmold:
Exact same problem here ... not luck through ADB or FASTBOOT. Stuck! :mad:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pjuuder:
I have the same issue. Please help. :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JanPieterNL:
Same here...I cant get into recovery mode with the 3-button solution
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brownstone:
I killed my SGS by installing the new JP6 without removing the OCLF first! I've had no three button recovery option for yonks. After much faffing, I managed to sort it.

Here comes the science bit:

Download JG5 from here. Use the ROMraid link in the Requirements section

Use Odin with the pit, PDA, MODEM and CSC files, not forgetting to tick repartition

This will get you back to 2.1, without a lagfix. Now install the newly released Froyo and enjoy.

Cheers,

BS...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StonoARGH:
It's an utter nightmare not being able to get into recovery/download. think i'm gonna have to send it off
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atcasanova:
the links for JG5 aren't working. Do you have any other?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jordiharrison:
The links worked for me just now...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atcasanova:
would you mind sending me the direct link? atcasanova at gmail dot com

thx in advance.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stephengoo:
My phone was bricked 1 month ago (no download mode, stuck immediately on power on), I didn't send it back to Samsung but I used Riff JTag to repair it and now it's running perfectly.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jordiharrison:
Just try the ROMraid link under Requirements....

It does have a stupid captcha question but it eventually worked for me..

I can't post the link as it only seems to work when you click it from that webpage.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atcasanova:
Damn! I'm clicking that link, witch directs me to "coblitz codeen org www romraid com paul galaxys JG5.zip"

i've tried just "www romraid com paul galaxys JG5.zip" and it redirects me to modaco dot com

:mad:

What do i have to do to download it?????????
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atcasanova:
Hi, i finally completed the download, had to change some DNS and routes using some proxies :)

So, I'm really new to android, and i've got a few questions

1) how am i supposed to flash my Galaxy S if i can't turn it on to make my pc recognize it?

2) Brownstone mentioned PDA, CSC and MODEM files. In JG5.zip I have: CODE, CSC and MODEM files. And Odin asks me PDA, PHONE and CSC.

So how will I fill in Odin's fields?

PDA = CODE_I9000XWJG5.tar

PHONE = MODEM_I9000XXJG1.tar

CSC = CSC_I9000XXJG4.tar

??

is that correct?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atcasanova:
Sorry for the flooding. I found it in youtube, so my cellphone is in Download mode, i've started ODIN, selected the files, ticked Re-Partition option and clicked start.

But Odin is stuck in "File Analysis". Is it a slow process?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atcasanova:
God dammit, everytime I solve a problem, another one appears.

Odin shows me everything is OK, All threads completed (suceed 1 / failed 0)

but my galaxy is showing this everytime I turn it on:

top of the screen shows:

Android system recovery (2e)

Samsung recovery utils

- FOR BML -

reboot system now

apply sdcard:update.zip

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition

bonus: the up/down keys (volume up/down) are upside down. Volume up gets menu down and vice-versa. And power button don't work as "enter", so the menu is 100% useless.

bottom of screen shows this:

Update Media please wait

E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)

(Invalid Argument)

E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount SDCARD:

copy default media content failed
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eatmold:
My galaxy s is stuck after glowing s screen, and can't get into download/recovery mode .... Can I use odin as described with jp5? If so how? Thanks

Edit: 3 button boot does not work in my device
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pjuuder:
Indeed its hard to solve the problem with odin couse download mode doesnt work? Any other way to get odin working?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brownstone:
Do both wipes, then reboot. You've done exactly what I did up to now, you just need to do the wipes and it will hopefully boot to JG5.

Keep us updated,

BS...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brownstone:
The power button will work, it's just a bit fussy. Keep trying it. Do both wipes, then reboot. You've done exactly what I did up to now, you just need to do the wipes and it will hopefully boot to JG5.

Keep us updated,

BS...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woltrias:
I have the same problem here, phone gets stuck at the S screen and the 3buttons dont work. How am i supposed to get into download mode now.

The problem seemed to be caused by the lagfix. All i need to do is to clear the factory setting and i should be fine by there is just no way i can connect the phone to my computer or but the device into recovery mode. Any suggestions?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brownstone:
From what I've read, installing that new FroYo whilst lag fixed screws up the internal partition, as the lagfix messes with the file system and the FroYo update kills the phone. If you read back over this thread and do what I did, you may be as lucky as I am. If not, I hope you have either (a) Good insurance, or (b) Good lying skills.

Download mode was the only thing I could do, so I thought Odin may be my only hope. Hold the volume down button, then hold in the home button, then press the power button for one second.

Keep us updated,

BS...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woltrias:
Well i believe i am entitled to my warrenty because of the bug with the 3 buttons. None of the combinations work for me, not the Volume Up + Home + Power, nor the Volume Down + Home + Power. Not if i hold them long, nor if i hold them briefly.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jean2323:
those settings worked?

how do you make odin to see your phone?

i cannot put the phone in download mode!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brownstone:
Sorry guys, I must've been lucky. Download mode was the only thing that worked for me. If you can't get in download mode, I thing a return is your only option, unless someone else can help.

Sorry,

BS...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eatmold:
I don't think we'll need to lye (much anyway ;-) ) Just say I downloaded upgrade through KIES (which is official) and then it's stuck on boot ... that's fault number 1. Fault number 2 is that the 3 button recovery mode doesn't work and in my case never has. An exchange / repair won't be a problem.

That is of course unless your device is still rooted, I had remove OCLF weeks ago and remove Voodoo also.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atcasanova:
Download mode was easy.

1) Open Odin

2) connect USB cable to the COMPUTER ONLY, NOT ON THE PHONE.

3) hold volume up + volume down buttons (do not hold power)

4) connect usb cable to the phone

5) voilá!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jean2323:
i cannot get it into dowload mode

tried your combination ... but it's not working

vol up + vol dwn ... i plug the usb and i just get the battery (phone is charging)

:(

the phone is closed if i just pres the volume keys .... it's not seen by the computer!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atcasanova:
Geez

I've pressed the power button to select wipe on that menu hundreds of times, and it never worked. I'm trying it right now, and it still does not work.

If i hold it, keeping it pressed, it reboots the phone.

I'm afraid that must be my galaxy S is from T-Mobile, kind of different from the "default" ones. Is there any place I can find the T-Mobile's Galaxy S original ROM?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spooneta:
Não, a resposta não está nesse reply.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuantem:
Froyo Update Killed My Galaxy S This Morning!

I woke up this morning and looked over at my phone to check the weather... Behold, T-Mobile has sent me an update for my Galaxy S!!! Sweet!

Of coarse I proceed with the update. My phone reboots, and I'm greeted by a white screen with a % bar. Unfortunately, the update stops at 85% and sits there for about 5 minutes. Then the screen goes blank!!! (I charge my phone every night, wasn't the battery.) So I wait for a few minutes thinking it's going to reboot again, and nothing. I hit the power button, nothing. Hold the power button down longer, nothing. Reseeded the battery, nothing again.

So, I head to the T-Mobile store and explained the situation. They tried a few different batteries. Did a few tests on the phone, and concluded that I wasn't pulling their leg... Thankfully, they helped me out. They placed a few calls and got me a manufacture warranty replacement! It's due in within a few days.

Just an FYI in case someone comes across the same issue. Manufacture warranties cover OTA updates. If this update bricks your phone, head to T-mo.