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[Captivate General] l7777:
Before anyone else reads this and declares their GPS fixed, they should read at least the first post of this thread completely. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=789383 If you understand what is being said by that post, then you can offer GPS solutions. The only thing you have changed is AGPS settings. While those settings will get you a lock, they don't help out with accuracy. If you really want to test your GPS, you have to turn off the use wireless networks feature, take it outside and see how well it works then.

Everything that has been said in this thread has been said elsewhere and is not a solution.
[Captivate General] ScottyNuttz:
Nope, it's definitely not fixed...but it did give me a better lock than before. Same old...
[Captivate General] msinkovich:
Well if its not a fix then it is most definitely better...I can get a lock in ~20 seconds where as before it might not even come close.
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
Additionally, a lock is not enough to say it works. Take it for a drive along with another GPS device - use Google my tracks or some other tool to record your path. Even use GPS test and watch your MPH, direction and location.

You will find that it is not fixed. It works OK sometimes, but many times it is behind or inaccurate.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
You will have to do that every week as your cached GPS data expires. And you can literally use any settings as long as you can use the lbstestmode to accquire a lock. That's all you need to do (accquire your first lock and it will cache the data for 5 to 7 days).
[Captivate General] sremick:
Any "fix" that involves "settings" isn't a "fix" at all since it demonstrates an utter lack of what the real problem is and how GPS fundamentally works.

The real "fix" won't come in the form of settings. Any purported settings "fix" is snake oil.
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
I've given up on GPS a while ago.

It's a fringe feature anyway.
[Captivate General] roadrash7:
I never have "use wireless networks on" and gps works good enough. It may not be perfect but everytime ive used it it has got me where i need to go no problems. It may jump off track or be slow to turn for a second but it still gets me to wherever just fine.
[Captivate General] Mac11700:
If I read this correctly your turning off skyhook ? I read this http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/, and to me you need it turned on for urban areas and in the city need wi-fi turned on because of the occlusions caused by buildings and such...?

Mac
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
That option has nothing to do with GPS. 'Use Wireless Networks' is actually quite useful for location aware apps like Google Maps, Places, Speed Test etc. where an accurate but slow GPS lock may not be needed (or even possible if you're underground or inside a concrete building). This option enables those apps to use cell tower or wi-fi signal trianglation to get a quick estimation of your current location so that apps can give you relavent information, i.e. nearby gas stations or resaurants. It has nothing to do with aGPS either.
[Captivate General] wsantiagow:
You have to be kidding saying its a feature right? I can't believe how many say that its a feature and that it is ok that Samsung is screwing them ( along with placebo updates) . I myself love and would like a Galaxy S phone or even the new Focus 7, but its looking like it too has GPS issues from early reports with the Omnia 7.

I know most of you guys are already locked in with your carrier and don't have much choice with the GPS issue but its not a feature, its a valuable function just like placing calls, sending emails, texting, etc.. If you don't care about this, then you should of bought a Razor flip phone.

I have been keeping up with this because I really want to see Samsung resolve this and make right.
[Captivate General] GimpyLeg:
So the only reason you need a phone is for the GPS? Otherwise just stay with my 1996 model flip phone? Just...wow!
[Captivate General] shinji257:
I think their point is that it is an advertised function of the phone and we would like to work properly.
[Captivate General] wsantiagow:
My reasons for a working GPS are as follows:

Pinpoint your location, get turn-by-turn directions to restaurants, businesses and other destinations, location-based mobile games, social networking sites, real-time position tracking, lost or stolen phone tracking, etc., etc., etc..

What I am saying is just quit making excuses for Samsung and demand what you paid for! There are people on here who would really like for their GPS to be working and rightfully so.
[Captivate General] GimpyLeg:
Oh, I agree that it should work as advertised. Can't say Samsung is ' screwing' me because they can't get it right. Would have bought the phone if I knew about it beforehand anyway. There are many other features that led me to the Cappy. Samsung does need to fix the problem and I hope they do so soon. Buy I won't try discourage anyone from Samsung products in the meanwhile.
[Captivate General] l7777:
The solution to the GPS problem is quite simple, but most people still don't see it.

If 100% accuracy and < 10 second fixes are more important to you than the rest of the Galaxy S features, then you do not want a Galaxy S phone. Either return the one you have or don't buy it. For most people, that good of a GPS is a bonus and not a requirement.

The GPS problems are not undocumented, anyone reading any reviews for the phone will realize that the GPS is not as good as other devices. Even if they don't realize it before they buy it, they have 30 days to return it. Samsung may or may not ever get the problem worked out since phones have such a short life cycle. *****ing about it in thread after thread, online petitions, and idle threats of legal action will have absolutely no impact on Samsung.
[Captivate General] fldude99:
I've read ad nauseum about the GPS issues with the Captivate for about a month before I finally picked up one last week. Coming from a Nokia N95 & 97, I can tell you the Captivate's GPS is not bad at all. The accuracy is superb..only complaint is how long it takes to get a lock...but if the Captivate used agps that would help that IMO
[Captivate General] DKirk:
My solution

I've been spending entirely way too much time pursuing every documented GPS fix I could find over the last month+, and I've never found a proper solution. My phone is rooted and lag-fixed. After the JH7 OTA update a few weeks failed it left my phone in an awkward state that I recognize as being the same as many of you. The "About" showed the proper OTA release and yet KIES would not recognize the device at all. It was like patched and yet not fully. GPS was neither worst or better. I've read darn near every thread anywhere dealing with Galaxy/GPS and nothing I tried ever worked very well, and if it did it was never repeatable. I know some of you know of what I speak.

This last weekend I had enough of wasted time. I backed everything up and did a ODIN reflash back to factory JF6 followed with a Master Clear. At that point KIES-Mini was happy to talk with my newly virginized Captivate and promptly updated it back to JH7.

Before this I was lucky to get a lock within 10 minutes of driving somewhere and accuracy was all over the place, second by second some times. Now I get a lock laying in bed with no clear sky and only two VERY small windows. I should not be getting a lock (with 5 sats) in my bedroom, but it does and quickly locks down to 16' accuracy. Amazing transformation! It's hard to believe it's the same phone. Outdoors in clear sky I get a fresh lock after reboot in less than a minute, but never 10 seconds like I read in some posts. Heck, my TomTom takes a full minute to lock so I'm not too concerned about lock time. I get 7 sat lock routinely and as many as 9, and I see 11 sats simultaneously often.

I ran "My Tracks" today into town to run a few errands and the tracking is completely different now, which you can see here:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=207240045812351546167.0004934c46598b1fbc6ac

The only real issue I could find is where the road sort of does a long lazy sideways "S" and the tracking did go off track there. Otherwise it shows me parking twice inside that big loop to the left and even starting off the road in a parking lot. I'm sort of pissed at myself for not having gone through the factory reset process long before I did and wasting so many hours chasing a magical fix.

The only change I did make to factory settings is to go back to supl.google.com as the original URL was unreachable and the Google SUPL seems to be reachable every time.

I know your frustrations, trust me, I really do, and I'm glad to finally have some peace, leaving me to spend my time pursuing more rewarding Android experiences.
[Captivate General] stuff:
I tried my GPS for the first time today..

I went outside, and used googlemaps. Got a fix within 10 seconds.

Also used the LBSTestMode that comes with cognition. It ran a few tests perfectly. All grabbed a signal within 10 seconds.

I think that's good time, no? My Nexus One takes maybe 1-2 seconds less to capture a gps fix, but my gps works fine.
[Captivate General] ryanhumphries:
I think this captivate gps thing is just samsung and google's attempt to distract us from a covert and ongoing invasion of inter-demsional beings along nevada's route 55. Last night I saw what looked to be large galaxy s shaped craft hovering over the hwy there... And then without notice... The smart-phone shaped ship was gone... Hmmmm... Might somehow explain the shortage of AMOLED screens. "Give us screens or we shall enslave your children... and you will never watch Jersey Shore again!"
[Captivate General] baseballfanz:
I too came from about 10 years of Symbian use but the Captivate is not a bad phone once I sort things out. Of course anytime you buy a phone this expensive you shouldn't have to tweak anything.

Out of the box no GPS lock even after 30 minutes outside.

Follow some procedure to change settings in the LBSTESTMode

and got lock time down to about 2 - 5 minutes (not bad but not great).

Found some other infos to change

Supl Secure Socket: Off (was on by default)

Now picking up 9-10 sats and locking within seconds.

For a while there I though this phone was gonna go on Ebay.:D
[Captivate General] shaddix2:
GPS on mine is retarded..... I just put the addresses in my Tomtom instead. Annoing as my bb bolds GPS was perfect
[Captivate General] stuff:
my gps is wonderful. idk why yall have problems.

mine has congition 2.2 on it. and it al;ways gets a gps lock, quickly and accurately.

even when driving
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
Most of the GPS functions (things like Weather, etc.) can be successfully replicated with Use Wireless Networks.

The one thing that can't is Turn by turn. And I have a Garmin for that.

So yes, it's mostly useless. Would I like it to work? Sure. But I stopped care about it a while ago.
[Captivate General] Dankenstein:
Sounds logical to me with 2.2 Cog. Not there yet, myself. Not done wringing out variations of 2.1.

But since the JH7 update made such a MASSIVE and real difference in my GPS functioning, I can easily believe that a further update wold provide even more help for such a maligned feature of the phone.
[Nexus One General] plbelanger:
With cyanogenmod 6 I seem to get damaged sd card a lot. If my battery dies for instance and I plug it in I get it. Sometimes when I copy music to my phone from pc and after unmounting it I get it. I have to then format it to fix it. Never had this issue with stock. Anyone else experience this?
[Nexus One General] ngocquynh85:
maybe the reson about app2SD. We move alot of app to SD.

And when we mouth SD card become flashdisk, we will have error about apps running on SD.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] emandt:
Hello, I've used "R3AA35-010b" ROM for many months but the main developer has stops to continue the development.

So I've started to work on this ROM from the last release.

ORIGINAL (but old) thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=587113

Current release:

- Core OS: 29002

Removed:

- Windows Autoupdate

- Office

- OneNote

- IRDA drivers

- Internet Sharing

- Microsoft Tag

- PanelManager

- Adobe Reader LE (for PDF)

Added:

- Advanced Configuration Tool 3.3

- Showaco CHome Editor 1.6

- cleanRAM 1.04

- Opera 10 with Flash

- Regedit

- PimBackup 2.8

- TaskManager

- BoostSound (increased about 30/40%)

PagePool 24MB changable with "PagePoolChanger" software.

Using new "greatbal Titanium Shadow Neo" with landscape fix.

See attached screenshots.

DOWNLOAD (97Mb compressed in ZIP):

Megaupload: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GOKTIPNI

Mediafire: http://www.mediafire.com/?tgqinc5o8bdxf2b

Hotfile: http://hotfile.com/dl/84838318/7c4d3eb/X1_R3AA35-010b_m1.zip.html
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] emandt:
INSTALLATION NOTES

:

It takes not more than 5 minutes after flashed.

FIRST BOOT after flashed

:

Probably your device will seem stucked with TOP status-bar visibile with normal status icons but with white HOME page.

Don't worry, just touch one of these icons on top and Titanium will be displayed!

JUST for first boot after flashed!

COMMON ISSUES

:

I've inherited this single issue from previous developer: sometime the "Explore File" application freeze and it's necessary to restart the phone.

I suggest to use Total Commander, Resco Explorer or other File Manager to surf throught your folders and then remove "Explore File" shortcut from "\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs" folder to avoid to run it accidentally. :D
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Tuncal:
Looks promising. Will test it when it cames out
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] ferlanero:
Great! We hope a full working X2 ROM Port in our X1 devices!! Keep this work!
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] joseph.hsu:
it's so great to hear this good news~

maybe you can remove some useless APP~

to let the users to install APP by themself

thx dude~looking forward it!
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] zagito:
...to have it in german would be very nice...
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Siema_CoTam:
If U make PLK version i will be so satisfacted :)

Edit:

Apps which i think soft need: Youtube mobile, newest IE, Office Mobile 10, Clean Ram,
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] penagos:
add

facebook

msn

youtube

office

activesync

googlemaps
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] saobang3886:
Maybe you should make two build, one clearn with no app, and one plz add :

- opera 10 with flash

- facebook

- Windows live

- Windows Market

- Core Player

- Office mobile 10

- Google Map

- Skype mobile

- ...
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] ade_k012:
agree, one clean and one with app

off course both with 3g dialer

wait for the release :)
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Pete Rask:
And for all the heavens! Don't forget support for MMS! :)
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] wess786:
Maybe you can make it multilanguage in the future?
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] mymailx:
would be nice SlideView with working whole video playback
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] HoangTuBot:
Can you add some unicode font. because I'm from vietnam
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] _TB_TB_:
emandt - great work! :)

My suggestion would be NOT adding apps into ROM (unless it is necessary for specific ones to work) and NOT removing the generally built-in ones (unless there are new versions available, eg. Opera). Plain, pure almost-original WM...
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] experiax1:
hi..... it is a great news and thanks ..all x1 users would love to have nice and fast x2 rom in x1.. i agree with you the panel manager is a resource drainer . maping x button to task manager or comm manager will be great ...... fdc task manager has reg edit in it...... bye man... good luck......
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] evil_homer:
It looks promising! Can't wait for it.
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Dynad:
Well sounds great! I still use the old version as well cause its 1 of fastest roms out there. I cant wait ^^
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] omidchini:
nice! thumbs up
[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] cristidotro:
Waiting for release :D Should be a great ROM.

My requests:

Map X-panel button to StartMenu

Nitrogen as music player

TCPMP as video player

Opera Mini 5 beta 2 for surfing the web (beta 2 is faster than Opera Mini 5 when opening pages; Opera Mini 5 looks better but is way slower and don't display all the pages)

Opera Mobile 10 and Internet Explorer should be installed, because there are some pages that can't be opened with one or another (or provide cabs to users)

Office - provide cab

HTC Usb2PC

Clean the apps that aren't usually used, and provide cabs for them.

Cheers!
[Epic 4G General] crazaytalent:
Well yet another #1 standing... its nice to see the epic 4g getting some love!

rated number one in popularity and product tech/review combined! (sorry Evo users... but your in the top 5...lol...kidding)

check the vid for more

Videos - Free video downloads and streaming video - CNET TV
[Epic 4G General] billyp707:
Love mine, but like everone els I'm growing a little impatient for the 2.2 update!
[Epic 4G General] coodaddy1:
I've used/worked on both. Evo is better.

Coodaddy
[Epic 4G General] LoveisPeace2012:
I've had boh myself there is no doubt epic is better I hated the lag on it and that screen was sooo weak in colors. The community was much bigger though

Sen
[Epic 4G General] coodaddy1:
I will respectfully disagree. I had no problems rooting and flashing the Evo. I can walk up to just about any computer and plug it in and it's recognized. I don't have to load special drivers for it. It feels good in the hand; a solid, high-quality device. The screen, with the right protector on it, is gorgeous. I have Myn's Rom loaded now and it just looks dead-sexy! The Epic, OTOH, I've had nothing but problems with. It feels cheap. There's too much slop between the two halves of the phone. The screen is nice, but to the point of being cartoon-ish(think Simpsons or Family Guy). The micro-usb plug in the top of the phone is just plain stupid! What were they thinking?! Try talking on the phone, in the car, with that thing plugged in! Ridiculous. I had nothing but trouble rooting the phone, then putting Clockwork on it, then pushing and releasing all 3 buttons in the right sequence and time and hoping that the Clockwork Recovery would kick in. I can get it to work 1 out of 10 times. Then there's little support/development for it compared to the Evo. The usb driver really frosted my ass, btw... I could go on...

Coodaddy
[Epic 4G General] crazaytalent:
well ive gotta say personally i love my epic... dont get me wrong I am a fan of Evo and htc in general, but the epic is awesome and just what i wanted... makes me glad i held off on the evo, because initially i intended to get that.

but it sound like a lot of your issue are just personal preference and not actual facts or reasons why the evo is better... If u ask me the both have there flaws and the pluses, so something like where the usb is located? very minor complaint imo... drivers were easy to get and install, but thats just a Samsung thing... i can hate the phone for that...rooting and cwm recovery? i'm not sure what kind if issues u had but id bet ur doing something wrong... Ive had no issues rooting or installing cwm or booting into recovery... all very easy and done within a matter of minutes for me on my 1st try... and this is my 1st android device... so I really cant imagine what kind of issue you could be having. Screen colors and brillance are awesome... ive done everything from watch movies off sd card to play all sorts of games to watching vids and the colors just enhance the experience... but nothing cartoon-ish about them (unless im watching a cartoon)... as far as slop between keyboard and screen? I dont even know what that means... to me the device is very sleek and streamlined, with no wasted space... I love how light and sleek it is.. feels like it was made to fit in the had, and while i may be made of plastic, nothing seems cheap about it to meand it actually very durable... im willing to take that(plastic) hit for the functionality and all the features and sexiness, the device provides while still maintaining lightness and compactibility....

I could rattle off a bunch of thing I think are wrong with the Evo as well... but I wont as its pointless and I recoginize that most of my issues are just a personal prefrence thing...but when u come right down to the specs... the epic simply offers more and and is better otb than the evo was... All i can really say the evo has over the epic at this moment is 2.2 and you had to get an upgrad almost 2 mos after evo was released for that... an upgrade we will be getting soon enough. At that point itll be no contest... (Spec wise at least)
[Epic 4G General] crazaytalent:
Actually i have had that... but it was mainly my fault because I was android happy when geting the device... download and installing every interesting app i could find... plus storing everything from feature films to games and pics and music etc, bogged the phone down a lot... after the novelty wears off, and learning more about androin and how to appropriatly use it (i.e. not using a thrid party task killer to just randomly kill all apps and process running needed to keep device functioning properly) and after getting rid of apps i dont really use or need ( dont get me wrong i still have a tons of apps and games and such) I havent really had that issue.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Epic can also be flashed from any computer...it also would be recognized on any computer even without drivers...just not all functions might be available.

Except for some reason Epic's quality is better >.>

Yes..I can see Simpsons and Family Guy stop airing any minute now...

slop?

Almost as plain stupid as using a phone while driving a car...you have bluetooth headsets for a reason...that said if you think about it..top make more sense then the bottom...mostly if they plan to add addons to the phone like say an IR accessory or a credit card processing accessory..it makes more sense to mount to the top rather then bottom...we are just used to bottom..but after using it on top for a while I can't say its an issue.

You have to remember that the EVO is older so it obviously has bigger community..in a month or 2 epic will catch up...also rooting has also improved to have less problems. I could go on...
[Epic 4G General] coodaddy1:
There's no point in me arguing with you guys. Obviously, you own the phone and are partial to it. I've owned both, my girlfriend has the Epic now and I spoke of my experiences with both. Based on that, I lean towards the Evo. We'll just have to agree to disagree. I'm sure others will chime in with the same pros/cons.

Coodaddy
[Epic 4G General] illogic6:
I dont know how to use computers and how do you root epic the evo was easy to root how do you cyanogenmod

epic 4g sux1!!!
[Epic 4G General] crazaytalent:
tru enuff... Evo 4g is a sweet phone... my brother has one... I wont knock it... and dont want to argue it also... we all entitled our preferences.... but Im loving my Epic...

Rated number 1 yet again!...lol
[Epic 4G General] DevilDogVIKING:
I'm loving my Epic 4G!!! The only gripe I have about it is the battery life. Out of a 15 hour day I have it turned off for 7 and it's still dead by the end of the day.
[Epic 4G General] bomix:
yeah not many dev yet, but i'm sure it will grow the guys do a great job. EVO is better? :rolleyes: I still have my Evo but it sits on the shelf.
[Epic 4G General] a454nova:
Its funny how the two phone are always at it... here and over in the EVOs. Lmao!

Endless battle,

If you ask my opinions and your wrongs. The way we go into song about our phones...

You all know the Epic is better. Lol
[Epic 4G General] noobnl:
The galaxy s family has a lot of developers, mucbigger than you think, at cyanogenmod we work together because the hardware is smilar
[Epic 4G General] vansmack:
This is getting old.

They're both great phones, separated only by personal preference.

There is no better phone than either the EVO or the Epic on any other carrier because of the 4G radio. Enough said.
[Epic 4G General] Xhyperion:
love my phone