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[Galaxy Tab General] eFrisky:
Yes, the Tab does appear to have a good GPS function. I've got the Tab sitting next to my Galaxy S near the window at the moment. The Tab can see 7, with a lock on 6; the Galaxy S can also see 7 with a solid lock on 4.

Coincidentally, I did a 'wardrive' test on the tram ride to work this morning. The Tab was tucked comfortably into the inside pocket of my heavy winter coat, producing good results.

Mind you, I've also had pretty good results under identical conditions from my Galaxy S.

I don't quite understand the recent fuss that seems to have been made concerning the strengths and weaknesses of the Galaxy S; after all, it's simply a GPS-enabled consumer grade handset.
[Galaxy Tab General] betoNL:
Hello...One question if I may:

Since Android (eclair and froyo) doesn't have proper or at least clear connectivity control, how do you make sure agps is off and why do you keep it off?

Just curious......

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[Galaxy Tab General] Azhad:
By clicking on the big gps icon in the notification bar :)

Sent from my Galaxy Tab
[Galaxy Tab General] betoNL:
Please! Let him answer.... it's about A-gps (full assisted gps -SUPL) and nothing to do with the internal gps receiver.....

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[Galaxy Tab General] daniel.weck:
I'm pleasantly surprised by how good the internal dedicated GPS receiver is. I have an external bluetooth GPS unit (Sirf III) but I will probably not need it with the Galaxy Tab.

As for the A-GPS feature, it can easily be switched-off completely via the system settings panel.
[Galaxy Tab General] betoNL:
Where exactly in settings?

Location and security ( wireless networks) ?

In the froyo I have (JPA firmware of the sgs) there isnt a clear a-gps settting/key to disable like in the Symbian Os for instance....

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[Galaxy Tab General] konawayne:
Believe it says check here if you want to use wireless networks for location.
[Galaxy Tab General] Croak:
I was amazed at how fast mine got a lock in downtown Vancouver, my Galaxy S (and my Milestone and my Blackberry and my...) all too quite awhile to get a good fix when surrounded by office towers, the Tab is much faster.
[Galaxy Tab General] heygrl:
That's not aGPS.

I'm happy to hear this anyway. The GPS on my current Vibrant is OK, the ones I had before we're pathetic though.
[Galaxy Tab General] mr. haison:
I have a Captivate and just picked up the Tab for Verizon. I have to say that the Captivate's GPS is fickle at best, but it is a completely opposite with the Tab. It locks on immediately when I am outside and at most 15 seconds indoors. I really hope it is a software problem, but I also wonder if they both have the same GPS antenna. It scares me that it might actually be the Captivate's hardware if they aren't the same.
[Galaxy Tab General] heygrl:
I'm pretty sure the Captivate uses the metal back for it's GPS antenna. The Captivate's I tried at the AT&T store locked on pretty quickly, no test of tracking accuracy of course. I have my old Vibrant next to my New (but obviously previously owned) Vibrant and the GPS is obviously much better on this new one I have now.. SNR's are much higher, it's picking up more birds and when navigating my old one gets big circles around my location and often blips up on accuracy.

The CDMA/GSM-WCDMA versions have different GPS receivers. I know for a fact that the GSM-WCDMA Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab share GPS receiver chips so it should be the same for the CDMA versions.
[Galaxy Tab General] betoNL:
Would share this fact with us? Wich gps chipsets those devices got? And where the info comes from?

Thanks
[Galaxy Tab General] betoNL:
If you are getting a lock indoors, it have nothing to do with antenna, etc. but with full a-gps (supl) wich I don't use.

Btw I use only onboard/offline gps navigation programs.

And I go online only via wifi...

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[Galaxy Tab General] heygrl:
They both have the Broadcom BCM4751 GPS Receiver. All GSM-WCDMA Galaxy S variants have this receiver

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-Teardown/4103/2

Same for the Galaxy Tab.
[Galaxy Tab General] betoNL:
Neat!! Thanks!

Based on my gps experience with the sgs international, I can say that eventhough the Broadcom chipset is not that dependable on full agps (supl)support, it's still much less capable than sirfstar chipsets....

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[Galaxy Tab General] le3ky:
Gps on it is great, been using it all week with google nav. No problems
[Galaxy Tab General] red2erni:
Hi GTabbers

My Tab GPS was very laggy even dead almost at first. My Quadrant speed was low 800s. Soooooo... I tried One Click Lag Fix (OCLF) from the market and didnt seem to do much. So I used z4Root and rooted and got superuser icon in my apps also added the tools which seem to be needed for OCLF, which I did next. Wowxy bousy.. Quadrant of 2000 plus repeatedly. Then I loaded up GPAanalyzer and go outside. Still takes a while, seversl minutes but get almost as many sats as my HTCIncredible which is the camp champ of SGS, SGT and HTCI(Verizon). Also bought Navcon from mkt, not cheap but stores maps local so not effected by poor OTA like Google Maps or others. love the Navcon perspective need 3M adhesive to hold SGT between windshield and dash for op viewing ... just fabulous large map/text navigation. Have GPSBluetooth reciever on its way. I'll try to find right thread for my Fling Wi Fi phone calls...also like I imagined, free between Fringers, 1 cent/min in US. Wow, Ive escaped TLess now I have Mo'.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] sold1erjjt:
Hey everyone, don't know if anyone has talked about it, but i was wondering if there is Windows Phone 7 theme for android. The Metro UI is kinda slick, but no third-party backgrounding... haha if anyone knows lemme know
[Captivate Themes and Apps] richierich1212:
Yes go check the Android Apps and themes section, it's only in Chinese right now, though.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] sold1erjjt:
Really? only in Chinese? crazy haha, thanks ill look into it. Haha hopefully we get an English port
[Captivate Themes and Apps] kithmal:
I'm certain that that would be a Windows 7 theme, not Windows phone 7.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] dressanderc:
I concur, sir.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] sold1erjjt:
Yeah hnm, well i know it sucks because basically all the drivers and crap is locked on the Galaxy S devices (I want Sense UI, bah) so an actual ROM for WP7 is kinda outta the question. But i did see a tread where someone used launcher pro i believe and made it look earily like windows phone 7. So... We shall see

Sent from my bullet proof phone
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbeitel:
So i put in a stock froyo rom that was deodexed. I originally had a rooted froyou that i pulled tons of .apk's and odex's out of /system/app and stored on my sdcard. When I put in my deodexed rom, i went in to /system/app and deleted all the .apk's that i had backed up from my other rom. It then dawned on me that maybe these were different than the ones i backed up since they didnt have odex files. Am i messed up? Will I be able to use my backed up files or do i need to reinstall to get the deodexed files?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adprice:
Ya, I have a similar question and no one seems to know the answer. I want to reinstall some apps that have an apk and odex.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] Skye Menjou:
Aren't version numbers only usefull if you PIRATE an application?

Also you can just email a dev for support for the wildfire...
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] flipmode_11:
Why is it, that almost EVERY topic I read, rather than people being constructive and offering users' their feedback - instead, I see people suggesting that a topic is focused on piracy??

You do realise there are websites like Google, don't you?

Look at the topic! How on earth can this be piracy?

The reason for a topic with accurate and relevant information such as versions:

e.g. v10.1 may support HTC Desire, and not the HTC Wildfire. v10.5 may support both, but without any compatible maps for Canada, Europe and Asia! This topic is aimed at MAPS and GPS software availability.

Some software will work on the WildFire, however will have maps more than 2+ years old!

It's such a pity there are people so 'close-minded' as you... willing to waste their time, submiting responses like that!
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] Skye Menjou:
Alright kiddo, Here's an application for you CoPilot EU Version.

God knows what version it is, its the latest from the market.

Pretty uptodate for Belgium.

But personally I am still waiting for TomTom to come.

I have a feeling it will be here in a while.

Oh and map version, I have no clue it automatically downloads them from their server onto your SD card.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] melvinchng:
Sygic GPS works fine. Small installation file, but useful. Maps is small, but all just looks fine. But google map's coverage is larger than Sygic. Google map can find the location that sygic cant find. Just install both of them and u can go anywhere.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] rolks:
i have Copilot Live Pro 8.2.0.218 and navigon 2.6.1, good soft. i used cygic9, but didnt work on my wildfire and ndrive crash at beginning.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] melvinchng:
google map still the best, almost 99.99% coverage compare to all of the gps.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] flipmode_11:
LOL :B

Thank you for your feedback!

From what I knew about Google Maps:

- it only works in the U.S.A.!

- it requires a data connection,

- the average device has a minimum of 8gb! Maps are less than 500mb, is it not faster and easier to have local maps, rather than require a data connection (especially if in an area of bad coverage),

- covers a minority of the worlds population.

- slow on updates and zoom, and incredibly slow street view (if available),

- and so on....

I may be wrong, but it doesn't offer many features outside of the USA/Canada...

http://www.google.com/mobile/navigation/

Scroll to bottom and select your country....
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] stunno:
Google Maps works fine in the UK, but I find the robot voice difficult to hear over the thundering of my Ford diesel engine.

Sygic works well with 2.1 but not so well on 2.2, there are LOTS of crashes

I tried Copilot but did not like the interface, looks like it has been designed by ToysRUS or the Early Learning Centre
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] jamadant:
Navigation

CoPilot Live 8.2 Works absolutely fine for me, updates speed cameras and is quite a reasonable interface.

Navigon is ok but very quiet on stock roms although it is louder using the wildpuzzle

IGO8 is a bit difficult to install because you must change the screen resolution on wildfire. there is a small installation hack for this but screen is still not very good.

Google Maps is pretty good, but uses a lot of your data plan each time and would be prohibitively expensive outside uk.

Be aware, from my research it appears that copilot is the only one that is ok outside uk, others you have to change maps etc.

Hope this helps

Regards
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] flipmode_11:
Wow! Fantastic feedback people!

Thank you for spending the time helping others!

Updating topic with users feedback! :)

Thanks!
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] nisshal88:
Papago X5

I'm using Papago X5 for Malaysian maps. I used to use Sygic but upon moving on to froyo, sygic kept crashing. Papago's maps seems to be more extensive than that of Sygics and is quite accurate. However, it does not have as many features as Sygic.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] cyberbean:
You say GPS quite accurate on Froyo. What is your Froyo custom rom do you use on Wildfire? I ask you cause in any custom rom that I use the GPS do not accurate on Google Map App.

Thank you and sorry for my English.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] SzahnDhore:
I use GPS a lot in my job and CoPilot 8 has yet to fail me on finding an obscure address in the middle of the dark swedish forests. A few speed limits and recent constructions are not up to date, but apart from that It's very nice.

Google Navigation doesn't work in Sweden, but using the modded version I've tried it out. It crashed a lot and didn't have speed camera info, but it had a somewhat nicer interface and the calculated travel times were more accurate. Searching for a destination is simpler too.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] Frank C:
Have been using Sygic both on WM phone and now Android (2.1). Using with WM the program was very stable and good enough to navigate both for private and business purposes.

On Android the screen resolution is less good but acceptable......the big annoyance is that the program looses gps connection during a few seconds up to more than 15 minutes and than comes back......a restart does not help. Suppose people refer to this when they talk about crashing. I use Sygic mobile maps 10, version 8.14

TomTom did not have any crashes on WM so anxiously waiting till it comes available for Android. TomTom seems to be working on an Android version.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] javipm:
I use Sygic mobile maps 10 on Cyanogenmod Stable and works fine.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] SabbeRubbish:
Sorry for the bump.

But I just contacted Sygic support asking for Wildfire compatibility and they informed me that it is NOT compatible.

How come you guys are stating that it works?

Thanks :-)

I'm evaluating whether I'd go for the Wildfire or the € 200 more expensive Desire. I bought the HTC Touch Cruise 3 years ago for € 540 and was utterly disappointed that I got little value for my money. That's why I need to know whether Sygic runs decently on Wildfire or not... If you could post youtube video, that would be great :-)
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] Frank C:
I have used both Touch Cruise 1 and 2 with Sygic and got good performance (stability and navigation function) although I liked TomTom better, but that can be ofcourse a matter of personal preference.

On Wildfire I tried Sygic 8.14, 8.16 and 8.06 and all of them had their problems.........ranging from crashing, not able to get GPS started and in case of 8.16 I could not even activate maps.......I am a bit dissapointed in Sygic since on their site there is no reference as to not working with Wildfire. Note I am using stock Froyo Rom.

Searching now for alternative......
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] Frank C:
Copilot live 8

Yesterday installed Copilot Live 8. Was an easy process. Maps can be downloaded via WiFi.

Due to some reason I could not download the complete Europe map but only do this in pieces. Navigation across boarders therefor not possible.....you even have to close the programm to switch maps.

Apart from that it has not crashed, although I made only 2 rides up till now.

Screen resolution is much better than Sygic. And the buttons are bigger which makes it easier to navigate menu's compared to sygic. Just like TomTom (and Sygic) a lot of settings possible. Even on-line updates possible.

Will report back when I gathered more experience.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] jonastro:
navdroyd works fine for me ,

has support for maps all over the world

its a offline gps software ,

has voice guidance
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] Soulquarian33:
Just incase ya'll wondering, google maps works in Australia, I assume it will work in all other countries, if not now, then soon in the future,

I havn't needed to downloaded any other GPS software cause of google maps/navigation,

So good =)
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] assassinator:
Does anybody know a software that works in India other than google maps.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] Andrey765:
i use Mobile Maps 10 from Sygic and it works perfect, i don't know why you people say that its not working and it's also very accurate and has very good maps.

i will post some screenshots when i have the time.

if anyone wants it PM me.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] Iveky:
I use Navigon 3.5.3

Chek it out. Excelent graphic design and map coverage for west europe.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] kkqazi:
i use mobile maps 10 too..it works perfectly on my wildfire too :)
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] Iveky:
Sygic? Which version works on?
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] Frank C:
When you have Sygic working please mention your Rom version and Sygic mobile maps version.

On the Sygic site Wildfire is not mentioned as compatible phone!

Sent from my HTC Wildfire
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] flipmode_11:
When posting a reply, try to include the following information: (more is better!)

- GPS Software,

- Software Version,

- Your PDA/Phone ROM (Stock ROM or Moded? Which ROM?),

- Your Country,

- Your Map Version.

Example:
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] camcrazy:
n-drive

i'm using n-drive v10.1.15(1147) H and it works fine on wildfire standard 2.2.1

no root
[Epic 4G Android Development] epic4grooted:
How can you check to see if your phone is rooted properly
[Epic 4G Android Development] shabbypenguin:
should return with #
[Epic 4G Android Development] ragnarokx:
If OP doesn't know how to check for root, I doubt OP knows where to enter those commands.

Download Titanium Backup from the Market, run it and it will say on the first screen if you're rooted.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jbadboy2007:
if you rooted with the newest version then check your apps for a super user app. if you have it then you have root.
[Epic 4G Android Development] panthar:
If you rooted the phone properly, you would be posting this in General :p
[G2 and Desire Z General] nivlac978:
I love the phone but the hinge is a tad loose and there's like a little space inbetween the screen and it's backing (kind or hard to explain). My real question is, am I going to have to bend over backwards to get this replaced? Just getting the phone required me to be on the phone with t mobile and best buy multiple times to fix billing issues.
[G2 and Desire Z General] sdelcegno:
Returing for a new one after the 14 days will prob be hard. I would just call 611 tell them your phone reboots all the time and you need a new one. They will prob give you a refurb though. Personally I would wait a month or so they may work the bugs out in later models figure out how to tighten the hinge etc.
[G2 and Desire Z General] nivlac978:
I forgot to mention that this would be within the 14 day limit. I just need to give them my receipt and the phone right? Like any other item or is it different because it's a phone?
[G2 and Desire Z General] bigstunta101:
make sure ur firm when you return it because more than likely they will tell you that its the way it was designed or some b.s. of that source. dont go in there girly and meek cuz they will play u like i play my ps3. youve been warned, now go forth on your journey :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] nivlac978:
Thank you very much, now I just gotta track down what was in the box.
[G2 and Desire Z General] nivlac978:
I went to best buy and everyone they opened for me were even looser than mine. Whatever, it's not a huge deal. Thanks for the help anyway.
[G2 and Desire Z General] womandroid:
I returned mine today (so I could but the one at Costco for cheaper). I told him the phone reboots randomly. (It actually did do that twice, but it wasn't really bothering me) He immediately started trying to troubleshoot and I just said, "No. I want to return it.":)
[G2 and Desire Z General] nivlac978:
Haha. Ya they always try and fail to change your state of mind you have when you enter the store. I would like to go get it for cheaper at costco but it was such a pain dealing with tmobile cause they effed up something on their end that required me to make multiple phone calls to remedy their skrew up. Arggg
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prasad:
After using LauncherPro and being fed up with it's poor performance, I decided to switch over to the much lighter weight Zeam Launcher. However I'm looking for certain free or paid widgets to replace what was available to me in TWLauncher as Samsung widgets or the LauncherPro widgets. Specifically, I'm looking for large friends stream, calendar and bookmarks widgets which I could use with Zeam.. Alternately, is there any way I could use the LP or even the Samsung widgets in Zeam Launcher ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 0utkast:
for friend streams Tweetdeck is a good one which can be found othe marker for free.

As for calendar there is another free widget on the market just search up calendar widget.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prasad:
Well, I didn't really like TweetDeck. I'm looking for a widget that brings twitter and facebook updates straight to my desktop and is scrollable. I'll check out the calendar widgets...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prasad:
Bump.

Guys, some help please...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Madic:
Pure widgets are fine.

You can take a look at them on this website: http://koxx3.wordpress.com/pure-widgets-descriptions/

I especially like pure grid calendar and pure messenger.

Both are not free
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prasad:
Thanks! I'll check them out.. :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inis24:
Hoping someone can help me with this.

Ive been searching around various forums and such and the level of info is slightly overwhelming. Im kinda at at loss of which

route to go down. However most of what i have tried has not worked.

I have an HTC Desire, it was origanally running on orange. However, i unbranded it and unlocked it then installed a stock

HTC rom. Eventually updated to Froyo. This was done some time ago and i really dont remember what steps i took.

The Phone has been running fine with no issues, reboots or lockups at all. I had been using a "Three" sim and running fine for months.

I was playing "Angry Birds" (damn addictive game) with the charger plugged in an charging when the phone rebooted and got stuck on the HTC

Boot logo screen.

Im totally unable to boot into android and alas cant access the system.

It seems im unable to access adb in anyway but i seem to be able to run fastboot commands somewhat successfully.

I have no real way to access the SD card, i have no micro sd card convertor and i guess i cant access it if i cant boot into

android?

The only real info i can provide is from the Power+Back Screen:

BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.93.0001

MICROP-031d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNTH0101

RADIO-5.09.05.30_2

Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18

Unfortunately i bought this phone on ebay, so i cant send it back to orange (it was someones contract replacement, and uneeded)

Having read around it seems that HBOOT 93 and SHIP S-ON pretty much makes this unrecoverable?

Any assistance would be GREATLY appreciated!

Thanks in advance:)

*Update*

Partly answered my own question. Seems im able to add items to the sd card via fastboot flash /sdcard/ filename

However still not sure what files to add:)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h3llb3nd4:
could you boot into the recovery?

in fastboot mode, use vol down and power button to select.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inis24:
Yes, however upon pressing recovery it goes back to the HTC Boot Logo.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inis24:
Bumping this for my sanity.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h3llb3nd4:
have you tried flashing a PB99IMG.zip?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inis24:
Ive tried sending a few PB99IMG files via fastboot flash /sdcard/ PB99IMG.zip

The file seems to send fine and i can see the progress bar on the fastboot interface on the phone. However i always get a message back about the signature being wrong. Perhaps as a result of the wrong PB file?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mad-murdock:
your phone crashing without you doing anything except gaming could indicate an hardware issue.

anyways, first of all, going to htc boot logo when choosing recovery is pretty normal - it takes about 20 seconds until recovery is started.

if it doesnt start after that time, your internal data is bugged. install one of those RUU roms, to bring back you phone to factory default os. you have to root it again afterwards, but it should restore a working system.

there are a lot of other ways to restore your phone, but try these first