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[Captivate General] gmanunited:
In a word No. This really seems like a hardware issue. otherwise this would have been taken care of in the subsequent updates. Cappy is a great device but the gps is very hit or miss. Line of sight is very important if that is lost gps loses fix. It seems like a hardware issue no matter what software fix or setting you can use.
[Captivate General] emuneee:
No
[Captivate General] skippyg:
Am I the only one that believes it will with froyo? I'm not giving up!
[Captivate General] laxwillsch:
If you guys really want your gps to work there are a couple ways I have found to improve it greatly. This is as close to a fix as i can find out there, and I am somewhat happy with my gps now. I say somewhat because it really should have been totally fixed by now. I am running a i9000 rom with my lbstestmode setting stock except accuracy set to 250 which IMO only makes it lock faster and doesn't affect accuracy. I can usually get a lock accurate to 10-15 m in about 5 sec outside. Navigation tracks well I usually only have one or two hiccups on a 30 mile trip. I have been running this set up for about a month and a half so I am pretty sure it will stick. And btw my gps never got a lock stock no matter what I did if I wasn't using wireless networks. Hope this helps.
[Captivate General] shawn122:
I don't think its a hardware issue. I am in Canada and the GPs has been working pretty much flawlessly on the Rogers Captivate. You can see other threads and everyone who has had a Rogers Captivate and flashed other ROMS (ie. AT&T) has noted that their GPS turned to crap.

I have had this phone for a month and the GPS has been stable and I get an accurate reading down to (5-10m) in 10 seconds or so.
[Captivate General] Justinph5:
I believe that it is a driver issue and how it tries to communicate with the software on our phones. Sure each ROM means different software settings, which I think helps tweak the software to work a bit better with the driver, but until they fix the communication between the broadcom chip and Samsung's (or AT&T) software, it won't work like it is supposed to. Samsung so far has only tried to fix it in their software, not the driver.

This explanation also helps explain why some GPS's are better than others. No two phones have the exact same files and settings, even from stock, which can explain variance of GPS.

However, hasn't anyone else noticed that the more we move away from Samsung/AT&T software on our phones and unlock it, the better the GPS seems to get, little by little? ;) I believe there will be no solution from Samsung, but it will just appear in the Dev section here one day, when one person stumbles upon the real communication culprit when messing around on their system. :)
[Captivate General] mcord11758:
On perception build three rom. Did juniper fix. I get a lock in under 10 seconds even with heavy cloud cover. Tracks very well too. It can be fixed. But you have to bee willing to mess around a bit.
[Captivate General] TheSopranos16:
I'm with the OP. I love every single aspect of my phone except the GPS. I LOVE google maps and location based services on the phone. But having them all be crippled is a daily annoyance for me. One person mentioned that the Rogers Captivate works well. Has anyone tried loading a Rogers rom on an AT&T phone?

We all know that GPS issues have affected every initial launch variant of the Galaxy S phones. Is there any version of the phone out there that has gotten an update that fixed the GPS issue for EVERYONE, including TRACKING? If there is, we should be looking into that rom for a fix. If there isn't, I'd say we should be very concerend that a fix will never come.
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
The GPS will never ever work. :mad:
[Captivate General] fldude99:
Really too bad for those out there that have GPS not working as expected...I wouldn't be happy either, but since I chgd the supl server to google I've had no problems obtaining a lock-accurate as well..
[Captivate General] JPS81:
lol

You're making the giant false assumption that Samsung cares about updating.

It's JUPITER, as in, the planet. I tend not to nitpick spelling or grammar but in this case it's really annoying as the first time I heard about this fix I wasted some time searching in vain for JUNIPER (which is a genus of plant), which produces no helpful hits.
[Captivate General] Krad:
I was a non-believer.... The best I ever got was on Stock JH7...

But My GPS is perfect and locks in under 3 seconds on google navigation and tracks perfectly with the Axura Rom.

Last one i tried beta4 worked perfectly. Gonna flash beta5 in the morning and test that out with a long drive tomorrow.

With Axura I have officially left eclair 2.1 in the dust and won't go back due to the over sophistication of Axura. I give it a week or two before it is clearly the most used rom on the Galaxy S line.
[Captivate General] Krad:
I will take a video of my gps and google nav with my wifes blackberry 9700 running os6.

I know my post is unbelievable.. just wait for the video footage.
[Captivate General] JPS81:
Anything that incorporates the Jupiter v006 files seems to have significantly improved GPS, including Axura (I'm not 100% sure it uses the Jupiter v006 files but it sure seems like it) and Perception.

I haven't really read of anyone having significant GPS problems once they have any ROM with the Jupiter v006 tweaks or applied it manually themselves, but we'll see as time goes on.
[Captivate General] Justinph5:
A couple days ago I was in Perception snooping around, and found a GPS settings file in the system that had different settings than in the Jupiter006 file. The Jupiter file was in there, but this file was named something different and a different location, and it used a different supl. I was looking for something else at the time, so I mentally noted it to go back and check it out for testing, but I can't find it now, I looked for it for an hour today. :/
[Captivate General] yokozuna82:
Hmmm..... The GPS locking on is not the problem i get locks with in seconds , what is the problem is accuracy, the gps works NEARLY flawless in locking and accuracy when on a highway or interstate but when driving in the city were streets are close to each other my location jumps around like crazy, im using AXURA beta 5 and ive tried supl.google.com with no luck thanks for all your help everyone, ill look up the Jupiter fix and see if it helps ....I'm not to good with any tweaking other then flashing and lag fix's so if someone can lead me to a tutorial on the Jupiter fix that would really help
[Captivate General] bames:
with perception 4 i had my worst gps problems. I have had good lock times with just about ever rom including stock but with perception 4 i had difficulty acquiring locks period.

Tracking is a bigger issue. I don't believe the gps will ever track perfectly or even close to the performance that it should. Someone claimed their device tracks perfectly with auxura which i haven't tried but will....but again i am skeptical and would be curious exactly how much real-time driving navigation they have tested.

Anytime someone brings up the notion of this being at least partially a hardware issue people say that it just speculation. Asserting that it isn't is no less speculation.

With some of the beastly devices coming (as soon as january...im looking at your terminator aka olympus) not address the serious gps flaw is not good business. So i believe if it could be fixed with firmware it would have been and you wouldn't hear them use words like OPTIMIZE instead of fix/repair. Am i the only one the thinks it seems they realized they can't fix it and are just trying to hold on and sell as many as they can (several places had them free with 2year contract yesterday and this weekend) before the next serious contender hits.

I really don't care for IOS but mapquest + wife's iphone 4 is a good example of how the gps on a phone can and should function in regard to locks and excellent tracking.
[Captivate General] bames:
would love to see this. please make sure to use a route with plenty of turns..and some portion of city navigation. I am skeptical that it will track you through every turn as a gps should. Straight line tracking isn't using a problem except for the occasional lag. The tracking problem is it has a serious issue being able to track you accurately enough to know when you had turned 50% or more of the time.

UPDATE

just flashed axura 5 so will give it a brief nav test shortly.

The aesthetics of the settings menu is very nice in this build. I wish they would give up on 3d app drawer though UGLY and SLOW.

Haven't had much time to play with it yet but will report back.
[Captivate General] bames:
limited testing but might have to eat crow.

FRESH FLASH of AXURA 5

only a 10 mile drive but did incorporated 12-15 turns.

Lock time and accuracy when stationary was great.

Best tracking and turn by turn navigation i have had yet.

Only missed one turn and it corrected itself to actual location much quicker (before when i would turn nav would continue through the intersection and start giving verbal reroutes thinking i was on a different street and then when it would finally think it had correctly re-rerouted it would actually be running parellel to me 1 or 2 blocks off).

Taking this with a grain of salt further testing necessary as i have had promising results with fresh flashed roms before only to have them quickly go to crap within a few days testing. But this is one of the more promising so i will be staying with Axura for now.

The only gps issue that really stood out was a little bit of a lag after you had been completely stationary. Slight Lag pinpointing me on road after i pulled out of driveway and same thing when leaving grocery store parking lot.

PS - are you using the stock gps settings that came with the flash or did you modify anything.
[Captivate General] Xstop:
I am real interested in seeing this, sorry just a non-believer for those that say their GPS works on

their

phone. I mean no disrespect, just very skeptical.

By all means, I would like to see myself get proven wrong. It would give me hope that there will be a GPS fix.

But I fall in the majority here, that there will be no fix. It doesn't phase me though, we still have some wicked (with custom roms, of course) phones. I surely can't complain.

GPS works for me, in the sense. All I need it to do is lock on quickly, which it does. Then I type in the location, and get directions to it. I don't need to see myself digitally to know where I am at. But hey that's me...:rolleyes:
[Captivate General] JPS81:
The evidence against the hardware problem is that there have been many tear-downs of the Captivate and the GPS chip used is a good one (BCM4571).

The antenna is the only question, and considering all other antenna aspects seem at least adequate, there's little reason to believe that ONLY the GPS frequency is faulty. GPS works on 1575.42MHz, bluetooth at 2402MHz to 2480MHz range, GSM of course going from 850/900MHz and 1800/1900MHz. It's very difficult to imagine a situation where this phone could somehow fail at that specific frequency only, whereas it does an adequate job well above and below.

Most of everything else is firmware.
[Captivate General] bames:
here is my first mytracks with gps using Axura5

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?clien...66175&t=h&z=14
[Captivate General] ksizzle9:
we got ahold of a maintenance update over in the fascinate forums that COMPLETELY fixes our GPS, accurate to within 5 meters, inside, everytime
[Captivate General] bames:
i exported that trip to a csv as well and accuracy was never off by more than 5-10 meters.
[Captivate General] dahud:
Could you please elaborate on what the Juniper fix is?
[Captivate General] Tayeule:
I have a Rogers captivate and flashed it to the ATT release and I confirm this.

Utter **** since I flashed where it was flawless before. Cen we get a rogers froyo for the love of science.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
But does it maintain the accuracy when you're moving using Google Nav? I can get 5-meter accuracy inside my house easily too. But that doesn't mean anything. Using it for Navigation is still a total piece of crap.

My understanding of the Verizon fix is that it fixed issues with satellite lock (takes forever to lock before the fix). The GPS issue for most GSM Galaxy S (including Captivate) is actul accuracy, or lack there of, while moving. Although some ppl still have issue getting a lock in reasonable amount of time but that has been improved since JH7 and various Froyo leaks.
[Captivate General] nr2134:
Seeing that there was a new Nexus S filing with the FCC last week and the phone had a new GPS sensor, something tells me that this might be more than a software glitch.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
Just a new GPS antenna.
[Captivate General] nr2134:
You are right. One place said sensor, so I went with that. Here is a link to a copy of the filing.

http://www.techtree.com/India/News/New_Antenna_Fitted_Galaxy_S_Shows_Up_at_FCC/551-113599-893.html
[Captivate General] bames:
Since flashing Axura5 i have usable turn by turn via google nav for the first time. So far only about 50 miles of testing with 20-30 turns and only two hiccups (took me through intersection when turning).

My problem prior to flashing this rom was that google nav missed 50-60% of my turns thinking i went through the intersection and then becoming completely confused when it realized i hadn't. It would have a hard time or completely fail at re-routing my position and turns running parallel with my location but off by a block or more. The two hiccups where it missed my turning with axura were different within 3 seconds it pinpointed where i was and continued as appropriate.
[Captivate General] bames:
The attached screenshot shows the GPS test using Axura 5 Rom.

Shows 10 Sats with 100% lock rate

and 5.0 meter accuracy
[Galaxy Tab General] redbluff:
When I receive a message in email the words are not wrapped correctly. For exam ple if someone typed a word and got to the end of the line normally the word would wrap around to the next line. Not the case. I have the att tab with the flashed europe rom. Any ideas?
[Galaxy Tab General] gseth:
I don't think words wrap in emails. They only wrap in browsers.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VeryCoolAlan:
Is it necessary to use a task killer?

Well it speed up my phone? Our Is the one included good

Sent from my Samsung Vibrant
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MattSkeet:
To be honest been using task killer for a while and than decided that its useless. Closes the apps that I might use soon which make them start up a bit longer. Deleted it and really don't see any difference.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VeryCoolAlan:
Hey where did you buy your desire?

Sent from my Samsung Vibrant
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr.orange303:
The one included keeps important task running. Only will let you kill the ones it doesn't need in back ground.

Ive read. Yes you can use them to free up cpu usage. Three stock tk is the best.

Its official google.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
They're useless I used atk for a while... turns out when you click end all... the Apps are designed to auto start using more battery so everytime u close all those Apps more battery is used.

If you have a task manager that came with your phone like mine... use that... it disables the other apps that restart so you can't see them . Android it self is smart enough to give priority to the things your using. And after 10 - 20 minutes of not using an app android closes it auto.

So don't use those unless if its a default one by T-Mobile/Samsung
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MattSkeet:
Internet telephone dealer. Mobilephonesdirect contract 900/500/unlimited (3gb) £25/m
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VeryCoolAlan:
Oh you don't live un the us

Sent from my Samsung Vibrant
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MattSkeet:
Nope sorry ;)
[EVO 4G General] ins0dus:
Yes just for today all evo's are $99 with new plan no need for mail in rebates or nothing.. just $99

http://radioshackwireless.com/templ...831&r=radioshack&refcode1=RSK_1123_002_EXTEVO
[EVO 4G General] aenlos:
Nice finding.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cuppeerr:
Ive searched and searched and i cannot find damage control 3.6 for the evo, any help?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acollings:
page 3, on the top, and i'm not trying to be mean but how did you not see it? link - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=745659
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chonomey:
No reason to download anymore....

Sorry I don't see why you'd like to download dc 3.6 when we all know is NOT up to date. It has lots of bugs that the developer doesn't care to update. There are lots of very good roms out there to try. Give 'em a try, you won't be disappoint it. :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cuppeerr:
It just seemed interesting, can you give me some good roms? I've tried cyanogen mod, and fresh, any others?

Swyped from my PC36100 using XDA App
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wildgillis:
I use fresh but have used the virusrom series, it is pretty good as well
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dreddge:
Myn's warm TwoPointTwo

Sent from the bowels of my mind....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigmoogle:
For full Sense, Evio 2.

For minimum Sense, Vaelpak or Burnt Droid.

For no Sense (and no 4g), I like MIUI
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redm1st:
Try This Rom

I'm Using OMJ Evo 2.2 Froyo v4.4.. It's very stable, smooth, quick, gets good signal, been running it for a week now, has all the phones features. It's in the top best Roms to be running. Don't sleep on it. :eek:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] originalmg:
Personally

OMJ's stuff is pretty good as stated before, but try MikFroyo v4.5. Super fast ROM, really cool theme too. I'm a big fan of MIUI as well but it still has bugs, mainly no 4g and it has voicemail issues which you can fix with google voice but it's a hassle. Other than that though it is a great non-sense ROM, it is very fast as well but don't overclock behond 1Ghz. Kernel allows for it but your phone won't run better even if you get better linpack numbers. Fresh IMO is slow I wouldn't bother.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixxxer2008:
damage is much too outdated to use. he has a bad habit of doing this to his users. he probably moved to another device without saying anything.

use mikfroyo or myn rom.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] joshwake:
Also feel free to post/respond to requests for definitions. I will post requests here.

Definition requests:

OTA

FAQ requests:

How do I disable HTC sense in Windows Mobile?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] joshwake:
reserved for future info.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] huggs:
OTA- O.ver T.he A.ir

This is how some firmware updates from Carriers come. You get a message on your phone that an update is available, and you download it straight to your phone, or download it to your computer and flash it via ActiveSync

BTW Could a Mod Please move this thread to HD2 General Discussion or Q&A

I know a glossary might seem like catering to noobs, something xda isnt really about, but I think it will further people's understanding of the basics, and cut down on unnecessary questions and general low level misunderstanding of terms

If anyone notices any inaccuracies in any of my definitions, please feel free to post and correct me. You won't hurt my feelings, I promise. These are just off-the-top-of-my-head explanations in layman's terms explained as simply as I know how. I have no problem with editing the def's in my post, or with josh editing the ones he has imported into his posts.

Everybody feel free to post requests for definitions, I'll try my best
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] joshwake:
Thanks for the post. If anyone has info or links to add for any definitions that would be great. thanks.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] joshwake:
If you find this helpful please let us know! Feel free to post corrections and links or definition requests or questions. If you have noob questions this is the place to ask!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Archer:
I think this is in the wrong forum. Only a small part of this is specific to Android, and some parts have nothing to do with it.

I suggest the OP gets a mod to move it to the HD2 General or Q&A forum.

Other than that, it deserves a stickie.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] joshwake:
I would prefer most the info be geared towards android on the HD2. But whatever people have questions about. If a mod feels this would be better suited in a different forum please feel free to move. :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Dragoninchains:
I found it very helpful especially in definition of Kernel, i also have definition requests below and also continously updating these improves what?

Firmware Version

Baseband version

Build number
[HD2 General] jack_d12:
Hello as the title says I have the Stay Awake feature turned on, so when plugged in the screen is not suppose to go off, well it still goes off. If I set the screen timeout time to any longer it will do that even when I am not plugged in.

Anyone know how I can really keep it to Stay Awake?

Thanks,
[HD2 General] Blaqhawk:
I am kind of in the same boat, I have read that there are apps in the market to enable this setting. Maybe one of them will work for you. One such app is screeble, another is Stay Awake.

-Adam
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] rayolen:
Hey,my cell phone is locked to a company. it is possible to remove this lock so i can use other sim card? and what its the neweste Android for Xperia x10 mini?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] yeahyeahyeah1981:
You'll have to buy an unlock code online. Google it i guess. Android 2.1 has been officially released in some countries with others to follow.
[Android Apps and Games] StDevious:
I know there is a DSP manager app, but that is not sounding that great. The reason I say this is that recently I gave up Droid X. The X had presets built into the music player for bass, 3D and stuff which made the same songs sound a lot better on the X than Droid 1.

I have tried some settings on Droid 1 in DSP Manager but they are nowhere near the quality of the X.

So does anybody have any other suggestions ?
[Android Apps and Games] Wolfgang71:
Audio Quality..

I thought the same thing about the music sounding a bit flat. I installed the Power Amp player and am much happier now. It has a lot more customization controls, so you can add more bass if you want.
[Android Apps and Games] amnigo:
MixZing has an equalizer as well.
[Android Apps and Games] narbir:
Try PowerAmp app From Market
[Android Apps and Games] Ubermicro13:
+1 to PowerAMP its amazing and has tons of presets and you can also make your own.
[Android Apps and Games] devnulldroid:
3rd on PowerAmp..nothing else like it:) Even plays music ripped from streaming well.
[Android Apps and Games] Ezzy77:
HTC's new senseUI (in Desire Z and HD) has a DSP Manager app that has an equalizer as well. 3 different settings for Headphones, BT and speaker.

Maybe that could be ported for other phones as well? :)

And no, it doesn't improve quality, a better set of headphones will do that.
[Android Apps and Games] vscag:
+ 4 PowerAmp
[Android Apps and Games] Bruno-ekt:
Thank you for the explanation is hilariously
[Android Apps and Games] Alphav00:
Volume +
[Android Apps and Games] gk1984:
PowerAMP is really amazing but I use volume+ now because it affects the every audio app (nice for streaming apps).

Just note that on any eq, you may notice some distortion in the sound. This is especially true if using bass boost and applies to any form of eq.
[Android Apps and Games] rahulaps:
Try N7 player it is the best player for rocking boost bass lovers.

I tried all but liked only this one.

You can download paid cracked app from www.androidmobilezone.in
[Android Apps and Games] devgee:
Dont post pirated Websites!

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