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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] curl66:
Hi,

I switched off phone then changed my VF sim to 3 sim because i am in italy at the moment. I dont touched the SDCard .

after restart of the phone media manager reports external SDcard is empty or unknown filesystems. this happend for my now the second time. first a few weeks ago when i put in an O2 sim.

i rebootet the last weeks the phone many times, also flashed several times kernel and rom. at the moment i am running JPA 2.2 .

so why does this happen when i change the sim ?

I did not replace the battery, just the sim. can this be the problem ?

the SDCard is a brand new class 6 8Gb transcend card.

Thanks

cul
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
if it's an external SD card

just take it out and format it, then you can use it again
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] curl66:
of course :) thanks!

but to lose all data is not satisfiing at all ;)

but i look for the reason why?
[Vibrant General] snowdogging:
For those of you who are still experiencing poor gps after JI6...it IS a hardware issue. In many cases the springs that connect the phone to the GPS antennae are not making proper contact.

As reported in earlier threads the following fix has improved my accuracy from 100 feet to 20 feet and instant locks. I also no longer wander during navigation.

This fix does require partial dis-assembly since you have to remove the back plate. I don't find dis-assembly of this phone that difficult and there are guides available. (remove your sim and sd card first!) As with any dis-assembly you risk voiding your warranty should you choose to tell someone and you also risk breaking your phone. I hold no responsibility.

Enjoy. :)
[Vibrant General] jrharvey:
Interesting. i will definitely be trying this.
[Vibrant General] dinan:
I actually did this last night and it didn't make much of a difference... I think my unit just truly has a bad gps chip.
[Vibrant General] T313C0mun1s7:
Thread lock?

I don't remember getting an answer when I asked in the other thread. Please excuse me if it was answered.

Did the threads of the screws show signs of thread lock? This is how the factory will know if the screws had been removed before, and may determine if they would know that it might have been disassembled to make the warranty determination.
[Vibrant General] snowdogging:
There is blue thread lock on the screws that is used to hold the screws in place. And that is its only purpose. There is not a full crew of scientific investigators at t-mobile putting screws under an electron microscope to determine foul play.
[Vibrant General] Col.Kernel:
If this bothers you, see below.

If you have to disassemble the phone go buy some blue Loc-Tite brand thread lock. problem solved.

To apply, for anyone that hasn't used it before, simply put a drop on a non-porous surface (baggie or other plastic works well) and use your needlenose (technically half round) pliers or tweezers to hold the head of the screw while you dip the first thread into the drop of Loc-Tite. Then put it in the hole and tighten as normal.
[Vibrant General] yubnub:
How well does the gps "track" you when used with sat nav software after this mod,

I get a fast lock with my phone, and it sort of follows me, just lags and does not keep up with me (on the whole)

thanks,

anthony
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Isn't the GPS antenna next to the sim card?
[Vibrant General] T313C0mun1s7:
They don't need a crew of scientific investigators, just a robot that checks the required torque as it removes the screws. You get a simple pass/fail indication that determines whether the work being performed is covered under warranty or by your wallet. I am not aware if it look for a specific torque range or just something above a certain value. If it is the latter then reapplying thread lock as suggested above would probably work.
[Vibrant General] jrharvey:
Ok just did this and I still have a crappy GPS. Just as always it takes about 5 minutes to lock onto my location, even when outside or in the car. Ive never had a problem with accuracy but just lock times. Still pretty crappy.
[Vibrant General] jnutz:
I honestly think these GPS issues are just faulty hardware. I would just return it and get another one. After you have ruled out any causes in software by running the new Samsung GPS tool faulty hardware is the only thing left to consider.

I am running Onyx 4.2 which is based on JK2 and the GPS is flawless.
[Vibrant General] Watcher64:
Umm I think this is the wifi antenna , but the GPS antenna has been reported to be "on board" about a third of the way down the phone, not on the bottom corner ..
[Vibrant General] JeremyNT:
So, if new Vibrants are better, how do I convince tmo to exchange my phone now that I'm well outside of the initial return period? If I go in and just complain about the GPS will they give me a new phone, or what?
[Vibrant General] jnutz:
I don't think it has anything to so with when it was made. I got mine on launch day and after the update my GPS works perfect.
[Vibrant General] jrharvey:
Whats your definition of perfect? My GPS works perfect "When it works and can lock". Sometimes it locks sometimes it doesnt. When it does lock it works perfect but sometimes it can take 5-10 minutes to lock.
[Vibrant General] emuneee:
The GPS restore app does nothing but restore your LBS settings. Its faulty software.
[Vibrant General] dsellers2:
Great Post

I'll tell you what. I'm one of the ones that has tryed everything to get my GPS to work consistenly without having to wait 3 to 4 minutes for a lock. I tryed this and as soon as I got my phone back together I got a lock within 10 seconds and my signals was nearing 50 on GPS Test. Even now I'm locking onto Satelites indoors with a signal at around 25.

BEWARE:

While trying to bend the springs up 30 degrees one of mine broke. I about Sh!t my pants. I calmed down and grabbed the soldering Iron. Put a little solder under the spring portion that broken and then put the Contact that broke off under. Powered back up and all was good.

Thanks for this Post You have finally fixed my GPS!
[Vibrant General] shawn605:
It could be coincidence... or just good luck for this one time - BUT - with the TW 2.2 Flash-able JK6 ROM, and the Samsung GPS resetter app - my GPS DOES WORK now... I did it this morning, and it was flawless all the way to work - and QUICK to lock ... and it saw 12 birds too.

AND it hasn't worked at all with all prior tweaks, ROMs, updates, etc.
[Vibrant General] MoWeb:
What did you use to bend the springs and what caused it to break?
[Vibrant General] JeremyNT:
That's great and all, but my GPS doesn't work perfect and I've tried every permutation of every fix mentioned on this board. Lock times are fine now, but accuracy still blows.

So back to my question - if there are Vibrants out there with GPSes that work perfectly, how the heck do I convince T-Mobile to give me one of them in exchange for mine? Is it possible? Cause if not, I'm ripping this thing open like the OP suggests on a wing and a prayer.
[Vibrant General] MoWeb:
IMHO

I don't know much about t-mobile's customer service but I would tell them something similar to my post here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9566998&postcount=77

You can tell them for a fact your phone is not functioning the same as a different Vibrant phone through experimentation of your own.

I have proven this is the case between people that are complaining about the GPS and the people who have a perfectly functioning Vibrant and are happy.
[Vibrant General] jnutz:
It also has a test function that Samsung considers official. So if their tool fails then you have a valid warranty claim. Says so in the readme file but I know most people don't read that.
[Vibrant General] eortizr:
I have always had issues with my GPS,,, but after applying this settings , I always get a Lock in less than 30 seconds,, and navigation is spot on. Accuracy is less 20ft..

Go to lbstest, set SUPL/CP Settings to AutoConfig, in Application Settings , change Operation Mode to MS Assisted.,,,

thats it you dont even need to restart the phone... go to GPS Position Test and watch your birds coming up and locking...;)
[Vibrant General] Fedburin:
Thanks - that seemed to work great!

Nevermind - back to the same ****ty GPS - oh well it was worth a shot.
[Vibrant General] grennis:
Come on people how many times do we have to discuss this. What you just did NOT fix your GPS. If your GPS sytem requires network assist then it is NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY. How are you going to navigate when you dont have cell tower signals? Isnt that when you really need it?
[Vibrant General] darkside79:
Had non working GPS with 2.1 but then flashed to 2.2 Froyo Rom and now GPS finds me in less then 20 secs. So dont think its a hardware issue. I thought so before Froyo too but I was wrong! ;)
[Vibrant General] sunsguy:
where can you find the readme file at? I get application failed when i try the app
[Vibrant General] ColorNapkin:
I don't know where the readme is but after like 3 failed tries you should get a message saying something like "GPS Problem. Contact your provider for support."
[Vibrant General] ackattacker:
If this is really an antenna issue then when doing this "fix" you should see a jump in signal strength using GPS test. Simple enough. How long it takes to lock on is not a valid metric, too many variables.

I haven't done any hardware fixes and when I am outside, in clear sky, I typically get signal SNR numbers between 20 and mid 30's with occasional 40's. The most I've ever seen was 46, and only for a moment. By contrast my actual Garmin GPS frequently shows almost full bars when outdoors.

If anybody has dramatically better numbers, especially after doing this "antenna fix", then post them up please.
[Vibrant General] bbm21:
my gps has always been terrible it always says unable to acquire location, i just did this and.....

my location is still unavailable
[Vibrant General] Jeffizcool:
My father in law has a fascinate and his gps works great(locks in in less than 5 secs and gets a accuracy of 5 meters or less). it made me wonder why his worked so great and mine didnt so i tried to look up his lbstestmode settings. there is not much info ourthere on that because it seems everyone with a fascinate doesnt have gps problems anymore so they dont talk about it. but what i found it seems that the fascinate has has msbased mode and supl.google.com and 7276 in the lbstestmode settings.

anyway i went into lbstestmode in my vibrant changed those settings as above and ran the samsung gpsrepair(they say it changes the lbstesmode in your phone but if you go back to it it doesnt but it does somthing), restarted the phone and it works great. maybe not as fast in locking in as his but it works very well now. I also turn off the use wireless network setting though im not sure that makes a difference. anyway hope it helps someone.
[Vibrant General] androidmonkey:
I dont think that the GPS antenna. According to the tear down pics, the GPS is near memory card.

See my pics in this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9900582&postcount=159
[Vibrant General] demo23019:
that spot circled in pic is spot on to the area on the left side that causes signal drop when covering that area not GPS

GPS is next to sim card

http://www.careace.net/2010/06/09/disassembly-of-the-samsung-galaxy-s/

At the bottom of the fuselage is part of the mobile communications antenna raised to the i9000′s behind side

The left in the fuselage GPS antenna, extending to the back shell from the back.
[Vibrant General] dsellers2:
Changing the contacts on the bottom completely out with a better set of industrial contacts worked for me.. It may bout work for you? My signal strength did go up a bit, but the main difference I see is that the gps signal strength is no longer like a roller coaster. The bars would move up to 40 them back down to 9 on gps test. With the new contacts I'm always in the range of 35 to 45. No more bars jumping around. I get locks after boot in 30 seconds or less and after that in 3 to 5 seconds.
[Vibrant General] androidmonkey:
You didnt circle anything. So are you saying the contact I have in my pic (see the thread I linked to) is wrong? The gps is right next to that contact.
[Vibrant General] demo23019:
I quoted OP didnt quote his pic to save space

also didn't mean to talk over you did not realize you posted that till after i posted
[Vibrant General] Plato56:
Im the guy in the other thread that first posted the idea for this fix. As far as i can tell, Im the first person to actualy do it. This thread needs to be modified, you have the WRONG contacts. Your going take a great solution and help no one if you dont change that first pic. Those contacts are for the CELL antenna. Check out this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=877182

All the correct information is in there, and the fix has been working for several of us when combined when software upgrades. This takes the week signal problems out of the equation. New 2.2 modems fix wandering GPS and improve lock times.
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
If it's a hardware issue, how come mine is working perfectly when using axura? and doesn't work anymore when using other roms?
[Vibrant General] T313C0mun1s7:
You tell us. The only software in the ROM to affect it is the modem version, and Master is using the same modem that is available elsewhere. Master has not written his own modem.
[Vibrant General] Plato56:
Its a hardware AND software thing. this is all explained in the other thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=877182
[Vibrant General] gatesmarch123:
For me the issue isn't the locks, its the horrendous accuracy.
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
That's why i'm asking how will it be a hardware issue for me if it works when i'm using axura and not in the other roms.
[Vibrant General] T313C0mun1s7:
Well, I have already explained this twice in two other threads, but if you need me to do it again I will point you to it.

It started here with my explanation of how the hardware could be the issue and software might still influence it --> http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9459701

Then two days later the actual problem was confirmed. I was off slightly on the exact cause, but right on the effects. --> http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9483136

By the way, the credit for the original discovery of the fix should go to Plato56 as he first actually tried the hardware fix and reported on it. This was back in November.
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
So yeah it may be possible that it's a hardware issue to SOME phones but others might not be affected by it right?

My hardware problem is that my 3G signal is weak whenever i hold the lower left side.
[Vibrant General] T313C0mun1s7:
So yeah, you didn't read those two posts, did you? LOL

Generally phones built in October or later don't have the issue. Either they are using better contacts, or they have them bent out further. If you notice a lower signal holding the phone a certain way, then don't hold it like that. You are likely obscuring the antenna. It could be worse - it could be a iPhone 4 and holding it wrong completely shorts out the antenna. If you are actually going to use the GPS to navigate, say on a bike or in a car, likely it will be in a mount and you will not have this issue.
[Vibrant General] Rred:
FWIW, if you clean contacts with an eraser NEVER USE A PINK PENCIL ERASER. It contains abrasives and will scratch off gold coatings. The scratching is bad even for plain solid copper.

A white "vinyl" eraser is non-abrasive, that's the one to use.

A drop of Tweak or DeOxIt or other "contact enhancer" after the cleaning will also ensure that the surfaces don't oxidize again. Try not to cringe when you see what these things cost, there are no cheaper alternatives that work as well. A dab of NeverSeize might work, but that stuff migrates like wildfire and shorts out anything it can reach. Contact enhancer can't short things out, it just prevents oxidation.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DROID_BOOST_75:
Has anyone used unrevoked 3 version 3.22 yet on a evo with software 3.30.651.3 hbootloader 2.02 yet and if so did it work for root or did it fail?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeithGS:
I'm wondering the same thing.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jbcarrera:
change log doesn't state anything about the new ota for evo just incredible
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeithGS:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9550349&postcount=17
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DROID_BOOST_75:
yeah i know but if you go onto there web site and click the evo it come's up with the 3.22 for the evo also
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jbcarrera:
unrevoked is universal so it changes for all phones
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DROID_BOOST_75:
ok will it do everthing just like 3.21 did for 3.29 or is it missing the recovery img?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zikronix:
as far as i know unrevoked still cant root the 2.02 hboot.

however my guide can !

its in the dev forums:

hboot s-off like a boss edition
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snandlal:
Ya you and your bunk image of 2.02.001 hboot. Screen is black and i only have fastboot and hboot usb. But my hboot is your fake image which bricks phones. Dont have extended fastboot commands so i get errors when flashing thru fastboot commands.Half of my partition images are completely gone. Why dont you fix that? When i flash eng pc36img, the phone vibrates five or six short times and it say failpu. Ive tryed the rom.zip putting on sdcard and renaming it pc36img. You warn people it may brick but you didnt supply the correct file. How to fix bricked hboot 2.02.001??
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snandlal:
Nothin huh?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DROID_BOOST_75:
wow it does brick the phone good thing i didn't do it thank you for the info i will wait for unrevoked to release there root it's only a week away. and if you bricked it then you have a awesome paper weight.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] #Winning#:
Not a true story, this poor guy just doesn't know how to follow directions. I rooted my buddies EVO tonight with no problems using this method. Yeah, its nice to have Unrevoked but at the end of the day what have you learned by using the "easy" way?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snandlal:
Maybe. Or maybe after he realized it was no good he replaced the link with a new image....yellow is a young, dumb, simp. Yellow must of been sheltered from the world as a little girl. Its ok yellow, we understand
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dahauss:
I tried this unrevoked on a friends BRAND NEW EVO 004 and latest OS.. doesnt work.. I did find a manual method that has a unrevoked zip file in it and a couple of other zips.. all worked great!
[Nook Color General] sudermatt:
I am wonderimg if anyone has tried using one of those capacitive screen stylus pens.

It would be greay if we could draw on this thing.

or even take notes
[Nook Color General] dwcasey:
stylus

That would be nice and use it on one of the drawing/painting apps in the market.
[Nook Color General] robwilcken:
Just bought a Targus stylus today. It works well for misc. scribbles, but if you want to do serious note taking it doesn't work very well. Parts of letters are blanked out, almost like a pencil skipping across paper. I have tried several different notepad applications, all with roughly the same results. The pen and the NC screen might have a 50-50 split on blame. I've also found that the pen works better if held at close to a 90deg angle to the screen - which isn't very natural/comfortable for writing.

All of that being said, will I take the stylus back? Probably not, it works great for keyboard input and selecting buttons/aps/etc....

If you run across a great note taking app, let me know.
[Nook Color General] x-ravin:
I am currently working on the same goal, I'd like to take notes in class with mine. I ordered a BoxWave Stylus and a Dagi stylus. The boxwave works ok, but it requires more pressure than what's comfortable, and you can't tell where it's going to write which ends in very crappy looking letters and numbers. The Dagi sounds promising, but I haven't received it yet. I'll post up results.
[Nook Color General] ictguy78:
Check this out in the accessories forum: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=896838
[Nook Color General] khaytsus:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/genial-writing/com.zenpie.genialwriting

Seems like a good enough app.. Don't have a stylus, I just use my finger. Although it's not great, needs some zoom adjustments.
[G2 and Desire Z General] sukie:
why can i only choose from my google contacts(that are supposed to be linked with facebook but it doesnt show a picture of the contact) and not from all the contacts on my phone whenever i want to add a favorite in the htc sense widget?

I mean i press the add button and i only get a few google contacts but when i press the button right next to it it shows all my contacts.

does anyboydy know any work arounds? i want to be able to add contacts from my entire list.
[Captivate General] doctahjeph:
Something strange happened to me today. I got text from AT&T today saying an update was available for my phone and to press ok when prompted. I am running Acura RC1 so I wont be doing an OTA upgrade, but I found this text interesting.
[Captivate General] norcal einstein:
If you would have searched, you would have found that people are receiving this message from AT&T if they are running anything other than JF6. So everyone running these custom ROMs have the potential to get a OTA "upgrade" to Eclair.
[Captivate General] Sqdnguns:
FFS, not again...............

Attention to detail people.
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[Captivate General] doctahjeph:
Oh wow, you guys have been so helpful.

Flaming removed
[Captivate General] sclRanger:
This same type of thread has been posted several times. Including just the other day. It is not 2.2.
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
And this is what the other posts were referring to. I mean with 100 posts you would think you would know how to use the search function.
[Captivate General] Caliesv:
I think people just wanna be first to tell new news...
[Captivate General] tysj:
It's not even the search function. There's at least two new threads on "mystery text messages" a week.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Houser4enceto:
Hello friends, I have a very big problem with Wi-fi and memory card on my Htc Hero, with Android 2.1, tried to root with "Z4root" click on "Temporary Root" wait and then phone restarita but once switched more you are unable to catch Wi-fi network, nor recognize my SD card, try whatnot, but it is not, ask a colleague if you can help me in any way to fix the phone....:confused::(:(
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electronicopolis:
So hey that's cool a "Here are the similar threads we found:" function!

Anyway, I'm in the middle of calibrating my battery after wiping the stats - following TheImpaler's instructions (charge to 100%, reboot into recovery, wipe stats, boot and then unplug.)

I'm in my first unplug session right now, but wonder if I install SetCpu again, will it mess up the calibration since it's at 50% right now? Since it would be OCed for only the remaining battery life and not the first half.....

:confused:

Crap I thought this was posted into Q/A!