yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
I think they are trying to create a way to establish a baseline... so if you walk into AT&T and say your GPS doesn't work, they now have a way to "test" it.

"Oh look it got a lock; thanks! Buh bye"
[Captivate General] ScottyNuttz:
This isn't going to fix anything, huh? I'll give it a shot anyway, I suppose. If it doesn't work, @GalaxySsupport deserves to be spammed!
[Captivate General] beazie0885:
Hope you don't mind, but I just posted this quote on samsungs twitter page. I agree 100%! Well said.
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
the app download page in the market has the developer phone number and email.....

just saying ......... :)
[Captivate General] jaimingandhi:
On a completely different note:

If you look at those GPS coordinates from the app screenshots posted on Samsung's site, it's clear that the "fix" came from Samsung, Korea

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...27.063665&sspn=0.026336,0.043559&ie=UTF8&z=17
[Captivate General] mr. haison:
i've installed the app and my Captivate is locking on to satellites instantly. I have it running GPS Test and the accuracy is about the same as my Tab on this rainy day on the MS coast. I hope it continues to stay like this and not flake out in a couple days.
[Captivate General] Smoghog:
Funny that they have the time and manpower to put forth effort into making an app that restores tweaked gps settings to their factory settings but apparently none to put towards admitting there's a problem with said settings or doing anything productive to fix them.

For my next business venture, I'm going to sell condemned houses as "new" and then offer people a visit from a wrecking crew to restore their house back to a demolished state should they try and rebuild it themselves...
[Captivate General] klcross87:
I'm rooted and running Cog.v2.3b6 and my GPS has been working pretty damn well for a while. I'm interested in running this new app just for s&g's to see if it can improve it anymore. Will being rooted and running that version of Cog hinder my ability for this "fix" to work??
[Captivate General] emuneee:
Check out this video, the Samsung Continuum has great GPS performance (accuracy anyway).

The video compares the Samsung EPIC 4G, Captivate (before and after this GPS Restore), and Continuum. There is definately some issue with the Captivate/Vibrant compared to their CDMA cousins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piTGDFeerv8&feature=player_embedded#!
[Captivate General] mmarquis:
GPSRestore did NOT switch to Standalone for me!?!

After reading here how the only thing the GPSRestore did for some was to change the Operation Mode to Standalone, I thought I would try Standalone mode by itself. I made the change and then got distracted and came back and downloaded GPSRestore and ran it. Then I went outside and tried to acquire a lock. FAIL.

Then I went and changed the Operation Mode back to MS-Based and got a lock within 10-15 s. This is about what I was getting prior to messing around, although the accuracy is subpar (16.4 - 32.8 feet). With a Bluetooth GPS receiver I can consistently get ridiculous accuracies (2.7 feet) that appear real on Google Maps/Nav.

Just for grins I ran GPSRestore again and it got a lock about as quickly, but when I examined the Operation Mode is was still at MS-Based! It did NOT change it to Standalone as someone else observed (not questioning their observation, just listing mine).
[Captivate General] ap1618:
yes, I saw the same thing, it did not change the MS based setting... still bounces around a bit also...
[Captivate General] tiltAdmin:
I've had the Captivate since a week or so after its release and I've NEVER gotten a GPS lock in either GPS Test, or Google Nav. I've tried every fix I can find here and elsewhere on the internet. After running this app I was able to get a GPS lock in both GPS Test and Google Nav!! While it was still at only a 650 foot accuracy it was still a lock. I'm looking forward to testing this again in the car rather than just outside the office building.
[Captivate General] pietro_spina:
has anyone recorded their setting both before and after using this? I'm curious to know what exactly it changes.

Maybe compare timestamps on files also?
[Captivate General] Betray:
app isnt showing up for me

canada on rogers network
[Captivate General] Caliesv:
Nope. Couldn't even get a fix within the app, sad really.

:edit: I was messing with my phone, after trying this app, then deleting it. I ended up restarting my phone a few times for a font change, and decided to try the gps one more time, amazingly, I got a lock onto 8 satellites! I was like "wtf" lol. So I'm going to test it out tomorrow on the road. Crazy thing is, I was never able to get any locks being inside my house the way I just did....hummm..
[Captivate General] emuneee:
Digging through the apk (rename to .rar and extract). I found a sgh_i897.prop file. Here are the contents:

#Generated by GpsLocationProvider.

#Thu Oct 28 22:07:11 America/New_York 2010

SSL_TYPE=0

SSL=0

OPERATION_TEST_MODE=0

POSITION_MODE=7

ACCURACY=50

SESSION_TYPE=2

ENABLE_NMEA=false

SERVER_MODE=0

START_MODE=WARM

DYNAMIC_ACCURACY=1

AGPS_MODE=0

ADDRESS_MODE=1

OPERATION_MODE=MS BASED

USE_DEFAULT=true

DYNAMIC_ACCURACY_VALUE=50

SUPL_PORT=7275

ENABLE_XTRA=true

TIMEOUT=1000

NUM_OF_FIX=999999999

USE_PCTOOL=0

SUPL_HOST=www.spirent-lcs.com

TIME_BTW_FIX=0

Looks like its replacing settings.
[Captivate General] TXRangerXDA:
I ran this and noticed that, while it did change the application settings, it did not change the supl settings. I put these back to stock and it does seem better. Locks quickly, and a track on a walk was good, but I have seen that before. Haven't had a chance to take it driving yet.

Edit to add, this is on Perception build 5.
[Captivate General] danix180:
Just flash the gpsjm9.zip fix. Did miracles on my captivate. I never had a better GPS before this fix. Search it on the forums.
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
Yeah kind of like flashing a new rom without a gps tweak. I'll bet it runs good for some for a couple of days and then dumps again. A big joke really.
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
maybe it won't dump if they are writing it to a file now. were they doing that before?
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
Ok, so far it's all been talk so I decided to try a test. To be fair this was done while standing in the same place outside in full open sky conditions. Screen shots were taken as soon as a lock was obtained. I'm on stock JH7 in case anyone is wondering.

Ok, the first shot shows the settings I used. The second shot is with the JM9 fix applied. The third shot shows after the GPSRestore app ran. The last is the stock settings result.

Therefore, this does nothing like we all ready knew. Thank you and have a nice evening.

Now where did I put that JM9 zip? :D

Added: Interesting side note, the altitude was way different and I'm not that tall!
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
Did a 25-mile commute back to home after run the app. It had zero effect on improve the GPS accuracy. Waste of my time.
[Captivate General] wgarrido:
I ran the app and restarted and now launcher pro keeps restarting. So now I have a unusable phone. I hate hard reseting!!!!! I am so annoyed with this phone.... Sorry had to vent. I so would return it if I could.
[Captivate General] richb500:
I'm confused why they would still use www.spirent-lcs.com. I've read many times that this was some sort of a test server and doesn't respond. Is this server valid or not? If you put the address in a browser it looks like a parking site or an ad site.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
This server is valid. Those postings are simply wrong. They try to ping it and got nothing back and proclaim it is a bad server. It is not. Not every server on the internet responding to ping.
[Captivate General] wgarrido:
Its not about if it pings, but if it resolves DNS, which is does not. No one owns the domain. Do a WHOIS on it.
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
It used to return a 404. Once the GPS issue became popular someone turned it into some Ad money.
[Captivate General] patrickdo:
http://ars.samsung.com/customer/usa...ID=2&PROD_SUB_ID=557&PROD_ID=558&AT_ID=339171

Dated 11/29/2010

"How Do I Update The Software On My AT&T SGH-i897 (Captivate) Phone To JH7 Through FOTA?

An update to improve the Samsung Captivate's GPS performance is now available. Captivate customers will receive a notification on their device that an update is available and will simply need to download the file to update their phone. The updates will be pushed to devices over the next few weeks.

The update for the Captivate will also improve additional device functions, such as media scanning time, adds the full version of Quickoffice and address Microsoft Exchange 2003 policy support."

thoughts?
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
One can hope this is a prelude to an update.

As in, use this then update to something that fixes it for real, using the stock settings.

I can dream, can't I? :(
[Captivate General] drancid:
dunno why but after i ran this app, i can't get lock at all..

so i reflash everything from jf6 rom.:mad:
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
JH7 was released long time ago. It didn't fix GPS.
[Captivate General] djdino:
I will never buy another Samsung phone again after this debacle. Luckily it only cost me $50 via work. I hope ATT gets the Motorola Olympus soon.
[Captivate General] Caliesv:
Old update... Sorry...
[Captivate General] mattbeau:
Here is my observation. Mind you im running stock nonrooted non locked jh7. I turned on wireless for location sources in settings. I stepped outside and ran the app. It locked in about 7 seconds. I then ran gps test (not lbstestmode) from the market. Locked on to 6 satalites very quickly all snr levels between 35 and 41. But only stayed at 6 and only viewing 6. So i kept gps test running and walked inside watching the snr levels and the dropped as expected. The strange thing is it started to see more satalites. By the time i was inside it had locked on to 8 satalites and 9 were in view mind you all the snr levels were low. Is this normal?
[Captivate General] DrCruelty:
I tried it......grasping at any thin strand of hope I guess. SNR levels seemed to increase......somehow, but it didn't actually help in any way. For the first time ever I saw 3 satellites at 40 SNR or higher. Stationary under a clear sky it managed 16 foot accuracy occasionally, 32 feet most of the time. Driving, still the dreaded blue circle, periodic ventures onto side streets and through fields and lakes with the requisite wrong directions. And of course the occasional continue on for 300 feet until it realizes you've turned.

Samsung is not exactly handling this in a way that paints them in a positive light. Hell, right now I think they'd even be better off sending angry customers vouchers for bluetooth gps receivers.
[Captivate General] cgm8:
Agreed, old tech beats new tech!
[Captivate General] *** Adrian ***:
Guys, Im using the froyo 2.2 UCJI6 ( i think is the latest one right? ), and after install that i performed the " GSM reset " using the code *2767*3855#. After that my GPS is working very very nice and fast!!! Is crazy, but is working!!! I heard other people saying the same.

So, try to get UCJI6

Do the GSM reset

go to SUPL menu and disable the GPS secure socket - is very important

set to supl.google.com port 7276

set to standalone mode

click in delete gps data, and it will be rebooted.....

After that, tell me how is working...In my phone i just wait less than 20 sec to GPS lock and in the GPS test app i notice the signal is so much strenght now!!!;)
[Captivate General] ScottyNuttz:
At first, this app couldn't get a lock at all, I tried twice outside. This morning I got a lock and it completed it's thing. I tired Google Nav. on the way to work and it was no better than before :mad:

Navigation still put me driving down the wrong street, or in the ocean, or in the middle of a block, or running red lights when I came to a stop. The 'circle of uncertainty' grew and shrank constantly on my 15 minute drive.

No better, and dare I say, worse than the custom settings that I had set up after lots of testing.
[Captivate General] david717:
Uh, that code does a factory reset which also formats the internal SD, I believe. So do not follow this advice, unless you wish for that to happen. He is, in fact, a moron.

I could be wrong though, just beware :)
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
You're not wrong. GSM reset formats everything.

Unless you intend to 'GSM reset' every week or, this will not permanently fix your GPS issue. It is not really a fix to start with.
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
Oh come on, don't you want to factory restore your phone every few days just so your GPS will work. :rolleyes:

But thanks for the laugh, it was much needed.
[Captivate General] nooomoto:
Dear Samsung,

Thank you for thinking of me as a moron.

Signed,

Happy Customer
[Captivate General] wgarrido:
Just to follow up I had to hard reset in recovery to fix this. It wouldn't load the GUI enough to mount the SD card so I could copy data. I ran the GPS Restore again and the problem didn't come back, but I didn't reinstall Launcher Pro.

But on a side note the GPS is working better, at least its usable, not perfect but usable.
[Captivate General] david717:
Well I woke up and the first thing I did was get on the phone and read XDA. I was curious so I started to enter the code in, then it seemed familiar. Didn't know it was called GSM reset, glad I didn't. Thanks for the confirmation guys. :D
[Captivate General] Rogue9:
Looks like someone owns it :)

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Phone: +1.9549848445

Fax: +1.9549699155
[Captivate General] wgarrido:
Yeah now someone does.... for advertisements.... but when this all started no one did.
[Captivate General] SiL3nTKiLL:
lol what a fail!
[Captivate General] wgarrido:
I didn't even think of buying that domain! LOL.

Updated Date: 13-aug-2010

Creation Date: 13-aug-2010

Expiration Date: 13-aug-2011
[Captivate General] *** Adrian ***:
Is there some other way to get this app? I just tried many ways in the market but does not find it...I notice some other guys with the same difficult....Can someone help me???
[Captivate General] wgarrido:
There is another post that has it attached, but remember this is only for Vibrant and Captivate.
[Captivate General] dressanderc:
I am so glad I got my Surround.

Dear Samsung,

Please go F___ yourselves.

Sincerely,

dressanderc
[Captivate General] wgarrido:
Yeah if I could of or had returned my phone I was looking at the Surround. I finally leave WinMo and get a Android phone and its broken and then MS actually makes progress lol. Samsung/ATT has one more chance with Froyo to get it right after that I'll have to ditch it and use my old HTC Fuze if I have to.

So has anyone figured out what GPS Restore settings is changes?
[Captivate General] jc2470:
crazy thing is no wheres in the gps restore does it say a fix to anything only that if someone changed settings a way to default it back to stock and everyone is getting there panties in a bunch over something that samsung never even stated about being a actual fix. It does not acknowledge anything about gps issues at all. Just that if u changed something in lb test mode then default it back with this.
[Captivate General] wgarrido:
Yeah but it seems to help. I did a hard reset and ran the app and it made a difference.

It could either reset the settings to what it should of been or it is getting ready before they push out Froyo.
[Captivate General] jc2470:
I just tested the gps after gps restore and its still about 1.5 miles off almost 2 miles
[Captivate General] wgarrido:
Did you run it more than once and restart your phone? Also how fast did the GPS Restore app lock? Mine was pretty fast while moving.
[Captivate General] zippox180:
This is true. It simply states hi...we have made an app to restore GPS settings because u thought u could solve everything by going into a system menu and funking things up. Here u go to put everything back together again so u can keep on tweaking and trying.

I know patience is wearing thin but this is not a fix so we have to keep waiting.
[Captivate General] mattbeau:
Im revising my earlier post. I cant get a lock in my car. In google maps. This is so annoying. We have a sunroof. What more clear sky do you need. I think i might sell mine if this doesnt get fixed.
[Captivate General] wgarrido:
Yea on my way home google maps kept loosing lock. Odd that the GPS Restore gets a lock so fast.
[Captivate General] flyboy021:
Hard Reset

Yeah but it seems to help. I did a hard reset and my whole Phone ran way better, including the GPS. Super fast lock and everything is super fast. Plus, I was able to use KIES mini and Windows 7 64bit recognized the phone for the first time!

I'm really glad I did the hard reset!
[Captivate General] wgarrido:
Yeah mine is way faster too, but I wish I could copied data before I had to do a hard reset. This is the first time after the JH7 update.
[Captivate General] fldude99:
So has it been determined that this GPSrestore puts the supl settings back to original?
[Captivate General] wgarrido:
I just checked and everything is like the day I got it, but I did I install it after a hard reset. I will have to make some changes and run it again.

Update: So far I can't get the GPS Restore to do anything that affects the settings in LBSTestMode.
[Captivate General] *** Adrian ***:
I notice that after GSM reset + GPS Restore, in the GPS test app I can lock very very fast.....However when I try using the google maps, it takes much longer...Maybe is some software issue....Why in the GPS test app it locks very quick and in the google maps takes too long??? But, once you already lock some satellite everything works great....:rolleyes:

Some other experience from you guys???
[Captivate General] IamSonoma:
I have noticed that too. I can not get a lock at all now with Axura RC1 or Perception 5 without running the GPSTest tool. I feel like I still am usinging my Samsung BlackJack II. Love the phone. Miss it sometimes.

What I have observered.

GPS worked flawlessly in Stock JF6, Stock JH7, Leaked JI6, Cognition v2.3b6 and AXURA_beta5_CE. When I say flawless I mean I instantly got a lock, 3-7 satellites. Nav and Maps stayed on the road I was driving on.

For what ever reason with Axura RC1 and Perception 5 I can only get a lock after running GPSTest. I loose it though quite often. Find my self recalculating everytime I stop at a light. I have switched between the 2. I like both of these and use them. I can't figure out which one I like most.

I tried changing my settings in LPS. No luck.

I also used the GPSRestore tool. It only works after I run GPSTest. :) If not it fails or I get the retry button.

I am patient. The phone minus the GPS thing is the best phone I have ever had.

To sum it up, I have read alot of complaints about GPS and understood people we having problems. I counted myself lucky. Now I feel the pain.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
So are you intend to hard reset every week ;)
[Captivate General] *** Adrian ***:
Hey man...try this....

Go to LBS in the SUPL menu take off the GPS secure sock...

click in Delete GPS Data

Will reboot...

Run the GPSrestore...

And see the results....:)

Just tell us....
[Captivate General] IamSonoma:
Will do.

I need to test what I did in link http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9313353&postcount=553.

So far the settings are the same but I installed the

file gpsjm9.zip. In my office(4th floor of 5 story building) I pickup 2 satelites. No lock but it was an improvement.

I will test gpsjm9 fix first and post my my results then reboot and apply GPSRestore.

As I mention it only seemed to work after enabling GPSTest first.

Thanks.

Edit: No luck. Outside could only pickup 2 satellites and never got a lock. They even disappeared. I will reboot and run the GPSRestore again. Funny how I can be in the middle of a field on a clear day and GPSRestore tells me to find a clearing with direct view of the sky.
[Captivate General] bcmonke:
Is there any possibility that this is something confined to american carriers? I only ask because when I got my rogers 896 here in vancouver my gps was dead on for two weeks of constant use. I flashed to cog and then at &t stock rom and only then got the issues I've been reading about since july. Just a thought..could the firmware given to american carriers be different and actually affect it that much.
[Captivate General] rohith8055:
I get a quick lock only when my 3G is on using this app.

Without 3G its the worthless crap.
[Captivate General] t-readyroc:
This is what I'm betting they pushed this app out for. I'm guessing that whatever fix that comes next will require stock GPS settings in order to function as intended.
[Captivate General] toby12188:
I got a captivate the first day they were available and it always had lots of random shutdowns and a complete lack of GPS. Once the shutdowns got to the point that I was turning the phone on 4 or 5 times a day I finally called samsung and sent it in for 'repair' and they gave it a look and sent me a new phone. That was over a month ago.. the new phone hasn't shut down or failed to receive a GPS lock yet, on both stock and flashed roms. The GPS performance certainly isn't as good as any of the 3 different gps equipped iphones that I had, but it does work.

If your gps doesn't work and you have random power-offs, I would highly recommend calling samsung and opening a case with them.
[Captivate General] flyboy021:
UK Domain

Help, I hard booted my phone and now it shows up under a UK domain for Amazon MP3 and when I load msn.com?

Does anyone know how to fix this?
[Captivate General] bwolmarans:
Same good news here, same cog version, perfectly good consistent GPS now. Prior to installing cog it sucked.
[Captivate General] mattbeau:
So i compared my phone to my coworkers motorola droid. The original one. Im on ucjj4 optimized with this gps fix. Outside in the middle of the parking lot, his phone locked on the same number of satalites, all of his snr levels were about 5 higher than mine, his accuracy was 6ft and was solid, mine fluctuated between 16 and 32 ft.
[Captivate General] *** Adrian ***:
Guys...I found something!!!!

GPS is working very very nice for me!!!! I have lock in less than 10sec...and even when Im driving it locks very fast and does not loose the signal...is very stable!!!

What I did was...I just went to LBS and turned back all configs as the default, except the supl.google.com/port 7276....I enabled the secure socket...and enabled the Sensor Aiding on the GPS menu....

So, try this and run the GPSrestore....I made a lot of tests and so far I had not any fail!!!!:D
[Captivate General] RGardner:
Position fix... Fail

Retrying

Position fix... Fail

Retrying

Position fix... Fail

Retrying

Position fix... Fail

Retrying

Position fix... Fail

Retrying

Position fix... Fail

Retrying

Position fix... Fail

Retrying

Position fix... Fail

Retrying

:mad:
[Captivate General] *** Adrian ***:
Strange...Did you checked the LBS configs like i did??? My GPS is getting lock even inside my house...amazing....is working very stable!!!
[Captivate General] RGardner:
Point is, this "fix" isn't one.

Your story is the same story I see on every Captivate forum. Someone announces that they have "solved the GPS issue" through some settings, and posts tracks to show how accurate it is. A month later, they're right back itching about how their GPS is fracked.

In the two+ months I've had this phone I've made every adjustment to every setting ever suggested - and gone back to stock settings and tried it all again. GPS works for a few day, a week or two at the most, and the goes to shyt.
[Captivate General] fldude99:
When that happens (starts to become inaccurate), I clear the gps cache with the "gps status" app. Then download latest agps data. Seems to work great after that