30glock
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All Things GPS
- Thread starter Robinelli
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You got the update fix???
SamsungVibrant
Android Expert
OMG I got the update too, it works flawlessly now!!!!!! Just kidding, I think he meant he got my post in the other thread.
Robinelli
Android Enthusiast
Where can I find the info? Is it on the phone? My box is at home and I am not.
Robinelli
Android Enthusiast
My version is the one mentioned above. I ran the gps test also. I was too impatient. It said 2 locks with 10 in view. Regardless, I drove 6 hours yesterday with gps. It lost signal a few times on the way. When it lost gps I restarted google maps and it came back up. Given I drove 6 hours and only went without gps less than 10 minutes of the drive, I was happy with the performance. I will continue to use it and update.
ivanoid
Newbie
I used this tutorial and it worked! thanks!
SamsungVibrant
Android Expert
Hey everyone, I made a thread about some secret codes, and how to find your actual Build date and time, this is different from the ship date on the box.
Go to the main room, look up the thread... and post your built date!
here is are the instructions if you are too lazy to find the main thread.
Go to your phones dial pad, and dial this in:
*#*#44336#*#*
My built date is 06/22/2010, my phone was built at 22:34:50 Korea Standard Time.
What about yours?
post your results!
in that other thread... I also posted a code that does a built in GPS test, you don't have to use 3rd party android market GPS Test anymore. you can use the native test built into the phone.
Go to the main room, look up the thread... and post your built date!
here is are the instructions if you are too lazy to find the main thread.
Go to your phones dial pad, and dial this in:
*#*#44336#*#*
My built date is 06/22/2010, my phone was built at 22:34:50 Korea Standard Time.
What about yours?
post your results!
in that other thread... I also posted a code that does a built in GPS test, you don't have to use 3rd party android market GPS Test anymore. you can use the native test built into the phone.
VegasTouch
Android Enthusiast
Ooo
I dialed that in and it didn't do anything.
I dialed that in and it didn't do anything.
SamsungVibrant
Android Expert
You must have Mis typed try again
VegasTouch
Android Enthusiast
6/22/10 22:34:50
Date on my box is 7/9/10, so looks like same batch. Got mine on second day of launch.Got it at walmart and believe I got the first two they sold. They still don't have them out on display as of last sunday.
Isn't that OS build date, not phone build date? I've yet to see anyone with any other time.... This would also be in line with the fact that all the other data is software/firmware related.
Regalicious
Well-Known Member
Mine is 6/27 at 15:47:22 KST
Edit: Oh whoops I'm in the wrong forum. I have a Captivate. Maybe that's why. Sorry :S
Edit: Oh whoops I'm in the wrong forum. I have a Captivate. Maybe that's why. Sorry :S
SamsungVibrant
Android Expert
I dunno that would suck I thought it was the manufacturing date.
I found this on another forum and if it is true, its what I feared as the worst scenario.
quoted from XDA
I could be wrong, but I suspect that there is a hardware problem. The GPS chip reportedly is new, a combo chip from Broadcom that handles Bluetooth, FM and GPS, as well as media processing. That Broadcom design, which is supposed to offload some of the GPS processing from the phone's CPU to the combo chip, could have internal problems. Or Samsung could have designed the surrounding circuit wrong. Or the manufacturing QC could be flaky. The symptoms reported from testing different Galaxy firmware versions indicate that Samsung engineers may have been trying to work around some inherent problem in the hardware by buffering, interpolatation, etc., of the GPS outputs. And the reported symptoms come and go mysteriously over time. If the underlying output from the new chip is unreliable, no software miracle can truly fix it. But Samsung might succeed in faking out most of the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, with a software workaround.
I am not so sure that Samsung will really be forced to make this good in the marketplace with a recall. So far, as a PR matter, the manufacturer is amazingly unscathed by the GPS fiasco. Search Google news and you will find only a couple of minor online trade-press articles that even mention the Galaxy GPS defect. And all the lazy "reviewers" never really get past the first impressions and gee-whiz over the screen. They don't get out and do real field tests of GPS apps. (I agree that, absent the GPS problem, the phone is stunning. But a defective GPS on an Android is a deal breaker. GPS is core functionality that has to just work.)
Mines going back!
quoted from XDA
I could be wrong, but I suspect that there is a hardware problem. The GPS chip reportedly is new, a combo chip from Broadcom that handles Bluetooth, FM and GPS, as well as media processing. That Broadcom design, which is supposed to offload some of the GPS processing from the phone's CPU to the combo chip, could have internal problems. Or Samsung could have designed the surrounding circuit wrong. Or the manufacturing QC could be flaky. The symptoms reported from testing different Galaxy firmware versions indicate that Samsung engineers may have been trying to work around some inherent problem in the hardware by buffering, interpolatation, etc., of the GPS outputs. And the reported symptoms come and go mysteriously over time. If the underlying output from the new chip is unreliable, no software miracle can truly fix it. But Samsung might succeed in faking out most of the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, with a software workaround.
I am not so sure that Samsung will really be forced to make this good in the marketplace with a recall. So far, as a PR matter, the manufacturer is amazingly unscathed by the GPS fiasco. Search Google news and you will find only a couple of minor online trade-press articles that even mention the Galaxy GPS defect. And all the lazy "reviewers" never really get past the first impressions and gee-whiz over the screen. They don't get out and do real field tests of GPS apps. (I agree that, absent the GPS problem, the phone is stunning. But a defective GPS on an Android is a deal breaker. GPS is core functionality that has to just work.)
Mines going back!
SamsungVibrant
Android Expert
OH MY GOD, my heart sank reading that. I hope who ever posted that is wrong. When was that posted, by whom, and where?
If this is true, that means we not only don't have HSPA+, NO Flash+, NO FFC(which i dont really care about), but also now NO GPS! Nothing but a fancy screen. I refuse to believe it!
Jude at galaxyshelp.com promised me with 100percent certainty this was a software problem. LOL
peepinmofo
Newbie
Lets be real here. If it IS a ardware issue, I dont care what day it is, there will be a replacement of some kind or a refund. They have to. Im sure if they dont, there will be a class action suit of some kind.
Im holding on to mine until Samsung or Tmobile says something. Its obviously a major issue, and if it isnt fixed within a week or 2 at most, I will call and get it straightened out.
SamsungVibrant
Android Expert
Why wait two weeks, call samsung right now and t-mobile also.
Also what makes you think your phone call is going to resolve this world wide GPS problem. I mean I've called, and so have hundreds of other people. Why would they listen to you and not us? I'm just wondering, not trying to be rude.
coolguy949
Well-Known Member
That would require them to actually admit there is a hardware problem. Or they could go the HTC EVO 30fps route and say it's for "battery saving" or something. IMO it would be a miracle for them to admit of anything wrong with the hardware.
peepinmofo
Newbie
Never said I would get them to fix everyones. What I meant was if this doesnt get fixed, I will get MY situation straightened out - whether through them or Tmobile.
I figured it read funny as soon as I hit "submit".
SamsungVibrant
Android Expert
Hi. So I'm outside a T-Mobile store right now. Came to see how the display model works. I walk in and get greeted, ask to see the vibrant, store employee says excellent choice and walks me over to the phone. I say " actually I own the phone but my GPS doesn't work, came to see the display model." She says " oh no these phones are perfect, never heard of any GPS models problems, lets get yours exchanged right away." I said thanks, I'm just going to play with the display model for a bit.
So she left me alone. I downloaded GPS test onto the phone. The phone detected 11 satellites and locked onto zero. Then I went to Google maps...it failed to locate me for the longest time. Finally when it found me it thought IM in a completely different city. Went back to GPS test...still eleven satellites in view locked in on zero.
Another topic..I've complained about a blue tint. The display model had no blue tint, instead all the whites looked a dingy yellow. I guess I prefer the blue tint on my phone over the dingy yellow. Can't believe so many differences in screens.
The moral of this story, the T-Mobile store display GPS was as busted as mine, yet the store employee had never heard of this issue, she acted like I was from Mars when I told her my GPS is busted. Anyways I'm keeping my lovely phone until Samsung lets us know what's going on.
So she left me alone. I downloaded GPS test onto the phone. The phone detected 11 satellites and locked onto zero. Then I went to Google maps...it failed to locate me for the longest time. Finally when it found me it thought IM in a completely different city. Went back to GPS test...still eleven satellites in view locked in on zero.
Another topic..I've complained about a blue tint. The display model had no blue tint, instead all the whites looked a dingy yellow. I guess I prefer the blue tint on my phone over the dingy yellow. Can't believe so many differences in screens.
The moral of this story, the T-Mobile store display GPS was as busted as mine, yet the store employee had never heard of this issue, she acted like I was from Mars when I told her my GPS is busted. Anyways I'm keeping my lovely phone until Samsung lets us know what's going on.
I will be receiving my Samsung Vibrant in a week and reading this thread makes me a little sad as I am a perfectionist and researched this phone for a year before it came out.
Theoretically, if my GPS is has as many problems as yours, I will still keep it. Solely because, through all the problems this phone has that seem like every other phone doesn't have, it stands out in two ways.
The screen is flattering and stunning. It makes playing games and watching videos THAT much better.
Second, the GPU in this phone is so much better than any phone out there, and i mean ANY in North America. No phone compares and this phone can ONLY improve. It has the best hardware out there over all. This is a first for T-Mobile. More than likely this issue will be resolved in the future anyways.
So, is the G.P.S. just really bad? Or is it completely not functional?
Theoretically, if my GPS is has as many problems as yours, I will still keep it. Solely because, through all the problems this phone has that seem like every other phone doesn't have, it stands out in two ways.
The screen is flattering and stunning. It makes playing games and watching videos THAT much better.
Second, the GPU in this phone is so much better than any phone out there, and i mean ANY in North America. No phone compares and this phone can ONLY improve. It has the best hardware out there over all. This is a first for T-Mobile. More than likely this issue will be resolved in the future anyways.
So, is the G.P.S. just really bad? Or is it completely not functional?
Please tell me you at least showed that to the salesperson so she wouldn't be so ignorant about the issue.
It depends on the day... Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. For some people it never works.
SamsungVibrant
Android Expert
You know, she was such an airhead, that I didn't even want to bother with her, nor did I want to shatter her little perfect image of the phone, plus she wouldn't even believe me, nor would she even understand what GPS test is. Even if I showed her google maps being off she would probably still not understand. I conveinently left GPS app on the main home screen of the phone, maybe other customers will walk in and run the app and notice zero satellites.
Something just dawned on me. It is a perfect gorgeus sunny Los Angeles day, as katy perry says, sunkist skin make your popsicle melt. LOL, anyway, on this gorgeus day I'm lucky if I get 1 satelite locking in. What is every vibrant owner going to do, when summer ends, the clouds roll in, it pours rain, and suddenly even those people who get maybe 3 satelites now, for sure they will get zero during winter time. Winter clouds are going to bring some pissed off Vibrant GPS owners.