I understand that the GPS issues with the Captivate are well documented and have been detailed in many threads on many websites; so I am reluctant to proceed with this post. Unfortunately, I am one step away from a system restore, and this is my last resort.
Basically, I have been using a non-rooted Captivate for about a year, and have not had GPS problems. The GPS locks on rather quickly, and is reasonably accurate.
Last week, I was visiting San Francisco and the GPS was a great help. After a few days I drove up to wine country, and the GPS suddenly failed to lock on period. During several days in wine country, I never received a lock. When I returned to San Francisco a few days later, I could no longer receive a lock in places that did not pose a problem days earlier.
Now, sitting here in my apartment in New York, I cannot receive any GPS lock; again, I never experienced this problem in the past.
So my question: are there any known issues where GPS would work fine and then suddenly fail on a constant basis?
Some background:
My phone is non-rooted version 2.2, whatever ATT was distributes. I tried the Samsung GPS fix in all locales without success. Chartcross GPS Test tells me I have no locks.
I rooted the phone earlier today and ran through as many of the solutions in the XDA forums as I could find, none with any result.
The only thing that produced any different result was changing the "Test Mode" in LbsTestMode to "H/W Test" and then running the "Get Position Test". This finds one satellite.
Any ideas/advice?
Basically, I have been using a non-rooted Captivate for about a year, and have not had GPS problems. The GPS locks on rather quickly, and is reasonably accurate.
Last week, I was visiting San Francisco and the GPS was a great help. After a few days I drove up to wine country, and the GPS suddenly failed to lock on period. During several days in wine country, I never received a lock. When I returned to San Francisco a few days later, I could no longer receive a lock in places that did not pose a problem days earlier.
Now, sitting here in my apartment in New York, I cannot receive any GPS lock; again, I never experienced this problem in the past.
So my question: are there any known issues where GPS would work fine and then suddenly fail on a constant basis?
Some background:
My phone is non-rooted version 2.2, whatever ATT was distributes. I tried the Samsung GPS fix in all locales without success. Chartcross GPS Test tells me I have no locks.
I rooted the phone earlier today and ran through as many of the solutions in the XDA forums as I could find, none with any result.
The only thing that produced any different result was changing the "Test Mode" in LbsTestMode to "H/W Test" and then running the "Get Position Test". This finds one satellite.
Any ideas/advice?
