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Instant GPS for Verizon - BAF GPStoggle

AMAZING. It's incredibly simple and effective (sit's on the Today screen, a simple GPS ON or OFF get's it primed and ready almost instantly). I've been upgrading rom's and radios for the last month and the gps lock-on rate has been consistently slow and crappy. After I downloaded this (16KB!) cab file and install, I just hit ON. Tomtom worked in 5-10 seconds. Simply amazed. How come no has heard of this before, and if they have, WHY hasn't anyone mentioned it?
http://www.baf.cc/gpstoggle

I could have sworn I announced this here, but maybe it was just at ppcgeeks. Anyway, I'm the creator of it... weird that I apparently forgot this site.

you didnt forget...as far as i know,
GC used to mention your app a while ago, i personally don't use it, but i know its been mentioned a bunch of times before.
people dont look around, they just post what they see and assume its new.

I could have sworn I announced this here, but maybe it was just at ppcgeeks. Anyway, I'm the creator of it... weird that I apparently forgot this site.
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Baf, I mentioned your app a while ago and linked your post on ppcgeeks. I stopped mentioning it due to the power bug. Is it fixed yet?

gbenj said:
you didnt forget...as far as i know,
GC used to mention your app a while ago, i personally don't use it, but i know its been mentioned a bunch of times before.
people dont look around, they just post what they see and assume its new.
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Well the thing is I've seen programs like GPS viewer and HTC home tool floating around a lot... and it's sad that no one's ever mentioned BAF gpstoggle; not nearly as often as they should. Everyone needs as many options as they can get. I used both GPS viewer and HTC home tool, and they locked very slowly. BAF locked instantly. If it has been posted before, then I'll just refresh everyones memory

Well the thing is I've seen programs like GPS viewer and HTC home tool floating around a lot... and it's sad that no one's ever mentioned BAF gpstoggle; not nearly as often as they should. Everyone needs as many options as they can get. I used both GPS viewer and HTC home tool, and they locked very slowly. BAF locked instantly. If it has been posted before, then I'll just refresh everyones memory
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Paul there was a very good reason why I stopped mentioning the app, and why I don't use it. There was a pretty significant bug in it, and unless Baf fixed it, I still wouldn't use it. Obviously no offense to Baf, it's a great application, just needs to fix that bug (if he hasn't already).

The thing is, the bug is actually a bug in the GPS drivers, and affects ANY of the solutions around. I have worked around the bug as much as I can, to the point where nothing will crash but GPS may or may not shut off. In further testing, it hasn't popped up on a lot of configurations as well.

The thing is, the bug is actually a bug in the GPS drivers, and affects ANY of the solutions around. I have worked around the bug as much as I can, to the point where nothing will crash but GPS may or may not shut off. In further testing, it hasn't popped up on a lot of configurations as well.
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Yeah but see...I love the app...but if it keeps the GPS on, that's a huge huge drain on battery power, which is why I stopped using it.

gc14 said:
Yeah but see...I love the app...but if it keeps the GPS on, that's a huge huge drain on battery power, which is why I stopped using it.
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When I need GPS I just move it to the today screen......then I put it back away.....as you said the app is great and I would love to leave it all the time.....but the battery drain is a substantial amount quickly.....just my 2 cents...

When I need GPS I just move it to the today screen......then I put it back away.....as you said the app is great and I would love to leave it all the time.....but the battery drain is a substantial amount quickly.....just my 2 cents...
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It doesn't matter if it's on the today screen or not. If you use it, then disable it from the today screen, the bug will still keep your GPS on.

how do you shut it off?
If you do run this and it does lock gps on - what steps need to be done to turn it off? Soft Boot?

j-squared said:
If you do run this and it does lock gps on - what steps need to be done to turn it off? Soft Boot?
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A soft reset should do the trick, so the GPS bug can be avoided by doing that. BTW I've been using the GPS for quite some time now, I didn't notice much of a power drain issue.
I still CANNOT believe how quickly I get locks; I don't even have to wait 30-60 seconds, not even 10-20. They're pretty much instant now.

Yeah but I'm all set with having to soft reset every time I use the GPS

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Yeah but I'm all set with having to soft reset every time I use the GPS
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in any other app it seems like the GPS gets shut off when the phone goes in to standby. i'm guessing thats not the case here?

My friends,
The creator of this promising app is just 18! He's a computer-science student in a first-rate (but costly) school, so if you like his program but haven't considered donating, please reconsider. He has years of college bills to pay.

gc14 said:
It doesn't matter if it's on the today screen or not. If you use it, then disable it from the today screen, the bug will still keep your GPS on.
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Good to know.....thanks.....it seemed like it was not draining as bad as when I started doing this....

I'll give it a go. I figure I'll only use it in my car where my cell phone has a power plug and thus won't go to sleep (I changed the external power settings). Hopefully then when I exit the car I'll remember to turn off the gps.

This is working great on my VZW XV6800 almost instant gps fix compared to the others. I am watching to see what the battery drain is going to be. I have the extended battery and usually don't have to charge but about once a week so will see what the change is in the battery drain.

Updated version released today...check his site....

any release notes on it?

I might be on to something for the GPS issue.

Well like everyone I had the GPS issue and it was frustrating. I do run an app killer and I always notice many apps (especially the preloaded ones) Keep launching themselves. It got rather irritating. Specifically Telenav.
I noticed with Telenav my GPS would be very flaky. Once I got "killed" it the gps seemed to improve. I thought to myself maybe I'm just being paranoid.
Did a bit of research and found an app called "Start UP Auditor" which completely kills an app and restricts it from every starting up again. My gps seems to be working much better now.
I drove a few miles and on the Verrazano Bridge here in NY and the GPS was super percise. When I was at the end of the block it was at the end of the block as well at the same time. Not like it was before.
Now I can launch google maps and it will find me exactly in front of my house and not 200 feet away.
Takes a solid minute to lock on. Not more but not less unfortunately. So there still is a bit of a problem but for me at least it has exponentially gotten better. Versus it not even locking on previously.
I think I might be on to something. I cannot give all credit to me because I saw on a Tmobile forum someone say that they think the problem might be with the self launching apps so that's where I started to draw conclusions.
EDIT: Scratch that one min thing. It seriously just now took me 10 seconds to lock on and the GPS to start talking to tell me where to turn inside my house. Issue fixed?

I completly removed TeleNav and I still have GPS issues... It is not any software causing this problem. It is a Hardware / Firmware / Driver issue.
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gravis86 said:
I completly removed TeleNav and I still have GPS issues... It is not any software causing this problem. It is a Hardware / Firmware / Driver issue.
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Same here, one of the first things I did after rooting was remove all the bloatware, and Telenav was one of them.

gravis86 said:
I completly removed TeleNav and I still have GPS issues... It is not any software causing this problem. It is a Hardware / Firmware / Driver issue.
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Hmmm... Interesting.
My GPS issues seem to have disappeared after killing Telenav.
This just takes me back to the drawing board once more. I just do not understand...
I would like to see others responses. Does there happen to be vibrants with different firmwares?

So what happened to me?
Was it some magical stroke of luck?

Wow.
Initially, disabling TeleNav gave me a significant improvement in GPS performance. Indoors, I went from having 50-60ft. of accuracy (with multiple locks), to 12-15ft. of accuracy with a single lock. Initial accuracy was in the upper 40s, but quickly dropped to the highest accuracy I've seen with the device (the 12-15ft. figure) - indoor or outdoor - within a minute. Crazy.
Outdoor, on a perfectly clear sky, the best I've achieved was previously 25ft. of accuracy.
I rebooted (the phone froze, wheee!), with TeleNav still selected as disabled, and now, I'm only getting 30-52ft. of accuracy with a single lock. This took about two minutes to come down from 170ft. or so.
GPS settings have been switched to 'Automatic', from the stock supl server, for all of these tests.
Maps still shows me in Issaquah, initially (incorrect data), but quickly updates my position my exact location (within a few seconds). Previously, Maps would take at least a half hour to place me in even the correct city! Margin of Error: ~50ft. or so (shows me on the street, rather than on my property), within seconds.
Compass, as expected: still totally ****ing broken and ****ty.
I can confirm that - besides not being able to lock onto more than a single sat - I'm seeing drastic improvements. Thanks for pointing this out.
Still, I'm not sure the improvement will be enough to convince me to hang onto the device while we wait to hear from Samsung. :/

Jon C said:
Wow.
Initially, disabling TeleNav gave me a significant improvement in GPS performance. Indoors, I went from having 50-60ft. of accuracy (with multiple locks), to 12-15ft. of accuracy with a single lock. Initial accuracy was in the upper 40s, but quickly dropped to the highest accuracy I've seen with the device (the 12-15ft. figure) - indoor or outdoor - within a minute. Crazy.
Outdoor, on a perfectly clear sky, the best I've achieved was previously 25ft. of accuracy.
I rebooted (the phone froze, wheee!), with TeleNav still selected as disabled, and now, I'm only getting 30-52ft. of accuracy with a single lock. This took about two minutes to come down from 170ft. or so.
GPS settings have been switched to 'Automatic', from the stock supl server, for all of these tests.
Maps still shows me in Issaquah, initially (incorrect data), but quickly updates my position my exact location (within a few seconds). Previously, Maps would take at least a half hour to place me in even the correct city! Margin of Error: ~50ft. or so (shows me on the street, rather than on my property), within seconds.
Compass, as expected: still totally ****ing broken and ****ty.
I can confirm that - besides not being able to lock onto more than a single sat - I'm seeing drastic improvements. Thanks for pointing this out.
Still, I'm not sure the improvement will be enough to convince me to hang onto the device while we wait to hear from Samsung. :/
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Yea like I said in the OP the fix is better but there definitely is a problem that needs to be addressed. That might be either hardware or firmware, All thats left is to wait for sammy to fix it up. However my GPS performance for my needs is more than exceptional.

I have noticed that while running GPStest, Google Maps starts to work. Something is wrong with the API.

If anyone is getting black screen freeze ups, disabling GPS will clear that right up.

And, we're back to square one. So much for that.
Location services can no longer locate me, and show that I'm in a neighboring city. Nothing I adjust fixes this for more than a short period of time.
Oh, Samsung...

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I have noticed that while running GPStest, Google Maps starts to work. Something is wrong with the API.
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It seems to me that it is definitely a software problem. I don't think the hardware is bad. (The gps chip?)
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If anyone is getting black screen freeze ups, disabling GPS will clear that right up.
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I drove for miles and had nothing. Though if I am not using GPS I always turn it off to conserve battery.
Jon C said:
And, we're back to square one. So much for that.
Location services can no longer locate me, and show that I'm in a neighboring city. Nothing I adjust fixes this for more than a short period of time.
Oh, Samsung...
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I wonder if they can't even find the issue yet. It will probably be fix in the 2.2 update.

I removed TelNav within 4days of owning my phone and it really for me hasn't changed a thing.
What helped me was turning off the wireless location feature. From what I noticed it looks for your location based off the cell towers first then it looks for your location via GPS. If its slow to find you via wireless then well its slow to find you via GPS too.

I didn't really tried the GPS when I saw the threads saying there was a problem with it and I read somewhere about "how to fix it" so I applied the fix before even using the GPS before, so I have no clue if I had problems or not, but after the fix, the GPS locks in about 10 to 15 seconds and gest my location on the spot, even indoors.
just change the GPS settings to google servers

Directly after rebooting my gps/navigation seems to work much better.
To make it more clear... I'll be using my phone throughout the day and then i'll try to use navigation. Usually it will just keep trying to find the route but it never actually finds it. I'll reboot the phone and it'll find my location and the route in <10 seconds.

kizer said:
I removed TelNav within 4days of owning my phone and it really for me hasn't changed a thing.
What helped me was turning off the wireless location feature. From what I noticed it looks for your location based off the cell towers first then it looks for your location via GPS. If its slow to find you via wireless then well its slow to find you via GPS too.
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I believe the wifi and GPS share the same antenna. Anyone know which antennas do what for sure?

Our cellular antenna is at the bottom under the bump. The one at the top next to the antenna port does the rest.

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If anyone is getting black screen freeze ups, disabling GPS will clear that right up.
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Thanks for this tip, I hadn't caught this in the other GPS threads.

I ran and used My Tracks but forgot to turn on GPS. When I tried nav it could not get a fix until I restarted. Next time I'll try killing conflicting apps.
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I just deleted the Tel-Nav app and now my GPS locks on in about 10 seconds and is dead on accurate. I even drove 165 miles today and never dropped a GPS signal. I could never do that before.

Does anyone know why the times are off one the gps sensors? My local time is 10:51, but gps test has it as 18:51 that is about 8 hours off.
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How's your GPS since the update? and other issues.

MINE SUCKS
I have been using the (new gps fix) and here are its issues;
When on the freeway and driving around town at twenty five miles per hour my position is one block behind my location. the navagation tells me to turn when I am way past the street I was suppose to turn on.
The GPS still loses signal constantly
The accuracy on the Google map is way off in comparison to what the GPS program says the accuracy claims. It claims 30 to 40 feet and its 300 to 500 feet on the map. You better not be walking next to a cliff in the dark
and yeah I rebooted the phone, reinstalled Google Maps, and cleared the cach, and nothing has changed
Why did I wait for the update
I no longer trust Samsung.
The phone lag is getting worse every day and I have lost the ability to go to the market unless I reboot.
The battery life sucks as well, I cant make it through a day with out recharging.
Hey but the hardware is great if it works
Unfortunately I bought this phone for the supposed functionality and this includes the GPS.
Has anybody done any testing and what are your results or issues?

Did you miss the other threadS on this?
Delete GPS data
Wipe data, reinstall from fresh flash of JFD
Disable Use Wireless Networks.

Mine sucks too. Position in Maps jumps all over the place, it's usually at the far end of the error margin, and is relatively slow getting a fix (compared to a Nexus One)
Accuracy has never been consistent (usually above 10m)
The compass is really bad too.
There were improvements with JI6, faster lock, more satellites, fixed gmt and local time, smoother compass, but still far from reliable.
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heygrl said:
Did you miss the other threadS on this?
Delete GPS data
Wipe data, reinstall from fresh flash of JFD
Disable Use Wireless Networks.
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Sorry heygirl, your optimism is appreciated but that solution is no more than wishful thinking.
Drive a 1000 miles and your gps is still usrless. Wait a few days, abd your gps is useless.
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heygrl said:
Did you miss the other threadS on this?
Delete GPS data
Wipe data, reinstall from fresh flash of JFD
Disable Use Wireless Networks.
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How do you delete GPS data?

mine is working awesome i did it last night and is working way better than before, in some places where i used to have 0 or 1 bar i now have 3 bars, the gps working without problems.

I have noticed bugginess still.
Twice now-- When turning on GPS, opening Maps, clicking the FIND MY LOCATION button.. it sits for a moment.. and then reboots my phone. brilliant, right?
Other than that, it is a bit more usable.. still not reliable like my G1 was.
When sitting still in MAPS, my blue arrow spins, jumps a millimeter, spins back... doesnt know which direction I am moving/facing.
Compass is still absolute trash.

pb3000 said:
mine is working awesome i did it last night and is working way better than before, in some places where i used to have 0 or 1 bar i now have 3 bars, the gps working without problems.
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I cannot complain about the GPS anymore. I flashed the ROM myself, formatted and repartitioned before...just to make sure. Quick GPS locks on plenty of satellites. It does seem that it works best in standalone mode on my phone.

My gps accuracy sucks (usually ~30m), but it does lock pretty quick. Subpar while driving, had me jumping around at stop lights and even lost the signal entirely for a few mins. In my opinion, not yet worthy of the title "gps." i'm on stock ji6.
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My GPS seems pretty good, although it was good before the update since I used the leaked GPS fix.
The only thing I've noticed since I odin'd the official JI6 is that my battery seems to drain a bit faster than before, but I might be using it a little more than before as well, so it's hard to tell.

My only complaint is that when I turn on the navigation app it takes several minutes before the gps locks. Once that happens it seems fine.
The same is true of my Garmin standalone gps, so maybe I'm expecting too much.

Hey in case anyone is interested, GPS is working great on the Bionix 1.8 ROMS. I get a constant viewed 11 and locked 9-10 within 3-4 seconds and the tracking is very accurate.
Thought I would share if you are rooted and want to try it out, oh and did I mention it's a great ROM

Jdom58 said:
Hey in case anyone is interested, GPS is working great on the Bionix 1.8 ROMS. I get a constant viewed 11 and locked 9-10 within 3-4 seconds and the tracking is very accurate.
Thought I would share if you are rooted and want to try it out, oh and did I mention it's a great ROM
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I'm using Bionix 1.8 and it will take minutes sometimes to lock and then for no apparent reason the lock will drop. Mytracks still has me driving through buildings as well. It's better but not fixed (at least on my vibrant).

mine works flawlessly. All I've done is root with Ryans OCLF and never removed any bloatware. I do have the recent JI6 update.

Working great after the update..
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I don't have any of those issues.
I just tried looking for my location... and it's very accurate.
Before the update, it was off by a block, and constantly moving around.
Never put in a custom ROM or kernel.
I just MOD a few things.

I Concur
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Hey in case anyone is interested, GPS is working great on the Bionix 1.8 ROMS. I get a constant viewed 11 and locked 9-10 within 3-4 seconds and the tracking is very accurate.
Thought I would share if you are rooted and want to try it out, oh and did I mention it's a great ROM
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I totally agree with you on this, I had stock ROM, flashed to Bionix 1.8, after the initial waiting period to grab a bird, I have since seen consistent locks (within SECONDS) using this ROM with JI2 baseband (to avoid data improvement/battery issues). It is now working in my house where it wasn't before. In particular with Wireless Networks turned off, that little satellite icon locks right quick.
Can endorse the Bionix ROMs highly enough, this thing is truly butter as advertised.
Also, this is with factory GPS settings (not supl.google.com).
Salud, happy vibrant-ing!
Kelly
Samsung VIbrant with Bionix 1.8 JAC/OC/Voodoo Kernel.

GPS & everything works great for me after the update. I did have to calibrate the compass but that was it...

There was an update? My wifes phone did an update yesterday from tmobile but my phone hasn't.
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I upgraded yesterday through mini Keis, and locked on to 9 of 11 satellites, indoors. I tested this morning while driving to work, it was accurate, and navigation App works like a charm. Loving the layers and satellite view!
Before, I could rarely even get a GPS lock.

OFFICIAL: Samsung Posts GPS Fix Guide for Captivate and Vibrant

Samsung Vibrant guide
http://ars.samsung.com/customer/usa...ID=2&PROD_SUB_ID=557&PROD_ID=560&AT_ID=310254
Samsung Captivate guide
http://ars.samsung.com/customer/usa...ID=2&PROD_SUB_ID=557&PROD_ID=558&AT_ID=310271

...and I can say with 100% certainty that the GpsRestoreSamsung app DOES make a difference with JI6, as I've had JI6 and was locking just fine outside but I would never lock inside the house. And now after running the GpsRestoreSamsung app I can lock both inside and outside almost instantaneously.

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...and I can say with 100% certainty that the GpsRestoreSamsung app DOES make a difference with JI6, as I've had JI6 and was locking just fine outside but I would never lock inside the house. And now after running the GpsRestoreSamsung app I can lock both inside and outside almost instantaneously.
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larryvand- Are you running rooted or stock?

No difference. Epic Fail!
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I'm running stock JI6 that is rooted with Rom manager. There is no question anymore that the GPSRestoreSamsung app is making a huge difference on GPS performance. I now I'm getting maximum number of satellites and locks both inside and outside, and accuracy in the 15feet range. And the lock happens almost instantaneously. It is very clear that the GPSRestore app is doing something that is benefiting the Vibrant's GPS big time. And that is well and beyond what the stock JI6 improvements already did with the GPS.

Are you navigating with it? Mine locked outside too, but at some point while driving, would become confused and jump over a few streets. Also kept moving while stopped at stoplights. Would have to shut down Google maps and restart. The kids did like it when the phone would tell you to turn every two seconds. Download gps test and look at the compass, mine would move all over the place. Sometimes would flip 180 and then back.
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Downloaded GPS test and compass and both were rock solid (just a very slight few pixels movement back and forth). Stayed in the same place for about 5min and no change on the compass. I then moved around and the compass would just correctly every time. So far so good. I plan on using it tomorrow on a trip that I'm going.

Can anyone confirm what the settings that the GPS Restore App reverted to in LBSTestMode? I'm curious whether it selects Standalone or MS Based (GPS or aGPS) and which SUPL server it uses.

Can anyone confirm what the settings that the GPS Restore App reverted to in LBSTestMode? I'm curious whether it selects Standalone or MS Based (GPS or aGPS) and which SUPL server it uses.

jamesyl said:
Can anyone confirm what the settings that the GPS Restore App reverted to in LBSTestMode? I'm curious whether it selects Standalone or MS Based (GPS or aGPS) and which SUPL server it uses.
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The LBSTestMode settings do not change, on my phone, after running GPSRestore.

damn doesnt want to run on Macnut R12 w/ stock kernel, says I'm on I9000

GPS Restore App...
At least with my Vibrant, it does appear that it significantly improves the acquiring a GPS link...

mastewman said:
At least with my Vibrant, it does appear that it significantly improves the acquiring a GPS link...
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It does nothing for accuracy. Zoom in on this MyTracks run from this morning.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=201142930973527917117.0004965a1c506459779a6
I promise I was driving on the road.

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It does nothing for accuracy. Zoom in on this MyTracks run from this morning.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=201142930973527917117.0004965a1c506459779a6
I promise I was driving on the road.
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Oh wow.... Looks like you were driving like a maniac, driving offside of the road! J/k only!
Yeah, thats why I didn't want to load that on my vibrant. I'm happy of what I have....
Sent from the helm of darkness called, the "Vibrant Galaxy"... Using the XDA App!

Just tried GPS Restore. Please correct me if I'm mistaken but I thought "Hotstart" was the default setting in LBSTest. I've been leaving mine set to "Coldstart" because it seems to give me a faster lock. After running GPS Restore it's still set to Coldstart (all other settings default). Not complaining really, since my locks are still within seconds, but just noting it doesn't look like the app restores all the default settings. So far at least the app doesn't seem to have broken anything, which is always nice.
I'm on pure stock JI6, only non-default setting is as noted above re: Coldstart, and I always turn off wifi when testing GPS. I virtually always get an initial lock in less than 30 seconds. My accuracy after a few minutes settles to 10m or less. My GPS Tracks are acceptably close to my actual path, not exact, but definitely not wildly jumping around.
I think some people do have HW issues, perhaps a bad antenna connection, but the stock JI6 is working well on my phone.

GpsRestore. Is it working for you?

Hi.
Samsung recently released an app that fixes the GPS config file. I have heard that a few people are now getting better results.
So, whats your experience? Did you even care to install the fix? If yes, how is your GPS playing now?
I have just installed it, so, will be testing it out latter today and then post the results.
Thanks.

GPS was quite bad... installed this app, ran it, GPS is still quite bad... didn't improve it at all.

lock in 4 seconds, 10 out of 12 satellites, I would say pretty good

I'm running Obsidian v4.2 and would get a lock but only if very clear outside and took a while.
After running this app I got lock indoors and super fast!
So for me it most def worked!

dinan said:
GPS was quite bad... installed this app, ran it, GPS is still quite bad... didn't improve it at all.
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Same here.
-bZj
via XDAapp

I tried the software myself as well. I tried to run it indoors and wont get anything. I moved out to clear sky and after trying a little to get a lock, my phone just restarted... Don't know why...
After booting again, I ran the software once more. This time I got the position in like 2 seconds, most probably the values were cached...
BUT it was showing me about 475 meters away from where I really was...
So, really no improvement for me...

It works!! After rebooting the gps locks on very fast. On google earth before this patch, it would take forever to get a lock, now it locks in a couple of secs. Thank God this fix didn't require KIES!

Locks on within 10 seconds for me now.
However, standing still the location sometimes jumps around still. So all that I saw improved was the acquisition times.
I'm glad for the fix though.