Has anybody else experienced this? My GPS was all over the place before I ran the OCLF. Now it is spot on all the time. Fast fix AND on track all the time.
Now that's interesting. And you didn't change anything else bar installing oclf? Might be worth a try, I used to use oclf before I started using SpeedMod kernel for lag fix. What settings did you use?
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Nope, did not do anything else. Just ran OCLF v. 2
Nice....
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Nope, did not do anything else. Just ran OCLF v. 2
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it looks like it fixed mine on Captivate, leaked Froyo...
I'm getting 10 satellites fix in less then 10 seconds, 5 -10 meters accuracy...
Thanks for bringing that up, i wasn't gonna test it anyway
Cheers
Whats OCLF??
I just got my Galaxy S today and the GPS sucks at picking up signals!
It is an app used to fix some lag for the SGS.
You can find it on the market, Ryanza OCLF, it's One Click Lag Fix
Send it back - seriously - I have one and would get rid of it in a heartbeat because of such bad GPS problems. It doesn't get any sort of useful GPS fix. The Nexus S is supposedly a bit better so at least get that instead if you can't wait for Galaxy S 2
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Nope, did not do anything else. Just ran OCLF v. 2
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The thing is this... Use it for a few days with maps, nav, etc then tell us if its still fixed. A few good locks means nothing. In my experience the random inaccuracy is never really fixed... It's a faulty hardware design.
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just to point out mine always says im at my front door or in next doors house if im sitting in my dining room so in my opinion its pretty acurate on the galaxy s i have
radeon_x said:
The thing is this... Use it for a few days with maps, nav, etc then tell us if its still fixed. A few good locks means nothing. In my experience the random inaccuracy is never really fixed... It's a faulty hardware design.
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Nope, it works CONSISTANTLY/ALWAYS after I ran the lag fix (over long routes)... Worked very erraticly before.
Hey, guys! I'm not sure if it's just me, but I just can't seem to run a Direction thing. I can't get my sgs to show me the route from my location to others at all. I live in southeast asia. Whenever i try it, it says, "transits routing isn't available...bla bla bla".
P.S. I'm rolling on 2.2 with oclf lagfix. 1850 benchmark score
Any idea WHY OCLF would help? Ask Ryanza? anyone with a clean phone see if v 2.2 does the same?
Hemsopanha said:
Hey, guys! I'm not sure if it's just me, but I just can't seem to run a Direction thing. I can't get my sgs to show me the route from my location to others at all. I live in southeast asia. Whenever i try it, it says, "transits routing isn't available...bla bla bla".
P.S. I'm rolling on 2.2 with oclf lagfix. 1850 benchmark score
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As far as I know, route planning and satelite navigation are not available in all countries. This is a Google thing, not a SGS thing.
How to check number of sateltie lock??
Hi, I'm using OCLF but i really don't know how to check number of
satelites lock in whenever to go Map or Navigation??
Thanks
Could it be just a speed thing?
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Hi, I'm using OCLF but i really don't know how to check number of
satelites lock in whenever to go Map or Navigation??
Thanks
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'GPS Test' free on the market place.
Related
Guys,
Do any of you have any problems with the built in app Layer?
Every time I load it all I get is the Blue Layer logo and underneath a message saying 'Updating Featured'.
It does nothing else..... Left it running for 15mins and nothing!
I had this issue yesterday... I managed to get it to load once by keeping the screen alive for about 3 minutes... Seems strange. I also had the wonky horizon issue that's been posted.
Overall though, I felt the experience was great once in! It new where all my nearest ATMs were, even though I live in the sticks.
crabby
crabby09 said:
I had this issue yesterday... I managed to get it to load once by keeping the screen alive for about 3 minutes... Seems strange. I also had the wonky horizon issue that's been posted.
Overall though, I felt the experience was great once in! It new where all my nearest ATMs were, even though I live in the sticks.
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Thanks for the reply crabby.
I first logged in yesterday...... It worked after about 5mins (roughly as you mention) but the GPS was miles off.
I then went into Maps and no matter what I do my position at Home ALWAYS shows the same position which is approx 1ml to the West and a large error circle.
Tried switching On/Off both WiFi & GPS but no joy..
So it would appear I have two issues ~ Layar & GPS position.
Ahhh well.... back to the drawing board I'm afraid.
just so you know... My layar is now working. It takes about 30 seconds to load but then works fine. Haven't tried GPS yet...
Crabby
I havent able to make mine working! it's stuck at updating...
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Mine doesnt get through the "updating" part! :-(
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I had the same issue, I just reinstalled from the market place. I also think you get the latest version of layar. Hope it helps.
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Mine doesnt get through the "updating" part! :-(
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This is exactly what was happening to me.
markhind said:
I had the same issue, I just reinstalled from the market place. I also think you get the latest version of layar. Hope it helps.
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Yes, in the end after trying countless times I also went to The Market just as you and Downloaded/Installed the latest version.
It's quite a significant jump from being version 3.1 which is part of the Galaxy S ROM to version 3.5 downloaded from The Market.
Anyway, after installing v3.5 and running it I'm very happy to report Layar now loads practically straight away.
Now all I need to do is sort out my GPS issue and I'll be a happy surgeon.
Layar Reality mode and a bad GPS simply do not go together.
Yaaayy, I finally had this thingy working! All I did was let it do the "updating" part and 5 minutes later it was running!
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I am running an unrooted stock vibrant. I got the Ji6 update a few weeks back, and I was told that it would improve my GPS. But apparently my GPS still doesn't work. I know there are alot of tweaks and hacks here on xda that supposedly fix the gps, but id rather wait and get the official fix from samsung. But if the ji6 was it, then im quite dissapointed. Does your stock vibrant still have a wonky GPS? Or did the update fix it for you?
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GPS works great!
I am running Bionix 1.9. Last night on my way home, I was in an unfamiliar area on a small side street and got a little lost. I turned on my GPS and opened up Google Maps. Within two seconds it locked me in and gave me directions home. I noticed the address at the top of the screen where it said I was. I looked over at the house number and street I was on and it was exactly right.
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I am running an unrooted stock vibrant. I got the Ji6 update a few weeks back, and I was told that it would improve my GPS. But apparently my GPS still doesn't work. I know there are alot of tweaks and hacks here on xda that supposedly fix the gps, but id rather wait and get the official fix from samsung. But if the ji6 was it, then im quite dissapointed. Does your stock vibrant still have a wonky GPS? Or did the update fix it for you?
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I've never rooted either, and for me it's still not perfect. Sometimes it works well, but other times the location jumps around, or the phone hangs and has to be rebooted.
I've seen an improvement since the JI6 update, but my experience is if you use it enough you will encounter flakiness still.
Would be nice if subsequent updates improve things, but right now that's just a hope.
Yes I had a similar experience, with my stock vibrant which has the j16 update. Took over 5 mins to lock on to the gps signal.
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What kind of GPS fixes did you do? Or did you just flash the bionix rom? Sorry im new to the whole hacking scene. If the GPS really works as well as you said, I might just consider rooting then..
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I am running an unrooted stock vibrant. I got the Ji6 update a few weeks back, and I was told that it would improve my GPS. But apparently my GPS still doesn't work. I know there are alot of tweaks and hacks here on xda that supposedly fix the gps, but id rather wait and get the official fix from samsung. But if the ji6 was it, then im quite dissapointed. Does your stock vibrant still have a wonky GPS? Or did the update fix it for you?
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I believe it's just plain bad hardware, and it's not competitive with most other current smartphones.
I've tried a bunch of ROMs, with similar results. The update gives you a faster lock and an accurate report on the number of satellites, which is nice, but it doesn't do anything for the core accuracy problems which plague the device and cause tracks/navigation issues. It doesn't help that the compass is also still very wonky, which causes Google Navigation to flake out when I'm stopped at a light.
All in all, it's very disappointing. I'm thinking of switching to the Nexus One due to this issue.
I've got an unrooted Vibrant bought in July 2010 whose GPS rarely worked and almost never locked on any satellites. After J16 I get a quick lock on 6-9 out of 11-12 satellites. I am satisfied with it now 99% of time for navigation purposes. I do sometimes get wandering of the target from Google Earth even when standing still.
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I believe it's just plain bad hardware, and it's not competitive with most other current smartphones.
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I'm not so sure about that. I hooked it up to my bluetooth GPS and it looked good for a little while, maybe a few minutes, when sitting at my desk. Then it started going wacky, progressively bouncing the pointer farther and farther from the real position. It might be the software that's bad. I'm going to experiment with it tomorrow on a long trip and try various settings.
Its a hardware problem..
JeremyNT said:
I believe it's just plain bad hardware, and it's not competitive with most other current smartphones.
I've tried a bunch of ROMs, with similar results. The update gives you a faster lock and an accurate report on the number of satellites, which is nice, but it doesn't do anything for the core accuracy problems which plague the device and cause tracks/navigation issues. It doesn't help that the compass is also still very wonky, which causes Google Navigation to flake out when I'm stopped at a light.
All in all, it's very disappointing. I'm thinking of switching to the Nexus One due to this issue.
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I have to agree. I had the built in car navigation and the vibrant side by side. The vibrant is 200 yards behind while moving. Even when pointing on the current location, it is wondering around the neighborhood on a 200 yard range.
So what's your explanation for what I see with an external GPS which works fine with a laptop? That a phone hardware problem too?
As far as using the internal I've seen it work for an hour fine and then start flippin out. Then again I've seen it flip out in 5-10 minutes.
Gps is one of those things I rarely think about until I have to actually use it. I just came from a week trip to Atlanta and it connected once during my week stay. The GPS on this phone is crap, I feel bad for anyone that has to use it daily. Luckily I got 3g there and was using google maps to help me find locations. My recent devices Milestone and HD2 connected within seconds. This thing is always searching for a signal with a clear view to the sky.
Im in North Florida if that means anything.
i ran bionix final which i think is the ota ji6, not the kies leak ji6 and the gps didn't work well. but the ji2 gps flash worked great, and the ji6 gps in bionix fusion works great.
you are posting on xda, if you just want to complain go to tmonews or something, otherwise there are a lot of easy fixes that are like 5 clicks away...
GPS works fine for me on JI6, however there seems to be a communications error between certain Google apps and the GPS. I use CoPilot. On Bionix Final my GPS went from good, to ok, to bad, to horrific in a matter of days.
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GPS works fine for me on JI6, however there seems to be a communications error between certain Google apps and the GPS. I use CoPilot. On Bionix Final my GPS went from good, to ok, to bad, to horrific in a matter of days.
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I've seen some issues with Google Nav as well. Did some Googling and it's not just the Galaxy S or Samsnug phones. Many users with different brands and models have reported recent problems with the Nav and Map apps.
Very wonky
Here's a may I did yesterday. All was good fo awhile until I stopped for a turn and it went ape [email protected]*#.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=201142930973527917117.0004944eca8f57406c83e
I can assure you that at no time did I ever go 118 mph. This is just one sample. It does it all the time. I've tried every different firmware I can load including stock and I get the same results. I've tried all of the GPS fixes and nothing. Some days it never even locks. I'm convinced that it is a hardware issue.
GPS works for me most of the time. Sometimes it will show I'm in my house. Sometimes my neighbors. Sometimes down the street. A few times across the city.
I wish it was half as good as the wifi. This thing can pull in an access point like it had a high gain directional antenna built in.
I'm even more convinced it's the software. Now my external GPS won't lock either. Sees 12 sats, I can see the data coming in, but it never locks any sat.
Hi all,
I have almost decided that the Galaxy S is going to be my next phone but just wanted to check what the current state of the GPS problem is (yes I have googled but can't find any definitive answer).
Have samsung fixed this and if so what is GPS reception like, how long does it take to pick up a signal etc. How does the GPS chipset compare to the HTC Hero?
Cheers,
Michael
Its not flawless....but works decent enough. The update frequency is slow and has minor accuracy issues, but something you can live with.
Why not wait for a couple months and get a dual core based phone? or even the nexus s instead
i was leaning towards the Galaxy S due to its relatively low second hand price (I have seen some go for just over £200). Moving from a HTC Hero as I am getting more and more frustrated by how much the keyboard and software in general lags and could do with a bigger screen.
Quite like the look of the HTC Desire HD but battery life concerns me.
Nexus S seems over priced for an average handset to me.
iPhone 4 very nice but too expensive and lack of Googlemaps nav is a big downer.
Everything about the Galaxy S seems nice except for this GPS issue...
It is clearly not fixed.
I tested 3 different Galaxy S with 2.1 and one that I upgraded to 2.2 (JL2) and all of them had a broken GPS. It gets a lock, but it is imprecise. Sometimes it think that you are on the next street.<
Never had this problem with: hero, milestone and optimus one.
what about the 2.2.1 roms? have heard some people have had more success with these... anyone tried these?
mine was useless but is much better with 2.2.1
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It has gone from busted to plausible, but still has a bit to go before actually being confirmed.
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You guys should upgrade to JPY, 2.2.1
I get a lock everytime within 10 seconds
2.2.1 working great 4 me also.. no jumping around or loosing lock while navigating.. have tested 4 over 2 hours now..
BlackDino said:
You guys should upgrade to JPY, 2.2.1
I get a lock everytime within 10 seconds
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Lock time has never been an issue for me. The problem is that the GPS is wrong/not precise.
BlackDino said:
You guys should upgrade to JPY, 2.2.1
I get a lock everytime within 10 seconds
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Same with JPU 2.2.1 roms are just perfect
If locking is not your problem, Da_G has made some awesome progress in tracking over in the Captivate forum. Try out his updates. Really interesting thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881941
What we really need is tracks to show how good the latest firmware is...
exadeci said:
Same with JPU 2.2.1 roms are just perfect
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It's not an option for all of us. If I flash a ROM not made for Bell Canada, I loose support for my locale.
Auzy said:
What we really need is tracks to show how good the latest firmware is...
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Tell me how to do the tracks and I will do them. I am also experiencing very (dramatically?) improved GPS after the official update to 2.2. Previously GPS Status was showing a lot of satellites, but only a few (3-5) locked. Now it's 10/10 or 9/9 ... Haven't tested it too much around big buildings though (just briefly and was similar to results from my G1).
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What we really need is tracks to show how good the latest firmware is...
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I'll try to record some track with 2.2.1, but the improvement is noticeable.
Maybe it won't be accurate enough for fitness use, but at least it doesn't jump around in a 100 meter range randomly.
Now, for the first time ever my GPS is useable. Not perfect, but reaches the minimum necessary to be useable.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=200899946886418974283.000498631226c188839f0
Google maps may not be 100% accurate here. Track was recorded from a car. Galaxy S with JPY seems to overshoot on corners, but certainly it is good enough for car navigation.
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GPS works much much better since firmware based en 2.2.1. My lock time switch from 1 or 2 minutes for 5/6 satts to 10/15 seconds with 8/11 satts. Accurancy was a bit better with JPU (nearly always 5 meters) but with JPY it's now between 5 and 10 meters.
TLDR: GPS is quite usable now with 2.2.1 ROM.
Read...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881941
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878970
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853698
My GPS still is awful after the EI22 update.
Anyone else?
bodi524 said:
My GPS still is awful after the EI22 update.
Anyone else?
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Did you try the GPS fix (for EH17) available in the development section? That is supposed to fix the GPS.
So with the full EI22 update (including modem) you're still having GPS problems?
That stinks.
Yes Even with the EI22 Modem I still had crappy GPS.
I installed the GPS Fix fro Gingerbread and it works fine now.
Thanks
All these months and samsung couldn't develop a fix when they could just steal ours?
bodi524 said:
Yes Even with the EI22 Modem I still had crappy GPS.
I installed the GPS Fix fro Gingerbread and it works fine now.
Thanks
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When you say "crappy GPS", do you mean it locks up requiring a reboot, or is it not very precise?
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When you say "crappy GPS", do you mean it locks up requiring a reboot, or is it not very precise?
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Good point; is it doing the thing it's always done where it only locks on to ~40% of satellites detected?
I get a gps lock in like 5 seconds on EI22. No mod. And its cloudy today where I'm at. And I have wifi and 4g off.
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No reboots. Had view of 6 sats. Wouldn't lock on any.
Flashed the gps fix and it locked on 6 within a second.
I was locking 3/9 with GPS Status on EI22 and flashed the GPS fix here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321049 and locked 9/9 within about 4 seconds.
The fix is great but doesn't it kinda suck that we have to apply a fix to an official build. Jeez what else will still be borked
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My GPS still is awful after the EI22 update.
Anyone else?
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I had the leaked GB on my phone for a while and the number used vs the number found was always like 3 of 9. BUT the accuracy was still 9 ft. I always thought it was a battery saving measure to limit the number of sats used. Now I have an Epic touch and get 9 of 10 or 10 of 10 instantly, but the accuracy is 16 ft.
Stoney60 said:
I had the leaked GB on my phone for a while and the number used vs the number found was always like 3 of 9. BUT the accuracy was still 9 ft. I always thought it was a battery saving measure to limit the number of sats used. Now I have an Epic touch and get 9 of 10 or 10 of 10 instantly, but the accuracy is 16 ft.
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I can live with the 3 of 9 lock but the big question is when will it start crashing again
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It does suck that they can't get it right considering the files used in the fix are from another Samsung phone but I can live with having to flash it if its that much better. Which it is.
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I can live with the 3 of 9 lock but the big question is when will it start crashing again
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I guess time will tell.
That habit to flash will always be there. I just look for things to flash. It's an addiction.
No Crashing yet!
I have personally have had this running all ready for 20 minutes on Google Tracking, and Google maps in the background and nothing. The google tracking would always shut off on me and my wife in 5 minutes or less when jogging, but no problems yet... Finally, stable.
MikeyLee said:
I was locking 3/9 with GPS Status on EI22 and flashed the GPS fix here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321049 and locked 9/9 within about 4 seconds.
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I cannot get my gps to work after updatiing to EI22 (stock). I tried the gps fix in the URL above and got an error:
E:signature verification failed
Any ideas?
Thanks!
This worked great for me.
OK I promised myself that I would not start messing w/ my phone. It is a tool for talking, messaging, email, "emergency network", weather, GPS, data logging for excercise, etc.
SAMSUNG & SPRINT you drove me to it!!!
I was 100% stock. EC05. After updating to EI22 via google and flashing with the stock recovery tool, The GPS would freeze, black screen, and could not be recoved w/o reboot. This would happen in GPS Status and Cardiotrainer. GPS status would never show green bars on more than 2 satellites (I assume the is a lock) where previously nearly all w/ strong signal would be green. Cardiotrained would crash w/ frozen GPS. I could never finish a run w/o a crash. What a mess. My experience is like other descriptions here.
So I followed instructions here. Installed CWM purple, rooted, and flashed GPS fix.
Like magic, the GPS works. At least as well as it ever has. It is usable.
!! THANK YOU !!
Did I really need to root the phone to do this? For me it was more of an act of civil disobedience. (Sprint Store tales omitted.)
Does anyone else get the following:
1. GMaps not recognising the compass and not turning its compass as you turn round;
2. Compass app goes mental when you test by spinning round (mine spins the wrong way then back randomly)
?
Looks like my Note3 is proper fkd. At the moment it's just peeing me off.
fergusstrachan said:
Does anyone else get the following:
1. GMaps not recognising the compass and not turning its compass as you turn round;
2. Compass app goes mental when you test by spinning round (mine spins the wrong way then back randomly)
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Looks like my Note3 is proper fkd. At the moment it's just peeing me off.
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Sounds like the Note 3 is suffering from the same compass issue as the S4. The compass just needs to be calibrated. Download GPS Status & Toolbox (excellent app!) from Google Play Store and go to Tools/Compass calibration. That should fix it. Calibrate the compass outdoors away from metal structures for best accuracy. Factory reset resets also the compass calibration data, but luckily the calibration takes only about 10 seconds or so. Hope this helps!
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Sounds like the Note 3 is suffering from the same compass issue as the S4. The compass just needs to be calibrated. Download GPS Status & Toolbox (excellent app!) from Google Play Store and go to Tools/Compass calibration. That should fix it. Calibrate the compass outdoors away from metal structures for best accuracy. Factory reset resets also the compass calibration data, but luckily the calibration takes only about 10 seconds or so. Hope this helps!
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Cheers Pete.
I did try that but it's still flying all over the place.
Sending it back as faulty. There's too much I dislike about this phone to make it worth £620.
I tried with mine and a few demo units from the stores.
After a thorough test, they all essentially have this problem. My one, when you go to *#0*# it would just either not spin or spin sporadically, same with the demo units.
I guess it's a software problem, 4.3 problem essentially, my AOSP'd Note 2 also has this problem
nicholaschum said:
I tried with mine and a few demo units from the stores.
After a thorough test, they all essentially have this problem. My one, when you go to *#0*# it would just either not spin or spin sporadically, same with the demo units.
I guess it's a software problem, 4.3 problem essentially, my AOSP'd Note 2 also has this problem
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Wow, so perhaps all of them come with a feature that just doesn't work? Weird.
fergusstrachan said:
Wow, so perhaps all of them come with a feature that just doesn't work? Weird.
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Well, probably just the batch that first came out. Do you have this problem?
nicholaschum said:
Well, probably just the batch that first came out. Do you have this problem?
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I did, but sent it back.
fergusstrachan said:
I did, but sent it back.
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Does your replacement have the same issue?
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Does your replacement have the same issue?
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Ah, I see what you're getting at.
No, I didn't get a replacement. Sammy's seem to be all about the gimmick now, and I'm waiting for the N5 or a 32GB G2 to hit these shores.
Besides, £620 for a phone that does the pen-hover thing that my 2003 Windows tablet PC did? Nah.
fergusstrachan said:
Ah, I see what you're getting at.
No, I didn't get a replacement. Sammy's seem to be all about the gimmick now, and I'm waiting for the N5 or a 32GB G2 to hit these shores.
Besides, £620 for a phone that does the pen-hover thing that my 2003 Windows tablet PC did? Nah.
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Oh right okay, so you yourself had the same problem, but probably some external reason not mainly because of this, you sent it back and issued a refund?
I have a feeling that when I leave my house, there is a lot of magnetic interference because my compass always works in my house :/
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Oh right okay, so you yourself had the same problem, but probably some external reason not mainly because of this, you sent it back and issued a refund?
I have a feeling that when I leave my house, there is a lot of magnetic interference because my compass always works in my house :/
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I had the problem, per my original post, so I sent it back as faulty. There are other reasons I was happy to send it back though, as I wrote above.
fergusstrachan said:
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I had the problem, per my original post, so I sent it back as faulty. There are other reasons I was happy to send it back though, as I wrote above.
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Yeah, I noticed I was speaking to the OP like a min ago, I thought the OP got a replacement and never responded back, but alright! I hope a software update could fix this :/
nicholaschum said:
Yeah, I noticed I was speaking to the OP like a min ago, I thought the OP got a replacement and never responded back, but alright! I hope a software update could fix this :/
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Heh. I hope they sort it out for you.
I'll be sending this device back and getting a replacement, since Rogers has a 15 days return policy if under 30 mins talk time, I'm gonna exchange for a brand new one and see whether that helps
Sent from my fingers to your face using my Samsung Galaxy Note 3!
Got a brand new one! If it still doesn't work, well then screw it, I guess a software update would fix it.
nicholaschum said:
Got a brand new one! If it still doesn't work, well then screw it, I guess a software update would fix it.
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so you have found a solution for your compass problem?
Following up...
Anyone have any luck getting the compass fixed? Just got my Note 3 (T Mobile US) and I am having the same problem. Makes orienteering and geocaching all but impossible...
sophocles65 said:
Anyone have any luck getting the compass fixed? Just got my Note 3 (T Mobile US) and I am having the same problem. Makes orienteering and geocaching all but impossible...
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My new device still has this bug, but calibrates faster than my first one. It's a widely known bug, maybe Samsung needs to fix it.
FWIW mine has the same problem. I did manage to get it work work correctly for a little while by using a "metal detector" app which vibrated when it detected something. It suddenly started behaving correctly for a short while.
Calibrating it with the GPS Tools app also fixes it for a little while.
Having the same issue with my Note 3 as well.The GPS Status app using the compass calibration fixes the problem but once you restart the phone the compass no longer works again and you need to calibrate once more.
It seems like a software bug issue rather than a faulty compass.It's annoying but at least there is a solution.