Has anyone tried using the new EVO GPS Drivers? I'm curious is this will help us out at all. Its supposed to work with all AOSP roms I'm pretty sure. I just flshed it and will try it out later.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14534313&postcount=2478
I think the better question is does the EVO and the Shift have the same GPS chip. Remember for the most part they're different phones.
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I actually flashed them on to my shift without knowing and they worked great. Got 9/9 satellites in GPS status in less than 30 seconds, but now my GPS is acting wonky, really hard to get a lock and lucky if I get 1 satellite. It would be really nice if we could get a developer to port those drivers to speedy.
what tells you that that driver is better than the one the shift already have?
evo and the shift are the same in name only.
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what tells you that that driver is better than the one the shift already have?
evo and the shift are the same in name only.
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Just read the threads. People are enjoying a vast improvement in GPS performance with those drivers. I PMed Galandy to see if he can help with Speedy.
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Just read the threads. People are enjoying a vast improvement in GPS performance with those drivers. I PMed Galandy to see if he can help with Speedy.
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But it appears that your gps is acting up now right? So maybe the phone the drivers are made for gets improved GPS not so much every phone because like ronoverdrive said the only thing the evo and shift have in common is name, internals are totally different
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I've never had issues with my GPS.
IT would be nice if there would be an update for the shift GPS drivers, mine always shows me like a block away from my actual location its frustrating as hell. Its the only drawback I have had switching from a Transform to the Shift.
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IT would be nice if there would be an update for the shift GPS drivers, mine always shows me like a block away from my actual location its frustrating as hell. Its the only drawback I have had switching from a Transform to the Shift.
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Turn off "use wifi networks" in location settings.
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But it appears that your gps is acting up now right? So maybe the phone the drivers are made for gets improved GPS not so much every phone because like ronoverdrive said the only thing the evo and shift have in common is name, internals are totally different
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It seems to be somewhat working better now, but I have to be outdoors. I'm still experimenting with it. I think Sprint might have had issues in my area the past few days.
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It seems to be somewhat working better now, but I have to be outdoors. I'm still experimenting with it. I think Sprint might have had issues in my area the past few days.
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I didnt think GPS was network dependant? But who am i to say so, Are you sure the other phones drivers are not causing problems
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I didnt think GPS was network dependant? But who am i to say so, Are you sure the other phones drivers are not causing problems
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Yeah I'm sure. Because the other drivers flash something.supersonic.so and the rom wouldn't use that on shift it would use the speedy.so library.
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Yeah I'm sure. Because the other drivers flash something.supersonic.so and the rom wouldn't use that on shift it would use the speedy.so library.
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well supersonic is the evo and speedy is the shift...i just sold my rooted evo that was not activated and my gps was flawless so thats what brings me to the conclusion that GPS is not network dependant
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I didnt think GPS was network dependant? But who am i to say so, Are you sure the other phones drivers are not causing problems
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Our GPS like many Android phones are not pure GPS units and are actually Assisted GPS (AGPS). Rough location is first acquired from the network tower's or WiFi address's geo-location while the GPS attempts to get a satellite lock for a more refined location lock. This network dependence is why you can almost always get a fast lock on your phone and not on dedicated GPS units.
Well i had not openen maps or anything since my last flash and with no network on and no wifi on my gps still found me within 3 meters
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Turn off "use wifi networks" in location settings.
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Ok so I have to ask. Why do you say "turn off the setting for use WiFi Networks" ? I'm not saying your wrong I just want to here your logic. Because, any time Google Maps or Navigation has any issues locking on a location. The recommended thing to do is Turn On WiFi . Here's some interesting reading for you:
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=81873
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-20009223-265.html
http://androidforums.com/nexus-one/43553-google-maps-use-wifi-gps.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyhook_Wireless
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Ok so I have to ask. Why do you say "turn off the setting for use WiFi Networks" ? I'm not saying your wrong I just want to here your logic. Because, any time Google Maps or Navigation has any issues locking on a location. The recommended thing to do is Turn On WiFi . Here's some interesting reading for you:
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=81873
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-20009223-265.html
http://androidforums.com/nexus-one/43553-google-maps-use-wifi-gps.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyhook_Wireless
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Because it turns off the Network Assist and forces your phone to get a true GPS lock instead of just timing out. Network Assist is needed for when you can't get a location lock or to speed up the process. As far as Google Maps is concerned a rough location is better then no location when a narrow location GPS lock is taking a long time to acquire.
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Our GPS like many Android phones are not pure GPS units and are actually Assisted GPS (AGPS). Rough location is first acquired from the network tower's or WiFi address's geo-location while the GPS attempts to get a satellite lock for a more refined location lock. This network dependence is why you can almost always get a fast lock on your phone and not on dedicated GPS units.
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Very true, and I'd like to keep wifi assist off if possible but it seems that it just doesn't work that way. I think that might have been the problem I was experiencing was due to having wifi off.
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Very true, and I'd like to keep wifi assist off if possible but it seems that it just doesn't work that way. I think that might have been the problem I was experiencing was due to having wifi off.
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The thing is I was able to get a GPS lock indoors in my house with 9/9 satellites. Don't remember if Wifi assist was on or off. But I'm trying it in the office right now with wifi assist on and can't get 1 satellite with wifi assist on.
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The thing is I was able to get a GPS lock indoors in my house with 9/9 satellites. Don't remember if Wifi assist was on or off. But I'm trying it in the office right now with wifi assist on and can't get 1 satellite with wifi assist on.
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Which should bring us back to the main point...usuing GPS drivers meant for another phone might not be the best idea ever
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Related
Engadget posted an article today berrating Samsung and Tmo for allowibg the vibrant to ship in non-working form. Check out their editorial.
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http://mobile.engadget.com/2010/08/02/wheres-the-gps-fix-for-the-samsung-vibrant-and-captivate/
Update: We've just received an official statement from Samsung on the matter:
"Samsung Mobile is aware that under certain conditions, the GPS on our U.S. Galaxy S devices may not be meeting performance expectations. We are diligently evaluating the situation and will provide an update as soon as possible."
hopefully media attention will prompt samsung to addressing it as timely as possible
Kind of sad this is what it takes to get them to fix something. I don't think it's been determined whether it's just a software glitch, or something more serious like hardware that requires a revision. Software can be pushed to the phone, where a new chip can't.
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Kind of sad this is what it takes to get them to fix something. I don't think it's been determined whether it's just a software glitch, or something more serious like hardware that requires a revision. Software can be pushed to the phone, where a new chip can't.
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They're already aware. If you think Engadget posting this crap to their mobile site weeks after even THEY experienced their first issue with GPS is what it "takes" for Samsung to acknowledge the problem you're sadly mistaken. This is NO different from what they posted on Twitter
Am I the only one who hasn't had any issues to speak of with GPS?
The more media coverage, however late, this gets the better. Do you think apple would have moved so quickly on their "fix" were it not for the ridiculous media coverage?
I hope some more mainstream news outlets pick up on this. That might force more than a canned response from samsung.
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Am I the only one who hasn't had any issues to speak of with GPS?
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the only issue I've had is once I turn on gps then open maps, it freezes maps to the point of a reboot needed. Other than that the gps works great
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They're already aware. If you think Engadget posting this crap to their mobile site weeks after even THEY experienced their first issue with GPS is what it "takes" for Samsung to acknowledge the problem you're sadly mistaken. This is NO different from what they posted on Twitter
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i'm sure they are working on a fix. but they are working on 2.2, launching the epic, etc. as well. i'm fine waiting for a real fix, not some quickly hacked together patch that isn't properly tested.
or cm6, whichever happens first.
= P
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Am I the only one who hasn't had any issues to speak of with GPS?
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I wasn't at first either, but then it started. Every device has the problem, just not 100% of the time.
It will be fixed very soon, though. This is Samsung's top priority right now.
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Am I the only one who hasn't had any issues to speak of with GPS?
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no. I also didn't have issues with the GPS.
At least, not until I began thinking that I was just missing something and tried one of the "fixes" on my device. Now my GPS reception is noticeably worse than stock.
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Am I the only one who hasn't had any issues to speak of with GPS?
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Try this...disable "use wireless networks" under "location and security"(this will let the phone use JUST the GPS receiver), then download and install Googles "My Tracks" app. Run that app while driving a long distance, and see just how accurate your GPS is.
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Try this...disable "use wireless networks" under "location and security"(this will let the phone use JUST the GPS receiver), then download and install Googles "My Tracks" app. Run that app while driving a long distance, and see just how accurate your GPS is.
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Why would I want to disable that, though?
I don't doubt that the issue exists, but I'm not going to go out of my way to experience it. I'm no masochist...
If the phone is using Wireless Networks for a location fix in your car the accuracy would be awful and noticeably off.
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They're already aware. If you think Engadget posting this crap to their mobile site weeks after even THEY experienced their first issue with GPS is what it "takes" for Samsung to acknowledge the problem you're sadly mistaken. This is NO different from what they posted on Twitter
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yes - especially if other media pick up on it, and verizon & sprint catch wind of it and actually test theirs before releasing - that would be the real pressure point on sammy
At least Samsung isn't saying this is our fault or round up a bunch of competitors' phones and say they have the same issues. The fact that they say they're evaluating the situation makes it sound like the fix isn't coming any time soon.
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At least Samsung isn't saying this is our fault or round up a bunch of competitors' phones and say they have the same issues. The fact that they say they're evaluating the situation makes it sound like the fix isn't coming any time soon.
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Last time samsung had to "look into" something, behold 2 didn't get the upgrade it was promised.
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daddysays said:
Last time samsung had to "look into" something, behold 2 didn't get the upgrade it was promised.
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true, but nearly everyone knew the behold was a pile of crap from the get go.
the galaxy s is launching in over 100 countries, including every major carrier in the US. they are projected to sell over 10 million handsets. samsung lives or dies by this phone, IMO. i can understand frustration from their previous handsets, but if they drop the ball on the galaxy s, they might as well get out of the business all together.
Hi All,
I don't know if any of you have had the occasional issue with the home/back button doing phantom long presses but if you have a fix is on its way and will be included in the OTA due shortly to resolve the reboot issues. I posted the following question on the Google support forums and this is what the Google rep had to say:
Thanks Ry Guy,
Is the fix likely to be included in the upcoming OTA fix for reboots? or will it be after that?
Thanks!!
Ry Guy
Google Employee
1/31/11
Hi RobMac74,
The fix will be included in the upcoming OTA, so this shouldn't be a problem much longer
Cheers,
Ry Guy
linkage = http://www.google.com/support/forum...8b&fid=455215ff8747658b00049b2d01712f75&hl=en
so it looks like we have a fix coming for two important issues, from my perspective this is pretty impressive support from Google....what do you guys think?
Really nice support from Google. Pushing out OTA:s that quickly is impressive.
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The power of a Google Phone
Apparently they are fixing a security issue with the "SD card" space being accessible. Not sure on the details as I quickly read over it the other day. Google should be able to tell all though if you search for it.
I wish they would include a fix for the poor wifi reception
Gx
I just wish they included a change log with these things. It would be nice to know what to expect, or what to look for.
For the bad calibration of the white color she will be corrected OTA? (yellow tint)
I want this badly !!!
Griffinx said:
I wish they would include a fix for the poor wifi reception
Gx
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I co-sign everyone's requests on the new ota
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Google is always on it
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Griffinx said:
I wish they would include a fix for the poor wifi reception
Gx
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Second that
I wish they would release the stock recovery images
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Darrien13 said:
I wish they would release the stock recovery images
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Yeah, that would be great.
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Yeah, that would be great.
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Maybe we should all contact Google and see what the problem is.
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Griffinx said:
I wish they would include a fix for the poor wifi reception
Gx
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Is the reception really poor for you or is it just that the signal strength indicator for WiFi appears to be lower? I, too, noticed this when I first got my Nexus S compared to my Nexus One, however the WiFi does work up to the same distance away from my router on both phones. Maybe they just need to tweak the way the signal indicator is displayed?
In my case, it often disconnect suddenly ... and immediately reconnect.
Very often ...
While I don't have that issue with my HTC Desire.
Nothing has changed in the network.
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Is the reception really poor for you or is it just that the signal strength indicator for WiFi appears to be lower? I, too, noticed this when I first got my Nexus S compared to my Nexus One, however the WiFi does work up to the same distance away from my router on both phones. Maybe they just need to tweak the way the signal indicator is displayed?
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mbwelch said:
Is the reception really poor for you or is it just that the signal strength indicator for WiFi appears to be lower? I, too, noticed this when I first got my Nexus S compared to my Nexus One, however the WiFi does work up to the same distance away from my router on both phones. Maybe they just need to tweak the way the signal indicator is displayed?
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It works OK just with minimum signal but downstairs in my kitchen I have no signal at all whereas my ipad and palm have nearly full signal. If I move closer to the router to a position where minimum signal returns, it then drops in and out...very frustrating.
Gx
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gogol said:
In my case, it often disconnect suddenly ... and immediately reconnect.
Very often ...
While I don't have that issue with my HTC Desire.
Nothing has changed in the network.
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Same here frequent disconnects & reconnects aswell as weak signal (probably why it keeps disconnecting). I'm on my 4th NS & they were all the same. Wifes Galaxy S has no such problems, my son Moto Defy has no problems & an IPhone 4 I have also has zero problems.
Is there already a report about this problem on the Nexus S official support forum?
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Is there already a report about this problem on the Nexus S official support forum?
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yes........
Darrien13 said:
I wish they would release the stock recovery images
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Get someone who rooted using Superboot to dump the stock one?
I love my Epic. I dont plan on getting rid of it even if I did get a new phone. Has anyone looked into making a Standalone Rom?
I had a Omnia, which I looked into doing the same thing. I put windows 6.5 TomTom on it... But it turned out they had maps for everywhere but USA. Then I found out the GPS wouldnt work unless it was connected to Verizons network. That when I gave up and just used it as a mp3 player.
Is it the same for the epic, and is there a way around it?
I + this id like to know this also
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You mean standalone gps?
I don't think our epics can do that I've tried so many times you HAVE to be in service.
I thought that was the reason for puttting a fluffing gps chip in there. So you could use gps. Not network location.
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yeah, the aGPS in our phones (and pretty much ALL phones) requires cell towers to base it's location off of. So a standalone GPS rom wouldn't do you much good.
A_Flying_fox,
can you elaborate a little more? fluffing chip? or maybe a link?
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A_Flying_fox,
can you elaborate a little more? fluffing chip? or maybe a link?
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I think "fluffing" was to replace a much badder word. Yes I know badderis not a word
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Such as staying connected to my WiFi, or my cellular data connection, or being able to reliably turn Bluetooth on and off. Seriously, these are the things that should just work. On every other phone I've ever owned I've never had a problem with any of these things, let alone all three.
Overall I like the N4 and the positives outweigh the negatives and I plan to keep it for quite a while. But I sure hope these basic things will be corrected in an update soon.
I can help you with that. There is a app that will make you life very easy, it's called "power toggles"
Download it, try out this widget and then thank me later. Hope it helps!
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Sparta507 said:
I can help you with that. There is a app that will make you life very easy, it's called "power toggles"
Download it, try out this widget and then thank me later. Hope it helps!
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Thanks for the suggestion but these issues are nothing a toggle widget will fix.
hfuizo said:
Thanks for the suggestion but these issues are nothing a toggle widget will fix.
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I have never suffered this wifi issue, i don`t think it is caused by the phone but by the router. My wifi connections are rock steady and i never loose connections.
I hate when ppl think their problems are affecting the world. I have 0 of the issues you report.
I use wifi and bluetooth all day every day. Nothing wrong with it at all.
Do a search, you'll find your boat is awfully empty. You need to look at your wireless set up and your bluetooth device is prolly junk.
gee2012 said:
I have never suffered this wifi issue, i don`t think it is caused by the phone but by the router. My wifi connections are rock steady and i never loose connections.
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Agreed. Try a factory reset on both phone and router. Also if it's a netgear router I've heard bad things.
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Such as staying connected to my WiFi, or my cellular data connection, or being able to reliably turn Bluetooth on and off. Seriously, these are the things that should just work. On every other phone I've ever owned I've never had a problem with any of these things, let alone all three.
Overall I like the N4 and the positives outweigh the negatives and I plan to keep it for quite a while. But I sure hope these basic things will be corrected in an update soon.
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Can you be more specific on how/when you get these errors? I'm not experiencing any of these problems on my Nexus 4 and I use both WiFi and Bluetooth regularly.
We can help you, but you gotta provide more info.
Rooted? Stock?
If so, ROM/kernel?
Also, what errors are you exactly getting? Or you can provide a logcat.
This has been the absolute best and fastest device I've ever owned or played with. Makes me sad when ppl aren't experiencing the same thing I am. So hopefully we can help you.
None of the problems you are having.
Seemed like phone was having issues staying connected to network, but it cleared up, so I'm guessing it was T-Mobile's issue.
Also, with Franco kernel and custom color settings and volume boost, this phone is near perfect.
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Yup. I don't use Bluetooth but I don't have any of those problems in the op.
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The WiFi issues with this phone are well documented. Here is one example:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40306
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Such as staying connected to my WiFi, or my cellular data connection, or being able to reliably turn Bluetooth on and off. Seriously, these are the things that should just work. On every other phone I've ever owned I've never had a problem with any of these things, let alone all three.
Overall I like the N4 and the positives outweigh the negatives and I plan to keep it for quite a while. But I sure hope these basic things will be corrected in an update soon.
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I'm having the exact same issues. When attempting to browse the play store I constantly get the " cannot connect to the play store" and I have to hot retry several times before I can continue. This happens every 10 minutes or so and it's driving me crazy. Also when skiing any type of downloading on my Wi-Fi I get awful speeds. I'm talking an hour to download a podcast but it only taking my iPhone 5 approx 10 minutes to download the same podcast. Something is definitely wrong however I bought this phone from someone else so I can't RMA it so think I'm screwed.
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You might want to try a different channel or something with your router if you are seeing disconnections a lot. Also is this happening on multiple wifi connections or just on your home one? With Bluetooth I don't really use it so cannot comment on it.
tweaked said:
I hate when ppl think their problems are affecting the world. I have 0 of the issues you report.
I use wifi and bluetooth all day every day. Nothing wrong with it at all.
Do a search, you'll find your boat is awfully empty. You need to look at your wireless set up and your bluetooth device is prolly junk.
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This. Wtf, as if because you have a problem means we all do? People are so narrow minded.
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if u think the wifi's bad on the N4, you must have never owned a galaxy nexus. I'd sit a foot in front of my router and only get 2bars of WiFi with that phone:banghead:
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For here the WiFi signal until it looks good on the phone, but no data transfer occurs. From what I've been reading this is happening to many people. I think google should be manifested.
If hardware problem until I change the router, but at least tell me what works. They are anxious to get the phone's SD reader to avoid confusion and leave this problem in WiFi. Just missing they release the next nexus without WiFi to avoid this kind of problem.
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tweaked said:
I hate when ppl think their problems are affecting the world. I have 0 of the issues you report.
I use wifi and bluetooth all day every day. Nothing wrong with it at all.
Do a search, you'll find your boat is awfully empty. You need to look at your wireless set up and your bluetooth device is prolly junk.
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The problems I mentioned are all well documented here, with none having a solution.
Glad you're happy with your N4, don't take it as an insult if mine isn't perfect.
Phateless said:
Agreed. Try a factory reset on both phone and router. Also if it's a netgear router I've heard bad things.
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THIS i got a GS3 with a netgear router and the router is fine on any pc but SLOW on my phone and sometimes randomly drops.
javacody said:
None of the problems you are having.
Seemed like phone was having issues staying connected to network, but it cleared up, so I'm guessing it was T-Mobile's issue.
Also, with Franco kernel and custom color settings and volume boost, this phone is near perfect.
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I'm having the exact same problem with the connection having issues every two minutes, making games hard to play with connection errors. Are you certain it's a T-Mobile issue?
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ky0nkyon said:
I'm having the exact same problem with the connection having issues every two minutes, making games hard to play with connection errors. Are you certain it's a T-Mobile issue?
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I have T-Mobile and my signal is rock steady. Call support and see if they are working on a tower in your area.
Does anyone have problems locking to the GPS? GPS Test tells me I have 25 satellites in view but only 3 to 5 are in use. I can never get a good lock in Google Maps. Navigation is pretty much useless. I am testing with a clear view of the sky.
Jerry1130 said:
Does anyone have problems locking to the GPS? GPS Test tells me I have 25 satellites in view but only 3 to 5 are in use. I can never get a good lock in Google Maps. Navigation is pretty much useless. I am testing with a clear view of the sky.
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I had the same problem, but mine was caused by a custom ROM and some xposed mods that didn't play well together. I had to do a factory reset and walk around for a couple minutes for the first lock. Then after that it got a fixed locked every time, really fast.
I do. You're the only person I've seen comment on it other than myself. I was getting pretty convinced that it was just my phone that was weak on GPS. I have to be outside to get a lock most of the time. If it's cloudy I'll only get 8 or 9 out of 17 or so.
I rarely get a lock while in my house, it's hit or miss while in a car, and not at all when in my office. I tried faster fix but that didn't help any. The on'y other phone I've owned that was this weak on GPS was my Galaxy Nexus.
I have also been having this issue. The only thing that seems to help is by enabling the Google location services, for some reason that helps the gps . However it has a negative impact on the battery. At first I though it was the custom rom but I did a full unroot and reset, and the problem persists.
Jerry1130 said:
Does anyone have problems locking to the GPS? GPS Test tells me I have 25 satellites in view but only 3 to 5 are in use. I can never get a good lock in Google Maps. Navigation is pretty much useless. I am testing with a clear view of the sky.
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I'm having the same issue on my d803 at the begging I thought it was a faulty device the one I got because I tried a factory reset and it didn't help. I tested with a Nexus 7 and a Galaxy s4 next to it and they got a lock immediately. After exchanging the phone I still have the same issue. I don't know if it is just software or also hardware related. Hopefully LG will release an update for the issue.
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I'm a plumber. I use my GPS every day. My gps seems weak also. It takes a while to lock on and then its gets confused while I'm using it. I hope we can find a fix.
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afmracer6 said:
I'm a plumber. I use my GPS every day. My gps seems weak also. It takes a while to lock on and then its gets confused while I'm using it. I hope we can find a fix.
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I use GPS regularly. With most phones I have trouble in central London but today for first time I used my g2 and it was perfect and locked quickly
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Had the same issue on the Verizon variant. No matter what I tried to do while on a custom rom I couldn't get a lock in Maps or GPS Test. So I had to restore back to stock. Deleting all my internal storage in the process. Finally was able to get GPS working on this thing. I was about to exchange the device before I did this.
There have been other threads about this in the Q&A section. It seems limited to the Verizon version, but I pretty much experience the same issues as everyone here. Compass is sometimes off by 30 degrees and GPS lock takes a while. I do occasionally get placed on neighboring streets when in a downtown city area as well due to the lock accuracy.
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Ya I'm having big issues too, my phone will say it has my location but have like no satellites, and gps info doesn't say it until i have lik 8+ sattellites and even then sometimes google maps doesn't show a complete lock, though I have gotton that a few times. Half the time though it just takes foerever , and i'm on verizon
Im having problems here as well. I will eventually get a lock, but will get a notification saying GPS signal lost in the middle of navigating with Google Maps. Was trying to figure out if its a Verizon phone issue or I just have a bad GPS antenna...
Same issue here. GPS checker app doesn't help much. Running Malladus. Might factory reset later on. Everytime I check GPS at work I'm several blocks in another direction from my location.
I have also noticed that it has trouble figuring out which way I am heading. Lets say my google maps has me going north, my arrow might be going north but it pointed West. Seems all screwed up.
I had the same issue. Downloaded GPS status from the play store, ran it, and now I get lock in seconds.
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D-meist said:
I had the same issue. Downloaded GPS status from the play store, ran it, and now I get lock in seconds.
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For me, it's not necessarily a lock issue, it's that I will have a lock and then it will tell me gps signal lost.
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Since this seems mostly to be on the Verizon model has anyone compared the GPS.conf file with another to see the differences? Maybe this can be an easy fix.
I called Verizon today about my GPS. They said its a known issue with Verizon lg g2. They said the first batch may have been defective. They are sending me a new one.
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afmracer6 said:
I called Verizon today about my GPS. They said its a known issue with Verizon lg g2. They said the first batch may have been defective. They are sending me a new one.
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I've experienced the same issue with my T-mobile G2. Only way to get a solid GPS lock is to turn on google location services. Even then the lock is "fuzzy" and accuracy is 30-80 feet.
afmracer6 said:
I called Verizon today about my GPS. They said its a known issue with Verizon lg g2. They said the first batch may have been defective. They are sending me a new one.
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Mhmm thats interesting. Keep us updated.
Also curious, how long have you had your G2?
MoNsTeReNeRgY22 said:
Mhmm thats interesting. Keep us updated.
Also curious, how long have you had your G2?
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I got it a couple of days after launch. So a month or so. I'll let you know if the new one is better.
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