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Im receiving my Vibrant on Monday... what can I do to limit the issues?

So im receiving my Vibrant on Monday, and from what I have read a lot of people seem to say that you should do a factory reset on it. Should I do this straight out of the box so I dont have to do it later on once everythings installed on it? And is there anything I can do to make the battery last a little longer? such as charge it up all the way, drain it completely, and charge it up again, and do this cycle three or four times or does it not help at all?
What I would like to know overall is what should I do straight out of the box to fix (if possible) the issues with the:
1. GPS (I understand the GPS and Compass issue are going to be fixed in the first OTA update, but until then can I do anything?)
2. Compass
3. Lag
4. Battery drain
5. Should I immediately do the factory reset, or wait and see if I have any issues?
From what I have read, it seems like 100% of people have issues with the phone, but maybe thats just because the people who dont have any issues with it are out enjoying the phone?
All help is extremely appreciated!!!!

C'mon, just enjoy the new phone.

jake...
exuse my most basic of basic questions. I am fairly new to the droid phones.
I see your question of problems with the Vibrant.
Well,you said GPS, and then compass
Well I know what GPS is, and I certainly know what a compass is.
HOWEVER, Not within the text of a phone. Is it simply a compass that is used by a GPS to function?? Again, excuse my bare bones knowledge guess. I should have PM'd you it is so silly. Maybe not
I would love to hear back from you. It sounds like you try to be one step ahead of the game. I would love it if you had the time to take to PM me...could you
My name is Eric (If I hear any more I will pass it on)

tengtengvn said:
C'mon, just enjoy the new phone.
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i really want to. but i have had so many issues with phones that this time I really want to know if there is anything I can do to prevent issues in the future.

The simplest guide to happiness with your new Vibrant
Reset it out of the box
Root
Install SetCPU
DONE
You should use a black or dark background to reduce drain on the battery and you also have to give the battery some time to adjust. GPS should be fine, but if it's not you should do a reboot first and you should try increasing accuracy before doing anything else. I have my Vibrant and I don't need any of the "fixes" to get a solid GPS lock. Solid enough for now until Samsung issues an update so we can lock onto more sats. I've seen the latest beta perform extremely well, locking on 6 sats at a time with 10Ft of accuracy (moving).

I just got my Vibrant today and was using the GPS just fine without a master reset or anything. Didn't even know there was an issue lol

heygrl said:
The simplest guide to happiness with your new Vibrant
Reset it out of the box
Root
Install SetCPU
DONE
You should use a black or dark background to reduce drain on the battery and you also have to give the battery some time to adjust. GPS should be fine, but if it's not you should do a reboot first and you should try increasing accuracy before doing anything else. I have my Vibrant and I don't need any of the "fixes" to get a solid GPS lock. Solid enough for now until Samsung issues an update so we can lock onto more sats. I've seen the latest beta perform extremely well, locking on 6 sats at a time with 10Ft of accuracy (moving).
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great! thanks for help. the only issue is the rooting part... i can root a phone if i wanted to no problem, but the only issue i have with rooting is voiding my warranty-my MyTouch was replaced three times under warranty-if i need to replace this phone for any reason I would like to keep my warranty.
now i just have a question tho, how do i increase my GPS accuracy? all i see are threads on 'fixing' it.
thanks for the help,
-alecjake

alecjake said:
great! thanks for help. the only issue is the rooting part... i can root a phone if i wanted to no problem, but the only issue i have with rooting is voiding my warranty-my MyTouch was replaced three times under warranty-if i need to replace this phone for any reason I would like to keep my warranty.
now i just have a question tho, how do i increase my GPS accuracy? all i see are threads on 'fixing' it.
thanks for the help,
-alecjake
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Increasing the accuracy number (not "accuracy" in the literal sense) can be done by accessing the LBS (location based services) menu. It's under Application Settings from there. The code for getting there is in all of the fix threads. Just increase the stock 50 number to 100 and it should lock a bit easier.
Root, I don't believe there is a way to unroot back to stock. Not 100% sure on that so someone else can correct me. Root would only be useful for SetCPU, the ability to take screenshots and other minor things. No WiFi tether is reliably working right now which is bothersome and one of my biggest reasons for rooting.

heygrl said:
Increasing the accuracy number (not "accuracy" in the literal sense) can be done by accessing the LBS (location based services) menu. It's under Application Settings from there. The code for getting there is in all of the fix threads. Just increase the stock 50 number to 100 and it should lock a bit easier.
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alright i just spent half an hour looking for the code and I cannot seem to find it. does anyone know what the code is?

alecjake said:
alright i just spent half an hour looking for the code and I cannot seem to find it. does anyone know what the code is?
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*#*#1472365#*#* but I wouldn't bother at all if your GPS is perfectly fine.

heygrl said:
*#*#1472365#*#* but I wouldn't bother at all if your GPS is perfectly fine.
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great! thanks for all your help. and for the battery, you just recommend using a dark background for awhile and hope for the best, correct?

alecjake said:
great! thanks for all your help. and for the battery, you just recommend using a dark background for awhile and hope for the best, correct?
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That's one way to help, make sure all of your syncing is done at the longest intervals and things of that nature.. keep WiFi on for when the screen goes off you have WiFi.

alecjake said:
great! thanks for all your help. and for the battery, you just recommend using a dark background for awhile and hope for the best, correct?
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Thanks for the great questions and posts in this thread. It helps.
Alec and Heygrl...I saw you ask about increasing the GPS accuracy of the Vibrant.
Then this code appeared. I have just never seen that. So I just type that in
My GPS is ok at best. If I use the code, and it was't quite necessary, it wouldn't hurt it, would it.
Thank you for your help, and your help throughout the thread

eric0668 said:
Thanks for the great questions and posts in this thread. It helps.
Alec and Heygrl...I saw you ask about increasing the GPS accuracy of the Vibrant.
Then this code appeared. I have just never seen that. So I just type that in
My GPS is ok at best. If I use the code, and it was't quite necessary, it wouldn't hurt it, would it.
Thank you for your help, and your help throughout the thread
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it would not hurt it. if it did, you could just change the setting back to 50.

Wow. You can unroot. There is a working tether option. Very likely you will not have any issues outof the box. Many of us have no issues with gps. You can do a factory wipe immediately after logging into the phone,i just don't see the point (seeing as it just came from the factory).
Strongly encourage you to read the sticky thread.
Also, not sure I see the reason for installing SetCPU, right now, as there are no kernels for overclocking.

[App] Power Switch - screen off by closing case

Guys, im the developer of Power Switch, an app that switches off your tablet's screen when you shut the case.
The main thread can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277712
Ive had reports of problems with the folio's light sensor, so would appreciate some debugging feedback.
You can use the lite version to test, it has all the features, but just wont save as much juice.
Thanks in advance. Feel free to reply here or in the main thread, i read both regularly!

Thank you for it.

Are you saying things work properly?

I've played a bit with this app now and I can't get it to work properly.
Here are the two things I've encountered:
1. In the notification bar it says - Power Switch is active, tap here to configure. This doesn't do anything. To open the app/configuration I have to access it from a shortcut or from the app drawer.
2. The light sensor doesn't seem to work. Only response I get from the app is when it's turned up side down. Then it will switch off the screen.
I'm currently running it on FolioMod 1.4
Android 2.2
Kernel 2.6.32.9
What else can I do to help you?

1 - ill fix this, seems to be some sort of funky error
2 - thats sounds like a kernel problem, try using sensorlist app from mareket to check sensor...

Okay, well I think I know why the light sensor is giving us/you such a problem
There is no light sensor
I've seen it being listed in ads and reviews, but mine doesn't seem to have one.
I've got:
* tegra_accelerometer
* AK8975 3-axis Magnetic Field sensor
* AK8975 Orientation sensor
* tegra_tmon

Do you have auto brightness?

No.
I think Auto brightness was available in the Folio3x ROM (Honeycomb) but if it was active and actually working I don't know.

See that means its your rom/ kernel combo thats broken... surely every modern tablet has a light sensor?

I'll give the Honeycomb ROM another go next week and will let you know how it works.

Is anyone else missing a light sensor?

I have taken for granted that this device doesn't feature a light senator... Does anyone have any indication of that there should be one?

Do you have auto-brightness?

I think that we have and I had problem with SOD before I installed this app. Now I only put it in case and after par seconds it turn off screen and when I want to use it I don't have SOD problem. Thank you very much, lite version is OK for me but I'll might buy full version.
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What is sod?

SOD=Sleep Of Death
That means if you go to hibernation, you can't turn on screen and you must pull out your battery or long press power button(not fo all devices)

Well there apis an auto-shutdown setting...

Well? Any comments?

ftgg99 said:
Well there apis an auto-shutdown setting...
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as allways. But noone can reproduce SOD - I can't even if I have seen it few times. For me helped long press on power button. Looks like bug in device dependent code - betelgeuse patches for kernel.

I sure can reproduce SOD. More often then not my folio reacts that way. I am currently not turning it of but just dim the screen when I put it away for awhile. Have tried a lot of things but my specimen is "a bit of a bastard". Still I'm hoping someone will come up with a way to circumvent the problem with some software patch. Guess it would have to be done in the kernel...

[Solved]Sensor on KF?

In the top left corner of my KF there seems to be a sensor. Anyone know what it is for? It doesn't seem to do anything when I cover it.

It is a light sensor that could be used to automatically adjust the screen backlight for example.

Yea but it doesn't seem to do that. I cover it and the screen brightness doesn't change. Is there a setting I am missing?

interesting - i think to remember there was a setting in settings->display called "auto brightness" in stock 6.2 and it was not activated by default - not shure but i think so
this setting seems to be gone in 6.2.1
found that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351077
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1366894
and
http://www.amazon.com/forum/kindle?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1D7SY3BVSESG&cdThread=Tx1A25EP3Z5BWB9
maybe i got mine with 6.0 ...
and here a picture of old times:
http://attachments.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=791845&d=1321998472

It should be a light sensor, but on my cm7 fire...it seems not functioning.

-Zeta- said:
It should be a light sensor, but on my cm7 fire...it seems not functioning.
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It does not work currently on CM7, see post from whistlestop...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21300591&postcount=820

I dont think Ive seen auto brightness work on any of the ICS ROMs or the MIUI port. Am I right about that? Might be kinda useful

nateware said:
I dont think Ive seen auto brightness work on any of the ICS ROMs or the MIUI port. Am I right about that? Might be kinda useful
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See same post I listed above. It says that they haven't got the light sensor working in ICS either.

It worked originally in the Kindle Fire 6.0 release but was removed in the 6.1 update and has not been re-enabled in any version ROM that I know of.
Those that had the KF with 6.0 said it didn't work well which is why the most likely disabled it.

The Amazon "Basics" case covers up the sensor with the elastic straps. Maybe that's why they disabled it...

Thanks everyone, that explains it!

fallingcowdude said:
The Amazon "Basics" case covers up the sensor with the elastic straps. Maybe that's why they disabled it...
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Doubtful. One the KF doesn't come with a case and many cases have the hole for it. Mine does. More likely, there is a hardware issue.
I also note that many phones which have the same thing work better by turning the auto off. Using auto uses more battery on my Dinc, so I just turn it off.

They removed it because it was like watching a bad monitor with a low flicking refresh rate.... it was sampling like 3-5 times a second and adjusting. I thought I was going to have a seizure until it updated
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Backlight going down/up...

I don't even know if my eyes are cheating me, or the tablet is indeed have a problem.
(If you followed my previous topic, this is the second tablet I got, brand new.)
Noticed the issue in Hangouts first, with AI keyboard and dynamic screen mode.
Disabling dynamic seemed to fix the issue.
But yesterday I saw it again... at least I think.
It was only a Chrome window, and I was reading news.
The screen went from lighter to darker while I did nothing with the tablet.
Anyone else seeing/having the same issue?
It's so damn annoying.
I mean, I never had such issue on my displays on any device. That's why I think it's not my eyes...

h8Aramex said:
I don't even know if my eyes are cheating me, or the tablet is indeed have a problem.
(If you followed my previous topic, this is the second tablet I got, brand new.)
Noticed the issue in Hangouts first, with AI keyboard and dynamic screen mode.
Disabling dynamic seemed to fix the issue.
But yesterday I saw it again... at least I think.
It was only a Chrome window, and I was reading news.
The screen went from lighter to darker while I did nothing with the tablet.
Anyone else seeing/having the same issue?
It's so damn annoying.
I mean, I never had such issue on my displays on any device. That's why I think it's not my eyes...
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Try turning off "Reading Mode": [Settings] -> [Device] -> [Display] -> [Reading Mode = Off]
Just a thought.
This may be a silly question, but, is your brightness set to auto?

HumanCaviar said:
Try turning off "Reading Mode": [Settings] -> [Device] -> [Display] -> [Reading Mode = Off]
Just a thought.
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Yeah, did that yesterday night as a last resort. Didn't notice the issue happening since then, but I will keep an eye on it.
By the way, now I have a working tablet, I'm quite satisfied. (Except this.)
Thanks for the tip!

h8Aramex said:
Yeah, did that yesterday night as a last resort. Didn't notice the issue happening since then, but I will keep an eye on it.
By the way, now I have a working tablet, I'm quite satisfied. (Except this.)
Thanks for the tip!
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I believe it happens whenever an image is shown. So you will probs notice it when text takes up the entire screen and as you scroll down the page and an image comes into view the screen will change brightness.
Just have to get used it a guess. I kinda am lol.
Sent from Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition via Tapatalk.

the tablet has dynamic backlighting that i haven't seen anywhere to turn off (it's not the screen mode, i have that set to movie). there was a thread about it earlier and i think only the OP and i were able to see it. it's a lot subtler than other devices but when you have a dark scene the screen dims a bit, then when you have a "bright" scene the screen increases the backlight a bit.

I have this issue and its especially noticeable with gifs on screen.

Zerogamer100 said:
I have this issue and its especially noticeable with gifs on screen.
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Thanks fellas!
Back to Samsung it goes!
Well, at the moment I contacted the local consumer rights service and will try to use the law against the carrier.
Which basically means that they will have to refund me for both the tablet and mobile data fees.
Yeah, this provider got the best prices. And the worst customer service.
And yeah I waited YEARS for this tablet to arrive (I missed the original 10.1 bandwagon)... and it's riddled with bugs. Don't even know what to do if they do refund.
Should I buy an iPad? But that's dumb as a rock. A normal tablet? What's the point in that?
So yeah. Wait for the Note Pro? But who knows if it won't have the same... or even more issues?
Yeah, #firstworldproblems, I know.
But I had a Latitude XT2 laptop with a pen. Most magical thing ever.
I just wanted to write again. ;_;
pls sammy why u do dis to us...
@madsquabbles: Nah. I disabled dynamic, set it to normal or what. Auto backlight is off ... I checked everything.
This is not a feature, but some stupid power management or firmware issue. Not that Sammy would address either. (See the lack of 4.4 or multi-seat support. The tablet is far from brand new.)
ps.: I don't think it's that two of you could see it. You two had the same panel issue as I do. (Remember, Apple also loves to mess up things like this. Like their latest problem with the Retina MBPs had the burn in problem. It was the same machine, but two companies were shipping the LCD panels. One was faulty, other one was perfect. I suspect the same.)
@Geordie Affy: I found this issue happening on news sites. But now it happened on a wall of text (it was a news site again, but without any images.) And today, even in LectureNotes. Not that it's bad, BUT it's annoying as hell.
Baaah. Sorry guys for "mentioning", I just tend to use this stupid mail symbol to refer to people.
Silly internet. There are no symbols left that would cause no harm. ;_;

h8Aramex said:
Thanks fellas!
Back to Samsung it goes!
Well, at the moment I contacted the local consumer rights service and will try to use the law against the carrier.
Which basically means that they will have to refund me for both the tablet and mobile data fees.
pls sammy why u do dis to us...
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Use the law against carrier? Good luck.
If everything else works, as you said, then why don't you fix this issue (not sure if it's a bug, as you call it).
Turn the auto brightness off, control it yourself.
Or install lux, if you're rooted, and you have much better control.

ddavtian said:
Use the law against carrier? Good luck.
If everything else works, as you said, then why don't you fix this issue (not sure if it's a bug, as you call it).
Turn the auto brightness off, control it yourself.
Or install lux, if you're rooted, and you have much better control.
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This is different. It's not auto, it's not scene mode, it's not what you think it is.
Uhm... okay how can I explain this.
If you don't have it, you can't guess what we mean.
It's like... you are reading some text, and it goes darker, then brigher, then darker. At the very same screen, even if you stop scrolling.
Then if you got images, it can become worse.
It's terrible because you spend like 10 seconds each time to check if you eyes are bad or there is something fishy going on.
As I said it's possible a faulty panel provider or something.
Now I'm on the carrier-war. If I lose that, I'll send the tablet back to Sammy for LCD replacement/repairs.

I have seen this exact issue and have been able to reproduce it on my friends unit as well. Open up snote.. Start recording a voice memo and watch.. The screen flashes dim and bright. Dim and bright.. It drove me nuts.. Then I noticed.. It was actually doing it in unison with the red blinking dot of the voice memo. So I think it's something where there is an animated gif/pic on screen. I will test turning off reading mode to see if that fixes it and report back. I think I also have mine set to dynamic
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it's more of a gimic than anything. it's a way to boost contrast numbers without any real benefit to the end user, imoh.

Galaxy S5 doesn't wake up at home key.

youtu.be/wbqOni008hc
Any solutions? I want to know is it software or hardware problem?
edit: Specs
Marshmallow 6.0.1 G900HXXSACQAA/G900HOJP1CPL1/G900HXXU1CPCA
Smart Launcher Pro 3.16.06PX

Waouuuuuuu....
Never seen that before.
Backup, flash new firmware and reboot.
If problem still present, it's a material problem.
Good luck mate
Franck

Seems to be a standard problem. I have it too.
Internet forums are full of this problem.
Buy another phone than Samsung.

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fgth90 said:
Waouuuuuuu....
Never seen that before.
Backup, flash new firmware and reboot.
If problem still present, it's a material problem.
Good luck mate
Franck
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I've seeb it alot actually. I mean the wake up problem. But noone seems to fix it yet. If anyone did please tell me

Has anyone test this with older Android 5?

The "Weird" Screen in Low Brightness is AMOLED Burn-in due to intensive use, My S5 Have this problem too.

Try changing the HW overlay / Force GPU rendering in developer options, others have said that works for them, it seemed to for me also but only temporarily. I have had to stop using auto brightness.
Device not waking up is very irritating, even double tap the screen to wake has the same problem, doesn't seem to be the buttons themselves. If you have a custom rom or other way to set double pressing the power button to launch the camera it works as a workaround for me.

Thank you for all the answers guys.
Valmerost said:
Try changing the HW overlay / Force GPU rendering in developer options, others have said that works for them, it seemed to for me also but only temporarily. I have had to stop using auto brightness.
Device not waking up is very irritating, even double tap the screen to wake has the same problem, doesn't seem to be the buttons themselves. If you have a custom rom or other way to set double pressing the power button to launch the camera it works as a workaround for me.
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Just changed:
Force GPU rendering : on
Disable hardware overlays: on
edit1:it's better than before. I will feedback later. Also gonna try that camera trick
edit2: It's same again. Tried Home2 Shortcut the get the camera trick. It also didn't work because i want my phone to be locked and it doesn't work on locked status

Any other suggestions guys?

what ROM are you guys using? Have you tried a different one?

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what ROM are you guys using? Have you tried a different one?
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It's the stock ROM. No, I'm planning to try a new ROM today.

raiwulf said:
It's the stock ROM. No, I'm planning to try a new ROM today.
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that would be a good place to start

Flashed Wanted ROM, it's still the same. It was better at start tho and somehow it freezes less in battery saving mode.

raiwulf said:
Flashed Wanted ROM, it's still the same. It was better at start tho and somehow it freezes less in battery saving mode.
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if thats the case, then it might be a hardware issue

this is weird af, tons of people have this issue, no solutions yet

raiwulf said:
this is weird af, tons of people have this issue, no solutions yet
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My solution was buying an OnePlus 3T and never buy a Samsung phone again.

derAndroidler said:
My solution was buying an OnePlus 3T and never buy a Samsung phone again.
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baaahahahahaha!!! My fiancee has a OnePlus 2 and is a pretty big fan of it. The camera app for samsung TW is far superior tho