Gps on this phone better than previous sammy phones? My photon locks in 1-2 seconds everytime. Im thinking of making the jump but need gps to work
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Inside I was having an acceptable-but-not-great experience...outside, however, was the nuts. Perfect lock instantaneously.
i've never had an issue of locking my location inside a buidling until i got this phone
Mine works well. Locks on ina couple of seconds. I'm in Springfield MA right now and all the streets are jacked so it's really nice to have a good working google navigation!
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Works perfectly. Takes a few seconds longer than og Evo to lock, but no big deal.
Well I guess ill test it out at the store if possible
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Locks faster than my original epic, but thats not saying much.
Just tested outside, locked into 8 sats in 3 seconds. Sent from epic touch.
The real test is to do in the parking garage I was just by where the parking garage ends and I could not lock onto a gps signal for the life of me
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I tested both the photon and epic touch in two different stores; none of the could lock on gps (they lock fine on wifi; which is 'cheating' )
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I tried a bionic in the verizon store next door and it locked fine.
My first lock took a long time. Now no problems locking at all.
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Mine took forever for the first lock and I was on the highway very annoying, after that it locked on a lot zippier. However, not as fast as my previous phone the Evo 4g.
I was pleasantly surprised when it locked in my basement Man Cave immediately. This phone is actually impressing me. Looks like the Photon will be going back to the store.
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I was pleasantly surprised when it locked in my basement Man Cave immediately. This phone is actually impressing me. Looks like the Photon will be going back to the store.
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My photon went back. Much happier now.
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Hey guys how you doing! We'll I hope great cause I really need the comunity help on this because sprin service reps are worthless!!! So any help would really help!! So here it goes and I will be posting this on the evo forums to cause this issue is happening to my epic and gf evo....
Alrighty so for a year now I've had and evo and epic 4g! And the place I live at I've been here for 1 year ad half...and the whole time we hve live here we had ok 4g.... issues here an thre at night my thought is maybe maintnance once in a blue moon but thts it! Well up to three days ago we had good 4g and out of nowhere something started happening....my 4g connects on both phones and once I start uing 4g data it resets my 4g and and starts scanning again so I thought this was a rom problem but two phones diferrent ones ad different roms I waslike it has to be tower wise and after 2 hours and a trip the local repair center SpRINT sucks in finding out what's wrong! So I am hre asking for your help guys does anybody have an idead of wht I should do? One thing thts coming up to me is something I ubstructing my reception cause everywhere else around my block my 4g works perfectly...
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I believe Korey aka Whosdaman said Sprint is doing tower improvements as part of a big project. I have had 4G since launch day of this phone. A few weeks ago I had issues with it connecting as well. Suddenly my 4G has been better than ever. Hopefully you may be experiencing the same and soon things will be better than before. It is odd that it works around where you live and not at home though
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I believe Korey aka Whosdaman said Sprint is doing tower improvements as part of a big project. I have had 4G since launch day of this phone. A few weeks ago I had issues with it connecting as well. Suddenly my 4G has been better than ever. Hopefully you may be experiencing the same and soon things will be better than before. It is odd that it works around where you live and not at home though
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Well I ho0pe that's the case cause my 4g is my main internet and yeah I swer its like it conects inside my room and if I walk straight from my room window to the street it won't work lik it conects but once I use 4g dat it diconct but if I walk a few feet to the left or right it works perfectly...
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My 4g does this now too. Used to be solid. Not it disconnects and reconnects randomly.
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My 4g does this now too. Used to be solid. Not it disconnects and reconnects randomly.
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What's your location? And does it happend to you when you strt using 4g data? Cause mine will stay connected until I start using the 4g data
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I made the switch from the Evo 3D to the Epic touch and I noticed that the GPS doesn't work as well as it did the Evo.
I was wondering if there was anything that can be done to make the signal a little better.
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coming from the epic this thing works amazingly well
but i get a signal within 5 seconds and a 10 meter range
the gps on this thing works even better than on the photon in my experience
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I dunno...I fired up Google Earth on my lunch break sitting in my truck at work. I tapped "my location" and it flew in and was only off by 1 parking spot. I'd say that's pretty accurate.
So far as the radio strength I'd have to agree...usually it works fine for me, but some times I can't get a signal with it on my center console but if I put it in the door-handle pocket it works fine. I think that might be software tweakable...
You can try gps aid from the market. I used it on my epic and it helped but this phone works a lot better than my epic.
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I had to return mine for gps problems, the new one works great!
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Mine takes a while to lock and best i can hope for is 15m
Using GPS Status mine often shows an accuracy of 6 feet. I didn't even know cell phones were supposed to be capable of that resolution. I'm very impressed here.
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mine takes forever to get a lock, if I even get one. hmm, maybe I should go return it for GPS issues.
If your phone hasn't been rebooted in a while gps wont work very well. Reboot phone and it will lock fast.
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Using GPS Status mine often shows an accuracy of 6 feet. I didn't even know cell phones were supposed to be capable of that resolution. I'm very impressed here.
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All my other phones put me withing a few feet of my location, nor more than a few yards off in most situations. This has constantly had me at least a half of a mile off. I has me in an adjacent neighborhood at home and a half mile out in the river at work. i have tried all the settings. I am leaving work early today and going to Sprint for a possible exchange to another Touch. I already anticipate the run around but if they cant get me at least in the sprint parking lot, I am demanding a new phone. Its to the point where I cant use my GPS because it is totally inaccurate.
kasper19 said:
mine takes forever to get a lock, if I even get one. hmm, maybe I should go return it for GPS issues.
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Check this out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18319079
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpkiJeUQpvQ
You should get a different copy.
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my GPS is fantastic
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Check this out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18319079
You should get a different copy.
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yea, saw the video. I have the same exact problem that is shown in the video. Now the question is, do I need to put my phone back to stock before I take it in?
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yea, saw the video. I have the same exact problem that is shown in the video. Now the question is, do I need to put my phone back to stock before I take it in?
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Yep, odin back to stock and you should be good to go.
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How long does it take you guys to get a GPS lock... Sometimes it take 5 minutes...
For me, I have never seen longer then 30 seconds. Usually less then 10 seconds.
I was goofing around with QPST the other day and noticed that there are Unpopulayed GPSone settings. Does this phone support GPSone? I populated the entries with data from my old phone. I don't think it made a difference, I just did it in the name of experimentation. What's the worse that could happen, I just have to reload my saved NV settings.
GPS used to be awesome...doesn't ever lock at all anymore. Reboot doesn't matter, GLSCLRX didn't help, re-stocked it, everything. no help.
1st floor of a 3 story condo building, in the bathroom with it raining outside. Doesn't matter what I do this thing gets within 10 yards of my location within a few seconds tops.
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GPS used to be awesome...doesn't ever lock at all anymore. Reboot doesn't matter, GLSCLRX didn't help, re-stocked it, everything. no help.
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Try the rom in my signature with GPS tweaks to see if it helps.
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Well, I'm switching over to Sprint from T-mobile because I get an awesome employee plan. I'm starting off with the Epic 4G Touch. Hopefully I'll like it more than my Sensation. I just don't like Touchwiz...
I came from tmobile and had the sensation and I got to tell you the epic is way better by miles
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Big mistake!
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Big mistake!
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Troll!
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dmora01 said:
Big mistake!
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Why?
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The only thing the Sensation has over the Epic Touch is of course the microphones...IMO
Not sure what their isn't to like about Touchwiz. It is a pretty decent launcher but if you do not like it, it's not like a big deal to use something else.....
Unlike Sense, Touchwiz at least doesn't bog down the whole device.
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Well, I'm switching over to Sprint from T-mobile because I get an awesome employee plan. I'm starting off with the Epic 4G Touch. Hopefully I'll like it more than my Sensation. I just don't like Touchwiz...
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Don't worry about touchwiz. It's only a launcher. It's not way up Androids ass like sense... Once rooted you can remove it completely in seconds.
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Well so far I really like it. I just wish there was a way to turn off the auto-dim when the phone thinks it's overheating.
I switched over from the sensation too. the phone is great but i cant even stream my google music anymore.... Man, its terrible. It takes forever!
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I switched over from the sensation too. the phone is great but i cant even stream my google music anymore.... Man, its terrible. It takes forever!
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Give it time. The network upgrades are rolling out faster than I expected. At home I still get the same depressing speeds but at work it picked up a little and on other towers around town (especially the high congestion areas) I'm seeing awesome speeds.
At the gym the other day I downloaded a 70mb podcast...figured it would take 30 minutes...listened to one 4 minute long song and it was finished when I checked on it after that song. I remember downloading cyanogen updates at work over 3G and it taking like a half hour or more...(86-90mb ish).
I figured this wouldn't be happening so soon...but, I think it actually is (in select areas).
I can't wait for the next PRL update.
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The only thing the Sensation has over the Epic Touch is of course the microphones...IMO
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And build quality..i also had the sensation...the metal design made it beautiful and it felt better and stronger in your hand..that's the only thing i wish this phone had..but..im satisfied
just incase anyone else experiences this...
after installing FD24 (stock for me) i let my phone sit for 20 mins with GPS on and searching using GPS Status and it didnt even find one sattelite. So i left GPS on and rebooted. after reboot i got a lock within 5 seconds
Yeah not going to ICS until GPS is fully polished. Put ICS on two previous E4GT's and it borked out after a week. On EL29 and locks every time. So until this issue is resolved, no ICS for me
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Yeah not going to ICS until GPS is fully polished. Put ICS on two previous E4GT's and it borked out after a week. On EL29 and locks every time. So until this issue is resolved, no ICS for me
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The GPS is as polished as she's going to get with these ICS modems, fellas. Mine has never worked before these ICS builds and it works like a charm now.
Mine has worked great on the ICS builds. At least the last few
yea i figured i'd make mention of this only bcuz i have read others who had problems on ics and methods of fixing was flash back to el29 and get a lock then reflash ics. but what just a reboot with it on, worked for me.
on me it work fine but issues with speeds on 3g so I went back to gingerbread
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My gps never worked for crap, until I updated the modem to FC18 (and beyond), now I get an a-gps lock in half a second, and a true gps lock in 2. ICS gps works great.
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Thanks for ur info
Gps works great outdoors... In doors I can't get a lock... My old Evo 4G I gave to my gf gets 6 sats inside :'(
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Admiral2145 said:
Gps works great outdoors... In doors I can't get a lock... My old Evo 4G I gave to my gf gets 6 sats inside :'(
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When the hell do you need GPS indoors?
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GPS on last few ICS builds are pretty solid, it locks within 30 - 45 seconds that's not bad
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When the hell do you need GPS indoors?
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Possibly when you want to know where you're going and such before stepping outside? Lol.
Does it still have the crappy signal/gps issues? I had it earlier this year and it was frustrating, so just want to see how things have been since then with all the updates and such....
gps sucks. it takes a long time to connect. and i have this issue where the phone fails to connect to 3g when 4g disconnects. super annoying.
get the sgs3 or evo 4g lte.
Umm no. My phone does not have those problems. Running aokp stable 4 with fh13 modem
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Umm no. My phone does not have those problems. Running aokp stable 4 with fh13 modem
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+1 mine doesn't either, of.course I never had LoS when the phone was new either like so many others did.
We are legion, for we are many.
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No GPS problems here. I get a lock in 5 seconds INDOORS and this was on touchwiz, cm9 , and jelky bean
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I don't have GPS problems, but the battery life has been pretty bad with the new ics update. It's no where near the life of gb.
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No GPS or LoS issues here running a stock ff18 Rom fg31 k/m. This phone is sick. :thumbup:
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too many variables to give you a answer lol.. ive hardly ever had any of ur issues but depends on the rom, kernel, modem, your area, and then some.. one thing im sure on is this phone beats any iphone in every way
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Keep the iPhone, easier to sell and retains value. And then buy GS3
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Never had a GPS problem anywhere indoor/outdoor. Even with my slow 3G speeds.
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I still dont know
You guys are all saying its works fine and like a million other people are complaining when I googled it lol. I'm just bored with my iphone 4 and my sister took my evo 3d, So I need something to get my android fix with lol.... no upgrade til december.
Having played with a galaxy s3 in the mall, I'd say go with that. Read that section in the forum to see what issues there are. After going from a 4s to the e4gt, I miss the 4s camera and the better quality sounding audio output. I've had this one for nine months now and the screen burn in is getting on my nerves. Going to pen tile displays was samsung's choice for screen lasting longer and less apt to burning. I didn't notice a screen door effect on the s3 either. Even though the cameras are virtually the same, I can see how having a faster focus helps in certain situations with the s3. Its low light is noisy though like lots have mentioned.
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You guys are all saying its works fine and like a million other people are complaining when I googled it lol. I'm just bored with my iphone 4 and my sister took my evo 3d, So I need something to get my android fix with lol.... no upgrade til december.
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Its the way things goes on in consumer world. More noise is created by people who's stuff is not working. I work for verizon fios and we only hear 5 to 10% customers call in to complain but some might come to wrong conclusion that fios always breaks. Thats how it is. I have had no issues with my e4gt. Love everything about it.
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