Definitiley seems to better than what people are describing with the other Galaxy S devices, but not quite as well as the EVO...
so far so good, runs like a champ. It took about 2 - 3 minutes to lock and then was very accurate the entire drive home from Sprint. Tested both Sprint Nav and Google Maps.
Yes!!!
BTW, I did go into Settings -> Location & Security and checked the Use Wireless Networks. I also went into Settings -> Privacy and checked Use my location. Not sure if I needed to do both, but GPS is working well.
I did not seem to be getting a lock indoors until I selected to use wireless networks. That should be expected, so I imagine those getting a lock indoors had done that already (it was off by default for me). Location looks reasonably accurate (even though it only claims accuracy of ~2km).
I tried it with a coworker's Epic4g a while ago. IMHO, it looks like it has a decent radio & antenna, but depends entirely on satellites for ephemera data. I'm basing that on the fact that I left the GPS trying to get a lock indoors for nearly a half hour, about 10 feet from a window, with zero success... but when I walked outside, it locked in about 10-15 seconds, and instantly went from zero satellites detected to 10 or 11. And when I went back inside, about half of the satellites remained usable. I did the test using "GPS Test" (free version) from Chartcross (in Market). More importantly, I noticed that after I went back inside, the thresholds dropped down to the level that I believe is high enough to get a reading, but too low to do a successful telemetry download.
The moral: as soon as someone figures out a way to grab ephemera data from a thirdparty server somewhere, and rewrites the kernel module to make use of that data, the Epic4g's GPS will work just fine. In the meantime, if you're planning to use GPS in an environment with poor signal quality, get a lock outside first, then go inside. As a caution, though, it appeared to lose the GPS lock after I exited the GPS test app, allowed the phone to go to sleep, then woke it up and relaunched the app ~30 minutes later. So... it looks like Samsung might not be doing a very good job of caching the ephemera data once it's downloaded, or at least gives up on it and writes it off as invalid more aggressively than it really NEEDS to.
I remember reading somewhere that there's a line you can't cross kernel-wise without breaking compatibility with paid protected market apps... does anyone know exactly where it lies (the real, "apps will break if you cross it" line, not "the EULA forbids it" line, if there's a distinction)? For example, if the kernel needs to be signed as non-development using a key from someone like Samsung, HTC, etc... how much can you rip out and change before it triggers? Alternatively, what's the criteria for being able to build a kernel that Google Market will accept as "legitimate"? I remember that was one of the big run-into-a-brick-wall issues with the Hero and Bluetooth HID... to make it work would require a new kernel, but a new kernel would exile you from being able to run paid market apps unless you cracked them (in which case you'd still lose easy access to updates).
I tried it with a coworker's Epic4g a while ago. IMHO, it looks like it has a decent radio & antenna, but depends entirely on satellites for ephemera data.... The moral: as soon as someone figures out a way to grab ephemera data from a thirdparty server somewhere, and rewrites the kernel module to make use of that data, the Epic4g's GPS will work just fine.
yah that's because you were indoors lol
try outside like if you were in a car with "use wireless networks" unchecked and let us know if you don't mind.
100% False. We are seeing serious issue.No known issue with GPS on Epic. Please check your settings per suggestion in the thread above.
My GPS worked fine. Used Google Nav and managed to go from my home to a store about 15 minutes away. Worked like a charm. Locked quick to Sats, and was very accurate pinpointing my location. This was done with just GPS on and no wireless location.
My GPS worked fine. Used Google Nav and managed to go from my home to a store about 15 minutes away. Worked like a charm. Locked quick to Sats, and was very accurate pinpointing my location. This was done with just GPS on and no wireless location.
Mine seems to work. My Sprint Nav works, Google Nav beta and Google maps all seemed to work the way they should. Why was there rumors about it not working? (Just curious)
This is the first time I've ever even touched an Android phone as well so if mine works hopefully everyone elses will!
By the way hopefully everyone who wants one will get one, it seems there is enough. I didn't pre-order or anything... Sunday evening the sprint guy told me that on Tuesday they were getting in a new phone, I had a VZ BB out of contract and wanted to go on my wifes Sprint account. I walked in today at 8 and was the first to get an Epic. Lousy pre-orders... wake up early! But, a bit of bad news is that one of the reps at the store was trying to order one online for himself while I was there and he couldn't (unavailable). He said he still can't even get an Evo right now through the employee discount program.
that is exactly the kind of general anecdote that is not helpful. How many sats? and how do you even know you had sats?
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