Sorry Nerfie. Could you explain a little more about this. KIES reg hack - is this a hack for KIES, so that it gives you the latest software not approved by Orange, or a hack for 2.2 itself?
Where would I find this hack and what are the potential implications?
Many thanks. G
Just an update.. I just used the KIES reg hack to upgrade my Branded Orange UK phone from 2.1 to 2.2 (didn't even do a factory reset before or after) and it's tits. the GPS finds loads of sats now and logs on in (on average) 8-12 seconds. Locks on to about 7 aswell I should add.
I'm now using the Official Un-branded UK SGS Firmware and I'm a very happy bunny... just need to install the voodoo lagfix now.
I am having a weird problem with my X10. I do not have a data plan and just use wifi at home and office. Last month, two times somehow two different add-ons were added to my account. I never logged into my service providers account (Rogers) from my set; neither anyone else uses my set. When I called them, they told me, its activated through phone. Any suggestion, why this kind of weird stuffs are happening and how to prevent them?
Just an update.. I just used the KIES reg hack to upgrade my Branded Orange UK phone from 2.1 to 2.2 (didn't even do a factory reset before or after) and it's tits. the GPS finds loads of sats now and logs on in (on average) 8-12 seconds. Locks on to about 7 aswell I should add.
I'm now using the Official Un-branded UK SGS Firmware and I'm a very happy bunny... just need to install the voodoo lagfix now.
good news everyone.
It seems that our GPS woes are (almost) finally over. I have just flashed the new firmware (Froyo 2.2.1 JPX) and for funzies I decided to test the GPS and I could not be happier. It locks to half a dozen satellites in second and stays that way. Now I am in an apartment building and I have 6 sats in use with a consistent accuracy of 10 m.
Wish I had flashed this a week ago when I was on a trip abroad, it would have saved me some grief.
Hope this ROM goes official soon!
i have been following this chain and i'm a little confused. how do you know how many satellites have locked on. i looked in google navigation software but it doesn't appear immediately obvious to me. could someone give me some direction. thanks
good news everyone.
It seems that our GPS woes are (almost) finally over. I have just flashed the new firmware (Froyo 2.2.1 JPX) and for funzies I decided to test the GPS and I could not be happier. It locks to half a dozen satellites in second and stays that way. Now I am in an apartment building and I have 6 sats in use with a consistent accuracy of 10 m.
Wish I had flashed this a week ago when I was on a trip abroad, it would have saved me some grief.
Hope this ROM goes official soon!
True, JPX is the official version of froyo 2.2.1 and I think I have heard some people say that they updated through kies, though I am not sure if they used the IMEI hack to get the vanilla kies UK release.
I used odin and samfirware to get JPX, but mind you it is not for the faint of heart. I actually 'bricked' my phone in the process, but managed to get it working again (tried to go from JPA to JPX, only worked when I went JPA>JPU>JPX). Anyhow it should be in kies by now.
A for the number of sats, I did use "GPS test" from the market, I will try to make a test on my tracks next time I go cycling, it has been snowing a quite a bit since friday so I couldn't be bothered to do that just yet.
but hey, things are looking up
oh yeah, I also noticed that samsung introduced an update feature onto the phone, so it may be the case that future updates will be done without needing to connect to a computer.
Is it possible to update with kies when the phone is rooted our will kies not show you any updates then?
I have a vanilla UK phone and JPO is the most recent available to me
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