Kinda getting sick of having google maps on and then getting lost because it looses signal all of the sudden.
i'm curious as to what manual fix ur referring to. Please explainNo clue if they'll fix it officially, but why don't you apply the GPS fix manually? It'll take about 15 minutes of your time.
i'm curious as to what manual fix ur referring to. Please explain
As mentioned in another GPS thread here, go to the Sprint Epic Community forum and check out post #190 for a manual method to fix GPS issue without having to root. I just did it and the hardest part is getting the right files. I had a prob with USB recognizing my phone but solved it (apparently) by removing & reinstalling my SD card (phone off). The GPS fix really works; now have 8 to 9 sats used out of 10 to12 seen in my bedroom. Can't wait to use it in the car again.
I've never read anything specific about what GPS_Fix.zip fixes but the implication is that it fixes satellite identification for GPS lock & use for location (i.e., sats "in view" vs. sats "in use". Phone lock up sometimes is related to failure to get GPS lock in an app that needs it (Google maps, Nav, etc). That being said, I tried my phone today in a "real world" situation for the first time after applying the GPS fix. In the am on my commute to work got 10 of 10 or 11 of 11 sats in use & great GPS accuracy until about 20 min in the phone locked & required battery pull to reset. That never happened before. In the pm on the way home everything was fine; great GPS & NO LOCK UP. Only one day of data & a split decision. I'll report back when I have more data.
It supposedly replaces the Epic GPS Daemon with the Fascinate one. For some reason the Epic's GPS was reprogrammed to only lock 4 satellites to save battery or something dumb like that.
I found on line another solution: Download from Marketplace: GPS Status and once installed:Menu>Tools>Mange A-GPS state>Reset. It apparently clears cached GPS data.
I have tried it only 2xs and both times the GPS did not disengage after 20mins.
But I certainly agree with others that its deplorable for Samsung and or Sprint to not have a patch for this very disruptive problem.
I was excited to see your post so I downloaded GPS Status and did the reset. I've only been able to test in the driveway, but I too can go longer than 20 minutes without locking up. I tested for about 10 minutes and then shut off the GPS. After about another half hour, I turned GPS back on for 25+ minutes with no signal drop followed by the infinite search. One item I did notice was that I still only tracked a maximum of 3 (or maybe 4) satellites. Comparing to my son's Epic with a custom Gingerbread ROM, his tracked 9 or 10, depending upon how many satellites were visible.