The Best GPS Settings I have found so far...

[charley000]

Any way to get at and maybe add an external GPS antenna?

It seems like a lot of the problems might be related to the GPS attenna in the Captivate. Is there anyway to get at it? If I disassemble the phone and drill a hole in the case somewhere, can I install an external antenna and get better signal?

When I have good signal (clear sky, etc.), I find the GPS works pretty well. But I can get a lock and then when driving, I go under an overpass or trees, lose the lock and then it takes a long long time to get a lock again if ever.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

 

[daunted]

I got a second warranty replacement Captivate from AT&T this week. My first warranty replacement wouldn't get a GPS fix in less than 5 minutes and then would almost instantly lose it. It was a Batch 1008, version 0.4. I tried all the recommendations short of rooting it and flashing another ROM. I had upgraded to Froyo with no change, perhaps even worse if possible.

The new one is a Batch 1007 and came with Froyo pre-installed. The new Captivate gets a GPS fix in less than 20 seconds inside (measured by LBS Test). In a new location, it takes less than 60 seconds and sticks like glue. I drove 30 miles with it tonight and it never lost the fix and it always showed me ON the road, not in the fields nearby!

I haven't run GPS Restore, no need to. It came with SUPL server pointed to spirent-lcs.com and port 7275 but I'm not touching it for now.

It is absolutely unbelievable how different the 2 units are.

Ditto!

Nothing really helped until I exchanged for a refurbished unit.

The difference could not be more dramatic. Gps is perfect now, useless before.

If you're having gps problems, consider a warranty exchange. No amount of tweaking will help a defective unit.

 

[fritolayguy]

Ditto!

Nothing really helped until I exchanged for a refurbished unit.

The difference could not be more dramatic. Gps is perfect now, useless before.

If you're having gps problems, consider a warranty exchange. No amount of tweaking will help a defective unit.

Same experience here. Just received a warranty replacement (random shutoff issues), and the GPS on the replacement unit works perfectly...

 

[lhbalesjr]

How did the refurbished units look as far as scratches, dings, etc?