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Re: so far epic gps sucks.

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Originally Posted by mindfrost82 View Post
This is ALL Galaxy S phones, but still only seems to be affecting random users. There's plenty of complaints with the GSM ATT Captivate and T-Mobile Vibrant too.

I haven't had a problem getting locks, my problem is using it for navigation. Using Google Maps I'll randomly get the blue circle around me, which means it doesn't have a good lock and its an approximate location...and I have the Captivate. I have a Garmin, so I only rely on my phone for navigation if I don't have my Garmin with me.

So far Samsung has dropped the ball on the GPS issues. Its hard to tell if its software or hardware. I know they're using a new Broadcom chip, but there are a few phones (Nokia and maybe a BB) that use it without problems.

Hopefully they'll have it fixed for everyone when Froyo comes out (if its software/driver issues).
Actually...from what was ehard recently the Epic and Fascinate use a different GPS chip...we got the same one as in the Droid made by Qualcomm...since I'm not hearing GPS issues with the Droids would have to assume its a software issue. Though my GPS seems to work ok :/
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