OMG This bloody works!!!
HOLY 5H1T!!!! OMG This bloody works!!! You (& 'allottios') are my new heros!!
I've found my accuaracy reacts better when the top of the sensor is pushed sideways into the phone i.e. as if you're pressing the volume button up.
Before - sat inside GPS on, 3 sats in view NO lock.
After - sat inside GPS on, 7 sats in view 7 LOCKED ON
I have international sim free pre-October model too
I'm speechless & off to spread to the word.......
After flashing every modem, fw and kernal version I had completely given up on my galaxy s GPS. It had to be a hardware fault.
It's also probably more useful for pre-October models which had this fault.
I do not take credit for finding out the fix. Credit for that goes to member 'allottios' for bringing it to my attention on another forum topic.
The fix is simple. Remove the back cover and to the right of the speaker is the GPS antenna. It is covered in what looks like some sort of soft plastic tape.
Now open a GPS test app and then apply pressure to the very top of the antenna with your finger. NOT the middle or bottom - that makes it worse.
If, like me your GPS shows instant improvement then you have just worked out your problem.
HOLY 5H1T!!!! OMG This bloody works!!! You (& 'allottios') are my new heros!!
I've found my accuaracy reacts better when the top of the sensor is pushed sideways into the phone i.e. as if you're pressing the volume button up.
Before - sat inside GPS on, 3 sats in view NO lock.
After - sat inside GPS on, 7 sats in view 7 LOCKED ON
I have international sim free pre-October model too
I'm speechless & off to spread to the word.......