Buying a facinate, what concerns should i have?

[teddyv]

I used to have a vibrant, and while i had an early model, the gps really suked. after returning the phone the gps was marginal, it locked but had weak reception.
How is the facinate, i hear it had a competely different gps chip? how is the reception on gps test?

 

[sageDieu]

install aokp and it will be perfect.

Sent from my ICS SCH-i500

 

[ljbrenes]

The gps in the fascinate is just as bad. I have tried every possible rom in this world and I cant get the phone to lock into any satellites and when it does it drops them whithin a couple of minutes.

This is not just me, google it and you will find dozens of fascinate owners with the same gps issues. My wife just got a rezound, hers lock into 11 or 12 sats whithin 5 secons while INDOORS!!!!

Given the other options in the market, I would not by a fascinate today. In fact, verizon is sending me a refurb fascinate that maybe will have a better gps radio.

My 2 cents

 

[neh4pres]

The gps in the fascinate is just as bad. I have tried every possible rom in this world and I cant get the phone to lock into any satellites and when it does it drops them whithin a couple of minutes.

This is not just me, google it and you will find dozens of fascinate owners with the same gps issues. My wife just got a rezound, hers lock into 11 or 12 sats whithin 5 secons while INDOORS!!!!

Given the other options in the market, I would not by a fascinate today. In fact, verizon is sending me a refurb fascinate that maybe will have a better gps radio.

My 2 cents

The stick fascinate had ****ty gps.. On mtd roms our super dev changed permissions for the chip. Now on all current mtd/aosp roms we get cry quick locks even indoors.

Sent from my SCH-I500 using xda premium

 

[ljbrenes]

No me, I tried miui, askp milestone, 25, 26, asop, ths... you name it. Nothing made a difference.

The stick fascinate had ****ty gps.. On mtd roms our super dev changed permissions for the chip. Now on all current mtd/aosp roms we get cry quick locks even indoors.

Sent from my SCH-I500 using xda premium

 

[neh4pres]

No me, I tried miui, askp milestone, 25, 26, asop, ths... you name it. Nothing made a difference.

You are the minority, I'm thinking you have a hardware issue that you should take to Verizon

Sent from my SCH-I500 using xda premium

 

[Deliquified]

You are the minority, I'm thinking you have a hardware issue that you should take to Verizon

Sent from my SCH-I500 using xda premium

QFT. I used to have awful GPS and thought my hardware was bad until installing Glitch Kernel and AOKP. Instant locks and 12 satellites now.. I've had the satellite accuracy down to 6 feet. That's almost good enough for military grade munition strikes.

Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA

 

[andymetoo28]

Maybe i've never had an uber-super-rad-perfect GPS or something, but the GPS on my fascinate has always worked pretty well, I thought. The girlfriend and I have done a lot of Geocaching using the c:geo app and it's almost never let us down (save a handful of gps resets using gps status).

 

[ljbrenes]

Perhaps you guys are right and I need to talk to V. Thanks for your opinions guys, i'll keep you posted.

 

[bobloblaw1]

While the gps was weak in the early days, I haven't had a problem with it since froyo. It locks usually within 15 seconds and nearly always within 30.

Sent from my SCH-I500 using xda premium

 

[sageDieu]

try enyos espresso tweaks, they saved my gps

Sent from my AOKP SCH-i500

 

[awedel]

Stock, Touchwiz ROM, MTD Rom has not made a difference for me. I get locked onto 11 0r 12 satellites within 20 seconds outdoors and 6 or 7 while indoors. I get an accuracy of about 6 ft.