The fact that Samsung decided to use this as a way to encourage purchase of new phones rather than offering a fix over several generations of phone with this problem has left me reluctant to buy another Samsung device, despite the general attractiveness of a Note 2.
ive never had an issue with GPS
Droid
Droid X
Galaxy Nexus
That is incorrect.This was an issue on 1st and 2nd generation Galaxy phones.
It's a complete non-issue on the Galaxy S3, which locks accurately in seconds on the stock ROM.
Cyanogen founder Steve Kondik mentioned that the S4 GPS locks even faster than the S3.
It was present on the Sprint version of the Galaxy S II.
I'm not sure why you say that. I owned both the Nexus One and the HTC G2 (the next generation) and both had good GPS's.S1 was long fixed, but since the GPS was never really good anyway, people kept blaming it on the phone. Fact is it's not that great. However, once fixed, it was about as good as the HTC phones like the HTC Nexus One and stuff. Overall they weren't great.
Under 4.0.2 & its radios, the Gnex GPS would cause reboots.
Furthermore, nobody has mentioned this before--ever--but it looks/feels cheap and plasticy compared to most other phones.
False.I'm not sure why you say that. I owned both the Nexus One and the HTC G2 (the next generation) and both had good GPS's.
Although they'd only work outdoors, both would lock in under 10 seconds (versus a minute for the Tomtom I had). I only remember being amazed at how much better they were compared to a dedicated GPS unit.
Now when I was in a downtown area with lots of skyscrapers, they'd lose lock but I imagine that's not unusual for GPS.
(As an aside, despite the disparaging the Snapdragons get, the SGS2 LTE, which used the Snapdragon, featured GLONASS as well and had a great GPS as a result)
False.
I'm not sure why you say that. I owned both the Nexus One and the HTC G2 (the next generation) and both had good GPS's.
Although they'd only work outdoors, both would lock in under 10 seconds (versus a minute for the Tomtom I had). I only remember being amazed at how much better they were compared to a dedicated GPS unit.
Now when I was in a downtown area with lots of skyscrapers, they'd lose lock but I imagine that's not unusual for GPS.
(As an aside, despite the disparaging the Snapdragons get, the SGS2 LTE, which used the Snapdragon, featured GLONASS as well and had a great GPS as a result)
OP download Gps status and toolbox and flush your a-gps data.
Hey now, I think it's the best looking and best holding phone ever released. Not one single phone has come close to matching the all glass, sleek looking, logo, marking, and button free front of the Nexus line.