Samsung Working on GPS Software Fix Due September for Galaxy S Phones
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Carla Saavedra, web product analyst for Samsung Mobile support, recently tweeted information about a software update Samsung is hard at work on to fix the GPS problems that plague the Galaxy S line of Android smartphones. According to Saavedra, the update should be available in September.
The Samsung Vibrant and Samsung Captivate seem to be the two handsets affected the most by poor GPS functionality, though there is a good chance the unreleased Epic 4G and Fascinate Galaxy S phones could suffer from the issues as well. A manual fix is available for those who want to take a crack at it, but for the rest it looks like you might have to wait just a bit longer. No word on if this GPS update will be in conjunction with a Froyo release or something entirely separate.
[via EverythingAndroid]
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woot , about time XD
Awesome!!! My Sammy needs to know where its at right?!?!
Hmm September fix? Anyone besides me think this will be in the Froyo package? NICE!!!
And you were all worried about Samsung not backing their new devices…
A software fix? From Samsung? It’s unbelievable!
I happened to be speaking with T-Mobile about the GPS problem this morning, and the lvl3 tech I was speaking with implied that the GPS fix was going to be bundled with the the FroYo update. But he didn’t have a timeframe. Of course the rep also was telling me the problem was with the Android OS itself and not something related to hardware or Samsungs implementation of the GPS software, since I know all sorts of other phones with Eclair that don’t have GPS problems.