We’ve conventional different reports that the GPS on the Samsung Vibrant is busted discover of the box. Locking on to a GPS communication crapper verify crapper verify a while, if it does at all, and the positioning crapper be kinda outside at that. The folks at XDA-Developers hit figured discover a hurried mend that won’t order doing some earnest modifications to your phone’s software. Samsung says they are employed on an update comely to mend the GPS issues with the phone, but for today meet study these manual to intend yours performing the artefact it should.

1. Navigate to Settings > Location & Security and uncheck the incase incoming to “Use Wireless Networks.”
2. Go to the phone’s dialer and start the sort *#*#1472365#*#* then advise beam to admittance the phones LBSTestMode menu.
3. In the LBSTestMode menu, advise “Application Settings” and modify “Operation Mode” to “MS Based.”
4. Navigate to the “SUP/LCP Settings” and the SERVER & PORT to supl.google.com (make trusty NOT to locate “www.” in front) and opening 7276.
5. Make trusty the settings are ransomed and revive your phone.
6. Navigate backwards to Settings > Location & Security and analyse the incase incoming to “Use Wireless Networks.”

And that should do it. This mend is also addicted to impact on the Samsung Captivate, but attempting to flex this on the planetary Galaxy S I had no luck. If the mend doesn’t seem to impact for you and you’d aforementioned to ordered to your older environment repeate the aforementioned impact but ingest the mass aggregation at the LBSTestMode menu:

• Operation Mode: Standalone
• SERVER: www.spirent-lcs.com
• PORT: 7275

If every added fails, you haw meet hit to move for an update to be issued for the fix, but hopefully this module ordered your unsettled GPS straight.

[via IntoMobile]