Many users at Samsung Vibrant reported that GPS on the device is broken out of the box. It takes a while to lock the GPS signal plus if it does some time, the position shown is not accurate. Originally the solution appeared at XDA-Developers and don’t worry it does not require any serious changes to your phone’s software!
While Samsung is still working on a fix for the GPS issues with the phone, we present stepwise instructions below so that you have all the good GPS. [You may be interested in reading our Samsung Vibrant archives]
How to fix Samsung Vibrant GPS issue:
- Navigate to Settings > Location & Security and uncheck the box next to “Use Wireless Networks.”
- Go to the phone’s dialer and enter the number *#*#1472365#*#* then press send to access the phones LBSTestMode menu.
- In the LBSTestMode menu, press “Application Settings” and change “Operation Mode” to “MS Based.”
- Navigate to the “SUP/LCP Settings” and the SERVER & PORT to supl.google.com (make sure NOT to place “www.” in front) and port 7276.
- Make sure the settings are saved and reboot your phone.
- Navigate back to Settings > Location & Security and check the box next to “Use Wireless Networks.”
That should be enough to fix the issue. In case this doe not work for you, you’d like to reverse to your old settings by repeating the same process but using the following information at the LBSTestMode menu:
- Operation Mode: Standalone
- SERVER: www.spirent-lcs.com
- PORT: 7275