Vibrant Problems: Please post all here so Samsung/Google Engineers can see them

[Cruzz563]

I've had a few bugs with the phone, but other users have posted them in this thread already. There is one I didn't see however, when you run USSD codes, #646# etc, it will drop the Notification Volume down from MAX or whatever you've set it at.

[Sniper2075]

I was having a problem with the calendar. I have alot of all day events in my calendar, probably atleast 12 or so every month, these don't show up on my Vibrant, they worked fine on my G1. Even my calendar widgets don't show the events. I tried making a new all day event on my phone and it doesn't show up either.

Any help with this would be great otherwise I may need to hold out a few months and get something new from HTC, I hear some new phones are coming, I'll just sell this to my dad or someone at work.

[unrealii]

Here's a workaround for the GPS. I tried it on my phone, but I'm still at work and haven't had a chance to try it outside.

http://phandroid.com/2010/07/21/easy...nt-gps-issues/

[deflaytedwayz]

I just bought a Vibrant last night and love it. I came over from a Jailbroke iPhone on Tmobile. So far I have only ran into a couple snags. The first was the GPS not finding my location. I found a fix and took care of that and it worked great until I was on my way to a job orientation and had to go through the Caldecott Tunnel and lost my GPS signal and then it just kept saying "Searching for GPS". Now that i'm back home it works fine so i'm not really sure what's up with that.

The second thing is I was watching a YouTube video and hooked my 3.5mm AUX cable to my car stereo and all I got was about 1/3 volume out of the Driver speaker and maybe 1/5 volume on the passenger speaker (full volume on the phone and stereo). On my iPhone it worked great so i'm not really sure what the deal is. I don't have any music on it yet so maybe it's just a YouTube thing? I dunno...

[Bank Heist]

Here's a workaround for the GPS. I tried it on my phone, but I'm still at work and haven't had a chance to try it outside.

http://phandroid.com/2010/07/21/easy...nt-gps-issues/

the workaround sort of works. But not for long periods of time on turn by turn navigation in google maps. Supposedly Samsung claims a true fix is coming in September but Samsung are bold face liars so I don't trust them.

[m509272]

Did about a 2 1/2 hour drive from upstate NY to northern NJ. GPS lost signal about 3 times (no trees) and another 3 times late in the drive it decided we were a 1000 feet off to the west on another road at which point it tried to reroute us from the misread position.

[1BdKty]

I am having an issue where I can't download from the marketplace. I select an app and everything looks good then it says Download Unsuccessful. The first Vibrant I had wouldn't download at all, couldn't soft reset or master reset so TMobile suggested an exchange. The one I have now worked for a couple days then last night started displaying the same errors.

I have cleared the marketplace cache but I still can't do a hard reset (holding both volume buttons + power). Process of backing up now to try soft reset

Post here to document issues but if anyone has any ideas, please IM me.

[fencepost]

- Calendar - not real thrilled... I have my corporate outlook account synced. Appointments come in fine and I can edit an appointment on the Vibrant and have that change in outlook, but if I create a new appointment on the device, it doesn't sync over and add to my outlook calendar.

Are you creating your event on the phone in the correct calendar? There are separate calendars for the device ("My calendar"), multiple GMail calendars (your name + any others you've created) and corporate sync. There's a spot to choose which calendar a new event should be created on.

[CellWhore]

I've had an intermittent problem with my screen not going dim after a missed call or message. When I get to my phone the screen is bright as can be, since the call came in. That will kill a battery pretty quick.

This my main complaint right now,I tend to be away from my phone for up to 4 hours at a time and come back to a missed call or text and half my battery gone...so now I have to shut the phone off every time and then boot up upon return which is not a big deal but should not have to do it.
I searched all through the menu for a setting,called many t-mobile stores,nothing...

[Sepurb]

i recently used Kies Mini to get the JI6 update, however my GPS issues are still quite glaring. of course I turned on GPS and Wireless whatever.

Also sometimes going into my gallery when on a call(i think this is the only time it happens) will freeze and immobilize my phone(have to hold the power key to hard reset). another picture glitch is inaccurate thumbnails, an incredibly annoying glitch that was apparent in my ole Samsung Instinct OG.

otherwise this phone effing rocks, and i truly don't miss my 3GS at all which was a personal thought not an "iPhone iz Kieng" statement. the absence of downloading is crippling IMO.

[Kies]

The Gallery can be fixed with a replacement of the APK (requires root/very easy). It's fixed in FroYo, the JK2 FroYo firmware that I'm on has a stupid fast Gallery. GPS is enhanced in FroYo, it works but it's not excellent.

[jwinton]

VIBRANT BLUETOOTH PROBLEM
my samsung vibrant links with bluetooth in my Acura just fine but then SOMETIMES loses the bluetooth connection (the radio comes on and the call is only on the phone) and after a few mintues connects again to the bluetooth. annoying and strange. it's not the car because i used a BB for several yrs with no issue. any ideas??

jeff

I've been noticing since yesterday that I've been getting a lag or delayed response when trying to switch screens or open up my email while running Pandora in the background.

The Menu or Home keys become unresponsive and the screen goes black then all of a sudden I feel several vibrations from all the keystrokes I pushed previously that never rendered.

I think we all are aware of the GPS problem where it takes forever to find your location. This is obvious when Google Maps doesn't update the current city for hours even when you manually refresh the application.

I believe most of us are also already aware of the signal strength reading to be off. This phone shows zero bars almost everywhere with a signal reading of 0 dBm's. This isn't right.

[jwinton]

VIBRANT
test size in outlook emails
does anyone know how to increase size of font in emails. it's easy to use two fingers in websites but not emails. no outllok and no gmail. T mobile says no way to do it. seems ood. it's very easy on the BB i gave up but now i'm wondering. i don't want to wear my reading glasses every time i get an email.
there are TONS of apps but they all seem to be for fancy letters or colors. i just want bigger font
any ideas???

[fiveplustwo]

I purchased a T959 from eBay to use on Mobilicity, but cannot unlock the phone. I tried the hack method to get the unlock code from the phone and purchased mfg/provide unlock code, both did not work.

After spending over a week on this, I think the previous owner damage the internal files for the radio because he flashed an European ROM, I tried different ROM version including stock 2.1 from Tmobile too.

Anyone can help? Thanks in advance.

[jwinton]

SAMSUNG VIBRANT
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BLUETOOTH PROBLEM: i have a 2009 Acura and my BB worked fine for a year. My vibrant also worked perfectly for two months but now loses the bluetooth signal (voice is on phone) rather randomly. it always links up but then usually loses the bluetooth connection after a few mintues.....and a few mintues later on the same call picks up the bluetooth again.
i have tried deleting the connection and re-connecting and also deleting the phone book.
any ideas?
Jeff