Everything broken, especially GPS

Ok so GPS still isn't working great.  It's getting *a* location, that's kind of near where I am, like it's using cell tower triangulation.  Yes I did check to see if the GPS is on, and it was on during my tests.  This is better than before when it was completely not working at all.

I don't see an SGS tools, just two "galaxy unlock" apps.

Also, do I need to reroot my phone?  I tried installing titanium backup and it said the phone was not rooted.

Thanks

You don't need to root to use the secret codes.

ah. my mistake.

The Lock is Permanent, until you Relock. I am assuming you mean the Network Lock.

As for Root, it is a privilege I cannot stress this enough.

It means that you have Admin Access to change system files.

A Normal user does not have this privilege.

By default the privilege is disabled by rooting your device you are granted the privilege.

Most Custom Roms are pre rooted. So when you install Darky for example you will have Root access by default.

This Access is provided by an App, so a hard or Soft Reset will also make you loose the privilege even on Custom Roms.

Peace.
IronSingh

Ok I rerooted, installed the SGS tools, and did as you said.  Now I've just got to take it out and see how it does.

Still not working.  I was in a car, on a highway, in the middle of the country and it gave me my approximate location, but then the little arrow indicating where I'm going just didn't move at all.  So it was stuck in that same location.

I didn't read your last post before I went on vacation.

Here's an update before I did that -

I'm still not getting a perfect location but it seems to be working better on google maps.

I used google navigation while driving around for several days about a week and a half ago and it basically worked to get us where we were going.  So I was very happy about that.  It seemed like the navigation locked onto the signal better than the maps and gave us a more accurate location.

I'll try what you suggested in your last post to see if it makes a difference in google maps.

On a completely unrelated note, I was sitting at a pub on the second floor the other day and my phone fell off the table and through the railing onto the first floor behind the bar, and it didn't break.  Amazing. The back popped off and the battery flew out but the screen was fine.  I put the battery back in and turned it on.  I'm impressed.