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Samsung Captivate to receive GPS fix soon. Froyo at the end of the month in Europe

Samsung Captivate to receive GPS fix soon. Froyo at the end of the month in Europe

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Samsung has just announced via Twitter that the Samsung Captivate (AT&T’s version of the Galaxy S) will sonn receive a fix for the GPS issues that has been affecting all the Galaxy S models:

GPS + other improvements for Samsung ATT Captivate are HERE! Today – next few weeks OTA notification will be sent to customers!

Other Galaxy S devices like the Samsung Fascinate and Vibrant (and the European models) will get the fix later one:

In regards to updates from our other Carrier partners, we are working diligently to release these improvements as well!


T-Mobile UK has also announced that the Froyo / Android 2.2 update for the Galaxy S will be released before the end of the month:

Hi there,

We are pleased to announce that there will be a software update for the Samsung Galaxy S at the end of the month. This will update your phone software to Android 2.2 and will be available through the Samsung Kies PC application.

Regards

Stef
Forum Team

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