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On my Nexus One, GPS would acquire location within 50-100' accuracy within 15-30 seconds of being activated in Google Maps or the Instamapper.com GPS Tracker App.
On the Thunderbolt, it is taking on average about 2 MINUTES for initial location acquisition.
Has anyone else noticed this terrible lag in GPS?
mine takes about 30 seconds to lock. this is WAY better than my vibrant which NEVER locked be happy lol
Only inside my work building. At my vehicle.. Not bad
Outdoors I lock in less than 15 seconds....
My initial GPS locks were incredibly slow
Initially the first few locks were slow, but now it's not a problem.
Mine is very fast.. just about as fast as my Garmin
Mine locks within seconds in my house, pretty much immediately outside.
In addition to having your GPS powered on, make sure you have Google and VZW location services enabled.
Immediately
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skinien said:
In addition to having your GPS powered on, make sure you have Google and VZW location services enabled.
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Ah-HA! That did the trick... thank you!!
Very quick!
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Lipmonger said:
Ah-HA! That did the trick... thank you!!
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No problem.
As I understand it:
Standalone GPS = The actual GPS antenna.
VZW location services = Uses verizon towers to get a general location
Google location services = Uses wireless networks to get a general location (more accurate than VZW services).
Once the general location is obtained, it can get a GPS lock quickly.
mauidoug said:
Initially the first few locks were slow, but now it's not a problem.
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I'm sure everyone knows about the GPS bugs that plague the first generation Galaxy S. I've read the SGS 2 reviews and they said the GPS issues have been fixed, but can I get some opinions on whether anyone experienced any GPS issues? Is the GPS on the SGS 2 as accurate and good as the one on the iPhone 4?
Works fine. Faster lock than my IP4.
Its much faster than the Galaxy S1. I found the GPS to be close to useless on S1. On my S2 its close to perfect
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Works great and picks up signals inside buildings.
I had the sgs1 for about 6 months and now the sgs2 for about 3 weeks. I was soooo disappointed with the first sgs and like you I was unsure if I wanted to give the 2 a try...
Well I read a bunch and it seems that most people are happy so I bought it...
I can say with out a doubt that the GPS is way better on the 2 than the sgs1. I could not use Google navigation at all with the sgs1... it was useless and could never lock on and would have me blocks away from where I was. I've used my sgs2 GPS with Google navigation on more than a dozen trips /drives and it has always been spot on and never had me in the wrong location.
I will say that lock times are very slow when Im driving
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I run every other day for an hour or two, I use runkeeper, also when out hiking I use mmtracker to read my o's maps, I can safely say especially with runkeeper the gpx routes recorded through the SGS2 are far more accurate than the iphone4 even managing to stay accurate whilst running through the forest, actual initial cold starting is about the same if not slightly faster with the sgs2. Oh yes and practically every time I recorded a run with the iphone4 through a certain part of my forest run it would create a spike where I was apparently running at 250mph hmm not sure I am that fast, but the sgs2 always keeps an accurate smooth record, hope that helps
for me, flaky. some days i'll get a lock within a minute and then it's fine. this morn and yest - takes ages to get a lock.
basically, ymmv
Download FasterFix. You can choose from a list of servers. Choose the country closest to you or, if it is in the list, your own country. This way you'll 'half your fixtime' so it connects faster to GPS-Sat.
It's like using the aiding sensors (e.g. WiFi).
I get a fix in >10sec max.
Hope it helps.
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i think gps on SG2 is far from perfect. It's "OK" but i had much better gps on my previous phone (HTC Hero)
What is the average time for a fix, for you guys?
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Mine takes between 10 seconds and a minute. Sometimes it just sits there doing nowt lol.
Xperia X10 used to lock in 10 seconds every time, but the rest of that phone was slow lol
The only time I have ever had a problem getting a fix, I simply opened up google maps and it seemed to get a fix instantly then returned to my other gps application and all was ok.
First thing in the morning outside fix within a few seconds
Indoors sometimes can take a little longer, but never more than about 10 seconds
I use GPS a lot
biffsmash said:
Mine takes between 10 seconds and a minute. Sometimes it just sits there doing nowt lol.
Xperia X10 used to lock in 10 seconds every time, but the rest of that phone was slow lol
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Have you tried FasterFix?
THUDUK said:
I use GPS a lot
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I guess you said this to clarify that you've got good statistics, but a very interesting thing is that if you use the GPS often you likely get shorter fix time
The reason is that if you used the GPS recently (within hours) the cached GPS info is more accurate so the GPS doesn't need complete messsages to determine the position (it takes 30 seconds to send one complete position message from a satellite), and if you get interruptions you need to wait even longer, that is why it sometimes takes more than a minute to get a fix.
A-GPS also helps fix time in many cases.
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Download FasterFix. You can choose from a list of servers. Choose the country closest to you or, if it is in the list, your own country. This way you'll 'half your fixtime' so it connects faster to GPS-Sat.
It's like using the aiding sensors (e.g. WiFi).
I get a fix in >10sec max.
Hope it helps.
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already done. still slow
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The only time I have ever had a problem getting a fix, I simply opened up google maps and it seemed to get a fix instantly then returned to my other gps application and all was ok.
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Same thing happened to me.
Absolutely brilliant.
90% of the time it gets a lock within 30 secs , there's been sometimes when it needed a restart to get gps working properly but that's down to an app I was using previously which messed things up a bit, but on the whole I very happy with it.
The seamless integration with google maps is great. The external speaker is plenty loud & clear enough to hear the instructions but would like a less robotic sounding voice, re routing is quick & so far its been 100% reliable.
I have a built in gps system on my Land Rover but I almost always use the SGS2 gps over it. I used to have the SGS1 but the gps on that was a piece of crap. Gps on HTCs, etc, are probably just as good/better/worse, I don't know but one thing I'm sure about is the speaker volume would never be as loud & clear as the SGS2.
I get a lock up to 4m accuracy. My Captivate always had about 1500m accuracy and couldn't use it. Using navigation works perfectly on my sgs2
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Excellent
Like others here, i suffered from the original SGS gps nightmare
SGS2 gps has been great for me, able to use google maps/navigation/RAC app all without problem
I didn't realise how much location based services I used untill the problems with SGS gps clearly highlighted this. Now, with my SGS2 all is good.
Is there an app like the LBStesmode for froyo that I can use to change/check the gps settings?
Current config:
MIUI 1.9.16
ROM: ED05
Kernel: Glitch v12 HL (9/22/11)
Glitch 9/22/11 has been a HUGE improvement on my phone's speed, stability and smoothness. However, I'm still getting quite a lag time (3-5 min.) before the Fascinate connects to the satellites when using GPS for navigation.
I'm currently looking at Radio EC09.
Are there any recommendations or thoughts?
Do you leave your GPS on all the time? I've found my GPS takes a lot longer to lock if I was only turning it on When I need it. Now I leave it on all the time and most of the time it locks fairly quickly. Some people have better luck with E05, personally my GPS is better on EC09.
Yes. GPS is always left on. I am constantly using GPS to show specific locations as well as Latitude with family and friends.
My fascinate locks a bit quicker than my wife's with the exact same set up. And hers takes more time than mine to find Satellites. She has gone 10-15 min. without it ever finding a satellite lock.
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Updated Radio
Decided to Odin EC09 radio.
First GPS lock was nearly instantainiously; however, following uses were not as quick. I'll test it out today and report my findings.
I have tried just about every GPS fix/tweak out there. It seems like everything works well once or twice. Maybe the placebo effect. After a day or two it is always back to the random lock times of seconds to minutes. I have had the best overall luck with the PWGB rom. 9 out of ten times it locks in under a minute which seems to be the best my phone will do.
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I have tried just about every GPS fix/tweak out there. It seems like everything works well once or twice. Maybe the placebo effect. After a day or two it is always back to the random lock times of seconds to minutes. I have had the best overall luck with the PWGB rom. 9 out of ten times it locks in under a minute which seems to be the best my phone will do.
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thats because things get out of wack like the compass or need to be updated like agps data. if youve tried the GPS fixes out there like downloading the gps.conf file from powerwash/geewiz and deleting gps files in miui (not sure about others) then always check out the compass/agps if you arent getting a quick lock.
I usually use GPS status to check it and it downloads AGPS data. I've heard the compass can be a problem but I have seen my phone GPS lock in a few seconds with the compass reading WAY off and I have also seen it take several minutes when the compass is perfect. Seems to be no pattern on my phone.
I have been on EH09 since it came out. Now on PWGB latest version it has consistenly locked quickly since flashing.
Hi all.
I updated my Olleh 2.3.3 to Longhorn 2.9.3 Updated 9-5-12 yesterday.
I have few problems now. One of the major ones is GPS showing wrong location. Basically when it can't get a proper fix it fixes itself with 0.000 x 0.000 witch of course is by Africa ant stays there (I'm from UK). Olleh 2.3.3 at least was telling me that it can not get proper fix or was staying at last known position which was much more convenient.
Do you have any answer for that?
Cheers.
Hi there I use an app called fasterfix its free from market it sorted out for me
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anthmur said:
Hi there I use an app called fasterfix its free from market it sorted out for me
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I tried Faster GPS, Faster Fix, GPS Status. None of them works.
Don't get me wrong. Outside GPS works great. It gets fix quickly and stays fixed. It just when I'm in the building instead of using last known position it takes me straight to Africa.
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I tried Faster GPS, Faster Fix, GPS Status. None of them works.
Don't get me wrong. Outside GPS works great. It gets fix quickly and stays fixed. It just when I'm in the building instead of using last known position it takes me straight to Africa.
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if you dont realize it yet.. gps is never meant to be inside building... dont blame the gps if it sends you to africa...
by the way.. longhorn 2.9.3 gps module usually takes time before it corrects itself out.. usually approx 30 ~ 120 seconds...
the first few seconds always a null fix...
Make sure that the internal GPS is selected from the Location menu under settings.
I installed DSC Phoenix kernel yesterday and it fixed my problem. No more trips to Africa. When it can not get a fix it simply tells that it can not, instead of fixing at 0.0000 x 0.0000. It's important when you use apps like "Friday" which counts the amount of miles you moved during the day. Imagine the statistics.Tens of thousands of miles daily
I have not see much complaining about the GPS, so I assume it's working fine for most. For me it really sucks, however. I am coming from the ThunderBolt (running CM and AOSP mostly), and GPS there was spot on in any weather. I use it mostly to track my speed when I jog and the TB did a good job.
With the same tracking app the DNA (full stock not rooted) is almost useless. The path it tracks zig zags so much due to errors that the speed estimates are way worse than what I can do in my head lol! It is also sensitive to weather, with particularly bad results when it's overcast.
Do you think it is hardware related or have people seen improvement in GPS on different roms or after flashing some GPS patch (that did help the TB). Thanks.
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I've never had an issue with gps, regardless of what rom I'm using.
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I've only had issues recently. I'm on stock
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I had the reverse experience, my thunderbolt was awful with GPS. It took forever and pretty inaccurate. Never had an issue with the DNA.
I would have to agree that the GPS is poor when used in running apps. I've been using Strava for a while and the comparison between my last phone (HTC Rezound) and the DNA is like night and day. The DNA bounces around quite a bit which alters the run length and split times. I run the same route each time, and the length can vary from 2.7 miles - 3.2 miles (2.8 is the actual length).
I looked back even further and there are some older recordings that are not as straight, so maybe it's the app?
For everything else the GPS is awesome. Navigation, Foursquare, and any other location based services work very quickly and accurately.
I have noticed that the GPS drops off right a way if the app losses focus. Example, switching between Google maps and sms, when I go back to maps it had to relocate GPS.
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So it sounds like the issue is with maintaining a consistent lock rather than getting a lock in the first place. Maybe it's a battery saving feature for the phone.
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I been using My Tracks and no GPS problems, it works great.
GPS has always been immediate, continuous, and spot-on for me.
Isn't there an app in the market that can test your GPS strength and signal?
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Isn't there an app in the market that can test your GPS strength and signal?
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GPS Status works great, been using it for a while...shows satellites and how many are locked on...accuracy distance and coordinates
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GPS Status works great, been using it for a while...shows satellites and how many are locked on...accuracy distance and coordinates
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Boom! Thought so... Thanks for reminding me.. Maybe OP should DL this and see what's up...
I have the GPS status app. It appears the GPS locks ok, but then somehow loses lock later. I tried using My Tracks app from Google. It locks fine, but then actually does not track my run! When I checked it in the middle of the run it had a message "waiting for stronger GPS signal." Interestingly, it would lock again while I was looking at it, but lose lock some time after I started running.
I even tried to keep the screen on with a wake lock app - - same story.
Weird. Happy most others are not having this issue.
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I've had the original Droid Incredible, the Rezound, the Incredible 4G and now the DNA and the DNA has by far the most accurate GPS of them all. Also by far the best battery life.
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