There is almost no information on GNSS. It probably has Galileo given that the previous generation of Huawei phones did - but some preview sites say yes others no.
The Broadcomm BCM4775x dual frequency (L1 L5) chips were predicted to lead to smartphones with < 1m GNSS accuracy this year. So far there are only two devices that have been seen in the wild and the only phone is the Exynos (EU and parts of Asia) version of the Samsung S9 Plus. Samsung has not announced or documented it or provided any interface in their software and in the relevant xda thread, the owners have not yet been able to confirm that the L5 signal is accessible .
The previous generation of Huawei phones used the Broadcomm GNSS chip prior to the BCM4775x series. We probably won't know what the p20 pro is using until there is a teardown.
If the leakers are to be believed the only two brands that will not use Snapdragon/ Qualcomm SOCs in their flagship phones this year are Huawei and Samsung. As Broadcomm and Qualcom are archrivals/ probably incompatible, Huawei would seem to be the best hope for dual frequency cm accuracy in a phone this year.
Anyone know any more?
It' a shame for a new SOC but no galileo on Kirin 970
http://translate.google.com/transla...é-galileotap-to-wakedolphin-résolu/&sandbox=1
https://www.usegalileo.eu//FR/inner.html#data=smartphone
Even if the p20 pro is not Galileo enable, the most important is it dual frequency capable? Coz gps, glonass and beidou are not few also
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The binaries on the P20 vendor partition are for BCM4774 as on older phones.
It supports Galileo (you must download LTO from the internet), but is L1-only.
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The binaries on the P20 vendor partition are for BCM4774 as on older phones.
It supports Galileo (you must download LTO from the internet), but is L1-only.
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Thanks! When I tried to download the leaked firmware for the p 20, it was 8 Gb unpacked and I had to give up looking inside. Just for the record, if you did the work of finding BCM4774 evidence in the partition (thank you) would you be so kind as to give us a little more detail - even some code snippets if possible (like the xda ers who found and posted firmware evidence for the BCM4775x in the Samsung s9+ - Exynos version).
As you imply and as I understand it, the BCM4774 supports Galileo. But when various people have run GPStest and similar software on various phones, my (limited) understanding is that the phones were getting fixes without an internet connection. I am confused and less informed that I need to be, but do you think that P20 users would need an internet connection to get a Galileo fix? (or are you just saying that it would be a better fix?).
When you say "you must download LTO from the internet" I assume you are referring to the LTO in the following quote from https://www.broadcom.com/products/wireless/gnss-gps-socs :
"In addition to the GNSS receiver chips, Broadcom provides Assisted-GNSS (A-GNSS) and Long Term Orbits (LTO) services. These services are provided from highly reliable cloud-based servers that are fed from a proprietary World-Wide Reference Network (WWRN) stations that collect world-wide GNSS satellite data."
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The binaries on the P20 vendor partition are for BCM4774 as on older phones.
It supports Galileo (you must download LTO from the internet), but is L1-only.
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Ifixit now has a teardown which confirms the presence of the BCM4774. I put the comment below in Step 10:
Not highlighted is the GNSS Location Hub BCM4774IUB2G above and to the left of the BCM43596 (green). This means that provided the software/ firmware is amenable, this phone should make use of signals from the Galileo satellites (https://www.broadcom.com/products/wirele... ). This is something that different websites and Huawei itself have been inconsistent in reporting.
I tried GPS Satellites Viewer yesterday evening, and it showed me 3 Galileo Satellites without the download of anything. I tried it in the morning again and now I do not find any Galileo satellites... its strange.
Zingel1986 said:
I tried GPS Satellites Viewer yesterday evening, and it showed me 3 Galileo Satellites without the download of anything. I tried it in the morning again and now I do not find any Galileo satellites... its strange.
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Many apps do not show Gallileo. GPSTest by barbeauDev works.
But it takes a little bit longer until the Gallileo satellites appear in the list.
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Has anyone pulled the phone apart and read the serial number off the chip. We are trying to compair it to the US phone. If you have the info thanks Ours is a Broadcomm BCM4751 (Captivate)
Can I ask how you know the Captivate has a BCM4751 chip? Did you disassemble and see it? It appears that the Galaxy S generic being sold everywhere else outside the US has the BCM2075 chip that integrates BT and FM radios; at least that's what's being reported by others here.
If it were true that the Captivate/Fascinate/Vibrant in the US are using the BCM4751 chip, then it would truly mean these phones have no FM capability at all and there is no prospect of rooting the phone to disable a software level crippling.
This pisses me off. I was willing to forgo the front facing camera of the US versions, but the fact that they (apparently) went so far as to have samsung supply a different GPS chip to eliminate the FM radio so you are FORCED to use some ****e, data intensive service like AT&T radio instead is just outrageous. With the GPS/compass/antenna problems seemingly going ignored by samsung, maybe I won't get this phone at all.
http://www.broadcom.com/products/GPS/GPS-Silicon-Solutions/BCM2075
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Can I ask how you know the Captivate has a BCM4751 chip? Did you disassemble and see it? It appears that the Galaxy S generic being sold everywhere else outside the US has the BCM2075 chip that integrates BT and FM radios; at least that's what's being reported by others here.
If it were true that the Captivate/Fascinate/Vibrant in the US are using the BCM4751 chip, then it would truly mean these phones have no FM capability at all and there is no prospect of rooting the phone to disable a software level crippling.
This pisses me off. I was willing to forgo the front facing camera of the US versions, but the fact that they (apparently) went so far as to have samsung supply a different GPS chip to eliminate the FM radio so you are FORCED to use some ****e, data intensive service like AT&T radio instead is just outrageous. With the GPS/compass/antenna problems seemingly going ignored by samsung, maybe I won't get this phone at all.
http://www.broadcom.com/products/GPS/GPS-Silicon-Solutions/BCM2075
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Well the Galaxy S might have the BCM20751 but untill someone tears down the phone and checks with their eyes. The US Captivate was torn down and it is a 4751. But the 4751 doesn't have BT on it. So it could be all the phones have a 4751 with a seprate BT and FM. The 4751 is supposed to be a better GPS unit then the BCM20751 though.
ah, I see it on the Captivate general forum now. The only teardown of the generic Galaxy S that I have seen anywhere is the original one done in Korea a month ago. The pictures from that disassembly are too low-res for me to make out chip IDs. I tried going through their video of the teardown frame by frame too, but again, I can't see the numbers clearly and I saw nothing that resembled a broadcom chip. The Captivate board layout is much different than the Galaxy S, I can't really even see where the broadcom chip should be on it either.....
You're gonna love this. On my Galaxy S, According to jupiter.xml:
<gll
LogPriMask="LOG_DEBUG"
LogFacMask="LOG_GLLAPI | LOG_NMEA"
FrqPlan="FRQ_PLAN_26MHZ_2PPM_26MHZ_300PPB"
RfType="GL_RF_4751_DANUBE"
BrcmRFwildBase="0x1E2D6409"
BrcmRFclkDiv="21"
BrcmRFclkRefHz="26000000"
pps-enable="false" pps-offset-ms="0" pps-width-ns="100"
/>
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I changed the RfType to GL_RF_2075_BRCM and it just didn't work.
Well thats good. We've accomplished something. But Broadcomm says this is the best GPS they have ever made some hopfully samsung messed up the code and we get a super good GPS.
TBH - I think we may actually be waiting on the driver from Broadcom. Something about Broadcoms reputation as an open source provider is in question.
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TBH - I think we may actually be waiting on the driver from Broadcom. Something about Broadcoms reputation as an open source provider is in question.
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Yeah it could deff. be broardcoms side. They better fix it.
Is the 4751 used in any other phones just want to see the performance of the gps on this chipset in other devices..
The mere fact that we have Broadcom chip for GPS and not some off brand that I've never heard before like InCrystal really, really points to a serious issue with the drivers/firmware for the GPS. The phone should be operating in MS-Based mode out of the box anyway and I don't know why it isn't. That's not the only problem it has but standalone mode is not what it should be operating in. Nearly all phones GPS' are truly the pits without network assistance.
Lots of phones use Broadcom for GPS, right off of the top of my head, the iPhone is one of them!
Well I really hope it can operate in stand alone mode reasonably well, it should be able to, I dont see why a phone couldn't. agps is mainly just for helping get locks faster at startup and possibly in areas where gps signals are weak but agps is not going to help you out of the city much etc etc.
However yeah I really hope it is a driver issue and if so broadcom and samsung need to get together or its going to drag both their names down.
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Well I really hope it can operate in stand alone mode reasonably well, it should be able to, I dont see why a phone couldn't. agps is mainly just for helping get locks faster at startup and possibly in areas where gps signals are weak but agps is not going to help you out of the city much etc etc.
However yeah I really hope it is a driver issue and if so broadcom and samsung need to get together or its going to drag both their names down.
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Well like I said there appears to be some other issues besides the fact that they ship in standalone mode which is awful for any phone.. aGPS is the first choice for most phones (Galaxy S is an exception I suppose!) before falling back to standalone mode which does take 2-3 minutes for a fix. Standalone GPS will always take a few minutes to get a lock, a phone certainly isn't going to perform better than a Garmin and I have yet to see one of those in standalone mode lock faster than a phone with aGPS. aGPS is for an initial fix regardless of other circumstances and it's why phones get such snappy fixes.
Ok, but I posted elsewhere that there's a whole stack of a lot happening behind the scenes, which Im not even Samsung know what's going on.
First, even in Standalone mode, you see data being streamed in the initial few seconds, so there must be something in there.
But Ok, we have:
Operation Mode under LBSTestMode - MS Based, MS Assisted, Network Provider or standalone
GPS Plus - Uses the OneXtra servers
Skyhook - Another form of AGPS
SUPL Settings
And irrespective of what you set the SUPL settings to:
Jupiter.xml - Points to both www.spirent-lcs.com as an acSuplServer then points to bcmls2.glpals.com as the LbsServer.
Then under Location and Security, we have the ability to Use Wireless Networks (using WiFi and Cellular Networks). Even if this is switched off, the phone still wants to enable Wireless and see what's out there.
So that's what, 6, perhaps 7 or even 8 seemingly different settings, different methods, of A-GPS.
No wonder the phone is getting confused.
Cya
Simon
sjdean said:
Ok, but I posted elsewhere that there's a whole stack of a lot happening behind the scenes, which Im not even Samsung know what's going on.
First, even in Standalone mode, you see data being streamed in the initial few seconds, so there must be something in there.
But Ok, we have:
Operation Mode under LBSTestMode - MS Based, MS Assisted, Network Provider or standalone
GPS Plus - Uses the OneXtra servers
Skyhook - Another form of AGPS
SUPL Settings
And irrespective of what you set the SUPL settings to:
Jupiter.xml - Points to both www.spirent-lcs.com as an acSuplServer then points to bcmls2.glpals.com as the LbsServer.
Then under Location and Security, we have the ability to Use Wireless Networks (using WiFi and Cellular Networks). Even if this is switched off, the phone still wants to enable Wireless and see what's out there.
So that's what, 6, perhaps 7 or even 8 seemingly different settings, different methods, of A-GPS.
No wonder the phone is getting confused.
Cya
Simon
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Interesting, so standalone isn't really standalone at all
I wonder if any of the problems are actually being caused by agps especially as a lot of the "fixes" by users were basically changes to the agps.
Curious....., if you google skyhook and you see how samsung and I think even apple used skyhook etc and all the big fanfare etc over it but it seems to be disabled in this phone.
and some of the fixes were to use the google location server right?
(weren't google roasted around the world for wardriving and recording wifi sites and also the data? hehe), now i know why they did it.. for location services I guess... a bit off topic but just now seeing why there were even interested in wifi sites etc.
So.. this broadcom chip... its supposed to be good? can we eliminate the hardware as being a bad gps chipset?
Other things to keep in mind when determining the chip are BT and wifi. The 2075, for example, provides bt 2.1, which rules out its presence on the SGS, unless samsung decided to install multiple bluetooth chips. So, the chip we are looking for provides either bt, version 3.0 and wifi N and GPS, or one or 2 of those 3, which makes the 4751 way more likely indeed. I also don't see a reason to change the internals of the phone.
Gps is a Qualcomm RTR6285 like desire, nexus, some blackberry.
careace.net/2010/06/09/disassembly-of-the-samsung-galaxy-s/
news.danawa.com/News_List_View.php?nModeC=4&nSeq=1742568
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Gps is a Qualcomm RTR6285 like desire, nexus, some blackberry.
careace.net/2010/06/09/disassembly-of-the-samsung-galaxy-s/
news.danawa.com/News_List_View.php?nModeC=4&nSeq=1742568
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This:
news.danawa.com/News_List_View.php?nModeC=4&nSeq=1742568
must be the korean version (hardware is diferent)
for example :
http://www.careace.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/galaxy-s-disassembly-29.jpg
http://www.danawa.com/cms/popup_image.php?url=http://img.danawa.com/cms/img/2010/07/06/14.jpg
Audio codec is the same (wolfson)
Configuration files show tha GPS chip is bcm4751 in european galaxy s (not GPS BT FM BCM20751 or BCM2075) in captive there are photos also.
it REALLY seems like a driver issue. I can get a lock within seconds in MS based mode like all other Android phones with 6 meter accuracy tracking in my car but the performance diminishes after that and the phone requires a reboot for another fix -- IF GPS doesnt cause a lock up trying to get a lock.
Anyone else notice the same behavior in MS based mode?
Sent from my SGH-T959
as i have said in the gps issue thread my settings are as they were from the factory, and at least for now my gps works, in test mode it sees 9-11 satalites, and locks 5-7 of then in about 9 secs, it even suprised me today when i was stood on my staires surrounded by brick walls it managed to get a fix.
this was however not the case with the first one i had, no matter what i tried i could not get a reasonable fix, so it seems to me like some phones are better then others, even thought they are the same phones, this is why i suggested it could be a faulty batch but that is not the case, so i have no idea why this one works and the other never.
if you want the settings: gps is set to oo
application setting
session type: tracking
test mode: s/w test
opperation mode: standalone
start mode: hot start
gps plus: on
dynamic accuracy: on
accuracy: 50
skyhook: off
use pc tool: off
supl/cp setting
sever fqdn: custom
server: www.sprint-lcs.com
server port: 7275
supl secure socket: on
agps mode: supl
hope these can be of use for someone, please note im in the uk.
edit: just tested out my window and got 8 found / 8 locked satalites in 12 secs
Things are getting even more weird...
I was browsing around in the jupiter.xml file shipped in the JP2 firmware and found what I suspect must be a a typo:
arp-supl-reaiding-time-sec = "1200"
Shouldn't that be: arp-supl-reading-time-sec = "1200" ?
With all that mucking about with wads of configuration files and a bazillion places where (conflicting) settings can be made, this doesn't exactly make me feel better about the reliability of AGPS on this device.
edit: nah, probably not a typo (read as 're-aiding', duh) but an unfortunate name choice anyway. At least it appears consistent with what the app is expecting.
Hello!
Could you tell me if galileo system is available for XT1900-2 version?
Thank you!
My XT1900-7 is listed as supporting Galileo, however, I am unable to see any Galileo satellite with GPS test app. So I guess the phone is Galileo ready, but doesn't use it (yet).
I don't think you'll see any in india.. x4 can use it as it is compatible, but even I can't see it.. it is launched by EU, I don't know if that affects anything!
My assumption is that all variants of the Moto X4 (XT1900-1, -2, -7, etc) have the SDM630 chipset, which would mean they should all be capable of tracking GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, and SBAS.
However, I have a XT1900-1 (64GB storage/4GB RAM) from Project Fi, and I can't track any Galileo, Beidou, or QZSS satellites. SBAS satellites are sporadically tracked at best, even with clear views of the sky.
Is there some sort of "lockout" on these chipsets per sale location?
I believe all variants of the Moto X4 have the capability to track the following: GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Beidou, QZSS, SBAS (ie WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS, GAGAN).
However, I don't believe any will track Galileo in the United States due to the former FCC regulation that was rescinded in late 2018.
https://medium.com/@sjbarbeau/where-is-the-world-is-galileo-6bb7bfa29e
Motorola has not pushed an update since to remove what I believe is a software geo-fence. I'm not sure where it is implemented.
Does anyone know if rooting/flashing a custom ROMremives the Galileo lockout in the U.S.? Curious where the geo-fence is implemented? Radio? Android? Firmware?
I have the European version, And it is slow to connect to the GPS, in addition to the "Search for GPS" notification in any application that uses GPS. When it is already connected, the "Location established" notification comes out.
Some help?
Same problem here!
I had the same device with same problem!
Any workaround/fix?
iff you guys are rooted you can try the gps fix module from downloads section. I am on custom rom Asoip and no such problem with gps it is very fast. Also there is an app called Agps on playstore which can re calibrate the Gps and it makes it function faster and it doesnt need root.
A-GPS is only assisted GPS. It's "fake GPS" so to say. Most GPS Status/toolbox apps can "Fix" AGPS by clearing the cache and it will be re-downloaded. However, if you just enable location services for a longer period of time, it should fix itself so to say.
THAT SAID, A-GPS is not precise and is not your location.
Install "GPS Status" from Play Store (either or both) and check the signal strength there.
From what I found... in terms of GPS accuracy...
#1 Samsung Exynos / Huawei HiSilicon (high-end chips, I have not tested lower end Exynos / Kirin)
#2 Snapdragon 600 series (like 670, 675)
#3 Snapdragon 800 series (845, 855 - their signal is trash)
I don't know where MediaTek/Helio stands. But yea, from the devices I tested, this is what I saw. There is the Snapdragon 700 series, not sure how that performs either.
mi 8
With the December 2019 update for the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, users now have access to the L5 (US) and E5a (EU) satellite signals. Let's see what you're getting for accuracy.
It seems, to me, that Android has imposed a hard-coded minimum limit on the horizontal accuracy. I initially blamed an app, but it seems like it's Android which has gone from 6ft accuracy to 9.9ft (2012-2013, if I recall correctly) to now 12.4ft (2017-2018) horizontal accuracy. That doesn't make sense to me, unless it's really just v2 of Selective Availability, now client-side. I remember reading, somewhere, about another dual frequency gnss phone receiving l5/e5a signals, but the article stated that those weren't actually being used in measurements. GPSTest shows "U" for them, so I'm not sure why accuracy is no better than before, unless the software is limiting it.
Here's the gold-standard everyone has used for a few years (it's "GPSTest", not to be confused with the countless "GPS Test" apps):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.gpstest
It's not consistent in receiving L5/E5a, and that may be because it's heavily overcast in my area of Texas today. My screenshots are from indoors, on this overcast day. "Force full GNSS measurements" is enabled in developer options, although I've not noticed any subjective difference it makes, through all of the months I've used it.
Two screenshots:
https://imgur.com/a/6W6PeKC
Do you mind uploading your gps.conf file? And what carrier do you have?
Jon8RFC said:
With the December 2019 update for the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, users now have access to the L5 (US) and E5a (EU) satellite signals. Let's see what you're getting for accuracy.
It seems, to me, that Android has imposed a hard-coded minimum limit on the horizontal accuracy. I initially blamed an app, but it seems like it's Android which has gone from 6ft accuracy to 9.9ft (2012-2013, if I recall correctly) to now 12.4ft (2017-2018) horizontal accuracy. That doesn't make sense to me, unless it's really just v2 of Selective Availability, now client-side. I remember reading, somewhere, about another dual frequency gnss phone receiving l5/e5a signals, but the article stated that those weren't actually being used in measurements. GPSTest shows "U" for them, so I'm not sure why accuracy is no better than before, unless the software is limiting it.
Here's the gold-standard everyone has used for a few years (it's "GPSTest", not to be confused with the countless "GPS Test" apps):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.gpstest
It's not consistent in receiving L5/E5a, and that may be because it's heavily overcast in my area of Texas today. My screenshots are from indoors, on this overcast day. "Force full GNSS measurements" is enabled in developer options, although I've not noticed any subjective difference it makes, through all of the months I've used it.
Two screenshots:
https://imgur.com/a/6W6PeKC
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Attached with appended .txt extension so that it would upload without having to be zipped.
Google store edition Pixel 4 on Visible (Verizon Wireless's in-house MVNO).
The GPS accuracy here post December update seems to have degraded as well. I had hoped that dual frequency performance would improve both the reliability of reception and overall accuracy but that has not been the case, while it is currently acceptable the position "walks" quite a bit so lane-level positioning seems as distant as ever.
Kalman filters seem to reduce this error but I haven't had the time to thoroughly test. I have always suspected that the inclusion of additional sensor input(barometer, gyroscope and accelerometer) for a IMU approach would assist.
Let's hope additional updates will address this including use of the Galileo GNSS constellation.
I have a Mi 9 and recently updated via OTA to Android 10 with the bundled MIUI 11. I'm now running MIUI 11.0.6.0 (QFAEUXM) Global Stable.
I just noticed that the Dual GPS option have disappeared from the drop down quick settings, and was replaced by just a "Location" toggle. I used a GPS checker app, and indeed, the dual GPS was somehow disabled or disappeared after the update as it was only showing L1 and E5 bands. For dual bands, the L5 and E5a should also be displayed on the GPS tracker app as well.
Is there a way I can enable the dual GPS back? It's not a major issue, but it will be disappointing as the dual-band GPS was really useful during the short time I used it prior to the update and also one of the reasons why I got this device.
Cherby21 said:
I have a Mi 9 and recently updated via OTA to Android 10 with the bundled MIUI 11. I'm now running MIUI 11.0.6.0 (QFAEUXM) Global Stable.
I just noticed that the Dual GPS option have disappeared from the drop down quick settings, and was replaced by just a "Location" toggle. I used a GPS checker app, and indeed, the dual GPS was somehow disabled or disappeared after the update as it was only showing L1 and E5 bands. For dual bands, the L5 and E5a should also be displayed on the GPS tracker app as well.
Is there a way I can enable the dual GPS back? It's not a major issue, but it will be disappointing as the dual-band GPS was really useful during the short time I used it prior to the update and also one of the reasons why I got this device.
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I'm on xiaomi eu 9.11.28 and what i see is: L1 and L5 for GPS, L1 for GLONASS , E1 and E5a for Galileo, B1 for BeiDou and L1 and L5 for as i understand QZSS (Japan)
As i understand it's not the option was disappeared, it's just the icon has been changed
Hey, I am also on 11.0.6.0 and have noticed the same missing information and icons for dual GPS functionality. However, I ran the GPSTest app and you can check the attachment.. Just note that I am in the southern hemisphere and did the test indoors.
Double gps icon removed. All gps managers work.
Here's a screenshot from the GPSTest app. Not a single L5 or E5a frequency is shown.
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Here's a screenshot from the GPSTest app. Not a single L5 or E5a frequency is shown.
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May be it's because of your region. Xiaomi love to make things available or not available depending on were you live.
Cherby21 said:
Here's a screenshot from the GPSTest app. Not a single L5 or E5a frequency is shown.
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This just depends on your current location. As you can see from the flags you're receiving GPS, Glonass and Galileo satellites. Furthermore if you click 'Sky' in the menu you'll see the current satellites and their respective system in a celestial view.
Cheers
Toscha
Just wanted to chime in as a Pixel 4 user.
I get L5/E5a in the USA, but it isn't instant. I have to sit there with the GPSTest application open, and eventually it picks them up. It's not an instant lock even though L1 is instant, and usually not within 15 seconds, despite already having locked on to the satellites which output L5/E5a signals.
On top of that, the L5/E5a bands don't stay locked. After being locked for a short period (maybe 2 minutes?), then they all disappear, and then take some time to come back, then all eventually disappear again. I have GNSS duty cycling disabled in developer options. I think it's a bug, in addition to the minimum accuracy in Android being hard-coded to not calculate better than 12.4ft/3.8m for horizontal and 8.2ft/2.5m for vertical:
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/146010208
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Just wanted to chime in as a Pixel 4 user.
I get L5/E5a in the USA, but it isn't instant. I have to sit there with the GPSTest application open, and eventually it picks them up. It's not an instant lock even though L1 is instant, and usually not within 15 seconds, despite already having locked on to the satellites which output L5/E5a signals.
On top of that, the L5/E5a bands don't stay locked. After being locked for a short period (maybe 2 minutes?), then they all disappear, and then take some time to come back, then all eventually disappear again. I have GNSS duty cycling disabled in developer options. I think it's a bug, in addition to the minimum accuracy in Android being hard-coded to not calculate better than 12.4ft/3.8m for horizontal and 8.2ft/2.5m for vertical:
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/146010208
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Same. I just noticed the L5 and E5a bands take a while to lock on, or at least only appear at certain times (mostly at night) on my region (Southeast Asia).
Jon8RFC said:
Just wanted to chime in as a Pixel 4 user.
I get L5/E5a in the USA, but it isn't instant. I have to sit there with the GPSTest application open, and eventually it picks them up. It's not an instant lock even though L1 is instant, and usually not within 15 seconds, despite already having locked on to the satellites which output L5/E5a signals.
On top of that, the L5/E5a bands don't stay locked. After being locked for a short period (maybe 2 minutes?), then they all disappear, and then take some time to come back, then all eventually disappear again. I have GNSS duty cycling disabled in developer options. I think it's a bug, in addition to the minimum accuracy in Android being hard-coded to not calculate better than 12.4ft/3.8m for horizontal and 8.2ft/2.5m for vertical:
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/146010208
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It's looks like app scanning for satellite signals. It's not like it's need just to find 3-4 satellites and calculate your location, it's looking for all available satellites and from all available systems (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and etc.). So i don't think it's a bug it's just a scanning process and it takes some time.
In sky view you can see how statuses of satellites changes in live, so it's not only scan it's a live endless scan process
Here're two screenshots, linear distance of the measurement approx. 50 km. It's also different days (December 17, December 19) as well as different times (12:15 pm, 4 pm). However there're significantly less satellites on the latter screenshot. But in both cases L1 and L5, meaning dual frequency GNSS.
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Toscha
I have a Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro, Global version (I'm in Europe), running MIUI 11.0.3.0 Stable on Android 10. What I've noticed is that while I do have the Dual Frequency icon and the signals are tracked, they are not used. I'm sure that they were used before, but don't remember if it was before or after updating to Android 10. It does take a few seconds for L5/E5a frequencies to appear using GPSTest, but hen they appear without a problem. But they never show the flag "U", which means "Used". So it's pretty much the same as not having them. I'll test other days and outdoors to see if it's always the same.
I have my MI 8 recently updated to Android 10 MIUI 11.0.3.0 (QEAMIXM) Global Stable. After this, no Galileo Signal is available any more. Under Android 9 it was already working. Hope they will fix this issue.