I have posted over in Lineage thread but this place may be more appropriate even though part of my question could be ROM / firmware dependent. I have tried to revitalize and reuse my old Nexus 6 as a dedicated navigation device for my car. I finally got Lineage 19.1 installed after updating the latest boot loader and radio form Google.
The problem I was initially seeing was that Waze kept reporting waiting on GPS or trying to connect to GPS. I finally would intermittently get a GPS connection after driving 10 minutes or so. I downloaded a GPS Test app and found that the Nexus was seeing about 18 total satellites (compared to my S22 Ultra seeing over 40). The Nexus would intermittently lock on to 3 to 8 satellites as compared to 15 plus with the S22. I realize it could be just dated hardware.
Another factor is that I am using a hotspot for data to the Nexus 6 (so no cellular assistance with location).
Wonder if stock does better? Do any of you guys consistently use Waze or otherwise with your Nexus 6, any problems??
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Lets see if I understand this correctly....
on the samsung galaxy s GPS system, there are 2 options:
1)Use wireless networks: Set the device to use the
wireless networking to indicate your location
2)Use GPS satellites : Enable the GPS receiver to indicate your location
For now, we know that using the option 2 gives us crappy results (loosing signals, cannot lock sattelites, jumping around etc)
Now, for option 1: choosing option 1 means that launching the maps application should indicate where your location is currently by using some kind of triangulation method based on the availability of GSM signal, so it should even work when you are indoor or whenever there is a GSM signal......
But apparently on this phone, it only shows your initial location, then after that even if you have moved 1 km from your initial location, the location indicator arrow is stuck at your initial location, meaning that it doesnt track you and your movement, which means both options simply dont work on this phone....
On my wife's iphone, the GPS functionality works wonderfully even when i am inside a building and it keeps updating your location as you move continuosly.
It just shows you how careless and hasty samsung is in launching this product that even the simplest form of GPS functionality, one that is based on GSM triangulation method, also doesnt work..... and they still went ahead with the launch.....
Absolutely no problems with GSM or GPS positioning now that I'm using I9000XWJG5. Locks on satellites within 22 seconds from switch on. Thats at 30m precision. After 10 seconds more gets to 5m precision.
This is from inside my building. (Using GPS Status to check)
Same here. Your wife's phone probably also uses the mobile network to keep location inside buildings, or wireless networks. Try enabling skyhook, that is all i did.
used skyhook, and assited mode, accuracy set to 50, changed supl/cp settings, but compared to my g1 or hd2 or e61 or 10 year old bt/gps mouse the gps quality is just rubbish. (XXJF3)
no problem even without skyhook, but using skyhook gets locking much faster
i'm comparing it to my old HTC Athena, which takes sometimes over 5min to lock to 1 satellite in the great white open sky.... sigh...
sometimes it wont even lock if the weather is poor, takes like 30min or more to lock, under those conditions.
simply insane.
so SGS i9000 is like a dream to use.
g1 / hd2 / e61 only take seconds to get a full lock with accuracy about 3m. in my opinion skyhook and gps plus are needless if you have a working cb a-gps.
From my experience its the rom. As my gps worked fine with default FE3 (optus au) rom even indoors but when i flashed G5 (latest euro) i could only lock onto one sat outdoors even with skyhooks setting. Then i installed Samset 1.2 update.zip the gps works again, thats just my 2cents
widjaja74_us said:
It just shows you how careless and hasty samsung is in launching this product that even the simplest form of GPS functionality, one that is based on GSM triangulation method, also doesnt work..... and they still went ahead with the launch.....
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For the record I haven't had any issues with GPS other than it being fair slower than my Milestone.
Didn't you sell your Galaxy S anyway?
Unimaginative said:
For the record I haven't had any issues with GPS other than it being fair slower than my Milestone.
Didn't you sell your Galaxy S anyway?
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Hey mate, I think I've seen you around the WP forums.
Quick question for you - I have a Milestone and am currently contemplating throwing it on eBay and grabbing the Galaxy S. Is there anything you miss from the Milestone?
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Absolutely no problems with GSM or GPS positioning now that I'm using I9000XWJG5. Locks on satellites within 22 seconds from switch on. Thats at 30m precision. After 10 seconds more gets to 5m precision.
This is from inside my building. (Using GPS Status to check)
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The same here. The problems start when I go out and start to drive around in my car. My GPS is absolutely useless when you move around outdoors, but locks in a few seconds indoors.
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Let me see if I understand this correctly. You have sold your SGS and you are still coming back here to crap on about the GPS and other small things which are only occurring on some people's phones and not others?
For the record, everything on my phone has been running silky smooth since day one. Lag only occurs with too many apps open and this is to be expected from an operating system that can multitask.
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Let me see if I understand this correctly. You have sold your SGS and you are still coming back here to crap on about the GPS and other small things which are only occurring on some people's phones and not others?
For the record, everything on my phone has been running silky smooth since day one. Lag only occurs with too many apps open and this is to be expected from an operating system that can multitask.
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I sold my phone at a profit because currently i cannot afford to have unreliable phone in doing my job... then i searched for something better and can't find any.... so i'm still following the forum to see of all the problems i experience have been fixed .... if thats the case, i might buy another one....
and for the record, i didnt crap about the GPS, i'm just investigating it deeper, becase GPS is important for me...
Thats crap for you
Not sure if anyone has tried this or discussed it but, I recently installed an app called 'GPS STATUS' off of the market, and every since I have been able to get a lock on several satellites (with it running in the background). This was a MAJOR help for me as I hadn't got any GPS signal that was even close to precise in the whole month I have owned the phone. This is not my first android device (started with a G1 when it was first released...definately the reason I stick with android devices), but I feel it is one of the best available (less flash/flash player) but all in all a solid piece of equipment especially when we get the froyo update...(just my 2 cents; -))...
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getting now will test out the gps on the way home..... Update tomorrow
Update used google turn by turn 5 min to lock
after lock never lost signal GPS was spot on,,,, maybe this will continue to work
may be like all the other fixes, temporary
THANKS
My N1 is very difficult to fix GPS.
When indoor, I lost all stas, and when outdoor, with out cloud, it take about 3-4 min for fix GPS with 6-8 stas.
I try some solutions in here, but no lucky.
my N1 rom: cyanogen nightly build (last)
radio: 5.08....
Plz help me
Indoor fix will always be difficult to impossible. Nothing out of ordinary.
For quick outdoor fix - do you have data connectivity? Or you're not using 3G data? If not - that's the reason for a long fix time.
If you do have cellular data, try going into your APN settings and changing your primary one so that the APN type says:
default,supl
This greatly improved my lock time.
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Cyanogen 6 definitely has a GPS issue: http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=2090
While AGPS settings improve the performance, something is still wrong. I remember stock Froyo to be a 5-20x times faster at getting a GPS lock (I've had cases with a clear blue sky where it's taken 120 seconds to get a GPS fix, before it was a max of maybe 10 seconds).
Also I notice that with GPS Status, I see 1, 2, then 3, 4 satellites show up, then they all disappear... and it starts again, until it gets around 7-8 satellites and gets a lock with 32m accuracy and then the precision slowly increases...
I wish someone could tell me 1) what change Cyanogen has implemented that causes this behavior 2) how to revert back to the old GPS code.
Strange. Your experience doesn't match mine. CM6 here on an AWS Nexus One, with the newer radio. I can get a lock in seconds on GPS Status.
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ever since my switch to cyanogen i have had same problem
Cmstlist, turn off your data (3G and wifi) and try getting a lock with GPS Status so you can see the progress. I'm running the Rogers/AT&T version, and this bug drives me crazy. I'm running the 9/20/2010 nightly, but even RC3 had this bug.
Well if you remove access to aGPS, of course you'll take longer to get a lock.
My guess: stock N1 gets a faster lock because it has a supplementary cache of offline GPS info supplied by gpsonextra. The urls for gpsonextra appear in /etc/gps.conf in CM6 but I'm betting it doesn't function properly on an AOSP firmware. Can anyone prove my instinct right or wrong?
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I've checked on Enomther's build I'm running, which is also AOSP ROM. The most significant correlation of GPS lock time I've noticed was only with data connectivity rates. I've used GPS Status, and it took ~5-10 seconds to lock both in the open near my house and on the moving train at 150km/h in a significantly changed location, with the only thing being common - there was good 3G reception in both areas. Both times it locked in 2 "batches", 3 satellites being locked in the 1st one, and another 5-6 in the 2nd one. The first "batch" is probably strong satellite signals that were locked after Almanach download almost immediately, and the other "batch" might have been post- Ephemeris download. Either that or it has gpsonextra functional - but in any case, the lock is super-fast when the data rates are good.
On the other hand, the data registered on Traffic Info is only 40k download and 20k upload - even on GPRS it won't take long. But the base station needs to support aGPS - that's also something to consider.
Anyone notice that GPS is a load of rubbish on lolipop
I have an s4 active and the wife has a normal s4.
I originally used cm12 rom on my s4 active and noticed GPS lock was slow and unreliable in apps takes over 600 seconds to get GPS fix so thought I'd try the latest official lolipop rom for the s4 active when it came out giving me the opportunity to upgrade the modem. As I was on the original modem from version 4.2 official
But still GPS fix is shocking so its not the modem or the fact I was using cm12 nightlies
And the fact my wife's s4 official 5.0.1 has the same issue makes me think it's lolipop anyone else notice this or do devices GPS sensor wear out over time as the devices are both over two years old now I know they have radio active material in the sensor does this get weaker over time.
All I know is I could go running and get GPS fix on my device in 50 seconds and it would keep GPS the whole run now it takes GPS over 600 seconds and if it looses it it never regains it.
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Good Afternoon,
having major issues with GPS no finding or locking onto satellites,
tried custom roms, reflashed stock marshmallow and nougat still the same
tried GPS only
Tried AGPS refreshing, Tried FASTER GPS and setting Location to UK.
I believe there is a menu in secret samsung menus but unable to find the code relevant to note 5 to reset all gps data.
Any help guys?
note is a tmobile variant n920t using in UK ( shouldnt matter should it??)
Did you ever find a solution to your issue? My Sprint version just started doing the same thing. There is no rhyme or reason to when it will lock and when it won't or so it seems. For example this morning it fired up fine and I drove to a meeting. I was there for 2 hours and when I came out it wouldn't lock. I tried agps reset and it didn't seem to work. It says it sees like 20 sats. Finally 10 mins into my drive and a few agps resets later it locked. I'm on stock everything nonrooted. No major changes to my phone recently which would have coincided with this.