GPS comparison with nexus one - Captivate General

I've been very tempted to return this phone even though I love it over my 3GS simply because of the gps issues but I still have 2 weeks to decide. I've upgraded to JH3 and gps is worse than JH2 but I did a comparison today while on a drive with a friends nexus one using GPS test from the market. On the 15 min drive I never got lock and only saw signal from 3 sats. The nexus got lock in about 15 seconds and was tracking 12 sats with 13 visible and 6.2 foot accuracy. This was in the car driving. The best I ever saw when I was on JH2 was 11 sats tracking 10 with 16 foot accuracy and this was standing still outside with a clear view of the sky on a sunny day, so I now have little hope samsung is going to be able to fix this with firmware :-(
Edit: Apparently when I copied and pasted I didn't get the last paragraph so I'm sorry for starting what seemed like another of the same threads but I didn't intend that. I went on to ask what evidence leads most people to believe this is a software issue as opposed to a hardware issue? While the various software "fixes" and different versions appear to affect the ability for the phone to lock on to sats that it already is able to see, with what should be acceptable SNR, none of the changes that I have tried have affected which sats the phone sees, or the SNR of what it is able to see. In all the posts I have read most of them talk about the time to fix but none really talk about signal, has anyone done any testing and comparison of signals and quality?
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Yes we all know GPS on the SGS is broken. Lets wait for the update until Samsung fixes it before cursing them. If you cannot wait, you are very much welcome to take your phone back. If you can wait, lets stop making these threads. /thread
lol...seriously though, unless you have some new information, you aren't really saying anything that hasn't been said 40000000 times before.

jeepin95 said:
I've been very tempted to return this phone even though I love it over my 3GS simply because of the gps issues but I still have 2 weeks to decide. I've upgraded to JH3 and gps is worse than JH2 but I did a comparison today while on a drive with a friends nexus one using GPS test from the market. On the 15 min drive I never got lock and only saw signal from 3 sats. The nexus got lock in about 15 seconds and was tracking 12 sats with 13 visible and 6.2 foot accuracy. This was in the car driving. The best I ever saw when I was on JH2 was 11 sats tracking 10 with 16 foot accuracy and this was standing still outside with a clear view of the sky on a sunny day, so I now have little hope samsung is going to be able to fix this with firmware :-(
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You're beating a dead horse, we all know/have known for a month the Galaxy S (Cappy and Vibrant at least) GPS is seriously crappy until Samsung fixes it. Please stop making new threads, there's already like 50 on it.

Clienterror said:
You're beating a dead horse, we all know/have known for a month the Galaxy S (Cappy and Vibrant at least) GPS is seriously crappy until Samsung fixes it. Please stop making new threads, there's already like 50 on it.
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what he said.

What he said x2. Lol go get a nexus one.
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beazie0885 said:
What he said x2. Lol go get a nexus one.
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Yea go get a n1 with a wacky touchscreen with no real Multitouch, have fun with your 195 mb of rom, that's if you don't get a unit with dust under the screen...

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The real cause of nonworking gps!

so this is my 3rd G2X, my first was a horrible rebooter so i exchanged it for a second, which was pretty good but i could never get the GPS to work. so i just got my 3rd g2x sent to me, and everything was working, including GPS. Then i downloaded GPS status and toolbox. when i opened the app it told me GPS assistance downloaded, and from then on my GPS won't work. i tried a factory reset and it is still broken, so i think i have found the cause of the problem. Anyone agree?
also is there a fix, or do i need to get a 4th g2x sent to me?
I have GPS status on my G2X and my GPS works perfect.
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so this is my 3rd G2X, my first was a horrible rebooter so i exchanged it for a second, which was pretty good but i could never get the GPS to work. so i just got my 3rd g2x sent to me, and everything was working, including GPS. Then i downloaded GPS status and toolbox. when i opened the app it told me GPS assistance downloaded, and from then on my GPS won't work. i tried a factory reset and it is still broken, so i think i have found the cause of the problem. Anyone agree?
also is there a fix, or do i need to get a 4th g2x sent to me?
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You, sir, should work as a journalist. What a wonderfully sensationalist headline!
'This is the absolute truth!! I think...'
Why would an app that a lot of us don't use be the cause of such a widespread problem?
Man, there is no need to be rude. He is just trying to figure out what is going on with his gps.
Slowpig, I highly doubt it's the program making the gps nonfunctional. You have several options though. You could try rooting and flash EaglesBlood (froyo) and see what that does. I like it a lot better than the stock, and everything works just fine. Also, try searching before you post, as there about a million gps fix threads. Here are a few I found doing a quick search....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092016&highlight=gps+fix
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079304&highlight=gps+fix
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1085664&highlight=gps+fix
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078750&highlight=gps+fix
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049370&highlight=gps+fix
Anyway, do some reading, and see what you come up with. Again, I'd give a new rom a shot and see what that does for you. Hope this helps.
before you guys go off calling me retarded, know that this is my 3rd g2x and my second one ahd a faulty gps, and i tried all of the fixes on the forum to fix it. when i aquired my new one it worked out of the box, but after the instalation of the app in question it stopped. when i went into the hidden menu and deleted all aiding data it worked perfectly again. see why i might be led to my conclusion? it mightve been a bit rushed, but i was very upset that my brand new G2X's gps had suddenly stopped working after only an hour of use.
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before you guys go off calling me retarded, know that this is my 3rd g2x and my second one ahd a faulty gps, and i tried all of the fixes on the forum to fix it. when i aquired my new one it worked out of the box, but after the instalation of the app in question it stopped. when i went into the hidden menu and deleted all aiding data it worked perfectly again. see why i might be led to my conclusion? it mightve been a bit rushed, but i was very upset that my brand new G2X's gps had suddenly stopped working after only an hour of use.
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If that is the reason then can you explain why I have those apps on my G2X and the GPS still works better than any other GPS I've ever used?
It seems its just random, some g2xs have problems while others don't. Its just poor QC by LG
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I finally got around to try the gps. Maps, earth, gps status all work fine, except for the speedometer apps.
Are you not getting a lock at all, or is it just taking FOREVER to get a lock. There was a fix I flashed for mine (mine took forever to lock), and now mine locks almost instantly! I'll try to see if I can search and find the thread, but the thread had different files to flash with cwr and each had it's own region. (ie south east, west coast, etc).
Mine works now. I just had to do a factory reset
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Mine finds satellites but takes forever to lock. Even on stock ROM with a factory reset.
Like n 1-2 seconds it find 6 satellites, but lock takes 10 to 20 minutes at least.
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I finally got around to try the gps. Maps, earth, gps status all work fine, except for the speedometer apps.
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I have the same problem with speedometer apps!
It acts like it only wants to display speed in increments instead of the actual speed.
strung said:
Mine finds satellites but takes forever to lock. Even on stock ROM with a factory reset.
Like n 1-2 seconds it find 6 satellites, but lock takes 10 to 20 minutes at least.
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Mine was taking a long time until I flashed this fix. Give it a shot, it worked for me. I get locks in a few seconds. Here is the link...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1085354
Hope this helps!
This is my third G2X and all have had gps issues. Currently I applied the download fix (southeast region fix) last night and I saw an immediate transformation. Very quick locks and much improved accuracy.Unfortunately this morning I am back to either no locks or locks after 30 seconds to 5 minutes and the accuracy is horrible. Right now where last night I got almost instantaneous locks and 16 to 39 ft accuracy I am getting very very slow locks and 37209 ft accuracy. I was elated last night but now I am as confused as ever. I have tried every gps fix I can get my hands on and I am right back where I started.
Mine works pretty well. Glad a factory reset fixed your problems.
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It seems its just random, some g2xs have problems while others don't. Its just poor QC by LG
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Agreed!
I love my android phone but coming from an Iphone 3gs to a vibrant to a g2x. The phone(s) on paper are Superior to Iphone (specs are amazing and way faster) But apples qc is far superior to lgs and sammys I hate waiting over 7 months for an os upgrade so they can bloat it up with crap, What I hate even more is when you spend your hard earned cash on a phone that looks amazing, and a standard feature (GPS) don't work. Despite apples ass raping when it comes to hardware and its lack of software features(android is an will always be king) They put out solid phones (other than that iPhone 4 antennagate crap). Androids strength and most detrimental weakness is its partners. Google Does not get that if a person is disappointed over and over they will jump ship! This is my second disappointment after my vibrant (GPS not working correctly). But i'm quick to forgive, others are not... If I were a regular customer and not a geek who loves tech and i switched from Ios (iphone) to android (vibrant, G2x) and had all these issues screen bleed, gps,freezing etc. id switch back after the first week, and androids image would be tarnished.

Droid Charge GPS?

Howdy all?
I don't know WHAT I was thinking but on impulse bought the LG Revolution last night. It's a decent and I do want to emphasize just decent, however it has an AMAZING GPS capability.
Well I am going to right my wrong and get the Charge, hence how is the GPS on it in comparison? I need a device that locks fast and can get below 20 meters (long story with crap phone at AT&T)!
Any guidance/perspective would be appreciated.
Angieutc
gps is great. Locks quickly. Much better than the fasciante was. I wouldnt regret buying the revo...its a great phone too.
Doesn't the Revo have Bing by default for search engine? I thought about getting the Revo but I hate Bing.
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Doesn't the Revo have Bing by default for search engine? I thought about getting the Revo but I hate Bing.
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Exactly why I am taking it back. I did not know how deeply intergrated bing was into the phone. I thought it was just to higlight the search engine.
Plus there is not excitement about the phone. Verizon reps weren't excited to talk about it and there is not support on XDA.
On thing -- GPS and call quality were some of the best i have had on a phone.
I made a mistake and thankful I can fix it within my 14 day period.
sir2545 said:
Doesn't the Revo have Bing by default for search engine? I thought about getting the Revo but I hate Bing.
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Easily removed.
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Easily removed.
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True. However, I would feel better with a Samsung or HTC model. Something is nagging in my mind that I would regret the LG purchase down the line. Just a feeling.
angieutc said:
On thing -- GPS and call quality were some of the best i have had on a phone.
I made a mistake and thankful I can fix it within my 14 day period.
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I think you will maybe regret making the change. There WILL be roms, with debloat. And make the phone what it should be.
GPS on the Charge is okay. Doesn't lock nearly as fast as other Moto devices that I have had.
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Gps rocks under 5 meter accuracy and fast lock times. Way better than the captivate I used to own
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im very unimpressed by ALL of its wireless network capabilities, the gps can take minutes to lock on its fairly accurate but sometimes i'll go threw 2 songs and pass 4 exits before it locks and i find out im going the wrong way. on top of that i had the HTC TB and it had great 4G signal all around my area but my charge is maybe 1/2 to 3/4 as strong in the same places, also the bluetooth will NOT stay connected to anything which is a HUGE problem at least for me because i have a tablet and the entire reason i bought the charge was for th 4g hotspot to share with my transformer but as of right now that is nothing more than a pipe dream. I'm hoping that some of these issues will be ironed out because i can't take this phone back now and i have to wait for something newer to come out.
sadly i'm slightly disappointed in this phone so far but i do understand that in time problems will be addressed.
as far as another phone to get its hard to suggest ANY of verizons 4G phones as they all kinda suck....
So far, the GPS on my Charge has been awful. I love the phone to death, but every time I try to use the GPS, it just laaaags. Doesn't matter what program I'm using to access the GPS.
Thankfully, there are very few reasons I need GPS and most of those reasons, I really don't need GPS, I just need a location, which I can get with cell tower triangulation or whatever.
...Ok, I just opened my phone, flipped on GPS, opened Google maps and it is working perfectly. Eh... so I guess I'll amend "awful" to "spotty with a chance of awesome."
The GPS in my Charge works. It is not nearly as fast as my Droid X was, and it struggles to get a lock indoors, but I only rely on it for 1 app and can make do.
My DX would have a lock within 2 seconds max, and the Charge will take up to 10 seconds for an initial lock. That being said, I have not experienced any latency/accuracy issues once locked on to 5+ satellites.
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GPS has been terrible for me. I have had to use additional testing apps to get it to lock at all on occasion and it has been slow in those instance. Prior to EE4 it was excellent, but since it has been horrible.
My GPS completely blows, just like the Fascinate.
For those with the GPS issues, download GPS Test by Chartcross and fire that up one time. It should get a signal within 15 seconds. After opening that one time, my other GPS apps lock a signal very quickly.
It sounds strange but that solved my GPS issues...
robstamack said:
For those with the GPS issues, download GPS Test by Chartcross and fire that up one time. It should get a signal within 15 seconds. After opening that one time, my other GPS apps lock a signal very quickly.
It sounds strange but that solved my GPS issues...
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I have taken to using that app as well. For me it means the difference between not being able to lock and being able to lock in a minute or three. Now, I have taken to modifying my gps.conf .. so we'll see how that goes.
My wife's takes literally over five minutes to lock the first use each day or so, but sped up with a the testing app. It seems like Samsung has issues with pull GPS data off the net/cell towers to speed the initial connection. Just a theory.
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My GPS has also been very awful since ive gotten my charge last week. It takes forever to lock and mostly it doesn't even lock accurately on my location kinda disappointing coming from a BB that locks on almost instantly on my exact location.
I remember it working real well but then yesterday I went to use Navigation and got nothing. Since then I've tried to clear the DV cache, clear the GPS data, reinstall Maps. Nothing has worked. Through the testing apps, I can see it is getting some gps signal but they are mostly weak and it never locks on to anything. I am thinking about wiping my phone to see if maybe that will do the trick. Might be a good time to start getting into Roms.
I've only used mine twice, but it seems to consistently position me about .25 to .5mi away to the south from my actual location. (Both times I was using it indoors.)

[Q] Should I return my Infuse? GPS issues!

I know many people have complained about the Infuse's GPS performance. I have read and tried about 10 different "fixes". It does not matter what I do, it is just horrible.
I am coming from an HTC Inspire, which could sit on my lap in the car, lock within 10-15 seconds, and not show me driving in the trees.
With my Infuse, I have to hold the phone up to the windshield, with the back facing out (cannot lay it on the dashboard), to acquire a lock in 2-10 minutes. After I get a lock, if I do not keep the back of the phone at the windshield, I loose lock.
I have worked with Angry GPS & GPStest. I have tried ATT Stock UCKD5 & UCKE3, S7 (awesome ROM), Infused and Stock with Community Kernal.
Is this just how bad the Infuse performs or should I call Amazon and send it back?
Try my fix click on my name and search posts you'll.find it. If you follow directions it works. Pm me for help
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Try my fix click on my name and search posts you'll.find it. If you follow directions it works. Pm me for help
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Your fix was one of the fixes I have already tried. I tried it under Stock and S7 and tried it again today with S7. Still no improvement.
Question for you Tyshemi which might help clarify this problem. When you have your Infuse indoors and outdoors what are the typical DBHZ (AngryGPS) or SNR (GPSTEST) #'s that you get for satellites?
Here are my typical numbers
[1]Laying on desk 2 foot from window (one floor house), 28-35
[2]in hand 2 foot from window, 17-25
[3]outside laying on leg, 22-28
[4]outside fingers only holding phone by the sides with back of phone to the sky, 25-32
[5]laying on the hood of my wifes Toyota RAV4, 35-45
[6]in the RAV4 on my lap, 20-27
When the phone is on the hood of the RAF 4 it will lock very quick, even after clearing data. But, after locking, not clearing data, I can go to any of the other positions, except #4, and it will not lock.
I am very interested in hearing what you numbers are.
Thanks for the quick response!
Also, it would be interesting to hear from other people what numbers they get and if they have issues or a working GPS.
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First inside two story house
Second outside
These are just tonight just for you
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I really appreaciate the offer but I feel at this point I have followed the directions as well as trying other fixes.
Please correct me if I am wrong but your fix as well as other fixes do not actually change or affect how the OS uses the hardware or how the hardware processes the incomming signals. I believe most fixes just affect how the phone processes available location services. The fixes may help but I doubt the fixes can help failing/deficient hardware.
I think a very clear example of a hardware issue is the fact when my phone is laying in my hand, outdoors, it may or may not reacquire a lock and if it does lock my accuracy will never go less then 100ft. When I place the phone in a metal cake pan (indoors) or on the hood of the RAV4,, my TTFF is about 60sec and accuracy holds 13 to 25ft.
I really wish you could help me but I am convinced this is hardware and I am going to try and return it and get another one.
I will follow up to let you know what happens.
Thanks again for your help.
Hmm thats weird man... i used thie fix proposed by tyshemi thread:
http://www.darkyrom.com/community/index.php?threads/guide-gps-quickest-fix-solution.2022/
Now i get locked under 30 secs In and out doors no matter the situation....
Maybe you do indeed have a bad gps on that phone.... Probably change it as gps not working, just remember to flash back to stock xD and risk it with another Infuse or change.... but those radically unfuctional gps are not common... i seriously havent had ONE single trouble locking my position on different countries, including north and south america...
sixn,
Are you sure you applied the fix and turned on auto in angry gps?
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sixn,
Are you sure you applied the fix and turned on auto in angry gps?
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Yes, but thanks for checking. I have tried multiple scenarios over the last week and have spent a lot of hours trying to figure this out. I think I finally have the answer. Check out this thread I just created, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1260944
SOLVED
I contacted Samsung and discussed my GPS issues. I was issued an RMA on 15 Sep. I just received the phone back today and there is a huge improvment. Right out of the box (I flashed back to stock before sending of course) locked in less then 30 seconds. Much more accurate then prevously. Repair ticket indicates they "replaced component".
At least it is working better

Horrible GPS

My GPS on the Skyrocket has been horrible since day one. It takes a minute or longer to lock and then loses lock in about 15 seconds. I am currently using SKYICS. Anyone have a fix? Am I the only one?
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agps fix flash via cwm. Google it.
I will be kind.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1438129
Thanks. Will try tomorrow. It is killing me that my HTC hero has great GPS on it - fast lock and doesn't drop and the new phone doesn't.
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Which skyics? And you might try downloading GPS test just to see.
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Which skyics? And you might try downloading GPS test just to see.
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4.2E Update 6
But it didn't work well on stock either. The only other phone I have to compare it with is my old Sprint HTC Hero and it is quick to lock on and solid as a rock. I've flashed the gps fix zip and will try the gps on the way into work in the morning. That is about a 26 mile drive.... here's hoping....
Check your nav settings too.
Go to settings then location service. Check all three options. Then try again. It should work like a charm!
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The agps fix is nothing short of amazing. Mine will lock in to my location, even inside a building, within a few seconds.
The patch appears to have worked. I'll test again on the way home. Thanks all!
Your welcome.
Works for a few minutes and then loses signal and has to re-acquire. I'll try some of the other versions to see if they are any better. In the meantime, back to the Hero and an offline gps program.
Must be something with your setup, I used it for an hour last night and it worked beautifully.
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Out of all of the Android phones I have owned the Skyrocket has the best GPS. Locks in just a few seconds. I have gotten quick fixes on Gingerbread and ICS.
Very strange that mine doesn't work right. Can anyone post which ROM you use and if you flashed the agps patch, which one you flashed? Oh.. and do you use a case on your SkyRocket? I'll remove my case tomorrow and test also.
Could be a bad GPS chip. Mine locks in under 10 seconds indoors to an accuracy of 5 meters. It willl hold the lock driving at 80mph. I've tested it stock, on SKY, and on Embryo with the same results. I've never found the need to flash the agps fix. A huge improvement compared to my last phone.
My skyrocket is the best GPS device I've ever had. Including dedicated GPS devices. My skyrocket is stock, with no fixes whatsoever. At 500 miles an hour over the middle of the Pacific Ocean I can get a lock on in less than 30 seconds. Nothing else has ever even come close. Dedicated GPS's from Garmin, tom-tom and others take over 15 minutes under the same situation. Reception in difficult areas, like downtown with lots of buildings around, is also the best I've ever seen. It's really too bad there isn't a decent GPS navigation program for android.
Copilot's maps suck. Sygic has good maps, but a terrible navigation display, and even worse POI implementation. Routing is horrible. Don't even get me started on the problems with Google maps. Sure it's pretty, but it isn't really a great dedicated navigation service. All three of these stress form and features over function.
For great GPS software, nothing beats the old Garmin mobile XT for windows mobile. It didn't have the latest and greatest features, but as far as function, nothing could touch it for use on a worldwide basis. If you could put that software on a skyrocket, you'd have the best handheld GPS device on the planet--bar none.
I had to exchange my skyrocket for a new one because of this issue. It was just terrible - wide open spaces it would just blink for a minute then maybe lock, driving normal speeds trying to use Navigation was futile because it would lose lock all the time. I just took it to an at&t store had them put it next to another skyrocket and showed him how bad it was, in fact indoors it just couldn't get a lock at all ever.
Got a new one and it's flawless, now running cm9.
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I had to exchange my skyrocket for a new one because of this issue. It was just terrible - wide open spaces it would just blink for a minute then maybe lock, driving normal speeds trying to use Navigation was futile because it would lose lock all the time. I just took it to an at&t store had them put it next to another skyrocket and showed him how bad it was, in fact indoors it just couldn't get a lock at all ever.
Got a new one and it's flawless, now running cm9.
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That is very good to know. I am going to try it without my case and then without it running stock. If I still have the issue, I'll take it to an AT&T store and get it swapped out.
Thanks!
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I run this every time i flash a rom or update. I lock onto 10-20 sats with ease. lock on usually takes 3-5 seconds. This is a must have!
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[Q] Is GPS on Nexus S really that bad?

Hi,
I am using the official 4.1.2 OTA ROM on the i9023 phone. I have recently realised that the quality of GPS is quite bad. The phone would often lose the signal when I am mountain biking in the open, it is nigh impossible to get a lock whilst driving at out-of-town speeds and the GPS Test app only shows 30-something SNR when outside with nothing but the sky above me.
Is that what you can expect from this phone, or is mine somehow faulty?
My contract will be over soon-ish, and I was looking into getting Nexus 4 or RAZR MAXX HD. How is the GPS on those devices? Thank you for the input in advance.
I never had problems with my GPS since gingerbread which could not solved by a reboot. Sometimes it takes a few minutes to get a fix, but that's all.
Well, I have never had problems getting a lock per se. When I'm biking, it is quick to get a lock if I stop to look where I am. Where it fails is e.g. when recording a track - I recorded one which was pretty much jumping between the approximate tower position and the accurate GPS one.
My friend has the Maxx HD and its GPS is pretty good as for the Nexus 4 I couldn't tell you. Also my Nexus S has pretty good GPS for a Samsung device.
The Nexus S was the only Galaxy S variant I had that didn't require the hardware gps fix to get good signal. Make sure you update to the latest modem/baseband. Or you can open up the phone and add a bit of solder to all the gold contacts to improve the signal.
Just get a device that support both gps and glonass, which the nexus 4 will have.
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Whenever I use GPS it drains the battery really quickly. 40 minute journey and it used 60% no idea why but when I didn't have a car charger I was pretty annoyed!
Never had any issues regarding getting a lock usually works OK.
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Gps kills the nexus S.. I can't even lock on while driving (I'd have to pull over and stop, then wait for it to acquire lock before moving again)
Not to mention the Gps update speed is only 1hz.. Much too slow especially for highway usage..
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Huh?!
Where did you get that idea?
It works so well, I even forgot about it...
belegdol said:
Hi,
I am using the official 4.1.2 OTA ROM on the i9023 phone. I have recently realised that the quality of GPS is quite bad. The phone would often lose the signal when I am mountain biking in the open, it is nigh impossible to get a lock whilst driving at out-of-town speeds and the GPS Test app only shows 30-something SNR when outside with nothing but the sky above me.
Is that what you can expect from this phone, or is mine somehow faulty?
My contract will be over soon-ish, and I was looking into getting Nexus 4 or RAZR MAXX HD. How is the GPS on those devices? Thank you for the input in advance.
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What app do you use ? I don't have any issues with the Sports tracker app while biking, using it for over a year now, it even runs in the airplane mode without the cell help.
madd0g said:
What app do you use ? I don't have any issues with the Sports tracker app while biking, using it for over a year now, it even runs in the airplane mode without the cell help.
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I was using Outdoor Atlas - mainly because it offers support for the Swiss topo maps. I need to give Sports Tracker a shot, but now it is kinda cold for biking
good
thanks...
belegdol said:
Hi,
I am using the official 4.1.2 OTA ROM on the i9023 phone. I have recently realised that the quality of GPS is quite bad. The phone would often lose the signal when I am mountain biking in the open, it is nigh impossible to get a lock whilst driving at out-of-town speeds and the GPS Test app only shows 30-something SNR when outside with nothing but the sky above me.
Is that what you can expect from this phone, or is mine somehow faulty?
My contract will be over soon-ish, and I was looking into getting Nexus 4 or RAZR MAXX HD. How is the GPS on those devices? Thank you for the input in advance.
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My GPS is slow to find satellities but after that, never lose signal!
GPS
use a modified gps.conf if your Nexus S is rooted
It works great here! Everytime I need, and fast. Really surprised me, after switching from my old Galaxy Ace. Once I got a lock inside my bedroom, where even the carrier signal fails sometimes.
I have the Sprint variant and have horror stories upon horror stories about the GPS...it once turned my 2 hour trip to a 6 hour nightmare *shudder*
Anyway, I'm rooting and trying out new fixes now before I finally bite and get a new phone, one of the things I'm trying is outlined in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1683366
I did the fix this morning and then flashed a new ROM, not sure if it holds up with different ROMs but I'll try it again should I have issues.
assassinoid said:
use a modified gps.conf if your Nexus S is rooted
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Also, how do you do this?
You can try this hardware mod if you are brave to open your phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9923176, I have opened up the captivate, vibrant and nexus s, it applies to all of them.
Also you can try this gps fix patch, not sure if it work with the Nexus S, but maybe since they're both Galaxy S: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33844820
Sent from my R800x
I have to admit - when I bought my used Nexus S a couple of weeks back, this thread frightened me. However, first time using GPS I got a lock from inside my house in about 20 seconds. That's awesome compared to what I'm used to. The only issue is that the "Accuracy" is only about 10 meters, as opposed to 6 with my Liberty...
eksasol said:
You can try this hardware mod if you are brave to open your phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9923176, I have opened up the captivate, vibrant and nexus s, it applies to all of them.
Also you can try this gps fix patch, not sure if it work with the Nexus S, but maybe since they're both Galaxy S: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33844820
Sent from my R800x
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Haha I'm too craven to try such hardware tweaking. I will try the patch though.
I can't seem to get the GPS to report my speed to Tasker (I have a profile that auto-responds to texts while driving). Is this a known issue?

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