I picked up my sensation today and I cant get an accurate GPS location. It tells me im a few blocks away even with WI-FI on.
Anyone else experience this?
Yeah mate, same here, my gps is stoned! I'm in France for work and last night I couldnt get my phone to tell me so! He thought I was in London.
I'm tempted to do a factory reset its so bad. I can't even navigate, it keeps loosing me.
Hope htc will addresses this in a firmware update.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA Premium App
+ 1
This is my fourth Android device, and it certainly has something wrong with the GPS. I agree... It is getting a good satellite fix, but sometimes the location is off by several hundred feet - way beyond typical GPS errors.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA Premium App
My GPS seems to be working well. Or at least as well as my Nexus One and iPhone 4. (That's in Hong Kong and South China).
Mine works fine.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA Premium App
Dang (to put it mildly).
This is not the thread I wanted to see. I was out walking in NY yesterday and my Galaxy S again had me a block from my real location, with the compass spinning like a top. Few things piss me off at a phone more than flaky GPS when I really need it to work. I'm so hoping the Sensation will resolve this problem.
Please let these reports be some tiny minority, and fixable.
I drove in to work today (from Brooklyn to Manhattan), with the intention of testing the Sensation's GPS. The phone instantly picked up my location (GPS only, "use wireless networks" unchecked), and had the accuracy down to "within 50 feet" in a few seconds. During the drive, the only time it lost connection was when I was in the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. I found the GPS performance identical to the MT4G, which was excellent. Plain and simple, the Sensation's GPS capability works as it should.
My gps works flawlessly...it's just you dude LOL no firmware update needed
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App
I get nearly instant and incredibly accurate GPS lock, even inside my downtown apartment with tall buildings all around..even the compass feature is accurate indoors
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App
Mine is flawless. I never have time to click "my location" in google maps it's so fast.
Looks like it's great for Yanks. Or maybe the T-Mobile version has better GPS? Pure speculation... just throwing it out there.
Mine is flawless. I never have time to click "my location" in google maps it's so fast.
After a factory reset, it seems to pick it up a lot better. I'll have to test while driving.
I have been dependent on GPS for years! Lol
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA Premium App
My gps has had problems also. What I did was just turn off the phone and switch it back on. That has solved my gps problem.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA Premium App
I'm gonna replace it. I cant get any kind on signal with just GPS satellites and not from wireless networks.
Its really sad too because besides the gps this phone is flawless.
After having the Samsung Vibrant and all its gps woes I almost cried when it found me so fast within, seriously, like 10 feet of where I was standing in my house.
It's definitely a hardware issue. I'm about to replace it, ill update the post soon
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA Premium App
Just got my phone and tested the GPS. It picked up my location (with no mobile data enabled) in about 15 seconds. That was outside though, I couldn't get any GPS signal while was inside the house, and GPS test app located only 1 satellite, too... My dell streak finds like 17 of them when I search =(.
My new phone is better but not as good as my G2. Navigation is exceptional.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA Premium App
My gps is kinda ****ty. I use My Tracks multiple times a day while riding my motorcycle. Ever since I got this phone it stops recording partway through my 20 minute commute.
I really hope its an easy fix. I love this phone so far but this is really a deal breaker. I use GPS a lot.
Related
Curious to know why messages sometimes fail. I know if i dont have service, thats an obvious answer. Sometimes though I will see the failure notification and then i glance up and see that I have service. Did I loose service and it came back that fast / I didn't see it, or do messages just " some times fail" ??? Please point me to the reasoning of this, I am techy and am very curious why.
This happens maybe 1once every 1,000-2,000 messages, so not very often at all. And I have noticed this at home at my desk, driving ( passengering) in the car. ect.
As well as do the -DB account for the signal bars, ( I have a widget that shows signal bars and -DB) or is DB something that goes along with signal strength?
??????????????
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
If this happens once every 1000-2000 msgs I wouldn't worry.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using Tapatalk
I probably average one of these a day, half because of signal, half not. I think it's just AT&T. I wouldn't worry about it.
Well I'm curious why it happens.....?
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
happens to everyone. if it's not happeninga lot, deal with it.
there definitely was already a thread about this. It is from a momentary network drop possible a corrupt packet along the way or some obscure system problem. Unless it is happening every message (which happens to me at home because of ****ty reception) just suffer through the 5 seconds and three clicks. There is not a magical fix all solution by changing a setting
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
Is this a cappy thing or AT& T thing? Apparently again there are. 2 towers down in my area...
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
JJ133169 said:
Is this a cappy thing or AT& T thing? Apparently again there are. 2 towers down in my area...
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
...you just answered your own question. If your reception is so great with 2 towers then it must be your captivate. Most people don't go through perfect cell reception for several thousand messages so a couple of fail to send are not a problem
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
I said 2 towers are down. But I'm in a different area and I fail like. 1 outa. 70 with good service. This has just been a common problem today. Otherwise it is seldome.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
I think we all have this issue, no matter the phone. All comes down to the primary factor - AT&T
Lol the irony. I came down south 70 miles from where my home is where the down towers are, only to hear there's down towers in this area as well. Haha
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA Premium App
Sorry did not see they were down plus the moonshine making had me a little loopy. With down towers in the area the other ones are being over taxed. Att already has problems with their networks being assaulted by iphone users
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
if i open maps and try to find my current location, it's fast. when i'm in the car and driving... and my wife uses the google nav to get us to a new location... it can't lock on my location. i've left it on for 10+ mins and it cannot find my location. this has happened on multiple roms and in multiple locations.
i'm currently using mdj's cm7.
I had this issue before as well. After some researching on these forums and HTC's forums, it was known that for some reason, our phone takes a while to retrieve the navigation data. It can take up to 20 minutes to "warm up." HTC is already aware of the issue and they're trying to come up with a fix.
However what I do to prevent the phone from warming up all the time, I just leave GPS on and this worked! Instead of waiting 10+ minutes for navi to work, it takes no more than a minute. Sometimes even instant. So just try to leave gps on all the time and you should be fine.
I do leave the GPS on. I found a thread in the dhd section about GPS issues with some tips. I'm going to see if any of those help.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA Premium App
substance12 said:
if i open maps and try to find my current location, it's fast. when i'm in the car and driving... and my wife uses the google nav to get us to a new location... it can't lock on my location. i've left it on for 10+ mins and it cannot find my location. this has happened on multiple roms and in multiple locations.
i'm currently using mdj's cm7.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Check this thread out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1036253
download fasterfix from market...helped me
steevod79 said:
download fasterfix from market...helped me
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This works. Sounds general, but make sure in Settings>Locations 'USE GPS Satellites is ticked(check-marked....or whatever )
I have faster fix, it's already set to north America. I don't have sense. I think the problem is a result of me running the nav app while driving. I think I have to get a fix before running the nav.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA Premium App
I had to reflash the radio once to get my gps working right. No matter what I did my gps wouldn't use the satellites but after the flash I was all good.
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using XDA Premium App
Could anyone confirm for me that the endomondo gps app works well on Sensation as im thinking of getting the phone and use endomondo a fair bit, cheers.
Does work...
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App
Been using it without issue for running, cycling and mountain biking.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App
Yeap it is working...
Awesome guys thanks for answering
Sent from my HTC Desire
Tracking is off
I've been using the app for a few weeks and it works super! The only issue I found is that when I go running with two friends in the forest and each one has GPS, my results (KM) are more then one kilometer off from the rest. I don't know if this is a problem with my sensation but it's not handy.
i've had endomondo across three devices (one blackberry, two androids including sensation). they all seemed to have a bit of a difference in distance measurement (i compared the distances of my morning bike commute which is always the same).
Phone's GPS isnt that fast in getting the location so when you ride your bike in a curve, the phone would just "connect the dots" and losing some distance. I have used Endomondo on a 250km ride and it showed just 205km, but my friends and mine cyclocomputer showed the correct distance.
My wife's iPhone has full strength while my infuse has one bar and drops data sometimes sitting next to eachother. I'm on infused 1.5.3. Is there anything I can do?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using XDA Premium App
A lot of people have this problem. I haven't read a fix for it yet.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using XDA App
It's entirely possible that the infuse is giving a more accurate reading of the wifi signal than the iphone.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using XDA Premium App
Yes I thought of that. But I keep losing data during this time. She doesn't. And I get a you should stay with iPhone smirk. I have 10 employees all on iPhone and 30 family members all on iPhone. So imagine the arguments I have LOL. The employees I tell to zip it or ill give them a blackberry curve.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using XDA Premium App
Are you losing the 4G data connection or wifi? If you're losing wifi, download wifi analyzer from the market and see what wireless signals are humping that channel with your wifi, then switch your network to a less busy channel.
I did that and I get a wireless signal through all 3 floors of my house.
And as much as I enjoy mocking my wife's blackberry, she's dropped that thing a million times and half the keys are worn off, but it still works (somehow)...
Thanks. Yea its just wifi. Yes I love mocking BB too. But I agree , I once threw mine across the yard 20 ft and it was still good. Good memories there. LOL
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using XDA Premium App
Lol Well sounds like you already know your stuff, but if you need help with the wireless stuff just lemme know!
I try and use my wifi at the house when I can but like you sometimes it just stops working even when I'm clearly in range. I usually turn it off and have to use my network. Pretty sad but the wifi on this phone doesn't seem to be its strong point.
Sent from my rooted infuse flashed with infused!
Agreed. My only complaint so far is wifi. I'm chomping at getting the galaxy s2 now as well. If this phone is so fast and smooth imagine that one. With dual core.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using XDA Premium App
I've been running the 10.1 nightly for a while now, and I'm pretty sure this problem has been present all along. I just haven't gotten around to posting about it.
Basically, my phone is just bad at pinpointing my location using Maps or any other app. It will hone in on a fairly large circle of maybe 10 blocks, but can't get any more precise than that. I don't remember ever seeing this issue before flashing 10.1, and was just wondering if this is a known issue or if there are any fixes.
Everything else with the phone works just fine.
Sounds like it's only using cell towers to pinpoint your location. I'm assuming GPS is actually turned on? You can try an app from the market called faster GPS to nominate what region you're in, that might help.
Sent from my One XL using XDA Premium
timmaaa said:
Sounds like it's only using cell towers to pinpoint your location. I'm assuming GPS is actually turned on? You can try an app from the market called faster GPS to nominate what region you're in, that might help.
Sent from my One XL using XDA Premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm an idiot. Looks like GPS got turned off by an update at some point. Well, problem solved!