To everyone who says the GPS sucks - Thunderbolt General

It doesn't. My car was stolen last night out of a gas station while I ran in to get cigarettes. Long story short, my phone was also in the car and on. I pushed an app called Plan B by Lookout at jcase's recommendation. Lo and behold, 45 seconds later, I was emailed and EXACT location of the phone. I notified the officer I filed my report with that I have an address from my phone and within 3-4 hours of my car being stolen, it was found and towed and intact! The GPS was dead on. I think it's fair to say that the GPS doesn't get the credit it deserves on the Thunderbolt!

Great story. I think I'll be buying that application.

Glad you got your car back dude! I actually think gps on the tb is pretty good. I always get a lock outdoors and tracking is awesome. Better than the Inspire and Captivate before that.
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I agree. Other than the issues that it had before the new radios, it is almost always spot on once it does get a good fix.
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Wow, kick ass! Well done and good thinking!

gps is fine for me too on my tbolt with mr2.5.

My gps would take 5+ mins to lock until i installed MR2, now its instantaneous!

My issues aren't with the gps after getting lock, it's the lenth of time it takes to get lock. Using GPS status it usually takes about 400+ seconds. 8 minutes when you are trying to find something is like an eternity. My d2 would lock in about 1 min or less.

Then you got other probs with one of the two ne radios it locks in seconds
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Well, just got my car back. $2k in audio equipment is still intact. Only ended up with a broken driver side mirror. Can I get any more lucky?

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Seriously, ProTekk, that's great!

Well that's cool and glad you got your car back but my thunderbolt gps locks me like 1,000 yards away no where near my location
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i think the gps is great

Attacked those thieves with the Thunder... That is a great story man glad you got your car back that's the most important part.
Question.. How did you push the app to your phone and install it for future reference?
Never mind, figured it out never knew you could install apps from the market with a browser that's really cool man thanks for the insight!!

robert90262 said:
Well that's cool and glad you got your car back but my thunderbolt gps locks me like 1,000 yards away no where near my location
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You don't know how to use it.
That is 100% certain to be cell location services, not GPS. Very different things.
Try using the app 'GPS Status' outdoors.

lrs421 said:
I actually think gps on the tb is pretty good. I always get a lock outdoors and tracking is awesome. Better than the Inspire and Captivate before that.
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That isn't saying much. My 94 yr old grandmother with dementia & cataracts has a better sense of direction than my old Captivate.
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Boss428man said:
Attacked those thieves with the Thunder... Question.. How did you push the app to your phone and install it for future reference?
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Google "lookout plan B".
It can be installed AFTER the phone is lost. Pretty cool.

Haha, this gets better! Idiot logged onto Facebook on my phone and also took pics and vids of himself! Ahahahahahahahaahhahahahahahahahaahaha, you're SO screwed kid.

Glad for your car. My speedometer cable broke and I use and app on my TB as my speedometer, It works great.

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That isn't saying much. My 94 yr old grandmother with dementia & cataracts has a better sense of direction than my old Captivate.
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Nice, ha
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Thoughts on GPS

I was in California over Christmas and I flashed Assonance 5.0. My GPS started working perfectly. I assumed that the ROM itself was the cause of the improvement, but, when I got back home (Chicago), the GPS reverted back to the way it was before (slow to lock on and always loses lock). This would lead me to believe that the differing results from the GPS are not due to hardware, but location.
Good things in California...like GPS and IN-N-OUT
I just got back from California on Friday, and that trip made me decide to sell my Captivate, gps didnt work at all.
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Good things in California...like GPS and IN-N-OUT
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You bastards with your In-N-Out
If you guys haven't tried Da_G's fix yet I'd look into it. I'm using the Darky port rom and it incorporates the fix and my GPS is really good. I get quick, accurate locks and it follows me properly while driving. Admittedly I've only been running this version of the rom (7.0.1) for a few days now because I keep flashing new versions when they're released but so far there has been no noticeable degradation of GPS.
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Nothing like a double-double with fries...
Double double with animal style fries!
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I live in cali and gps works perfect. When I went to arizona it sucked. Location does seem to be a factor.
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Let me just lock this one down right here...
Location may be a factor in such that if you are located inside a concrete bunker the GPS will not work well, and if you are located outside in the middle of a field on a clear day the GPS will work better.
Please, read this before commenting further... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System#Space_segment
You will find that the GPS satellites move through the day, and no one satellite is covering the same area all the time. A fundamental property of the GPS system is that coverage is spread across the entire globe. And while any given satellite will follow the same path around the planet (once every 12 hours), the system is intrinsically designed such that it doesn't matter which specific satellites you can hear from the ground.
If you are getting better reception in X state, and worse reception in Y state, then Z confounding factor is causing that difference, not your location.
my gps has been very good (both locks and tracking)
with both Chrnous and Doc's latest roms.
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Nothing like a double-double with fries...
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Double double with animal style fries!
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Pffft, 4X4 hold the fries!
Oh, and my GPS has always worked out of the box......
My GPS never worked until I flashed ASSONANCE. Now it works here in Toledo, Ohio, Clearwater, Florida, Pittburgh, PA, Detroit, MI, Los Angeles, CA....no problems whatsover. I use it all the time. Myabe I am just one of the very few "Lucky Ones".
I drove from Seattle, WA to Los Angeles, CA and back for xmas during one and a half week period. Here's what I think about the GPS. Since every time I tried to use it here in Seattle, it doesn't work very well at all and I end up giving up and turn the GPS off. But on this trip, I let it get a lock even though it took more than 4 mins to do so. Then I have it plugged into my car's power, so the backlight stays on. Using Google Maps, I let it keep trying to lock and track during my entire trip. To my surprise, it works better and better. It seems to be needing to gather enough info at each location to get better responses. Now, I can get a lock just about anywhere in the west coast in about 7 to 10 secs. Tracking is still a little off. But it's close enough that I can start using location based apps again, like gas buddy, foursquare, facebook, etc. I wouldn't use it for navigation as I said, the tracking is still a little off. So, my theory is that use the GPS whenever you can. Leave it on if you can. The more you use it, the better it works. Just my 2 cents worth.

Is there a model number of captivates that have wore GPS?

Im going to try to return my phone since the GPS cant do anything in regards to navigation. It never knows what street im on even when its locked.
Is there a certain model I should be requesting that performs better?
All of them are broken. It's a hardware problem.
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All of them are broken. It's a hardware problem.
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not true. my phone is build no. 1012 rev 0.4 and everything works as expected, including GPS.
Mine has never ever, locked once!!!
Mine is 1007 stock and I've always been able to use the GPS. So imho it's pretty much luck of the draw.
I don't even care anymore. I've given up on Samdung to be honest.. terrible support and no communication for their 10 million galaxy s devices.
For what its worth, I have a 1006 build and gps is marginal at best when tracking - regardless of which ROM and gps cocktail files I throw at it.
Supposedly the newer builds have better tracking, but there isn't any PROOF.
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Samdung... Clever. I prefer Samsuck myself.
I have a model 1009 running Serendipity 2.0, and my GPS gets a very quick lock and maintains lock when I'm driving in the car for the most part.
I had 2 1008's that both had great gps with Darkys rom and very spotty if any lock with other roms. I now have a refurbished 1007 running Darkys that locks fast and tracks great too.
I have a 1007, that I got to replace my old 1007 and the new phone's gps works perfectly with any rom I've used. Guess I got lucky.
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I have to agree that GPS on my Captivate isn't great since day 1 either.
Recently I've been using Designgears Perception build 10.0, GPS has nothing but spectacular. Did a few long-drive road test and didn't lose signal even once and testing it with short trips for about a week now. Signal lock is within a minute. That is with both Google Maps/Navigation and CoPilot Live. A round trip from St. Robert to St. Louis, MO then from St. Robert, MO to Fort Smith, AR and back and GPS has been Spot on. This is with Perception Build 10.0 - Before I made the trip back from Fort Smith, I decided to update to Perception build 10.1 and GPS just gave out on me... did not work at all... get all kind of GPS signal but can not be locked into 3D to get an accurate position. Great thing I still have Build 10.0 on the phone decided to flash back from Build 10.1 to 10.0 and GPS is miraculously work the way it meant to be. This is the first time GPS on my Captivate has been working so well for me ever since day 1. I almost made a jump to Windows Phone 7 because of it. Now, I don't have to anymore, all thanks to Designgear.
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Haha, I like samjunk.
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I'm curious...
If you look at all the messages and statements here that the GPS on the Galaxy phones don't work, one would think (at least anecdotally) that a large percentage of the phones' GPS's don't work. Does anybody have any numbers showing the percentage of the phones with the problem? I mean, with multi millions of phones sold, one would think that you would hear more of it outside the tech stream media. Maybe it has been, and I just didn't notice. Does anybody have any link to the number/percentage of phones affected?
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I'm curious...
If you look at all the messages and statements here that the GPS on the Galaxy phones don't work, one would think (at least anecdotally) that a large percentage of the phones' GPS's don't work. Does anybody have any numbers showing the percentage of the phones with the problem? I mean, with multi millions of phones sold, one would think that you would hear more of it outside the tech stream media. Maybe it has been, and I just didn't notice. Does anybody have any link to the number/percentage of phones affected?
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Nah, that data doesn't exist. You could start a poll thread. It'd be skewed towards XDA users (which might comprise in part those that find their phone inadequate) but that'd give some idea.
My phone varies from poor gps tracking to completely unfunctional depending on the ROM. Incidentally, all 2.2 i9000 were 100% broken for me, but 2.2.1 i9000 brought it up to "crappy". YMMV
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mwilhelm said:
I'm curious...
If you look at all the messages and statements here that the GPS on the Galaxy phones don't work, one would think (at least anecdotally) that a large percentage of the phones' GPS's don't work. Does anybody have any numbers showing the percentage of the phones with the problem? I mean, with multi millions of phones sold, one would think that you would hear more of it outside the tech stream media. Maybe it has been, and I just didn't notice. Does anybody have any link to the number/percentage of phones affected?
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The two people I know with SGS phones that said their GPS worked learned otherwise when I asked them to show me.
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DrCruelty said:
The two people I know with SGS phones that said their GPS worked learned otherwise when I asked them to show me.
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It's like the iPhone antenna. They're all broken, but many people don't notice or understand the problem.
So the company spits in your face and goes to the bank.
Some people think this is acceptable, I don't. That's why I shall never but another Samsung phone again.
I've been holding a grudge against RadioShack since fifth grade, when they tried to screw me over. Now Samsung can add to the list.
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Haha, I like samjunk.
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If people keep refusing to buy their phones anymore because of the Captivate, they'll soon be Samsunk!
bacuy82 said:
I have to agree that GPS on my Captivate isn't great since day 1 either.
Recently I've been using Designgears Perception build 10.0, GPS has nothing but spectacular. Did a few long-drive road test and didn't lose signal even once and testing it with short trips for about a week now. Signal lock is within a minute. That is with both Google Maps/Navigation and CoPilot Live. A round trip from St. Robert to St. Louis, MO then from St. Robert, MO to Fort Smith, AR and back and GPS has been Spot on. This is with Perception Build 10.0 - Before I made the trip back from Fort Smith, I decided to update to Perception build 10.1 and GPS just gave out on me... did not work at all... get all kind of GPS signal but can not be locked into 3D to get an accurate position. Great thing I still have Build 10.0 on the phone decided to flash back from Build 10.1 to 10.0 and GPS is miraculously work the way it meant to be. This is the first time GPS on my Captivate has been working so well for me ever since day 1. I almost made a jump to Windows Phone 7 because of it. Now, I don't have to anymore, all thanks to Designgear.
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Ive tried every ROM and none of them work with my GPS. It will track me for periods of 30 seconds, then the circle around my arrow gets huge and rarely locks again.
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It's like the iPhone antenna. They're all broken, but many people don't notice or understand the problem.
So the company spits in your face and goes to the bank.
Some people think this is acceptable, I don't. That's why I shall never but another Samsung phone again.
I've been holding a grudge against RadioShack since fifth grade, when they tried to screw me over. Now Samsung can add to the list.
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Minus the fact that the iPhone antenna actually works... That thing never loses my position... NEVER. A simple case on the phone remedies the issue... with the captivate, there is nothing you can do but keep returning the phone.
My GPS is perfect. I have 10 locks in within 30 seconds. This is my second captivate due to me dropping the first one and the screen breaking. When I used the GPS on that device I got a Max of 3 satellites with 1 lock. I think it its that they have slightly updated the device as time has passed on.
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Gps on the inspire.

I was wondering how the gps worked on the inspire. I have a captivate and it sucks. Particularly interested in tracking (my tracks) and navigation. Any insights or my tracks would be appreciated
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I switched from captivate and this phone is way better. GPS is spot on and locks in my house in about 5 seconds.
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nephets0 said:
I was wondering how the gps worked on the inspire. I have a captivate and it sucks. Particularly interested in tracking (my tracks) and navigation. Any insights or my tracks would be appreciated
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I hear ya on the GPS. Was holding out for the stock 2.2 update to see if there was any marked improvement, and, though it might be a tad better, it's not where it should have been in the first place: still pretty much worthless as far as I'm concerned.
I've heard the inspire is like night and day better, as the comment above me confirms.
I'm getting ready to make the jump, personally.
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Suffice it to say the inspire 4g does not have poorly implimented GPS hardware, and therefore does not need tons of software tweaks to get it to work, nor does it need 12 sats to get a 5 meter accuracy..
Galaxy S phones have dead GPS. Period.
If you have a Captivate get a rom based on either XXJPY or WJS3/5 -- Those have the best GPS i've found.
For stock experience, use Cog 4 with UCKB1 + adamholden85's GPS fix.
Even on a good day though, its not even close to the inspire..
Much better than the captivate, even on one of its better days, but not as quick to lock as my incredible. Overall the gps does what I expect of a phone. Navigation works well, quick to locate in maps, update location for weather, etc.
I quote Ferris Bueller:
"If you have the means, I highly recommend it. It's so choice."
I was driving 45 mph, had passenger press the lock button on maps... had a 10m lock in about 10 seconds. Tracks perfectly around turns and everything. That and this phone is just awesome. HTC FTW.
Mine is coming in tomorrow...I am coming from the captivate side as well.
GPS on the captivate was a hit or miss. Various roms would get it to work sometimes but its all in the hardware.
I am glad to hear that the inspire has a great GPS.
I originally had a bad antenna which I swapped out at the store and honestly this phone is QUICK! It's funny how used to my old phone I became about certain functions like the GPS and tracking.. Loving my Inspire.
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I originally had a bad antenna which I swapped out at the store and honestly this phone is QUICK! It's funny how used to my old phone I became about certain functions like the GPS and tracking.. Loving my Inspire.
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did you get a signal at all? how did you know it was bad? i think mine may be having problems aswell.
For all those GPS fans out there, it works great out of the box, but some have had problems once reflashing with even stock rom, so be careful.
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did you get a signal at all? how did you know it was bad? i think mine may be having problems aswell.
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I was unreachable for calls and the GPS wouldn't pinpoint my location accurately. We did a number of tests in store and called TS. Also I was stock at the time no question it was the phone and not a hack or rooting issue.
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Inspire's GPS is great. No worries. Not as phenomenal as the Atrix's GPS, but very good.
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What's the best app out there for navigation? Google Nav isn't great. I got navigon and it's not too bad, on my iPhone it was the best out there, so I'm assuming it's the same with Android?

GPS on Thunderbolt

Hows the GPS on the thunderbolt? I have read all about the battery issues, but haven't seen much on the thunderbolt. I have the option to upgrade right now, because of all the complaining I have done to Verizon about my fascinate, and wonder if I should switch? Any thoughts on GPS vs the fascinates?
thanks for the feedback!
420fan said:
Hows the GPS on the thunderbolt? I have read all about the battery issues, but haven't seen much on the thunderbolt. I have the option to upgrade right now, because of all the complaining I have done to Verizon about my fascinate, and wonder if I should switch? Any thoughts on GPS vs the fascinates?
thanks for the feedback!
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GPS works great on mine. Gets a lock quickly and is as accurate as anything else.
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GPS works great on mine. Gets a lock quickly and is as accurate as anything else.
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did you have to do anything special, or was it good out of the box?
Good right out of the box. I get a quick lock in Zillow, Waze and Maps.
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Good out of the box.
Accurate down to 2m out of the box. Rooted with Das BAMF and still the same.
Perfect out of the box. The first time I used mine it took a minute to search and find a satellite, after that it was super fast and spot on everytime!
Faster than my Droid ever was. Works better indoors too it seems...
The only time I've had a problem is when I'm inside the LSU Rec Center (all metal building). Anywhere else, and almost any other building, I get a fine GPS signal.
looks like I'm trading my Fascinate in for a Thunderbolt then! Tired of waiting on Sammy and Verizon to update the OS.
Thanks for all the replies.
I gotta say the GPS is accurate but it still takes a bit of time for me to get a lock. Not sure why... do you all leave your GPS on? I only turn mine on when needed.
I leave it on. Quick locks.
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I had quick lock out of the box and rooted stock. Once I flashed Das BAMF I had to run the GPS fix.
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I gotta say the GPS is accurate but it still takes a bit of time for me to get a lock. Not sure why... do you all leave your GPS on? I only turn mine on when needed.
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Mine takes a bit to lock on too. I always leave it off unless I need it. But I leave on Location Services.
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I gotta say the GPS is accurate but it still takes a bit of time for me to get a lock. Not sure why... do you all leave your GPS on? I only turn mine on when needed.
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I use Locale (the latest one that still has location as a condition)... My GPS locks quickly with an accuracy of 6.6 feet running latest Virus rom with lean normal kernel... stand alone GPS only...
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The only time I've had a problem is when I'm inside the LSU Rec Center (all metal building). Anywhere else, and almost any other building, I get a fine GPS signal.
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Ah hello fellow BR TB user!
GPS stopped when 4G signal dropped. Had to stop and flip on the switched to 3G only then it worked. I was in a 4G area.
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Mine takes a bit to lock on too. I always leave it off unless I need it. But I leave on Location Services.
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Mine takes a second to lock too even after changing the GPS file.
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My GPS works great, too. The only thing that I seem to be reading is that the TB isn't using the A-GPS data from the towers in order to get a quick lock after not using the GPS for a long time. That means it's using purely the GPS for location, which is fine, but it might take a bit longer the first time you turn on maps or nav. There's an update from HTC coming out (soon?) that addresses this issue and also some battery issues.
I've had issues with Roms built off of the newer version of ruu 605.9.(htc probably didn't release this version for a reason)
I have instantaneously and accurate gps lock with plane Jane v1
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GPS

Coming from the HD2 I had hoped for a big improvement in GPS lock times. It is better but not amazing. Compared it today to my son's ZTE Blade and his was way faster. Disappointing!
Anyone else feel the GPS is nothing special? Could be something to do with the Vodafone mods I guess...
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touchee said:
Coming from the HD2 I had hoped for a big improvement in GPS lock times. It is better but not amazing. Compared it today to my son's ZTE Blade and his was way faster. Disappointing!
Anyone else feel the GPS is nothing special? Could be something to do with the Vodafone mods I guess...
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I'm very interested in this topic. I'm struggling mightily with my Galaxy S right now trying to walking navigate a big city. It's consistently off by at least a block in location and the compass is totally worthless. Phone has frozen solid twice, with the required 5 minute reboot to get going again. Major PIA. I'm really hoping the Sensation will solve this problem.
Any GPS experiences you can post will be greatly appreciated.
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I'm very interested in this topic. I'm struggling mightily with my Galaxy S right now trying to walking navigate a big city. It's consistently off by at least a block in location and the compass is totally worthless. Phone has frozen solid twice, with the required 5 minute reboot to get going again. Major PIA. I'm really hoping the Sensation will solve this problem.
Any GPS experiences you can post will be greatly appreciated.
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I bought my fiance the Vibrant at launch so I definitely have felt the pains of a horrible GPS on a phone. That said, the Tmo version's GPS has been real, real good. It's even performed pretty solid downtown here in Chicago.
Now are there better GPS units in phones out there? Possibly. But for what you are using it for and the phone you are coming from, you will definitely be happy with this feature.
I didn't own a HD2, so I can't compare, but my Sensation locks in less than 10 seconds. I don't think that is very bad at all.
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I didn't own a HD2, so I can't compare, but my Sensation locks in less than 10 seconds. I don't think that is very bad at all.
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I have owned almost all high end android devices for T-Mobile and the Sensation/MT4G have the quickest GPS locks by far. My Sensation locks in less than 4 seconds and my MT4G is a little quicker but both are great! Compared to my G2x which takes more than FIVE MINUTES to lock!!
The test I did today between the ZTE Blade and the HTC Sensation used the GPS Status app.
Basically I switched both on at the same time (they had both locked previously and had downloaded the AGPS data) and simply watched the time to the first fix.
ZTE Blade would get a warm lock in 2 seconds
HTC sensation would get the warm lock in about 10 seconds
Indoors by a window the gap was more pronounced between the two devices. I feel the sensation is struggling a bit, and indoors it shows more, as the Blade coped much better with the weaker signal and fewer satellites.
Interestingly when both were locked outside and with a clear view of the sky, the Blade would show 8 or 9 satellites whereas the Sensation would only sometimes (very occasionally) have this number, more often just 6.
I have also observed that even when the Sensation has, say 5, satellites with green bars it still takes several seconds to process the info and finally display position. With the Blade, once it gets about 4 green bars, it's straight there with a position.
Weird. I think it may be something to do with the UK units as there is a gps.conf.vodafone in /etc/ so that implies some messing around by them. But the difference between that and the gps.conf in /etc/ seems to simply be the choice of NTP server (ie. north america or europe).
Appreciate the responses.
A quick lock is definitely good, but what matters even more to me is accuracy and direction. Is the compass reliable, and is your actual location shown on the map closer than 100ft?
If I can't use it in a strange city to get my bearings and navigate on foot it's a deal killer.
Thanks.
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I have owned almost all high end android devices for T-Mobile and the Sensation/MT4G have the quickest GPS locks by far. My Sensation locks in less than 4 seconds and my MT4G is a little quicker but both are great! Compared to my G2x which takes more than FIVE MINUTES to lock!!
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My G2X gets a instant lock and is accurate to less than 10 feet.
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My G2X gets a instant lock and is accurate to less than 10 feet.
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I had three different G2x NONE of them locked that fast. I'm not talking about using some dumb gps status app I mean real world navigation to a destination. I enter the address and it starts giving VOICE directions...sensation is much faster than g2x in that aspect
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Appreciate the responses.
A quick lock is definitely good, but what matters even more to me is accuracy and direction. Is the compass reliable, and is your actual location shown on the map closer than 100ft?
If I can't use it in a strange city to get my bearings and navigate on foot it's a deal killer.
Thanks.
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I'm averaging 3-10 meters depending on situations.
I use MMTracker to read OSGB 1:25000 UK maps and the positional accuracy is very good on both the Sensation and the Blade. GPS Status reports very similar grid positions too on both devices.
I've never really found the reported error in GPS Status to be that relevant or accurate. But when using a map overlay (eg. Google or MemoryMap) the position seems very good in relation to the known map position.
Using the Sensation in the car with Sygic it copes well, with occasional loss of signal, but nothing to worry about.
Overall I'm very pleased with the Sensation. But I can't help feeling it's not that sensational. It's great hardware, but leaves me disappointed software-wise, when I consider what I can do with my HD2. If it gets rooted and then that's another story. If it doesn't I shall probably sell it and stay with my HD2. I'm giving it a month to test .
Same. Gps locks very fast
Swyped from my HTC Sensation Pyramid using my thumb and eyes
Off topic guys but witch navigation apps are you using on the sensation. Cause i've tried igo, navigon and sygic and all of them have prroblems with Sensation's resolution. Thanks and sorry for my english
leftheodo said:
Off topic guys but witch navigation apps are you using on the sensation. Cause i've tried igo, navigon and sygic and all of them have prroblems with Sensation's resolution. Thanks and sorry for my english
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I use Google maps but I'm in the USA
nccu_eagles said:
I had three different G2x NONE of them locked that fast. I'm not talking about using some dumb gps status app I mean real world navigation to a destination. I enter the address and it starts giving VOICE directions...sensation is much faster than g2x in that aspect
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Well I'm talking real world too. When I open google maps. My GPS icon locks instantly. I don't have any bugs on my G2X but I know plenty of people who got multiple buggy units. I'm not the only one with a G2X who had a great GPS. It's honestly the best GPS on a phone I've ever used.
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nccu_eagles said:
I had three different G2x NONE of them locked that fast. I'm not talking about using some dumb gps status app I mean real world navigation to a destination. I enter the address and it starts giving VOICE directions...sensation is much faster than g2x in that aspect
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App
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Lol dude, In a way you are like me.
When you have something you defend it.
When you had the G2x you would defend that phone like crazy. Now that you have sensation it sounds like you see the G2x like a piece of crap.
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I am using co-pilot and my sensation took about 45 seconds for first lock when taken out of the box and subsequent locks take about 10-15 seconds.
Not quite as good as my HTC Desire but still fast
Gps is very fast
Gives good directions on the highway at about 60mph
moshe22 said:
Lol dude, In a way you are like me.
When you have something you defend it.
When you had the G2x you would defend that phone like crazy. Now that you have sensation it sounds like you see the G2x like a piece of crap.
Sent from my G2x
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I never defended the G2x that phone sucked I never made it a full day using it I would always pop my sim card back into my MT4G running cm7 ...and there is no way that his gps is that fast on his the g2x. forums are full of people complaining about the gps on that POS phone...he's saying his ICON appears LOL type in an address in the navigation app and see how long it takes before it starts giving VOICE COMMANDS and turn by turn directions. it will display "waiting for route / searching for gps" for a few MINUTES on the G2x
I obviously jinxed myself with the GPS. The past day here in Chicago I can't get closer than a 500 meter lock. It was previously working perfectly with quick, accurate locks.
Any ideas?

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