The last phone I had with an Exynos chip was the Samsung Galaxy S II epic 4g touch on sprint and the GPS was terrible. It took 2 to 3 mins to lock and would often lose its lock very often.
Can anyone who currently has the s6 or s6 edge tell us about the GPS performance? Any use with waze or Google maps navigation would be great.
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Hi there,
I've had the new Exhibit II 4G from T-Mobile now for about a month.
I pretty much love it, its my first android smartphone so I guess i picked a good phone to start android off with.
However, the GPS has become a problem. Not a very HUGE issue but very annoying.
GPS takes a while (depends but usually 10-25) seconds to lock on no matter what App I try (Google Maps, Signal Finder etc..)
It always suddently "skips" after having locked on.. to some random location (which signal finder seems to believe its a cell phone tower) then it'll stay there for a sec and then lock on again.
I've also had cases where an App requires the GPS, and I have it enabled, I start the app and the GPS symbol at the top never appears. I have to constantly close and open the app, or toggle the GPS button off/on to get it working. (This is a little rare)
There is also one huge issue, I would like to use the Gas Buddy app.. but my phone crashes everytime I run the app... my phone goes black and you hear the T-Mobile restart sound...
I suspect its the GPS too because whenever I have the Gas Buddy Map running with GPS trying to lock it the whole app freezes. I've already reported the problem to GasBuddy but they say no one else has this issue...
Could anyone help me out a bit? What GPS chip does my phone have and do any other phone on samsung have this same chip and issue?
Thanks!
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Hello,
I know I'm dealing with an older phone, but I figured I'd ask just in case anyone might have a solution for this.
At my work location, which is in a relatively urban area with excellent signal coverage, my Verizon SIII shows nearly full 4G LTE signal, but routinely gets super slow connectivity, as confirmed when using media streaming apps or Speedtest (less than 1mbps). I had a recent opportunity to do back to back comparisions using my SIM in both a Note 3 and a Note 4, and they got BLAZING fast speeds in the exact same location (20+ mbps).
Any thoughts on why my SIII would get such slower connectivity? Is there anything I can do to try to improve my speeds?
My SIII otherwise works fine. I'm sure there's newer technology and better radios in the Note 3 and Note 4, but to me, it seems that 4G LTE would be 4G LTE on any device in the exact same location.
By the way, this is even outside with no building interference.
Thanks so much!
Started this thread to inform users of (samsung) smartphones about GPS.
I owned or own: Note 3, Ace 3 LTE, Young duos, Core prime LTE (G361F), S advance.
What I have learned is that most phones with only GPS satilites of A-GPS are not always usable in some conditions.
In cloudy conditions, some people argue that this is not true, it's almost impossible to get good quality GPS signals.
And if you get any it's usually low quality. This low quality GPS receiving is causing problems for phones like Samsung S advance.
It's a fact that cloudy days will cause problems with GPS. With my Samsung S advance with cloudyweather, driving car, I sometimes do not get a GPS position fix in 10 minutes! After 10 minutes I gave up. With nice weather the GPS is finding my position quiet fast.
How do I know? Just take any GPS test program from Google play and find out. It will show how many satellites and how strong the signal is, and if 2D or 3D GPS positioning has been calculated. I placed both phones, Samsung S Advance and Samsung Core prime G361F next to eachother and started the "GPS test APP" from Google app store.
I remember my older phone, the Samsung galaxy ace 3, which worked pretty well with GPS. It has both A-GPS, Glonass. So I was looking around for a smart phone with ok specifications but good GPS. Looking at the specifications of the Samsung core prime LTE (G361F)
I thought it should be at least as good as my trusty ACE 3. And I was surprised that it is even better!
GPS satellites found in about 5~10 seconds. That is not the most important. Because it has A-GPS,Glonass and in Asia it will gain new satellites from Beidou. Because of this there are more satellites to contact to and the chance you get a good 3+ point satellite signal is
higher. So far I am very impressed with this.
General tip for buying any brand smart phone for people who need good GPS functionality: make sure the phone has at least support for A-GPS and Glonass. Buying an off-line route app might be a good idea as well.
For me those GPS fix programs do not work at all (Samsung S advance) Correct me if I am wrong in my post. :good:
Bought an unlocked verizon s6 edge and having network problems. Currently have the phone on Cricket but it seems that I can't keep a strong signal at home. Everywhere else is good. Any suggestions? Also having problems with dialing. Everything I make a call it automatically puts 011 or +1 in front of it
Hi, I bought a*Sm-t239 Samsung Tab4 as GPS navigator in my Micra Nissan Car (year*2008).
I encountered issue on my GPS system and the tablet often lost my GPS signal and the navigator recalculated always the route.
I searched on Google some tablet*that gets a best Gps system part and I found that Nexus 9 by HTC should be the best one.
But for both tablets I get about same results.
I noticed that for Samsung in Gps Status Toolbox app I get less satellites than Htc tablet and effectively when I go out the tunnels the Htc is faster than Samsung to localize my position.
I use both under windscreen through the stand*but I tried to move tablets on passenger seat and I get the same situation and GPS signal is lost.
I tried to use my OnePlus 5 phone that I arrange on my aeration nozzles and the phone always works fine! It gets abou 32 satellites.
Do you know what's the reason for my issues?
Sent from my Oneplus A5000 - Rome - Italy