I was about to pull the trigger on the XZ Premium but Notebookcheck's review mentioned that the GPS is slow, unable to lock indoors, inaccurate and falls behind a number of devices:
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sony-Xperia-XZ-Premium-Smartphone-Review.234822.0.html
As GPS performance is very important to me, I wanted to ask users how their GPS has been and if it exhibits any of the issues mentioned in the review.
Thanks.
omersak said:
I was about to pull the trigger on the XZ Premium but Notebookcheck's review mentioned that the GPS is slow, unable to lock indoors, inaccurate and falls behind a number of devices:
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sony-Xperia-XZ-Premium-Smartphone-Review.234822.0.html
As GPS performance is very important to me, I wanted to ask users how their GPS has been and if it exhibits any of the issues mentioned in the review.
Thanks.
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Haven't experienced any GPS issues. Lock is within seconds. Distance with XZP as navigation - 2600 km (EU). Screenshot has been taken on my terrace, in car accuracy is even better.
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Can't complain about GPS. Most he time I have an accuracy of ~7m which is fine to me.
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Haven't experienced any GPS issues. Lock is within seconds. Distance with XZP as navigation - 2600 km (EU). Screenshot has been taken on my terrace, in car accuracy is even better.
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Can't complain about GPS. Most he time I have an accuracy of ~7m which is fine to me.
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Thanks for the heads up guys. As I suspected, it seems like there were some issues with Notebookchecks review unit.
Are you able to get a stable lock indoors within a reasonable time?
Well, when I use GPS Test app it is able to "see" 24 satellites, but only 2-7 are used (I live in duplex apt). But when I open Google Maps it shows exact position tho (Locations set to High Accuracy).
Had mine around a week, lots of Waze use and no issues at all, and I would say its faster than my old S6
Here is a screenshot - sofa, close to window (and there is 2 meters wide balcony above me).
I've had intermittent issue with the GPS on my XZP. 90% of the time it's fine but every now and then it won't lock and Google maps doesn't work which makes navigation terrible.
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I've had intermittent issue with the GPS on my XZP. 90% of the time it's fine but every now and then it won't lock and Google maps doesn't work which makes navigation terrible.
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Same issues here. Generally GPS is fine, however, sometimes when the phone has been running for a while, the GPS fails miserably, it's simply not working. Rebooting the phone fixes the issue, but still, something wrong with the software.
Had this GPS issue 3 times now in 6 weeks of usage.
That's weird. I have never experienced such an issue (the longest distance was about 850 km in 9 hours and it never stopped working). Could it be because I excluded sygic, waze, gps status & toolbox and Location services from battery optimization?
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That's weird. I have never experienced such an issue (the longest distance was about 850 km in 9 hours and it never stopped working). Could it be because I excluded sygic, waze, gps status & toolbox and Location services from battery optimization?
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That may be the reason. I have been concerned about battery optimization as well as automatic clearing of the cache. I just am not convinced that letting the OS do such things automatically is the best thing to do. I have had no issues with GPS on this phone at all... so far.
I have stamina mode always on (I do not play often) and didn't had any problems with the gps. I didn't tried indoors. Regards!
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Is anyone else getting weird leaps in GPS? Mostly it's very reliable, but last week I was in South Kensington (London) but GoogleMaps, TrackMe and TomTom all placed me mid-English Channel. Looking at my trackme trips, I found that I spent a few moments in Tunisia the week before, and you will be very impressed by my 15 minute cycle this morning ....
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Anyone else getting this?
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If you search this forum on GPS, you'll find some stuff, like here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2509292&postcount=3
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If you search this forum on GPS, you'll find some stuff, like here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2509292&postcount=3
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I'm not talking about a few metres or a couple of hundred metres - I'm getting anomalous gps readings that are hundreds or even thousands of kilometres from my actual location.
These seem to be happening more and more frequently ....
I have had something similar - on Saturday (and also in the London area), for a few minutes TomTom told me that I was travelling at over 300mph. Now I know that the white van that I had hired for the day is much faster than my 911, but not that much faster!
I have also had a much weaker signal than usual recently - normally TomTom shows 4 or 5 bars, but over the last few weeks it has often been at 1 or 2 bars.
I had assumed that there were some atmospheric causes at play, but would be interested in any other explanations.
I've noticed the GPS in my Cruise acts up when 3rd party media players are running, mainly Resco Radio (when it's streaming, I frequently drop all GPS connections--when I press the top button to blank the screen, Resco's audio mutes when the amber GPS LED blinks, then comes on when it goes out... on--off--on--off, I have to leave the screen on to make it work) and Conduits Pocket Player (the device spontaneously reboots when the Player & GPS are both active). Both the players work without issue if GPS isn't being used.
When WMP or the HTC media player are running with GPS active, everything seems to 'get along' better.
I'm hoping this, and other little annoyances with the device clear up when 6.1 is released -- probably a good idea, and less frustrating, to hold off on doing to much troubleshooting until then...
I experienced something similar. I had the phone with me on a boat to check the top speed of the boat. I showed the boat to be traveling at nearly 200 km/h which is far to fast. So I loaded google maps and it placed me in a whole different country. A soft reset solved the problem.
This has not happened before, but I have experienced TomTom getting a hiccup when driving a few times. Suddenly the whole map turns upside down and it starts screaming about me having to do a u-turn as soon as possible. But after a few seconds it resolves again. This does not happen when in a town and the signal is bad. It can just as well happen with good line of sight and a good signal.
Perhaps the US is tampering with the GPS signals because of the problems in Georgia?
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Perhaps the US is tampering with the GPS signals because of the problems in Georgia?
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Now that I call a conspiracy theory...
My GPS has acted strangely, but in far smaller proportions... some 100 m or about so. Mind you, I'm using iGO...
My colleague's Polaris has shown the same behaviour, sudden displacements. Most of the time between 10 and 100 km.
Mine does that too. I'm normally doing 250 mph in the irish sea!! Soft reset fixes it though.
Hi all. Was wondering if anyone out there is having GPS issues on 4.0.3?
I did the update just before I left home to go to Indonesia and now I'm here the GPS won't get a lock particularly when using google maps. Says it has sattelites in range but even with 4 or 6 won't get a lock. However did manage to get a lock a couple of nights ago using SkEye astronomy program.
Any feedback appreciated.
I experienced the sameproblem with Nexus S locking on GPS days ago. Usually when I'm in Italy, I'm always connected to internet and GPS lock very fast, helped by the network.
But days Iago I went to London, with pre-cached map of the city and in 3 days the phone NEVER locked on the GPS system unless a wireless connection. All it said was "Trying to get current position..." and after a few seconds "Impossible to get the current position. Retry later".
While trying to get the position on googlemap in the status bar I noticed the empty GPS-circle never started to blink...
Exactly the same thing happened to my brother device (also a 4.0.3 Nexus S).
What worked for me.
So Im using the Galaxy s2.
Leaked ics.
Gps bug.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/gps-doctor/com.epekware.gpsdoctor
It said it worked and now maps finds me as does 'places'.
Facebook now gives me places nearby but still says not found.
I zoomed in on maps and its pretty much got me to within a few feet. So it has to be gps. Towers gets you w/in a few states. (jk)
I have the same issue. With ICS my phone can't get a GPS lock.
I'm back on GB though.
Ive been meaning to come and debunk my own thread.
False alert everyone. It doesnt work. When I was on wifi it took my info from there and 'injected' it. For whatever reason maps etc took that as well enough.
On 3g it would seem to only triangulate my position and get it right to within hundreds of yards.
However I hope that the thread helps developers develop a bug fix. I saw qbking post a new ics vid today so maybe the latest leak is gps corrected. Well see.
flash a stock GB rom, Pete's for instance. Lock on to GPS in Maps. I use GPS test from Market also and Clear and update GPS with app. Reboot, then Flash ICS rom and benefit
GPS Test worked for me
Thanks for that. I had the same issue after updating to ICS - Glympse couldn't find where I was, Maps wouldn't use GPS, etc.
I installed GPS Test by Chartcross Limited (I haven't posted enough to post links, so I've replaced the forward slashes with back slashes "https:\\play.google.com\store\apps\details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5jaGFydGNyb3NzLmdwc3Rlc3QiXQ..").
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All I had to do was to use the menu to get to Settings, and use the buttons at the top of the settings to Clear AGPS and Update AGPS (I don't know whether both of these were necessary), and everything started working. I didn't need to reboot.
Julie
Has anyone noticed the GPS signal strength is rather poor compared to other phones.
I have my 6yr old HTC incredible and it can keep a lock better.
As a hobby, I like to record GPS tracks when on an airplane as I travel alot. That is a good test environment as the signal is typically poor. When I have both phones on side by side, I will see that the satellite signal levels are about the same from both eventhough the Z5 is capable of seeing more satellites. However, the HTC is capable of holding a lock for nearly the entire flight whereas the Z5 will often lose a lock randomly.
Sometimes, I will notice the Z5 not getting a GPS lock even in my car (although this is rare)
I asked Sony support about this. They claim GPS wont work in a plane eventhough I've recorded hundreds of tracks. Then they said they'd forward this concern to the engineers to perhaps get improved in a future firmware.
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Has anyone noticed the GPS signal strength is rather poor compared to other phones.
I have my 6yr old HTC incredible and it can keep a lock better.
As a hobby, I like to record GPS tracks when on an airplane as I travel alot. That is a good test environment as the signal is typically poor. When I have both phones on side by side, I will see that the satellite signal levels are about the same from both eventhough the Z5 is capable of seeing more satellites. However, the HTC is capable of holding a lock for nearly the entire flight whereas the Z5 will often lose a lock randomly.
Sometimes, I will notice the Z5 not getting a GPS lock even in my car (although this is rare)
I asked Sony support about this. They claim GPS wont work in a plane eventhough I've recorded hundreds of tracks. Then they said they'd forward this concern to the engineers to perhaps get improved in a future firmware.
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Haven't got any issues with GPS lock outdoor, but you might need be on the window side on your next flight to get a better reception. =)
The thing that i noticed mostly with Z5, is they have quite weak receiver antenna's wherein even cellular signal is very weak compared to 1 year old phone.
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Haven't got any issues with GPS lock outdoor, but you might need be on the window side on your next flight to get a better reception. =)
The thing that i noticed mostly with Z5, is they have quite weak receiver antenna's wherein even cellular signal is very weak compared to 1 year old phone.
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I always sit on the window side and it doesnt matter since I stated that I in comparison to another phone side by side by side, the Z5 is much worse. Unless you normally look at the signal levels you probably would notice just driving around outside.
Like you, I also noticed the cell antenna is worse too.
Made a quick research for the Z5 teardown, based on it only has a small antenna at the lower back of the unit.
Seems this might be the reason for very weak receptions we are experiencing with this unit.
Hope their engineers can make an improvement via software or radio drivers and release it sooner.
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The small "L" looking bar on the center, together with the board is the GPS antenna (most likely)
I posted this over OnePlus forums but received 0 replies, so I will just repost it here. I hope you guys don't mind. I am REALLY thankful to anyone who does the test!
So I am on the edge of purchasing an 8T, but I've had a horrendous experience with the 6T and 7 Pro, so I thought I'd ask. The 8 Pro also had bad reception in Notebookcheck review, so yeah. Asking.
Could anyone please install "GPS Status apps".
See:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2
Once installed, please:
- Open the app in your office/house. Wait a bit until GPS locks on, take a screenshot.
- Go outside. Wait for GPS lock and take a screenshot again.
If you wish to compare it yourself, take another phone (Samsung Exynos/Huawei Kirin has usually superb GPS reception) and just do the same with those.
Thank you for doing this!
Hey I am sorry but I am not going to do all that. But I can tell you I am a delivery driver I drive over 8 hours a day. And the gps on maps works perfect for me on the daily. And the locater works great on the company end too. Maybe to good. They know where I am at all times
Yeah, my 6T and 7 Pro also worked for like some time, but they both failed me when I didn't have perfect reception. Basically devices like the Samsung Note 9/Note 10 Plus, I have light green signal. Same with Huawei Mate 20. On the 6T/7Pro I only had dark yellow/orange/red-ish bars. And in an open area, standing still, it does not matter. But when you are in a car, or in the streets - the signal level drops and every bit counts.
So, if anyone does the test, I'll buy you a beer via Paypal, idc. Thanks.
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Gave both about 5 seconds. First in house, second in my backyard. Live in California. To be honest I've never had issues with the GPS so idk how this helps at all... Too lazy to compare to another phone, but based off of GPS usage using Strava a while ago on OP6, its about the same if not a bit better.
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Thank you, that's a great signal, to be honest.
How do I buy you that beer?
My 6, and 7 Pro had no issues with GPS and Maps. I've only had the 8T for two days now but I do have GPS Status installed and sitting here in my two story house I lock on to 24/44 satellites in about 2, or 3 seconds, and the Maps app seems to work just fine!
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My 6, and 7 Pro had no issues with GPS and Maps. I've only had the 8T for two days now but I do have GPS Status installed and sitting here in my two story house I lock on to 24/44 satellites in about 2, or 3 seconds, and the Maps app seems to work just fine!
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Much appreciated!
At this point, I am only waiting for folks to figure out call recording (like if root + Call Recorder by skvalex works or not). If that works, I'm hitting that order button so hard my mouse will break.
Thank you guys.
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Much appreciated!
At this point, I am only waiting for folks to figure out call recording (like if root + Call Recorder by skvalex works or not). If that works, I'm hitting that order button so hard my mouse will break.
Thank you guys.
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Its working Fine Just tested on my oneplus 8t
I know that it could be a little early to do this, but it would be interesting to gather some info and then compare it after a week to check if adaptive battery really kicked in.
My unit is already delivered, but I'll be able to get it in my hands on Wednesday, but after that certainly I am going to post some data.
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Not sure what numbers you're lookin' for, but here's part of mine just since yesterday when I rooted and reinstalled everything.
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Terribly disappointed so far...
It's definitely too early to be definitive but I don't have any complaints about my 7 Pro as it stands now. Screen off is high because I'm in a low signal area (the basement at my partner's place) and I actually think it's less than my OnePlus 9 was in the same location.
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It's definitely too early to be definitive but I don't have any complaints about my 7 Pro as it stands now. Screen off is high because I'm in a low signal area (the basement at my partner's place) and I actually think it's less than my OnePlus 9 was in the same location.
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Are you on data or wifi for most of this usage? Do you have everything turn on like AOD, 5g...?
I don't use Accubattery, don't like the UI. Here are mine from yesterday in GSam, which have been pretty typical in my first week of owning the phone.
Here's my 7 pro, i was like 90% on wifi.
Mostly browsing reddit, some camera use and maybe 30mins of gaming.
Adaptative battery charging is weird, but does the job (it's working even you disable it in settings). Charging limit -> 75%. Current estimate is 97% based on 21% charged. Current battery wear since arrived =0.93 cycles => 353% charged summary.
For comparison my op nord (1) based on 27months of monitoring battery wear. (Charged_limit = 80% since 1st day)
ps. satisfacted with this upgrade af - p7p brick.. i have waited for you so long till now \_(^^)_/
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Here's my 7 pro, i was like 90% on wifi.
Mostly browsing reddit, some camera use and maybe 30mins of gaming.
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I can't seem to get GSAM to work after doing the ADB command to get more stats. How did you get yours to work?
Starting third day with P7 Pro, numbers are going up.
Idle drain better than on P6, screen on worse, on P6 had 7-8% drain per hour on Wi-Fi, but P7P is draining 10-12% with same brightness.
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I can't seem to get GSAM to work after doing the ADB command to get more stats. How did you get yours to work?
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I just installed it normally, didn't touch adb.
After 8 days, mostly Wi-Fi, 120hz, 1440p, adaptive brightness, GPS, bluetooth 24/7 with GW4:
posting these without the settings people have is pretty useless btw.
My accubattery says I should expect 8 1/2 hours of SoT but I'm getting less than 4 today with normal usage 95% on wifi. Doesn't seem to mean much. 1440p, 120hz, auto brightness on.
95% WiFi usage
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I'm heavy phone user, much tasks and apps.
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I'm heavy phone user, much tasks and apps.
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Wifi mostly or data too?