Android GPS problem

rinsemesocks · Post by **rinsemesocks** » 24 April 12 10:58 pm

I am using a LG Optimus Black Android phone for caching. I have been using it a while and always got a sat lock within a minute or so. In the last few weeks, it takes about 10 or more minutes to lock on. I have done some google searches in gps forums, but no real answers. Has anybody experienced a similiar problem and come up with a solution?

Papa Bear_Left · Post by **Papa Bear_Left** » 25 April 12 1:41 am

I suspect this comes under bleedin' obvious, but do you have a consistent data connection? The GPS uses that to get the ephemeris and rough location to get a quick fix, and the stand-alone GPS chip/software is painfully slow without it.

If you don't usually use 3G data, you might not've noticed that you've used up a quota or something.

rinsemesocks · Post by **rinsemesocks** » 25 April 12 3:06 pm

No, data is fine. It downloads google sat maps swiftly and says 3G in the top corner. I am nowhere near my download limit. It must know where I am from the phone towers as it puts me within about 50 metres.

Post by **CraigRat** » 25 April 12 3:36 pm

Load GPS Status from the market and see how may sats it can see, it might help you figure out if it's a software or hardware issue

Laighside Legends · Post by **Laighside Legends** » 25 April 12 6:02 pm

Papa Bear_Left wrote:I suspect this comes under bleedin' obvious, but do you have a consistent data connection? The GPS uses that to get the ephemeris and rough location to get a quick fix, and the stand-alone GPS chip/software is painfully slow without it.

If you don't usually use 3G data, you might not've noticed that you've used up a quota or something.

I have my data connection turned off and mine still gets a fix in 3-5mins...

Papa Bear_Left · Post by **Papa Bear_Left** » 25 April 12 6:11 pm

Laighside Legends wrote:
Papa Bear_Left wrote:I suspect this comes under bleedin' obvious, but do you have a consistent data connection? The GPS uses that to get the ephemeris and rough location to get a quick fix, and the stand-alone GPS chip/software is painfully slow without it.

If you don't usually use 3G data, you might not've noticed that you've used up a quota or something.
I have my data connection turned off and mine still gets a fix in 3-5mins...

Interesting. I must try this with my GNex (which is usually connected), as my little Moto Flipout spent almost an hour NOT getting a fix until I enabled a wifi hotspot on the other phone so it could get some data!

Bronnie_1990 · Post by **Bronnie_1990** » 25 April 12 7:16 pm

Hmmm...
I had my wildfire say yesterday, that i was located in North Queensland. I even fired up the GC app, and yeah! It still showed my location as queensland!!

...i was sitting in Canberra.

Is that a GPS problem?

rinsemesocks · Post by **rinsemesocks** » 25 April 12 9:20 pm

I already have the gps app. It shows no sats, or sometimes 1 or 2. I have tried clearing the gps data, and also downloading fresh gps assistance data to no avail, and also to download it hourly.

It can't really be a hardware problem as I get a fix 15 or so minutes later, and when you look at the gps app, it says 6 of 7 sats are in view. It is fairly accurate when it locks.

I have also tried rebooting the phone, switching on and off the gps, switching on and off 3G data, switching on and off wifi data, all to no avail.

I have resolved now just to switch on the phone 20 minutes before heading out.

Apparently there is an upgrade to android on the phone, but as the phone works fine, I don't wish to tempt fate by upgrading it.

I guess the next step is uninstall each gps app to see if one of them is causing it.

rinsemesocks · Post by **rinsemesocks** » 28 April 12 10:50 pm

Well, it has got to be a software issue. Left it on overnight, outside, with gps tools running, and no lock whatsoever, and picked up only one sat occasionally whenever I went to check.

Ready to throw phone out the window this morning. Put the phone in car this afternoon, switched on c:geo, drove for 10 minutes, look down, and there is sat lock. Pull over, and shows 5m accuracy. Hasn't missed a beat the rest of today.

Weird.

akkatracker · Post by **akkatracker** » 03 May 12 8:44 pm

Contrary to the belief of these posts, I'm working great on a HTC Sensation with Crazy Johns (Vodafone).
Good lock in the city especially for munzeeing.

mark_rattigan · Post by **mark_rattigan** » 04 May 12 6:59 pm

Bronnie_1990 wrote:Hmmm...
I had my wildfire say yesterday, that i was located in North Queensland. I even fired up the GC app, and yeah! It still showed my location as queensland!!

...i was sitting in Canberra.

Is that a GPS problem?

More likely a Google Location Services problem.. Got new neighbours by chance that have moved from Qld and brought their wifi router with them?

rinsemesocks · Post by **rinsemesocks** » 04 May 12 11:15 pm

Rang LG today. They said that my phone didn't use satellites, and that even if it did, it could not use satellites without a phone service. When I suggested that it did indeed use gps satellites because gps tools showed locks of 6 or 7 sats, and I did have a phone service, she said that no LG phone had a dedicated gps. Besides, why did I need an accurate position for when triangulation from the phone towers works. So therefore, the phone ain't broken.

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