Anyone finding GPS takes a long time to lock?

[hytekjosh]

On my Inc1, GPS always started working within 20 seconds. On my Inc2, I have found it to take easily 3-5 minutes. Anyone seeing the same?

 

[RBEmerson]

In general, GPS receivers come up with a fix in a hurry if you haven't moved much from where the receiver was before it was powered down and not much time has gone by (meaning no big changes in the satellite constellation). If you're powering up the GPS only occasionally and you've moved around a lot, expect longer time to fix. Also, how well can the receiver see the satellites? It's easier to get a fix in an open field than in the middle of a city.

So... could be it's the DINC2, but it could be it's just GPS being odd.

 

[hytekjosh]

In general, GPS receivers come up with a fix in a hurry if you haven't moved much from where the receiver was before it was powered down and not much time has gone by (meaning no big changes in the satellite constellation). If you're powering up the GPS only occasionally and you've moved around a lot, expect longer time to fix. Also, how well can the receiver see the satellites? It's easier to get a fix in an open field than in the middle of a city.

So... could be it's the DINC2, but it could be it's just GPS being odd.

I'm in NYC so always somewhat near my last position. My Inc1 was pretty instantaneous. I'm finding my Inc2 to take too long and it loses signal too after a fix. I'm wondering if it has anything to do with North and South being reversed on the compass.

 

[valorian]

Yeah, I'm not impressed with the GPS on the Inc2. As long as I'm out side it's not too bad, but if I'm inside, it almost never locks on my proper location. Saturday I was in the Pub and tried to use Four Square and it had me 3 miles from where I actually was. As soon as I stepped outside it locked on after a couple minutes. I never had this problem with my Storm.

 

[hytekjosh]

Anyone else have feedback? HTC is currently investigating the issue. If you have a similar issue it may help contacting HTC via their webform. Its quick and they are pretty responsive. Thanks!