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Current GNex owners - Any gps issues?

GlockGuy80

GlockGuy80

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Hello ladies and gents, (or Europe - lads and lasses?)


Have any of you Galaxy Nexus owners experienced any gps issues? What are the approximate lock on times? Just curious because of Samsung's bad reputation in that department.

Thanks in advance
 
GlockGuy80 said:
Hello ladies and gents, (or Europe - lads and lasses?)


Have any of you Galaxy Nexus owners experienced any gps issues? What are the approximate lock on times? Just curious because of Samsung's bad reputation in that department.

Thanks in advance
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I second this question?
 
I read in another thread where a user said they gave up after 90 seconds and it could lock on to a satellite.
 
pool_shark said:
I read in another thread where a user said they gave up after 90 seconds and it could lock on to a satellite.
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You mean thread on razr. To me that one looks very suspicious. He said menu button on it when we know it's task/app button on ICS.

I saw several reviews on GSM nexus from UK and saw none of them mentioning GPS issue and it seems to work well. Nexus has barometer sensor to help faster GPS lock.
 
Just thought I would mention that my almost year old Nexus S has never had any GPS problems. I haven't heard anyone having GPS problems with Samsung since the original SGS was released.

What are you basing this off of? Have you heard of GPS problems with recent Samsung devices?
 
Thanks, for the replies, but none from gnex owners???

My brother has a fascinate and is gps is majorly f'ed up.
 
I am having an issue. The most accurate GPS readin I can get it 4700 metres. My iPhone is beside me too, with no sim card and it instantly drops the pin on my house. Now I am new to Android so some help would be appreciated! :)

I have restarted the phone, the app, cleared the cache, and reticked all the location settings. Still no better.
 
Jeepo said:
I am having an issue. The most accurate GPS readin I can get it 4700 metres. My iPhone is beside me too, with no sim card and it instantly drops the pin on my house. Now I am new to Android so some help would be appreciated! :)

I have restarted the phone, the app, cleared the cache, and reticked all the location settings. Still no better.[/QUOTe

Turn on wifi helps with signal strength
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Literally just tried mine with WiFi off and it picked up my location in a matter of seconds. Was also able to plan a route in navigation in about 15-20 seconds. Sometimes Android has a GPS accuracy problem. I had it on my old Desire, it used to say accurate to within 1700 metres. And in a city like Belfast, which is only about 10 miles wide, its kinda hard to narrow it down lol.
 
Tried the GPS Test app from the market. It says that my GPS is on on the device but I can't be found. Bad sign.
 
Jeepo said:
Yeah more than once. If I turn WiFi location off and ONLY have satellite on, I can't be found. Must be busted. Sigh.
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I hate to advise this, as it will wipe your accounts and apps and such, but a factory reset will reflash the os image and reinstall all drivers.. if a factory reset doesn't work then it sounds like it is defective...
 
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