GPS is Excellent

[Dubbin1]

I have seen some concerns on how long it takes to acquire a GPS signal and I will tell you on the GN its almost immediately. Sitting in my house it acquired the signal so fast I didn't even see it pause.

 

[mrvirginia]

not only is it almost immediate, but very accurate too. best i've had on a phone to date!

 

[Sketchr]

Agrred. Instant, accurate lock in my office building. All other phones have taken some time to lock in.

 

[youngdoc]

On my previous Android phones I could see the GPS icon chugging away in the notification bar until it locked. I don't see anything like that now on my GNex (for example, when I open Google Maps) except a steady icon in the upper left of the notification bar. Is that the GPS icon?

 

[RadYOacTiVe]

Nice, thanks for testing. Will try on the way home from work.

 

[nj02vette]

Have to say, it locked immediately for me as well.

 

[mrvirginia]

On my previous Android phones I could see the GPS icon chugging away in the notification bar until it locked. I don't see anything like that now on my GNex (for example, when I open Google Maps) except a steady icon in the upper left of the notification bar. Is that the GPS icon?

yes, that is the GPS icon you see

 

[VoidedSaint]

so im guessing samsung fixed their GPS problems? good to hear!

 

[nypcdoc]

Must be that barometer

 

[Dubbin1]

Must be that barometer

berryomeaters ROCK!!!!!!!!!

 

[mrvirginia]

so im guessing samsung fixed their GPS problems? good to hear!

Must be that barometer

there were no GPS issues with any of the SGS2 devices.
i do believe the barometer is helping it a bit.

 

[Ken7]

I didn't lock on immediately, but it was much quicker than previous Sammys.

 

[Puppa]

How about with Wifi turned off? ICS may be cheating....

 

[s.m.knipe]

I didn't lock on immediately, but it was much quicker than previous Sammys.

Same here; but then again a sextant locks on faster than my Craptivate did...

 

[s.m.knipe]

How about with Wifi turned off? ICS may be cheating....

With wifi turned off I get a lock in between 9 - 60 seconds (use "GPS Status" in the market, it has a setting to tell you how long the device took to get a lock- measured from the command activating the GPS to when a lock is achieved so it is accurate). If you reset the A-GPS data with "Gps Status" or a similarly functional app, it helps a lot. It was taking me > 30 seconds, now it is averaging about 10.