-
After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.
Help Is gps still an issue ?
- Thread starter tornado70
- Start date
-
- Tags
- samsung galaxy s
I'm afraid so. Under good conditions (out in the open) it can be quite usable but in a city or on a bad day (how can GPS have a bad day?) it is useless. However the rest of the phone is excellent although it does use the battery quickly.
I had a Palm before and so already had a Bluetooth GPS receiver which I use for navigation.
I had a Palm before and so already had a Bluetooth GPS receiver which I use for navigation.
only the first connection with the gps satellite you have to be in the open. Inside your house it wont get connected.
once you are connected it works fine! perhaps downtown in a very busy city the gps won't work 100% perfectly but i doubt any navigation system will do in such a situation
once you are connected it works fine! perhaps downtown in a very busy city the gps won't work 100% perfectly but i doubt any navigation system will do in such a situation
snapper.fishes
Android Expert
It seems to depend on the weather strangely enough. On a cloudless day I can connect up to 7 satellites. On a cloudy day I can only connect to one or two.
I've noticed gps to be VERY inconsistent at best. Turning wireless networks off then back on seemed to work this morning.
This phone has so many glitches, it's annoying. I'm finding some fixes, but it's a pain. I've had this phone for about 20 days now and I hate it. The desire kicked this phones butt hands down. It's sad.
This phone has so many glitches, it's annoying. I'm finding some fixes, but it's a pain. I've had this phone for about 20 days now and I hate it. The desire kicked this phones butt hands down. It's sad.
robogo
Android Enthusiast
It did, if we're talking about stock, unmodded phones.
When you modify them, however...
It did, if we're talking about stock, unmodded phones.
When you modify them, however...
Out of interest, what mods are you refering to ?
I have had many issues with GPS lately that I didn't have before. Sometimes it takes more than five minutes to find my location, whether I'm in the city or in the suburbs, and during that time I can't search for where I'm going. Sometimes I'm driving happily along and it will go to "searching for satellites" and never find them, today the whole phone froze up when that happened and I had to pull out my battery to reset it.
Also, you'd think that it would pick the fastest routes, but it doesn't, and sometimes it gives just plain stupid directions. I know it's a free app, but Google has set such high standards, I expect way better from them.
Also, you'd think that it would pick the fastest routes, but it doesn't, and sometimes it gives just plain stupid directions. I know it's a free app, but Google has set such high standards, I expect way better from them.
Mine has still been working well, gps locks on within 20 seconds or so which is fine.
Very happy with the phone, running Darky's 2.3 custom Rom.
Only issue I now have is charging the battery. It charges to 100% but when you unplug the cable the battery drops instantly to anywhere between 40% and 80%.
Anyone elese have this? Google finds many people with same issue on just about every make of phone, but no solution as such (that I have seen).
Very happy with the phone, running Darky's 2.3 custom Rom.
Only issue I now have is charging the battery. It charges to 100% but when you unplug the cable the battery drops instantly to anywhere between 40% and 80%.
Anyone elese have this? Google finds many people with same issue on just about every make of phone, but no solution as such (that I have seen).
Cheers for that, but I actually did that during the battery calibration, as detailed on an other thread. Didn't help.
Although the battery is certainly lasting longer now. With moderate use I get about 35 hours where as before would struggle to get 10 hours.
robogo
Android Enthusiast
Lagfix alone did it for me.