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Location keeps jumping
- Thread starter Rod3473
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Hello, welcome to Android Forums.
Could you give a bit more information please - I'm assuming you are referring to the 'blue dot' location shown on Google Maps or other navigation app.
Does the location move between two specific places or more than two and is one of them your actual location.
What 'mode' are you using in your 'location settings' when this happens?
I'm assuming that if you select 'device only' and get a GPS 'fix' it gives you a correct and steady location.
Could you give a bit more information please - I'm assuming you are referring to the 'blue dot' location shown on Google Maps or other navigation app.
Does the location move between two specific places or more than two and is one of them your actual location.
What 'mode' are you using in your 'location settings' when this happens?
I'm assuming that if you select 'device only' and get a GPS 'fix' it gives you a correct and steady location.
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The blue dot at first is on my location the by itself it moves itself to different locations doesnt move with me when using google maps and i have it on high frequency (gps and networks)
If you are at home and select 'Device only' (using just GPS), do you get a GPS 'fix' - indicated by a steady GPS icon which should be similar to the one on my screenshot on the left of the WiFi icon (if the central dot is flashing there is no fix). It should become steady fairly quickly if you are outside with a good view of the sky but you may struggle indoors. Mine will usually steady up in the house but can take quite a long time.
Is your GPS indication flashing or steady?
What is the range of movement that you are getting?
Is it a metre or so or considerably more than a metre?
Is it a metre or so or considerably more than a metre?
Have you got any GPS utility apps on your device?
If not it may be useful to download GPS Status :-
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2
It will give you a definite indication of a GPS fix and also allow downloading of updated information to confirm it (A-GPS) and reduce the time to first fix.
If not it may be useful to download GPS Status :-
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2
It will give you a definite indication of a GPS fix and also allow downloading of updated information to confirm it (A-GPS) and reduce the time to first fix.
Something else to try is select 'Battery saving' mode in Location settings which then uses WiFi and mobile network geolocation. Make sure your WiFi is switched on and you are connected to your hub/router/WiFi access point and then see what your location status is.
Try the 'Battery saving' mode and see if there is any change in your location status.
I don't know where that's come from, the proximity sensor is what turns the screen off when you are on a call with the device held against your ear.
Having done that and noted the result, turn your WiFi off and reboot your device ie power down then power up. Keep WiFi switched off and your device should then use mobile network geolocation which will locate you using whichever mobile network masts you are within range of. Accuracy depends on the number of masts and the distance you are from them. In my case it puts me just under 700 metres west of my true location and is accurate enough for location based services such as weather info.
If you then switch on your WiFi and reconnect to your hub/router/access point, WiFi geolocation should now show you close to your hub/router/access point location.
I have two WiFi access points some 20 metres apart and my location within the property as shown on Google Maps (and other navigation apps) depends on which access point I'm connected to and is a stable location clearly within the same room as the access point.
GPS accuracy depends on the number of satellites that your device is receiving signals from and also the strength and consistency of those signals and will give an error margin accordingly. In my case WiFi geolocation is more accurate and stable than GPS location when I'm in the property.
What is also relevant is whether or not your WiFi access point is in Google's geolocation database. When I moved home two years ago my WiFi geolocation put me at my previous address some 60 miles away until the database was updated, which was 4 to 5 weeks later.
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Phalon4
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I understand your question and if its pertaining to location logged by sites from your mobile phone. Depending on your internet service provider, Their system will automatically switch your service to a qualifying cell tower during a particular time of day. So it may look like you're in New York at one point and in San Francisco in another point less than 1 hour apart. Now even if you have your location settings enable it doesn't matter because your internet service provider or cell phone provider will link you to the cell tower that will fit your connection for the time of day. That method will cut down on overloading and ensure that every subscriber has a constant flow of data connection.
Just to add a bit more info to my last post, the following screenshots were taken this morning. I was using the 'GPS Test' app.
The first one was taken in the middle of an upstairs room and the second was taken outside the building showing the difference in the number of satellites in view and their respective signal strengths both of which affect the stability and accuracy of the GPS location.
In the indoors situation it tends to go in and out of 'fix' as the strength of the signals varies, this could be giving you the 5 to 30 feet variations.
One of my WiFi access points is in the room and geolocation gives a steady and accurate location so generally speaking I only ever use GPS for navigation purposes.
The first one was taken in the middle of an upstairs room and the second was taken outside the building showing the difference in the number of satellites in view and their respective signal strengths both of which affect the stability and accuracy of the GPS location.
In the indoors situation it tends to go in and out of 'fix' as the strength of the signals varies, this could be giving you the 5 to 30 feet variations.
One of my WiFi access points is in the room and geolocation gives a steady and accurate location so generally speaking I only ever use GPS for navigation purposes.
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