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Can anyone compare the two? My HD2 had a pretty good GPS lock and the accuracy of positioning couldn't be grumbled at. I hear that the 3GS isn't so good in this department?
No, the iPhone 3GS is very bad in that department. It's not very accurate and it can take minutes to get the fix, compared to about 5-10 seconds it usually takes with the HD2.
That's why TomTom sells its car kit for the iPhone with an additional GPS receiver. With that car kit, it's about as good as the HD2
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Can anyone compare the two? My HD2 had a pretty good GPS lock and the accuracy of positioning couldn't be grumbled at. I hear that the 3GS isn't so good in this department?
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why asking about iphone forget about it it is not iphone forum
At my home, GPS puts me about 20miles from where I actually am, signal strength is bad in my area but HD2 has had the highest signal strength from all the phones I've used.
It's decent when I'm in town, has a circle and is about 500m off, circle is 2km big. Nireland ain't worth crying about so I'm not complaining.
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At my home, GPS puts me about 20miles from where I actually am, signal strength is bad in my area but HD2 has had the highest signal strength from all the phones I've used.
It's decent when I'm in town, has a circle and is about 500m off, circle is 2km big. Nireland ain't worth crying about so I'm not complaining.
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Are you sure you're talking about GPS and not cell tower triangulation only?
I think you have not turned on GPS
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Can anyone compare the two? My HD2 had a pretty good GPS lock and the accuracy of positioning couldn't be grumbled at. I hear that the 3GS isn't so good in this department?
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I had both (3GS) at the same time and compared them on several occasions. The longest trip I took was approx. 200 miles - I did not have them both turned on all the way (neither of the batteries would allow that), but had them turned on at the same time for part of the trip. The iPhone was running Navigon and the HD2 was running TomTom. They aquired the satelittes equally fast, but the iPhone seems better when on the move - the HD2 lost track of the satelites on several occasions and was a bit slower/a little behind the iPhone when displaying turns etc.
I did on a stock HD2 with the first ROM edition approx. 1 1/2 months ago - I no longer have my iPhone, so I havent compared with the newest ROM version.
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Are you sure you're talking about GPS and not cell tower triangulation only?
I think you have not turned on GPS
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I just tried it there, used Quick GPS but it only downloads good satellite information, fiddled around with Google maps and hit the GPS button, I remember doing that before and it loaded for awhile. I left it longer and it got me a position which is on the spot, but it's still loading?
Silly me!
I have a non-rooted Vibrant. After the OTA J16 fix a couple of weeks ago, the GPS went from non-functional (hardly ever locked on any satellites, even after many minutes) to quite good (usually locks on 6-9 satellites within 10-30 seconds). The Google Navigation works well and stays on track 99% of the time. However, Google Earth seems a little wonky. It can locate me in my neighborhood and usually within my 1-acre yard, but, after I'm located, it can begin to wander around by 100-200 feet even when I'm standing still...not always, but sometimes. Am I expecting more than I should?
I know how to get into my GPS settings with the dialer. Is there any point in clearing the GPS data? I assumed that the J16 update would have reset this. I'm generally happy with the GPS function now, but wonder if there is anything more I should do now that it works pretty well.
Can we take another run at this?
Ok, I'm a little surprised that I didn't get even one response to this. Let me try a slightly different approach.
How good can the GPS in a smartphone be? Do any of you have any model of phone where the GPS is blazingly fast to lock, never gets lost or off track, and is always dead-on? Since the Vibrant is my first phone with GPS, the only thing I have to compare it to is my Garmin navigation unit, which is less-than-perfect.
So, can anyone give me a reality check or a realistic set of expectations? Thanks.
After the J16 update, my Vibe's GPS is a bit better than my G1's GPS. Both are lightyears ahead of my girlfriends TomTom.
after the update, my GPS still does not work. I think the GPS is just absolutely horrible and I really do hope they release a new software fix because the ji6 did nothing for me.
to compare, my g2 was able to find my location within 5 seconds. in terms of my location, it was pretty dead on within a few feet, and also accuarate in the direction I was facing.
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Ok, I'm a little surprised that I didn't get even one response to this. Let me try a slightly different approach.
How good can the GPS in a smartphone be? Do any of you have any model of phone where the GPS is blazingly fast to lock, never gets lost or off track, and is always dead-on? Since the Vibrant is my first phone with GPS, the only thing I have to compare it to is my Garmin navigation unit, which is less-than-perfect.
So, can anyone give me a reality check or a realistic set of expectations? Thanks.
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All my Nokia phones had great GPS. Locks were pretty fast, but they were dead on and I don't remember ever losing the signal outside.
I haven't had to use the gps much since fixed, but it locks on in a reasonable amount of time now and within 20 feet usually. What I don't know yet is if it stays locked on while driving.
To be honest though, it's still much better than the magellan gps I bought last November. That thing wouldnt lock on unless I was out on the road. Not inside my house right up against a window, not under a carport. I'm satisfied for now as long as it stays locked when I use it for roadtrips.
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That thing wouldnt lock on unless I was out on the road. Not inside my house right up against a window, not under a carport. I'm satisfied for now as long as it stays locked when I use it for roadtrips.
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If that is what you looking at, I haven't seen one GPS unit in any store with an acquired signal.
I guess the title says it all. Has the official UK froyo release fixed the GPS?
This is the swinging factor on which phone I get!
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I don't know about fixed but mine is certainly a lot better. It no longer loses lock every 5 mins or so using route tracker pro. and it turns back on properly after using waze - so averall a great improvement.
No.
Suggest you get something else if GPS is important to you because it is absolutely crap on the Galaxy S. It is inaccurate and will jump back and forth at regular intervals. It will also lose lock very easily if there are high buildings around. I can't even get a lock sitting on the top deck of a bus and next to the window.
Yes in a big way. 10sec lock.
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I'm not so worried by how long it takes to lock, more-so by how it keeps the lock and can track an accurate location.
I'm assuming it is still all over the place then.
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I'm not so worried by how long it takes to lock, more-so by how it keeps the lock and can track an accurate location.
I'm assuming it is still all over the place then.
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you are right, useless for what you need.
Why not RMA, ask for a new built phone, test GPS and report back?. I'm sure it will be ok in most cases. It looks like it was fixed on later hardware but no one is going to make Samsung admit it
No here too, better but still tracks really badly at times. Will look into an rma when I get some time to. Pity because apart from the gps I really rate this phone.
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Well, so far, based on my experience in the last 3 days, it is better. At least it seems like it is. I used RunKeeper quite a lot before, the tracks showed me flying over the river and stuff like that, but after I got FroYo, it got better. My tracks are more exact and it seems the GPS reception is not lost, like it used to. We will see how it will go on...
Huge no. It takes sometimes up to half an hour to get lock and then only lasts mins.
Add to that the advertised (here in australia anyway) free navigation which does not work here (no, google maps is not free navigation, its google maps. Navigation is navigation). Its an awesome phone but, and i may regret saying this. The horribly slow, misleadingly advertised, failure of a phone nokia N97 wins on delivering gps by a long shot. There i said it, its out there.
No. GPS still not working for me. Yesterday I couldn't even get a fix (outside, no tall buildings, no overcast)
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Those of you that know me here will know I have dedicated a large slice of my spare time in trying to find out as much information as possible.
Throughout that time my GPS was totally useless running on one of the very first SGS's released in the UK.
Anyway, I altered nothing on the phone left it on it's stock ROM and did the upgrade last Saturday.
In short Kies totally wrecked the phone and I had to resort to using Odin to sort out the mess.
I've since told Samsung exactly what happened and my thoughts to Kies.
However, you are asking what is the GPS like.......
I have nothing to gain. Far from it I would be at the very front in damning Samsung for using Kies but the honest answer from me on GPS is for the very first time I can say I totally am impressed with it.
Whilst sat in my home, a good 10 feet away from the window in a large house with thick walls and three floors I get a lock within seconds and notice again for the first time many locked Satellites with signals above AND below 20SNR, yes below 20... (Prior to the upgrade not once did I receive a locked signal on anything other than above 20).
More importantly under My Tracks the lock follows my movements accurately and not once loses it's signal.
I took the dogs out this afternoon for a long walk and each time I checked the phone I noticed the compass showing the correct bearing and the GPS signal right bang on top of my position.
No... bought a SGS in the UK last month and have been using it in Brazil. GPS has been completely useless for me. Froyo seemed to help at fist, but yesterday it took over 20 minutes to lock in google navigation. Terrible!!!
Easy to get a lock whilst walking, when i get in my car it becomes near useless.
I knew this would happen. Gps worked great the first day, (eb13) and yesterday I noticed no more insta locks but took about 20 seconds after not using it for a few hours.
Woke up this morning, turned on GPS and rode the entire 30 minutes to work without it ever locking on. Only after resetting the gps data once I got to work in gps status did it finally lock.
So sick of this.
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who said it was a ghost.. it's here to stay forever. It's been horrible since day one with this phone.
I can't say the same - for me, leaving WiFi on all day, every day meant I wouldn't get locks. Now they happen within 4-8 seconds, first time, every time, next day, all day. Do you ever actually turn off the GPS? When you did try to lock, did you have good connectivity? Also, what was your flash method?
Samsungs own app. I'm sick of having to operate this pos platform like it is some god damn rube goldberg contraption. It is a god damn $450 (I paid retail brand new at release) and it should act like one. It has gps and it should god damn work when I need it to work, all the time, every time without having to diddle myself, enter in contra codes, click my heels and rub a magic lamp.
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Samsungs own app. I'm sick of having to operate this pos platform like it is some god damn rube goldberg contraption. It is a god damn $450 (I paid retail brand new at release) and it should act like one. It has gps and it should god damn work when I need it to work, all the time, every time without having to diddle myself, enter in contra codes, click my heels and rub a magic lamp.
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Amen brother.
I've been disappointed too with EB13. My GPS still doesn't lock in 3g inside my home, though I have one bar showing. I get lock to 3 meters within a couple seconds if I'm outside. But, even at work (indoors) with 3 bars, I can only lock to within a few hundred meters. Definite, disappointment.
Indoors I can understand. I use it outdoors or mounted in the winsheild of my car all the time. So when it laughs at you by never locking on for a 1/2 an hour with a clear view of the sky is inexcusable.
I'm a former burned Moment owner and have been patient enough with this gps Samsung pulled out of the bottom of a box of Fruit Loops. I bit my tongue until they finally released Froyo.. Froyo is here and it is still a pos. 100% inexcusable.
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are you using sprint nav? I have no problems at all on google nav dosnt matter if im indoors or how many bars i have its worked great for 2 days maybe its sprint nav
No Google maps, Waze. This is the same crap as before. The longer the uptime on your phone, the worse it gets. I just stood outdoors and couldn't get a lock. Rebooted, stood in same spot and got insta lock. I hadn't rebooted since flashing eb13 until today.
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GPS is still not perfect but I think you'll find that if you use it for a while longer, it's very rare that it doesn't lock instantly.
I was using DK28 since basically the day it was released and I use GPS twice a day, every day. DK28 exhibited this same behavior - 99% of the time it would lock fine, but very occasionally it wouldn't lock at all.
However, unlike DI18, with DK28 you could just use GPS Status to re-download GPS assistance data and then it'd work. So I think what's actually happening in these cases is that it's getting stuck on the download and then giving up. On DI18, even re-downloading wouldn't work because you could never clear the cache without doing a cold start or reboot. EB13 is obviously clearing the cache, it just once in a while doesn't seem to automatically download the new assistance data. This is still a major improvement, even if it's not perfect.
EB13 and DK28 seem to be the same with regard to GPS. I've done a few commutes since installing EB13, and have probably used GPS a total of 10 times or so (including both my normal commute and just testing things out). One time out of those 10 it failed to lock. Downloading assistance data manually solved the problem.
Ill give it time. I'm on edge because of some family health issues and being irrational about nearly everything. Deeeep breath..
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Only issue for me is that sometimes it takes 20 seconds to lock indoors. Outdoors it's almost instant with 1 meter accuracy. Been this wasy with DI18, DK28 and now EB13.
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Samsungs own app. I'm sick of having to operate this pos platform like it is some god damn rube goldberg contraption. It is a god damn $450 (I paid retail brand new at release) and it should act like one. It has gps and it should god damn work when I need it to work, all the time, every time without having to diddle myself, enter in contra codes, click my heels and rub a magic lamp.
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That's funny i do all that.. plus I have to hold my hands up and Shout.. "Thunder Cats Hooooo " Then the GPS works. it's embarassing...
shhh. you guys gonna git in trouble. Medic will come by and tell you to break your contract and sell your phone if you don't like it. B/c by his standards, it's ok to have a half-*ssed, sometimes working, no product/accessory support $400 phone with a $60+ monthly plan. It's the coolest.
I'm actually getting sick of complaining about issues with Sprint and this phone. But the GPS was a big selling point in the store (top 5 of why the phone is awesome) and we, Epic owners, got hoodwinked.
GPs works fine overall..outdoor performance is good and indoor is ok..Don't expect anything from indoor as even my Garmin GPS doesn't always lock indoors..
Right now I think GPS is good overall..at this point I think people are too sensitive about the GPS as they pay attention to it more as it fails or not due to its history..overall though I was traveling, took out my TP2 and GPS always worked but that one time it failed, I then took out my Epic and GPS worked flawlessly...
All phones have GPS issues..as the antennas for GPS is not as good as a standalone due to its size..and technology fails here and there its never flawless...That said the GPS right now is fairly comparable to the other phones...
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GPs works fine overall..outdoor performance is good and indoor is ok..Don't expect anything from indoor as even my Garmin GPS doesn't always lock indoors..
Right now I think GPS is good overall..at this point I think people are too sensitive about the GPS as they pay attention to it more as it fails or not due to its history..overall though I was traveling, took out my TP2 and GPS always worked but that one time it failed, I then took out my Epic and GPS worked flawlessly...
All phones have GPS issues..as the antennas for GPS is not as good as a standalone due to its size..and technology fails here and there its never flawless...That said the GPS right now is fairly comparable to the other phones...
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I laughed when I read the last line. Nothing about the GPS on this phone is acceptable or comparable to other current, or even past, phones. I can go geocaching with my Epic and my girlfriend will use her Evo and hers will put this one to shame every single time. I've also used my old Hero and Touch Pro AND even tested my Mogul next to the Epic and it just doesn't compare.
It's a joke that this phone can even be advertised as having a GPS. They should be required to advertise it as "assisted GPS" or some spoof gps because that's what it is. But I guess when you can get away with calling 3mb/s "4G" then you can call this bull$hit GPS.
If it was "good" then I wouldn't complain. I can't get a lock for crap and most the time it just gives up and doesn't even try anymore. The best is when you have the lock, are standing in an open field and lose the lock and the gps just turns itself off. Toggling won't turn it back on, clearing cache won't help and usually, a reboot is required.
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Samsungs own app. I'm sick of having to operate this pos platform like it is some god damn rube goldberg contraption. It is a god damn $450 (I paid retail brand new at release) and it should act like one. It has gps and it should god damn work when I need it to work, all the time, every time without having to diddle myself, enter in contra codes, click my heels and rub a magic lamp.
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I see the problem! You forgot to throw salt over your shoulder and your not wearing your thong back wards! That works for most. Try it.
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shhh. you guys gonna git in trouble. Medic will come by and tell you to break your contract and sell your phone if you don't like it. B/c by his standards, it's ok to have a half-*ssed, sometimes working, no product/accessory support $400 phone with a $60+ monthly plan. It's the coolest.
I'm actually getting sick of complaining about issues with Sprint and this phone. But the GPS was a big selling point in the store (top 5 of why the phone is awesome) and we, Epic owners, got hoodwinked.
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lolol! Im sick of that guy riding in on his high orstrich! Comes in a bich at ppl bichin. Lol.
It locks pretty good, however if you have it off for awhile it takes forever from a cold lock, on dk28 and eb13..
Is there an app that makes it lock faster from a cold lock?
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I laughed when I read the last line. Nothing about the GPS on this phone is acceptable or comparable to other current, or even past, phones. I can go geocaching with my Epic and my girlfriend will use her Evo and hers will put this one to shame every single time. I've also used my old Hero and Touch Pro AND even tested my Mogul next to the Epic and it just doesn't compare.
It's a joke that this phone can even be advertised as having a GPS. They should be required to advertise it as "assisted GPS" or some spoof gps because that's what it is. But I guess when you can get away with calling 3mb/s "4G" then you can call this bull$hit GPS.
If it was "good" then I wouldn't complain. I can't get a lock for crap and most the time it just gives up and doesn't even try anymore. The best is when you have the lock, are standing in an open field and lose the lock and the gps just turns itself off. Toggling won't turn it back on, clearing cache won't help and usually, a reboot is required.
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Either your unit is defective or there is something wrong with your flash..ironically though Ive heard people use Evo and Epic and say their Evo has horrible GPS while their are geocaching while Epic is spot on...get the drift? I am not saying the Epic is better in terms of GPS, no..but with the EB13 update and if your have proper flash it seems to work flawlessly and accurate so far...
I am having GPS/GLONASS accuracy issues. Especially when compared to my stellar Note 1 and Note 2. Whether using Google Maps or GPS Test app it seems much weaker and tends to wander/waiver especially when stationary. I have always kept network assistance turned off for better accuracy at the expense of initial lock speed.
I use Navionics app for boating and a couple of athletic training apps that depend on best accuracy.
GPS radio/antenna appears to go to sleep in less than two minutes while screen still awake. Power saving mode is turned off. Indoors Google Maps was comparable with TMo display. Will compare with Best Buy's and a couple of AT&T COR store displays before returning. Just disappointed with my new flagship : (
Reminiscent of Captivate and Infuse days!
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Just what I didn't want to read. My new Note 3 has the same issues. I actually had to ship it off for repairs because the GPS was so terribly bad. Comparing with my S4 it is just broken. Lets just hope it is not a design flaw but a problem with some devices only.
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I cannot agree.
I were hunting for 10 hours yesterday, logging 20km with barometric altitude using Oruxmaps.
The GPS worked fine and I spent about half the battery the entire trip (>12hrs)
Ingress appears also to be very precise and nice, I do not see any difference fomr Note2 - except that barometric sensor had a slow refresh-rate with display off on GN2, now it's fast.
Got a new replacement which is much better.
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I tested with GPS test and an got accuracy of 3 meters which is damn fine if you ask me. Never seen it below 5 meters before...
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I tested with GPS test and an got accuracy of 3 meters which is damn fine if you ask me. Never seen it below 5 meters before...
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Nevermind
Same problem with my Tmobile note 3. Using GPS test app I show far less signal strength then the note 2 which had the best GPS reception I've seen on a phone. Having much difficulty locking on to a fix in the Learjet. The note 2 had no problem! Kind of sucks. New technology shouldn't be a step back.
Going to go ahead and exchange at the store.
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Same problem with my Tmobile note 3. Using GPS test app I show far less signal strength then the note 2 which had the best GPS reception I've seen on a phone. Having much difficulty locking on to a fix in the Learjet. The note 2 had no problem! Kind of sucks. New technology shouldn't be a step back.
Going to go ahead and exchange at the store.
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I am finding it very hard to get GPS lock with this device
The T-Mobile store had me compare mine to the unit in store. Same deal. I think it's a design flaw. The note 2 was so much better at receiving gps signals. Oh well, I guess they want to leave a reason to justify the note 4.
Location works fine, but the compass is way off. When walking it points about 100 degrees to the wrong site. The map does not show the road ahead but the road sideways.
This is true even in a train. Moving at 100km/h should give you a good clue of what North is, but it's still pointing wrong.
Hoping this will get fixed in an antenna firmware upgrade... !
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Location works fine, but the compass is way off. When walking it points about 100 degrees to the wrong site. The map does not show the road ahead but the road sideways.
This is true even in a train. Moving at 100km/h should give you a good clue of what North is, but it's still pointing wrong.
Hoping this will get fixed in an antenna firmware upgrade... !
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I noticed that too! Note 2 was way better! I think you're right about the compass calibration. Is there a way to calibrate it?
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I noticed that too! Note 2 was way better! I think you're right about the compass calibration. Is there a way to calibrate it?
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If I lean the phone forward, and then back up, I could rotate the compass 180 degrees.
Found a solution now! I downloaded the "GPS Status & Toolbox" from "MobiWIA - EclipSim", and ran Tools -> Calibrate Compass. The compass is much more stable now!
it seems its an issue with some phones
It seems that gps issue affects only some phones.
other have reported here that the gps reception on their Note 3's is good.
On my SM-N900T the reception is stellar!
(about the same as on my note II)
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It seems that gps issue affects only some phones.
other have reported here that the gps reception on their Note 3's is good.
On my SM-N900T the reception is stellar!
(about the same as on my note II)
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I tested the gps reception on my Note 3 and Note 2 in my back yard to give the report that I did in the above post
but since then I have traveled by airplane and can now report that neither my Note 2 or Note 3 could get a fix while the plane was at altitude but my Galaxy S4 did get a fix without too much difficulty.
On the ground all three of these instruments will get a fix about the same time and have generally the same accuracy - except that the Galaxy S4 according to the app GPS Test will have maybe one or more satellites in view and also have one or more satellites in use - but to reiterate - according to my quick tests the accuracy on the ground is about the same in all 3 devices.
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I tested the gps reception on my Note 3 and Note 2 in my back yard to give the report that I did in the above post
but since then I have traveled by airplane and can now report that neither my Note 2 or Note 3 could get a fix while the plane was at altitude but my Galaxy S4 did get a fix without too much difficulty.
On the ground all three of these instruments will get a fix about the same time and have generally the same accuracy - except that the Galaxy S4 according to the app GPS Test will have maybe one or more satellites in view and also have one or more satellites in use - but to reiterate - according to my quick tests the accuracy on the ground is about the same in all 3 devices.
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I can almost confirm that the issue is related to the Compass.
Today I was in tram, and I suddenly lost lock. In GPS test it was showing only 1 satellite "in sight" and could not lock, which was wrong. The compass was also pointing the wrong way. After I shaked a bit the phone, it suddenly switched back to a normal position, 21 satellites in sight and quickly locked.
I will try to take a screenshot next time it happens
Is this worth a send-in for repair?
Mine is also having problems. Fix is 0, in view over 10. Not sure what's going on...
Did a compass calibration and it seems stable but still no fix. N900W8.
EDIT: I am starting to think its a hardware problem. Outdoors it does work but takes a long time for a fix, and the SNR is low compared to my S II or Note II.
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Mine is also having problems. Fix is 0, in view over 10. Not sure what's going on...
Did a compass calibration and it seems stable but still no fix. N900W8.
EDIT: I am starting to think its a hardware problem. Outdoors it does work but takes a long time for a fix, and the SNR is low compared to my S II or Note II.
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It's not enough to do compass calibration "once" with a program.
Whenever you are in the app that must achieve a lock, while it is trying, take the phone and rotate it a couple of times with the wrist. The compass should snap back to the appropriate value and you should quickly get a lock.
I reckon that the SNR maybe lower. I know for a fact that it's lower than the Tab2 7" which, in turn, has the best signal of any phone I've compared with, including Note2 and S2.
Nontheless since I do the compass trick I get reasonable lock speed and accuracy in most conditions. On the open the lock is almost instantaneous.
Hope it helps.
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It's not enough to do compass calibration "once" with a program.
Whenever you are in the app that must achieve a lock, while it is trying, take the phone and rotate it a couple of times with the wrist. The compass should snap back to the appropriate value and you should quickly get a lock.
I reckon that the SNR maybe lower. I know for a fact that it's lower than the Tab2 7" which, in turn, has the best signal of any phone I've compared with, including Note2 and S2.
Nontheless since I do the compass trick I get reasonable lock speed and accuracy in most conditions. On the open the lock is almost instantaneous.
Hope it helps.
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There is definitely a problem both with the GPS AND the data connection on the Note 3 vs. the Note 2!
I drive a tractor-trailer for a living and use Google Navigation constantly to find my destinations (I know it's routed for automobiles and not trucks; I'm intelligent enough to NOT drive my tractor-trailer down a road it's telling me to go down that I shouldn't!) - the Note 3 is CONSTANTLY losing it's GPS lock, and displays "Searching for GPS" on the screen. The only way I can get it back is to turn off GPS and then turn it back on. Then it'll sometimes work for just a couple of minutes, or a couple of hours before it happens again. Most of the time it's just 5-10 minutes before it loses GPS lock again. My Note 2 NEVER, not even once, did this!
I live in Phoenix, AZ and drive to Las Vegas several times a week to make deliveries. There are large areas where there's no data connection at all, and in some areas where my Note 2 had a 4G connection, the Note 3 has NO data connection whatsoever! And, I'm not talking a couple of miles here; I'm talking at least a 30 or 40 mile stretch of US 93.
Yesterday, I was driving across I-40 west in New Mexico, on my way back from Wichita, KS, and Google Navigation, when it was working, looked terrible on the screen - the roads were all fuzzy and "bloated" because, apparently, it wasn't downloading all the map data.
My Note 3 experience so far has been terrible (I'm experiencing a myriad of other problems, too - TERRIBLE Bluetooth call audio; sounds on the phone, except for my music being played through PowerAmp, just stopped working, even though ALL volumes were at maximum, had to reboot to get them working; screen is "jittery" when typing, it'll sometimes type multiple characters as if I'm rapidly pressing the keys, etc, etc!); I'm returning it today to AT&T for another one. If I have problems with that one, though, I'm returning it for another Note 2!
This makes me VERY sorry I sold my Note 2 on Craigslist!
Dennis
dmw_4814 said:
There is definitely a problem both with the GPS AND the data connection on the Note 3 vs. the Note 2!
I drive a tractor-trailer for a living and use Google Navigation constantly to find my destinations (I know it's routed for automobiles and not trucks; I'm intelligent enough to NOT drive my tractor-trailer down a road it's telling me to go down that I shouldn't!) - the Note 3 is CONSTANTLY losing it's GPS lock, and displays "Searching for GPS" on the screen. The only way I can get it back is to turn off GPS and then turn it back on. Then it'll sometimes work for just a couple of minutes, or a couple of hours before it happens again. Most of the time it's just 5-10 minutes before it loses GPS lock again. My Note 2 NEVER, not even once, did this!
I live in Phoenix, AZ and drive to Las Vegas several times a week to make deliveries. There are large areas where there's no data connection at all, and in some areas where my Note 2 had a 4G connection, the Note 3 has NO data connection whatsoever! And, I'm not talking a couple of miles here; I'm talking at least a 30 or 40 mile stretch of US 93.
Yesterday, I was driving across I-40 west in New Mexico, on my way back from Wichita, KS, and Google Navigation, when it was working, looked terrible on the screen - the roads were all fuzzy and "bloated" because, apparently, it wasn't downloading all the map data.
My Note 3 experience so far has been terrible (I'm experiencing a myriad of other problems, too - TERRIBLE Bluetooth call audio; sounds on the phone, except for my music being played through PowerAmp, just stopped working, even though ALL volumes were at maximum, had to reboot to get them working; screen is "jittery" when typing, it'll sometimes type multiple characters as if I'm rapidly pressing the keys, etc, etc!); I'm returning it today to AT&T for another one. If I have problems with that one, though, I'm returning it for another Note 2!
This makes me VERY sorry I sold my Note 2 on Craigslist!
Dennis
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That is essentially what's happening with my ATT Note3.
GPS just drops in the middle of navigating; the notification-bar icon just goes away. I have to toggle GPS off and back on for it to work again. While it's working, it never works well; there's at least a 15sec 'lag' time from when I move to when the screen actually updates my position - but it never truly gets a precise location. I can go to a specific location 5 different times and I'll be 15 yards away in different directions each time.
This is in any of the various mapping/navigation/gps apps, but is most notable infuriating while Ingressing.
Weird that has never happened to me. Perhaps there is a background app that makes some confusion. I have extensively tested the GPS in the last days and I confirm that the only problem that I have is with the compass, rotating the phone a couple of times makes the GPS works fine. The navigation is very good so far. However this was always in the city where the reception is good and the 4G connection is always present.
Good luck
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