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Do you have problem with your GPS?

I got the phone at 8 am today, it's a great phone ( till now) . I tried to use the GPS many times ( I turned off assisted location and just kept the GPS). At my window where I used to get around 6-7 satellite with MT4G , I am getting 0 , nothing in the view. When I got out and tried in the street, while standing I got 2 sat only. So I think there is a problem with the antenna. Any tips to verify if it's really defected or something else, I read about some folks getting locking in few seconds and with 7-11 Sats.
Update: After few hours, GPS started to work just fine. I don't know why but now it's very fast and pretty accurate.

I opened Google Maps 5 and it instantly was locked on me. No complaints there!
Oh ****. I realized I voted "no" because I thought the poll question was the topic title. D'oh.

Ok... My GPS wasn't working for like. Since I got it. But now suddenly, 5 hours later, after I pulled the battery multiple times, and then ran the GPS Test app for 5 minutes, I'm getting locks.
-_-

Works like a champ for me. In fact back to back my Evo and NS seem to be getting a lock at about the same speed, fast.

Anderdroid said:
Ok... My GPS wasn't working for like. Since I got it. But now suddenly, 5 hours later, after I pulled the battery multiple times, and then ran the GPS Test app for 5 minutes, I'm getting locks.
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I will try any crazy steps :d But I don't want to return it, so I hope it works. I like the phone but I love GPS

Now this is weird. It started working now I will test it more and see what happens.

raeef said:
Now this is weird. It started working now I will test it more and see what happens.
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Exactly. I thought mine was borked for good for sure. But no. After quite a few reboots and battery pulls it's working epicly... As is Acquiring Location (wireless location).
Sigh!

Anderdroid said:
Exactly. I thought mine was borked for good for sure. But no. After quite a few reboots and battery pulls it's working epicly... As is Acquiring Location (wireless location).
Sigh!
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I tried now , it locks very very fast and accuracy reached 5 m while walking. This strange, maybe it had to do with the antennas and the back cover? I don't know but now I am happy

It looks like the small handful of people who reported issues with the GPS are no longer having anymore issues. Very good news. If the GPS really is fixed, then I'll definitely be buying a Nexus S when the 2nd shipment comes in.
I'll basically be trading my AT&T 3G for a working GPS. Hopefully I won't regret that decision.

Yea I used my GPS too get home and it locked in with in about 5 to 7 seconds.
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I could have sworn there was another thread for this that disappeared. Oh well..
Mine locked to 5m on first try.

Did some heavy testing on the GPS today, and I've gotta say not once was it not able to find me. Only tooks seconds too. I came from the MyTouch 4G, which has a great GPS, but for some reason the one on the NS out performs it.
Very happy with it.

Whats up Will, I was the guy at BestBuy who bought the Nexus S at the same time as you. I agree, the GPS was dead on all the time i fired it up. Found me in seconds. did not have a single problem with the GPS.

I had problems with gps at first try but then after getting the satellites I've managed to get the satellites almost instantly.
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The GPS on my Nexus was able to find me just fine a few seconds ago. It took about a minute for it to lock on.
However, this isn't due to any issue with the phone as much as the construction of the building I'm in. Whatever this building is made of seems to make cell phone signals it's *****. I imagine my phone's signal being something like the Gimp from Pulp Fiction every time I walk in here.
That being said, I'm not sure what issue other folks are having, but my GPS was able to find me just fine in a building notorious for dropped calls(to the point where I actually have to go outside if it's a really important phone call), drops everyone to EDGE regardless of carrier, and even butchers WiFi signals 30ft away so I am very satisfied with it.

Mine is working perfect so far. Used it after class to locate a Panda Express. Enabled GPS, opened maps and it locked on to me in a few seconds.

I shall watch this thread closely... I am ready to blow nearly $600 on a Nexus S, but if the GPS works as well as on the Vibrant flavor of Galaxy S phones, I will pass. Because it sucks. Really.
G1: reasonable GPS performance, great wireless signal capture, big bulky and slow.
N1: fantastic GPS performance, horrible wireless signal capture. One day it began dropping calls at home and at my GF's I'd be lucky to get ANY signal at all. Not good for a job hunter like me.
Vibrant: wonderful wireless signal capture, the worst GPS performance I've ever seen.
Nexus S: gonna have to verify, really verify, that people don't have the same Galaxy S GPS problem before I blow a ton of cash since I re-upped my T-Mo contract with the Vibrant and am not eligible for discount.
As for the camera LED flash: I have found it to be most useful when I need a flashlight.

numindast said:
I shall watch this thread closely... I am ready to blow nearly $600 on a Nexus S, but if the GPS works as well as on the Vibrant flavor of Galaxy S phones, I will pass. Because it sucks. Really.
G1: reasonable GPS performance, great wireless signal capture, big bulky and slow.
N1: fantastic GPS performance, horrible wireless signal capture. One day it began dropping calls at home and at my GF's I'd be lucky to get ANY signal at all. Not good for a job hunter like me.
Vibrant: wonderful wireless signal capture, the worst GPS performance I've ever seen.
Nexus S: gonna have to verify, really verify, that people don't have the same Galaxy S GPS problem before I blow a ton of cash since I re-upped my T-Mo contract with the Vibrant and am not eligible for discount.
As for the camera LED flash: I have found it to be most useful when I need a flashlight.
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I would assume that the GPS performance is much better than on the vibrant, since they changed the location of the GPS antenna at the very least. It also does sound like most people are not having any issues whatsoever. I was holding off buying one for this reason as well, but I think samsung may have fixed it.

Just so you all know, the first time you use the GPS on an Android phone tends to take longer than it usually would. After that, it should perform properly.

It usually takes the GPS about 15 seconds for it to lock on to me

For the Vibrant GPS Haters!

One is the Vibrant closest to the building literally a few feet from where i was standing by the entrance to the breeze way, im running the latest Malice no mods other than i run the Bullit Kernel.
The other is the G2 Running the latest CM7 release on the newest Radio with correct libs, you can see how much farther away..
Even walking around the Vibrants GPS stayed a closer lock. Now i will say it did take the Vibrant did take a few more seconds to lock.. but only seconds...
EDIT: i will say that it wasn't untill we started into 2.2 that this got better.. but this is the first time i made a side by side comparison with the G2..

I've had good luck with my gps, I've gotten down to 14.4 feet accuracy with GPS Test in my front yard, and Tracking on Google maps is almost dead nuts. But if its a cloudy day, which its more often then not these last few months in Washington, my gps doesn't work for crap, Locks take like 30 seconds, tracking is Horrible, accuracy of 200 feet.

Say what you want, but the fact is that the GPS on the G1 (a phone that is two years older) completely destroys any GPS+fix on the Vibrant.
Its a well known, and rarely disputed weakness for the Vibrant. Shame on Samsung for not doing more rigorous testing of the chipset or not taking the chipset manufacturer to task.

Just because another phone's GPS sucks more than the Vibrant doesn't mean the Vibrant has good GPS.

Tarzanman said:
Say what you want, but the fact is that the GPS on the G1 (a phone that is two years older) completely destroys any GPS+fix on the Vibrant.
Its a well known, and rarely disputed weakness for the Vibrant. Shame on Samsung for not doing more rigorous testing of the chipset or not taking the chipset manufacturer to task.
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speak for yourself. when i compared them my vibrant was better than my g1. the vibrant was also better than my wife's cliq and mt slide (granted, these two aren't amazing phones, i've never heard of gps complaints with them).
my only complaint about gps is mine doesn't currently work on my vibrant (cm7).

funeralthirst said:
speak for yourself. when i compared them my vibrant was better than my g1. the vibrant was also better than my wife's cliq and mt slide (granted, these two aren't amazing phones, i've never heard of gps complaints with them).
my only complaint about gps is mine doesn't currently work on my vibrant (cm7).
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Strange. I have a MT3G Slide as well, and its GPS destroys my Vibrant's.
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inconceeeivable said:
Strange. I have a MT3G Slide as well, and its GPS destroys my Vibrant's.
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well, based on xda posts, i'm a minority to begin with cause i've never really had problems with my gps on my vibrant.
and how exactly does it 'destroy' the vibrant's gps?

funeralthirst said:
well, based on xda posts, i'm a minority to begin with cause i've never really had problems with my gps on my vibrant.
and how exactly does it 'destroy' the vibrant's gps?
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It is significantly faster and more accurate than my particular Vibrant. I have a July 2010 model though...that may be why.
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My GPS is good too. Granted it does take a up to a few minutes to lock, when it does, its dead accurate and consistent.

Tarzanman said:
Say what you want, but the fact is that the GPS on the G1 (a phone that is two years older) completely destroys any GPS+fix on the Vibrant.
Its a well known, and rarely disputed weakness for the Vibrant. Shame on Samsung for not doing more rigorous testing of the chipset or not taking the chipset manufacturer to task.
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I've proven otherwise. I don't feel like sifting through my posts, but I have pictures of the two side-by-side with wifi off running GPSTest and in Google Maps. The Vibrant was closer.

}{Alienz}{ said:
My GPS is good too. Granted it does take a up to a few minutes to lock, when it does, its dead accurate and consistent.
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I wish. I'm on my third and they have all suffered from long lock, inability to maintain lock (losing signal all together) lastly, while locked and navigating it will jump locations.
I don't think any GPS has zero issues but the amount of issues I have had with all three Vibrants leads me to think it's hardware and broken.
I do find it amazing that there are such varying views on the Vibrants GPS, but after three units I gave up trying to get a good one.

SykesAT said:
I wish. I'm on my third and they have all suffered from long lock, inability to maintain lock (losing signal all together) lastly, while locked and navigating it will jump locations.
I don't think any GPS has zero issues but the amount of issues I have had with all three Vibrants leads me to think it's hardware and broken.
I do find it amazing that there are such varying views on the Vibrants GPS, but after three units I gave up trying to get a good one.
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i find the varying experience strange as well. but i've had mine since release and the gps has always worked (though, it improved after flashing from stock 2.1).

inconceeeivable said:
It is significantly faster and more accurate than my particular Vibrant. I have a July 2010 model though...that may be why.
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My Samsung Jack, HTC Aria, HTC HD2, and HTC HD7 destroy both of our Vibrants here when it comes to the GPS. The HTC HD# phones especially... They embarass it in Accuracy and Lock Speeds. It isn't even comparable.
I've been through 3 Vibrants and there is another in use here, so I'm pretty sure it's not a lemon device issue. The GPS is just very bad on these phones.
But who cares... The phone is almost old now and many people with it are already eying an upgrade. I think most of us have learned to accept it and moved on from complaining about it - months ago...

}{Alienz}{ said:
My GPS is good too. Granted it does take a up to a few minutes to lock, when it does, its dead accurate and consistent.
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That means your GPS is terrible.
When you turn it on and want to use a Location App that relies on GPS data, you have to wait a few minutes for it to lock and get an accurate location? 3 minutes to do a Foursquare/Facebook checkin? Lol...
That is "good" to you?

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I've proven otherwise. I don't feel like sifting through my posts, but I have pictures of the two side-by-side with wifi off running GPSTest and in Google Maps. The Vibrant was closer.
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The Accuracy has never been that big of an issue for me, it's the lock speeds. But the Vibrant has never been as accurate as my other phones.
At stop lights the GPS goes crazy more than occasionally, and it loses its lock.
When it loses it's lock, that means you have to wait forever for it to lock again.
The slow lock speeds also means every task that depends on GPS data is ridiculously slow to accomplish compared to phones with a good GPS in them.
Most people who need a good GPS in their phone don't necessarily need the phone to just sit there giving them directions. They need it for apps like Foursquare, Loopt, Layer, Facebook Checkin, Localized Tweets, sharing location data in messaging applications, and embedding location data in photos.
With the Vibrant's lock speeds, it's almost useless for much of that.
I've also owned Blackberries (9300, 9780 Curve/Bold) and the GPS outperformed the Vibrant.
Another thing I noticed is that the Vibrant battery life with GPS on is significantly worse than other phones. I've never thought to turn my phone's GPS off, ever, until I got this phone...

My GPS has worked fine since, since, well I can't remember when. I just know it's been working great since I stopped obsessing over it's 3 meter accuracy. The compass could be better but whatever. Who gives a flying flip if it takes 5 seconds longer to lock than my Droid X? I'd still choose this over any current motorola, and HTC phone currently on the market. It's not a GPS device; It's a smartphone.

Unfortunately a lot of smartphone apps rely on GPS and an extra 5 seconds to lock everytime you check in, take a picture, want to get accurate location-guided results, etc. is a pain in the ass.
It may not seem like a lot at first (it's more than 5 seconds, factorably more, but I don't wanna deal with that right now), but at the end of a day it has done nothing more than degrade the user experience and waste a factorable amount of cumulative time.
You have to alter all of your usage patterns to account for the faulty GPS.
It's an issue, but I can care less. That's why I got another phone: so I didn't have to sweat it

WOW, it is crazy how much variety there is in not only accuracy but lock times as well.. I just pulled out my G1 and my MT3G and neither of them locked faster than the vibrant, but those showed me standing in the same spot as the vibrant.. LOL the G2 is still way off...
As for jumping at red lights.. i just figured that was normal since even my G1 and MT3G where the same (i mean by a few feet when stopped)... lol guess i was wrong ha..
So what do you guys think? Do you think the SGS II will have GPS issues? or has Sammy learned?
I am fyi a Samsung supporter, i honestly watched and laughed so hard about people crying over updates when other phones from more popular companies did it as-well.. Every one should know it is totally up to your provider.. ok enough on a tangent..

Just for comparisions sake, I have both a Vibrant and a MT4G. The vibrant running Trigger 3.2 gets an average 15 foot lock which is the best of any rom. The MT4G gets a 3 foot lock. Yes 3 foot. Simply amazing.
BTW dont ever rely on any phones gps when traveling. When you are out of cell reception you also lose your gps. You could end up hopelessly lost or worse. If you need gps that bad, I recommend a real gps device. While gps is good for around town don't risk yours and your families lives. Most of the horror stories you read about in the news with people getting lost using gps are usually phone gps.
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billwinkle said:
Just for comparisions sake, I have both a Vibrant and a MT4G. The vibrant running Trigger 3.2 gets an average 15 foot lock which is the best of any rom. The MT4G gets a 3 foot lock. Yes 3 foot. Simply amazing.
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Thats good stuff.. Question, arnt the MT4G and the G2 almost the same phone? If so whys it so much better than my G2.. LoL

Mother of God the GPS on this thing is awesome.

I've been rocking my Atrix for a few weeks. I was using an Inspire previously and I just wanted better battery life, a smaller form factor (and lighter), and a front-facing camera.
Long story short, I've been testing the piss out of this thing to make sure it's the device for me. I really have no complaints about hardware and I have even learned to live with Motoblur (with the right launcher covering it up).
The GPS on this thing is simply amazing. It locks onto Satellites indoors within seconds, outside instantly. I even got a lock today in my work, which is in a sky scraper. Even my iPhone never got a lock there. This is with Wifi off, by the way.
I remembered from my Droid X that Moto knows how to make a GPS, but it still surprises me how good it is. I compared it side-by-side with my Inspire and my Focus and neither one could get a solid lock in my house and both were off by quite a bit.
Atrix FTW. As cool as the Galaxy S II looks, I have a feeling that the GPS won't be anywhere near as good and then I'd be back to that "too big for one hand" form factor.

yeah i pretty much abandoned my Garmin Nuvi 220W..
in other news ---- anyone want to buy a Garmin Nuvi 220W?

Yes, GPS is super solid and very accurate.
Look at Garmin's stock chart.

i have used mine several times and it is bulletproof!

Moto definitely is the best when it comes to GPS on Android, and Samsung is the worst. Only a Nokia e-series device beats it down (instant lock indoors anywhere).
Oh Nokia, why did you go all "Elopcalypse" and pass on Android...

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Moto definitely is the best when it comes to GPS on Android, and Samsung is the worst. Only a Nokia e-series device beats it down (instant lock indoors anywhere).
Oh Nokia, why did you go all "Elopcalypse" and pass on Android...
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I had an E71, but I don't remember how good the GPS was. I do, however, remember how horrible it was on my Captivate. Everyone is saying that Samsung fixed it with the Infuse and Galaxy S II, but I'm wary. Even if it's not as worthless as the Captivate, I doubt it would be anywhere near as good as a Moto GPS.
Incidentally, Moto makes a standalone gps. I wonder if it's anywhere near as good at tracking as their phones.

I agree. Just got my atrix last week and was very impressed with how quickly and accurately the GPS locks on. Much better than my previous Nexus One or Dell Streak.

The Atrix GPS is definitely outstanding, but the Xperia X10 GPS is still the best I have seen in any mobile device (standalone GPS included). Samsung is definitely the worst.

I went to the US which for me is a pretty huge deal (the roads in Canada are dead simple and the speed limit is very low). I felt so at home using Google Maps with the Navigation beta. **** was DEAD on everywhere we went.
Aside from when my phone died, it was awesome. Couldn't use GPS for about an hour on the way home because it was so low and needed to charge hahaha... was pretty scary. Was blitzed on pot brownies too LOL

I've got the car dock and I'm amazed by this gps. Sitting at a stop light I can let my car creep forward slowly. The gps is sensitive enough to register this and shows my speed as 1 mph. Just amazing. I took it on a 1200 mile trip, and it performed flawlessly! I love this phone! Definitely a huge improvement over my iPhone 3G. This phone routinely makes my wife and daughter jealous with their iPhone 4s.

I am curious, what GPS software seems to be best for android? I've only ever played with Google Navigation, and it works great.

I also have a Garmin Nuvi 220W that I can't even look at anymore. The Atrix GPS is flippin's sweet! No exaggeration that it's dead accurate. Traffic updates are scary good, even on sideroads in my area. I use it in the car dock for my daily commute, to get me ahead of the traffic curve. I thought it was off yesterday because there was no way it would take me 30 minutes to drive the last 5 miles home. Alas, the streets were flooded along a creek, and it told me precisely when the speeds would pick up again, so I stuck it out. +1000 internetz to Motorola for the GPS.

naplesbill said:
The Atrix GPS is definitely outstanding, but the Xperia X10 GPS is still the best I have seen in any mobile device (standalone GPS included). Samsung is definitely the worst.
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Agree. X10 has the best instant lock without using agps or any network assisst. But that phone is now forgotten lol. Atrix comes second to it with regards to gps
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It gets to 20 meters when I'm at school! On my n1 it would fluctuate around 100!
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Great locks even among skyscrapers.
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too bad moto is going skyhook ^.^
http://tinyurl.com/446en9a

Coming from a Nokia N810 (it had a GPS), I like the Atrix GPS. It's very accurate and locks super fast.
Though I wish Google would have a vector based map, as I don't want to consume a ton of data as I drive to Colorado next week...

yeah its amazing, perhaps something weird happen to me Stock take more a really more like indoor 2-5 minutes, ouside like 1 minute but i flashed telstra radio from MOD to enable hspa+ and WOW amazing instant almost i didint believe this but its really amazing
now i need a car LOL

So how, if at all, will the move to Skyhook affect the Atrix? Think that will just affect future Motorola devices?

Mgamerz said:
Coming from a Nokia N810 (it had a GPS), I like the Atrix GPS. It's very accurate and locks super fast.
Though I wish Google would have a vector based map, as I don't want to consume a ton of data as I drive to Colorado next week...
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Pretty sure the latest versions of google maps are vector based. That's how they get away with the spinny stuff and angle changes.

Gps wow!

I am absolutely amazed by the quality of he GPS, I get a lock in under a second and have 11 in use. Check this screenshot out
Just have to say if anyone is questioning the quality it is easily the best I have used
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+1 Samsung finally got it right

That would be the GPS and GLONASS working at the same time..

BlackDino said:
I am absolutely amazed by the quality of he GPS, I get a lock in under a second and have 11 in use. Check this screenshot out
Just have to say if anyone is questioning the quality it is easily the best I have used
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What app is that?

Always had issues with my s2 locking onto me but I finally used gps today after a week with my S3 and it worked awesome. Locked fast and when opened navigation it instantly started navigating
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Yes, it feels great finally having a fully functional gps unit. My captivate gps was absolutely useless for gps/navigation.
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Yup. Amazing. Sammy did their homework. This is from inside a brick house.
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What app is that?
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Looks like GPS Test
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What about Navigation, that's more important. Thx
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I am getting less than stellar GPS performance. I mean it locks on many satellites but don't get a fix! That has not happened in other phone. If it locks at least 1 satellite it should get a fix albiet low accuracy. But in gs3 i am not getting a fix. See screenshot.
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1 satellite will not give you a lock, it takes at least 3 to give any inidcation of location to the unit. In phones it is assisted gps. The radio helps determine location also. It will be 5 or 6 satellites before your phone will display a location, and more for accuracy.
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My gps locks on really fast as-well, but it isn't very accurate, I live in Orlando Florida but it always locks on to Rio Pinar Florida

I too am amazed by the quality of the GPS and navigation. Locks almost instantaneously and fetched directions just as quickly. GPS is something I use frequently.
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This is good to hear I use my gps occasionally so the faster it locks the less time I waste going the wrong way lol
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I bought the Vibrant 2 years ago...It was my first REAL smart phone...
Bought it for 2 reasons, to replace my $20 cheapo mp3 player, and my $80 sanyo slow outdated GPS unit...
As a delivery driver, I think we all know the stressful situations I went through with that thing. I cannot count the number of times the gps worked perfect on that thing until about 5 miles to the destination, where the signal was lost, had to restart it, and watch my position be 4 blocks over....AKA I'm on the freeway and it's PRETTY sure i'm on the freeway so it's fine...but as soon as I take an exit...yeah
I owned the GS2 for about a week, it had good GPS, but the rest of the phone was no where near worth the price of the upgrade....
This thing is amazing....I cannot believe how fast it locks...I'm in the same boat as most of you with 1-2 second locks...In the car on my lap, inside the house upstairs, or 5 feet below in my basement.
My only issue so far was today, inside of a Target store trying to use ShopKick...but that was deep inside ,as soon as I got towards the front checkout stand it locked.
Another nice thing I noticed the other day was pulling out of a parking lot and using nav. With the vibrant, it was always a gamble, do I pull out left or right? It never knew the direction untill I was 50 yards going the wrong way. Now as I'm pulling out of the parking lot, it knows exactly the direction I'm facing, and I know to go right, and as I'm pulling out and turn my car slightly right to take the turn, it immediately sees me make that slight right turn.
Nice job indeed Samsung. I don't think even dedicated GPS units lock this fast.

yea..this phone is amazing...esp when coming from a sgsII where I would have to restart in ordre to get the GPS to work and it still didnt even work as well then

eyecon82 said:
yea..this phone is amazing...esp when coming from a sgsII where I would have to restart in ordre to get the GPS to work and it still didnt even work as well then
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Biggest reason for the fast lock times is that our devices support both GPS and the Russian version of it called GLONASS. Gives us an extra 22 satellites to use for location.

This is all good to know. I just ordered my 32gig today and should have it Saturday. I'm glad to hear that the GPS is good because I use that a lot and the GPS on the EVO 3D is not good at all. It takes to long to get a signal and when I do get one it some times drops.

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Biggest reason for the fast lock times is that our devices support both GPS and the Russian version of it called GLONASS. Gives us an extra 22 satellites to use for location.
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This is actually pure speculation on the GLONAS satellites.....there is a member in here who is very high ranking saying it isn't true
regardless if it uses it or not, gps is amazing

Sworkhard said:
Biggest reason for the fast lock times is that our devices support both GPS and the Russian version of it called GLONASS. Gives us an extra 22 satellites to use for location.
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That and the internal hardware has a actual .....****....forgot the name....hydrometer...i mean barometer..but not that word....lol brain fart
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[Q] GPS sensitivity?

Hi everyone,
Potential N10 buyer here. I'm considering it for a bicycle trip in April, currently waiting to see if some of the SW bugs get worked out, and if there will be a price drop by March when the next iPad is rumored to be announced.
One thing I haven't been able to find in my research thus far is an assessment of the N10's GPS sensitivity. The Nexus 7 was praised for its excellent GPS, and ability to get a lock even indoors. I believe the 10 uses the same GPS chipset, but the antenna and RF design can have just as much influence on actual performance. Is there someone with both the N7 and N10, who could place them side by side running GPS Test (showing the satellite signal-strength bars), to see which one is "hotter"?
Thanks!
Mark

mark04 said:
Hi everyone,
Potential N10 buyer here. I'm considering it for a bicycle trip in April, currently waiting to see if some of the SW bugs get worked out, and if there will be a price drop by March when the next iPad is rumored to be announced.
One thing I haven't been able to find in my research thus far is an assessment of the N10's GPS sensitivity. The Nexus 7 was praised for its excellent GPS, and ability to get a lock even indoors. I believe the 10 uses the same GPS chipset, but the antenna and RF design can have just as much influence on actual performance. Is there someone with both the N7 and N10, who could place them side by side running GPS Test (showing the satellite signal-strength bars), to see which one is "hotter"?
Thanks!
Mark
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Excelent gps in nexus 10.
It locks with a lot of satellites fixed in indoor.
And it lock glonas satellites.
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I have both a Nexus 10 & 7. They both will lockup indoors reading the same number of satellites. Their gps seems pretty equal to me sitting & testing in the same spot indoors. In comparison my GNex can't begin to lock & sees nothing, while my sgs3 locks but seems a little weaker than the 2 tablets. Don't see any difference in any of them outdoors with a clear view of the sky. I run the same scripts & locking aids on all to help with lock speed.
My work is in my places with no service & gps is used constantly. I recommend Backcountry Navigator for those places.
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djd338 said:
I have both a Nexus 10 & 7. They both will lockup indoors reading the same number of satellites. Their gps seems pretty equal to me sitting & testing in the same spot indoors. In comparison my GNex can't begin to lock & sees nothing, while my sgs3 locks but seems a little weaker than the 2 tablets. Don't see any difference in any of them outdoors with a clear view of the sky. I run the same scripts & locking aids on all to help with lock speed.
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Thanks! This was the sort of comparison I was looking for.
Can you tell me more about the "scripts and locking aids" you're using? I haven't heard of that before.

The app Faster Fix seems to help. Maybe plecebo, but it allows North American servers to be selected if that's where you are. The main script I always run tho is "Mitch0115 optimal gpsconf" zip. There's a thread on Rootz about it. It has worked great for me & I've used it since the OG Droid. It used to be a script you'd paste in /etc, but about a year ago he made a flashable zip. It must be reflashed with each rom, so I keep it on the SD card. It aids in lockup speed. Check all that using GPS Test. It's a neat app which shows all satellites & their strength the device sees at that moment.
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