Re: Your help needed in improving N810 GPS performance
 

No it's not just you. I also want AGPS enabled, simply because it's there (hmm, I wonder what else is there but doens't work... IVA, PowerVR, etc.).

I've added a bug/enhancement request for the AGPS: https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2890

Re: Your help needed in improving N810 GPS performance
 

I suspect we will get PowerVR support when the successor to the N800/810's arrive. It will then be worth their time to put a developer on support.

Yesterday I got lost in New Orleans and the GPS locked on in about 2 minutes. Unfortunately, in those 2 minutes my iPhone found my location within 50 feet (without even having a GPS) and gave me directions to my destination :(

Re: Your help needed in improving N810 GPS performance
 

well, life is tough. try this in the middle of a desert. i wish n810 gps had faster aquisition times too, but hey, it is cheaper or as cheap as my Garmin Etrex Vista C, and I was actually able to use it for navigation during my trip to Costa Rica last month thanks to maemo mapper maptile caching (wayfinder doesn't have maps for central america and getting maps to garmin handhelds is pain in the ***, so i just used google maps for free!). and ofcourse you can use n810 for tons of other things and you can actually develop stuff yourself for it. no reason to whine imho, sorry for a long rant.

Re: Your help needed in improving N810 GPS performance
 

That is ridiculous. The built in GPS is a big selling point for the n810. What if the audio jack wouldn't play music for the first 30 minutes? Would it not matter because of the cool kickstand?

Re: Your help needed in improving N810 GPS performance
 

no, but one shouldn't expect n810 to perform well as a music player in hi-fi audiophile setup. if you need that you get dedicated device with good DAC like 5.5 gen ipod. same with gps or any other feature. when you get universal gadget like this for it's price there are compromises to be made. i'd be very happy if you can point me to device with the same feature set and expansion capabilities for the same price.

but i'm sure it's possible to improve current aquisition/reception quality in software and i'm all for augumenting it with wifi bssid based location info.

Re: Your help needed in improving N810 GPS performance
 

I would appreciate seeing this too.

Re: Your help needed in improving N810 GPS performance
 

The patch is no longer needed. It was only supposed to work until the end of February (it fixed a leap year bug). Even in February it apparently didn't help; the improvements people were seeing may have been due to a placebo effect.

Re: Your help needed in improving N810 GPS performance
 

There seems to be some debate in the bug thread about whether there is a real improvement, a placebo effect, and/or a leap date effect.

Since I don't have the background to evaluate the discussion, did not get a good fix today (after Feb. 28), and would like to install the gpsd patch without reflashing - is there anyone who would be kind and tolerant enough to give a newbie some easy directions (and where to download the patch)? For my part, I can get to be root in xterm. Thanks.

Re: Your help needed in improving N810 GPS performance
 

Some reported quantitative improvements, so I doubt the situation was that simple...

Re: Your help needed in improving N810 GPS performance
 

I know it is a big step but flashing to the newest OS 2008 (there was a more or less silent update, at least I didn't notice there was a new firmware) fixed all issues. I get fix in under 40s under clear sky...