GPS doesn't find its location
 

Hi

I am from Switzerland.

If I go from "GPS location" --> "Location" it says "GPS status: Searching" but it never found out, where I am.

Why? - If I open the Map application, click on the gps logo in the bottom to open the "GPS display" it tells me something like:
0 0
9 2
and above are some "pillars".
What does that mean?

Re: GPS doesn't find its location
 

How long did you wait. I find times when it takes about 5-6 minutes to lock in on me. On the good side once you get signal stays even in my pocket or bag. The Pillars are showing the signal for several satellites you are connected to. It takes several with a good lock to get your location.


BTW Welcome to itT.

Re: GPS doesn't find its location
 

The GPS is horrible! I've been outside and had it take as long as 8 minutes (I timed it) to lock on.

This past weekend I activated the 7-day trial for navigation. Equally bad. None of the toll roads that opened in 2006 are on the maps. RM-620, a highway that has existed for decades is wrong, it showed me driving through wilderness and kept telling me to drive back to a road. And lastly it said I was on the "I-35 access road" when I was clearly on the actual Interstate.

I emailed the company (I forget the name right now) about all the problems with their software. I'm very disappointed all around with the GPS on this thing.

Re: GPS doesn't find its location
 

have you tried maemomapper? mapper? road map? they all work very well

Re: GPS doesn't find its location
 

The more of these posts I see the more I appreciate the BT GPS I have for the N800 and REALLY appreciate my Garmin GPSMap76CS, even that ancient dinosaur doesn't take the long to lock from a cold start.

What were they thinking?

Re: GPS doesn't find its location
 

Diablo has an A-GPS app which should let you enter your approximate position for a faster fix. An associated daemon (supld) will retrieve ephemeris data over the net, and position guesses from WiFi and cellphone cell IDs. I have not tried it extensively but have some hope it will reduce the 10 minute to infinite fix times to about 30 seconds
http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com...ser/a/agps-ui/
http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com...s/supl-daemon/

Re: GPS doesn't find its location
 

The GPS just does not compare to dedicated units ... but it does work, and Kismet will get info from it while sniffing.

Steve