Thread: N900 GPS problems: slow to lock or never locks, particularly without data connection
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texaslabrat is offline texaslabrat
2010-01-14 , 22:15
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Originally Posted by skatebkp View Post
maximus are you saying that the n900 gps can only get a lock when connected to the internet and without it, it takes around 15 minutes to 1 hour without it. is this standard for all gps phones or are there better options out there?
The longest my N900 has taken for a lock without an internet connection is around 5 minutes. And that's pretty standard for phone-based GPS systems from what I understand as they are designed with the assumption that a data connection will usually be available (and thus don't have internal satellite ephemeral data like a "normal" stand-alone gps would).