Help GPS Performance Dissapointing

Mr. Orange 645 · Dec 31, 2011

cggorman said:
My OG Droid would routinely run at 140F and occasionally make it up to 150F. I made a custom finned copper backplate to help keep it cool. Cant wait to see how far we can push the OMAP 4460. With any luck, HOT will be possible.

Sorry to get offtopic but I remember seeing pictures of that posted on a different forum..df.net maybe? I remember it actually looked pretty good.

On topic: Mine gets warm at times but never as hot as some people seem to imply. Not trying to mince words or definitions, but like someone else said, maybe my idea of hot vs. warm is different than yours. Hot is a subjective term without a numerical value to go with it.

If its getting so hot that it fails to function properly I would say that you have a defective unit. And i get fast locks with GPS as well, except in the PayPass locator app which usually takes forever to find me and often reports the wrong location. Since thats the only issue, I believe its the app, not my phone.

cggorman · Dec 31, 2011

Mr. Orange 645 said:
Sorry to get offtopic but I remember seeing pictures of that posted on a different forum..df.net maybe? I remember it actually looked pretty good.

I actually preferred the look over stock.

jkc120 · Jan 1, 2012

cggorman said:
I can't say how common it is, but the GNex CAN be exceptional. If yours isn't, exchange it.

Mine has a scary fast lock and is more than accurate enough for anything other than construction, law, or military use.

Honestly, I was a bit worried about the Nexus' GPS performance. I tested it out when I had it, and both of my 2 nexuses had terrific GPS performance. Not quite as fast as my Rezound (which holy crap locks in like 5 seconds), but definitely very good and nowhere near the horror stories of past Samsung devices. Not sure if it was the addition of the barometer or not, but it was definitely NOT an issue for me with the Nexus when I had it. I think the OP had a bad phone and should exchange it!

iwoloschin · Jan 1, 2012

I had a similar problem last night. Was driving to a party about 20 minutes from my apartment, but in an unfamiliar part of town. Decided to be a showoff to my wife and used "Chrome to Phone" to send the address to my phone, got in the car and hit navigate. GPS locked pretty fast, but had me consistently about 1/4-1/2 mile south or southeast of my actual location. Tried to restart navigation, but it didn't work.

On the way home I decided to try it out again and see if I could replicate the problem. It worked flawlessly, again, locking in a matter of seconds, and actually having my correct location this time.

I'm fine if there's the occasional error, Android phones have a lot going on, it's fine if occasionally there's a problem (like, 99% uptime versus 99.999% uptime). On the other hand, I'm concerned because I don't know what changed to give me a correct reading, and I'd like to figure that out in case I actually need the GPS working, and need to somehow manually reset it. At this point I'm figuring phone reboot, but not sure if that'll actually do the trick or not.

jbdan · Jan 1, 2012

Mine locks in under 5 seconds almost every time, unless I'm inside house or building and it's very stormy outside. Even then, it only takes upwards of a half a minute

Winfried · Nov 13, 2013

Hello

I'm running the stock 4.2.1 (JOP40D.I9250XWMA2) on the GSM Galaxy Nexus.

Even after connecting to a wifi hotspot and using GPS Status' Reset + Download features, I noticed two issues while using GPS in another European country:

GPS didn't lock for hours even while being outside the whole time
When it did lock, it didn't keep track and was stuck where it was

As a result, GPS was pretty much useless.

What could I do to actually get GPS to work as expected?

Thank you.

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Edit : Now that I moved to Cyanogenmod, I can use applications that require a rooted phone. It seems like FasterGPS locks pretty fast. I'll experiment out in the country the next time I have a change.

ncvp · Jan 26, 2014

Phone: Google Galaxy Nexus
Android: 4.3
Apps: Maps, GPS Status, GPS Test
Data connection: none
Country: UK

I only get a GPS fix when I'm connected to a WiFi network.

When I'm out and about, GPS status sees the satellites, but doesn't do anything with them unless and until the phone connects to a network.

... which is, of course, completely useless, 'cos then I know where I am!

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