Anyone find that it takes forever and then some to get the GPS to locate you in map/navigation apps lately? If I have it checked to use wireless networks it will sit at something like "acurate to with 1900m for a long time. Usually I only have it set to use GPS satellites. Doesn't happen always but damn near it. Sometimes a reboot helps. Makes no difference if I'm indoors or out. Happens in Google Nav/maps or Waze. Just went in Google Maps and it took 3 minutes to get accurate location. Running 2.1v3 leak.
I was having trouble when I left GPS turned on all the time. I have recently started turning it off when I'm not using it and it starts right up and finds a satellite quickly.
Might have to try that. Does the weather and other apps still work OK with GPS off. Right now I leave it on all the time.
What I don't get though, is why is it so much faster to connect to GPS than a dedicated GPS device. Our Garmin nuvi takes almost 5 minutes to get a reliable signal outside. My Eris takes anywhere from 10 seconds to maybe a minute if I'm in my basement. They both are just as accurate, and possibly the Eris is better since Google Maps is more up to date (the Garmin is almost 4 years old). Just something that struck me as odd.
Have you run your Garmin Updater and got the new firmware? If not, you probably should I noticed we were having lots of lag with ours, went to Garmin.com and updated, It still lags but not NEAR as much.
You're probably better off leaving the network positioning on. The coarse position and time it provides can be used to help the GPS acquire a fix faster. --Mark
