This is a good point. I remember that from my early handheld days. And my phone goes everywhere with me, so it knows alot more about where the sats should be.
Is your GPS working?
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This is a good point. I remember that from my early handheld days. And my phone goes everywhere with me, so it knows alot more about where the sats should be.
And BTW, this is exactly the scenario I'm experiencing, except more like 1/3 as sensitive as my Droid X. Yep, compass due East when I'm pointing north. Yesterday, at sunset, the A500 showed the sun to be directly BELOW me on Google Sky Maps. Even given that it needs more time to get more fixes, how could it be THAT far off?
Just tested mine. Also off, and sky map is worthless.
With some of these issues... not sure if a xoom would have been a better choice...
I can't even stream stuff from ABC.com ... definitely wondering if updates can fix, or if ipad would have been better. I can't believe I said that.
With some of these issues... not sure if a xoom would have been a better choice...
I can't even stream stuff from ABC.com ... definitely wondering if updates can fix, or if ipad would have been better. I can't believe I said that.
ok so I just retested mine I'm in my house doing all kinds of crazy stuff. I'd say my tab took 10 minutes to get a lock. It was inconsistant for a long while but now i finally have a lock, I'm debating on going out to the car to test it. It's getting late. I think it's working though.
did a navigation to the local store in the house, installed the voice pack for maps and routed it and boom lock up. Oh well maybe tomorrow. It's really wild to have a 10" gps of this resolution. I need a car adapter asap.
did a navigation to the local store in the house, installed the voice pack for maps and routed it and boom lock up. Oh well maybe tomorrow. It's really wild to have a 10" gps of this resolution. I need a car adapter asap.
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chili_red
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I've gotten the compass to work a little bit, but it's also off by about 90 degrees, it does help keeping it flat though. Can't remember which phone it was awhile back "too many phones to remember" but it also had a problem with the compass and was fixed through a software update. Initially if you called tech support they would say it was a bad phone and to send it back but after awhile they finally admitted it was a software issue, which this is probably the case. It's a new product and will definitely have some bugs in it. Just hope they keep up with regular updates and don't drop the ball like Viewsonic did with the G-Tab.
I have been trying GPS Essentials from the market and the compass there seems to be the most accurate, will keep testing.
Seems to be getting better the more I use it, just tested with GPS Status and outside I'm getting 8 satellites in view, 5 in use, and 16.4' accuracy. Inside, middle of house away from windows I'm getting 6 in view, 3 in use, and 32.8' accuracy, which isn't bad at all, the compass always pointed north and oriented itself correctly while testing too.
I have been trying GPS Essentials from the market and the compass there seems to be the most accurate, will keep testing.
Seems to be getting better the more I use it, just tested with GPS Status and outside I'm getting 8 satellites in view, 5 in use, and 16.4' accuracy. Inside, middle of house away from windows I'm getting 6 in view, 3 in use, and 32.8' accuracy, which isn't bad at all, the compass always pointed north and oriented itself correctly while testing too.
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Okay I shut off WiFi and walked around outside my house. Using GPS Status, I waited until I got a fix on some Sats. Then I opened up Maps and Navigation. In, what I would guess to be a 50 mile radius, everything was clear. Anything outside that radius was blurry. When I enabled WiFi, I could zoom in on any part of the country and the maps and text were clear. The Iconia did take a couple of minutes to get a fix on the Sats.. But like my Garmin GPS, the more you use it, the faster it finds the Satellites so hopefully if I ever bring this into my truck and need to use the maps, it'll lock onto the Sats. and not lose the signal.
i also have the degree off but instead of 90 i have 45, i have tried everything calibrating, resetting but still nothing
SiliconJunkie
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Mine also seems to be out at least 90 degrees. Its as if the compass chip is not properly oriented on the motherboard or something.
Hopefully this can be fixed in software. I got this tablet because of the built in compass and GPS; and just my luck, both of these features are hosed.
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All I can say is that if this is a software issue, I can wait. But if it's hardware, that's a deal killer, and I'll have to take it back. Cannot have it off that far, and weak GPS reception at the same time. I hope solid information comes soon that it's software before my return date comes up.
Hi ALL,
It looks like I may be getting one this week, and it seems that some people are having no problems with the GPS while others are having a good deal of problems. In some cases those with problems have exchanged their units and the new one works.
Could someone please suggest an app that I could use to check out the GPS. I am TOTALLY new to any kind of Andriod or for that matter any kind of smart phone environment. While I know what GPS is (I actually worked on a proposal for the VERY original start of this program when it was called NAVSTAR - but that was a LONG time ago!!!) but I have no experience in seeing how it works in these types of environments.
Thanks,
Gerry
It looks like I may be getting one this week, and it seems that some people are having no problems with the GPS while others are having a good deal of problems. In some cases those with problems have exchanged their units and the new one works.
Could someone please suggest an app that I could use to check out the GPS. I am TOTALLY new to any kind of Andriod or for that matter any kind of smart phone environment. While I know what GPS is (I actually worked on a proposal for the VERY original start of this program when it was called NAVSTAR - but that was a LONG time ago!!!) but I have no experience in seeing how it works in these types of environments.
Thanks,
Gerry
pentool
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It seems that GPS issues DOES indeed related to hardware.
My GPS was very week. It had a hard time finding my location. Tried it outdoors/indoors, wifi on/off. Walked around/stood still outdoors, etc. It was very slow either way and about 80% of the time it could not find my location (using Google Maps).
However, since I had an issue with the volume button which was very hard to press, I decided to exchange mine today. This new unit's GPS seems to work very well. It took about 10 seconds (longest around 18, fastest 5 seconds) to find my location on google maps, even when wifi is off. And this was INSIDE the house.
My GPS was very week. It had a hard time finding my location. Tried it outdoors/indoors, wifi on/off. Walked around/stood still outdoors, etc. It was very slow either way and about 80% of the time it could not find my location (using Google Maps).
However, since I had an issue with the volume button which was very hard to press, I decided to exchange mine today. This new unit's GPS seems to work very well. It took about 10 seconds (longest around 18, fastest 5 seconds) to find my location on google maps, even when wifi is off. And this was INSIDE the house.
I'm gonna try mine tonight in the car but I'm pretty sure my GPS does not function without the wifi turned on. If others are saying theirs do I may return mine as well. Took me ten minutes to get a accurate lock the first time I'll see how long it takes now. But it took me a long time to get it setup the way I like so we'll see.
