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skatebkp is offline skatebkp
2010-01-15 , 18:29
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#51
50% of people tell me 5 minutes is too long and 50% tell me its normal, I guess the only way to find out if it's and hardware issue is to put my phone in the exact location as another n900 and see what happens
 
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2010-01-15 , 18:36
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Originally Posted by hartti View Post
Khiron,
Not related to N900, GPS fix can take a lot of time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_to_first_fix
A working SIM card makes the fix in many cases faster

Hartti
The gps hardware in the N900 and N810 is sub-standard. The reason why I never bought an N810 is because of its lack of a decent gps receiver. My external blue tooth gps gets a lock in about 40 seconds using my N800.
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2010-01-16 , 01:37
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#53
Originally Posted by jean2323 View Post
ok ... ovi maps was useless i barely used it..
Ovi map is NOT good, but it is still very useful in my several trips in using it. It tracks well and idenfied your location very well, and give you a route, an idea, to confirm it. Its problem is gps locking. Ovi map has been useful for me. Just like anytool, one has to learn to use it.

That was before the PR1.1 update. Its use was cumbersome, but it is useful.

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Khiron is offline Khiron
2010-01-16 , 02:21
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#54
Originally Posted by hartti View Post
Khiron,
Not related to N900, GPS fix can take a lot of time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_to_first_fix
A working SIM card makes the fix in many cases faster

Hartti
the one without a sim card is the N95 and it's working perfectly.

Check this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoCNRreLPYE

This video shows a comparison between the N97, N900 and the 5800 Xpress Music. Considering the date the video was submitted, the N900 must be of the early ones given before release, but this shows it can pick up a fix "normally".
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2010-01-16 , 10:18
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Originally Posted by bunanson View Post
Ovi map is NOT good, but it is still very useful in my several trips in using it. It tracks well and idenfied your location very well, and give you a route, an idea, to confirm it. Its problem is gps locking. Ovi map has been useful for me. Just like anytool, one has to learn to use it.

That was before the PR1.1 update. Its use was cumbersome, but it is useful.

bun
forgot to mention that i have 2 phones with me all the time, one has working navigation on (sygic btw) ... so ... i tried ovi maps on n900 ... but i'm no masochist to use it as a navigation tool
 
Weberdee is offline Weberdee
2010-01-16 , 13:37
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#56
Can someone explain exactly how to run "location test".

Thanks

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2010-01-16 , 14:05
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@Weberdee: you can find location test gui here: http://repository.maemo.org/pool/mae...+0m5_armel.deb

but read this bug report first: https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7026

I was testing with location test gui over last night I left nokia on charger and working overnight to try to lock/fix only in GNSS mode (GPS only without internet). N900 finds 1 sat with 25 dbHz signal strenght but wont lock. Now if I turn AGNSS (AGPS) on and try again it finds 9 - 12 sats and locks withing 5 mins using 5 sats
 

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2010-01-16 , 14:21
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Thanks smps. The problem I have is I'm only getting "course accuracy". I thought I'd use location test to give me an idea if the gps was working at all.

How exactly do I install location test? I have no experience with xterm.
 
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2010-01-16 , 17:43
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#59
its in devel-extras repostiroy , you can "install" that repostiroy and from app. manager install location gui or install it manualy.

you have repos here: http://repository.maemo.org/ point your n900 browser to repostiroy and click on "install" or if you want manual install download locationgui .deb file with pc to your n900 and from xterm do this (as root):

dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/path_to_deb_file
 

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2010-01-16 , 17:57
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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?
skatebkp: we all seem to have the same problem. i live in dubai and i had just bought the E52 and i was ver happy with the maps and the gps navigation as well. N900 got released and i just had to get it. gps is essential for me and now im very disappointed coz u have to connect to the internet otherwise it wont work. i hope somebody will find a sollution for that. its a great phone i just dont understand y there's a problem with its gps. such a pitty
 
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