Re: N900 GPS Problems
It'd be really bad if the GPS chip will be weak as on N810. Cause my device spends a lot of time to find location. On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Andrea Borgia and...@borgia.bo.it wrote: Sveinn Thorarinsson wrote: I seem to have better results when I am at home, maybe that's because I am also connected to the wifi when I am there..? What you describe is compatible with the following bug report: https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5337 A. ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers -- Cheers, Michael ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: N900 GPS Problems
Are you guys using the N900 with a SIM and a data plan on it? The GPS on most phones are Assisted-GPS chips. That means that IF there is a network connection, they will use SUPL servers to reduce the time of fix to a bare few seconds. But if there is no data connection, then they will behave as regular GPSes and the time for the fix can go up to 20-30 mins. Do not compare these GPS chips with the ones in specialized navigators as they tend to be much more optimized and they usually store some data locally or have a better antenna, not really sure, but they are designed to get a fix asap [that's what you also pay for!]. I do have a data plan and I get a fix, every time, in seconds. Aniello 2009/11/30 Michael Stepanov mich...@stepanoff.org: It'd be really bad if the GPS chip will be weak as on N810. Cause my device spends a lot of time to find location. On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Andrea Borgia and...@borgia.bo.it wrote: Sveinn Thorarinsson wrote: I seem to have better results when I am at home, maybe that's because I am also connected to the wifi when I am there..? What you describe is compatible with the following bug report: https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5337 A. ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers -- Cheers, Michael ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers -- anidel ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: N900 GPS Problems
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 05:52:29PM +0200, Michael Stepanov wrote: It'd be really bad if the GPS chip will be weak as on N810. Cause my device spends a lot of time to find location. In my (short) experience it is _worse_. I have been unable to get a GPS fix using just the internal GPS. I tried 2 or 3 times in very open spaces, and after 3 or 4 minutes I gave up (note that I haven't tested since I upgraded to 42-11, I don't know if it makes a difference). The N810 was slow but I almost never had problems if I stood still for a couple of minutes. And after that it worked reasonably well. With an internet connection available, though, this one is very fast (10 seconds). And looking at how the Maps application is, I think it's meant to be used with a data plan. Otherwise it's not very useful. Berto ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: N900 GPS Problems
Hi, 2009/11/30 Alberto Garcia agar...@igalia.com: With an internet connection available, though, this one is very fast (10 seconds). And looking at how the Maps application is, I think it's meant to be used with a data plan. Otherwise it's not very useful. same for me, but Maps (even if is the worst map application after N810 Maps) doesn't need an internet connection because you can pre-load the maps downloading them from OVI servers. -- Andrea Grandi email: a.grandi [AT] gmail [DOT] com website: http://www.andreagrandi.it PGP Key: http://www.andreagrandi.it/pgp_key.asc ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: N900 GPS Problems
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 05:24:11PM +0100, Andrea Grandi wrote: With an internet connection available, though, this one is very fast (10 seconds). And looking at how the Maps application is, I think it's meant to be used with a data plan. Otherwise it's not very useful. same for me, but Maps (even if is the worst map application after N810 Maps) doesn't need an internet connection because you can pre-load the maps downloading them from OVI servers. I didn't say it needs, I said it's meant to be used with ;-) Berto ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: N900 GPS Problems
Andrea Grandi wrote: same for me, but Maps (even if is the worst map application after N810 Maps) doesn't need an internet connection because you can pre-load the maps downloading them from OVI servers. As far as I can tell without an internet connection you can only select a destination via the map, not by address. ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: N900 GPS Problems
Btw, I didn't notice earlier, this is maemo-developers and I think this is off-topic here. Aniello 2009/11/30 Sarah Newman newm...@sonic.net: Andrea Grandi wrote: same for me, but Maps (even if is the worst map application after N810 Maps) doesn't need an internet connection because you can pre-load the maps downloading them from OVI servers. As far as I can tell without an internet connection you can only select a destination via the map, not by address. ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers -- anidel Sent from London, Eng, United Kingdom ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: N900 GPS Problems
Sveinn Thorarinsson wrote: I seem to have better results when I am at home, maybe that's because I am also connected to the wifi when I am there..? What you describe is compatible with the following bug report: https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5337 A. ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
N900 GPS Problems
Hi, Wondering if other people have this problem, and if so, if it is hardware or software related. Most of the time, I cannot get a fix on my location using the internal GPS. This problem occurs in different scenarios. For example, when I open the map program that ships with the phone it sometimes can get a fix but most of the times it cannot. I have compiled and run on the phone the sample GPS program provided in the wikis and have the same issue there. I seem to have better results when I am at home, maybe that's because I am also connected to the wifi when I am there..? Two people I know have been unable to get a fix at all since they got the N900.. Have any of you had the same issues? ( I am hoping this does not mean the internal GPS is just a low quality sensor and that this might be fixed with a firmware update..) -Sveinn ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
