The OEM for your device decided to use UTC rather than GPS time. On Sunday, April 22, 2012 6:05:12 PM UTC-4, StarTraX wrote: > > I can assure you that the time reported by the quoted gpsclock site is NOT > the time reported by GPS devices. It's really easy to demonstrate: Compare > what you see on your GPS with what's displayed from the web site. The > quoted time is around 15 seconds ahead of the time from the GPS device. I > wonder what that's really all about? > > On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 5:08 AM, lbendlin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> http://leapsecond.com/java/gpsclock.htm >> >> That explains the +/- some seconds. As I mentioned already, GPS chips on >> phones are cheap and cheerful. They use all kinds of dirty tricks to cut >> corners (AGPS etc). You probably won't find two smartphone models (even >> from the same OEM) that have the same GPS behavior . >> >> >> On Sunday, April 22, 2012 10:00:31 AM UTC-4, Panam wrote: >>> >>> Just to let you know, I am currently experimenting with GPS on a S >>> Galaxy I whose GPS is off about 24 hs in the future (+-some seconds) and it >>> does not seem to depend on the system time (adjusted the system time by >>> some minutes without effects). This seems to be a systematic error. >>> Btw. does somebody know an free app that shows the GPS time + date? >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> > >
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