Jonathan Spooner wrote: > I've been playing with my GPS and finally got a fix using agps diag > tool. I stood the gta02 up on my garden table using a pop bottle :-) I > think bottom line the gta02 has a poor antenna.... in fact the first > time I got a fix I did so at the point I rested my free stylus on top of > the gta02! > > Once I had a fix I used the signal strength screen in the agps diag tool > and its then plain to see the signal is precarious at best with an > average strength of around 28 which is greatly affected by orientation > and nearby objects from hands, stylus, people etc pretty much what you'd > expect in a device thats receiving a very weak signal.... except we know > the say system is working so that only leaves the gta02 internal antenna > as the problem. > > Thoughts? > > Jon >
I found exactly the same thing, the unit has to be stationary for a while, you need to swizzle it around its vertical axis until you get the maximum signal strength, and then leave it for 10 mins to get a fix. It must not be touched or moved during that time. It is pretty impractical for a mobile device though to do that. Lets hope some of the techniques to preload data will help this. -- Jim Morris, http://blog.wolfman.com _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
