#1542: gps does not get fix ----------------------+----------------------------------------------------- Reporter: emdete | Owner: [email protected] Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: hardware | Version: Severity: blocker | Resolution: Keywords: | Blocking: Blockedby: | ----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------
Comment(by thomasg): I can confirm this. I'm a lazy person, so I just copy my mail: I also did some testing with all the pieces of hardware the freerunner has. The GPS is very disappointing. I could get a fix in about 2 minutes with my Neo1973 with a cold start. This works inside my car (maybe a bit slower), at my room's window (bit slower), and everywhere outside. I still didn't manage to get a FIX with my Freerunner. I tried it at my window (nothing at all), in my car (nothing at all), outside my window (first coordinates after 15 minutes, no FIX at all), and on top of a hill with sunshine and no clouds (first coordinates after 5 minutes, no FIX at all). After that tests I don't think that my Neo will be able to get a FIX ever. At least it's totally unusable as any kind of GPS- or Navigation-device. Getting coordinates from my CellID-database is barely less accurate, but it goes in no time and everywhere. Btw. - I took a picture of my GPS_antenna, and I just can't imagine, that this will be able to get a GPS signal without siginficant loss to the reciever (that has only a sensitivity of -155 dBm in the best case). http://c.imagehost.org/0230/gps_antenna.jpg -- Ticket URL: <https://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1542#comment:2> docs.openmoko.org <http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/> openmoko trac _______________________________________________ hardware mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/hardware
