On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 4:42 AM, Ian <ian-xcs...@zsd.co.za> wrote: > On 24/10/2012 06:50, Ramy Yanetz wrote: > >> We, including myself, often recommend the Dell Streak as the best >> platform for XCSoar. While it has indeed an excellent sunlight readable >> display, it has poor GPS. I received multiple feedback from people I >> recommended to purchase the Dell Streak that it takes very long time to >> acquire the GPS signal, and occasionally the GPS stops working for >> hours. In at least one case someone bought a new unit believing he had a >> faulty unit. Those of us who use it with external GPS source may not be >> aware of it, but some want to use it stand alone, and as such this may >> not be their best option. I suggest we mention this issue whenever we >> recommend it. > > I have been using a Streak for over a year. While I use XCSoar with a > IOIO card connect to Flarm and gliding computer for flying, I also use > the Streak for mountain biking, with its internal GPS. I log my rides > using "MyTracs" application, and I have also played with other GPS > software for mapping, navigation, geo tagging etc. I have noted the > following: > > - When I had Andriod 2.2.2 installed, the internal GPS was faultless and > I accumulated many logs of cycling GPS tracks without any errors. > > - Since I flashed Olleh 2.3 version, I have started having GPS issues. > But the problems are not consistent, some applications, like the free > "See You Recorder" IGC logger consistently have issues, while others > applications do not. I can also get SY Recorder to work or stop working > by opening and closing other GPS applications. > > - I have played with an application "GPS Status". Sometimes when there > are problems, I open GPS Status and it shows no satellites at all for a > long period, but if I close all GPS applications then open GPS Status it > very soon starts picking up satellites, even if it takes a while to get > a fix. > > - The few occasions I have used internal GPS with XCSoar, it worked fine. > > I suspect this is a software issue and it may have something to do with > settings for AGPS and "Google privacy". Maybe it is related to a change > of behaviour of different GPS API's provided by Android with the > different OS version. I have not done any systematic testing and this is > a bit off topic for XCSoar. But maybe the developers can comment. > > I never had any GPS problems with my Streak running Android 2.2.2, so I > don't think that this is a GPS hardware issue. > > Ian > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct > _______________________________________________ > Xcsoar-user mailing list > Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
Hi, oddly enough, i've seen almost the opposite behavior - when i was running the stock firmware the gps would seem to take a long time (minutes?) to get a fix, while since i've flashed to 2.3.7 the gps has been fine - it gets a cold fix in ~30 sec, and i haven't had any trouble while running xcsoar (about 8 flights / 15 hours). In any case, it does seem to be a software issue. niv p.s. i tried olleh, but it crashed constantly, so i tried 2.3.7 (following the link and instruction posted on this list a few months ago) which has been mostly fine so far - i.e. i've seen some crashes, but not with xcsoar (once i stopped leaving the streak uncovered in the cockpit prior to flight) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
