[Q] G2 Having Hard Time Getting GPS Signal?

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Is anybody else having spotty GPS signals? Sometimes my phone picks up a signal in a few seconds but others (in good Tmobile territory) I will not be able to get a signal for 5 minutes or more.

Coming from the Vibrant this is getting on my nerves. My Nexus One was perfect when it came to it's GPS but right now I'm 0/2 in new phones with great GPS reception. :[

I will say that I've only used the GPS 5 times but 3 of those times it wasn't working as it should.

Have you checked to see how well its picking up the satellites? Search the market for GPS Test and try that out. I get 9-10 giving me an accuracy of 9.8ft sitting in my room lol

mine is picking up a signal remarkably fast (compared to my g1 at least)

mine is getting great GPS, even indoors, where my vibrant wouldn't

below is screen capture i took - it's got me located outside when i'm actually inside the house, but at the very spot - and the cursor only jumped outside the house when i connected the usb cable to the phone for the screen grab -

if i move from the front of the house to the rear, it moves cursor as i move - sometimes maybe 10 ft off, but usually spot on. After my vibrant, it's frigging eery



why not take into a tmo store and compare side by side with their store unit? - put both in satellite view (makes it easier for me to determine where the GPS is locating me)
that should tell you if it's your phone or something in your area, ie interference wise

I get a signal inside a 2 story building on the first floor. GPS and Cell Signal is unreal with this phone. I had a galaxy S, and they shouldn't have even said that piece of crap had a gps. I could hardly get a signal in open sky.

Used the navi the other night and its the best I've used. Rerouting fast and always on top of my directions like like mr google maps was following me. Not that I wouldn't be surprised if google was following me. Me being so famous and all.

Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

The gps was working great until yesterday. Now it won't lock either inside or outdoors. I had to pull the battery to get it to reacquire a lock, and then it loses it. Between the rubbish Vibrants and now this I swear these MFs want me to go get an iphone. Any body have any suggestions on how to get this crap running again?

Update: I had turned on "force use of GPS" on Beautiful widgets friday night. After I posted this I remembered and turned that option off and rebooted. Everything works, and I got 8/8 satellites in my basement. So, hopefully this fixed my problem.

Originally Posted by Orite

Is anybody else having spotty GPS signals? Sometimes my phone picks up a signal in a few seconds but others (in good Tmobile territory) I will not be able to get a signal for 5 minutes or more.

Coming from the Vibrant this is getting on my nerves. My Nexus One was perfect when it came to it's GPS but right now I'm 0/2 in new phones with great GPS reception. :[

I will say that I've only used the GPS 5 times but 3 of those times it wasn't working as it should.

NOPE, I have the vibrant too and getting the G2 was a relief. I think I'm going to stick with HTC phone only.

My G2 gets a GPS lock in under 6 seconds, no spotty coverage for me

I have turned off wireless network location and I can still get a GPS lock in 5 sec or less. GPS on this phone is nothing short of amazing (had G1 and Cliq before).

Originally Posted by Orite

Is anybody else having spotty GPS signals? Sometimes my phone picks up a signal in a few seconds but others (in good Tmobile territory) I will not be able to get a signal for 5 minutes or more.

Coming from the Vibrant this is getting on my nerves. My Nexus One was perfect when it came to it's GPS but right now I'm 0/2 in new phones with great GPS reception. :[

I will say that I've only used the GPS 5 times but 3 of those times it wasn't working as it should.

I recently took a trip to Disneyland from Salt Lake with the g2 as my gps, pretty much every time i hit an open valley i lost gps, it reconnected within 2-3 seconds (I figured it was transitioning between satellites or something), but anyone that has travel that route knows there's a lot of open valleys... strangely, i lost gps signal in Las Vegas, and it didn't reconnect at all until i left Las Vegas city limits..