I cannot get my Streak 7 to get a GPS fix - at all. Anyone else have this problem? I've seen it on Dell's community site also but Dell is of no help at all. They don't even have a proper support page for the Streak 7 set up yet. Typical. Well, eBay might be my next stop, losing a few dollars is worth it to get rid of the frustration-induced headache...
GPS issues?
- Thread starter mjd9ball
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I tried indoor, wait for long time for GPS fix. but outdoor I had no issue. It locates me fast and voice command is accurate to guide me to destination. I will try extensively for my short road trip today, but so far it was ok.
Did a little more GPS test.
I think to purely test the strength between GPS receiver between your two devices, I would recommend "GPSTest" app in the market.
Then let's
1. Disable all data connections (put it into airplane mode)
2. Only enable GPS
3. Put them side by side at an area covered by GPS satellite
4. load GPS Test and press Start from option menu.
You can compare
SNR value displayed from both devices to see the performance of their GPS chips.
Note: PRN here means the number of Satellite assigned to the tast. SNR is signal-noise ratio. The higher the better of course.
Because GPS signal is one thing, Maps is another. So Google Maps/Navigation apps need data connection otherwise they cant process data received by GPS chips and put into a user-friendly map.
Some reference links:
http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6105
One discussion thread in other xda forum about GPS testings:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=750945
Hope it helps.
btw, if you don't have a 3G/4G plan, in outdoor where wifi is not available, the stock nagivator will NOT work. There are , however, some "pure" GPS apps in the market you can google about them, which requires only GPS connection since maps are already stored in those apps.
I think to purely test the strength between GPS receiver between your two devices, I would recommend "GPSTest" app in the market.
Then let's
1. Disable all data connections (put it into airplane mode)
2. Only enable GPS
3. Put them side by side at an area covered by GPS satellite
4. load GPS Test and press Start from option menu.
You can compare
SNR value displayed from both devices to see the performance of their GPS chips.
Note: PRN here means the number of Satellite assigned to the tast. SNR is signal-noise ratio. The higher the better of course.
Because GPS signal is one thing, Maps is another. So Google Maps/Navigation apps need data connection otherwise they cant process data received by GPS chips and put into a user-friendly map.
Some reference links:
http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6105
One discussion thread in other xda forum about GPS testings:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=750945
Hope it helps.
btw, if you don't have a 3G/4G plan, in outdoor where wifi is not available, the stock nagivator will NOT work. There are , however, some "pure" GPS apps in the market you can google about them, which requires only GPS connection since maps are already stored in those apps.
btw, my Streak 7 GPS signal test gave me
SNR=35
SNR within 30-35 I heard is generally acceptable, above 40 is exceptional.
For civial usage standard, i mean.
SNR=35
SNR within 30-35 I heard is generally acceptable, above 40 is exceptional.
For civial usage standard, i mean.
There seem to be some bugs with GPS indeed, it got a fix in my office yesterday, but when I drove home, nada. Rebooting the S7 set it straight.
No fix again today when I headed out and barely any satelllite activity as verified with GPS Test. Tried a reboot, no improvement. Never had that problem with the Tab. I think the S7 is going back...
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