GPS several hundred feet off today

**craigrn16** · 06-30-2012, 06:57 PM

Originally Posted by Omar19961

My nexus s is doing it to. (Stock ROM )

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Yea people in the Razr Maxx forums are having GPS issues. Maybe its a satellite issue or maybe its just some screw up with the last update. I guess I could look for my old Garmin to see if its a Satellite issue but I'll see. I'm pretty sure the guys who work on this stuff are probably off for the weekend and It'll probably be fixed by Monday

**dmmarck** · 06-30-2012, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by craigrn16

Yea people in the Razr Maxx forums are having GPS issues. Maybe its a satellite issue or maybe its just some screw up with the last update. I guess I could look for my old Garmin to see if its a Satellite issue but I'll see. I'm pretty sure the guys who work on this stuff are probably off for the weekend and It'll probably be fixed by Monday

OR, just like that fine Oscar winner Independence Day, aliens are using our GPS satellites to communicate with each other and to coordinate a mass invasion of the planet earth.

**Mercury81** · 06-30-2012, 07:12 PM

Originally Posted by craigrn16

Yea, mine doesn't give me the options to uninstall updates. By the way seeing as how you are on an Evo does your GPS work?

I just tried to get directions out says location unavailable....hmm must be satellite issue.
I checked the car gps and its of by about three and half miles
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**bigdaddytee** · 06-30-2012, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by dmmarck

OR, just like that fine Oscar winner Independence Day, aliens are using our GPS satellites to communicate with each other and to coordinate a mass invasion of the planet earth.

Quite droll, quite droll indeed...
"You vould all be dead, if it vasn't for my son David!"
Greatest over the top Jewish movie character of all time. IMO.

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**NotJustAPhone** · 06-30-2012, 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by dmmarck

My maps is only 6.9.0...wtf?

Maybe I'm special?

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**SteelGator** · 06-30-2012, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by craigrn16

Leap second?

I really meant it as a lark, because it is happening tonight. It should not impact GPS, in fact most argue because of GPS we don't need to go through the problems caused by leap second.

**craigrn16** · 06-30-2012, 07:29 PM

My Garmin is off too. But not as bad as my google maps. I don't know I won't worry about it anymore. Looks like the end of the world folks. 2012

**SteelGator** · 06-30-2012, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by NotJustAPhone

Maybe I'm special?

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I have 6.9.1 too

**Mercury81** · 06-30-2012, 07:41 PM

Just a heads up everyone my android & car Magellan GPS is now working and is accurate...:thumbup:

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**ulnek** · 06-30-2012, 08:29 PM

wow thank goodness. i was about to come here and open up a post asking about this. it shifts me to the left of where i actually am. sometimes just a few feet, sometimes by a few blocks. it started doing this with really old google maps (something i rolled back to an earlier version before navigation stopped mentioning street names) so it can't be the updates. so i updated maps and it's still doing it.

**EJT** · 06-30-2012, 09:00 PM

So I just checked with my old Droid 2 and my hyper-accurate Delorme PN40. Both show me precisely where I am, while my GN shows me 1/4 mile west of my actual location. For the record, the Droid 2 is still on version 6.8.1 of Google Maps, while the Gnex is on 6.9.0. Both phones are on Ice Cream Sandwich, so it's definitely a Maps issue.

ETA: Ok, weird. Just checked my wife's phone (also a Droid 2). She's on 6.9.0 also, and hers works fine. I'm lost.

**Zooks64** · 06-30-2012, 09:13 PM

I read on another forum that it might be related to the leap second getting added tonight. Maybe it will be fixed in the morning.

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**NotJustAPhone** · 07-01-2012, 12:37 AM

Looks like the issue was related to the leap second. Well past midnight and now my Galaxy Nexus running JB is reporting my location accurately. All day I had problems with my Galaxy Nexus on both ICS and JB. My old Thunderbolt running Gingerbread had no GPS problems. Could have been an issue with how ICS and JB were interacting with the time change.

**hypocaffeinemia#ac** · 07-01-2012, 04:46 AM

GPS is all about time + position, so it makes sense that if google enacted the change early in maps it would skew positioning a bit, and I guess that's what happened, because my GPS is dead-on accurate this AM.

**EJT** · 07-01-2012, 08:04 AM

Yep. Mine is dead nuts now too.

**jreiners** · 07-01-2012, 10:37 AM

Will have to check mine to see today, it made my GNex look like crap yesterday, when my wife pulled her bionic and it worked fine, mine showed me 4 blocks away as well... I dont think I will ever live that one down.

her: "Do i turn left or right???"
me: "uhhhh...... hold on, wtf?"
her: "nevermind, Ill do it... why do you always mess with your damn phone?!, Jellybean! lol please."
me: tears roll down cheeks.

**dmmarck** · 07-01-2012, 11:59 AM

My GPS guided me all over Maryland last night, was very impressed.

Also, using Voice Search to find places = awesome.

**asmallchild** · 07-01-2012, 12:06 PM

Had the same problem yesterday morning and afternoon but seemed resolved by evening time

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**Foyt20** · 07-01-2012, 10:39 PM

I ha a problem with it at 2:15 this afternoon. As I drove, about 10 minutes later it righted itself, and then was more accurate than it had been for a while. Go figure.

I am blaming aliens, or solar flares.

**bottlerocket** · 07-01-2012, 11:37 PM

Had this problem yesterday, too. Luckily I was trying to find a record store in Austin, so it wasn't too hard.

**dmmarck** · 07-01-2012, 11:40 PM

Originally Posted by Foyt20

I ha a problem with it at 2:15 this afternoon. As I drove, about 10 minutes later it righted itself, and then was more accurate than it had been for a while. Go figure.

I am blaming aliens, or solar flares.

Only reasonable

**centerwaters** · 07-02-2012, 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by craigrn16

Leap second?

I was wondering about that as well.... since GPS satellites depend on absolutely correct second down to the 1/100000 second or something like that. Perhaps our phones are not adjusting to
the extra second correctly?

It is happening on a LOT of Android phones all over the country. I even read about the same
issue on several other forums in Europe and parts of Asia. Not really sure what is going on.
Strangely, I haven't found any reports with iPhones/iPads running Google Maps. Just checked
my grandfather's iPad 2 and it is showing 3-meter accuracy on the map. My Android phones,
sitting next to the iPad 2 are still getting incorrect locations, by as much as 100 to 200 feet!

Just to rule out the possibility that it was caused by any recent updates, I took my old Droid
Charge from the basement. It has been sitting in the box since last fall because I have too
many other Android phone. I turned it on in the backyard and it immediately picked up the
location, but unfortunately, also the wrong location. It's showing that I'm 15 houses down the
street. (the edge of the blue circle is about 120 feet from my actual location)

Perhaps someone should report this to Google, NORAD, Air Force, or the Federation Council?

**Poseign** · 07-02-2012, 08:24 AM

I was really glad to see this post this morning. Saturday when I saw my GPS acting all wonky I was getting ready to completely wipe my phone (sdcard and all) because of this and a couple other small bugs I'm experiencing in AOKP B39. Now That I know this was a common issue I wont be going THAT far.

**centerwaters** · 07-02-2012, 08:29 AM

I'm really scared right now....

there must be people out there who depend on Google Maps
navigation when they drive. It's just a matter of time before
CNN reports someone driving into a lake or grocery store
because the Google Maps navigation was giving wrong info!

**Foyt20** · 07-02-2012, 09:11 AM

Originally Posted by centerwaters

I'm really scared right now....

there must be people out there who depend on Google Maps
navigation when they drive. It's just a matter of time before
CNN reports someone driving into a lake or grocery store
because the Google Maps navigation was giving wrong info!

Well sir, that is a Bold statement.