Gps issues?

[LazrRocketArm]

I had GPS lock issues indoors on the SGSII, HTC One X, Galaxy Nexus, etc....all of them. With my iphone 4/4s, none. When you use apps like Foursquare that rely on GPS to be fairly accurate for quick check-ins to venues its imperative that the GPS functionality work well and quick. Android GPS overall for me just hasn't been solid. Unless I'm outside, I always have to either wait an extended period of time or search for my venues, which makes Foursquare and other apps like it less useful. I'm hoping the SGSIII is better than all of the phones I listed.

Sounds like a phone geeks dream. You buying all these phones?

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket SGH-i727 on ATT LTE

 

[timberga]

Sounds like a phone geeks dream. You buying all these phones?

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket SGH-i727 on ATT LTE

Yes sir. Typically I buy out of contract, sometimes from the store, sometimes from craigslist, and sometimes from an online site like Negri. I hardly ever lose money when I re-sell on craigslist.....and we all know a subsidized iphone sells for much more than the purchase price.

I love all tech, but especially smartphones. The One X is being sold tomorrow morning in preparation for the SGS3!

 

[Premium1]

That is what I keep saying but no one listens to me. The SoC is a whole new ballgame

yeah new components you aren't going to know how it will perform. Samsung has yet to use this chipset in any phones so until the phone is in people's hands you can't really base it off of the old chips that Samsung used.

 

[Mr_Trebus]

No GPS issues on mine. Locks quicker tgan my iphone. Rarely waited more than 20 seconds.



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[axelj]

gps performance on the sgs3 from a different perspective:
As a pilot i used various devices for my moving map and flight logging softwares.
started with nokia, continued with htc and now got my new sgs3.

my experience with the android devices:

- htc desire: the desire made a quite good job in getting the
satfix really quick (less than 15 seconds) without a-gps. i simply use the
gps without the assistance of downloading the new gps data since up in the
air you mostly dont have a data connection. the desire wasn't really accurate
in keeping the track. when i check my logfiles of the flights in a replay-software
(igc-replay with google earth) the tracks often had strange curves and inaccurate
for up to 300 feet once in a while.

- htc desire hd:
satfix sometimes took forever, tracking was even less accurate.
the desire hd lost the gps-signal every 2-3 minutes and sometimes
i had to restart the device in the air to get one more satfix. totally useless
phone for gps-accurate use!

- htc sensation:
made a quite good job. satfix within 10 seconds, was keeping gps-signal for
complete airtime, never lost the signal. track recording was accurate with tolerance
of 30-60 feet (estimated). the sensation made a good job and was even comparable
to onboard gps-devices. bigger errors during takeoff and landing, where the device
showed some errors in vertical altitude. (replay starting lift too late or doesnt show
the exact climb or descending rates)

- sgs3:
satfix within 3 seconds (without agps data!). never lost gps-signal like the sensation.
now the glonass support seems to come into the game: the device is able to record
flight tracks with a tolerance (vertical and horizontal error) within a few feet. i would
estimate 3-6 feet maybe. glonass is another gps system from russia and the sgs3
(like the nexus and the note) is able to pick up those sat signals additionally to the one
provided by pure gps alone. also the built in barometer (another fact why i bought this
device!) is able to notice vertical altitude differences every 13 cm, thats about the screen
size of the phone itself! takeoff and landing shows a really precise log within the replay
software. also the phone is able to record loopings and parabolic flights.
absolutely amazing phone when it comes to gps performance.
also the sgs3 is the first phone in my hands that is able to have a satfix inside a building!

if you want an amazing gps-phone go get the sgs3.

greetings!

 

[axelj]

just uploaded a flight log comparison of the htc sensation and the sgs3 here:

Index of /axel/igc-logs

for viewing these gps-logs you need the following software (free):
IGC Flight Replay

greetings.

 

[kenyee]

glonass is another gps system from russia and the sgs3
(like the nexus and the note) is able to pick up those sat signals additionally to the one
provided by pure gps alone

AFAIK, the Nexus can't and only the International Note can.
That was one of the deciding factors against getting a nexus for me

 

[v1rtu4l]

Uh, no. With people/human behavior, past performance is a pretty good indicator of future performance. With hardware generations, this really isn't the case. Either this new chipset and radio layout and design has a problem, or it doesn't. no real relation to previous designs that don't use the same exact components in the same exact layout.

ADS

the gps in the galaxy s3 is frickin awesome.

the problems of the galaxy s1 were not really samsungs fault. indeed it was googles fault, because when google found out that the soon to be sold "galaxy s" would have a different "a-gps" method from a competitor and not the one google preferred, they made samsung deactivate the "a-gps" which was in place in the roms thus leading to bad gps performance (since it was only deactivated as quick fix and there was no time to properly put in a replacement for that a-gps mechanism)

 

[Itladyee]

Here's an issue I'm having...and its driving me nuts....

Samsung Galaxy S3 (second one) with AT&T ....I work in Hoffman Estates, IL. When I arrive at work, my GPS says I'm in Rubidoux, CA.

I am not connected to WIFI and I have Locations Services set to GPS as well as Location and Google search (I have tried them individually as well).

If I go to the top of our building (2nd floor) and go outside on the deck - it "might" change to Hoffman...but if I'm standing in the parking lot - I'm in Rubidoux.

While at work, applications that are location driven don't work because it thinks I'm in CA.

Any ideas ...

This is the second phone doing the same thing. I have reformatted to factory specs and not loaded any apps just to see if the problem still occurs. It does.

Is it AT&T or Samsung?

 

[vzwty]

NO issues at all. In fact, it gets a GPS signal faster than any phone I've and my garmin GPS! Very accurate. The iphone 4s also had great gps but this is even better.

 

[dmmattix]

I use RunKeeper to track my training. It uses the GPS and outside the first time took my normal route I was amazed at how accurate it was. Definitely within 20 feet. Definitely never tells me I am in Rubidoux, CA (I actually have been there many times when I lived in the Riverside area).

Mike

 

[KreepyKen]

Sounds like you have a dud phone. My GPS is spot always on, even indoors.

 

[Effington]

I have been experiencing some GPS issues on the Galaxy S3, but only in 3rd party apps. Google Maps and Navigation always works great. But I use Untappd, Foursquare and even a Car Dock app that uses the GPS to get my location for recommendations.... and this sometimes does not work at all. It just keeps "locating" without any luck. I check the GPS - it's on, my maps work, so I'm not sure why this is a problem in several apps (although I know Untappd and Foursquare are linked).

When I restart my phone, everything works great again. Just an annoying quirk more than anything, but I'm wondering if any other S3 owners are having a similar problem with location-awareness apps.

 

[Rev2010]

@Effington - download the free app GPS Status from the play store. It has GPS assistance data that it downloads and is supposed to help better place your position and achieve quicker lock. It also has tools to recalibrate the GPS, something I've always found I had to do somewhat often on all my GPS phones - last one was a Droid 2 but it had a recalibration tool built in, though what a pain that one was. I didn't see one in the S3 so I searched online and found that app recommended and it has helped tremendously. My GPS is as accurate as can be. Worth a shot to see if it helps your issue, oh... and it doesn't need to be launched and kept running with each reboot.


Rev.

 

[waggytalk]

I have a weird issue with the GPS of the Galaxy SIII also. the accuweather that comes with the phone seems to think i live in New Jersey (i live in IL). i have installed 2 other weather apps and both do the same.

When i fire up google maps at least it says i live in IL. but it puts my location about 1.4 miles to the west. not very great since i travel a lot (daughter is on a gymnastics team that travels a lot during the year).

i have adjusted all the settings. finally found a post somewhere that suggested i get a app called GPS Status. that seemed to help for about an hour..

My D2's GPS was rock solid. sad to see the Galaxy having issues. otherwise the phone is great.

 

[d_smoove]

YES, unfortunately. On 3rd party apps, the gps works just fine. The weather app/widget the phone comes with... not so much. I just deleted the widget and downloaded Beautiful Weather. That works fine. On my lockscreen, it shows me weather info and it never updates. It has a city in NJ on it and I'm hardly there... or even in NJ. I can't find a way to manually update it either. Ugh.