My GPS has been rock solid since I first got my Fascinate. A couple of weeks ago, instead of getting an instant lock, it started taking 15-20 seconds. Then it was 30-60 seconds. Well yesterday, it just flat failed to get a GPS lock at all with Google Maps.
Today, I was sitting out back and had time to try to fix it. I opened up GPS Status and it had 0/2 satellites. I let it sit for almost 5 minutes with no change. That is when I noticed the mag compass was off by more than 90 degrees ( I know where south is because of the DirecTV dish). I used GPS status to recalibrate the magnetic compass (flip the phone over 3 times on each axis) and then hit ok. As soon as I did that...BAM... instant lock 9/9 sats and accurate to 3 meters.
I have no idea if the mag compass has ANYTHING to do with the GPS on this phone, I'm just relaying what I witnessed.
I'm interested to see if someone else can repeat this. If it works, it might shed some light on why some phones have a great GPS and others barely work.
Today, I was sitting out back and had time to try to fix it. I opened up GPS Status and it had 0/2 satellites. I let it sit for almost 5 minutes with no change. That is when I noticed the mag compass was off by more than 90 degrees ( I know where south is because of the DirecTV dish). I used GPS status to recalibrate the magnetic compass (flip the phone over 3 times on each axis) and then hit ok. As soon as I did that...BAM... instant lock 9/9 sats and accurate to 3 meters.
I have no idea if the mag compass has ANYTHING to do with the GPS on this phone, I'm just relaying what I witnessed.
I'm interested to see if someone else can repeat this. If it works, it might shed some light on why some phones have a great GPS and others barely work.