Timeline for Why does it take so long for a program like Mapdroid to use the GPS to track you on a map
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| Mar 2, 2011 at 13:45 | vote | accept | Edelcom | ||
| Feb 10, 2011 at 7:46 | comment | added | Lie Ryan | Most GPS devices (including Android) "cheat" by using their previous known location to get faster first fix. If you turned off your GPS device, and then moved to a very far away place, and turn it on there, the GPS have to locate from zero information and it will take about 5 minutes for any GPS device to get a another first fix. | |
| Feb 8, 2011 at 15:10 | comment | added | Matthew Read | Exactly right. The SGS has GPS problems up the wazoo. | |
| Feb 8, 2011 at 13:39 | comment | added | Bob | 5-10 minutes seems awfully long. Using a GPS receiver like a Garmin in a car takes maybe a minute at the most. Usually they only take longer if line of sight is poor. I tried Mapdroid in Vancouver and it took quite a while to sync up. It never took me 5 minutes or more though. | |
| Feb 8, 2011 at 9:51 | history | answered | aleksikallio | CC BY-SA 2.5 |