gps, samsungMy Dad just got a samsung Wave and the GPS takes forever to load, Outside with all the advanced GPS features turned on. My Iphone 3G, I just open Maps app and tap on find location (the little arrow (ios4)/target(ios3))and it fins my location within a minute. On the samsung wave I've waited about 20 minutes, and all the GPS infomation is 0, including the number of connected satellites.
What can be done to fix this?
Make sure that your device is connected to internet, so it can use A-GPS.
GPS can take some time to get a fix, especially if it's not AGPS. AGPS 'cheats' by using the location of the cell phone tower as an assist (hence "A" in AGPS)
I've had my FreeRunner take 15 minutes, and I've had it take 15 seconds. I've also had it go for 45+ minutes without getting a fix...all in the same location (my home office). It's AGPS, but the FreeRunner has some known issues w/ noise on nearby buses (the sdcard for one)
It may just be your phone, it may be the phone, or it may be that your GPS signal is weak and the iPhone is cheating w/ AGPS. Test it with a commercial GPS device (a Garmin, TomTom, Magellan, or something).
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