GPS location almost always wrong. Why!?

mikeschmid · 10/14/2009, 03:34 PM

I'm a touring musician, and I'm in a different city every day or so. So I depend heavily on location services on the Pre to help me find out where I am, and what kind of restaurants/shopping/theaters are around me. However, the GPS on my Pre is shockingly undependable. The other day I was in Omaha, Google Maps pegged me somewhere in Kansas. Currently, I'm in San Antonio and Google has the town correct, but shows me a few miles away. Every now and then it will be dead on, and even move my position accurately as the bus is moving down the freeway. What is going on!?

I have noticed that in Location Services, if I have AutoLocate OFF, it is always wrong. But with it ON, it is sometimes right. Also, I have to turn "locate me with Google Services" OFF to get anything close to accurate, and only use GPS.

My Pre is awesome and I love it, but I NEED a working GPS or I have to ditch this phone for something more dependable.

Can anybody shed some light on this

taylor · 10/14/2009, 03:47 PM

Recently my phone has been acting very similar to your account, mikeschmid. I live in Oklahoma City, and every once in a while says i'm in Dallas TX or Houston TX. If i leave it on for a while (30 seconds) it will then find out where i actually am. Sometimes.

BucsnNoles · 10/14/2009, 03:54 PM

I've always had problems like this with google maps, but the Sprint Navigation app always seems to be dead on.

mikeschmid · 10/14/2009, 04:03 PM

That's been my experience too. Sprint Navigation gets it right. But that doesn't help me when Yelp and Flixster and all the other location apps use the same wrong location as Google Maps.

jbelew · 10/14/2009, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BucsnNoles

I've always had problems like this with google maps, but the Sprint Navigation app always seems to be dead on.

+1

10/14/2009, 03:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
mikeschmid Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	GPS location almost always wrong. Why!? I'm a touring musician, and I'm in a different city every day or so. So I depend heavily on location services on the Pre to help me find out where I am, and what kind of restaurants/shopping/theaters are around me. However, the GPS on my Pre is shockingly undependable. The other day I was in Omaha, Google Maps pegged me somewhere in Kansas. Currently, I'm in San Antonio and Google has the town correct, but shows me a few miles away. Every now and then it will be dead on, and even move my position accurately as the bus is moving down the freeway. What is going on!? I have noticed that in Location Services, if I have AutoLocate OFF, it is always wrong. But with it ON, it is sometimes right. Also, I have to turn "locate me with Google Services" OFF to get anything close to accurate, and only use GPS. My Pre is awesome and I love it, but I NEED a working GPS or I have to ditch this phone for something more dependable. Can anybody shed some light on this
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10/14/2009, 03:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
taylor Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 10 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Recently my phone has been acting very similar to your account, mikeschmid. I live in Oklahoma City, and every once in a while says i'm in Dallas TX or Houston TX. If i leave it on for a while (30 seconds) it will then find out where i actually am. Sometimes.
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10/14/2009, 03:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
BucsnNoles Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 48 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 8 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts	I've always had problems like this with google maps, but the Sprint Navigation app always seems to be dead on.
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10/14/2009, 04:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
mikeschmid Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	That's been my experience too. Sprint Navigation gets it right. But that doesn't help me when Yelp and Flixster and all the other location apps use the same wrong location as Google Maps.
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