losing GPS signal while tracking

[Jason White]

I use the GPS tracking feature roughly 6 hours out of my day. Whenever I refer to the map to see where I have been it seems lately that the map has been zoomed out and I've lost connection to the GPS satellites. I use the feature keep application open, or on top whatever it is, and I still seem to have this issue. I'm not using any battery ApS to conserve battery power so I know nothing in the phone is disconnecting the GPS. how can I force the GPS to stay connected and zoomed in to my position?

[Michael Schollmeyer]

The GPS is off even though you are tracking? Which tracking interval do you have in settings?

Cheers, Michael
mictale.com/ms
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On Dec 29, 2012, at 1:24 AM, Jason White <genuined...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I use the GPS tracking feature roughly 6 hours out of my day. Whenever I refer to the map to see where I have been it seems lately that the map has been zoomed out and I've lost connection to the GPS satellites. I use the feature keep application open, or on top whatever it is, and I still seem to have this issue. I'm not using any battery ApS to conserve battery power so I know nothing in the phone is disconnecting the GPS. how can I force the GPS to stay connected and zoomed in to my position?
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[Doug Chesterman]

I've had a similar problem - GPS Essentials seems to stop tracking after a time (perhaps an hour or two), though it starts recording positions again when I check my progress. This doesn't happen if I set GPS Update Interval to 'Fastest' but this hits the battery, and I find that all GPS locations are recorded on the track, irrespective of the setting to Tracking Update Interval (which is a bit OTT for hiking!)

Another problem I've recently experienced is that on a recent visit to New Zealand tracking worked OK, but the dashboard wouldn't display a fix as it said that my Latitude was out of range.

Minor problems though - this is a really great app - thanks

Cheers Doug

[Michael Schollmeyer]

Out of range locations usually only happen with OSGB because the datum is only valid in a specific area, roughly the British Islands (which excludes New Zealand, somehow ;-)

There was a bug in the handling of the tracking interval which should be fixed in the latest 3.1 release. Finding good intervals is a tricky operation, though. For some GPS update intervals, tuning in the GPS Satellites for a successive fix can take some time and you possibly end up saving no battery at all. Another thing to mention is that GPS Essentials switches off tracking when your battery is running low, you can check the reason in messages.

Cheers, Michael
mictale.com/ms
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[Doug Chesterman]

OSGB? Doh!! (humble apologies for that one.....)

I'm currently running 3.0.5. How do I update it? (Android newbie). Do you have any idea of the frequency of GPS Update Intervals where I'd be likely to start seeing battery savings?

Many thanks for your amazingly fast response.
Cheers Doug

[Michael Schollmeyer]

You can install the latest beta from www.gpsessentials.com: Check "Unknown sources" in the security section of system settings, then you can open the APK file in your browser or mail app.

Tweaking the update interval depends on the speed you are travelling: When you are hiking, you can set the update interval to 10 minutes. Because you did not move too much in this period of time, the GPS receiver will find a new fix within a few seconds. The faster you travel, the longer it will take the receiver to find a fix, e.g. when you're in an airliner (and you have a good device that gets fixes at all) then you probably moved too far within 10 minutes and the GPS receiver takes a long time to find the next fix. This is really an equation with many variables and all you can to is try.

Cheers, Michael
mictale.com/ms
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