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Костя Стаханов

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Sep 24, 2024, 11:26:09 PM9/24/24
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Are you involved in the development? Indeed, now you can see a lot of new and very important data about the progress of measurements! Now the application looks much more interesting! Everything has become clearer. 👍 But still, why does the "advanced" Qualcomm not give phase measurements in stock, while the "backward" MediaTek does without problems? It seems to me that it's a matter of money. Qualcomm bought Sirfstar at one time,And there they planned to sell phase measurements...that's why they removed the phase in Sirfstar 3, and added it in 4 because no one wanted to pay for it...I apologize for the historical digression.

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ср, 25 сент. 2024 г., 04:42 <gpstest...@googlegroups.com>:
Sean Barbeau <barb...@google.com>: Sep 24 07:55AM -0700

See https://issuetracker.google.com/277837966#comment4:
 
>Due to signal characteristics of SBAS and mobile devices, decoding the
Navigation Message and getting a signal of high quality is a challenge. We
checked with other chipset manufacturers and no one is using SBAS for
positioning at the moment.
 
Sean
 
On Monday, September 23, 2024 at 10:50:34 AM UTC-4 k.stah...@gmail.com
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Костя Стаханов <k.stah...@gmail.com>: Sep 24 06:52PM +0300

Please tell me why MediaTek can give phase measurements, but Qualcom can't?
Maybe because of this the GPS GPStest:Navigation app gives results with an
accuracy of 1 meter?
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вт, 24 сент. 2024 г., 17:55 'Sean Barbeau' via GPSTest <
Sean Barbeau (xWF) <barb...@xwf.google.com>: Sep 24 12:02PM -0400

To my knowledge the only device with a QCOM chipset that has supported
ADR/Carrier Phase has been the Pixel 4 and 5 series.
 
You can look this up in the GPSTest Database - see:
*
https://barbeau.medium.com/crowdsourcing-gnss-capabilities-of-android-devices-d4228645cf25
* https://bit.ly/gpstest-device-database
 
Let me know if you find other examples.
 
Sean
 
On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 11:52 AM Костя Стаханов <k.stah...@gmail.com>
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Костя Стаханов <k.stah...@gmail.com>: Sep 24 07:09PM +0300

Thanks for the answer Sean! But that's not quite what I was asking - why do
you think MediaTek gives out phase measurements, but Qualcomm doesn't?
That's the first thing.
And the second thing - maybe because MediaTek gives out phase measurements,
smartphones with it show in the program (
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest&hl=ru
) an accuracy of 1 meter?
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Sean Barbeau (xWF) <barb...@xwf.google.com>: Sep 24 12:33PM -0400

> why do you think MediaTek gives out phase measurements, but Qualcomm
doesn't?
 
I suggest reaching out to the chipset or device OEM and asking this
question directly. Please post a response here if you receive one.
 
>maybe because MediaTek gives out phase measurements, smartphones with it
show in the program (
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest&hl=ru
) an accuracy of 1 meter?
 
This value is just an estimated accuracy computed by the chipset and
doesn't necessarily represent better real-world accuracy. See
https://barbeau.medium.com/measuring-gnss-accuracy-on-android-devices-6824492a1389
.
 
On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 12:09 PM Костя Стаханов <k.stah...@gmail.com>
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Костя Стаханов <k.stah...@gmail.com>: Sep 24 07:37PM +0300

They (the manufacturers) will not answer me. Maybe some journalist or
organization, but not a private person. I know that the accuracy value
there is very approximate, but Qualcomm in the same conditions shows 3-5
meters.
С уважением ,Константин С.
 
 
Sean Barbeau (xWF) <barb...@xwf.google.com>: Sep 24 12:59PM -0400

Related - a new version of GnssLogger is rolling out now (v3.1.x) that
includes a Measurements tab:
 
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.location.gps.gnsslogger
 
On this screen you can see the "# usable ADR" signals. On devices that
don't support ADR/Carrier Phase this value will be 0.
 
[image: image.png]
 
Sean
 
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Sean Barbeau

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Sep 25, 2024, 9:40:02 AM9/25/24
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Yes, GnssLogger is one thing I've been working on at Google. 😄

Sean

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Костя Стаханов

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Sep 25, 2024, 9:48:38 AM9/25/24
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I thought so! Excellent application and personally yours and gnsslogger! Thank you from the bottom of my heart and new successes in the matter of determining the location! Still, it is very interesting to know - why MediaTek gives out Phase measurements, but Quallcomm - no... can you tell us your assumptions?? I think I'm not the only one interested in this... Best regards, Kostya

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ср, 25 сент. 2024 г., 16:40 Sean Barbeau <sjba...@gmail.com>:

Sean Barbeau

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Sep 25, 2024, 11:31:13 AM9/25/24
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>I thought so! Excellent application and personally yours and gnsslogger! 

Thanks!!

>Still, it is very interesting to know - why MediaTek gives out Phase measurements, but Quallcomm - no... can you tell us your assumptions??

I can't comment on this because I have non-public information.

I would encourage everyone interested in phase measurements for devices with Qualcomm chipsets to let the OEM and Qualcomm know that you want this feature. Even if they don't reply, it's important that the they know there is demand for it.

Sean

Kimo Crossman

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Sep 25, 2024, 11:48:55 AM9/25/24
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Can you recommend a way to contact the right Qualcomm staff? 

Валерий Заподовников

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Nov 19, 2024, 10:50:25 AM11/19/24
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So your team implemented the new network vs. GNSS time spoof check? 

Can I ask questions? Is network time NITZ or NTP or system time?

Do you use other GNSS besides GPS for time derivation? GLONASS has a little different (not UTC) time, while GPS is just off-by 18 seconds.

Finally, are you aware that adb.exe shell dumpsys time_detector

can be used to see what was used to sync time in Android 14 and I was talking to one of google people and they are still testing that feature where GNSS is used to sync time (Gnss suggestion history), makes no sense.

Sean Barbeau

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Nov 21, 2024, 2:15:07 PM11/21/24
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Yes, I implemented the network vs. GNSS time spoof check. NTP time from an NTP server is used along with Location.getTime() (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/location/Location#getTime()) for the GPS_PROVIDER, which is the time from all observed GNSS satellites converted to UTC time so it's directly comparable to NTP time (it's GNSS chipset time for the computed location).

No, I haven't used adb.exe shell dumpsys time_detector myself.

Sean
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