The GPS Receiver in the HTC P3300 is working really well, not only inside the "heavy" window of a cockpit, but it also is NOT speed restricted like some GPS on the market... the proof in picture (see zip attachment)
And if anyone there know of a nice GPS Program for pilots (IFR)...i'm interested..
Mike.
Yea, but your cheating, your closer to the satalites
Gary
Yeah that's cheating!!
What software is that you're using?
That seems iGO - I use it as well. Consider it much better than TomTom.
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That seems iGO - I use it as well. Consider it much better than TomTom.
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Thanks EazyVG, that does look a damn nice system to use, very easy on the eye.
Thats a whole lot faster than the 90knots I manage with mine while flying one of these:
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hi there...i tried my xda orbit in the plane from england to israel and that didnt seem to work at all, not connected to any satalites, i also use igo...granted i am a bit of a novice with gps...and when the gps wasnt working in israel i relised i had to change the maps....did it not work because when i used it i was above the sea and not a country...it would be cool if someone could develop the gps system to work on long journies on planes...tell you how long left and show you the route your taking...wouldnt have to be too big as you dont really need loads of detail.
any help would be great
Ariel
i forgot to turn off TomTom on my 3600 during a 3 hour flight and when i picked it up, it was registering a speed of 442 miles per hour!!! simply amazing. this drained my battery super fast though...probably because TomTom was still trying to identify street names as we were flying...
No cheating, this s just my requirements for the gps
Actually this is not Igo, it is MioMap v3.2 (same manufacturer though).
Its basically the same software, but MioMap looks much more stable on the P3300 than Igo, its fast, and it has the same maps (I used it in israel during last Pessah ).
If your gps is cold (not used for the last 4 hours), you might have to wait very long time before it gets the first fix. Especially if you move before catching the first fix.
In the cockpit, it catches satellites pretty easily (lots of windows..).
However if you fliy as a passenger, better be seated near a window and makes it catch the first fix before the aircraft start to move. I followed a whole flight from geneva to brussels (flying as a passenger).
I did manage to start my gps inflight in the cockpit, and it got a fix in less than a minute.. (having use the gps an hour before on ground though).
Seems to be lots of variables for the first fix calculation.
Using Memory Maps CAA charts mine has always got a fix within a few seconds, though it takes longer using TomTom.
The Cadets I teach have loved having a print out of the GPS overlay of their training flights.
My Orbit running Memory map at 410kt as a passenger, took about 5 minutes to get a position fix.
i like that igo, but it aint half buggy and glitchy... gonna check out that minimap though!
you tracked the whole flight? my orbit can last about an hour and a half before needing a charge with the igo on
From it's full charge at 06:30am I have my phone on standby all day, except the 2 hours I'm flying and then the GPS is on using Memory Maps Pocket Nav. For the 1 1/2 hour trip to and from the airfield the blue tooth is on for the hands free and on returning home at approx 19:30 the battery state is around 30%
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Hi guys, I've never posted in this forum, but here's to hoping it doesn't get moved or whatever. This seemed to be the most logical place to ask. I've been google searching for a few days now looking for a good sky/constellation map. I only have to drive about 20 miles out of town to be completely free of light pollution, and my girl and I find it quite relaxing. The last time I was in a planetarium was elementary school, so I don't quite remember where all the different constellations, stars, and planets that are visible with the naked eye are.
I saw some applications purporting to do just what I'm looking for via google, but I'm wary to install jack **** on my phone without reading some feedback from XDA. I've done a lot of cool **** with these phones, and haven't bricked a one of them thanks to y'all. I'm basically looking for an app that saves the star map to microSD (EDGE-only out in the country, sometimes GPRS if you REALLY get out there), and sets the view of the map based on GPS data. Also, it must support a screen resolution of 480 x 800.
Have any of y'all used such software in the past, and if so, what might your favorites be? I didn't even try to XDA-Google this, because I have NO clue as to the proper terminology for such an application.
Have a look at this...
http://www.nomadelectronics.com/PocketPC/PocketStars/default.aspx
You can download a free 15 day trial to see if you like it.
I've used it for years in its various versions.
Sweet action, dude. I'm trying out the trial right now, but we just had some nifty weather so the stars aren't visible. I'll check it out when it clears up. On a scale of 10, how would you rate it? Also, are you using the latest version? Thanks for the feedback.
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Sweet action, dude. I'm trying out the trial right now, but we just had some nifty weather so the stars aren't visible. I'll check it out when it clears up. On a scale of 10, how would you rate it? Also, are you using the latest version? Thanks for the feedback.
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I have used it for years too. On latest version. The GPS facility allows you to see exactly what is above you! 10/10 for me. Had astronomy programs of various sorts on WM devices. This is the best. Worth buying.
I'm on version 6.1.
For what I've used it for it's been fab. I'd give it a 9/10.
Another great one that I use is Astro Navigator 2
It will pick up your location via gps and the night vision mode it includes works pretty dang well!
See:
http://vitotechnology.com/astronavigator.html
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Another great one that I use is Astro Navigator 2
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Now I don't vote for that one. The display of the constellations and the whole GUI is a bit quirky. It seems to me that it was designed by a graphics artist rather than a "creative" astronomer. I got so fed up with it that I uninstalled it. Pocket Stars wipes spots off it (or knocks stars into it!).
Pocket Stars has GPS and night vision colours you can choose.
For years I used Pocket Universe 2000, designed for WM2003. It was never redesigned to work with WM5 and WM6. It would work but you had to avoid the first splash screen, else it locked up! But it had the simplest and easiest to understand GUI and clear star display and even a tree lined horizon, if you really wanted it, as an option. It might still be around on the internet. I bought it and used it for a long time, but I bought Pocket Stars and it is now so much better.
I see DeathmonkeyGTX has now asked for a screen save. You do not need to do this really as you can recreate the sky for any place and any time and then view it. However, if you want to save a screen (of any app) then you could run Resco Photoviewer or some other graphics program than can copy the screen on the WM device and save to microSD etc. I use Pocket Stars at 640 x 480 (VGA) resolution. Have a look at the web-site of the developers to see if it works on 480 x 800?
Looks like I need to update, I'm on version 6.0, but I've also used Pocket Stars for the last three years or so I've been using Windows Mobile.
Here's a screenshot from my Tilt 2.
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I know there are a million threads on battery life here and on other forums. But I am curious before I take the dive into the EVO (buying outright without an upgrade).
How bad is the battery life?
and
How wide spread is the screen separation issue?
I intend on buying the EVO and then trading to the EPIC when its released then deciding which to keep for the next year until I do have an upgrade.
Battery life will probably be the key determination for me between the 2, I need every last second of power I can get.
Captivate guys are saying 5% an hour under moderate use 2% under light- I can tolerate that. But its a GSM phone and they typically have better batter life anyway. No one can really tell what the Epic will do until we get one.
If I don't touch my phone and idle it I can get 24+ hours. light/moderate I can get 8+, heavy I pretty much have to keep it plugged in.
I got 2 days on a single charge last weekend, barely used and was basically on a 2 day drinking binge. Probably could have gone a bit longer but I plugged it in first chance I had. I can easily get through a day with medium use. Maybe light in the morning, more medium - heavy use in the afternoon but can still make it home knowing I have some charge. Or if I get sidetracked for a couple hours at the local watering hole I know I'm still safe.
I feel a lot of people want to best their last battery time though, sometimes after a decent day of use I need to juice it for a while before I go out that night. Any decent phone these days, with the things they can do, can be dried out pretty quickly with heavy use. But once you get more into the regular use of the device it is more than suitable, IMO. Not to mention other steps can be taken to make sure you get the best performance out of the phone, battery included.
I've been leaving my GPS on lately, keeping sync constantly on, just to see how big of a hit it will really deal during the day. It's not really noticeable yet. One thing I have noticed though, honestly, is that in the beginning when my phone was off it seemed to really use a lot of battery. But now when not in use it's almost as if the battery takes a very minor hit, if a visible one at all. Went to sleep last night with 70% left and woke up it was reading the same. Responded to emails, sent some texts, checked the weather for no reason, and left it idle for an hour. Still sat at that 70% mark, even though that is a slight estimate in terms of battery charge meter. Might have been nearing more to the 60 but still showed 30% as used.
this is a screen shot from when i had cm6 7.27 build. i'm running the 8/2 build right now and its about the same.
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Hi all, I am a G2x user and the random reboots are killing me but everything else about my tegra 2 just rocks. Especially the GPS.. which is one reason why I jumped from samsung vibrant onto something else.. and the lack of camera flash was pretty annoying.
Not that you Sprint people would know but anyways..
My roommate just got this phone and a few of my other friends have nothing but good things to say about it, and as soon as I put it in my hand i was reminded of how bad the GPS was on my vibrant... well I downloaded the app GPS Test from Chartcross and compared his GPS to mine and I was instantly let down. Normally I would be psyched to defeat another phone with mine but with the sgs2 variant coming to T-mobile I was going to upgrade as soon as possible.
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That is what I got with my G2X. His E4GT only locked on to 3-4 sattelites and was accurate to at most 150 feet. The phones were side by side so location shouldnt have anything to do with it.
T-mobile sucks in my area anyways, while others get 3G im still stuck with edge (dial up) network. Thinking about just abandoning the network all together. And was possibly gonna wait for the Prime but since that is most likely going to be samsung it will probably have a crap GPS radio as well.
How are you guys experiences with your GPS? How about signal strength?
Bueller, Anyone?
I grabbed GPS Test and GPS Status. GPS Test picked up 7/9 satellites and narrowed down to accuracy within 36' in about five seconds. GPS Status got 8/9 in four seconds, accuracy within 52'. This was sitting in my bedroom, on the ground floor of a house built into a hillside. Not the greatest GPS reception scenario.
Thanks man!
These were done inside my house where I have 3/6 bars ATM... I will post outside results in a bit:
With wifi on:
With wifi off:
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what if you were getting this??
This really helped my GPS...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239713
Before it only worked good after a reboot. Now its ready 99% of the time. The other 1% is fixed by doing TaskManager/Ram/Clear Memory....Without having to reboot. Just putting this out there for others that stumble upon this thread.
Sitting inside of my Apt.
sitting in my apt, tons of radio activity around 10 wifi hotspots and an air force base across the field, no clue what they do over there but the gps is screwy on my gfs evo shift and was never more the
n 20 on my og epic, which had amazing gps that was usually accurate to one meter
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In my apartment with tons of stuff running as well. Numbers aren't as good as EC05 on OG Epic but I used navigation 3 times this week 1 hour each direction and it was dead on accurate and even rerouted me because of a traffic accident saving me at least 15 minutes
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Hi,
I am considering buying Nexus 5x, but I haven't found much about gps performance of this phone.
I hike a lot, so I am interested how does gsp module behaves in deep forest, in cliffs, between hills, and areas of "low" reception in comparison with other models. I had nexus 5 and wasn't satisfied with its performance. Sony z3 was much better.
Also, I am interested about battery life when using gps apps with screen on all the time (for instance orux, navigon, etc)
Thanks.
I got the 5x and have just found that the GPS sensor have issues. Do a search for GPS or compass calibration and you will find that many have issues. Basically the problem is that it does not indicate correct direction you are facing.
I was in a new town this weekend and tried using the 5x to get around and I found it very frustrating. You can calibrate your compass but it does not stick to long. 6p have the same issue. I hope it can be fixed with software but the compass seem to constantly calibrate witch keep throwing it off.
I would hold of and see if it gets fixed if it is important to you
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I got the 5x and have just found that the GPS sensor have issues. Do a search for GPS or compass calibration and you will find that many have issues. Basically the problem is that it does not indicate correct direction you are facing.
I was in a new town this weekend and tried using the 5x to get around and I found it very frustrating. You can calibrate your compass but it does not stick to long. 6p have the same issue. I hope it can be fixed with software but the compass seem to constantly calibrate witch keep throwing it off.
I would hold of and see if it gets fixed if it is important to you
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I find compass close enough for government work. GPS receiver in N5X is phenomenal. I get cold fix without A-GPS in under 20 seconds.
N6, real compass, N5X
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I find compass close enough for government work. GPS receiver in N5X is phenomenal. I get cold fix without A-GPS in under 20 seconds.
N6, real compass, N5X
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Happy you have a unit without issues, I too get a GPS lock within short. Have you also tried using it for navigation without any issues?
My real life experience is that I would consider the compass as "unstable", not being able to show correct heading. The issue is similar to what is found in the Nexus 7 2012.
I am no expert at this, just going by my own experience and the following:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/nexus/SK7gbrV5MhU
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Happy you have a unit without issues, I too get a GPS lock within short. Have you also tried using it for navigation without any issues?
My real life experience is that I would consider the compass as "unstable", not being able to show correct heading. The issue is similar to what is found in the Nexus 7 2012.
I am no expert at this, just going by my own experience and the following:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/nexus/SK7gbrV5MhU
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I use N5X for day to day commute for a few weeks now. Never had any issue with with GPS position. I cannot comment on compass accuracy inside vehicle as I don't use it for navigation. Bear in mind that inside iron vehicle with multiple high current consumers there may be too much "noise" to make any compass stable.
Thanks for your answers, in the meanwhile I ordered 5x, and got it at friday. Gps fix and signal is great, and I dont have any issues with compass for now. I used it with PeakFinder Earth and gmaps and it works nice. With peak finder it is little bit shaky, but it is on pair with Sony z3 and other "high end" devices that I used.
But then again, I have device only for few days. I will report back after few more days of usage.
Hi guys
I've had my HTC 10 for over 2 weeks now, and as I decided to change from iOS to Android the first few days/week the battery would only last me barely 14 hours.
However, the last few days were very impressive with the phone lasting me 2 days and 12 hours with normal usage (no games and not heavy internet browsing).
But today something weird happened as I took the phone in the morning to go to work and at 10:30/11:00 my phone was down to about 60% without me doing anything to it and without a specific reason to it.
I will attach some screenshots to see if anyone had the same problem/issue.
I would appreciate any feedback you may have!
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Did you try to restart the phone? Something is keeping your phone awake. A restart every couple of days is always helpful.
Yes, I did.
However, the phone's battery still only lasted until 7 pm. Which is really weird as I literally almost didn't use it...
Will see how it goes today
My battery life did not last very well either when K first got my 10. I'm an HTC lover by the way. In my experience, I've learned you really need to optimize the controls and settings after you purchase the phone to get the most out of your battery. I restrict a lot of app permissions that ask for location so my phone isn't constantly locating itself on GPS. Same for Wi-Fi. I turned off the auto scan for the Wi-Fi cause that absolutely toasts your battery. And then I turn off vibration feedback for touching keys just to conserve even more. I moderately use my phone throughout the day checking mail, texting, browsing the web, facebook, xda, altos adventures, a YouTube video here and there. I get to my office at 4 in the morning, don't get home til 3 pm and my phone still has anywhere from 45 - 60% charge. I think that's great considering my M8 normally has 15 - 20% when I would get home. Just tinker with the controls for a bit. Maybe I'm wrong but this is what worked for me
Yes, I understand and I have done so by restricting must apps and by having the same constant brightness and normally (as it happens today) the phone after 12 hours still has 50% battery. But it was that episode that literally was eating away the battery without me using the phone at all!
Thanks for the replies so far