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Today I tried my gps in my desire hd for the first time, and I am really dissapointed when I compare it with my SonyEricsson X10...
On my trip home from work it never managed to log on and show my possition.
When I got home I installed "GPS test" from marked on our 5 android phones...
I then put them side by side in a window and started the software...
The 3 sonyericsson phones, x10i, mini and mini pro, and my 2 htc phones, legend and desire hd.
My x10i locked on fast, within 15-20 seconds, and with accuracy of 3-4 meters on 10-11 satellites constant after about a minut...
Mini and mini pro got arround 8-9 satellites, and about 8-12 meters accurate, within 2 minutes...
My desire hd, used 3-4 minutes to log on, and had 6-8 satellites, accuracy never better than 32 meters...
And when I touched it, it often lost signal again...
Last my legend, about 10 minutes, 4-6 satellites, and never better than 48 meters...
Is HTC just that bad making gps compared to eg. sonyericsson, or do I have two faulty devices here, that are no more than two month old...?
What is your experience with GPS on android phones, compared to the desire hd ?
Should I try to factory default my htc phones and try again ?
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I tried both on my Desir and Desire HD and both get a fix in about 10 s. Both also see the same number of satellites, in my case 11. Desire had an error of 2 m while HD 4 m.
Maybe there is a hardware problems with mine two htc phones then ? :-S
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Just got a lock on under a minute. I must admit the first lock after a new rom always takes a long time.
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Try installing GPS Status from the Market. When you run it for the first time, it downloads the latest A-GPS data.
Also turn use GPS satellites on in the Location options of the phone (if you haven't already) and give the phone a restart. Leave it on after that.
I usually get a lock in ~10-15 secs in Google Maps
I found an application on marked called "gps status and toolbox" and among a lot of other information it can also tell how long the phone use to get a lock on the gps...
My desire hd use arround 78 sec every time with this...
- my sonyericsson x10i use 8 !
And with a much better initial and overall accuracy on the x10i...
If this is not common problems with htc phones, then I just might have two different htc phones here with the same problem...!?!
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How odd, I usually get very quick lock-on times!
the first fix takes some time.
When I now put my DHD in its holder behind the windshield it takes anywhere between 10 and 30 secs.
Sometimes even under 5 secs....
Quite happy with how it is working now
When I was out with a friend in a car testing the phone GPS, I got a lock on after like 10 seconds...
I can't get a lock on after 5 mins now using GPS test...
//locked in 10 secs after I put the phone in the window... I feel dumb
Hmm, I had a problem with my old DHD where it wouldnt get an accurate lock. I sent it off to htc and they sent me a new phone. Looked like the gps module wasn't working properly.
sean2390 said:
Hmm, I had a problem with my old DHD where it wouldnt get an accurate lock. I sent it off to htc and they sent me a new phone. Looked like the gps module wasn't working properly.
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i get a lock on in 3 seconds 5 sats and on google maps it gets me stood at my door stop so nothing wrong with the gps its got to be your phone
leith51 said:
i get a lock on in 3 seconds 5 sats and on google maps it gets me stood at my door stop so nothing wrong with the gps its got to be your phone
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3 s is very quick. Did you change travel a long distance between the time you checked the position in front of your door and the previous one? If you far from your last fix point, and then try to get a fix, it'll probably take more time than that.
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3 s is very quick. Did you change travel a long distance between the time you checked the position in front of your door and the previous one? If you far from your last fix point, and then try to get a fix, it'll probably take more time than that.
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Nope it goes from instant lock to around 5 seconds lock
From England with leedroid dhd techo!
How is the GPS? I grabbed the Droid RAZR during the extended return period and I must say, the GPS is amazing! I use GPS a lot so that's very important to me.
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GPS is fantastic. By far the best i have seen on a smartphone to date (I'm making a comparison between the Desire HD, SGS2, Desire & iPhone)
GPS connects in between 2 & 5 seconds and i have not had a dropped signal using Navigator.
My 2 cents worth....
I agree. No issues with GPS. locked to within 40 meters from inside a restaurant and once out side got a much closer lock right away. Tested using GPS Status and Google Maps.
Does the nexus use the glonass satellites like the galaxy note? Could someone please run GPS test or something similar and see if it uses sats in the 70's range, as well as the regular 1 - 24.
Not that I can tell:
Great to hear, I was concerned because the gs2 has a very lame GPS connection
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My Nexus has a much better GPS than my N900 or HTC Kaiser, although it seems to have difficulty indoors AND you have to enable the wifi to get a better signal putting further strain on the battery.
It also adds almost an extra km to my 13.7 (now 14.5) daily commute. Is this like the 'measuring the coastline of Britain' fractal paradox?
Any stand alone GPS navigation app works?
I am not talking about Google Maps, because that is obvious.
But, apps like Sygic 11.2.x, CoPilot, etc.
Sygic doesnt seem to. Please update my app compatibilty thread with others you find not working!
Want to hear more..
I am using Vibrant and it is very frustrating...
And I heard SGSII is not good either...
I don't know if I trust Samsung anymore
I read somewhere it uses the barometer(not thermometer ) to add another dimension to the localisation process.
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Mine connects twice as fast as the Nexus S. GPS Status work well with it.
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Mine connects twice as fast as the Nexus S. GPS Status work well with it.
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Is that using just pure GPS or A-GPS?
This alone would get me to upgrade from Nexus S.
How's the GPS inside a partially obstructed view like a bus or something? My Nexus S takes like 2-5 mins.
NOTE: I don't have a data plan, so not using A-GPS but pure GPS
Hopefully this isn't a pain for anyone, but could one of you fine European gentlemen with Nexus' do me a favor?
Go outside, download GPS STATUS & Toolbox (I want to see accuracy of Meters, not feet) and post a screenshot.
Outside of my house, my Samsung Droid Charge will NEVER lock below 5 meters, while my Thunderbolt and Incredible with lock to 1 or 2.
You may ask, what's the big deal?
Well, it's the difference between Google Maps knowing I'm at my house, or my neighbors.
Thanks!
Can anyone please test if the GPS is usable when data network(HSPA) is disabled, like in Flight Mode with GPS enabled?
Thanks!
Samsuck said:
Hopefully this isn't a pain for anyone, but could one of you fine European gentlemen with Nexus' do me a favor?
Go outside, download GPS STATUS & Toolbox (I want to see accuracy of Meters, not feet) and post a screenshot.
Outside of my house, my Samsung Droid Charge will NEVER lock below 5 meters, while my Thunderbolt and Incredible with lock to 1 or 2.
You may ask, what's the big deal?
Well, it's the difference between Google Maps knowing I'm at my house, or my neighbors.
Thanks!
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I can only get it to 5meters
mezzyg said:
I can only get it to 5meters
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Swear to god? Sigh.
I've never seen a Samsung phone lock it's GPS under 5 meters. Then again i've never had a GS2.
That is disappointing.
Accuracy is a big thing to me.
Samsuck said:
Swear to god? Sigh.
I've never seen a Samsung phone lock it's GPS under 5 meters. Then again i've never had a GS2.
That is disappointing.
Accuracy is a big thing to me.
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I'll try again tomorrow for u dude, it locks super quick which is pretty good for me
I guess if it locks really quickly I can be satisfied with that. I honestly feel that there is something wrong with Samsung's GPS chips and rather than trying to fix it, they added a barometer to help
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Can anyone please test if the GPS is usable when data network(HSPA) is disabled, like in Flight Mode with GPS enabled?
Thanks!
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I second this.
And if you have a Nexus S, can you please compare your results.
I'm curious if new gps chip and/or barometer speeds it up.
Can you lucky bastards with one of these in hand post some GPS test screen shots please? And overall GPS performance ....I'm an owner of a vibrant and need a working navigation phone ...also does vzw let u use Google maps or is there some fee for using GPS?
Thanks
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My GPS locked immediately and tracked accurately. I haven't been able to do any further tests yet but I'm very happy so far
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It's pretty legit. Best Samsung GPS ever. It's not quite the iPhone's GPS on speed but it's close.
Syn Ack said:
It's not quite the iPhone's GPS on speed but it's close.
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but that's probably got a lot to do with that at apple, big brother is always watching.
Conduitz said:
but that's probably got a lot to do with that at apple, big brother is always watching.
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Yeah the GPS on the iPhone probably ALWAYS on or something.
GPS is really important to me but so far I've been able to get a strong quick lock indoors. Haven't tested the navigation yet.
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kangxi said:
GPS is really important to me but so far I've been able to get a strong quick lock indoors. Haven't tested the navigation yet.
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Navigation is great. It takes about 30-45 seconds initially to figure out its compass direction and then it's perfect from there.
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It's pretty legit. Best Samsung GPS ever. It's not quite the iPhone's GPS on speed but it's close.
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Apple hand picked their hardware for a reason. Android devices have to follow in line with "But are there drivers for Android yet? If so, we'll just go with this GPS module."
Plus, ICS should be a lot quicker polling for GPS anyways. It's probably mostly OS related.
Went out to my backyard to attempt my first GPS lock on the phone. Took about 5 sec for a full lock with multiple sat. (Not complaining, since my g2x would take like 40 sec.)
Check out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1360278
It has a barometer, which helps with super-fast GPS lock. Even indoors (google indoor maps for malls, etc, is useful finally).
Just installed GPS Status, instantly locked and went from about 15m to 10m in a second.
It's overcast/rain and that's from my screened in porch. It got 9/9 sats right away.
The best from the same location/clear day with a charge or bionic is 5m.... but that's waiting for a while and holding it still.
i´m impressed
get my phone last week and atm sit down in my rom, playing with google maps and after 5 or 6 seconds wtf o0 ?!?! what is going on?!?! i got a gps signal in my rom?!?!?!
it´s my 5th android phone and bevor that i got 3 nokia phones with gps and non of this was able to get a signal in my room.
it´s funtastic
Coming from a moto phone that takes 2 minutes on a good day, it's solid.
Have only driven maybe 100 miles with navigation, but it's been stable so far regardless of where it is in the car.
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Coming from a moto phone that takes 2 minutes on a good day, it's solid.
Have only driven maybe 100 miles with navigation, but it's been stable so far regardless of where it is in the car.
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2 minutes? be glad
my last phone was the optimus 2x and i´m glad to be rid this piece of ****.no more words for lg software developing.nice hardware but fail software.
2 weeks ago i was in spain (Teneriffa) for one week and it needs between 5 and 10 minutes to get a signal and lost it every 10 or 15 minutes...
In germany the same.itßs nice to have a phone with gps and you can not use it
i´m glad that i can drive now with my gn and my holidays are safe
Excellent GPS specially when coming from Captivate with a busted chip.
sitting here in my room ... I got 9/9 in around 10 - 15 seconds.
So I know that the Galaxy Nexus has horrible GPS. But I thought I had read somewhere that there's a fix for it. Would anyone be able to show me how to do it or point me to the right direction? I did a search but I couldn't really find it. I'm running MIUI 2.4.27. Thanks.
Try the gps app FasterGPS (download via google play).
It should help
Wasn't aware it had terrible GPS, never had a problem. You could always use an app like GPS Test and clear/redownload a-GPS, etc. to try and help out.
its something wrong with your phone, ive never had a problem with teh gps. try to clear the cache of whatever gps program you are using or reinstall MIUI maybe it was a bad flash.
Never had any GPS problem here. Where did you read that? My phone usually gets a fix within 7 seconds with up to 15 satellites.
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My GPS works awesome, dont know what are you talking about
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My GPS works awesome, dont know what are you talking about
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same here.
Horrible GPS? You must have a defective device. My GPS works flawlessly.
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Seems that i can't get a fix if i'm moving, and it takes around 30+ seconds for me to get a fix..
Have to say I love my Gnex, but have not had the greatest GPS experience either. I've been in clear sky and can't get a lock quite a few times. If it were a little worse I would think there is a real problem.
I wouldn't say my GN GPS is horrible. It may be not the best I had but I have not had a situation where I need to use it and it not work. Every single time I needed the navigation or map feature it worked as needed. My only complaint is my Verizon weak 3G coverage. But that's another issue. lol. Overall, the pros outweigh the cons with this device.
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No GPS issues here, I work for a company who has me working in multiple states and I use the GPS religiously. Maps and Copilot have worked flawless on this phone. I punch in around 40 to 50 coordinates a day every day seven days a week and not one issue. Really impressed with this phone. A lot better than my Nexus S or my crappy Vibrant. Compared to my Nexus One its on par or better. Maybe its your Rom or something else, could be a bad phone.
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I was curious about this myself. I had a vibrant and it gave me a terrible experience with samsung and I've been wary ever since.
"We're coming from a pure power source."
From my experience, the GPS is way better than the galaxy S Captivate. I am really impressed with it so far.
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when you experience problem with gps a phone reboot will made your day
I get a fix in 2-3 minutes if i don't use the gps for a week.
If i use it twice a day, i get it in 20 sec.
I use my GNex without internet. A-GPS loads positions from satellites from the internet to get faster fix. (I don't know, if GNex has a-gps or if you can add that with an app)
The impresicion is 5m on my GNex
Garmin eTrex get the fix earlyer if i didn't use it for a while
My GPS is great, smokes my old Desire S at getting a lock, WAY faster
My GPS has been flawless too. But you can't expect a whole lot on a very cloudy day...
Not even my standalone Garmin can find anything then.
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Seems that my gnex need sometime to get a fix even though the sats are there.
I tried it again today morning and it's VERY accurate. Google Maps need data connection initially to get a fast fix(really fast, maybe 10 seconds + considering this is not a dedicated GPS device). Without data it takes around 30 seconds to lock.
Please vote (1-unusable, 2 barely usuable, 3 adequate but not great, 4 good, 5 awesome)
Ive had this phone for about a month now, and i love it, but the GPS for me has been awful.
When i first got the phone, it would work - but not great, sometimes not locking, losing signal while driving frequently, etc. Then i went on a period where it didnt work AT ALL. Randomly that started to work again - but only as good as it was before.
Currently:
Takes forever to get even a mediocre lock
VERY inaccurate - usually around ~30m at best
Loses lock
I thought maybe it was just my device, but i met a couple the other day who both own the Verizon version, and they were running ICS, so i ask them if i could run a few tests, and to my surprise, both of their phones were just as bad as mine. Ive heard a crappy GPS might be a JB bug, and will be fixed with the next update - but they were both using 4.04 - so no jellybean bug there.
Basically - for me the GPS is unusable, because if you cant count on it, whats the point. I had a doctors appointment the other day, and luckily i knew the general direction - because by the time the GPS kicked in, i was getting off the highway. I was about to just type in directions manually, and then just find the place like that. Maybe samsung just sucks at making GPS's (i used to own a captivate )
I also have started using endomondo to track my runs, and even that sucks. I started and stopped at the same point on my street, but according to the app, i stopped running about 30m short of where i actually did. (GPS gave out, or just never realized that it moved.)
How is the GPS for you??
Voted 4. I geocache, so I need a decent GPS receiver. Since the "Great Nexus GPS Outage" a week or two ago, the GPS has been adequate. It locks within about 15 seconds, and the lock has good accuracy. Lately I have noticed that even a "warm" lock takes 10-15 seconds. Warm locks should be basically instant.
I'm in the habit of launching GPS Status and allowing it to download the assistance data and get a lock before using other GPS apps. Not sure how much it helps.
Yesterday my data connection was unbelievably slow and GPS accuracy was awful. I had nearly full bars of HSPA reception, and 9 good satellites, so it didn't make any sense. Rebooting fixed that, thankfully, but it was odd that both features degraded at the same time.
I do wonder if the GPS subsystem relies on communication with some site on the 'net. Maybe that would explain why the "Great Outage" affected only Galaxy Nexus devices and not others. During that outage all of my Garmin handhelds and several other Android devices got decent locks in good time, while the GNex took ten minutes to get a poor lock.
Edit: why the heck do I have to wait 2 minutes to submit changes to a post?!
MondoMor said:
I geocache, so I need a decent GPS receiver. Since the "Great Nexus GPS Outage" a week or two ago, the GPS has been adequate. It locks within about 15 seconds, and the lock has good accuracy. Lately I have noticed that even a "warm" lock takes 10-15 seconds. Warm locks should be basically instant.
I'm in the habit of launching GPS Status and allowing it to download the assistance data and lock before using the GPS in any other app. Not sure if it helps.
Yesterday my data connection was unbelievably slow and GPS accuracy was awful. I had nearly full bars of HSPA reception, and 9 good satellites, so it didn't make any sense. Rebooting fixed that, thankfully, but it was odd that both features degraded at the same time.
I do wonder if the GPS subsystem relies on communication with some site on the 'net. Maybe that would explain why the "Great Outage" affected only Galaxy Nexus devices and not others. During that outage all of my Garmin handhelds and several other Android devices got decent locks in good time, while the GNex took ten minutes to get a poor lock.
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This whole situation reminds me a lot of the galaxy s1 bs that i went through. The gps clearly sucked but some defended it. People came up with a bunch of hacks that did basically nothing, and the problem was never fixed.
How is it possible that the flagship android phone has terrible gps ? How are developers supposed to design apps on it that use gps? I think the nexus s was the same way. Wtf Google. I might be returning this if it's not fixed completely with the next official update. According to whoever i talked to in customer service, should be within a few weeks.
Coming from nexus s and its terrible GPS, had to vote at least 4
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4 or 5 never had any problems.
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lourivellini said:
Currently:
Takes forever to get even a mediocre lock
VERY inaccurate - usually around ~30m at best
Loses lock
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I voted a 4.
I usually get a GPS lock in under 10 seconds if outdoors and under 30-ish seconds indoors.
Outdoors, I typically get an accuracy within 10 feet. Indoors, it can get a bit worse, but is still usually within 30 feet.
I've never had the GPS lose lock.
Voted 4. GPS locks come pretty fast for me. Accuracy is also OK, but it does lose its lock once in a while during a bicycle trip. I do have the phone in my pocket, to be fair I should test it when it has a clear view to the sky (mount it on my steer or something).
4-5 for me. It works pretty good for me and acuuracy is there.
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5 here, no problems.
5. Went on a thousand mile road trip and never lost a lock for even a second. Navigation worked flawlessly.
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I can't use navigation it says Google Navigation can not be used in this location (Turkey)
I can just take rooting.
Used yo be really good but since the outage its been crap. It'll get a lock and give me directions but then randomly it thinks I'm two blocks away and start rerouting. This happens a lot.
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I travel a lot with the Nexus GPS. It serve me well all the time. Takes about 10 seconds to locate and never loose signal. I give it a 5.
I have no need for the GPS and such but I decided to open the navigation app and boot the gps, i waited for 3 minutes with the screen saying waiting for location till i just gave up and shut the gps back down
Voted 4/5. Out of the box, it took forever to lock and even then was only hitting on 4-6 satellites. My previous phone (Epic 4G) was notorious for this as well. Used GPS Status and all is well again (lock usually within 5 seconds).
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4-5 here works great.
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Voted 4
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Please vote (1-unusable, 2 barely usuable, 3 adequate but not great, 4 good, 5 awesome)
Ive had this phone for about a month now, and i love it, but the GPS for me has been awful.
When i first got the phone, it would work - but not great, sometimes not locking, losing signal while driving frequently, etc. Then i went on a period where it didnt work AT ALL. Randomly that started to work again - but only as good as it was before.
Currently:
Takes forever to get even a mediocre lock
VERY inaccurate - usually around ~30m at best
Loses lock
I thought maybe it was just my device, but i met a couple the other day who both own the Verizon version, and they were running ICS, so i ask them if i could run a few tests, and to my surprise, both of their phones were just as bad as mine. Ive heard a crappy GPS might be a JB bug, and will be fixed with the next update - but they were both using 4.04 - so no jellybean bug there.
Basically - for me the GPS is unusable, because if you cant count on it, whats the point. I had a doctors appointment the other day, and luckily i knew the general direction - because by the time the GPS kicked in, i was getting off the highway. I was about to just type in directions manually, and then just find the place like that. Maybe samsung just sucks at making GPS's (i used to own a captivate )
I also have started using endomondo to track my runs, and even that sucks. I started and stopped at the same point on my street, but according to the app, i stopped running about 30m short of where i actually did. (GPS gave out, or just never realized that it moved.)
How is the GPS for you??
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I am a car parts driver and i constantly need the use of my GPS one thing i noticed about the Gnex is that, the GPS VARIES ON the phone provider and plan you have the faster and beter your mobile network the better your GPS WILL work for you! NOW the reason i gave the Gnex a 4 star is because even with 2G edge networks the gps will work while driving within a minute but the process will lag a bit longer not due to finding the direction either but due to locating the gps signal..