Ibendin, I think it's good practice to employ words like "perhaps", "possibly" or "maybe" when speculating on technical subjects. It's less confusing to the reader and makes it clear that one is not an expert on the matter.
On Monday, April 23, 2012 9:42:50 AM UTC+10, lbendlin wrote: > > The OEM for your device decided to use UTC rather than GPS time. > > On Sunday, April 22, 2012 6:05:12 PM UTC-4, StarTraX wrote: >> >> I can assure you that the time reported by the quoted gpsclock site is >> NOT the time reported by GPS devices. It's really easy to demonstrate: >> Compare what you see on your GPS with what's displayed from the web site. >> The quoted time is around 15 seconds ahead of the time from the GPS device. >> I wonder what that's really all about? >> >> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 5:08 AM, lbendlin <l...@bendlin.us> wrote: >> >>> http://leapsecond.com/java/gpsclock.htm >>> >>> That explains the +/- some seconds. As I mentioned already, GPS chips >>> on phones are cheap and cheerful. They use all kinds of dirty tricks to cut >>> corners (AGPS etc). You probably won't find two smartphone models (even >>> from the same OEM) that have the same GPS behavior . >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, April 22, 2012 10:00:31 AM UTC-4, Panam wrote: >>>> >>>> Just to let you know, I am currently experimenting with GPS on a S >>>> Galaxy I whose GPS is off about 24 hs in the future (+-some seconds) and >>>> it >>>> does not seem to depend on the system time (adjusted the system time by >>>> some minutes without effects). This seems to be a systematic error. >>>> Btw. does somebody know an free app that shows the GPS time + date? >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Android Developers" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >>> >> >> On Monday, April 23, 2012 9:42:50 AM UTC+10, lbendlin wrote: > > The OEM for your device decided to use UTC rather than GPS time. > > On Sunday, April 22, 2012 6:05:12 PM UTC-4, StarTraX wrote: >> >> I can assure you that the time reported by the quoted gpsclock site is >> NOT the time reported by GPS devices. It's really easy to demonstrate: >> Compare what you see on your GPS with what's displayed from the web site. >> The quoted time is around 15 seconds ahead of the time from the GPS device. >> I wonder what that's really all about? >> >> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 5:08 AM, lbendlin <l...@bendlin.us> wrote: >> >>> http://leapsecond.com/java/gpsclock.htm >>> >>> That explains the +/- some seconds. As I mentioned already, GPS chips >>> on phones are cheap and cheerful. They use all kinds of dirty tricks to cut >>> corners (AGPS etc). You probably won't find two smartphone models (even >>> from the same OEM) that have the same GPS behavior . >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, April 22, 2012 10:00:31 AM UTC-4, Panam wrote: >>>> >>>> Just to let you know, I am currently experimenting with GPS on a S >>>> Galaxy I whose GPS is off about 24 hs in the future (+-some seconds) and >>>> it >>>> does not seem to depend on the system time (adjusted the system time by >>>> some minutes without effects). This seems to be a systematic error. >>>> Btw. does somebody know an free app that shows the GPS time + date? >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Android Developers" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >>> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
