Is there still hope this is not a hardware bug?
On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 10:59 PM, Jim Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jonathan Spooner wrote: > > I've been playing with my GPS and finally got a fix using agps diag > > tool. I stood the gta02 up on my garden table using a pop bottle :-) I > > think bottom line the gta02 has a poor antenna.... in fact the first > > time I got a fix I did so at the point I rested my free stylus on top of > > the gta02! > > > > Once I had a fix I used the signal strength screen in the agps diag tool > > and its then plain to see the signal is precarious at best with an > > average strength of around 28 which is greatly affected by orientation > > and nearby objects from hands, stylus, people etc pretty much what you'd > > expect in a device thats receiving a very weak signal.... except we know > > the say system is working so that only leaves the gta02 internal antenna > > as the problem. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Jon > > > > I found exactly the same thing, the unit has to be stationary for a while, > you need to swizzle it > around its vertical axis until you get the maximum signal strength, and > then leave it for 10 mins to > get a fix. It must not be touched or moved during that time. > > It is pretty impractical for a mobile device though to do that. > > Lets hope some of the techniques to preload data will help this. > > -- > Jim Morris, http://blog.wolfman.com > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
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