Reflections and comments from an Old Timer in the Technology World.
My last report on GPS time to acquire a fix was 10 days ago. The Iconia Tablet has been indoors with GPS turned off all the time since a fix 10 days ago. Time line from GPS turn On :- Standing within 3 meters of where the GPS was turned Off. 20 seconds = 4 Satellites displayed, the various Satellites […] Read more »
Today I used the GPS Status & Toolbox application from Eclipsim to reset the cache so that I could start from square one with new Almanac data. It was raining heavy so I could not go outside to get a fix so I left it in the window. It took around 40 mins to get a lock. After 30 mins […] Read more »
The GPS seems to be working fine. In my previous blog I mentioned that and others have reported the GPS was slow to find Satellites. What I have found is that when the Iconia is first switched on, outside in open it will not find the Satellites very quickly. I will clarify a few things. The reason that a brand […] Read more »