Gps fix issue

Question

for some reason today I started to have an issue trying to get a gps fix.  I was in my car with the X in the dock and a clear sky view.  Any hints on how to resolve this.  I tried shut down and restart, battery pull *228 updates.  finally I let it go and it took nearly 30 mins to get a fix.  In the past I have had a fix in under a minute.  thanks for the help.

Answer 1

Cody21 wrote:
I for one don't fully understand the need for the 2 gps settings. Can someone technical explain the settings?
in a non-technical way....
Your phone has a GPS receiver just like a TomTom or a Magellan but it also can use your surrounding cellphone towers to provide location.  All cell phones, if not equiped with a GPS receiver can "triangulate"(picture a triangle and you are in the middle)  a general location based on the cell towers that your phone is receiving signals from(instead of GPS satellites)  I've read they are accurate withing a few hundred meters.  Much like when you watch law and order and they get a "fix" on where someone is when they call from their cell.
Your location with the GPS satellites is accurate within a couple feet.
Assisted GPS will use both satellite signals and near by cell towers to give your location.  It can be useful inside structures or in congested cities where there are a ton of buildings blocking your satellite reception.  Or, most usefully, on those crapy rainy cloudy stormy days that you just can't pull a satellite signal.
That's my non technical explination as well as I understand it.
regular GPS is default, so you shouldnt have to even worry about it.
Tim.