GPS, WLAN+3G

So, I have an iPad, the model with the 3G.
I have been using it effectively as a GPS all over the world, even in places that I don't have 3G connection (which is only for the US's AT&T).
I've been using it in the US, India and Israel (to name a few places).
I'm in China, and it absolutely refuses to get a GPS fix even after an hour in the sun (or the smog, being that i'm in Beijing).
This makes no sense. What's wrong with my iPad?

I'm getting very interested in GPS problems across the entire iOS device range. Ive got a 3GS and the GPS satellite fix stopped working completely recently. A fix identified using jailbreak and an ssh terminal tells me a good proportion of these problems are with locationd, the gps process in the iPhone, or more accurately, I think that it's possible for some of the data this process uses to become corrupted; the "fix" involves stopping the process and deleting the data it uses. On restart, locations is forced to rebuild the data, and everything then works.
I suspect this is true across the iPhone range - and worse, I think that the backup function in iTunes actually backs up the bad data. Thus, when you restore from backup, you actually put the problem back in! Either that, or GPS cache data isnt deleted when the iphone is restored.
What we need is an option in iTunes, or the iPhone settings, to clear GPS ephemeris and related data down and restart locationd: this will save apple a fortune in support at genius bars, as I reckon everyone who is getting a replacement is just getting a reblanked refurbished iPhone with no hardware fixes - they could be turning them around in the back of the stores!
We need to get some group pressure together to get an answer out of apple on this really - they do seem to have an approach which has much in common with the way the UK banks were dealing with overdraft fees - if you complained, they refunded just to keep you quiet and make sure you didn't shout. If this issue is an underlying gps driver or application demon issue, they should give us a way to work around the issue.

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Hello,
i need some help about my nokia c6 handy, because i can´t use the WLAN over 3 minutes. Whats wrong with this Handy, i buy them yesterday.
My next problem is the GPS.
I don´t have a internet flat, thats the reason that i locked my internet.
But when i will navigate with the OVI Maps, the navigator find my "Own Position" 400 meters an another place, that i was sitting.
Please Help me!
MFG
ganove

@Boesfx
Welcome to the forum!
Sorry for being pedantic but is your phone C6-00 or C6-01 as former is S60 5th Ed. and latter Symbian Anna OS?
For C6-00 this is useful Nokia resource:http://www.nokiausa.com/us-en/support/product/c6-00/userguide/?action=onlineuserguidepagechange&pFil...
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For C6-01 Try going to Menu > Settings > Application settings > Positioning > Positioning methods - disable all except Integrated GPS, go outside away from tall buildings if feasible launch Ovi Maps and wait 20 - 30 minutes for device to obtain first positional fix.
Be warned however that relying solely on Integrated GPS can be a disappointing user experience due to compromises in GPS antenna size/shape within a mobile phone compared to stand alone sat-nav unit.
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N8 - Web site and GPS Positioning

How do I allow a website to use the phones gps to locate me on a map. Can I allow specific websites or the browser in general to use the gps positioning.
Or is there some way that I can turn on the phones gps manually when the website asks?

The website I’m talking about is m.fisketegn.dk which is a danish fishing website. I push the map icon which you can see in attachment 1. It is then suppose to show my location on a map so that I can see if I’m fishing in a spot I’m not allowed to fish. But when I push the icon the pop up in attachment 2 shows up which says “You must activate the phone’s Gps/Wlan positioning to show map with your location” but when I push OK nothing happens. The Gps does not activate and it does not show my location on the map.
I’m not getting a pop up which asks if I allow it to access positioning data. That’s what happens on my brother’s Iphone. He clicked Ok to that and then it worked. I thought that I could find that in the settings somewhere so that I could allow that. I can’t remember if I at some point on some other website clicked No to allow it to access positioning data, but if I did I must be able to change that somehow. I know that I have not clicked No on this particular website. By the way I’m using the native browser.
I just tried it on Opera Mobile and it asked for permission to use positioning data but it only appears to use Wlan and not the Gps. But it does show my location on the map. But if it only uses Wlan and not the gps then the location is not accurate enough.
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Low fm transmission power on Nokia N78

Hello,
I have Nokia N78 phone. This phone works great, no huge issues with it. However, there is one issue that is bugging me. The issue is that the power of the FM transmitter is too low, even a good radio is unable to pick up the signal from the phone at even 20 cm distance (that is less then 100mW of power). I do not believe this to be a hardware, or antenna issue. I believe that this is a software bug in the newest release of the Nokia N78 software, as the transmission was not this low with older software versions of Nokia N78. This issue also appeared after I did update the software to newest version on Nokia N78.
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Software Version: 30.011
Day software: 08-05-09
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Day special software version: 08-05-09
Language version: 003
Type: N78
Type: RM-235
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I did test the antennas with GPS/WLAN and I always got 100% signal there. So the antennas are not a issue in this case.
I do believe that Nokia N78 and Nokia N79 use almost identical hardware and software.This software bug is quite annoying.
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My N95 has gone to heaven

Yesterday my belowed N95 passed away... Time to move on and get me another phone. What can you people recommend? GPS, WLAN, deacent camera, good music, 3G, big screen...
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Poor thing, are you burying it in the garden?
If you can live without 5 megapixel I would suggest the 5800xm as it's music quality is better than any current N series model, it has a big screen, 3.5G, good gps, wlan, touchscreen, the very latest OS, good box contents and a cheap price.
If you want something a bit more expensive the N86 8MP and N97 are ones to wait for, both should be available by June.
If you want something now and still want 5mp the N85 or N96 are probably the best choices depending on prices in your country and what features you prefer.
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What's necessary to have Ovi Maps recognize curren...

I've set my Nokia E7-00 to not use WLAN/GPRS info but just to just use GPS (Settings > Program Settings > Position Info > Methods):
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@Rhubarber
Just to clarify if you enable "Assisted GPS" this requires a network access point to reach the "positional server" = supl.nokia.com to speed up location acquisition. I tend to leave all enabled upon my E7-00 running Symbian Anna as it is the WiFi/Network GPS positional method which gives a rapid positional fix whilst indoors as location of router previously determined (note I am not using data plan so no help from Assisted GPS feature).
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N82 low battery life

Hi, I have had a Nokia N82 for about 2 weeks and noticed early on that the battery went flat after about 24hrs. Over the weekend I loaded about 400mb of music onto the memory card and since then it goes flat in about 12 hours. (poss coincidence?)
Could there be any applications that are constantly running (GPS, WLAN etc...) that are causing this or just a duff battery?
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nn82user wrote:
I have finally fixed my problem now and it was definitely the wireless thing as I had changed all my other settings to minimise battery use.
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In the end I deleted this WLAN and all saved WLAN's from my phone and the problem stopped as it no longer appeared in the call log.
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This should solve your problem if.
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GPS not available only WLAN and Basestations

Hello,
in my iPhone 4s GPS is not available, only WLAN and Basestations are used to show location on Maps. On my iPhone 4 everything works fine. Both on iOS 6.0.1
Device already reseted.
What else do I have to do.
Best regards
Reiner

I've had limited success using G spot (App from the Apple store) which seems to find my location by using my WIFI which is also registered with Skyhook and then using it to launch maps. Even though G spot works, google maps still doesn't locate me, but luckily G spot will place a pin drop on your location within maps at the touch of a button.
Thus this may be a workaround for now. G spot also seems seems to work with my wifi off, but I don't know if it's just using a cache of my last known location. I haven't tested in places aside from my flat yet, but will do so very shortly and I will report back whether using a third party app, such as G spot works at obtaining your location which can then be feed into google maps.
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N82 WLAN and GPS

Not sure what I did but my WLAN scanning does not show on the screen. I installed the latest version firmware. No change. In the tools page, when I select WLAN, I get 'System error". Wireless lan works ok but GPS not funtioning. Any ideas?
Thanks

Check your positioning settings first: what is your access point there, and what is your positioning server address? The access point should be a GPRS access point, defined by your service provider. Write down your default positioning server address and replace it with supl.nokia.com that usually works well. If it won't, you can always return back to your default server. Usually the server is automatically correct on N82.
You can't use WLAN connection for the Assisted GPS and most likely also WAP is out of the question. You'll need to use a GPRS connection in order to get the current satellite status without waiting outside for several minutes. If you don't have a GPRS data subscription, you're out of luck. Contact your service provider for this.

Network based and a-gps, data use tests

i was trying to find this kind of info, but only found others asking.
i hope this is useful info for others, especially while roaming.
skip to the bottom for conclusion,
this is the process i took:
i called nokia tech support,
their phone support his horrible,
the people on the phone don't actually know anything, and have to look up everything you ask them.
they were the worst.
i emailed nokia tech support.
my message was:
"i would like to know the difference between assisted gps positioning, and network based positioning. these are 2 of the 4 options on my nokia e66 for positioning methods. i would like to know if network based positioning uses internet data from my service provider to obtain my gps position. i am especially concerned with this function while i'm roaming internationally, as i do not want to be charged for roaming data use."
in about half hour they responded w/ an answer, and then 45 min after that someone else responded w/ an answer.
the first response, minus the hello's etc. was:
"In response to your email, Assisted GPS and Network Based positioning methods generate costs related to data traffic so you will be charged for data use. Only "normal" GPS and Bluetooth GPS do not generate additional costs related to data traffic.
Normal GPS is quite slow and does not work indoors. Therefore, it is recommended to enable at least A-GPS to get a faster position outdoors.
Network based and Wi-Fi positioning also allow you to update your position inside buildings, but they cannot be used for navigation."
the 2nd response was:
"In response to your inquiry, the difference between Assisted GPS positioning (A-GPS) and Network based positioning is that, A-GPS uses satellites while Network based positioning is based on information of your cellular network environment. It allows you to update your position inside buildings, but they cannot be used for navigation. Both positioning methods generate costs related to data traffic (unless you have configured the device to use Wi-Fi connection to make the internet connection). The cost may vary while you are on roaming. Kindly contact the service provider for information about data transmission costs."
i can also respond w/ more questions, but instead did some tests, starting with sitting home, indoors, and eventualy moving to a window w/ lots of sky.
test 1:
i enabled:
integrated gps
network based
assisted gps
opened maps,
set maps to be offline,
set default internet access point to my home wlan network,
closed maps,
cleared all counters and the log on the phone's communication log.
opened maps
there is a pink circle around the area i may be in,
the icon that would show gps satellite strength, changes to show the cell phone antenna icon.
but the packet data counter is sending/receiving a total of around 3-8kb immediately, and over the course of time, it keeps adding up, every 1-2 minutes, and it is shown as packet data to/from the access point "at&t internet"
over the course of ten minutes, it's been about 43kb.
and i can tell on the phone's home screen that the packet data connection becomes active when it does.
the maps kb indicator still says 0.0kb, with a line through the double arrow packet data symbol.
test 2:
now i exited maps,
cleared the counters and logs
i turned off a-gps.
enabled only integrated gps and network based.
i open maps,
the same thing is happening as with the assisted gps on, except i connected to my home wlan once, in the middle of connecting to at&t internet 10 or so times.
everything else is happening the same.
test 3:
i exited maps,
cleared the counters and logs.
enabled only integrated gps.
i open maps, and there is no evidence of packet data connection, or wlan connection.
nothing is showing up in the logs or packet counters, and there is no pink circle around where i may be.
if i set maps to go online, w/ my wlan as the access point, or at&t internet, their respective icons show up on maps, as well as the phone's home screen.
the phone's log show respective connections are made but w/ 0.0kb, and the phone's packet counter, as well as the maps kb usage, say 0.0kb.
test 4:
set maps to offline, w/ my wlan as access point.
exited maps,
turned phone off for a bit to test gps from cold start.
turned on phone,
cleared counters/logs,
enabled only assisted gps and integrated gps.
open maps, there's no pink circle around where i may be, just the red dot of where it thought i last was.
there's about 4-5kb of data transfer,
then i bring the phone to the window where there's a lot of clear sky, and my location is found pretty fast.
i know that w/o assisted gps, w/ only integrated gps, it takes a while to get the gps signals.
i went back and forth to/from the window, and there was packet data use again only once more, not continuously like w/ network based positioning.
so to conclude my tests,
setting the maps to be offline, still uses a-gps and network based positioning.
network based uses a more data, continuously,
which is the opposite of what i thought, i thought a-gps would use more, so i was using network based on and a-gps off while in canada. whoops.
using assisted gps uses about 5-10kb, which, when roaming, according to at&t, they charge 1.95cents/kb.
might be worthwhile for getting a quick gps signal, nothing worse than waiting forever for it to connect.
the only way to be completely clear of data use is disable network based and assisted gps, or set the phone to offline mode.

A-GPS: This uses information from cell network to get a rough idea of where you are. It then uses this information to figure out which satellites to look for. Result is a faster satellite lock. So A-GPS uses a few kB of data to get an initial position, but navigation is done using GPS satellites, which does not require ANY data connection.
Network based: This uses information from the cell network to plot the current position when GPS satellite signal is not available, ie indoors, in a tunnel, etc. Position info derived from the cell network is not as accurate as that from GPS satellites, but serves as a stopgap until GPS signal can be re-acquired. Network based positioning used your data connection EACH TIME the satellite lock is lost. So the amount of data used is dependent on the quality of access you have to the GPS satellites. If you don't lose the connection to the GPS satellites, then you won't use any data.
The ‘offline’ option within the Nokia Maps app only refers to street, POI, etc searches, NOT to A-GPS, Network based positioning or to connecting with the GPS satellites.
If you want to navigate without using ANY data connection, set A-GPS off AND set Network based positioning off AND set the Internet option in Nokia Maps to Offline. Do this and you will not use any of your data connection allowance when navigating. There is no need to put the phone into flight mode.
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How do I use GPS and Maps on my new Nokia N95?

Hi everyone.
Apologies if my questions seem very stupid
I have read my manuals but don't understand how to use the GPS or to use maps. (FYI - I live in Australia).
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Hi doc18
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There is an updated version of Nokia Maps 1.0 available:
http://europe.nokia.com/A4509291
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A-GPS not working ??

Hi, as a 5800 newbie I seem to have got myself into a bit of a pickle :-(
When I enable maps (or the camera wirh GPS enabled) it can take a bit of time for it to get a fix initially.
I had previously disabled "Assisted GPS" in the interests of cost - but now feel that it could be an advantage to have it on occasionally.
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I am saying "yes" to "go online?".
I vauguely remember deleting some profiles at some point to do with data :-( Could it be this??
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I am too a newbee and have found out almost similar problem. After, I bought the phone and after inserting SIM card, I started browing through applications. When I was at Maps, the system asked me if I wish to go online then ? When I clicked "yes", it connected me to the Map position on the serverby downloading some data (through GPRS). Since I realised that I have very little money left in my prepaid account (Idea is really bad in this !), I disconned map application. I inserted a new SIM card later and also used to connect to GPS through WLAN (which otherwise works perfect), but I failed to get my online position after umteeth attempts. I guess I should reset the GPS to original condition by some means ?
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I do have that Problem too.
Ipad1 with 3G and WLAN.
But... I do not have a SIM Card. I only use my home WLAN.
I am sure WLAN works and is correct installed (I did the same to my iphone and it works there), AND I can controll my Samsung TV with the Ipad, which only works when both use the same WLAN. So it is installed perfect for sure.
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A blinking blue dot on a grey screen. In my opinion it doesn't work if that's all you get.
As mentioned in the above thread, there are app store apps (TrackThing, gpsCompass) that will read out your actual position, speed, direction, in numbers, so you can see where you are on a map. (You remember maps? those quaint old world methods of finding where you are?).
This is quite useful in the back country, where cell signals may not reach. I've used gps Compass in the mountains where there was no cell signal. In my case it took about 2 minutes to find the satellites the first time but after that it was very fast.
Its not a substitute for a Garmin, but with a paper map you can still find exactly where you are, and were you are going.
(If you don't know how to navigate with maps, compass, and longitude/latitude numbers, you probably don't belong where there are no cell signals.)

E 72 GPS and E-mail problem after firmware upgrade...

Hi - to all the gurus out there,
1. i upgraded my firmware to 31.023. Now My GPS (whether using Ovi Maps or Google Maps) locks only at home ( probably the place of my last GPS lock before the upgrade- my guess). Tried many times but it simply refuses to lock anywhere else.-- annoying - someone help please
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Ok, Now the GPS seems to have resolved itself after I deselected `Network Assisted`, but initial lock time seems much longer. Maybe that was the problem.

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