Sygic Mobile Maps 9
 

Hello people!I have installed sygic mobile maps 9 but I have a problem.When I start the app,the gps is start working but it doesn't stop blinking the gps icon even if am outside,which means that it can't find me.When I have an internet conection the gps finds me immediatelly,but when I don't have it can't find me.Do you know why is that happening?I know that the gps of nokia n900 works with an internet connection,but I thought that sygic mobile maps offers you complete offline navigation.If you know anything please answer me,because I need a navigator in my car (I am a new driver :D).

Re: Sygic Mobile Maps 9
 

Try going to the settings (on the phone not the sygic app) then to the location settings. disable the use of internet for the gps.

the internet connection is used to determine your location faster using the network towers. this is why they call it A-GPS (assisted gps)

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You might have to wait longer than you expect if you're offline. I wouldn't be surprised at anything under 10 minutes. If you get a fix, some of the GPS data is cached so next time it'll be faster (within a given time period)

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it hardly uses any data if any

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it will take about 5-10mins to get a lock with Sygic, but if you previously connected then it will only take about 1min to relock.

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Ok I will disable the network positioning and I am going to wait when the miracle will happen!Spanner what do you mean "a fix"?

P.S.:If anybody of you know a better navigation app,please tell me because if I have to wait 5-10 min everytime to lock then this is stupid.

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Actually,it made it in a pretty fast time.3 min 51 secs!I guess we have here a new world record:D:D:D:D ! I was just wondering why is this happening.I mean when we use a gps device,which is only for navigation and nothing else,it locks the signal very fast.What does it have more that n900 doesn't have?


p.s.:Can you please answer to my previous post?

Re: Sygic Mobile Maps 9
 

there is no other turn by turn voice navigation program for maemo.
but I get a satellite lock within seconds.

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How do you do that?????

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I'm not doing anything special.
Do you have network positioning enabled?

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Tell that to my brother in law that forgot to turn it off when he got his 5800 without a data play payed over €200 in one Month! :eek:

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This is exactly why I started this thread.Just to know why the gps isn't working in the same way even if you don't have internet,because I can't have internet all the time at n900.

Anyway,thank u all!

Re: Sygic Mobile Maps 9
 

To make it find find satellites faster, I launch GPSJinn beside Sygic (or any GPS soft).

This trick was working also with my previous old Nokia N79-N82 (I was launching the small positionning app included - don't remember the name)

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Yes this is confirmed. I start my gps recorder instead. If i remember you have to do it in specific order or otherwise it wont work.

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If you don't have network access enabled you'll have to get all the data from the satellites and it will take up to a few minutes for first lock. All GPS devices could be expected to have this same limitation.

This is true regardless of the application trying to get a GPS fix btw.

This is discussed in many threads.

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But still if you dont want to use network fix, you may find gps signal faster with gps jinni and sygic than sygic just alone

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I use sygic all day every day, all gps devices have a warm and cold starting time, first lock of the day WILL take considderably longer than the rest. Mine takes between 3 and say 8 minutes the first time, after that its only seconds. Tomtom n other route guidence specific devices have quickfix software that remembers there last position and i doubt sygic has? Hope this helps
Nath