GPS doesn't seem to work

Ivan Shirokoff ivanshirokoff at gmail.com
Fri Nov 21 14:42:40 CET 2008


Leonti Bielski пишет:
> It should get you location in approximately 40 seconds.
> You are using recent kernel, so this
> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GPS_Problems should not be a problem.
>
> I would recommend to find a clear place without high buildings, stay
> still for a while (when you  are moving it's hard to find a position
> for GPS) wait for about a minute and see what happens.
>
> Leonti
>   

Ok. Thanks. I'll give it a try.
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Ivan Shirokoff <ivanshirokoff at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Leonti Bielski пишет:
>>     
>>> Where do you test it? Inside the building or outside?
>>> On the street with high buildings or with the sky clearly visible?
>>>
>>>       
>> I've tried it first at home. Then I've decided to give it a try at
>> street. Both cases failed.
>> How much time does it take GPS to locate your position?
>> Maybe a couple of minutes is too less?
>> Cause I've been waiting not longer than 2-3 minutes.
>>
>>     
>>> Leonti
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Ivan Shirokoff
>>> <ivanshirokoff at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Hello. I'm new to FreeRunner. So I already have a lot of questions.
>>>>
>>>> I can't get GPS to work.
>>>> I'm using the last one avalible file system
>>>> (Om2008.9-gta02-20081117.rootfs.jffs2 ) and kernel
>>>> (Om2008.9-gta02-20081106.uImage.bin).
>>>> Though I didn't update boot-loader.
>>>> Also I've tried FDOM - the same results. GPS gets fails only =(
>>>>
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