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[Thomas Voß <thomas.voss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 11:14 AM, Simplehuman <doityourselfteam@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Sure, but for me... My MX4 with Ubuntu can't get GPS fix at all ;) only
> network-based (~30 m). If I'm not mistaking It was working on OTA-6, but
> after OTA-8 till now (I'm on rc-proposed now) it is broken for me. It can
> get a GPS fix after ~5 mins (and this is a LOT). But, if I move it doesn't
> change position on the map. After 1-2 minutes the position will "jump" like
> network-based fix.
>
>
​Sure, feel free to file a bug here:

  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/location-service

If you are happy to, it would be great if you could include information
according to:

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Process/Merges/TestPlan/location-service#Forensics

Cheers,

  Thomas​



> 04.01.2016 12:03, Thomas Voß пишет:
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> On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Dmytryi Fedorov <
> <doityourselfteam@xxxxxxxxx>doityourselfteam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi, it must be Ubuntu issue. Because Android version of MX4 don't have
>> such problem.
>>
>>
> Please see my previous answer :) As I pointed out: yes, there naturally
> are differences.
> Also note that applications and with that users are unable to distinguish
> whether a position
> estimate originated from the gps chipset or a network-based positioning
> provider. With that,
> just focusing on the GPS hardware is not really helpful :)
>
> Cheers,
>
>   Thomas​
>
>
>
>> 03.01.2016 13:48, Krzysztof Tataradziński пишет:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> We all know that on MX4 getting GPS fix takes really long time (30 sec -
>> 2 min), making scopes like NearBy useless in most of cases. I have a look
>> at budget LG L Fino with Android and compared it to MX4.
>> In both phones test was the same: at start mobile data and WiFi turned
>> off. Next step - turning mobile data on, opening GPS app (Google Maps and
>> uNav) and waiting for proper location.
>> MX4 time - as mentioned above. LG L Fino - I didn't notice when it find
>> location - it was that fast (simply when Maps finished opening, I saw
>> correct location). Could anyone explain why budget phone can find location
>> in 1-2 sec and mid-to-high-end MX4 can't? Is there hardware problem or
>> software? Maybe in LG L Fino, system is asking for location all the time
>> keeping GPS fix all the time it can? Is there anything we can do with
>> data, even at the cost of battery usage? (for now, I can use MX4 even 4-5
>> days without charging - but I would prefer to charge it even 1,5 days if
>> that could improve location services)
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Krzysztof Tataradziński
>> https://launchpad.net/~ktatar156
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