GPS problems with my S9B
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@basetta79 when you start the activity, does it take long for the GPS icon to become green?
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@isazi today 1-2 minute. Yesterday when I realized I was off with gps, I stopped and finished the activity. Then I immediately started another one but the search for gps has been long. When back at home, I couldn’t sync with the app. I had to un pair the watch then pair it newly and it worked.
Edit: I was using navigation with an imported route
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@basetta79 long time for a GPS fix is consistent with missing AGPS.
Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti
Blog: isazi's home
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@isazi and what can I do in that case? Is this something I can fix without sending the watch to official assistance?
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I had some issues with slow fix too a couple of days ago.
So maybe there was some problem in the file data -
@basetta79
just make sure your watch completely synces to SA before an activity. the agps file gets synced with the watch-phone connection
I’ve had bad agps and also in general bad recording days, too. they are very rare IMHO -
@freeheeler ok. This morning the agps were synced to the app before the run but the result was awful (BUT the SA wasn’t updated). Tomorrow I will retry…
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@basetta79 if you sync AGPS do it more than 15 minutes before you start the activity. Unpacking and making the files available takes time, so if you sync a new AGPS and then start immediately it is not available.
Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti
Blog: isazi's home
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@isazi ok!
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@isazi
the best we can do is using the watch every day and sync it every day
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@isazi are we ok the AGPS sync only by SA ? Or it’s with suunto link ?
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@g287-sf SA is more than enough.
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@basetta79 this is made with power saving mode
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@dimitrios-kanellopoulos no it wasn’t. It was in Performance mode.
Edit: at least that was what I set.
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@basetta79 can I have a suunto app link ?
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@dimitrios-kanellopoulos hope you can check it
https://www.suunto.com/move/basetta79/607c0303095c927ca112bf8e
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@basetta79 you are correct. Its best GPS mode.
However I can see that your signal is very low. AGPS was updated 18/04/21
The signal was low from start.
I would recommend that you wait like 1-5 mins after the green arrow lock happens.
"Specifically you started with only 6 visible sats (8-12 is good ).
This can happen becasue the starting conditions were hard and youi did not wait so long.
So imagine the watch barely has a good GPS lock to start, and you enter hard terrain. Then it wont have the time to recover.
Also try GPS + Glonass.
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@dimitrios-kanellopoulos believe me: yesterday I synced before the start, waited for more than 10 minute (I was waiting for a teammate ) with the hooked gps and then I started my activity. This time I was using only GPS but the previous day the situation was as bad as yesterday with the Beidou configuration. Can’t understand
Edit: this was saturday
https://www.suunto.com/move/basetta79/607ae8ef095c927ca10bc599 -
@basetta79 Wild guess…
I noticed a lot of tree cover on the east and west side of your route where you lost signal. The on the other side is surrounded by mountains. If I look at the satellite data from yesterday morning It shows me this picture in your neighborhood:
Could it be that there are too few satellites directly above you? Most of the satellites appear low above the horizon.
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@surfboomerang said in GPS problems with my S9B:
@basetta79 Wild guess…
I noticed a lot of tree cover on the east and west side of your route where you lost signal. The on the other side is surrounded by mountains. If I look at the satellite data from yesterday morning It shows me this picture in your neighborhood:
Could it be that there are too few satellites directly above you? Most of the satellites appear low above the horizon.
I live close to mountains. The point is that previously I had an Ambit3 Vertical and later a Spartan Ultra. Both the watches never had issues. Moreover I bought the 9B 3 months ago and so a friend of mine did. He never experienced any problem with his 9B. From what you can see from your satellites map, which would be the best configuration you suggest?
