UMI SUPER GPS PROBLEMS

Beatertech

saikee replied at 2016-9-5 08:49
The Internet information on gps accuracy:

"All things considered, you can usually expect to be with ...

The GPS lock is not working properly,  can you explain why the GPS will locate my position then jump off the grid to about 30ft away and start moving?

The GPS is not working properly,  I won't settle for 20-30ft distance when I have 3 other devices that report correctly.

Imagine those poor pokemon player's trying to catch a pokemon 30ft away then the map reporting that you are somewhere completely different to where you are standing. This goes for ingress players also.

Danilospazio

Hi everyone,
I had the same issue about the GPS signal quality. Very poor and unstable, with no possibility to use google maps. After contacting my seller, he told me to start the MAPs application in a open environment (with large visibility of the sky) and keep it open for more than 10 minutes allowing MAPs to calibrate the position (until the dot stays still with no circle around).
I have done it and now it is working quite well. Ok the GPS is not the most accurante one (5-6 m) but all navigation apps can be used without problem.
Please have a try a let me know if it worked on your Umi Super.
Ciao

Danilospazio

cr45h

Seriously, stop posting ridiculous fixes. There is nothing you can do to make the GPS perform better. Aluminum foil, new back cover, leaving Maps open to the sky, none of these will help. The GPS will only get better when UMI chooses to fix the drivers.

cr45h

For those of you choosing to waste your money on new back covers, as I explained previously, there is nothing wrong with the back cover. The second connection is simply being made in a different way. There is a screw with a washer which connects the antenna to the mainboard. This screw makes the second connection (instead of the pin). If you doubt this, there is a simple test. Simply check your GPS reception with and without this screw. When you remove the screw, the reception will drop drastically.

Beatertech

Leeco LeTV

This is a GPS Test with a LeTV Leeco . note the 3 feet distance.

andyTM

1. Go into your phones "EngineerMode" (most Mediatek devices have this) by typing *#*#3646633#*#* into the dialer (it can also be accessed through MTK apps from playstore).
2. Go to the "Location"-tab and select "Location Based Service".
3. Go to the "AGPS"-tab and turn off AGPS by deselecting "A-GPS On/Off".

4. Go to the "GPS"-tab and make sure GPS is off, then clear all presets in your GPS chip by seperately choosing the "GPS MODES" Full, VzW Cold, delete EPH, delete Time. After each selection press the "DELETE" button. (maybe deleting the "Full" one os enough, not sure)

5. Now go into an open space that should give the best possible GPS reception. Turn on GPS (AGPS stays off!), then swipe over to the "VIEW"-tab and wait for your phone to find sattelites. It will take a little longer because it has to start from scratch, (but I don't think it will be more than 3 minutes) Might actually take up to 30 minutes! Use Google Maps as a reference. Position needs to be rock solid and on the spot! (Wait for it to have a really good position though - like at least 8 green sattelites.) Once you're confident with the result -->

6. Go back to the "GPS"-tab, turn off GPS, then click on "REF POSITION" and choose "APPLY LAST LOCATION".

7. Go to the "AGPS"- tab and re-enable "A-GPS On/Off".
8. Go to the "GPS"-tab and enable GPS (it will now download AGPS data).
9. Enjoy fast location fixes and a stable GPS signal!

saikee

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Beatertech

saikee replied at 2016-9-6 05:01
Edited by saikee at 2016-9-6 05:10 \n\n Edited by saikee at 2016-9-6 05:08 \n\n"The United States g ...

Anybody can copy and paste off the Internet written accuracy levels,  makes no difference to the actual fact the GPS is not working properly on my device.   The photo I posted shows 3ft accuracy on the other unit I own letv lecco 2 Pro and keeps that way . ,  are you telling me that 20feet is acceptable on the  Umi  Super with no location lock and movement within a 40feet radius while moving is correct?!  Pffft.

ciccios

Beatertech replied at 2016-9-6 06:39
Anybody can copy and paste off the Internet written accuracy levels,  makes no difference to the a ...

the problem is not the accuracy levels when you look at the satellites only, this is ok on my phone; the problem is when you use an app as Waze or Google map or ....., the position jump from one street to another ... and you can not use it!

Semy

I asked a friend working at Samsung authorized service
On the question whether the GPS antenna should be connected to two wires, he strongly denied. All models of Samsung have one wire. He pointed to the need whereas good matching of the antenna due to the frequency on which it is running. But I think that perhaps this is not screwed up our producer. I am inclined to the view that the problem lies, however, in the drivers. GPS useless mainly in car navigation. High speed completely prevents the use of navigation.