Umi Plus - Android N and GPS

GlobuS · Post time 2016-11-16 20:39:43

Someone maybe tested GPS signal on Nugat beta version?

DeepAnger · Post time 2016-12-30 12:57:04

Wow, that was fast and I'v noticed some of the problems that you have fixed. I'm downloading it. Thank you. Will report ASAP.

DeepAnger · Post time 2016-12-30 18:16:00

I was already satisfied with this phone and now I am happy. Good job UMI people !
The first fix was very long to get, several minutes but after that, it now takes usually less than 6 seconds (even after a reboot).

Oh, and I did not (have to) use FasterGPS this time.

borisffm · Post time 2016-11-17 02:38:32

yes I did on both versions - same issues as before

DeepAnger · Post time 2016-12-20 22:26:31

On Android N final (I hope not), GPS works after a run of FasterGPS (root) but no Glonass satellites are received.
Real accuracy is about +- 10 meters which is bad.

DeepAnger · Post time 2016-12-23 00:54:38

DeepAnger replied at 2016-12-20 22:26
On Android N final (I hope not), GPS works after a run of FasterGPS (root) but no Glonass satellites ...

Hello,

I'm replying to myself because I think I have found an explanation about the apparently missing Glonass sats thanks to the guy who devellop a great app called SatStat available on f-droid
https://github.com/mvglasow/satstat/wiki

He says that :

In a nutshell, each color stands for a location provider.

Red is GPS, though nowadays most devices also support GLONASS and/or Beidou. Those hybrid chips report all of these systems as extra GPS satellites, thus you get multiple systems under one provider.

Here's what I had while driving today :

As you can see at the bottom of the screen, there are more sats than just GPS, I presume the others are Glonass Russian sats. But most if not all apps won't be able to properly identify them.

Here's what I had inside a 4 story reinforced concrete building at ground floor, near a window and an overcast sky while it was drizzling.

Regards.