[VR6]

Anyone have trouble getting the GPS to find their location on a PB.

I was using it as a GPS unit this weekend on Osmand and it never found our location the entire time. It also had trouble finding our location on Poynt so I know it's not an app issue.

And since you can't turn off the GPS on the PB, what else can it be? What the trick to kicking it in the **** to get it to work?

[diegonei]

Trick is having both strong Internet signal AND clear sky view.

PlayBook have GPS, not A-GPS (that can use celltowers as support).

[anon(5597702)]

GPS with an offline map program like Osmand should lock in just fine without WiFi.

Wouldn't toggling airplane mode turn off GPS then turn it on again?

I recall seeing others suggesting a hard reboot and using other apps to lock into GPS. Sorry I don't have specific names, but hopefully others will chime in.

[djpailo]

GPS sucks on PB unless you do have a clear sky. But if you do have a clear sky, it does work great.

[VR6]

It was clear skies and no WiFi as I was in the car. Maybe I should have tried a hardboot?

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[eblade]

About a year ago, I tried to find anything that could even verify the functionality of GPS on PlayBook, and I couldn't find a single anything that would do it.

[mmd12]

I use GPS Data Master, a free app. It takes a few minutes to get a lock. It works for me indoors as well.

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[brookie229]

Download and install the FREE GPS Test from BB World -- with this great little app you can test your gps and some people claim that starting this app BEFORE you use Magellan or OsMand will make those apps work better.

[VR6]

I think those apps made the GPS work, but I'll have to test it out on the next road trip

[Dunt Dunt Dunt]

It was clear skies and no WiFi as I was in the car. Maybe I should have tried a hardboot?

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In a car, is not clear skies - depending on your orientation to the satellites the simple roof of you car might block a signal.

Yes you should have tried a hardboot....

No you should not be using the PlayBook for GPS mapping. It is very slow - unreliable ( it just does't kick in sometimes), and the few times I tried it I'd be 1/4 of a mile past an intersection.

[Asdic Ping]

I have found that my PB finds a GPS fix quite quickly if wifi is switched off. If wifi is left on it takes forever.

[VR6]

the hard boot seemed to have helped

[darkhawk]

Hope you get it working. I use It often with offline maps used with nogago it's great!