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If I use a GPS on my Xperia XA2 device, the GPS position doesn't update.
Changing the Location settings has no effect. Going for a walk outside doesn't help.
Usualy after a random delay of sevral minutes it then magically works.
Seems a duplicate to this, but I maybe wrong:link text
aspergerguy ( 2019-08-03 21:52:54 +0200 )editI have XA2 and XA2 Ultra and they both suffer from this. Both of them have high precision set in settings. I haven't been able to get location at all this summer (or I have stopped waiting too early) and I suspect GPS rollover is the culprit here. It killed a bunch of TomTom navigators, I know that much... Could you sailors please have a look?
Direc ( 2019-08-04 07:42:20 +0200 )editAs pointed out by aspergerguy, closing as a duplicate;
https://together.jolla.com/question/206178/solved-xa2-takes-a-long-time-to-catch-the-gps-signal/
Spam Hunter ( 2019-08-05 15:44:28 +0200 )editThanks for the replies guys. @Direc I'm not sure it is a GPS rollover as I had this with my old Xperia phone last year i.e. 2018 (before the second rollover occurred).
@Edz and @aspergerguy thank you for your replies, I regret that I do disagree with you - I strongly believe that it isn't just bad GPS, I think there is a bug somewhere.
I can't confirm that using Mozilla's service helps at all, maybe it does but I haven't seen any difference.
As a work around I advise the following (this is what I do): -
Firstly make sure you have your phone on full charge before leaving your house. Then about 40mins before you need a location on the phone start a location dependent app. HERE Maps is a good idea, maybe GPS Info too.
That way when you need location, the phone's location should have had a chance to be good.
Other things you might want to try include going for a walk outside with the phone (not in a car).
nshiell ( 2019-08-11 16:00:38 +0200 )editUpdate: I did get a location after several minutes, perhaps 15 or so, of waiting on both my XA2 and XA2 Ultra, so it's not the rollover.
It might be the Mozilla location service, I think. There was some kind of quota issue with it previouly, but I can't recall the details.
Direc ( 2019-08-11 18:41:05 +0200 )edit