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I've noticed the following behaviour for quite some time now: My Jolla seems to provide outdated location information to apps (e.g. Browser) even though it has a GPS fix and Maps shows the correct location.

A recent example: Last week I went abroad to Gran Canaria (Spain), more than 3000 KM away from my home. I have the Jolla in Flight Mode with only GPS and WiFi enabled to avoid Roaming Charges. I have had a decent GPS fix in Gran Canaria and have used the Maps to navigate using GPS/WiFi. However, whenever I attempt to use my location in the Browser, it keeps reporting my home town in the Netherlands as location to the Browser (for a webbased Foursquare check-in). This week, after being back home for 2 days with everything turned back on (GSM, Mobile Data, WiFi and GPS), I tried to do a similar check-in in the browser and my phone persistently put my location to Gran Canaria.

Rebooting the Jolla doesn't appear to have any beneficial effects on getting the 'reported' location updated. It took the phone about a day after the first attempt to use the location to get it updated to my current location.

Bit less recent: A day trip with everything (GSM/WiFi/GPS/Mobile Data) enabled from my home town to Amsterdam (about 150km), location will not get updated to Amsterdam throughout the day.

The GPS is working perfectly fine and finds my location and Maps correctly reflects the GPS location. The GPSinfo utility does provide a clue: When initially opened, it shows the coordinates matching the location reported to the browser, until it has a GPS fix.

It seems as if the actual GPS fix is not used/stored and it only uses WiFi/GSM network mappings to update the current location.

Anyone else noticing similar behaviour? Any pointers where to look for troubleshooting this?

I've noticed the following behaviour for quite some time now: My Jolla seems to provide outdated location information to apps (e.g. Browser) even though it has a GPS fix and Maps shows the correct location.

A recent example: Last week I went abroad to Gran Canaria (Spain), more than 3000 KM away from my home. I have the Jolla in Flight Mode with only GPS and WiFi enabled to avoid Roaming Charges. I have had a decent GPS fix in Gran Canaria and have used the Maps to navigate using GPS/WiFi. However, whenever I attempt to use my location in the Browser, it keeps reporting my home town in the Netherlands as location to the Browser (for a webbased Foursquare check-in). This week, after being back home for 2 days with everything turned back on (GSM, Mobile Data, WiFi and GPS), I tried to do a similar check-in in the browser and my phone persistently put my location to Gran Canaria.

Rebooting the Jolla doesn't appear to have any beneficial effects on getting the 'reported' location updated. It took the phone about a day after the first attempt to use the location to get it updated to my current location.

Bit less recent: A day trip with everything (GSM/WiFi/GPS/Mobile Data) enabled from my home town to Amsterdam (about 150km), location will not get updated to Amsterdam throughout the day.

The GPS is working perfectly fine and finds my location and Maps correctly reflects the GPS location. The GPSinfo utility does provide a clue: When initially opened, it shows the coordinates matching the location reported to the browser, until it has a GPS fix.

It seems as if the actual GPS fix is not used/stored and it only uses WiFi/GSM network mappings to update the current location.

Anyone else noticing similar behaviour? Any pointers where to look for troubleshooting this?