GPS problem

[claus_stenberg_]

The GPS position is not very accurate (see map below, red is the track I followed, blue the recorded track in Endomondo)   phone is placed with a free view to the sky.

I have updated the software (last week) but that did not solve the problem.

Is it a hardware problem??

[kwen]

Hi Hobie, thanks for your answer.

So the GPS problem definitely seems to be a hardware problem. Well, my phone is brand new, and I'm not going to the warranty dept, while I still have the option of returning it to shop for free.

Like someone else posted in another GPS topic here, I just left my phone stationary, and it "traveled" for miles in half an hour. And it cannot get a straight track at all, which completely spoils my use of the phone as a cycling tracker.

Shame. This makes me hesitant to buy any future Sony hardware again. And I will not recommend this brand to anyone. Samsung, yes. Buy a GSIII if you have the money. GPS fix in 2s, extremely accurate.

Btw, I'm very curious what Johan (Sony Support), had to say in his PM to Claus.

Btw2: why is this topic "assumed answered". It's not.

[lazzez]

Good thoghts about this, as i suspected whit this gps issue. Hardware

The problem 4 me is that i reported this problem at once my dealer said that a software issue and told me to wait,,,

Never came a solution and now I cant return it to them,,,, i hope they will replace it now at the service center,,

Im feeling the same about bying sony, trouble whit my xperia active, never solved,,,

And now this whit experia go and very hard to get response from support,,,

And most important were is the anwer for this issue?

[hjbodelsen]

Hi Johan

I just bought a SONY Experia GO, seal not brooken yet and I will return it if you can't confirm the GPS issue to be sloved.

I have upgrated from ACTIVE it coundn't reboot five weeks ago and had to go to Sweden for recreation for almost two weeks. Yesterday it did it again, so I refused repair and got the money back. I need a phone, for calls, SMS, calendar, navigation, photos at work and in my kayak and sailing boot.

Have a nice day,hope you call clear the wolf cry.

Hans

[hjbodelsen]

Well I better return my SONY Xperia Go then. Look nice but if I open it and the GPS don't work

I'm in trouble. I could run my sail boat a ground trusting a failing GPS at night or fog, don't dare. Sorry Ericsson you are on your own.

[robinzif]

the gps doesnt work correctly. The other day ran 6 km but the phone tracked 9 km. what can I do about it? Bought it for my active life and gps is one of the things on the phone I use the most. Im really angry. Will you fix the bug somehow? Please reply!

[gette]

Same problem:

http://goo.gl/maps/3Zexr

recorded track

13.8km

real route 7.6km

I already returned mine phone twice, the only did a factory reset...

I'm pissed...

[xfahim]

So Now I have a phone with NO GPS, WIFI and WARRENTY. (In my country there isn't any official service centre)

Mom isn't gonna buy me another phone in months.

How cool is that, Sony?

[dgales4130]

I am thinking about  buying this phone for my bike rides in chicago,il .  I am a cat 3 racer and I am hoping to get to 2 by the end of the road season. TOO BAD sony can't get their ducks in the row.  

They have

1) Replaceable battery

2)Rugid Design

3)Water resistance (shower factor)

4) ANT+ native

So I am going to sit on this a week and see what happens ... maybe they will get a drift ...

[kenw]

Correction, the Go does not have replaceable battery and does not support ANT+, so look elsewhere

[xfahim]

Yes. kenw is right.

Plus, TO BE HONEST, you can see other phone's too.