I'm in need of a new sat nav for my car and I'm getting an iPhone 4 when they're being released in Belgium, so I was wondering how accurate the built-in GPS chip works? If you feel it's not accurate enough for fluent turn-by-turn navigation, can you recommend a carkit/accessory with an external GPS antenna (like the TomTom carkit. are there any others?)
View 9 RepliesIf i get an iphone 4, i understand you get a new microSIM chip. but say i want to keep my whatever noniphone lying around as a backup for emergencies, will that old SIM card in that old phone still work? if yes, then does that also mean if i wanted to sell the iphone 4 on ebay, i would be ok? i'm wondering in case we upgrade everyone in the family plan, but not everyone wants an iphone.
View 6 Replies View RelatedMy Iphone does not accept the chip TIM Brazil.I've replaced 3-chip times in less than 2 months, and the message is always the same "invalid chip" or "chip not inserted"...
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1
How to insert a mobile company chip into i phone
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iPhone 4S
Driving home today, I decided to whip out my iPhone 4 to test out the GPS accuracy. It found me very quickly, but the blue dot was on the side of the road I was currently driving on. The dot was not exactly on the road.
View 7 Replies View RelatedA friend gave me an old iPhone 3g running iOS 4.2.1. It has a broken wifi chip an apparent flaw in this model of phone. Are there anyways to have it get network access without using the cellular data network or wifi bands?
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iPhone 3G, iOS 4.2
I think my new 3GS's GPS isn't working well. I removed the sim and turned off wifi and loaded MotionX GPS Lite. It gave me the position with accuracy of 156ft. Is it good for the GPS alone (no A-GPS)? The coordinates are in the woods in front of my house and I was on the porch.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI've heard of and experienced a signficant loss of GPS accuracy after I updated my 3GS to iOS4. Has anyone else had the same experience? I'm thinking that there may be a flaw with how iOS4 handles GPS. Not sure how to make this a poll, mod.
View 4 Replies View RelatedMy phone has been acting up since installing the latest iOS 7.1.1. The back lighting for the screen works intermittetly. I have been able to get it to come back on by turning the phone off and back on, but not every time. Once I enabled VoiceOver through Siri and turned ScreenCurtain On and Off. Other times, just clicking the home button and a few times on a notification that would turn the back lighting on. The phone seems to want to respond to turning the back lighting on, but does not do it every time it should. It usually takes 10 - 30 minutes of me working with it to get it to come back on. The phone has not been dropped and is in an Otterbox case.
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iPhone 5s, iOS 7.1.1
As someone who is planning on acquiring a 9800, it'd be nice to know if the 624mhz can be replaced with a more powerful one? It'd be nice to have the option from any kind of 3rd party if I am to enter a 2yr contract for this device. Thanks. I'm sure i'll be satisfied, but it's the latter half of the contract that I'm worried about as I'd expect RIM to produce more enticing things to come.
View 10 Replies View RelatedJust got this blackberry 9700 maybe last week cool phone and all but i can't remove the chip anyone have any idea how?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have a BB Torch. How do I transfer the pictures to the chip for development?
View 6 Replies View RelatedWill the Torch 9800 accept a 64 Gb memory chip?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI downloaded the blackberry desktop software but I don't know how to format the chip first. Its not the chip that came with the blackberry, I inserted one with more memory. I managed to transfer my pictures to my PC but now I don't know how to reverse the process and upload those pictures to my new chip on my blackberry. I
View 3 Replies View RelatedAccuracy of the gps on my elm. from wisepilot, chose options-settings-gps but it always says no gps coverage. i have another gps equipped phone and it is able to detect 7 gps satellites from the same location. has anybody experienced problems with the elm's gps and how did you fix it?
View 1 Replies View Relatedbeen looking at ios 4 gold master release reviews, either from Internet reviews or bigger tech news sites. it appears it's as snappy on the 3gs as the iphone 4 was when they got their hands on it at wwdc, which is slightly surprising. but then not so much.
i've been reading some info about this a4 chip, as i wondered why steve jobs didn't coin "1ghz cpu!" every other word like he did the ipad. my personal guess. down-clocked for battery performance. equally though i read that the a4 is actually based on the a8 cortex which the iphone 3gs already has, so it's almost to the point where it's just a custom version of that:
http://www.hirdyman.co.uk/2010/03/01...arm-cortex-a8/
in the ipads case, it's just a stripped down a8 so from where i'm standing and what i've read. iphone 4 really isn't going to feature any sort of bump in speed over the 3gs, which is good i think for allot of people waiting for their upgrade date.
i'm personally letting the dust settle and until t-mobile uk bring out pay as you go options, which will see me get rid of my 3gs for the iphone 4.. but until that day arrives, i'm pretty chuffed that the only major upsides to the iphone 4 is new design, screen and camera.. and that we won't see any speed reduction.
any thoughts chaps?
Can I use an external gps (for higher accuracy) with the xperia x10? I've got a blumax gps mouse which communicates via bluetooth. Would that work? Wouldn't it? I guess I would be using it with GeoBeagle. How can I find out before I buy the phone which I wouldn't buy if I can't use the external gps?
View 2 Replies View RelatedWill the Bionic except a 32gb chip?
View 8 Replies View RelatedMacrumors.com posted a comparison amongst the top touch screen phones and the study shows that iPhone is the most accurate when it comes to touchscreens. They failed to include the BB Storm 2 in their studies.
Having used the iPod Touch and the BB Storm 2 quite a lot over the past couple years, I must say that both compare equally when compared with each other.
Is there any way to improve the accuracy of the altitude reading on the GPS?
The Long/Lat is ok but the altitude is way out, I was by the beach a meter or so above sea level and was getting a reading of 50 meters.
I've been using the MA for about a month, I had my first issue with GPS accuracy today. I ran a 6 mile out and back upon checking my route after synching I found that the data showed me running in areas I had not obviously gone. Usually when I do a out and back the route is right on one another. This time I had two lines that varied quite a bit. I noticed my battery was down to 20% before I ran and I swithced it to collect data every two seconds instead of every second like I normally do. Also it was a very sunny/clear day. Has anyone else noticed inaccuracies when using battery saver mode? inaccuracies when not using the MA when low on battery? any success with battery saver mode?
View 11 Replies View RelatedProduct Name iPhone 4
Version IOS 7.1.2
my wifi is not working (location accuracy is improved when wifi is turned on.)
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iPhone 4, iOS 7.1.2, Serial Number 87032W4LA4T
I'm inquiring about the accuracy of the cursor, it seems a bit temperamental at times, not as smooth as the Internet Browser. I have been using Opera Mini for the past three weeks and I still haven't got used to how the cursor works on it. Is there a way to make it so it's like the Internet Browser, or if it's the same with other BlackBerry 9700 devices?
View 10 Replies View RelatedFor the past week I've been running in high accuracy location mode because, for one I wanted to see if battery saving mode really saved much battery, and, also when I do need gps it's already on. I found that any difference in battery drain is negligible because gps is almost never on unless I'm specifically using it. Also if I have a phone with certain capabilities I want to utilize those capabilities. And what you've found as far as battery drain.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have not been able to use any tracking apps with my phone. I have the GPS on and set to high accuracy mode. The maps app pre-installed on the phone sometimes show the location several streets away. Which tracking apps are you using?
View 9 Replies View RelatedBefore updating my device to Android 6, I used SmartLock so my phone would unlock automatically when I arrived at home.
After updating, SmartLock doesn't work anymore because of the GPS location, it doesn't have the accuracy needed for it. Whenever I open Maps, for instance, I need to wait for GPS get my accurate position, but if I close and then reopen it I need to do this again. I have high precision setted on my location settings.
There are 3 location settings,
1. GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networks - this lets Google use any of these to find your location even if Wi-Fi or location is turned off. When this is switched on, you'll often find Google Play Services is one of the biggest issues.
2. Wi-Fi and mobile networks - this disables the GPS chip inside your Galaxy S6 Edge and is probably the least useful of the three options. Relying on just mobile networks and Wi-Fi will allow you to find your location quickly but will then use a lot of data and battery as it relies on your Wi-Fi and mobile networks to keep track of your location.
3. GPS only - this is actually the mode I use as it prevents Google scanning in the background (more on that below). It has its pitfalls in that it can take a while to find your location but the battery savings from not having Google scanning are plentiful.
We know that option 1 and 2 could lead to extreme battery drain because Google uses the location manager and wake up the device. When you attempt to turn on either the first or the second option, you're greeted with a prompt from Google to "Improve location accuracy". The option means that anonymous location data can sporadically be sent to Google even when no apps are running, and as a result, this can have a large impact on your battery life, especially when using Google Now or widgets that depend on location. If I choose one of these options I do not see the dialog anymore. Maybe I accidentally clicked "don' t show again".
How can I get the dialog back? When I enable the locations, it is always set to option 1, even if I had 3 the last time.
Accuracy is terrible for me. Have tried it directly with the phone and through a Blueant Q1 headset. In both cases it's rare for the voice dialing to recognize the name or numbers I'm saying, even in a quietly running car with the windows closed and no music. Sometimes the guesses are completely off, like when I say "604" for the area code and it asks if I said "644".I've read on this board about training the devie to my voice but I can't see how to do that.As an aside, I hate the voice with the british accent that reads back the name or number - any way to change it to a North American accent?I'm running a 9550 with 5.0.0.320.
View 7 Replies View RelatedJust got a nexus 5. I switched the location settings to battery saver but if I turn off location it defaults back to high accuracy mode when I turn it back on which drains my battery quickly.
View 2 Replies View RelatedSo, the chip I use, after the update, is now invalid. I tested it on another phone, and it worked. And I tested a different chip on my NeoV, and it also worked... I wonder why my chip wont work. Will I have to change my chip?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI purchased an iPhone 4s from Sprint shortly after it came out. I have been able to make calls from nearly anywhere -- I rarely encounter any deadzones. As of today, when I try to make a call I hear 3 short beeps and the phone quits. I've tried to call the iPhone from a landline and get voice mail only. What's going on? I did not intentionally make any changes that I'm aware of. I was able to make a call from my bluetooth equipped car today.
Info:iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1, sprint is the carrier
