N900 Hardware GPS

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A number of users have reported poor or no lock in circumstances where the phone should obtain a GPS lock.
A number of users have reported poor or no lock in circumstances where the phone should obtain a GPS lock.
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See [https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7026 this bug] for more information and to help with debugging.
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See [https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7026 this (now closed) bug] for more information and if you are still affected by this. (read all of the bug carefully)
===User reports of lock times===
===User reports of lock times===

Revision as of 15:29, 5 May 2010

The GPS in the N900 is a TI GPS5030 - navilink 5. [1]

The Navilink series is detailed here.


The GPS is not connected to the main CPU, but to the processor in the phone module, hence cannot be directly communicated with. [2]


Bugs

A number of users have reported poor or no lock in circumstances where the phone should obtain a GPS lock.

See this (now closed) bug for more information and if you are still affected by this. (read all of the bug carefully)

User reports of lock times