Samsung Galaxy Note GPS inflight
Galaxy S II
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I have been unable to get the GPS on my Galaxy S II to lock inflight.
It receives the satellite signals but no lock. This is on airbus aircraft.
It receives the satellite signals but no lock. This is on airbus aircraft.
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Samsung Andriod GPS
I am getting the AirNav Pro App when it comes out in the summer. they do the App for iPhones but a Galaxy is an Andriod (as you know)
As seen here - -! If the electric window heat is on then it f-messes up the signal.
There is a dongle which you can get to pin or stick onto the windscreen. this, apparently, improves sig recep greatly - but, if the sig is affected by the window heat then . . . .
You will also find that apart from moving map display you also get VOR ILS PFD, complete with Alt, Spd, ROC or ROD i.e., VSI - nice. . . and, turn and slip too !
All for 40 odd $ollars.
Hail to today, the future.
As seen here - -! If the electric window heat is on then it f-messes up the signal.
There is a dongle which you can get to pin or stick onto the windscreen. this, apparently, improves sig recep greatly - but, if the sig is affected by the window heat then . . . .
You will also find that apart from moving map display you also get VOR ILS PFD, complete with Alt, Spd, ROC or ROD i.e., VSI - nice. . . and, turn and slip too !
All for 40 odd $ollars.
Hail to today, the future.
Another one that you might care to try is 'Open GPS Tracker'. It's not a display of your position, but a recorder of where you've been.
You can set it to record your position every (say) 1 minute (default is 5 minutes) and it will make a record of your position, height, speed and direction of travel. It's really designed for ground use, but if you tell it to ignore 'sill heights' and 'silly speeds' it will faithfully record all those parameters.
I used it recently on a trip to the far east. It wasn't perfect as I am a member of 'joe public' so I was seated in the back and had to make do with hanging my 'phone on the window. I would expect much better results with it running from inside the cockpit window.
I was quite fortunate in that some of the aircraft had an in-flight entertainment system which included a USB post, so I was able to keep my phone fully charged during the flight.
(And in case anybody gets funny about it - the 'phone was in 'airplane mode')
You can set it to record your position every (say) 1 minute (default is 5 minutes) and it will make a record of your position, height, speed and direction of travel. It's really designed for ground use, but if you tell it to ignore 'sill heights' and 'silly speeds' it will faithfully record all those parameters.
I used it recently on a trip to the far east. It wasn't perfect as I am a member of 'joe public' so I was seated in the back and had to make do with hanging my 'phone on the window. I would expect much better results with it running from inside the cockpit window.
I was quite fortunate in that some of the aircraft had an in-flight entertainment system which included a USB post, so I was able to keep my phone fully charged during the flight.
(And in case anybody gets funny about it - the 'phone was in 'airplane mode')
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There is a dongle which you can get to pin or stick onto the windscreen. this, apparently, improves sig recep greatly - but, if the sig is affected by the window heat then . . . .
........lets hope you don't all fly around with the window heat off!
........lets hope you don't all fly around with the window heat off!
