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    • Tomas5T Offline
      Tomas5
      last edited by Tomas5

      Not sure if this could be related to latest firmware update (i didn’t notice problem with last two cross country skiing). But today i did small hike, i noticed that altitude is measured as steps on graph. And it was continues climb about 10-15% so it should not show steps. On the way back by little different route i lost gps signal and i did’t saw altitude at all. Than it jumped down, than app again.

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      • sartoricS Offline
        sartoric Moderator @Tomas5
        last edited by

        @tomas5
        That could be (very probable) a Gps signal issue.
        Remember that since 5 has no baro, it relies on GPS only for altitude data

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        • Tomas5T Offline
          Tomas5 @sartoric
          last edited by Tomas5

          @sartoric yes it can be seen on mat that on way back there is first kilometer just strait line on map but it wasn’t.

          It should looks like this:
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          • Łukasz SzmigielŁ Offline
            Łukasz Szmigiel
            last edited by

            It seems that the GPS went boo boo. It may be the obligatory “you didn’t wait long enough for the green arrow to get a better fix”. Or something along those lines.

            Or Galileo. Or GLONASS. Or space dwarfs.

            S9PP 2.40.38

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            • Tomas5T Offline
              Tomas5 @Łukasz Szmigiel
              last edited by

              @łukasz-szmigiel on way to top i got gpx fix at begining, on way back i spend few minutes inside building on top so it could lost gps but i don’t understand why it than took tens of minutes to get gps fix. But who knows it it was one time issue i don’t care. If it will happen again i will report.

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