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    • zhang965Z Offline
      zhang965
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      I’d advise you to move to another country and give it a try.

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      • freeheelerF Offline
        freeheeler @florin2528
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        @florin2528
        they both look quite off to what I am used to 😕

        living sideways

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        • florin2528F Offline
          florin2528 Bronze Member @zhang965
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          @zhang965 I don’t understand you, what country has to do? My cheap phone has a decent signal, why shouldn’t have the suunto 9. I had a fenix 5 which had no issues in this country.

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          • Mff73M Offline
            Mff73 @florin2528
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            @florin2528
            @zhang965 has a very high sense of humour 🙂
            But after first joke, he mainly explains his real thougt 😂

            Suunto Spartan Ultra (since 2016) FW: 2.8.24 (retired)
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            • Mff73M Offline
              Mff73
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              And surely here, he might imagine that location of your run and/or specific day GPS conditions, may not be perfect.
              Btw, the straight line in your watch recording is not good 😞

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                azeanic
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                GPS is quite cranky this week. Been noticing that the tracks aren’t particularly great.

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                • florin2528F Offline
                  florin2528 Bronze Member @Mff73
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                  @Mff73 the conditions were not perfect, a couple of thin clouds. Regarding the houses around I attached a picture.

                  google coordinates where it lost signal:
                  https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7875149,24.1385937,3a,75y,200.91h,97.06t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTKMNfv5IRzW3JO-Yg_GOWA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
                  Screenshot from 2019-06-13 09-56-11.png

                  I still have two weeks for returning the product back. Any chances of getting a software update until then?

                  Thanks,
                  Florin

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                  • zhang965Z Offline
                    zhang965
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                    I don’t think my S9 has a good GPS track accuracy but I think mine has not same as worst as yours.

                    You have to do several tests to make sure where is the problem.

                    Do a 12s reboot and update AGPS.

                    Try once in same route.
                    Try another route (another country)
                    Try another day. (sunny day without thin cloud)
                    Try with Glonass(sometime/some countries Glonass is better than GPS)

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                      florin2528 Bronze Member @zhang965
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                      @zhang965

                      Do a 12s reboot and update AGPS. - Already did that and the calibration step.

                      Try once in same route. - I already did that and the track was decent.
                      Try another route (another country) - don’t see the relevance.
                      Try another day. (sunny day without thin cloud) - don’t see the relevance. If my phone works in cloudy day, suunto should also.
                      Try with Glonass(sometime/some countries Glonass is better than GPS) - I will and get back on this thread.


                      Here i was in the mountains:
                      Screenshot_20190613-100905_Suunto_Stanisoara.jpg

                      but this watch is used for tracking of the rebullXalps athletes. It should work also in the mountains.

                      Florin

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                      • florin2528F Offline
                        florin2528 Bronze Member @zhang965
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                        @zhang965
                        Try once in same route.

                        an example from another run, same place.
                        Screenshot_20190613-102708_Suunto.jpg

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                        • zhang965Z Offline
                          zhang965 @florin2528
                          last edited by zhang965

                          Do a 12s reboot and update AGPS. - Already did that and the calibration step.

                          Try once in same route. - I already did that and the track was decent. so it means your S9’s GPS could work well
                          Try another route (another country) - don’t see the relevance. We’d know if the bad signal relevant the route, for example another route has good GPS signal, it means on your first route, it has some unsure factors
                          Try another day. (sunny day without thin cloud) - don’t see the relevance. If my phone works in cloudy day, suunto should also. Yes and no, GPS watch normally has not the same accuracy as phone
                          Try with Glonass(sometime/some countries Glonass is better than GPS) - I will and get back on this thread.

                          but this watch is used for tracking of the rebullXalps athletes. It should work also in the mountains.

                          Florin

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                          • freeheelerF Offline
                            freeheeler @florin2528
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                            @florin2528 said in Suunto 9 baro - GPS track not accurate:

                            I still have two weeks for returning the product back. Any chances of getting a software update until then?

                            what product would you choose if you return your S9?
                            I can show you here my record of an Ambit3 Peak Sapphire on a roadbike tour in a mountian zone where there are rock faces right next to the road and during that activity there was no blue sky… it was pouring down rain like out of buckets…

                            2019-06-13 09_33_42-Skiingones 2_01 Std. Radfahren Move.png

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                            • zhang965Z Offline
                              zhang965
                              last edited by

                              https://forum.suunto.com/topic/2647/précision-gps/

                              They get bad track as well, due to weather factors

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                              • freeheelerF Offline
                                freeheeler @zhang965
                                last edited by

                                @zhang965
                                the S9 is weather sensitive and the A3 isn’t?

                                living sideways

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                                • zhang965Z Offline
                                  zhang965 @freeheeler
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                                  @TELE-HO said in Suunto 9 baro - GPS track not accurate:

                                  @zhang965
                                  the S9 is weather sensitive and the A3 isn’t?

                                  I don’t know, maybe? my A3peak works greater than S9/Spartan ultra

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                                  • freeheelerF Offline
                                    freeheeler @zhang965
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                                    @zhang965
                                    it’s really strange… especially since Suunto says “thousands hours of testing in the toughest conditions”…
                                    ok, it’s a new product. I believe “thousands of hours”… but A3 has proofed millions of hours…

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                                    • v.sacreV Offline
                                      v.sacre Silver Members
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                                      Bad accuracy can always happen. It depends a lot of parameters such as GPS itself, weather, obstacles, speed… With my S9, I have maybe an issue 1 times out of 10 activites. Don’t forget that you are wearing a watch. Not a big GPS device with bigger antennae.

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                                      • florin2528F Offline
                                        florin2528 Bronze Member @freeheeler
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                                        @TELE-HO - that looks nice 🙂

                                        First I wanted to buy Suunto Ambit 3, a friend of mine has an Ambit 2 and never has issues with the tracks. But it’s still expensive for a 6 year old watch, which means was a very good one.

                                        I tried Xiaomi stratos 2, good tracks - not such a good application, was too much of a smartwatch than sport watch.
                                        I tried then Fenix 5, good tracks, problems with software/battery, even with no run and WHR stopped the battery was out in 2 days.
                                        So I was looking at suunto spartan and suunto 9.

                                        …and seems i have to get back to ambit 3. 😞

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                                        • freeheelerF Offline
                                          freeheeler @v.sacre
                                          last edited by

                                          @v-sacre
                                          I have once in 1.5 years had an issue where the gps signal was totally crazy for half of the activity. After that, no bad signals ever again. Not one out of 10… never.

                                          living sideways

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                                          • freeheelerF Offline
                                            freeheeler @florin2528
                                            last edited by

                                            @florin2528
                                            I will receive my brand new A3 Peak Sapphire tomorrow 🙂

                                            living sideways

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