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    • sartoricS Offline
      sartoric Moderator @florin2528
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      @florin2528 said in Suunto 9 baro - GPS track not accurate:

      @sartoric

      I tried different paths and sometimes the tracks are decent. But 1 from 5 had accuracy issues.

      not really, but along the road there are some 380v cables.
      Screenshot from 2019-06-13 11-04-41.png

      No magnetic stuff. I was thinking to buy this watch in order to get rid of phone.

      Well … Let’s say that this is not an optimal environment for GPS and Compass, that’s a magnetic net 😁

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      • zhang965Z Offline
        zhang965
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        so it refers me to the case of french guy, in a cloudy day.: https://forum.suunto.com/topic/2647/précision-gps/

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        • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
          Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager
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          Other question. Do you have AGPS synced?

          Settings->General->About -> AGPS what does it show there?

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          • zhang965Z Offline
            zhang965
            last edited by zhang965

            and it’s why ask you to change the country…
            because it seems GPS is under control in some countries? seems in Chian GPS has a beautiful random drift

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            • florin2528F Offline
              florin2528 Bronze Member @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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              @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos
              Software :2.6.54
              Assisted GPS 2019-06-12T00:00:00Z
              Product name: Suunto 9
              Serial ,
              hardware: 3835C3
              GPS 17041,ab53bab,140
              Touch: B2.0.30
              Bluetooth 2.3.42
              Valencell 7253

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              • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @florin2528
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                @florin2528 that looks ok.
                Alright I don’t know how much more to help here.

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                • zhang965Z Offline
                  zhang965
                  last edited by zhang965

                  for me it’s a random GPS signal lost,

                  this lost might be caused by weather factor, environment factor.

                  next time, once connected to GPS, hold on some mins to wait the connection be stable before go.

                  I suggest you to return your watch next Week,so that Dimitrios might release the FW quickly.

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                  • florin2528F Offline
                    florin2528 Bronze Member @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                    @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos

                    I will have other runs and on Sunday I will change the country.
                    At the moment i see two options: A3 or stay with the cheap phone.

                    RedbullXAlps will start in a couple of days, I’m wondering if they will get the same hardware/software as me.

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                    • Saketo NemoS Offline
                      Saketo Nemo Moderator
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                      I used an A3S for over a year and now I have an A3R (girlfriend) at home, sorry but I don’t notice this big difference with Spartan and 9.
                      Above all, if we talk about precision, we cannot rely on a track recorded on a bike. The conditions are optimal there. I recorded tons of it, with SSU, of precise traces like a hot blade in butter. However, let’s see what the update of “by 29.06” will bring 😄

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                      • sartoricS Offline
                        sartoric Moderator @florin2528
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                        @florin2528 said in Suunto 9 baro - GPS track not accurate:

                        @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos
                        RedbullXAlps will start in a couple of days, I’m wondering if they will get the same hardware/software as me.

                        You can ask @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos 😄

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                        • freeheelerF Offline
                          freeheeler @Saketo Nemo
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                          @Saketo-Nemo
                          ok, sorry… I can’t supply other examples as there are no mapped trackmarks for skitouring 😉

                          living sideways

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                          • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
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                            What is is about the xalps?

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                              florin2528 Bronze Member @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                              I’m watching this competition since launching, I’m a paraglider also and the accuracy of the live tracking has improved a lot on the last editions.
                              Screenshot from 2019-06-13 12-41-54.png
                              They are running on difficult weather conditions, on the valleys etc, and the GPS accuracy was good in general.

                              Florin

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                                florin2528 Bronze Member @florin2528
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                                @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos

                                my bad, the live coverage is covered by flymaster.
                                We can remove XAlps from this thread.

                                Florin

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                                  florin2528 Bronze Member @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                                  Out of topic question if you are nice to answer:

                                  I lost 10% of battery since yesterday(22 hours) with the following setup:

                                  • no sport
                                  • walking, calculating the number of steps
                                  • WHR activated
                                  • no notification
                                  • airplane mode ON

                                  Would that be decent for S9?

                                  Thanks,
                                  Florin

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                                    @florin2528 yes. 10 days about (extrapolated)

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                                      florin2528 Bronze Member @florin2528
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                                      @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos

                                      I had a run on that Sunday and the track was looking pretty bad:
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                                      During the update I was in another country with poor internet so I didn’t do the update but the runs were looking ok(not as bad as home, was at the sea side):

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                                      Turned back home, made the update and I started with a run, but the GPS signal was low, mobile phone did complain about it(some clouds on the sky). Even that the s9 had a better signal than the phone which was not registering GPS at all, only time for more than 1 km.

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                                      the track was ok in general.

                                      then I did some biking and the track was looking pretty good:
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                                      I traveled to Innsbruck and did some hiking and running.
                                      Hiking was bad:
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                                      running was good as can be:
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                                      Now i’m back home and I will continue with another reply.

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                                        florin2528 Bronze Member @florin2528
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                                        @florin2528 said in Suunto 9 baro - GPS track not accurate:

                                        @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos

                                        Now i got back home and did biking:
                                        the track was looking more better than when running:
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                                        but running was ok, but not so accurate, i’m happy with it:
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                                        In general i think that from GPS point of view it’s fine.

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                                          @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos

                                          But i noticed some issues with barometer sensor.
                                          I did some diving, maximum one meter deep and the baro indicator was showing me -75, -50.
                                          I don’t have the log from that. I was just viewing on the watch with no activity recorded.
                                          Being in the see, in the water was still showing me like 12 meters above sea level with GPS active.

                                          another issue I notice it\s with WHR, sometimes it starts really slow, and sometimes drops with no reason:
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                                          altitude in orange, HR in white.

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                                            @florin2528 it won’t work with water. 🙂

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