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    • zhang965Z Offline
      zhang965
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      https://forum.suunto.com/topic/2700/2-8-24-update

      Your AGPS is up to date as well?

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        Frederic Bronze Member @zhang965
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        @zhang965 said in GPS Signal lost:

        my bad, it’s an arrow:

        for the 3), you should hold-on little bit after the arrow turns green to make sure your watch get more satellites,

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        Yes, I have waited more than 20min for the green arrow but it never appeared.

        of course, Glonass and galileo will take off more battery, it’s your time to take your choice: a longer battery with poor GPS or …?

        Huh, I would take better GPS than battery any day but the issue is that the suunto 9 was and is still advertised as great gps with great battery, if I had known the truth, trust me, i would have kept me trusty Ambit 2…

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          Frederic Bronze Member @zhang965
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          @zhang965 said in GPS Signal lost:

          https://forum.suunto.com/topic/2700/2-8-24-update

          Your AGPS is up to date as well?

          My AGPS says 2019-09-29T00:00:00Z

          I went on a run yesterday, full sun, no tree cover AT ALL and still the gps signal was lost.

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            freeheeler @Frederic
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            @Frederic
            but it should be logic that more accuracy with more satellites that make the watch calculate more will result in more power consumption, no?
            I assume for mont blanc you carry a small powerbank, then you can recharge and use gps+glonass AND performance setting 👍

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              Frederic Bronze Member @freeheeler
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              @TELE-HO said in GPS Signal lost:

              @Frederic
              but it should be logic that more accuracy with more satellites that make the watch calculate more will result in more power consumption, no?
              I assume for mont blanc you carry a small powerbank, then you can recharge and use gps+glonass AND performance setting 👍

              I wouldn’t mind trying to use GLONASS but I don’t run in urban areas, only in the mountains and here is what the official doc says.:
              . Particularly in urban areas with tall buildings, GLONASS can improve track accuracy. In other areas, it is typically best to leave GLONASS disabled.
              So based on this, it doesn’t seem that it will fix my issue, will it?

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              • zhang965Z Offline
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                it depends, you should have a try,
                Glonass is RU, Galileo is EU,

                in France, GPS+Galileo has better performance than GPS+Glonass,
                in URK, it seems GPS+Glonass is better.

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                  Frederic Bronze Member @zhang965
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                  @zhang965 said in GPS Signal lost:

                  it depends, you should have a try,
                  Glonass is RU, Galileo is EU,

                  in France, GPS+Galileo has better performance than GPS+Glonass,
                  in URK, it seems GPS+Glonass is better.

                  I guess I will try that before getting a new watch.

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                  • freeheelerF Offline
                    freeheeler @Frederic
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                    @Frederic
                    until now I used ambit3ps with gps only and had quite good signals with best gps settings… yesterday I first tried gps on s9b and decided to try gps+glonass next time. I think in the mountains, when you are at a rockface or between seracs gps signal could be not excellent… maybe glonass could still help here? I’ll get my experience during winter in that kind of topography…

                    but maybe your watch needs a forced firmware update or something? loosing signal sounds strange

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                      freeheeler @zhang965
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                      @zhang965
                      they all call it something with G because of global, no? not only russia and europe 😉
                      but who knows with all the crazy politicians how it will be in the next year’s…

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                      • zhang965Z Offline
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                        ok, good luck,

                        I never had problem when my S9 on Montblanc

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                          Frederic Bronze Member @freeheeler
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                          @TELE-HO I will definitely try GLONASS but it is strange that I loose signals in places where I have been before with my Ambit 2 and didn’t have ANY issues. As a matter of fact, sometimes my wife is with me with her ambit2 and she doesn’t lose GPS.
                          The other strange thing, like I mentioned in my original post is that this issue didn’t happen before 2.8.24

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                            @zhang965 said in GPS Signal lost:

                            I never had problem when my S9 on Montblanc

                            😂 👌

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                              Frederic Bronze Member @zhang965
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                              @zhang965 HA!👏

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                                @Frederic
                                maybe flashing helps? I read that sometimes in other threads when the watch does not behave how it should …

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                                  Frederic Bronze Member @freeheeler
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                                  @TELE-HO said in GPS Signal lost:

                                  @Frederic
                                  maybe flashing helps? I read that sometimes in other threads when the watch does not behave how it should …

                                  Do you have a link to the instructions ?
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                                  • zhang965Z Offline
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                                    Glonass seems better in higher latitudes zones,
                                    Galileo in mid-latitudes zones gets better

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                                      freeheeler @Frederic
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                                      @Frederic
                                      not sure if ambit and s9 work the same but this is the instruction for ambit:
                                      Force firmware update for Windows

                                      1. Connect the watch to the computer.
                                      2. Right click on the Moveslink2 icon (M) on the system tray and choose “Force Firmware Update”.

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                                        Frederic Bronze Member @zhang965
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                                        @zhang965 But Galileo is for EU right ? I am in the US (Colorado)

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                                        • zhang965Z Offline
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                                          but you mentioned tour du mont blanc?

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                                            @Frederic
                                            GPS is us military, glonass russia, galileo European civil… but all work global

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