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    S9B, bad new GPS version

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    • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
      Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @surfboomerang
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      @surfboomerang looks like solved

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        Mi_chael Bronze Member
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        For me between 27 December to 03 January, I’ve no issue with my S9 Baro, F6 pro solar and Vertix.

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          apuka @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
          last edited by apuka

          @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in S9B, bad new GPS version:
          “looks like solved”
          Is really solved the week 53 issue too? Is anybody working on GPS chipset FW update in Suunto to avoid similar problems at the end of this year (also has 53 weeks)?

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          • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
            Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @apuka
            last edited by Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

            @apuka we dont write the FW Sony does for all brands. That is with all chips, else Suunto would know how to produce a Sony chip 🙂 Its not like it’s opensource world here. Corps stuff and lotsa $$$

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              apuka
              last edited by apuka

              I am sorry, I meant something like “is anybody in Sony working on GPS FW update and provide it to Suunto for updating the affected watches”.

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              • Łukasz SzmigielŁ Offline
                Łukasz Szmigiel
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                It’s a consumer-level GPS chip, not an Apollo guidance computer. It’s tested but as we’ve seen how well it performs after last firmware update (compared to previous version) - it’s being released after a certain quality and performance threshold is being reached, not when it’s military or space grade.

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                • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                  Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @apuka
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                  @apuka I am not sure if a FW update is needed or the fault was on the AGPS. As the AGPS caused the issue.

                  Nevertheless rest assured that this is investigated and if there is a FW update needed it will come.

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                    Oktan
                    last edited by Oktan

                    If Sony decidede to release a new SW for their chip - how do watchs will get it? througth the watch update Suunto can overwrite Sony’s SW?

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                    • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                      Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @Oktan
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                      @Oktan The FW is a piece of code that is installed on the chip lets say. Like the BIOS on your motherboard (back when BIOS was there).

                      This piece of code is sent to Suunto/Garmin/Polar and it’s included in the watch update. The Watch FW has the Sony FW inside it and Suunto basically just says:

                      • Ok update the watch operating system
                      • Ok update the peripherial FWS (GPS/OHR) etc from the piece of code it got from the vendors (ie Sony, Vallencel, Qualcomm etC)

                      Sorry for the typos 🙂

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                      • Richard ThygesenR Offline
                        Richard Thygesen @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
                        last edited by

                        @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos it seems to work again with the A-GPS.

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                        • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                          Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @Richard Thygesen
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                          @Richard-Thygesen since the 3rd (yesterday ) should have been ok

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