No GPS with new Phone

[malitze]

Hey everyone,

I just got a new phone (POCO F2, Android 10) and my S3F does not seem to cooperate well with it such that GPS tracking is not working anymore.

• I’m using biking / mountainbiking profiles
• Suunto app has all rights granted
• Phone notifies that the watch / app is accessing GPS
• GPS arrow symbol is green when starting the activity
• Watch is up-to-date (v 2.9.44)

Everything seems to be perfectly in order but still I’m not moving at all as far as the tracking is concerned. Might this be a known issue w/ the phone or Android 10? I’m at a loss.

Regards,
Alex.

[suzzlo]

did you test the POCO gps itself? I mean, with an android app…

[malitze]

Yes, Locus Maps or google maps for example are working fine.

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

Perhaps an idea to reboot the watch ?

[malitze]

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos guess I’ll try that next, thanks for the hint!

[Mff73]

@malitze
Watch unpaired from previous phone and repaired to new one ?

[malitze]

@Mff73 yes, I unpaired the previous app (connectivity settings > mobile app > forget). iirc this was necessary to pair with the new device anyway. Apart from the GPS itself syncing exercise data / HR data etc. works fine.

[The_77]

Might be a daft suggestion, but are there any background things affecting GPS like power-saving modes on the phone active?

[malitze]

Thanks for all your support and suggestions!

Doing a soft reset actually did the trick.