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    • C Offline
      Chris Kusmider
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      was happening to me as well, cutting thru neighbourhoods and streets. Also noticed this always happens at the start of the run/walk and then is ok. Also noticed when I paused the walk and got a coffee, after resuming the walk it cut thru the street and then was ok. Wonder if there is a glitch in initially locking into satellites with the watch.

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        stromdiddily Gold Members @zhang965
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        @zhang965 said in GPS Lock and Drift:

        @stromdiddily hello, do you mind if you can share some screenshots on your gps tracker

        Like this one?

        GPS was locked THEN I proceeded to tie my shoes and do my warm up before starting.

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        Always carry a flaggon of whiskey for snakebite; and furthermore, always carry a small snake.

        User of pretty much every watch since the Ambit 3 Peak. Now back in the family w SV :)

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          zhang965 @stromdiddily
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          @stromdiddily said in GPS Lock and Drift:

          @zhang965 said in GPS Lock and Drift:

          @stromdiddily hello, do you mind if you can share some screenshots on your gps tracker

          Like this one?

          GPS was locked THEN I proceeded to tie my shoes and do my warm up before starting.

          086a9476-c4f6-415c-aec6-a4cdb6a79633-image.png

          It looks like a dick

          Winners Wear Winners

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          • freeheelerF Offline
            freeheeler @stromdiddily
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            @stromdiddily
            did this happen once or did you notice this behaviour more often?

            living sideways

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            • stromdiddilyS Offline
              stromdiddily Gold Members @freeheeler
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              @freeheeler said in GPS Lock and Drift:

              @stromdiddily
              did this happen once or did you notice this behaviour more often?

              This is the first time it’s done anything like this but like the title suggests I have issues basically every time I start a run w tracks being in line but offset

              Always carry a flaggon of whiskey for snakebite; and furthermore, always carry a small snake.

              User of pretty much every watch since the Ambit 3 Peak. Now back in the family w SV :)

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                stromdiddily Gold Members @zhang965
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                @zhang965 said in GPS Lock and Drift:

                @stromdiddily said in GPS Lock and Drift:

                @zhang965 said in GPS Lock and Drift:

                @stromdiddily hello, do you mind if you can share some screenshots on your gps tracker

                Like this one?

                GPS was locked THEN I proceeded to tie my shoes and do my warm up before starting.

                086a9476-c4f6-415c-aec6-a4cdb6a79633-image.png

                It looks like a dick

                feel free to include it in your next product review

                Always carry a flaggon of whiskey for snakebite; and furthermore, always carry a small snake.

                User of pretty much every watch since the Ambit 3 Peak. Now back in the family w SV :)

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                • isaziI Offline
                  isazi Moderator @stromdiddily
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                  @stromdiddily no, didn’t happen to me, and it sounds strange that it just started to happen to you now. I guess you already tried with a reboot 🙂
                  If this becomes a constant let us know, with logs and everything. Sony is baking GPS firmwares often recently, and the Vertical will get an update with next firmware release.

                  Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

                  Blog: isazi's home

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                    stromdiddily Gold Members @isazi
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                    @isazi said in GPS Lock and Drift:

                    @stromdiddily no, didn’t happen to me, and it sounds strange that it just started to happen to you now. I guess you already tried with a reboot 🙂
                    If this becomes a constant let us know, with logs and everything. Sony is baking GPS firmwares often recently, and the Vertical will get an update with next firmware release.

                    Thank you sir. Will shoot you a DM if it doesn’t sort itself out.

                    Today on the same route, I had absolutely perfect tracks so hopefully just a one off!

                    Always carry a flaggon of whiskey for snakebite; and furthermore, always carry a small snake.

                    User of pretty much every watch since the Ambit 3 Peak. Now back in the family w SV :)

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                      stromdiddily Gold Members @isazi
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                      @isazi said in GPS Lock and Drift:

                      @stromdiddily no, didn’t happen to me, and it sounds strange that it just started to happen to you now. I guess you already tried with a reboot 🙂
                      If this becomes a constant let us know, with logs and everything. Sony is baking GPS firmwares often recently, and the Vertical will get an update with next firmware release.

                      This is quite predictable now whenever I run in a new area. First run in Mexico on vacation had pretty significant offset and a long-ish time to acquire signal. First run back home, same deal.

                      Both times I made sure to sync with the app to get updated AGPS and wait a good 30 seconds or so after GPS signal acquisition to start the activity.

                      I am willing to bet good money that my run tomorrow from the same location will lock before I can tie my shoes and have no such offset.

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                      Always carry a flaggon of whiskey for snakebite; and furthermore, always carry a small snake.

                      User of pretty much every watch since the Ambit 3 Peak. Now back in the family w SV :)

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                      • surfboomerangS Offline
                        surfboomerang @stromdiddily
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                        @stromdiddily for what it is worth: I had a huge GPS drift last two days here in the neighborhood. I have never seen this in years. Rebooted the watch and hopefully it will be gone next activity.

                        Suunto Vertical Titanium Solar
                        OnePlus Nord 4

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                        • isaziI Offline
                          isazi Moderator
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                          No issues for me in the past few days, but next update will also have GPS firmware updates.

                          Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

                          Blog: isazi's home

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                            surfboomerang @isazi
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                            @isazi The contours were good, but the whole track was displaced.

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                            Suunto Vertical Titanium Solar
                            OnePlus Nord 4

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                            • isaziI Offline
                              isazi Moderator @surfboomerang
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                              @surfboomerang I have only seen that happen with wrong (not as not updated, but wrong) AGPS data.

                              Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

                              Blog: isazi's home

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                                surfboomerang @isazi
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                                @isazi only time I have seen this was indeed with the huge Sony AGPS issue 1-2 years ago. Hopefully the reboot worked for the next activity

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                                • E Offline
                                  e6321 Bronze Member
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                                  Run yesterday had a good 20m offset as youve reported, for first 10 mins.

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                                    stromdiddily Gold Members @isazi
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                                    @isazi said in GPS Lock and Drift:

                                    No issues for me in the past few days, but next update will also have GPS firmware updates.

                                    Fingers crossed!

                                    Always carry a flaggon of whiskey for snakebite; and furthermore, always carry a small snake.

                                    User of pretty much every watch since the Ambit 3 Peak. Now back in the family w SV :)

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                                    • Brad_OlwinB Online
                                      Brad_Olwin Moderator @stromdiddily
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                                      @stromdiddily This is odd, I travel a reasonable amount and this does not happen to me. For example on my last race I had not used the Vertical in quite some time. I charged it for the race and started off. The last time I used the Vertical was a week before near my home. Here is the beginning of the Race located 800km away from home. I have not seen this when traveling.
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                                        stromdiddily Gold Members @Brad_Olwin
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                                        @Brad_Olwin

                                        That’s what has me thinking there might be something up with mine. Folks are raving about the accuracy and if this was a common occurrence, someone else would have brought it up (5k, dc, etc)

                                        Always carry a flaggon of whiskey for snakebite; and furthermore, always carry a small snake.

                                        User of pretty much every watch since the Ambit 3 Peak. Now back in the family w SV :)

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                                          Brad_Olwin Moderator @stromdiddily
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                                          @stromdiddily said in GPS Lock and Drift:

                                          @Brad_Olwin

                                          That’s what has me thinking there might be something up with mine. Folks are raving about the accuracy and if this was a common occurrence, someone else would have brought it up (5k, dc, etc)

                                          I agree and would wait for the firmware update coming this fall. That will give you a good reboot as well. If this continues I would definitely contact support. I will look back through my files but I cannot remember an issue like this with my Vertical using either production firmware or newer FT firmware.

                                          Vector/T6c/Ambit 3 Peak/S5 Copper/S3/S7 Ti/S9 baro Ti/S9P Ti/S9PP Ti/Vertical Ti/Race Ti/RaceS/Ocean/Wing

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                                            surfboomerang @surfboomerang
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                                            @surfboomerang said in GPS Lock and Drift:

                                            @isazi The contours were good, but the whole track was displaced.

                                            Screenshot_20231023_080700_Suunto.jpg

                                            For the record.
                                            Reboot did the trick. The recorded track is spot-on again.

                                            Suunto Vertical Titanium Solar
                                            OnePlus Nord 4

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