Testing GPS

[Fred Zyphal]

So ... after the most recent OTA update, which I do almost daily, my location based apps started working, however the GPS accuracy is now way off, about 5000 meters.

If it's 5000 meters off it's probably not getting location from GPS - unless you're in one of the areas where people frequently operate GPS spoofing I suppose. More likely it's getting it from checking one of the databases for cell tower or wifi access point IDs via one of the geoclue location providers.

You're right, the 5000 meters came from the accuracy report in the "SensorsStatus" app. from the repository, and uNav always puts me in one of two locations that are actually much further away, so they are both using IP location data of some sort, even though I've told them not to. When I manually enter the supposed GPS data to my desktop I get a location that's somewhat close to one of those two, but no where near where I am.

Everything seemed to go well when I followed Luke's instructions here, but obviously something is not right ... I think I'm going to re-flash, and try this again.