So obviously the location is the issue(as you'd expect), but weird that it doesn't stay locked once it locates satellites tho.
I have a Tab7 from many moons ago(about '09 or so), and while it's in my study, with hardly any sky to see(small windows, only facing south, and low roofline) it does take it's sweet time getting satellites to lock, but once locked, it never loses lock.
With the geographic configuration we have (deep gorges between high mountain ridges and the small windsheild of the Defender, the internal GPS strugles to find a Lock.
Anyhow: on the topic of external GPS.
I've never had luck getting one smart device to use another smart devices GPS via tethering. I think there are hacks to do it, but all of them involve rooting an Android device .. too much work for me with no gain.
So basically the smart devices aren't that smart after all.
But what I have done. One of my GPS devices is a Holux GPS logger(M-1200E to be exact), I mainly use it for my camera for position data loaded into my photos.
I have set it to work with my Tab7 before via bluetooth.
Specifics are: Holux M-1200E, Galaxy Tab7, OziExplorer with the settings in Ozi to use the Holux M-1200E instead of the internal GPS.
I've never seen other GPS/mapping apps allow the ability to use an external device on Android(but I haven't really looked hard either!)
That is a crucial information, the App should be set to use an external device, I normally use Here set to offline, but this applications doesn't offer any flexibility in setting the APP as does OziExplorer.
Current problem using Ozi v1.29 tho is that it just don't want to connect to the Holux at all for some reason now
I have had it running previously, and back in the old days pre smart phones/devices, I used to do similarly when I had OziCE on a PDA.
There is an app called 'Bleutooth GPS' that I use to confirm that the Holux is connected(which it is), but the issue now with Ozi must be Ozi(v1.29) .. and not the tethering process.
I was able to make the link between the phone using "GPS over BT" and the Tab A using "Bluetooth GPS", data exchange was established, I could monitor it on the the apps main page showing position datum. Yt "here wasn't able to take advantage of it.
Bt GPS confirms that the Holux is connected, and acquired GPSs, and hence a fix, and I can log it's NMEA output .. so ATM, I have no idea why Ozi refuses to use the Holux GPS data.
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