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Post by RobP on Sept 3, 2013 21:00:45 GMT
Thanks for the warm welcome in the introduction forum. As I mentioned in my first post I had a hip replacement about 9-10 weeks ago and haven't exercised in about 10 years so very unfit and overweight! Cycling was recommended to build up my leg muscles following the op so I got a Triban and am getting out there. Did a 15km route Sunday and used the Strava Android app on my Samsung Galaxy 1. I did pause it at one point and forget to restart for a few K's so it chopped of one corner of the route but it looks like it lost its GPS lock a few times as it runs off the road at several points. Particularly at the NE corner of the map where I went all the way to the roundabout shown but the track has cut across the country 15km Sunday Strava track Today I managed just short of 20km so really pleased with progress but again it seems to keep loosing the GPS signal On this 20km Strava track at the most SW point I actually followed the road past the Hospital (thought it would be nice as I had my op there) But again it lost its track and shows a straight line North. Questions Does Strava use the GPS route to calculate distance covered? If so it is cheating me out of hard worked K's Anyone else having smartphone GPS issues? Whenever I look at others tracks they seem to follow the road much better than mine. If not using a smartphone are there other options for Strava or similar GPS apps? Cheers Rob
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2013 22:45:16 GMT
If the phone is losing GPS signal there isn't really much you can do about it. Strava uses the gps track so yes it will be robbing you of precious K's. You could try giving the endomondo app a try, you can export a gpx file from there and upload to strava after anyway. But if the phone gets patchy GPS signal other apps probably won't do much to help that unfortunately. You either need a phone with a better GPS antenna, or a dedicated device such as a garmin edge. I had similar problems to you, but found out the antenna on my phone is known to stop working and was able to buy a new one of ebay for a few pounds, seems to get better signal now but haven't tried it on a ride yet. Still not as good on my 3 year old phone compared to a brand new one - I can get upto around 9 satelites near a window after a few mins, girlfriends phone will see 22 satelites in under a second not even near a window. Had a quick google and I can't see any issues appearing for your phone, this was a design flaw with my phone
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Post by goffski on Sept 4, 2013 10:16:36 GMT
You could look into a Wahoo or Topeak speed/cadence sensor, these will give you more accurate speed and distance for your ride. Both of these i know work with iPhones so you would need to check they'd work with Android phones.
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Post by RobP on Sept 4, 2013 10:31:21 GMT
Thanks for the replies. It's the first time I have really used the GPS on the phone and it's not impressing me so far Will try the endomondo app and see if its any better. Thanks Goffski but just had a look and they are Iphone only. If I am going to buy anymore hardware it will be a computer with GPS built in
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2013 10:51:32 GMT
I use garmin edge 200 its brilliant relatively cheap well compared to an iphone dirt cheap. Produces good analysis on the Garmin connect site.
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Post by DelB on Sept 4, 2013 10:55:30 GMT
I use garmin edge 200 its brilliant relatively cheap well compared to an iphone dirt cheap. Produces good analysis on the Garmin connect site. Do you also upload your data to Strava? I've got a Garmin Edge 200 and the figures, particularly elevation, change markedly when you upload directly to Strava. Just wondered if there's merit in uploading to Garmin Connect first and then exporting the GPX file to Strava thereafter.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2013 13:15:58 GMT
Strava probably uses its own elevation data rather than that provided by the garmin
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2013 20:15:27 GMT
My strava on iphone worked better when I started to turn wi-fi off before I start my ride
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Post by baldbloke on Sept 5, 2013 17:29:56 GMT
Thanks for the replies. It's the first time I have really used the GPS on the phone and it's not impressing me so far Will try the endomondo app and see if its any better. Thanks Goffski but just had a look and they are Iphone only. If I am going to buy anymore hardware it will be a computer with GPS built in I've had real difficulty using Strava on a Galaxy Ace. It continually loses the GPS and I end up with either a map with a scribbled red line or a series of straight lines that rob me of many miles. I've taken to borrowing my OH's iPhone for short rides and this works fine. This seems to indicate that it's the phone rather than Strava. Last night I used Strava on the iPhone and Endomondo on the Android. The excess weight isn't an issue for me! The former was fine. The latter wasn't great but it was better than I've managed with Strava on the Samsung. You might want to try Endomondo as the tracks can be easily exported for use in Strava but this is based on the evidence of one ride.
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