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Hi,

Not sure if it was covered here before:
Got two Samsung Android devices, phone and tablet, running in a bag during a flight in the Go flying mode.
Both start the logs recording OK. Phone records all correct, tablet does not: it records the lat/lon and it correctly records the altitude during an initial climb, but it does not record correctly the descents so the altitude is wrong after a while. Therefore when I'm flying circuits, for example, the altitude profile in the recorded logs shows only minimal changes after the initial climb. And it is only like on that on a tablet - phone records all OK (was running both in parallel).
What am I missing? Is that a hardware problem, settings or software?
Thanks!

Regards,
Alex.


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I doubt the answer is within or related to Skydemon, that seems to be a matter of construction and software settings of your devices.
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SkyDemon simply shows (and records) the altitude that it is given by your device.
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Tim Dawson - 2/17/2022 12:35:59 PM
SkyDemon simply shows (and records) the altitude that it is given by your device.


Tim, do you know why it starts OK and then it's perfromance degrades?
Is there any Location settings I need to check for the Android device?


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No, I do not know.
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Tim Dawson - 2/22/2022 10:04:07 AM
No, I do not know.


If anyone is still interested, no changes on the device have helped. Samsung S6 Lite.
I've bought a new Samsung A7 device, all works OK.


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