GPS now inaccurate

[Neuepe]

My GPS maps are suddenly very inaccurate. The phone is a Samsung galaxy S7. It has only happened recently. Have restarted both devices with no successSame walk as below

This one is correct

[RobertoME]

HI there @Neuepe, good to see you one more time in the Fitbit Community! I'm wondering how you are tracking your GPS exercise? Are you using the MobileRun feature of your app or the connected GPS from the tracker?

I saw your screenshots and indeed are quite different your map courses. I've seen this issue before with a different user that perhaps his explanation will give you some additional help. If you are interested, please take a look to the post of @tabannis here: GPS Tracking unreliable.

Additionally, the environment you are in can affect the signal strength of GPS. For example, if you are running in an urban environment with many tall buildings, it may take the GPS several seconds to get a fix or locate your exact route.

I saw on your Community profile page you have paired a Fitbit Blaze, so perhaps you will find useful the following information: My Blaze GPS is not working.

Let me know how it goes, I'll be around!

[Neuepe]

Hi RobertoFItbit,

Thank you for your response, I have had a look at the suggested posts and
they didn't really help.

To clarify; I am only using the fitbit to track my exercise not other apps,
I am using the exercise (walk) and waiting for it to connect to my phone,
which is within 1 meter of the device, my blue tooth is enabled and the
blase is on the list of devices. I have rebooted both my mobile device and
my fitbit with the same results.

On my Samsung Galaxy S7 in the settings, under location, I have it set to
high accuracy, there doesn't seem to be a device only setting. If I had a
device only setting would this be using the GPS on the device? I didn't
think the Blaze had its own GPS but only uses the phones?

Happy to try other fixes?

Cheers
Penny

[RobertoME]

Hello @Neuepe, thank you for keep me posted and my apologies for being out for a few days. 

I was reading your post and no, you are correct. Your Blaze tracker does not have GPS and it requires to use your phone to have available this feature. However the map course or the accuracy of the GPS might get affected due to the environment you are running. Part of this topic is mentioned in the previous post I've shared with you.

A weak GPS signal on your mobile device is often caused by environmental factors such as tall buildings, dense forest, steep hills, or even thick cloud cover. All of these can interrupt the connection between your tracker and GPS satellites causing your location jump from one place to other. Accuracy mode of your phone is only for your phone GPS, however as I mentioned before is your phone the one that provides this feature.

Hope this information provides more help.