The text and icons in the GPS Receiver window indicate the following (described in the table that follows):

GPS status

GPS/Privacy status

Satellite status

Location information (when the GPS Receiver window is expanded)

The GPS Receiver window may display, depending on the GPS/Privacy status and satellite status, some of the following icons and text. The icons’ ToolTips in Sprint Connection Manager provide more information.

 

Privacy is on (you have not accepted the Privacy Consent Agreement).

 

Sprint Location Services are not available.

 

To use Sprint Location Services, in the Sprint Location Services settings

 

window, select Enable Location Services.

 

 

 

Privacy is off. GPS is available. For the status of GPS, see the satellite

 

status icon (described below).

 

 

 

GPS is available, but off. The satellite and the vertical bars are not

 

colored.

 

To use GPS, click GO in the GPS Receiver window.

 

 

 

GPS is on, but not usable (searching for satellites). The vertical bars are

 

not colored.

 

The ToolTip indicates the number of satellites.

 

 

 

GPS is on and is usable, but with lower accuracy. The vertical bars are

 

colored.

 

The ToolTip indicates the number of satellites acquired.

 

 

 

GPS is on and is usable, with better accuracy. The vertical bars are

 

colored.

 

The ToolTip indicates the number of satellites acquired.

 

 

Latitude

Latitude, in decimal degrees. For example, -17.123°

 

 

Longitude

Longitude, in decimal degrees. For example, 23.023°

 

 

HEPE

Accuracy (horizontal/vertical precision), in feet.

 

 

Speed

Current speed, in miles per hour.

 

 

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