GPS on SW3 seems only Lock when I turn the GPS on my phone! (Note 2)

Hello

Only, I decided to jump on the bandwagon of smartwatch due to the external GPS in the SW3.  So, I bought the SW3 less than a week ago.  I intend to leave my phone (Note 2) at home during the race, but it seems that I can't do it again!  I bought the watch of VerizonWireless and only have less than two weeks return it if there is a problem with the GPS on my watch.

I was doing some GPS 'tests' by starting GhostRacer and then...  (1) removing my watch during a night without clouds for more than 15 minutes and the GPS was always "looking."  (2) I walked my dead end a few times.  Always "in search".  (3) I had a crazy idea to turn the GPS on my phone.  Wow!  Almost immediately, the GPS on the watch will display 4 bars, then locked with 3 bars.  I continued to walk and GhostRacer started showing I was moving a distance and speed greater than 0.0.  Great!  Maybe just needs to use the GPS on my phone to lock the watch?  I turned off my phone GPS and continued on foot.  The distance and the stopped rate of increment.  I turned on my phone back GPS and the watch started to increase my distance again.  I kept turning off GPS on my phone and I found that the watch only really felt my movement when the GPS on my phone is turned on.  Before that, I tried RunKeeper and he always showed my distance to 0.0.

If I need to have the watch uses the GPS on my phone, then it is not necessary to obtain this particular smartwatch!

Is there something special I should do to "activate" the GPS of my watch?  Is there a special mode that I can run in to see how many satellites that my watch can pick up and, possibly, the strength of the signal?  I have not been able to find too many messages on the Internet on the GPS doesn't work don't not with execution of applications, so I wonder if there is something wrong with my particular watch, but I won't be able to prove that first.

Here are some details:

PWP

Location: on

Flight mode: Off

Android wear: 1.0.5.1785466

Note 2 phone

GPS: Off (unless I'm trying to make my GPS watch to work!)

Any help would be appreciated!  Thank you!

Disconnect the phone from your watch and try again. Disconnection = go away or turn off BT on your phone.

If your watch is connected with your phone, then the phone GPS and GPS settings have priority. Turning off the GPS on your phone means you want to use the location services.

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