Originally Posted by
Weston@HPTuners
The message you get in TrackAddict occurs when it is able to communicate with the XGPS160, so that part should be good. You should also see a battery level icon on the main Setup screen in that case. If you didn't have communication with the GPS, you could also make TrackAddict reset its connection to the GPS by pressing the Home button to exit the app, and then returning to it a few seconds later, but I don't think that's necessary in your case.
When the GPS icon is red or orange, that typically means that the GPS receiver just hasn't locked onto enough satellites to get a confident position fix yet. It may technically be reporting a position (which you might see in the Skypro app or others), but it just has such a poor accuracy at that time, that we don't consider it useful for our purposes. If you are standing outside with it, it should become green within a minute or so, and then subsequent uses may tend to lock on a little faster. If you are inside a building or have other significant obstructions between the receiver and the sky, that would often cause it to take longer or just never get a good fix at all. GPS'es really want a clear line-of-sight to the sky, with no metal in or near that path. A good mounting spot is often on the dashboard under the front windshield, which really helps limit the impact of the vehicle's metal roof and other obstructions.