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Originally Posted by DaveTN
An Airave is a device that Sprint will either sell you or give you(depending on your circumstances) that acts like a mini cell tower in your house. It transmits a cell signal within about a 300 foot radius for cell phones that are not able to pick up a signal/ in a dead zone. It then sends the call over a broadband line and rebroadcasts it via a local cell tower.
Long story short; I have a weak signal outside of my house and no signal inside my house. I asked Spirint for an airave and they said I would have to pay $100.00 for it and 4.99 a month for the service. Since I was at the end of my contract I decided to go with Verizon which picks up better in my house. Sprint offered the airave and the service for free so I stayed with them.
@Killabytz
Done the QuickGPS thing. I get great GPS reception and can use google maps etc in my house but the location service (IMHO) that HTC uses for things like the weather location is based on triangulation or some means from the physical cell towers and not gps.
I verified my theory by trying to update my weather (location based, not preselected) by trying to update at several locations in my house with the airave turned on. No joy.
Turned the airave off and moved around my house until I was able to pick up a weak signal and hit update and guess what? My weather updated. Turned the airave back on and waited for it to cycle and then did the update and it would not update. So, it has to be the airave.
David
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+1 here too, I have an airave and the same thing happens for me but only in 2.5 manilla. If I'm in my house in southwest MI then it gives me Chicago's weather, no biggie cause as soon as I leave if I update it it works fine. I think you nailed it, if you have an airave the "my location" feature especially in manilla 2.5 will not work correctly but everywhere else it should, Good post!
