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Old 04-30-2008, 09:44 AM
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Re: *Possible* improvement to GPS Fix

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Originally Posted by grooves12 View Post
Well, I made that change and didn't notice much difference. Still took several minutes to lock in on position.

Made the change listed in this thread: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...=agps+registry

.... and now I am able to consistently get a lock in under 10 seconds, even after a bettery pull. It could be a combination of both changes, or could just be placebo effect and some kind of caching of last position that the phone is doing, but either way. I now get quick locks and am a happy camper.
WOW, I now get an almost immediate lock on some satellites, although it still takes a while to fix my position (inside a concrete building, though). Prior to this registry edit I was not able to even get one satellite fix.