Can the internal gps be turned off?

I want to use the Sprint Navigation with my external gps (much more accurate than the internal gps). Can the internal gps be turned off? I have the 'external gps' set up and all the other apps (street atlas, fugawi google maps etc) use the external gps just fine but the sprint navigation appears to always want to use the internal gps. Ideas?

[Mylt1]

GPS isnt active unless you fire up something that requires it.

edit to add, i dont think you can use sprint nav with an external GPS. it was designed for the internal one.

[steviej]

Try this link
http://www.smartdevicefreeware.com/c...-gps-software/

It claims to turn off GPS with a program.

Good Luck

Steviej

[fenixjn]

I'm not completely sure but I think if you disable the location service on your phone you'll also will be disabling the internal GPS.

It is on Phone > Oprions > Services(tab) > Location Setting

[Asphyx]

The GPS will remain active until you turn location off in phone/options/services/location.

While the GPS chip will still be powered on it will not burn more battery due to using the com port!

I tried that gps toggler and it doesn't display correctly on my today page (cut off) and I get errors trying to toggle with it.

It would appear to get confused about GPS status if you enable it or disable without going through the toggler.
I don't think it senses the GPS state at all...just assumes if the toggler is set to off then it assumes off even though you might have enabled it via QuickGPS or the location setting.

Originally Posted by Mylt1

GPS isnt active unless you fire up something that requires it.

edit to add, i dont think you can use sprint nav with an external GPS. it was designed for the internal one.

I am beginning to suspect that this is the case. Bummer cause I like the 3D navigation in Sprint Nav. Thanks for the reply.