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Old 07-23-2009, 01:49 PM
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Re: I Give Up! Ready to throw phone out the window!!!

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Originally Posted by Eschelon View Post
GPS doesn't really "find" a satellite or push a signal out into space. The 24 GPS satellites in space push out a constant signal to thier exact location 13,000 miles up. All your phone does is receive that signal from multiple satellites and then triangulate your position based on those signals. The GPS receiver in your phone doesn't drain much battery at all.

You mentioned earlier that you were surfing the net and using GPS apps... Are you actually closing them in task manager when you're done using those apps? (as oppsed to just hitting the 'X')?
Yep! That is what makes it so strange. I learned that day one about the minimize feature. SPB has a nice little running tasks area that you can kill all running tasks. If Google Maps is still running in the background somewhere I sure cinnot find where...