I was actually just speculating, not hinting that there is another reason that I know and am not willing to share lol
But as far as the GPS lock, Telus did not restrict it like verizon did, but I haven't been able to use it... and the quality should be improved with the ROM update... one day...
I heard somewhere to set GPS settings to use COM8 in Google Maps... I tried it, but no luck

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How did you get your GPS working at all? I wish I had crappy GPS compared to no GPS lol