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Re: Verizon Alltel Merger..Better signal?

I think there is a lot of confusion about the TP GPS after updating to the new Alltel Rom. For me the GPS did work after the update, however it took significantly longer to lock onto the satellites. I tested this quite extensively with GPS monitoring software. Several times I could not lock on to any sats at all even while standing in the middle of a large field. I would have to soft-reset several times before finally locking on. I could certainly understand why someone thought the GPS no longer functioned after the Alltel update because it took so long to lock on. This was not a problem prior to the update. My GPS monitoring software even indicated that the several sats were being received but it just could not make the final lock.
I changed my radio to the new Verizon version and have had absolutely no problem locking onto the sats. I think it is pretty clear the Alltel radio did have some impact on the GPS, this impact is probably more apparent to some while not apparent to others.
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