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Originally Posted by SaltyDawg
Wait, Bing works on yours? Can you confirm this? Google Maps finds me instantly when I open it (no changing any settings). Bing does NOT find me, and furthermore, the "Locate Me" option is not even there on the main screen (it is in the upper right on the GSM version, right across from "Change Location"), and if I hit Menu, and then Settings, the "Locate Me" option is grayed out.
Can you double check your Bing and confirm that it actually works?
Just to make this post idiot proof, I am going to spell it out: Google Maps uses cell tower data to locate me in a matter of seconds- even in a basement. Bing does the same thing on my GSM Touch Pro 2. Both programs have options to "Use GPS" but then it takes several minutes for a GPS lock (and you will never get a GPS lock in a basement).
On this Sprint Touch Pro 2, Bing does NOT use the cell tower data. And if yours is really using it (finding your location instantly as soon as you open it- especially indoors) then I would really like to know what settings you have.
Do me a favor please, open Bing and tell me how long it takes to before it locates you (preferably indorrs). Also tell me if you have a "Locate Me" link in the upper right of the main Bing screen. And then hit "Menu" and "Settings" and tell me what you have selected for "GPS:" and if the "Locate Me" option (right uinder "GPS:") is greyed out.
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Let me try and idiot proof MY post. If anything these are carrier/app specific issues, NOT a tweak or app causing the phone to break or lose functionality from what it ORIGINALLY had. This DOES NOT belong here.
That being said, both Bing, Google Maps, Garmin, Sprint Navigation, iGo8, and TomTom all lock and find my location almost immediately. There may be cell or tower issues in YOUR area, but again that is NOT an issue that breaks the phone. Those are simply application differences/issues.