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I will throw this out there, and it is just my opinion from running tests the past few days:
The current implementation of GPS on this ROM is not ready for prime-time. Case in point is the OP's original issue with perceived battery drain. Even though HTC/Sprint included X-button as part of this ROM build, in fact does NOT operate as intended with all applications. That would explain why the OP had battery drain when in fact he believed he had shut down whatever app that was utilizing the internal GPS.
I myself have experienced "lockups"... where the entire unit won't do a thing, including go into standby by pushing the side power button. Eventually it would unfreeze and I've determined it was because there was GPS functionality going on in the background and it couldn't find/lock onto the sats, even though I thought I had shutdown all other apps. That is a flaw, because under a multitasking OS, one thread shouldn't be allowed to dominate the entire OS... seems like they have to refine the GPS intermediate driver so it doesn't lock the phone up when GPS isn't happy.
As others have pointed out here, having an easy "one-click" way to toggle GPS on and off, plus with an obvious visual icon as to its state, would seem to be an optimal solution.
Just some thoughts.
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