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Originally Posted by SiRPower
I am currently running the new Bell radio settings with DH's rom. With the data connection turned off, whenever I initialize TomTom, the data connection turns on and gets instant satellite locks. I can close out of TomTom, turn off data connection and open it up again and it works fine. I downloaded the "no gps" cab from Modaco and tried it with data connection turned off. TomTom can't get anything. So I'm assuming it needs data connection to get the instant locks (agps?). So going to the States would incur a small roaming charge if you remember to turn off the data connection once you launch a gps program. I'm going to the States this weekend so I'll see when I get back.
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I'm finding this as well. I use iGO or oncourse now. I find that when I have data connection on, I get fast sat locks and am able to find many sats as well but when I have the data turned off using "no data", I can't even get a lock. I can see fewer sats and it's already been running for close to 30 mins without a lock. I'm guess it also needs data to at least get an initial lock. That kind of sucks if you wish to use the gps in other countries besides canada (data is free only within canada).
I don't know how "small" the roaming data charge would be, but seeing as how the wireless communication companies in canada like ripping off their consumers, I bet it's quite hefty and I'm not really willing to try.
Anyone know of a way to make it work just as well (maybe not as good) or at least better than now without data?
edit: ok, I tried it again...took a long long time to lock onto sats when I had data off and blocked by "no data", but it did eventually lock on, and when it locked, the signal strength arent as strong nor are there as many sats as when I had data on. But I'm going to try this again since I only waited several hours before trying it again. I'll try this tomorrow without using gps and see if it can get locks when it's a cold start. Anyone else getting these results too?
edit2: so I tried it again with data off and blocked, and it took a long time to lock onto sats. I was only able to get a max of 4 sat locks and see 4-5 sats only. I tried it again with data on and not blocked and now I can lock onto more than 4 sats and I can see more than 4 sats as well. Currently seeing 12 sats, locked on to 6 sats. Data does seem to be needed to get good gps signal but is not needed. I do find that without data, it does disconnect a lot more often than when data is on.