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Originally Posted by tatnai
I only have problems with dropped satellites when I turn off AGPS, and usually it picks them back up within 20 secs (I am a sprint, USA user, I turn off AGPS when using iGO8 in Canada where I don't want to use data - TomTom won't get a lock for me in Canada with AGPS turned off). With AGPS turned on, I get a lock in 5 seconds or less, and rarely if ever lose GPS. AstroGPSLauncher is what I use, it is great.
The clock resetting issue is fixed if you simply turn of the settings in iGo that automatically update your phone clock to the GPS time server; also set the right time zone in iGO8.
For me, TomTom7 is only better for POIs, that's it. iGO8 has better graphics, UI, options, skins, and routes (for me). And I can use iGO8 out of the country, which is a plus.
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I was under the impression that AGPS is does not use data although some say it does...how did you turn AGPS off? Like do you mean in the registry and then soft resetted? or do you mean you just turn of data thereby disabling AGPS?
For me, I have faster locks, see more sats and more locks with data on than when it is off. Whether that's due to AGPS or not, I know there's a difference. I'm in Vancouver, Canada if that makes any difference, on Bell as well using 20273 rom made from the kitchen. I tested pretty much with iGO8/OCN8 only and look at the sat viewer. With data on, I'd be getting 6-9 sats locked and they were of strong strength but with data off (blocked by no data) the most I would get after a cold start is only 4-5 locks, avg is closer to 2-3 locks only. It would also take forever to get a lock but it does lock. That's why I think data is needed for better GPS signal. Whether that's AGPS or not I'm not sure, if it is, then I guess AGPS needs data, if not then like I said in other posts, there's something else that affects the signal we get.