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Originally Posted by nmhusa
The GPS chip on the device is a passive receiver. It does not transmit anything unless a specific software program is monitoring the passive incoming signal from the geosynchronous sats.
The only reason to disable it permanently in the ROM is if you think it has any bearing on power consumption. I am not aware that it runs unless polled. So that is not usually an issue.
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True, but calling 911 or any time a law enforcement gets a warrant or do an active investigation they will track your phone through GPS. The 6800 is no different. It is part of the FCC's laws. So even if you disable Google Maps from using GPS the authorities can still use it to track you. The only way is to physically remove the antenna or something if you want to avoid that.
In reality, it's not practical and you should just flash a GPS enabled ROM and go ahead and get it set up.