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Originally Posted by lllboredlll
QuickGPS updates qualcomm chipset satellite map - xtra.bin...so yes it will reduce battery drain due to the non-dependency on agps.
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I would assume that if I have achieved a conventional lock, the almanac downloaded conventionally would be saved somewhere, so why not as xtra.bin if QuickGPS works its magic by saving that almanac as xtra.bin. But I don't see said file anywhere on my device (recall, I don't have QuickGPS). Now if the almanac is stored in the GPS receiver memory (my thought) and QuickGPS saves the almanac as xtra.bin, how does xtra.bin get to the receiver? Does it know to look for xtra.bin as a possibly more recent download than what is in its own memory?
Anyway, the above is rhetorical - I don't have QuickGPS so I can't test it, and too many people swear by it for it not to work. I guess a hex edit trip through the GPS drivers could answer some of this...