unlocked + aGPS might be bad combo...
 

A great point has been made here about a possibly bad side-affect of having aGPS turned on.. As quoted from the article...

So if you have an unlocked phone, it might be a good idea to turn aGPS off.. I believe a registry edit will do the trick.. For an expanded read of this possible problem, go here...

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ahh, good times, sitting around x-mas eve, playing with ppc gps... ;)
wanted to note that the linked article is for the touch HD, and therefore GSM. also unlocked refers to the fact your using the phone on a different carrier, so if the carrier supports aGPS, and you properly change the server addy/ect.. you should be fine.

on a side note, I prefer my mogul on GSP vs. aGPS for a few reasons.
if aGPS is enabled, the qualcomm will look there first (timeouts apply) then goes to the internal readings.
if on a phone call, the chip can't access agps data, therefore you have extra timeout time to wait before it can get a fix
using live search or google maps ect..(online) the lock does seem flaky with agps and will sometimes confuse the phone/app and generate odd notifications like "you must end the call before going online" (something like that, can't remember) even though you don't have a call going (me thinks aGPS has a connection that doesn't register as EV/1x data, but still ties up the line/radio)

anyway thanks for the other links, and I'm sure your minions will find this info helpful too.

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haha Shaggy.. When I get on a computer I will update the OP to include that unlocked info.. I think this would apply to both GSM and CDMA though.. That HD is GSM, but aGPS is used on both..

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the op did mention that properly configured on a carrier with aGPS it should work.
I just wanted to make it clear for the cdma users that simply having an unlocked phone/rom doen't matter, just when changing from the original carrier, gsm or cdma.

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Your right.. I am on my Touch Pro now but I agree.. It should be made clear.. Don't want a noober to happen..

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so agps for the touch pro sprint, good or bad? on or off? what's the verdict?

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you decide. either works pretty well on Sprint. I keep a reg file of each way so I can quickly change it when/if I need to. I personally prefer to keep it on standalone (aGPS=off), but there are times I enable it for faster locks.

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All of the GPS discussions regarding the TP/Raphael/Fuze seem to agree that turning aGPS off is preferred -- apparently as noted above because the system will initially try to poll the cell towers rather than the satellites and this causes time out issues. I found it definitely works better with it off. As for how to do it, Advanced Config has a setting for it for those who don't want to deal with reg edits.

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So this is good or bad advice?

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I think it was a good discussion, but I can't advise turning off aGPS on your grandma's ppc... :p

if we don't use the service, we could loose it.. feels nice to make other carriers users jealous.

;;I would recommend geeks try with aGPS off for a while though.. just depends on how concerned you are with a fast lock. me not so much, I know where I AM, just need to know WHERE to go.