Verizon Win6.5 out!

BacardiGuy · #1 (**permalink**) 01-11-2010, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by drewcam888

The weather on my home screen doesn't always list the correct city. It lists small township many times instead of the city I am in. Is there a way to tweak this? I have found conflicting info. Does this my location use gps or cell tower location? My guess is ap address since I get a different city if connected by activesync or verizon data connection

I also can not get the resproxy to stay at 0 after a reset. I disabled the htc_cm file but that was no help.

LOL, I keep getting "Cummingsville" which is the name for North Woburn, MA.....in the year 1875. Still not right town, but close enough that we share the same weather

Someone needs to tell the Taiwanese to update their GPS databases.

PPCFreak · #2 (**permalink**) 01-11-2010, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by BacardiGuy

LOL, I keep getting "Cummingsville" which is the name for North Woburn, MA.....in the year 1875. Still not right town, but close enough that we share the same weather

Someone needs to tell the Taiwanese to update their GPS databases.

I have similar issues with the Location Weather.
I live in a city that recently expanded there city limits. So right now, when I am sitting at home I get the Township name instead of the City Name.

Guess as long as the weather is correct I am okay with it for now. Hopefully someone will update the GPS boundaries for the City and it will fix the location weather.

**drewcam888** · #3 (**permalink**) 01-11-2010, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by PPCFreak

Guess as long as the weather is correct I am okay with it for now. Hopefully someone will update the GPS boundaries for the City and it will fix the location weather.

The problem is that I do not think this is gps updated. I get different location when I update with verizon data connection versus activesync. So it must be checking ip locations and not using gps.

moc426 · #4 (**permalink**) 01-11-2010, 12:10 PM

I thought it was using cell towers.

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Originally Posted by drewcam888

The problem is that I do not think this is gps updated. I get different location when I update with verizon data connection versus activesync. So it must be checking ip locations and not using gps.

PPCFreak · #5 (**permalink**) 01-11-2010, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by drewcam888

The problem is that I do not think this is gps updated. I get different location when I update with verizon data connection versus activesync. So it must be checking ip locations and not using gps.

Maybe using AGPS which would be from Cell Tower ID's?

I can go 3/4 mile towards the City and it will change to the City Name.

The recent City Limit change was about 1/2 mile (meaning 1/2 mile from my house is where the old city Limits were at).

If I set there for a few minutes, it will update to the city vs Township (son's basketball practices are almost right on the old city limit lines).

**drewcam888** · #6 (**permalink**) 01-11-2010, 12:22 PM

The verizon TP2 does not use agps

**Adrianh85** · #7 (**permalink**) 01-11-2010, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by drewcam888

The verizon TP2 does not use agps

it does use agps but the gps gets locks so fast most of the time u dont see it!!!

**drewcam888** · #8 (**permalink**) 01-11-2010, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Adrianh85

it does us agps but the gps gets locks so fast most of the time u dont see it!!!

Look in HKLM/software/htc/supl agps and you will see that agps is disabled and there is no server info in the registry at all. On phones like the xv6800 this section had the ip address info for agps. So since all this info is missing and the agps is set to disable then it doesn't function

constitutionalist · #9 (**permalink**) 01-11-2010, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by BacardiGuy

LOL, I keep getting "Cummingsville" which is the name for North Woburn, MA.....in the year 1875. Still not right town, but close enough that we share the same weather

Someone needs to tell the Taiwanese to update their GPS databases.

LOL! Or maybe you've entered some strange wormhole.

[EDIT] Btw., I'm having the same location issue with my weather as everyone else here seems to be having. The area I live in hasn't had any boundaries redrawn since the cities were incorporated decades ago. With the exception of BacardiGuy's issue, I think this may be due to the use of cell towers for location and there being some location drift. Perhaps we have two separate issues here, a database and a location issue.

**clueless25** · #10 (**permalink**) 01-12-2010, 06:19 PM

Well here's a little tid bit to that info.

I not only get towns around me, but if I load up Google GPS it is alsop putting me in those same areas. I can even zoom in and get the address it says my phone is currently located at, problem is IM NOT THERE!!!!!

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Originally Posted by constitutionalist

LOL! Or maybe you've entered some strange wormhole.

[EDIT] Btw., I'm having the same location issue with my weather as everyone else here seems to be having. The area I live in hasn't had any boundaries redrawn since the cities were incorporated decades ago. With the exception of BacardiGuy's issue, I think this may be due to the use of cell towers for location and there being some location drift. Perhaps we have two separate issues here, a database and a location issue.