use true gps only?
is there anyway to turn off agps so that when using google maps or when touchflow weather detects your location, it will be precise? my guess is that the reason my location on touchflow is always 1 or 2 towns over because it's getting the agps signal and is not a true location from a satellite so I want my phone to only get the satellite location and not to estimate using towers. Anyway to do this????thanks in advance
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verizon TP2 doesn't have agps setup unless you added it. The weather location goes by the ip address which is assigned by the cell tower. So wherever the tower is located is your location
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kinda blows but thanks
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Well, it doesn't always go by the tower location.
I've got a Sprint Airave femtocell. It's hooked up to a GPS receiver, without which it won't work. However, the location service in 6.5 ROM's always shows my location as being in "Jackson." As far as I can tell, this is Jackson, NJ but I can't tell for certain. I'm in NH. Annoying. |
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as for google maps, have you turned on the gps receiver? mine always locks on after a few seconds of being on |
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using advanced config 3.3 you can disable agps...i also recommend disabling gps logging to improve your accuracy
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The OP complained about being located some distance away but still in his local area, as one might expect if the tower is located in a nearby town. In my case, I get located many hundreds of miles away. As I said, I can't be sure "Jackson" is in New Jersey, but there's no Jackson anywhere near here. I guessed New Jersey based on Google Maps with the GPS turned off. To the OP: weather and other location-based services are going to be pretty close to accurate even if the tower is actually a few miles away. As long as you're not using an Airave, that is. |
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REAL GPS would pretty much make your battery life worse than stock, so I guess the best option is to manually add in your city/location using your zip code than to have GPS on all the time just for the weather. I can't remember the threat with the manila weather manual edit, but it's here on ppcgeeks somewhere
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