Re: GPS Performance
 

Yea, I'm kind of hoping the same thing, that once Sprint releases the official rom, it'll clear up this problem... And I guess it is possible that since we are using the files for the Mogul GPS (even through it's got the same hardware), it's causing some minor problems.

If this is as good as it gets however... I might just keep using my bluetooth gps reciever (but oh how I hate to carry and charge two different devices!)

Re: GPS Performance
 

Mine isnt bad right now, although I had to take it outside this morning and allow it a couple of minutes to get a lock. Now even inside upstairs I am getting a lock with 5 satellites, although it puts my altitude at -200ft whereas it should be 600 ft or so. I guess thats due to the lackluster satellite configuration because I have 4 to the W and one straight up. I wonder what affect this is going to have on battery life. Also I wonder if it would be better to increase baud rate to a higher number. I tried 57,600 and it seemed faster updating, but I also think it drained my battery really fast.

Re: GPS Performance
 

Wait until sprint comes out with their update. Im guessing that your not getting true agps, and its prolly just gps.

Re: GPS Performance
 

My battery seemed to drain really fast yesterday (only lasted maybe 6 hours?) when I was playing with the GPS (nearly non-stop). So it definitely appears to impact battery life. Good thing I've got a car holder w/charger for my Touch ;)

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Yesterday I did a test where I was plugged up into my car radio, was running iguidance, and using Tracky in the background to log coordinates to a file and also to upload to the web my current condition. I was also playing music with S2P. It did pretty well for the first 20 minutes, but then I started switching between the programs and iguidance started lagging really badly. I closed tracky, and tried again and everything was fine. It was cool because when I would approach a turn, the music would go to half volume and iguidance would say take a right onto soand so, even with the music screen up :)

Re: GPS Performance
 

same thing with mine. i lock in under a minute sometimes and other times it took 5. I still cant figure out how to get my garmin working. keeps searching for bluetooth.

Re: GPS Performance
 

mine's working well. but I'm also using quickgps and have made sure my registry has A-gps is enabled.

Re: GPS Performance
 

an early/different version of this phone had gps set aside specifically on one half of the dual core processor.... meaning 200mhz. This leads me to think that our variance is potentially caused from resource management. As a test you might wish to compare memory usage and all apps running.

Re: GPS Performance
 

Does anyone know where I can download the holux gps viewer for my touch. I been looking all morning. Also I could not get the gps to work with google maps but it worked with Live Search, but I was standing on the roof at my job (General Motors) so I was sure I would get a clear signal up there. But it still has not worked at home so Im still testing mine out.

Re: GPS Performance
 

My GPS worked fine, and will not respond anymore...lol dont feel like going into details...but it doesnt work on JD 6.1 3.04 rom for me anymore. Im getting a replacement touch 2morrow, soo ill give it another go!!!