GPS on Bell.ca

tichi · #1 (**permalink**) 07-07-2008, 08:46 PM

I'm curious what other bell users' experiences about GPS are.

having tried several ROMs I'm now using NFSFAN's 1.09 with PPST run..

Usually I have fix within a minute from cold start,
using either GPSviewer or HTC GPS Tool..

What I find curious,
that sometimes, it cannot find a GPS fix for a long time,
and to help it, I need to do a soft reset,
after which a DIFFERENT SET of satellites
comes up (different satellite number in the aforementioned programs)
even thought I'm at the same location, but different time
(satellites must be moving, then

)

my question is - if anyone knows- where those satellite number are stored in the phone, and if those numbers are attributed
to the satellites permanently, or they are just shortcuts in my phone?

JoeBobOneHalf · #2 (**permalink**) 07-07-2008, 10:48 PM

Well the answer is quite simple: You live in Canada. There aren't any Satellites or technology in Canada. Too many mountains.

Just kidding, consider this a bump.

Gazoo22 · #3 (**permalink**) 07-08-2008, 02:10 AM

Humm, I wonder if I should get a [B]LG vx8500, just joking of course.

As far as I know GPS sats are geo synchronous, this should mean stationary to earth, you have a good question, why do the sat numbers not stay static if you are static. There must be a way to tell the software to look here first, I guess that is called a hot start but it doesn't seem to be working right.

tichi · #4 (**permalink**) 07-08-2008, 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoeBobOneHalf

Well the answer is quite simple: You live in Canada. There aren't any Satellites or technology in Canada.

you forgot about Maple Syrup, Smoked Salmon and Blackberry Smartphone,
at the very least

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gazoo22

As far as I know GPS sats are geo synchronous, this should mean stationary to earth

Well .. as my experience (and wiki if one trusts it

) tell us, they are NOT,
and if they are not, then what's the point of storing the satellite numbers onto the phone, if they change even as we speak ???

I tried to get rid of them (without rebooting) using "clear memory" function
of HTC GPS Tool, but this does not seem to work.. I thought that maybe it is in the registry somewhere, easy to kill??

???