Alltel data use with GPS

[kris926]

I've got an Alltel HTC Touch and have been playing with the GPS. I got it to work with the help of Shadow-Tech. THANKS! One of the requirements is to have "Location on" in the phone settings. This causes a data session during GPS use. (Stand alone GPS software not Google maps, etc.) Is this data session just using information provided by the towers or is this considered regular data just like web browsing and billed the same?
I don't have a data plan (yet) and don't want any surprises!

[ShadowecR]

hey there Kris,

I am not sure about the data, if it's just looking for tower data or considered billable data from alltel. I wouldn't think they could bill you for that but you have to ask customer service to be sure I geuss.

The reason I'm writting is I'm wondering how and what all you did to get your GPS unlocked and working. So far I've enabled the location thing in phone settings. But that's pretty much it. I have poked around the registry and found things like "gps setting" and found a value for the key of GPSone or something like that. It pointed to a .dll file. I am new to hacking and moding phones so I was hoping for someone to spell it out a bit. thanks for your help,

Evan

[kris926]

Evan,
Thanks for the reply. I found the information here. There is a bunch of smart people willing to help out.
I could not get a lock before doing this fix. Maybe I didn't wait long enough but I never saw any sats in iGuidance. After the fix, I get multiple sats and a quick lock.

I first made sure I had the latest ROM from Alltel. If you have Alltel, it;s here:

http://www.htc.com/us/supportdownloa..._id=64&act=all

Then I followed the instructions from Shadow-Tech in this post. It includes the instructions and files needed:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...ht=agps+alltel

As long as I hve "location on" I do fine. I need to confirm the billing before I use it too much!

Good luck!