Long standing GPS issue, argh!

[Hookem]

I have researched how to fix this problem for the better part of 2 years. Had it working for a while and after getting a replacement phone can't get it working again. Now I want to understand the core of the problem. If it's been answered somewhere else, *please* direct me; however I can't find it.

So the question of whether GPS actually works on the Sprint Touch was a mystery for a while. Sprint people denied at first that the hardware would support it, but then finally admitted it would. Then the last firmware update at last enabled the internal GPS to work with TeleNav.

My ultimate goal was getting GPS to work with Google Maps. After many hours of fiddling with the phone I finally figured out that if I started TeleNav, and kept it running whether I logged in or not, GPS with Google Maps would work.

Key Takeway: Something in the initialization process of TeleNav enabled the internal GPS to work.

Obviously someone at Sprint wanted the phone to work in such a way that if you weren't using their Sprint software, you were out of luck when it came to using the internal GPS functionality. I had it working and didn't mess with the configuration for months. Then I had my phone replaced and can't get it working again the same way.

I tried the same thing, but this time it only works if I'm actually logged in to TeleNav and using Google Maps at the same time. I can't just initialize the program for it to work, and the plan I'm on I have to pay for usage if I want to log in to TeleNav.

So obviously the internal GPS works. However it appears to be painfully obvious the only way to activate it is through a TeleNav subscription. Is there any way to activate GPS without running TeleNav?

Maybe someone on this forum has discovered a back door mechanism that can trigger whatever needs to be triggered to activate it. Every where else I read about this problem people blame Google Maps and problems with roaming or weak signals, but all of these problems go away if TeleNav is running.

Thanks