Enabling A-GPS (Assisted GPS) on WM6.1 ROMS - Page 6

dishe · #51 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:44 PM

+1 for the placebo effect.
Pretty convinced it does nothing.

mstevens, I can't explain your results expect for perhaps it was soon after after a recent fix that it re-aquired rather quickly.

jrebeiro, I'm not sure if you need to travel that far for it to need a complete new aquisition. Another thing to try is a different time of day, since the sky will have shifted.

**schettj** · #52 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 09:41 PM

pair this with the HTC Performance OEM, and your device will seem to run faster, and seem to find satellites faster... coool!

JKingGrim · #53 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 09:43 PM

+1 for it does work. Probably as with everything YMMV. But if it doesn't work for you, I don't think it is enough to conclude it does nothing. Like it was said earlier at least it does nothing and at most it significantly improves fix time and accuracy.

I am in a dorm with decent cell reception but I have never been able to pick up any satellites in here. If I go to the window I can see a few, but I still can never get a fix in here. I have tried many times. I just flashed DCD 2.3 which has aGPS enabled by default. I have not used the GPS in a while, and I just flashed a new ROM, so there is no existing location data to help speed the fix. This was a cold fix. I started up GPStest and I was still unable to get any satellites. I walked over to the window and in five seconds I had a fix with 10 satellites (I am not exaggerating either). So I conclude that is does work. I also tried making a phone call while I had a fix. I lost several satellites, but the GPS continued to function and I did not loose the fix. When I hung up it almost instantly went back up to 10 satellites.

vincemash · #54 (**permalink**) 02-25-2008, 09:15 PM

works for me....never could get a fix indoors now getting quick gps locks and indoors as well, big improvement

nmazloum · #55 (**permalink**) 04-02-2008, 11:32 PM

+1 for it does work, i have two moguls, so i tried it with one of them, the one that had it connected much faster than other one and got more satelites indoors, when i also did the second phone both connected at the same speed with same number of satellites with much improvment than with out the aGPS fix. much appreciated for that mod

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**schettj** · #56 (**permalink**) 04-03-2008, 12:07 AM

real world test.

GPS not used for more then a day. Last used in stand alone mode (1)
Enabled agps (made it 4) and soft reset...
Ran GPS Viewer.
Some readings in 1 min... lock at 1:15 (identical performance vs standalone mode)
Change back to 1
soft reset
Run GPS Viewer...
Instalock... lol Of course, since it had just got the lock before the soft reset

I call placebo.

Ace, the reg edit will not enable gps - you have to flash the new rom + radio

dew.man · #57 (**permalink**) 04-03-2008, 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schettj

I call placebo.

+1

Not certain about the QuickGPS improvements either. Similar test?

JKingGrim · #58 (**permalink**) 04-03-2008, 09:22 AM

I think it only ever worked once. The first time I tried it (yes it was a very cold lock) it caught ten sats in about three seconds at the window of a building where I never could get a lock before. Ever since then it has been performing no better than before I did the hack.

**rainfreak** · #59 (**permalink**) 04-03-2008, 10:03 AM

So is the consensus that this hack works or is a waste of time?

dew.man · #60 (**permalink**) 04-03-2008, 10:06 AM

Consensus?

Good luck on that one LOL