I've been using GPS Status & Toolbox https://market.android.com/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2&hl=en with success, it allows you to download AGPS data beforehand.
does not require root privileges. -S On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 15:57, Brian Wolford <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey, > So there has been a problem with some androids I have encountered and met > another person running into the same problems. > Some phones were taking very long times to get GPS fixes (ussually not at > all) and after they did they were putting points out in Jamaica or the ocean > south of Cuba. > > A common thread between the problem phones seemed to be that they were from > Europe. North American phones seemed to have no problem. > So the solution seems to be changing the NTP server in the 'gps.conf' file > to the North American server. > > This can be accomplished two ways: > 1: The app > FasterFix https://market.android.com/details?id=com.Double.FasterFix&hl=en > 2: > Manually http://www.xda-developers.com/android/fix-your-european-android-gps-lock-manually/ > > You of course need to be a 'root' user. But you should do that when unboxing > anyway. > > This is caused by using Assisted GPS (A-GPS) for the first point, which uses > the network to get faster fixes. > > Thought this would be useful to share and hopefully save some headaches. > -brian > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > -- -S _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
