[android-developers] Re: GPS blues

2012-02-28 Thread DC
Indeed, GPS, or location generally, works better (faster, even indoors etc.) if it is assisted by the Google's information about cell towers or wifi hotspots known positions. For this, you have to be connected to the Internet, so the phone could ask this database the position of current cell

[android-developers] Re: GPS blues

2012-02-25 Thread JP
As far as I know, Android just passes through what it gets from the GPS receiver. The Android version makes no difference. What typically helps is to be on WiFi or have be on a carrier so you can get to a first GPS fix (faster). That method is called A-GPS. On Feb 25, 6:35 am, bob