Thread: GPS on N900 without connecting to Internet?
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abill_uk is offline abill_uk
2010-04-25 , 12:05
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#19
Originally Posted by shadowjk View Post
Yes they both use the Location system. Location/GPS shuts down when the last user of it goes away. Ovi Maps gives up after 30 seconds. GPSJinni stays on. Thus if you're running gpsjinni location/gps doen't shut down after 30 secs when Ovi Maps gives up.
I have been thinking this one over and you know something just maybe because GPSjinnie is a well written app that actually drives the gps chip in the N900 properly it appears, because it locks in seconds for me every time, maybe because the gps chip is "awakened" by GPSjinnie thus the reason OVI locks on so maybe there is your underlying connection !.
The comments regarding OVIMAPS though is true cos its a useless app that just dont work, badly written or not written for a specific gps device.