Thread: how to use GPS on Nokia N900 without internet or dataplan
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theonelaw is offline theonelaw
2011-01-29 , 06:14
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#12
Originally Posted by craftyguy View Post
Nope.

See:
https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7026
This is wrong in so many ways I do not even know where to start

Originally Posted by jaeezzy View Post
You have to download the map using ovi maps loader to your n900 and then go to Settings->Location and under Network positioning uncheck the Enable check box. However getting gps lock without network in some case is very long and in others no success at all so good luck.
GPS works fine with PR1.3 with no Agps or network access -
I use it all the time in places that even Discovery Channel
has a hard time getting people to go.

The issue is whether you need a map to go with your location,
in which case you need to get the proper app to show your
location on a pre-saved image file.

First time on (after a few days of not using the GPS)
the unit takes some time to download basic ephemeris data,
(this can take up to 5 minutes depending on whether the
signal is received clear and you are not fidgeting with it)
but after that it only takes about 90 seconds for a cold fix.
Even less in some cases.

Use GPS recorder to see how it works...
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