Ok I just got the 8800 today after a long debat with myself. First of all, there is no GPS option anywhere! I cannot find an option for it under the settings, and Google Maps does not say anything about GPS. Please help me!

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Read the Sticky Notes at the top of this 8800 forum for lots of info on your question. Good Luck with it.

Sometimes you just need to give it a little time and the icons appear such as the html browser icon and telenav icon. Make sure your imei # is registered with cingular although this may or may not have an impact on the arrival of those icons.

Either that or read the faqs forum as im sure there is a quicker way.
But it will appear soon. Also, sometimes the telenav icon sometimes appears as an internet icon as you need to go online. This is rare i believe.

Yes I had to download it from the internet, but when I did, the phone would freeze at the loading screen for 30 minutes before I'd have to reset it. Also, I noticed in the GPS settings that nothing is connected, my location is 00'00'000...whatever. I guess I have to give it time, unfortunately I'm very antsy when it comes to these things

You can download and use any GPS app that runs on the 8800. There's no need to wait for your carrier to push Telenav as the icon is really a shortcut to perform an OTA install anyway...

Under Options-Advanced Options->GPS a Refresh should update your coordinates. Just make sure you're outside with a clear view of the sky.