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Old 06-06-2010, 01:21 AM   #1
InGearX
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: NYC
Model: 9630
OS: v4.7.1.61
Carrier: Verizon
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Question GPS incorrect in Vietnam, China

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Hmm GPS is enabled by US satellites - correct?

But GPS "Location Aiding" is enabled by local towers...

Anyway - my GPS worked perfectly in all Southeast Asian countires - except when I got to Vietnam (communist state - things like facebook are blocked...)

and my GPS was showing by to be 300 miles away!!!

I disabled GPS Location Aiding - to no avail

now when I got to China my location is off by exactly 500 feet - South East all the time

(all of this is in Google Maps (latest (v.4.2.0))

So I have another blackberry with my 8900 and I set GPS Data Source to "8900" but got exactly the same reading

I tried various things... to no avail...

Hmm what could it be? anything I can try?

I guess the thing to try would be a pure regular GPS receiver with bluetooth output... and see what's up...

Or maybe I will get a confirmation that this is OK for Vietnam, China...

Thank you...
I am on a Blackberry Tour 9630 with v4.7.1.61
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