Using "Tracker Booster" to Enhance GPS and Google Navigation/Maps

2nd2no1

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Hello all, I have recently started toying around with an application available for free in the Market called "Tracker Booster". This app is used to hold a constant lock onto satellites and absolutely nothing else. This is useful for tracking programs that need a continuous lock in order to properly function.

Anyways, I started playing around with this app and was astounded by how well it worked. While in this simple application, you can choose to "send to background" and go about your normal functions on your phone while holding an almost permanent satellite lock. I did this, walked out onto my back porch. and fired up GPS Test to see it already had a fix on 7, then 8, and eventually 11 satellites. This blew my mind because I had never seen this phone lock onto so many satellites.

I then fired up Google Maps to see it lock onto my exact position in less that 2 seconds. Needless to say I was quite pleased at these developments. I then remembered that this really is not all that impressive because from personal experience and from reading numerous threads here and over at XDA, that these devices like to get a lock and then shut off, leaving you with the impression that there is a good GPS connection because you haven't really moved.

I decided to test the GPS while moving (i.e. Google Navigation) tonight and was extremely impressed by what I saw. Not only did it maintain a lock for my entire drive to my destination (about 12 miles), it did do with very minor hiccups and fast re-routing. Before I used this, I would lose lock nearly every 2-3 minutes and Navigation was pretty unusable.

I just want to know if anyone else has tried out this application before, and with what results. It has worked for me, so hopefully it may be able to help a lot of you guys and gals out there with GPS woes.

Looking forward to hearing your experiences with this.

2nd2no1
 

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