GPS works perfectly fine outside the U.S. And in GSM mode, I've personally used Google Maps plus Facebook Places in Panama (central america) on a prepaid BIS carrier without any problems.
Are you on a carrier with BIS?
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Are you guys sure your roaming with GSM and not CDMA? What phone do you have?
Yes I'm absolutely certain I'm roaming with GSM (in Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, mainland China, and Costa Rica).
With that said, GPS worked great while roaming on CDMA in Mexico (quickly found me within 4 meters). I did not try CDMA in China because I was scared of the higher roaming fees (which I later learned were irrelevant - with Verizon/Vodafone 'global plan' = 'global' regardless of what technology or carrier you use).
Originally Posted by 00spike
I've experienced this problem with the 8830, the Tour (9630), and the new bold (9650). It works sometimes, but sometimes it doesnt (most of the time).
Not sure why you're having this issue. Do you have GPS Services set to "Location On" *and* Location Aiding set to "Enabled" (not "Disabled When Roaming") ?
Originally Posted by 00spike
Do you guys have sprint blackberry's? I've used my sprint sim in a GSM only blackberry that I bought overseas, and it worked fine.
I have a Verizon BlackBerry. My last Sprint BlackBerry was a non-global, non-GPS 8703e.
I'm in the UK now and am having this same trouble with a Verizon device running the official Sprint OS6. I can usually get it to work again by turning off then on all connections, but it'll usually only work for about 10 min, and only if I don't switch to any other app than the one using the GPS. Very very annoying.