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* FasterGPS

market download FasterGPS is no longer in active development. If you like to take over the maintaining, go to https://github.com/Free-Software-for-Android and implement fixes. I will only do basic maintenance.

Attention: DEVICE MUST BE ROOTED FOR THIS APPLICATION

Description
With FasterGPS you can select a NTP Server matching your region to speed up the process of getting a GPS fix.
This is an open source alternative to FasterFix!

Requirements
• ROOT
• Read/Write access on system-Partition

Source code/Bug reports/Translations
https://github.com/Free-Software-for-Android

Donate
You can donate money to support the development in-app.

License
GPLv3

Permissions
• Root access: To write gps.conf file to system partition
• Internet access: To allow donations

Author: Free Software for Android
Version: 1.12
Market link: org.fastergps
Web site: https://github.com/Free-Software-for-Android



Source code:
Code license:
Market downloads: >250,000
Market rating: 4.3 / 5.0
Category: Top:/Applications/Tools


Added: 2012-04-30
Updated: 2017-02-21
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