Mobileuncle MTK Tools reports A-GPS is enabled in my phone and uses MSB. With the help of the above data, the A-GPS device receives signals from the visible satellites and calculates the position.
Mobile Station Based (MSB) – The A-GPS device receives acquisition assistance, reference time and other optional assistance data from a mobile service provider.
I always thought A-GPS would do what EPO just did here, so let’s have a closer look at what both are supposed to do.Īssisted GPS (A-GPS) is a system that can, under certain conditions, improve the startup performance or time-to-first-fix (TTFF) of a GPS satellite-based positioning system by downloading positioning data from the network.