For me it works now !
I used the apps speedview and gpsstatus.
After the last tpt update it seems to keep the satellite fix showing the speed accurate.
For the first fix it took some time, i used the internet to let the app gpsstatus downlad information .
I didnt try without that, but i am happy lenovo fixed the problem with keeping satellite fixes
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bevo wrote:How could one be sure that it is a software issue? According to this survey http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-slate-tablets
/Thinkpad-Tablet-Owner-s-Survey/td-p/562479/page/2 , I'm not the only one whose GPS works well enough for a tablet. My TPT's still on _65; without knowing the prior position + without WiFi or 3G + without any workaround it usually gets a fix in less than 2 minutes, otherwise it's about 40 seconds (seeing the first satellites after 10-15 seconds); that's OK with me . Honestly, the TPT will never be a substitute for my cars navigation system, a dedicated tracker (much smaller) for mountain hiking or my phone (much smaller too) when travelling foreign towns. But it's useful once in a while and no slouch, although I don't think it's built for navigating. Weird enough, when I tried out a certain navapp and sent the TPT to sleep once, it showed the new position (some miles down the road) the moment the screen went on, as if it hadn't been idle at all.
Did they use different hardware? I admit, it sounds unlikely. I suppose, both of us, splotz and me, bought the same German/ European model. Quality control?
Hi bevo,
If you have been able to get a TTFF in 40 - 120 seconds ever since you took your TPT out of the box and without any extra apps to download AGPS data, then I envy you! 
I believe splotz indicated that he had to download AGPS dat using an app?
Every TPT/GPS related post that I have read here (and in other forums) has Users complaining of 5-10 minute TTFF's (if they get a fix at all) and shoddy sattelite locks afterwards.
The reason I think it's software related is this:
- On my TPT the GPS.conf file is pointing to a Asia NTP_Server, I'm in the U.S.. That alone is enough to hobble any GPS since having the exact time is crutial to obtaining a decent TTFF. (BTW, what NTP_Server is being used on your European model? Maybe that's the difference?)
- My company had tried the Acer A500 Android tablet prior to the TPT. The Acer also had a practically non-functioning GPS out of the box (as well as other issues that seem to be common to "newly released" tablets i.e. "Cell Stanby" shown as draining battery.). Acer corrected their GPS issues in one of their early OTA's, afterwards it had TTFF's of 30 - 90 seconds.
- I'm not positive, since Lenovo has refused to comment or acknowledge this issue, but all indications are that Lenovo DID NOT include AGPS functionality wit the TPT. I say this because when people have called Lenovo support to complain about bad TTFF's, Support has told them it's because there is no GSM/3G/4G on the TPT. Further proof is that when Users go through the trouble of using another app to download AGPS data (for every new cold location they go to) the TPT all of a sudden has a decent TTFF.
I took the survey you linked when it was first posted, I'm not sure if people are buying TPT's for navigation or not, but I know my Company bought it for exactly that. We have tablet mounts in our cars and are wirelessly tethered to phones for internet, the idea was to navigate to our appointments and then use the TPT for data input/collection.
Regardless, why shouldn't the TPT GPS be able to function (when it has internet) just as well as other Android based tablet or phone? My Android phone could easily replace my car Garmin or Tom-Tom GPS for navigation. It's TTFF is fast, the GPS is accurate and Google maps is unbeatable as far as accuracy and satelitte photo capability.
I fully expected the TPT's GPS to have AGPS support, downloading AGPS data anytime the GPS is on and there is internet access, I also assumed it would point to the correct NTP_Server for the country I'm in.
I suppose it could be hardware, but typically it would present it's self in the opposite manner, with many having a working GPS and a few having issues. I haven't seen that trend here...
Anyway thanks for the post, it's good to have all the examples we can since it looks like we'll be figuring this out on our own... 
