Strava

Cool, thanks - will give that a go.

That's kind of what happened with me, though it works fine in the UK, just not abroad. Google maps finds the GPS with no problems.

It doesn't need data (I sometimes have mine off in the UK and strava still works). I think I'll try to borrow a garmin for my next trip abroad.

Are you sure it's not just slow in other countries. Don't they use A-GPS (assisted?) which uses wifi or cell position to get a quick fix and then it sorts out the GPS in due course.

Also Strava have been a bit shit getting their code to work with some handset varieties so maybe read their docs about which handsets they can't cater to?