GPS in 3.0

Hi all!
I'm having a problem here, I've updated to 3.0 last week and since then the GPS is working really bad. When it comes to locate me, it's way off. Sometimes it's 10 blocks away from my current location..
Is anyone having the same problem? In 2.2.1 it was working nicely
Thanks!

Yes: before the 3.0 update, my 3G was great--it got a precise, continuous GPS fix while driving (dash-mount). Great for navigating even with just the Maps app.
Now it very often can't get any more than a cell tower fix, even when I'm standing in the open--and sometimes the circle is HUGE, many miles across, which I never saw pre-3.0.
When it does get a precise GPS fix, it takes a long time--around a minute. Then, as I drive, instead of the smooth scrolling motion I'd been used to, the fix freezes and then updates about once every 3 blocks. Useless.
Google Earth has the same problem, so it's a Location Services problem, not Maps.

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