Best practice for getting a satellite fix

I'm having problems getting a GPS satellite fix and would like to make sure I'm going about it the right way. 
Menu / GPS / GPS Data brings up message searching for GPS satellites
Position reports back Waiting for GPS
Options / Satellite status generally returns No Satellite Data Available.  On some occasions I get up to 5 outlined bars with various changing numbers by the side of them.  Sometimes these outlined bars turn black.  Is this the satellite search ?  Do I only get a fix when 5 bars go black ?
What other setting should I check to help this process ?
From Ovi Maps / My Position all I get is a red dot, followed by the  message Connection Failed.  Will I be able to get any map to appear without getting a full set of satellite data ?
My reading of other posts on this forum seem to indicate that it takes up to 20 minutes in the middle of a field to get a full set of satellite data, and then it will be lost as soon as I get into a car.  If this is really the case, the "functionality" is next to useless.  Please tell me this is not the case.
John.

I've found something funny about the satellite reception. When I just got my E52 I couldn't get it to work, no matter in what application (GPS Data or Ovi Maps). I tried leaving it outside for an hour, in different weather conditions, everything. I don't use A-GPS, only the satellite signal.
Everything changed when I installed Garmin. After first run it took some 20 minutes to get a signal lock, and since then it works perfectly. Now it only takes 1-2 minutes to get coordinates. Both in Garmin, Ovi Maps, and GPS Data. I am amazed by it's reception capabilities, I can hold my phone down in the car (next to the hand brake) and it never looses signal. I used it in back of a van, even inside a building with large windows.
It's like Nokia's own programs don't know how to start using the GPS receiver, they need Garmin to show them.
The outlined bars you're talking about are satellite indicators. When a bar is only outlined it means your phone receives that sat.'s signal but not strong enough. Your phone needs to get a strong signal (when a bar is full or almost full) from at least 4 satellites to be able to give you coordinates. Just keep trying, it should start.

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    Use an Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS).  Unexpected power outages are TERRIBLE for both computer software and hardware.  Lost files and burned out hardware are a possibility.  A UPS that will power the computer and monitor can be found at the local high tech store and doesn't cost much.  The modern ones will even communicate with the computer via USB to perform an orderly shutdown if the power failure goes on too long for the batteries to keep going.  Again, how much is it worth to you to have a computer outage and loss of data?
    Work locally, copy files elsewhere.  Photoshop likes to be run on files on the local hard drive(s).  If you are working in an environment where you have networking, rather than opening a file right off the network, then saving it back there, consider copying the file to your local hard drive then working on it there.  This way an unexpected network outage or error won't cause you to lose work.
    Never save over your original files.  You may have a library of original images you have captured with your camera or created.  Sometimes these are in formats that can be re-saved.  If you're going to work on one of those files (e.g., to prepare it for some use, such as printing), and it's a file type that can be overwritten (e.g., JPEG), as soon as you open the file save the document in another location, e.g., in Photoshop .psd format.
    Save your master files in several places.  While you are working in Photoshop, especially if you've done a lot of work on one document, remember to save your work regularly, and you may want to save it in several different places (or copy the file after you have saved it to a backup folder, or save it in a version management system).  Things can go wrong and it's nice to be able to go back to a prior saved version without losing too much work.
    Make Backups.  Back up your computer files, including your Photoshop work, ideally to external media.  Windows now ships with a quite good backup system, and external USB drives with surprisingly high capacity (e.g., Western Digital MyBook) are very inexpensive.  The external drives aren't that fast, but a backup you've set up to run late at night can finish by morning, and if/when you have a failure or loss of data.  And if you're really concerned with backup integrity, you can unplug an external drive and take it to another location.
    This stuff is kind of "motherhood and apple pie" but it's worth getting the word out I think.
    Your ideas?
    -Noel

    APC Back-UPS XS 1300.  $169.99 at Best Buy.
    Our power outages here are usually only a few seconds; this should give my server about 20 or 25 minutes run-time.
    I'm setting up the PowerChute software now to shut down the computer when 5 minutes of power is left.  The load with the monitor sleeping is 171 watts.
    This has surge protection and other nice features as well.
    -Noel

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