Do you live outside the us? Are you bored of setting your gps.conf manually?

The answer to all (or at least one) of your problems:
FasterFix
Root and busybox required



Download

Simply download and run the app. SHOULD work on all devices. Tested on Galaxy S and HTC Desire (S-OFF).
Root and busybox are needed

If it just gives a black screen, exit the app. (using the back button or a task manager) and try again. This is probably caused by a not responding superuser app.