Hi,
Tomtom 5 seems to have a few bugs, on two roundabout near me (yes I've been sad enough to test it everywhere I go) it tells me to pull up to the roundabout and then turn right... but drive round the wrong way to get to the exit!!!
Anyone else found this?
M
I once had an error (before the patch) where I was on a motorway, took a turnoff as per the instructions, went round but missed it cos I wasn't looking where I was going. Ended up for some reason back on the motorway going the other way. It didn't update to tell me the revised route ie turn round you d**khead. In fact I don't think it even carried on once I did manage to get back to the same point, even though the GPS position WAS updating.
Had to soft reset it. Was late for a show me and my girlfriend were going to as well so it was a stressful few minutes.
Maybe your copy of TT contains some European files or something which are making the navigator follow European codes? Does it happen on all or just some? Is it only right hand turns on roundabouts or left ones as well?
Ant
There will always be errors in this kind of program, my tomtom tells me to turn left into the raised emankment on the road leading from junction 11 a of the M5, on the way back it tells me to turn right across the central reservation and up a hill into fields.
yeah tomtom will always have issues ,in fact just about all of them have issues just different ones to tomtom ,but on the whole tomtom is good ,what you have to remember is it is a guide and you can't always rely on it 100 %
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Hi everybody.
Since a few days i am a happy owner of an Orbit 2.
I read that the built in gps has a "feature" called static navigation. As far as i know this is very useful while using TomTom in a car but not when walking around slowly. I like to use it for geocaching which means that i will not drive but walk slowly.
If i'm standing around and then do some steps in some direction the device seems not to notice (because of static navigation!?).
i tried to find something about this but didn't find a way to get rid of this setting.
i hope someone has an idea...
thanks
Novas said:
Hi everybody.
Since a few days i am a happy owner of an Orbit 2.
I read that the built in gps has a "feature" called static navigation. As far as i know this is very useful while using TomTom in a car but not when walking around slowly. I like to use it for geocaching which means that i will not drive but walk slowly.
If i'm standing around and then do some steps in some direction the device seems not to notice (because of static navigation!?).
i tried to find something about this but didn't find a way to get rid of this setting.
i hope someone has an idea...
thanks
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Tomtom supports walking speed too.
it works when i keep walking.
the first 10 or 20m nothing happens. after this distance the program (BeeLineGPS for example) tells me where i am, how fast i am, how far away the next waypoint is and so on. even if i am walking 4km/h
but if if stop for some seconds and then start walking again it doesnt notice that i'm moving. but for geocaching i need feedback asap. if it says i am 10m away from the waypoint and i try to get closer it is annoying if you have to walk 15m before you get position updates.
i think this is because of the static navigation which stops calculating new positions under certain circumstances
Actually "static navigation" is a setting at the firmware level of SiRF receivers http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=25575, what you're seeing is the lower performance of the Qualcomm/Antenna design of the Cruise/Kaiser, I wrote a detailed article on the Kaiser here -> http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/articles.asp?id=237&page=4
Thanks for your reply.
So you're saying, that there is no Sirf in my Orbit and thus there is no static navigation which means that i can't switch it off? Did i understand this right?
this is somehow...
well i guess i will need to get an extra device for geocaching then...
Correct, two problems, chipset and physics (small antenna) and yes you can get an excellent SiRFstarIII bluetooth receiver, with a datalogger to record where you've been, I quite like the BT-335 http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=97988
thanks again for your reply.
i think i will buy a garmin device for geocaching then. this has the advantage that they are waterproof and i don't have to play around with my nice and shiny orbit in the woods
Ok, so I KNOW I'm probably opening myself up here for some flaming, but at this point willing to take a chance... I've seen it somewhere, but no amount of searching is turning the answer up for me again. I have a Touch Pro and need to get TomTom Home to connect to my device, but it will not do so. I'd like to do this so that I can get some maps. I have the application installed in ProgramFiles\Navigator which is where, in my understanding, it should be. Any tips?
Its not that you'll get the GPS straight on, specially while sitting at a place..
The way i got it is via setting the GPS as Internal-GPS in TomTom and drove for a while..
I can tell you that it works as i was also getting suspicious that its broken or something but however it lags a little bit.. Once the satellites are found then there is no issue using TomTom as a pedestrian..
I still couldn't find why it works sometimes and why it doesn't..
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Its not that you'll get the GPS straight on, specially while sitting at a place..
The way i got it is via setting the GPS as Internal-GPS in TomTom and drove for a while..
I can tell you that it works as i was also getting suspicious that its broken or something but however it lags a little bit.. Once the satellites are found then there is no issue using TomTom as a pedestrian..
I still couldn't find why it works sometimes and why it doesn't..
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Haha, no no, I know of the lag. I'm speaking of the TomTom Home program for my PC. I'd like to be able to connect the device to my PC and install new maps, use mapshare, etc. But since you mention it, hopefully someone comes up with a real solution for the lag problem on the device.
By the way, I am speaking of TomTom Home 2... I can connect to the other just fine but it doesn't really help me.
anyone? I know I've seen it somewhere. A link would even be appreciated!
There is no way to get tomtom 7 USA maps straight foward so far. May be after at&t Fuze launch?
The solution now is log in to your tomtom home acount and choose tomtom 720 as your device. Buy the maps, save them into you PC then manually copy to your SD card. Install tomtom cab is floating around in this forum, then re-connect to tomtom home to download extra voices and maps corrections.
Right, I have all that so far. My problem is TomTom Home doesn't recognize my device at all. It just keeps the 3 step menu up that basically says "connect your device".
same problem too
Gps doesn't work on my phone. Do I need to return it? Google doesn't know where I am and waze also today does the same thing now. Says no gps, go outside when I am outside. I had the storm for a few weeks just before I got the tp2 and it had no problem. Google maps knew where I was. On my tp2 it's set location on.
I don't know what to do. I have alot of anxiety over this now.
I hope someone will be able to please help me.
Thank you so much.
Joe
Did you:
1) SEARCH the this forum first?
2) Set your phone's GPS option to always on instead on 911 only?
3) Update the "Quick GPS" Program?
4) Select the "Use GPS" option in Google maps?
if you answered "No" to any of these, please return your phone and get your storm back.
Yes I did all that.
hmmm... does Google maps day "GPS active" or "Seeking GPS Satellites" up in the top right corner??
It said seeking.
I did not click the gps button in google maps. I thought I did click it. Sorry
it then said it found no gps hardware after j enabled the gps. So I did a memory, storage button and erase back to factory. So I'll try again. But, what is the google.com URL to use to get google maps for my phone? Only thing is one place said google maps is not available for my phone. I forget what site said this.
Google hates Opera Mobile for some odd reason, try going to m.google.com in pocket IE or whatever it's called and select Google Maps from there.
Ok. Great. Thanks. Yes I was using opera.
I just think of it as IE. Don't know what pocket pc means really. So I'll use the built in IE mobile and try m.google.com and report back. Thanks so much.
Joe
don't forget to do steps 2 through 4 in my first post.
I just got back from a walk to test the gps. It worked awesome with google maps. I installed it first to sd card. I tried to run it and it would not work. It popped up some sort of error. Like runtime maybe. I forget. I went to remove programs and it wouldn't remove it giving same error or something. I forget the error. So I had to manually delete the new folders on the sd card. Then I installed to main storage and it worked.
It says gps 10 in the top right. What does this mean?
It was dead on accurate. It was literally exact and when not probably within 20 feet or less. I thought it was funny when I would walk into the middle of the street the blue ball followed me and when I was in the middle of the street it was too. Kinda eary like lol. It was awesomely accurate.
Does google maps have turn by turn directions? My cousin who has iPhone says it does. I know it won't talk to you .
Can you guys recomend other free gps apps/services? Waze doesn't work good since alot of times it looses connection and won't try to reconnect. I also doesn't have good coverage which I don't understand. It's using gps so how can it not know where I am?
I just can't afford money cus I'm on disability right now and don't work. I have a huge visa bill I'm paying and now I have to have a tooth replacement which will cost me upwards of $3000-$4000. This range is possible. So free is preferred of course. However if there's a free trial of a good one I don't mind trying one.
What is the use for gps device with this phone? The phone has external gps settings. What's this for?
Sorry for all the questions.
The "10" at the top means that 10 satellites got a lock on ya (I think, correct me if I'm wrong) And yes, you can get turn by turn directions, but sometimes, even google makes mistakes with it's addresses, so be careful. I'll leave the rest up to anyone else that has some good suggestions or answers...
Also... everything is free on the piratebay...you know... just saying...
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Does google maps have turn by turn directions? My cousin who has iPhone says it does. I know it won't talk to you .
Can you guys recomend other free gps apps/services?
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Also try Windows Live Search Mobile, or Bing mobile, whatever it is called.
It does routing a bit better then Google IMHO, and has a warning tone just before a turn. Though still no speech.
The only problem is that it expects to have a D-Pad for zooming in and out. The TP2 doesn't have that, some zooming in and out is a pain.
IGO 8 is a great GPS software at least IMO. It has very little lag during navigation and so far I have found it to be one of the most accurate as far as the maps are conerned. I have used just about every GPS software there is whether it is free or paid subscriptions and IGO 8 it the only one that actually show the front entrance to my community on the maps. According to all other GPS softwares it does not exist. I have used all the current versions and IGO 8 is the only once showing this. Every once in a while it will take me on a longer route when I know there is a shorter way, but so far if I do not know where I am going it will get me there. It's not perfect but I find it the fasetest and most accurate for what I use it for. I am sure others will have different opinions.
Google it.
Google Navigator
Google maps works okay by itself, but it apparently works better with this and its also free. Make you wander how anyone will be able to charge for navigation in the future if it works well. Looks as good on screen as any commercial product.
http://google-navigator.en.softonic.com/pocketpc
Never mind this suggestion. Upon further looking around it actually costs $59 bucks. Not what you are looking for. The trial does not even allow actual navigation to start.
I have a VZW TP2 for about two weeks. I put Bing and Google Maps on it and the GPS appeared to work OK. Then it stopped.
For over one week no GPS. Right now I put it in the back yard on a table. Clear view of the sky. No luck.
My TP2 does not have QUICKGPS. I have been told that is standard on all TP2's. Verizon said to do a hard reset to get it.
Are those of you having success using QUICKGPS? Any idea how to get it without doing a hard reset and hoping it populates on the device???
JG
Thanks for the responses so far. I appreciate it.
Quick gps should be in the phone. If not there's only hard reset back to factory. However you got it that way and it should be on the phone. If it's not then return it for another. That's what I'd do anyway.
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Thanks for the responses so far. I appreciate it.
Quick gps should be in the phone. If not there's only hard reset back to factory. However you got it that way and it should be on the phone. If it's not then return it for another. That's what I'd do anyway.
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I did the hard reset. Quick GPS was there! I have quite a few hours of work to reset the phone and reinstall the programs that I had.
I would estimate 4-5 hours to get the phone back to where it was. This sure seems like a lot of work to get one silly file on the TP2.....
I can't find that Microsoft maps app nor this igo thing.
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I can't find that Microsoft maps app nor this igo thing.
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Are you talking about Live search? If so, just google it or go to msn.com and go from there.
Horrible lag
You huys are telling me you have no lag in your gps??? I can lock in seconds no problem but when I use any nav software is has a 10-20sec lag! It blows..... I have a solid 8-13 sats and same thing. I went as far as doing a hard reset and installing nothing but googke maps and it still lagged........ Any help?!?!?!
Tp2 comes with live search already. I thought it was search only so I never opened it. Well I did finally and it's better then google maps because it shows the directions on the bottom of the map screen while you move. And I heard it beep at me on my driveway which I just was testing it. Kinda neat but it sucks cus it's your system beep I think and volume is far too soft.
So I updated to the new version which is bing and installed it to my sd card. I haven't tested it yet though. Oh yeah. Picture quality in live/bing is the WORST ever!!!! It sucks balls. It's blurry and hurts my eyes to look at it. Any other map app I'm sure is a kazillion times clearer like google maps has an awesome clean clear crisp picture. F ms I say. Since it's such a Terrible picture.
Or is there something to set to make it not so crummy I wonder?
Ive perused several different phone threads and many ics threads regarding the gps bug (even some official nexus gps people are having probs).
Whether this works for all phones Idk. I have the gs2 Touch.
On fc07.
I didnt want to go thru going back to gb.
Tried several gps apps.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/gps-doctor/com.epekware.gpsdoctor
This one did the trick. (not affiliated with them in anyway) I know sounds like spam but Im just happy to find a quick fix.
Gps still says searching but Im getting exact locations on maps and 'places'. Facebook is now showing me places nearby BUT still giving me a not found message. Previously fb would not show me any places in 'check in' and then also give me the not found message.
This is by far the easiest fix Ive come across in the many threads. doctor appears to erase all gps data and then downloads whatever and 'injects' it. You guys likely will know better than I.
Some screens attached. There is 'auto' and 'manual' I did the auto twice. Im attaching the manual screens for those that know what the hell all that is.
peace hope this helps.
(just tried again - turned off gps - back on. Opened maps and the arrow was way off. clicked the little circle button to 'find me' and it said 'locating' then bam snapped to my exact location)
Did this work for anyone else??
I tried it again and didnt have such exact results without wifi. So idk.
This gave me magical results...
Hey there!
Try GpsFix Deluxe, by Android Labs. It costs some $$$ but it hasn't failed me yet. I had an array of problems with fixing my GPS for long journeys, but alas, no more!
I give it the highest of recommendations.
it work for italy too?
I eventually get a gps signal... it takes a lot longer than stock rom... I hope there is more support for that soon
Moved to fc28 and Im all good.
The gps fix I used above never worked Im sorry to say. It seemed like it did. I guess it worked 'better' but didnt really work.
Gps would still be off by a block or so.
With the latest ics its off by feet. And it says 'lock' or w e it says to indicate lock.
woops fc24 not 28.
On the latest .223 FW I have an annoying problem with Google Maps:
The voice is out of sync with the map. It's terrible.
If's like saying commands few hundreds meters before I get there.
Anyone?
Is it Xperia issue or the Maps itself?
doministry said:
On the latest .223 FW I have an annoying problem with Google Maps:
The voice is out of sync with the map. It's terrible.
If's like saying commands few hundreds meters before I get there.
Anyone?
Is it Xperia issue or the Maps itself?
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This is to give you time to get ready to make a turn when driving. No point in telling you turn right when you are on the junction as you don't have time to get ready.
If you are walking or cycling, change to walking or cycling mode and the instructions will be given closer to the point where they are needed.
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This is to give you time to get ready to make a turn when driving. No point in telling you turn right when you are on the junction as you don't have time to get ready.
If you are walking or cycling, change to walking or cycling mode and the instructions will be given closer to the point where they are needed.
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I think you don't understand me.
I use Google Maps for many many years.
It' s been very solid performer on 99% of occasions.
Of course it speaks a bit earlier than the turn.
But as I said, it's a crazy out of sync behaviour saying
commands 20 seconds before I get there.
Therefore, if I have 3 succeeding turns the app reacts like
I already am there. Saying like "continue straight" if I'm not there yet. The map doesn't even know if I turned correctly.
It acts completely different than before.
This bug appeared just recently. Just wanted to know if anybody else is experiencing this.