Tested it out today, counted from when I opened OCN8 and it took exactly 30 seconds to get a fix. Perfectly acceptable if you ask me, especially seeing as I'll only use it for long drives.
great to know man
Thx for sharing
Did you try any button mapping software?
With or with out A-GPS??
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With or with out A-GPS??
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With A-GPS, I don't think you can turn it off.
Only one GPS setting: Enable AGPS: Checkbox.
No, I haven't done any button mapping to the other person who asked.
Is the device as fast as shown in unwired videos?
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With A-GPS, I don't think you can turn it off.
Only one GPS setting: Enable AGPS: Checkbox.
No, I haven't done any button mapping to the other person who asked.
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Yep, 26 seconds for me using Garmin.
And yes, mine is as fast as the videos. Definitely an improvement over the Diamond, despite the Diamond's speed improvements with recent cooked ROM's.
Amazing what a bit of extra RAM will do...
Great, thanks for the info
Since you're using Garmin
I've always found it's notifications to be quite lower than other GPS s/w even when placing an attention tone prior
Is it any louder on the Raph speakers in comparison with Kaiser?
sub69 said:
Yep, 26 seconds for me using Garmin.
And yes, mine is as fast as the videos. Definitely an improvement over the Diamond, despite the Diamond's speed improvements with recent cooked ROM's.
Amazing what a bit of extra RAM will do...
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You know what, I've not managed to get a GPS fix using Copilot 7 or Google Maps.
Strange. Very quick for me too.
Syphon Filter said:
You know what, I've not managed to get a GPS fix using Copilot 7 or Google Maps.
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Make sure to download QuickGPS before you use those programs, that may be your issue.
fireblade63 said:
Is the device as fast as shown in unwired videos?
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Fast like, TF3D being fast? Check this video out, AT&T model, 100% out of the box and not 1 tweak applied:
http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a258/The300ZX/?action=view¤t=Raphael004.flv
Now with tweaks, it's unreal.
Nope, still not working.
Have you tried GpsTest?
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Have you tried GpsTest?
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Oh, no...what's that? Is it something built in or is it an app I have to install?
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Copilot has a GPS Status thing built in. Looks like I can only see one satellite. Kind of weird.
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Copilot has a GPS Status thing built in. Looks like I can only see one satellite. Kind of weird.
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Are you outside or inside some building?
GPS works fine for me in both Google Maps and TomTom Navigator. Indoors is not so great, but whilst in a car it was fine all the way home on a 30 minute journey!
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Are you outside or inside some building?
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I'm in my house, my Kaiser right next to it is working fine.
GPS isn't supposed to work indoors... If you need it indoors, you may also need to be living in a psychiatric ward. :\
I got full signal in front of my house according to OCN8's little GPS status bar, for those who care.
As mentioned earlier, QuickGPS will help (hopefully as it has been useless for me since Kaiser WM6.1 ROMs started to be cooked)
BUT
You need to give it time first to aquire GPS fix alone THEN go back to your PC to download the QuickGPS data
To make sure you have everything afterwards successful,
reboot your PDA and see if you can aquire a faster fix.
You can test with GPSTest attached here.
If it didn't solve your problem, check with other fellow Raph holder their Radio versions and yours.
If you are to flash, do not forget to HardSPL your device.
Good luck and give us more feedback
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I'm in my house, my Kaiser right next to it is working fine.
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@fireblade63
I'd say the notification volume in Garmin is about the same as it is in the Kaiser, so I agree - it's certainly not the loudest, but I'm someone who likes the Sat-Nav turned down a bit anyway. I hate having the things shouting at me, especially if there are other people in the car who I'm trying to talk to.
My father-in-law, on the other hand, could never cope with the Garmin / Raphael combination because he turns his TomTom XL up to full volume, which drives me mental on the odd occasion I have to experience it!
So, no, the Raphael is no louder as far as I can tell.
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Going on hols tomorrow and would like to know if there's a simple little program I can use that I can use on the plane to see where I am while on the plane!
Anyone know of any software that can do this? Don't want anything street level, just a good overview of where the plane is would do perfect!
Cheers.
VisualGPSce will give you altitude, heading and speed.
Personally I'd find this interesting.
TheBrit said:
VisualGPSce will give you altitude, heading and speed.
Personally I'd find this interesting.
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This app looks interesting. Does it support VGA screens and Landscape?
cktlcmd said:
This app looks interesting. Does it support VGA screens and Landscape?
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Actually I'd like to know that myself.
igo8, zoom out to the world and it will show you
I once used my kaiser (with stock 6.0) on a plane and using GPS Speed Sentry, after the speed of of the plane exceeded ~620Km, the phone lost its fix and couldn't get one until the plane landed.
Just a thought.
On my phone the gps attachment only works if radio (i.e. phone bit) is also on. That would mean I would be breaking the airline rules and maybe endangering the flight!
I had my tomtom working on a recent flight back from Malaysia. It was funny to see it trying to lock onto the london roads at 400-500mph as we were flying over towards Heathrow!!
here is a good app that can be v. useful, not sure if the gps will get a fix at those speeds.
http://www.informapusa.com//?fuseaction=product.poe
Hi all! this is in regard with our gps issues... I just want to share how i got the gps working at least I can say 99 percent accurate navigation, thru gps receiver module. I know its kinda stupid buying one but I was really happy with the results. I bought this gps receiver module in amazon.com(Globalsat BT-359). then downloaded the FREE bluetooth gps provider app in the market. Easy to pair and connect with our captivate. I have been using it now for a week and so far so good, locks and always on the spot.
p.s. the main reason I bought the module was for my nook color which btw works too, this prompted me to test it on the captivate which works wonders now with my navigation. Just sharing!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=940970
yeah, i got myself the tom tom one
xredjokerx said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=940970
yeah, i got myself the tom tom one
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hey! I didnt know it has been posted in the accessories, anyway thanks for the link!
thats a workable solution for some
but you did NOT GET YOUR GPS working. You are simply using an alternate GPS device.
bames said:
thats a workable solution for some
but you did NOT GET YOUR GPS working. You are simply using an alternate GPS device.
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Oooppps... another correction, Yes it should have been an ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION! THANKS
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hey! I didnt know it has been posted in the accessories, anyway thanks for the link!
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A search would have shown you that. Always do a search before starting a new thread.
to be fair that thread title is horrible from a descriptive standpoint.
Hows the GPS on this phone?
I gots a captivate and i dont want to go through the same problem again
mwiz123 said:
Hows the GPS on this phone?
I gots a captivate and i dont want to go through the same problem again
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Do not compare your CRAP with Nexus S.
We got excellent GPS.
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Do not compare your CRAP with Nexus S.
We got excellent GPS.
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If by "excellent GPS" you mean, that its GPS will show you as moving wildly about between 100m when you're stood perfectly still. Yes, you're right.
It's bad. The best lock I've had is to only 10m, and something needs damping down, because one of the accelerometers goes crazy - use GPS status to see - and refuses to settle, and that affects your position drastically.
I find the GPS to be very good. Better than in the Galaxy S I used previously. These phones will never meet the degree of accuracy found in dedicated devices, they also rely on a data connection, but it was good enough that my TomTom got donated as i don't want to have too many devices in the car.
Oops sorry
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I bought sygic aura. He finds everything, points of interest, addresses, petrol stations, shops but my current location three blocks differs from the actual location. Even when I'm in the car nothing happens. My arrow is not with me. What is the problem here? is because the GPS is not designed for the HTC HD mini android?
greetings sven
If you look on the status page it says gps is not working
Haha, that made my day!
bruce2728 said:
If you look on the status page it says gps is not working
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yes i was forget it , thnq
superzuan said:
I bought sygic aura. He finds everything, points of interest, addresses, petrol stations, shops but my current location three blocks differs from the actual location. Even when I'm in the car nothing happens. My arrow is not with me. What is the problem here? is because the GPS is not designed for the HTC HD mini android?
greetings sven
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Which version did you install? And did it work, except for the gps of course?
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Which version did you install? And did it work, except for the gps of course?
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i think now , schlund have fix the GPS it will work, but the battery is still too weak. until that fix better to use then the sygic drive
superzuan said:
i think now , schlund have fix the GPS it will work, but the battery is still too weak. until that fix better to use then the sygic drive
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i have still no gps signal. cable is connected, gps not working in WM and android. i have tried every thing realy everything nothing work.
GPS works! I tried with Sygic Aura, Igo MyWay and working perfect so far, very quick GPS fix.
Turn GPS on and try with GPS status from market. Should fix GPS signals very fast
jomaga said:
GPS works! I tried with Sygic Aura, Igo MyWay and working perfect so far, very quick GPS fix.
Turn GPS on and try with GPS status from market. Should fix GPS signals very fast
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no there is something with my gps. it worked always no problems, but now for about 3 months my htc don't have any signal, even on WINDOWS MOBILE No signal. so i let it be , just wait 8 months than can i go for a new phone. . I now used my nokia N95 for navigation
Which WinMo ROM do you have? Have you changed it 3 months ago?
no , i had the lastest winmo version, now the oldest because i used a hard reset. so i guess i have on this moment the oldest. but i had this one a while ago : _HTC HD Mini_RUU_Photon_HTC_NLD_1.36.404.1_Radio_Signed_32.2803.05.06_0.63.05.36_Ship
For GPS issues, the first post in the tutorial "Install Android on HTC HD Mini" under the heading of known issues states in red font: GPS software in WM will not find satellites if you turn off GPS from location settings in Android
You should try the solution that is detailed in this thread. You have to follow this step even if you reflash any WM6.5 stock ROMS because reflashing won't fix the GPS issue. I know this from experience.
It is also discussed at length here
It is assumed you are using the latest build of Android for HD Mini. If there are continued issues, try a completely clean install (remove all old Android files from your SD card). If you still can't get GPS (both in Android and WM6.5), then maybe consider it is a hardware fault.
Wowser said:
For GPS issues, the first post in the tutorial "Install Android on HTC HD Mini" under the heading of known issues states in red font: GPS software in WM will not find satellites if you turn off GPS from location settings in Android
You should try the solution that is detailed in this thread. You have to follow this step even if you reflash any WM6.5 stock ROMS because reflashing won't fix the GPS issue. I know this from experience.
It is also discussed at length here
It is assumed you are using the latest build of Android for HD Mini. If there are continued issues, try a completely clean install (remove all old Android files from your SD card). If you still can't get GPS (both in Android and WM6.5), then maybe consider it is a hardware fault.
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im sure it's a hardware fault. i have yesterday buy a adapt bluetooth gps and it is working fine. Fast fix even in the house. I think my internal GPS is dead. I used a lot . Almost 4 hours a day, 1 year long.
superzuan said:
im sure it's a hardware fault. i have yesterday buy a adapt bluetooth gps and it is working fine. Fast fix even in the house. I think my internal GPS is dead. I used a lot . Almost 4 hours a day, 1 year long.
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I guess drivers are different for a BT GPS when compared to the internal one. So if the BT works, it does not ay anything about the internal gps?
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I guess drivers are different for a BT GPS when compared to the internal one. So if the BT works, it does not ay anything about the internal gps?
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but that my internal gps not finding satalites says enough? i tried everything really day in day out. are there drivers for the internal gps ?
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but that my internal gps not finding satalites says enough? i tried everything really day in day out. are there drivers for the internal gps ?
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I would say if you do a hard reset in WiMo then you should see at least some satellites. Did you also try the app androsensor in Android? That tells you the status of all sensors, including the gps (i.e. location and number of sats). In that case you don't need a program like Sygic to check it. It works quite nice. Maybe worth checking?
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I would say if you do a hard reset in WiMo then you should see at least some satellites. Did you also try the app androsensor in Android? That tells you the status of all sensors, including the gps (i.e. location and number of sats). In that case you don't need a program like Sygic to check it. It works quite nice. Maybe worth checking?
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im gona instal androsensor, i always work with elixir there you can also check the gps status. but im gonna try it.
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im gona instal androsensor, i always work with elixir there you can also check the gps status. but im gonna try it.
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i have install androsensor. but at location not found my location. speed unavailable.satalites in range :0
superzuan said:
i have install androsensor. but at location not found my location. speed unavailable.satalites in range :0
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looks bad. I understood you opened the device since you had issues with the proximity sensor? Are you sure you didnot damage any antenna cable or connector? I know there are 2 of them that are quite vulnerable, don't know where they are for.
It was allready not working before opening
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It's like they changed all the low level code that deals with the actual signal.
There doesn't appear to be any filtering or averaging going on anymore, which is causing my readout to bounce around by 15meters or so all the time. It didn't used to do this on older maps versions.
When I'm sitting at stoplights it says...turn left...continue straight...turn right...turn right...in 500 feet, turn make a U-turn...
It does this as my location constantly changes.
Does anyone else experience this? What to do about it?
Revert to an older version.
Nope, I surely don't have the same issues as you.
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Nope, I surely don't have the same issues as you.
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Same here
thor1k said:
It's like they changed all the low level code that deals with the actual signal.
There doesn't appear to be any filtering or averaging going on anymore, which is causing my readout to bounce around by 15meters or so all the time. It didn't used to do this on older maps versions.
When I'm sitting at stoplights it says...turn left...continue straight...turn right...turn right...in 500 feet, turn make a U-turn...
It does this as my location constantly changes.
Does anyone else experience this? What to do about it?
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Gps has been.working super accurate for me. Best is to.use high accuracy setting
Maps doesn't control the GPS or anything, the system does lol..
chapelfreak said:
Same here
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RoyJ said:
Nope, I surely don't have the same issues as you.
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Gps has been.working super accurate for me. Best is to.use high accuracy setting
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thanks guys. have high accuracy mode on. Running custom ROM (Paranoid) and Kernel. Is anyone else doing same as me?
Maybe i have the same problem when change direction, forma example turn right or turn left is slow. Anyway i will upload a video ti understand.
With androits can you share your GPS lock?
This is mine outdoor.... For me is very poor my signal but i dont know if There are a device that can get more SNR and more satellities.
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Mine is been the same before the the new maps. It's never been great, but good enough. What annoys me the most is that EVERYtime I open navigation I get a message saying that i can improve accuracy if I enable wifi and then have to choose ignore or settings... Used to only do this once.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZKPWC-eb-M&feature=youtu.be
see my videos
navigation is exact like me?
is normal? or i can get rma?