I recently updated my Ace to WM6.1, and can get Tom Tom 7 to run, but it won't register a GPS device. I just switched after being a long-time Windows Mobile PocketPC user (HTC Vogue most recently) and wondered if there is a GPS Primer for the smartphone, similar to AstroGPSLauncher for the PPC.
I have been doing some experimenting with this using version 7.915.9196 on a Samsung Ace. This version actually runs properly on Smartphone and has the same interface as TomTom mobile 5 (menu options on number keys, proper keyboard support).
One problem is that it doesn't seem to be possible to use the 'internal GPS' option out of the box. I think this is because the default Ace configuration for the GPS multiplexer is COM11 and TomTom isn't supporting COM ports above 9 (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb202042.aspx warns that this may be an issue).
The fix for that is to edit the multiplexer settings to use COM4, to do this set the following in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Multiplexer
DriverInterface=COM4:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Multiplexer\ActiveDevice
Index=4
You can then install AstroGPSLauncher and use it in the same way that you would on the PocketPC.
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i am looking for a gps solution that works very well with WM5??
can anyone suggest anything??
i am after software and a gps receiver that works with a k-jam, jasjar etc.
Cheers
So far none of them use the WM5 Automatic GPS management... and none of them support one of the best features of WM5; softkey menu access. So... I would wait until they catch up and release new versions that are designed for Windows Mobile 5.
Upon my fellow blogger Tim Hillebrand’s report and because I’ll need to quickly enter a lot of info at MWC (and I don’t want to lug around my desktop replacement and, therefore, pretty heavy IBM Thinkpad a31p just for inputting text), I’ve installed the latest StowAway / iGo Bluetooth drivers on all my mobile devices (even non-Windows Mobile ones) to find out whether the drivers available HERE are (still) compatible with the latest operating system / firmware versions. I’ve found out the following:
Windows Mobile
Pocket PC’s (a.k.a. WM6 Classic / Professional):
HP iPAQ hx4700 (WM5 AKU 3.5.2; selecting & using the Widcomm driver, NOT the MS one); HTC Universal (WM6), Dell Axim x51v (WM5 official A12 (AKU 2.3) ROM with the MS BT stack), HTC Wizard (mfrazzz’ XDA Mobile 6 Release 5 FINAL) and the WM2003 HP iPAQ 2210: all work OK with the factory, default driver.
(Note that, as far as mfrazzz’ XDA Mobile 6 releases are concerned, version 3 was a no-go at all: it didn’t even try to connect. Pressing the Disable built-in HID support doesn’t help at all – unlike with all my other test devices or the same Wizard running Release 5.)
Smartphones (a.k.a. WM6 Standard)
HTC Vox / s710 (factory WM6 Smartphone ROM); no native driver; therefore, I tested it with the s620 / Excalibur / MteoR driver (they’re the same – actually, it seems ALL HTC Smartphones have the same drivers, unlike with WM5 and pre-WM5 Pocket PC’s): OK
HTC Oxygen / s310 with the above MS SP drivers (no native driver): the config app doesn’t even load (“Keyboard driver not functioning!”); then, after closing it, I started to get system errors about the keyboard driver DLL not responding.
Blackberry:
BB 8800 (4.2.1.101 / 2.3.0.80, T-Mobile): Works OK; program invocation hotkeys also work as expected.
Palm OS:
Palm T3: Works OK, albeit some of the program invocation shortcuts (apart from the most basic calendar/ contacts / inbox) take you to some other program, not the default one (unlike with the WM or the BB version). Otherwise, it’s OK.
Symbian:
Nokia N95 (firmware version v20): No native N95 (or any new – the latest ones are dated from 03/2007; the Palm / WinMo / BB drivers have been released a bit later; for example, the BB one in 07/2007) drivers from ThinkOutside; however, the N92 driver works just great on the N95. All the shortcuts work (as opposed to the built-in drivers). Note that the green Fn + Backspace terminates the connection (unlike on WinMo), which, then, must be re-enabled by just re-invoking the wireless keyboard applet. Also note that, unlike with Windows Mobile, Alt+keys directly enters accented characters, which are a bit more cumbersome to bring up under WinMo.
Note that the built-in Tools / Connectivity / Wlss Keyboard works without the need to install any third-party driver – apart from the complete lack of program / task switcher shortcuts and the lack of the English Pound, Japanese Yen and Euro entry.
Conclusion
All in all, the drivers are fully compatible with even the latest devices / firmware versions on all mobile platforms. On Windows Mobile, all the tested WM6 devices, Smartphones and Pocket PC’s alike, worked just great.
That is, you don’t need to be afraid of purchasing the keyboard – it WILL (almost surely) work. The only device not compatible was the HTC Oxygen / s310 low-end MS Smartphone. This doesn’t mean there aren’t other WinMo devices incompatible with the existing drivers, though - it's just that I haven't found one.
I've been using my Prophet as a GPS for last 2,5 years, a month ago my wife bought me a 4,3" GPS, which is originally MSi GPS-5607 , but in europa it is sold as SilverChest m4310T or something like that.
As all of these PNA device O/S interface was hidden; I used a program called wolf ncu to reach WinCE 5.0 Core interface.
I was planning to install some Win Mobile applications on it, but there were no chance to install any .cab on it, there were no "wceload.exe" in it, So carried it from my Prophet and added to Windows folder of PNA .. But it didn't work at all..I tried executability anaylsis program but it also refused to run.
Is there way to make wceload.exe run ?
My other problem is , it is not connecting to the PC via ActiveSync (my PC is XP ), I think the required application in PNA is also deleted or disabled.
How can I make it run ?
regards
nothing ?
thanks anyway
Hello,
did anyone successfully install a different bluetooth stack on a cotulla rom ?
i tried bluesoleil (but i only have a pretty old version). i also tried the toshiba stack (also pretty old version, build for 2003).
both work fine on 2003SE - but none of them work on cotulla rom.
anyone successfully did this ? or what about widcomm/broadcom ? what's so special about the magician bluetooth - i've never seen a widcomm version for magician - but for almost every other HTC device.
(i need a better stack than MS - since MS does not support BT LAN access, neither PAN (client))
In reality it's not easy to change BT Stack on Windows Mobile device...
Now my roms are using MS BT Stack...
I have some research and maybe some future versions will have BroadComm stack...but not sure...
Hello Cotulla,
nice to see you're answering about the bluetooth issue ;-)
broadcomm/widcomm stack would be great off course!
... in the meanwhile: as far i know, no broadcomm exists for magician - not even for the old ROMs - i never understood why (different BT hardware i guess ?).
but
- toshiba and
- bluesoleil exists for the old ROMs
they work - if you disable the microsoft drivers (cause it's not possible that both drivers use the same hardware - i guess).
bluesoleil: comes with a tool to disable the MS stack.
toshiba: you have to do it manually by taking off bticon.dll from HKLM/services.
so i have a question:
"taking off bticon.dll" from HKLM/services" is for 2003SE -> what is to do in WM6 to disable the MS-stack ?
maybe the toshiba/bluesoleil would even work ? did anybody tried before ?
or is this bull**** ? i heard of different "driver-models" between CE 3/4 and CE 5 - so is it even possible to use drivers from CE 3/4 on CE 5 ? i don't know! but i'm sure, you know ! ;-)
thank you cotulla for your great work! i'm wondering how you managed to get that much knowledge about this device! great!
Hello
I have here a device with Win Embedded Handheld 6.5 Prof.
For a large installation (about 100 Devices) I would like to "preinstall" Wlan Settings for a specific network im my Rom.
Windows Zero Configuration is used and only available.
Is there any Regstrykey where the SSID and WPA Settings are stored?
Or is there a way to control these settings with a Windows API function?
Any suggestions?
Thank you!