I am new to posting and considered a noob. After reading so much techinal information regarding my phone I came to this realization quickly. But since it has helped me in learning how to use my phone better, I will also help others.
I downloaded VirtualGPS and it turned on the internal GPS. It set up to COM0. I used it first with WiFi on and connected to my home. You can also use hotspots. It recognized 8 satellites. After closing it I installed Live Search and Google maps. It works with both programs. Here is a link to it.
http://kamlex.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34&Itemid=30
My GPS remains on so I installed another 3rd party cab GPSToday.
http://www.geoterrestrial.com/download/
This program recognized 12 satellites. This can only be used if your phone has an intergrated receiver. Every were I read on every forum it stated that the i760 does not have one. Well VW did a good job trying to bury it. These solutions are not as good as the Navigator from VW but it may give you advanced users more to run with. Now we can use the cell towers at least.
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What's going on gang...
I just got a blackjack II through AT&T. I read online that it had built in GPS. However, when I go to telenav, it asks me to input a starting address?? Why would it do that if it could read where I am. lol
Any input, suggestions?
Try google maps, and see if it does the same thing...
For other things than Telenav you might have to unlock the GPS feature if you haven't already.
http://www.modaco.com/content/Smartphone-Standard-News/262074/Samsung-Blackjack-II-GPS-ACTIVATED/
Err, the GPS is NOT locked. It should work out of the box.
If your GPS is not working, you will need to keep hard resetting your device until it does. I have tested this using Googe Maps, and the GPS works without installing the Modaco Hack.
The ONLY reasons you need to install any GPS hacks are if you use an application that you know requires a COM port. I cannot think of any such programs off the top of my head, but Google Maps, Windows Live Search, and Garmin Mobile XT all work flawlessly without the hack.
On the Modaco boards, there is some discussion that you do not need to hard reset, and instead you may simply turn off the device and remove the battery for several minutes (I believe they said 10). I have not confirmed this, but a hard reset has always worked for me and many other users.
Google maps worked with the GPS, without having to configure anything. Kinda surprised actually. In telenav, theres an option that says get GPS Unlimited, but I have to call customer service. Maybe that'll get everything squared away
I'm using Google Maps without a data connection (don't have one and don't want one). I've installed GPS Test to activate the GPS chip. When I turn wifi off, Google Maps starts acting flakey.
A few questions:
Does the Google maps .cab actually load the map detail to my device?
Here's my big question:
Is is possible for me to drive around and watch my progress with just the GPS chip and Google Maps (or Window Live Search)? If not, the GPS seems useless to me, correct?
Thanks
Both programs require data connection for use. If you want gps software that does not require data connection try tom tom for pocket pc.
So I need to spend $100 more to make any use of the GPS while on the road? Is there anything it's useful for without a data plan or additional software?
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So I need to spend $100 more to make any use of the GPS while on the road? Is there anything it's useful for without a data plan or additional software?
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Considering that there is no software on the world that fulfills your wishes regarding GPS I'd say that yes, there is nothing useful without a data plan or aditional software.
In hungary for example HTC TP is sold together with IGO8. If you'd get one of those TP's then yes, you would have had a TP which did not require anything to work as you want it.
At least yours gets signal. I just got a FUZE yesterday and TomTom 6 wont grab freakin signal... Nor will LIVE Maps... It sucks!
Have you installed GPS test? This piece of software seems to activate the GPS chip in your phone. I would be curious to know if TomTom works after running this.
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Have you installed GPS test? This piece of software seems to activate the GPS chip in your phone. I would be curious to know if TomTom works after running this.
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I just posted this thread... I found a tool that seemed to do just that...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=461786
Is that the one you are refering to?
Yep, that's the one, GPSTest. It was all I needed to activate my chip.
Are you saying I could install TomTom 6 now and be able to do what I originally wanted to do from my first post?
Thats what im doing now.... gunna test it later today...
Do you have a link for the TomTom product you are using?
It's just TomTom Navigator 6.... I bought it a while back for my Tilt...
Nah, forget it. If I have to shell out $100+ more to load up and slow down my fuze, I'm not interested. Might as well buy an actual TomTom or Garmin device with better functionality for less. Very disappointing that the GPS chip seems to be absolutely useless to me...
There are already other GPS threads, TomTom, Igo, Google Maps, Windows Maps, etc threads. Not need for this one. Thread closed. Please don't open redundant threads.
I just bought my HD2 yesterday, and I installed Garmin XT on it. However, I can't seem to be able to connect Garmin XT to the GPS that is the HD2. It keeps ending up with "GPS Intermediate Driver" as the setting. Unfortunately, it never seems to find any satellites at all with this setting.
Has anyone else installed Garmin XT on the HD2? What GPS settings are you using?
No one has gotten Garmin XT to work on the HD2?
I'm guessing you're not using a purchased version of GMXT?
It is registered to me.. Otherwise, I'd need a Garmin GPS to get it to work. I've also checked the Wiki, and it says that it will work 100%, but I don't know what settings I need to use to get it to connect to the GPS.
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It is registered to me.. Otherwise, I'd need a Garmin GPS to get it to work. I've also checked the Wiki, and it says that it will work 100%, but I don't know what settings I need to use to get it to connect to the GPS.
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Hey, you need to run HTC's QuickFix tool which is available through the start menu.
After that the fix is faster.
I am using Garmin Mobile XT without any problem, now I get a fix even inside a room (even if it is slower). Near Windows I still have 1 peep of signal.
The intermediate driver is good, as it allows you to see the signal strength.
But I did have issues on my Blackstone with Garmin, sometimes the fix wouldn't happen for some reason or it could take very long.
Have you set your location to a particular city through wireless connection?
I used ROMs 1.43, 1.48 1.61 and 2.01 with their respective radios and all were pretty equivalent in terms of GPS fix.
Thanks for the info. I'll try that and see if it helps. What puzzles me though, is that it doesn't seem to find even one single satellite under the "GPS Info" tab.
On my old PPC which had a separate SirfIII chip built-in, it would immediately latch onto at least two or three satellites, and you can see the strength varying as you move.
Quickfix solved it! It's working fine now.
Glad this worked.
Garmin can be a bit picky in terms of satellite fix, but in my eyes it is the nicest navigation program and the only program to have maps for all parts of the world including asia and Japan in particular!
garmin working flawlessly on my device from day 1 .
nice software not very attractive graphic
but its good in doing job ..............
My Garmin XT also works well on my new HD2. All but ONE problem, NO SOUND! Installed, re-installed, uninstalled, deleted, installed.... nothing. Worked fine on my TYTNII. Other sounds work fine, like ring tones, MP3's, etc... Checked volume is set as single slider and is at 80%. I installed Basemap files first, then support files and then the actual app... license files are in place and it picks up the internal GPS fine. Can't believe how FAST it gets a fix on this phone, even inside!
Sorted... it was a setting in the Sounds and Notifications... silly me... GARMIN XT works VERY nicely on the HD2. Loads almost instantly and gets a GPS fix almost before the app finishes loading. AMAZING!
I want to say I love this site and have learned alot. I have tried for quite a time to get GPS to work on the xv6700, tho it seems much disinformation has been spread as far as a GPS being within. I have torn down this phone to see for myself if the MSM6500 was in this, which it is. Therefore I believe it does have this ability. I recently installed a program called WPS by Skyhook, which is a Wireless Positioning System. Now just a footnote; my phone has no carrier, I only use it for surfing the internet with wifi. To utilize WPS the site tells me I would need an active internet connection, however it stills works with no connection!!! It seems as if I have gotten the internal gps to wake up. I use Open Mobile Maps and it works excellent. I pickup satellites with Google Maps just to test at home (so far as many as 10 satellites). Can somebody else please duplicate this to verify exactly what is going on here? I just want to emphasize that this is with NO CONNECTION to ANYTHING!!!
Hi, i hope you can help?
Is it possible to have pre installed maps on my Android Wildfire?
It seems to me these days that there is a push to have everything done online, no longer to have anything on your device its self, not even backed up. but you have to rely on having a stable and sometimes expensive 3g Internet connection to do or have anything. a bit like cloud computing, a concept i hope will nether catch on.
Anyway, rant aside, i used to have a Nokia phone, some years back which had GPS with navigation maps already loaded on the phone, the benefit of that was all you needed was to connect to the satellite, there was no need to download the maps every time you needed to use them, they were already there on the phone. so no need for Internet.
Now the GPS navigation will not work unless you have a stable 3g connection. it seems to me to be a significant step backwards, not evolution but devolution.
The GPS is in regular cases unusable on the Android phone.
So my question is can i download the maps from somewhere to install, make them ready for use on the phone to make the GPS navigation reliable?
Many thanks
Never mind, i found what i was looking for http://www.sygic.com/
Les1976 said:
Never mind, i found what i was looking for http://www.sygic.com/
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That app looks cool. There are also a few apps in the market that are really good. One of them is CoPilot. My wife used it on her phone before we put a data plan on her phone and she was happy with it.