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Hi there,need a recomendation for a software handeling wifi.

i need a software that would turn the wifi on and off in a cycle of every few minutes and would be on for a short while .
is there any wifi manager that can do that?
i want it to check for mail updates every 10 minutes for a duration of 2 minutes each time.
thanks

dreamers said:
i need a software that would turn the wifi on and off in a cycle of every few minutes and would be on for a short while .
is there any wifi manager that can do that?
i want it to check for mail updates every 10 minutes for a duration of 2 minutes each time.
thanks
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you could use PhoneAlarm: you can create a profile with wifi activated and a profile with wifi deactivated. Then you can organize your profiles to be activated at certain moments, and you can launch a command when switchin profiles (eg mail app). So, this way it possible, and you can do a lot more with phonealarm. probably some other methods exist, eg by creating a script with mortscript. this can launch specifi commands etc.

I fixed my gps!

If you use a program like visualGPSce, you may notice that you can see lots of satellites, but you can't get a fix. I managed to fix it by:
1) Setting my log file to 3200bytes (using advanced config)
2) Disabling aGPS
3) I then turned off the phone, took out the battery for 10-20 seconds and replaced it.
4) Ran the quickgps program
5) Managed to get a fix and have it working quite fast!
I don't think all of this is necessary, but I have a theory:
I have a holux gpsslim 236B and sometimes it exhibits similar behaviour if you send it screwed up commands. The way to fix that was to remove the battery and then open the case to short out the backup battery (Yep, they were so helpful in enabling it to "remember" your corrupt settings). Reassemble and the gps device works fine. I get a feeling that the raphael may also benefit from such treatment (a forced reset on the gps module).
The only other theory I have is that the gps log file was corrupt (I couldn't delete it so I just made another one) and maybe that fixed it.
I've only given it limited testing, but if it breaks, I'll let you know so you don't waste your time!

I noticed my GPS performance was much better when I set my gpslogfile to 32KB as opposed to setting it's size to 0.
Just my 2c.

Isn't the quickgps tool for agps?
So either the disabling of agps or the quickgps is not necessary

ledg3 said:
I noticed my GPS performance was much better when I set my gpslogfile to 32KB as opposed to setting it's size to 0.
Just my 2c.
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what's the logic/reasoning behind adjusting he gpslog file? i occasionally use GPS/tomtom though i would probably consider using it more frequently if getting a signal lock didn't take anywhere from 5-15 minutes.
i currently have disabled agps (no data plan so it's useless anyway) and have no logfile set to 0 as per the suggested settings i saw on fuzemobility.com post.

Can you post the file you used to load QuickGPS? I tried to download one but could not get it to run on my XDA Serra.

@kimbja98
how long has it been working? get back to us after a month or so of solid performance... the GPS issues seem to be so random that doing almost anything can seem like it fixes it... but i hope you're right

Just used it on the train on the way into work and it was fine, took about 2 minutes to get a location.
One thing I think may have been the problem is that it thinks it should see X satellites but obviously can't and gets confused (even if there are others in clear view), which may be down to agps, quickgps (I'm not sure if they're the same thing) or corrupted log file but now those satellites it can't see get dropped from the list (you can see this happening in VisualGPSce) and it gets a location after about 5 or 6 have been found. The holux seems to get positions at 4 (which theoretically, is the minimum but could be done with 3 if altitude is negligable) but that uses the sirfstar III chipset...I don't know what the raphael uses though.
I should mention I use ROMeOS 1.40 and that may have something to do with it. Either way, I'll be giving it some fairly rigorous testing. If it does break, I'll know how long it took and it may be that the log file got full and if it that, some regular deleting may be called for.

kimbja98 said:
If you use a program like visualGPSce, you may notice that you can see lots of satellites, but you can't get a fix. I managed to fix it by:
1) Setting my log file to 3200bytes (using advanced config)
2) Disabling aGPS
3) I then turned off the phone, took out the battery for 10-20 seconds and replaced it.
4) Ran the quickgps program
5) Managed to get a fix and have it working quite fast!
I don't think all of this is necessary, but I have a theory:
I have a holux gpsslim 236B and sometimes it exhibits similar behaviour if you send it screwed up commands. The way to fix that was to remove the battery and then open the case to short out the backup battery (Yep, they were so helpful in enabling it to "remember" your corrupt settings). Reassemble and the gps device works fine. I get a feeling that the raphael may also benefit from such treatment (a forced reset on the gps module).
The only other theory I have is that the gps log file was corrupt (I couldn't delete it so I just made another one) and maybe that fixed it.
I've only given it limited testing, but if it breaks, I'll let you know so you don't waste your time!
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YES, your method seems to be one of working the best.
Congratulation.
I use the mix of some methods in the forum, and my GPS reception is quite good, even in my room inside!!
MY CONCLUSION:
1. to get rid of useless stuffs from the system (which also bad for the sat reception), use
[ROM] [WWE]RAPHAEL WM6.1 V05 - Build 20758.1.4.1 - pdaviet.net (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=438488&highlight=20758.1.4.1) and
[RADIO] Raphael Radio 1.02.25.28 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=437219)
(before installing these ROM, the first step should be installing the HARD-SPL to save your device (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=410150)
2. to get a really quick fix,
take the battery out, as mentioned above, for a few minutes, to clear the GPS memory. (You can try for example igo now, you will see nothing on the sat view at this time...).
After that download QuickGPS data (the ROM I mentioned has a correct quickGPS data download!) If you see iGO sat view this time, you will see a lot of red dots immediately, and after a not too long waiting, you'll have fix)
3. to make the GPS even faster,
adjust the baudrate to 38400 (with comport4) in your navigation program. (But leave port4 and baud4800 settings in the Windows Mobile settings!!)
4. there could be some navi software, which couldn't get fix (iGO yes, for example Googlemapsmobile not every time), use GPStest (http://www.chartcross.co.uk/products/WM00002_details.asp), select com4 and baud 38400 also, minimize, and run the other navi. It WILL work!
5. after getting a fast signal, in order to get rid of lag while navigating, use this excellent method from the forum:
A. With Advanced config 3.2 http://www.touchxperience.com/fr/out...ol-32-cab.html
1. disable A-GPS
2. disable GPS logging
3. logfile name must be empty
4. old logfile name must be empty
5. maximum size of logfile must be 0
6 delete the files : \windows\GPSLogFile.txt and \windows\GPSLogFileBack.txt
Under: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\
- Drivers\GpsOneDevice\PollInterval -> 100 (default is 1000)
- Drivers\InputBufferSize -> 256 (EDITED!!) (default is 4096)
- Drivers\OutputBufferSize -> 256 (EDITED!!) (default is 4096)
- Drivers\SleepOnNoData -> 100 (default is 1000)
- Multiplexer\MaxBufferSize -> 256 (EDITED!!) (by default not present, you have to create it)
AND: from
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver] leave blank the followings (delete the data from inside):
"CurrentLogFile"=" "
"OldLogFile"=" "
With these settings, I have a really cool reception!!
One more thing: if you feel that the reception going worse, do the battery-taking-quickgps-using trick again!
FOR ALL THESE INFOS THANKS FOR THE DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THIS FORUM!!!!!
(ps: some series ((series "2" ?!)) have no any gps reception problem. If you have this series, be happy, and don't do anything...)
ps2: I've tried other methods also from the forum (for example Nadavi HTC GPS tool, etc.), and made hard reset on my phone many many times to try other methods, but the mix of these methods seems to work, the other ones are not really necessary. So this mix has no contains all the possible solutions from the forum, and this was not the way of selection without thinking..

g2tl said:
Isn't the quickgps tool for agps?
So either the disabling of agps or the quickgps is not necessary
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as I know quickgps and agps are quite different
-quickgps is downloading the latest sat positions to get faster fix
-agps is using phone cell informations also for positioning, besides the satellites
you NEED quickGPS, DO NOT USE aGPS!!!

Possible GPS Fix?

Okay I had to repost this. Ages ago when I first got my HTC Touch (Vogue) and finally got the 6.1 upgrade from telus there was a ton of hurdles to get over to get the GPS working...
That said.. my Vogue gets a lock literally within seconds each and every time. It's a pain to go to the touch pro (ATT FUZE) which takes minutes.. if it even gets a lock at all in tomtom. I'm just wondering if a similar fix that was used for the Vogue could be applied to the fuze..
I'll list the process below and let me know what you guys think.
Aaron McCarthy said:
Alright.. Thanks to
Originally Posted by ghettofreeryder on howard forums.
Alright, I think I got to the bottom of this gps nonsense. I belive the problem is that the GPSone data in the radio is not set up properly. I opened up the settings with QPST, and the PDE informaiton is not setup.
the settings should be as follows
Allowed = checked
Assistanc-Spherical = checked
PDE IP Address = 216.198.139.92
PDE Port Number = 8889
PDE Transport = IP
Position Calculation = PDE
This process is a bit.. not tedious or anything but just safty's sale for a good read look at the thread linked below for a guide to getting the QPST program working.. how to get it to connect to your phone etc. Side note.. You have to install the WModem drivers on your computer in order for it to connect properly and you'll need to install the GetSPC program on your phone in order to get the service programming code. That said.. you also need to download the QPST program (obviously). All of which (including the guide) here: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=TitanGpsFix
You'll need to run the GetSPC program on your phone. when you open QPST and you add the COM4 port and you open the service programming it should say your ESN HEX at the top put that code into GETSPC (again GETSPC runs on your phone) and then it will generate your SPC..in the service programming click read from phone and enter the SPC it generated for your and it should work. Thats the code you need to get access into the phone via QPST.
Now follow that in order to connect to the program and go pretty much to where you have to put in all that information ghettofreeryder gave us. Make sure you redial the ##3424 code to get out of the settings in your phone.
Then once that's done. Download a1Jatts smartgps cab which will activate the smartgps in the registry of the phone. Do a soft reset and you are good to go. Make sure you put in ALL the right information. I forgot to put in an 8 in the PDE Port Number at first so I had 889 not 8889. I didnt get any quicker locks so checked and put in the right number and worked like a charm. I got locks on 6-7 satellites in my basement with a few seconds.
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Now obviously the IP address wont be the same as thats the IP for Telus.. but .. I mean come on.. my phone literally gets a lock in seconds even indoors! So this has to some how be able to help us out with the touch pro! If it cant maybe some variation of this method can.

okay so we're up to almost 300 views and not a single responce.... I take it that means no one really has any idea's if this would work or not. I'd give it a shot myself but I have my wedding in 5 days so I dont really have time to mess around with this.. maybe after though!

to my mind the 300 views are because of the title of your thread. most people searching for a solution for the gps problem do it because of the lag. fixing satellites is as fast as with my kaiser. the only problem is the lag.
i´m sure you would get a quick fix when you disable agps and use quickgps.
Aaron McCarthy said:
okay so we're up to almost 300 views and not a single responce.... I take it that means no one really has any idea's if this would work or not. I'd give it a shot myself but I have my wedding in 5 days so I dont really have time to mess around with this.. maybe after though!
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Matthes42 said:
to my mind the 300 views are because of the title of your thread. most people searching for a solution for the gps problem do it because of the lag. fixing satellites is as fast as with my kaiser. the only problem is the lag.
i´m sure you would get a quick fix when you disable agps and use quickgps.
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I have agps disabled and update quickgps religiously, but I'm not sure how much quickgps really helps. When I've been using the gps regularly, I get locks (in TomTom) in under a minute. If I haven't used the gps in a few days, even with a fresh quickgps update, the satellite screen shows the position of 6-9 satellites, but the gps still takes 10 minutes or more to start reporting data and secure a fix.
Just my .02

GPS Issues
I have similar problems on my AT&T Fuze. On the first run of google maps or Pocket CoPilot it works great with a lock on of usually 1 min.
But if I need to shutdown the app for any reason and restart it, then the software will say, GPS not found, then GPS found looking for signal, then go back to GPS not found and keep cycling like this.
What usually fixes this is a soft reboot. I certainly hope a patch can fix this.
It is a pain, especially when my Tilt did not do this.
James

TURBO GPS fix on Touch Pro

TURBO GPS fix on Touch Pro
(contrary to many of the GPS fixes offered on the net)
I read a lot of fixes on how to make the Touch Pro lock on to GPS faster. Being an ex-owner of toshiba G810, which is the fastest GPS PPC i tried ever before, and noting that it uses the same GPS chip as in the Touch Pro. I tried to emulate the settings in the registry, and i got an excellent result, so would like to share that with you.
1) Many of the fixes on the net talk about turning off the A-GPS , i think this is "wrong" thing, cos when A-GPS is turned off, it would not be able to use the valuable satellite data downloaded from QuickGPS. Therefore, i use Advanced Configuration Tool to turn it back on (ENABLED).
2) I changed the HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Drivers\GpsOneDevice\PollInterval -> 500 (default is 1000),
which is the same figure as in my Toshiba G810 before.
3) keep the log files untouched, i.e., DO NOT delete:
\windows\GPSLogFile.txt and \windows\GPSLogFileBack.txt
(if you have deleted those 2 files before, just create 2 blank .txt files with those filenames and put them back in \windows. When new GPS data comes in, it will append to the blank files, older data get deleted once reached the 32K limit set below.)
4) keep maximum size of logfile to the default which is 32K
Voila, now my Touch Pro always get 4 to 5 BLUE bars on my mapking (which mean dead lock on!!!) And it it wont fluctutate lock on and off intermittently.
Really urge you to try it, and let me know if you get the same results~~
Cheers everyone!
(For those who dont like tweaking with registries manually, krish_nank has been kind enough to make it into a .cab which i attach here.)

nice experience, i'll try it

hoangtuvn said:
nice experience, i'll try it
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Please write back to see if it works welll for you. And make sure you use QuickGPS once afterwards to get the satellite data before you start GPS.

I don't have any kind of data connection with my network so AGPS is useless for me, however I did try changing the polling from 1000 to 500 and I managed to get a lock with GPS test within a few minutes inside my own house! Can't remember getting the same results before.

I can only agree that
1 - touching log files is BAD.
2 - reducing poll interval will improve the GPS lag slightly
3 - keeping A-GPS up - in my country there is no A-GPS data available since thats the data provided by the provider over the local network cells. I dont think it has anything to do with the data from Quick GPS. But i might be wrong. Anyway, Quick GPS is your friend.
4 - if you have fix problems its usually either not having Quick gps data or trying to get a fix in a bad area or under a shielded windscreen.

overtweaked?
I changed the pollig interval to 100... is it milliseconds?
I haven't tried it yet but would it be a battery drainer like this (100)?
Actually I was hoping to reduce the delay of map in garmin or oziexplorer (which are my favourites) in higher driving speeds. I tried garmin while driving over 200 km/h and there was a damn nasty delay on the map. Of course it was a stupid risk to watch the screen during these speeds

I tried 1000 (default), 250, 125, and 64 Pollinginterval and none of them were as fast as 500.

well it would be slower because you are polling to often then. best thing to do for your gps speed is update your radio to 1.12.25.19. it doesnt take long to do. then make sure agps is enabled and update your quickgps data. increasing polling from 1000 to 500 might help but i havent tried yet.

ok i changed the polling and with my radio and quickgps i got a lock in under 2 seconds. i havent seen any gps device that could do that.

The Jack of Clubs said:
ok i changed the polling and with my radio and quickgps i got a lock in under 2 seconds. i havent seen any gps device that could do that.
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Thanks for your testing.
It seems that Toshiba G810 polling setting (i.e. 500) really works for a lot of us.
I was originally so amazed at how G810 could do it, and was so sad to see how bad my Touch Pro (which costs twice compared to the G810) is performing.
I'm glad at least now i can make my Touch Pro just as fast.

hkwildboy said:
TURBO GPS fix on Touch Pro
(contrary to many of the GPS fixes offered on the net)
I read a lot of fixes on how to make the Touch Pro lock on to GPS faster. Being an ex-owner of toshiba G810, which is the fastest GPS PPC i tried ever before, and noting that it uses the same GPS chip as in the Touch Pro. I tried to emulate the settings in the registry, and i got an excellent result, so would like to share that with you.
1) Many of the fixes on the net talk about turning off the A-GPS , i think this is "wrong" thing, cos when A-GPS is turned off, it would not be able to use the valuable satellite data downloaded from QuickGPS. Therefore, i use Advanced Configuration Tool to turn it back on (ENABLED).
2) I changed the HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Drivers\GpsOneDevice\PollInterval -> 500 (default is 1000),
which is the same figure as in my Toshiba G810 before.
3) keep the log files untouched, i.e., DO NOT delete:
\windows\GPSLogFile.txt and \windows\GPSLogFileBack.txt
4) keep maximum size of logfile to the default which is 32K
Voila, now my Touch Pro always get 4 to 5 BLUE bars on my mapking (which mean dead lock on!!!) And it it wont fluctutate lock on and off intermittently.
Really urge you to try it, and let me know if you get the same results~~
Cheers everyone!
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I have not had issues with mine with warm or hot starts (most was 30 seconds). What I need to know is from a cold start, how long it takes to perform a fix (you can verify using the HTC GPS tool).
To do a cold start, reset the unit with the button near the USB connector or if you have StartXP, use that.

I think wildboy did do a soft reset, it's kind of standard on XDA.
ok i changed the polling and with my radio and quickgps i got a lock in under 2 seconds. i havent seen any gps device that could do that.
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Without AGPS? Or is quickGPS similar... can't remember I forget now

agps needs to be enabled for quickgps. agps hindered gps on older radios. the newest radio works really well with agps and quickgps.

Agent Blair said:
I think wildboy did do a soft reset, it's kind of standard on XDA.
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I kinda figured as much, but I just want to be sure. Mainly because with my current settings I am getting the same performance, except when I have a cold start. I am trying to figure out a way to get better cold start performance.

Thanks a million .. your tweak is working great. now i can get my GPS locked in 7 seconds
Once again thank you.

omg, this worked for me indoors

I never played with the Log file....
I do not have a GPS*.txt file in my windows folder, using EnergyROM 2.0 4.12.09...
Will those/can those files be generated by a program other then quick gps or visualgpsce?

BBM-Lee said:
I never played with the Log file....
I do not have a GPS*.txt file in my windows folder, using EnergyROM 2.0 4.12.09...
Will those/can those files be generated by a program other then quick gps or visualgpsce?
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Just install AdvancedConfig, this will allow you to edit the buffer size of the log files and verify their are log files in that ROM. Then you just need a Registry Editor to adjust the polling time.

Pretty strange but I haven't modified mine at all and it locks on in about 10-15 seconds which I think is pretty good, or isn't it?

TriAxisFL said:
Just install AdvancedConfig, this will allow you to edit the buffer size of the log files and verify their are log files in that ROM. Then you just need a Registry Editor to adjust the polling time.
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Sorry, slight miscommunication..
I'm using EnergyROM 2, and i'm familiar with Adv. Config & Registry editing..
Default setting was no logging, and I can't point adv. config to the log file that doesn't exist.
If i just make ablank log/text file, and point it, will that work? Or do the log files need to have certain information in them in order to not screw up?

need help: quickgps app how to use it?

hello
when i use igo8 it tak about 4-6 min until i get the gps fix.
i can start the igo 8 and after 6 min suddenly he start to work.
i have a rom but without the quickgps.
i download quickgps and i have 3 files.
1. quickgps.cab
2.quickgps reg
3.quickgps.exe
i install the cab and use resco to the reg edit.
but what should i do to use the quickgps.exe?
how can i download the GPS position?
i also try to use this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=501910
but its not work at all and i don't know if it's good for my device
(HTC PURE)
can any 1 help me please?
i search all over this forum and in others one but i cant find any answear
to it.
all i want is to turn on my igo8 and the gps will start to work immediately .
like in my BT GPS.
i have a BT GPS and after 5 sec he start to work but my device ahce a gps so i don't need to use the BT GPS
thank you for uour help
p.s
sorry for my englush she is not so good

Once you click the .exe on your device it will download all Sat info for your region.
Just make sure you have network coverage when you attempt to connect.

GPS have "warm start" and "cold start".
Your BT GPS will be doing a warm start.....it remembers the satellite information from last time you used it.
QuickGPS makes HTC GPS warm start i.e. provides a lot of the satellite info.
Even with no QuickGPS there is no way iGo8 takes 4 to 6 minutes to aquire GPS lock! 40 seconds to 1 minute max. With QuickGPS GPS lock is around 15 to 20 seconds.
I have iGo8 on my Topaz Port:4 (Com 4) Baud Rate:4800

QuickGPS 1.1
You can try this

Bruce Inman said:
Once you click the .exe on your device it will download all Sat info for your region.
Just make sure you have network coverage when you attempt to connect.
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when i click on the .exe nothing happend.
i copy the .exe to the windows folder and overwrite it.
this is it but nothing happend when i click on the . exe
thank you

huguesd said:
You can try this
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thank you
but what will happend if i will install this cab?
each time that i want to use my igo 8 i will install it?
before i will use it?
how can this cab help me?
thank you very much

Aren't you curious to test it by yourself? It's not going to harm your phone.. QuickGPS downloads satellite data from htc servers in order to get a quicker fix.That means that you need an internet connection: once succesfully updated, it has a validity of 6 days. For this reason you don't need to run QuickGPS each time you want to use GPS.Anyway there are options within QuickGPS to make it automatically update.

sualc said:
Aren't you curious to test it by yourself? It's not going to harm your phone.. QuickGPS downloads satellite data from htc servers in order to get a quicker fix.That means that you need an internet connection: once succesfully updated, it has a validity of 6 days. For this reason you don't need to run QuickGPS each time you want to use GPS.Anyway there are options within QuickGPS to make it automatically update.
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it's a miracle
until now i was definitely sure that i don't have the option to download the quickgps.
and that is why i download the quickgps cab.
now suddenly i see it.
thank you very much for your help
and also to all the people that help me in this thread.