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Gigabyte gsmart i300 running WM6 eng

yup Windows Mobile 6 pro is running on the i300 the (free upgrade from gigabyte)
http://www.gigabytecm.com/Turkey/WM6/
http://www.gigabytecm.com/turkey/WM6/download/GSmarti300_V2.02.04_ENG-Turkey.zip
so far so good

Working good the update?
No problems at al?

one thing i noticed of the bat was MS active sync program is slow.... i guess they have to fix it up, when its doing the sync its taking a lot longer, and if it doesnt work with outlook, i found the fix and this was for wm5 and wm6 is that in outlook if you download all your mail and then hit the sync button, in outlook it will then work with active sync, its a known issue i think with some older outlook ver :/
but ya right now with wm6 it lags a bit in the connection activation, i think as far as the speed its the same speed as before, its just annoying, i might try the active sync beta that is out
the os seems more responsive, i have yet to test the gps and wifi or IE

I can get working GPS

SiRFDemoPPC.zip dl that from the manu run it until u get signal if not, in settup switch to binary mode and do a col reset or reset manu settings then switch back to nmea, it can take a while, play around with it, i know that if i can get a lock with that program then i can get lock with others after i exit this one
oh the device on i300 is GSW3

Hi, just a few questions.....is the I300 as a phone any good?....is the call quality on both ends clear etc?.....and also the back speaker, is it loud?.....i am looking at getting this phone but i would like to know the above first if anyone can answer these questions for me......also does anyone know the correct gps settings to get tomtom 6 to work?.......thanks in advance!!!
Cheers
irv777

as far as quality i think its same as any other phone quality... no diff from my other phone, (moto v300) the speaker is a loud speaker ya you can play games or mp3s etc... and its loud enough IMO, but there is only so much volume and quality of something of that size, regardless of phone IMO unless a phone has stereo, but this and most phones is mono 1 speaker, the headset is stereo and BT can be stereo too

Thanks for the reply, what about tomtom 6?.....does it work with this phone and what are the ps settings to get a proper fix?.......thanks again in advance.

i havent tried tomtom6 but some ppl have i believe on this device, IMO should work just fine
http://www.gsmarena.com/gigabyte_g_smart_i300-1817.php

yeah i was just reading some reviews on it from the gsmarena website.....how are you finding the battery life though?......is battery life better with WM6 or WM5, any differences?....thanks

well i really want the 1300mah battery, but i havent been able to see one, maybe they will release one later, or some other third party will
wm6 i think might give better battery life but mostly on idle or low activity, if you run anything intensive then i dont think there is anything that will save your battery hehe the charging seems faster or it could be just me
and for the rest i think you have to get some nice tweaking util to really optimize any PPC, i for one havent bothered much... everything is installed on my miniSD card
i think since its a free upgrade its quite worth it, all the small changes to all the apps is big
i cant really say a whole lot for wm5 vs wm6 becaues i havent been using either one long enough, some other vets could have a diff opinion im sure
i think its sad that any PPC if you use anything like Wifi, GPS or if you had a TV it kills the battery life very quick... same for if you try to run something that takes up all the resources (cpu) it does about the same... i was playing the sega emu and it did drain battery life but not as bad as wifi, gps does, mp3 playback takes even less cpu, as far as movies i dont know but i think it would be a little more then mp3 depending what its encoded i think
but for movies i can use my cowon D2 PMP
btw my i300 came with 2x 900mah batteries i dont know about others but most ppl said so, those that they got from ebay

could anyone export the i300WM6 registry and post it here, please?

GPS icon in settings > connections
I have enabled GPS icon in settings > connections. Programs now can not use built in GPS. Could you please post the registry keys and values in the following location:
HKLM\Control Panel\Gps Settings\
Thanks.

How do I get the voicemail indicator to work on my Gigabyte i300? I am using ATT and it doesn't ever tell me about new voicemails nor waiting voicemails.

balikci said:
I have enabled GPS icon in settings > connections. Programs now can not use built in GPS. Could you please post the registry keys and values in the following location:
HKLM\Control Panel\Gps Settings\
Thanks.
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Sorry balikci, just saw your post today.
I did not upgrade my i300 (so, English WM5 firmware so far).
There is not such an entry (HKLM\Control panel\GPS Settings\) in my registry file!
GPS is not working with Wm6 firmware version?

GPS works perfectly fine in wm6, also the think outside ultra slim BT keyboard does work with this device you need 4.52 driver i think and disable the standard devices hid driver or so... its a check box when you run it for the first time, and then it works just right
I300 seems to have over exposure issue with the camera in wm5 and wm6, in very bright sunny area, after the first picture all pics are over exposed, if you close the app and start the first picture works perfectly but others that fallow do not... it must be a driver/software issue

could somebody help me with taking device into bootloader mode? i want to upgrade to WM6
in it's official website , it says you need to push Send End and power key , while the device is off.
first , what is send and end keys? green and red ones?
second , which one is power key? the suspend key or the soft reset hole key?
third , what does it mean by turning device off ? suspend it or turn it off completely , if so how?
and , is this ROM
http://www.gigabytecm.com/Eng/gbc_supportdetail.aspx?sid=26
WWE , i heard there are certain parts non english , which is okey , but if you know of any full WWE link , please let me know
cheers

king_dani, Send (green) is what you use to aswer a call, End (red) is what you press to end a call. Power key's the suspend key. Turning device off means turning it off compleatly, just hold the power key to turn the device off. The rom you gave the link to is WWE.

datdat said:
king_dani, Send (green) is what you use to aswer a call, End (red) is what you press to end a call. Power key's the suspend key. Turning device off means turning it off compleatly, just hold the power key to turn the device off. The rom you gave the link to is WWE.
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thnx alot man , so at least i know i'm pushing the right keys. well i tried these combination , in completely shut down device , still, it turns on and won't go into bootloader mode , for some yet unknown reason. plus , do you know if i should empty the whole card ? or can i use a partially loaded miniSD card? i mean , would it work if there are other files on it , and also , should they files be on root folder?
cheers

try another combination: turn the device on, hold Send and End keys, do a soft reset (don't release send and end buttons!), wait for Image Utility. All files from a downloaded archive should be placed in a root folder (/Storage card). It's Ok if there're files on a card.

iGO-8 & Polaris

Hi,
I´m new in this forum and i want to ask if somebody has problems with gps detection on igo 8.
In my case, when I set up internal gps (com4), Polaris hang off and the only solution is to make a soft reset.
Thanks in advance.

fran_mad said:
Hi,
I´m new in this forum and i want to ask if somebody has problems with gps detection on igo 8.
In my case, when I set up internal gps (com4), Polaris hang off and the only solution is to make a soft reset.
Thanks in advance.
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Hi, just use the auto-detect to find the internal gps
But I don't think we can talk about igo 8, not released yet.

All of my iGos hung if the aGPS was enabled...

gnick666 said:
All of my iGos hung if the aGPS was enabled...
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Confirmed here

Confirmed, iGO and MioMap hangs if Assisted GPS is enabled.
Everything works fine now in both.
Thanks.

Ahh yes. Thanks so much. I've been trying to get iGo working for a week. I had enabled Assisted GPS via Kaiser Tweak. Once I disabeled it, now iGo found the internal GPS.
Thanks again...

Hi guys,
If you want to keep aGPS activated.
You have to active the internal GPS with a third party software like GPS2Blue 1.8, 3d tracking 1.02.
I recommend to use GPS2blue or 3D tracking to active the GPS chipset because they are freeware and very low memory consuming.
After activation of GPS chipset wit the third party software then Igo08 should work for you as well.

thanks, im just about to install igo, havent tried it on polaris yet, used to use it on my apache...ill post my results hope it works

Igo 8 works fine with my TC
No pb

rodentkj said:
Ahh yes. Thanks so much. I've been trying to get iGo working for a week. I had enabled Assisted GPS via Kaiser Tweak. Once I disabeled it, now iGo found the internal GPS.
Thanks again...
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me too thanks

I-go 8 battery drain?
Hey guy's,
I installed I-go 8 and it works nice.
But does anyone else also have the problem with battery drains?
even connected with the car charger.
i turned on blue-tooth for my built-in carkit from Jvc kk-avx33 radio.
data connection. Wlan is off. Data connection is on.
the battery was full, after 2,5 driving with charger connected. the battery stay's at 1 line.
i tested it without navigation and just charging. then it is full.

Hm, sounds strange. It looks like the battery wasn't charged at all. You said that data connection was enabled. One thing I can imagine is that this issue caused a battery drain of more than 500mA which canceled the charging.
I noticed that when my data connection is running (in combination with bluetooth) the battery drain was about 400mA. Together with GPS maybe you reached a >500mA value or at least a value your car or your car charger couldn't afford so the external power supply was capped.
I hope you'll do some further investigation on this problem because I planned to do the same thing for my next holidays.

if anyone else is having the clock problem with igo (it sets ur clock incorrectly) it is a recognised issue and here is the fix from their site:
Time-Zone Error in Nav N Go iGO 8
Based on user feedback, we inform you that, in the current versions of Nav N Go iGO 8, the Windows time zone may be incorrectly set depending on the GPS position (for instance, Minsk is selected for Hungary). The correction of the error is in process.
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n case time-zone errors appear, you can temporarily correct them on your device by editing:
/Program Files/iGO8/sys.txt
and adding the following lines:
[timezone]
sync_os_timezone=0
reset_os_timezone=0
Attention: The modifications will only be activated when Nav N Go iGO 8 is restarted.
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http://navngo.com/pages/global/eng/igo_8_faq

where did you get i-Go. i downloaded it but it will not work.

gizmobreda said:
where did you get i-Go. i downloaded it but it will not work.
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http://www.navngo.com/pages/global/eng/startpage

---Alex--- said:
http://www.navngo.com/pages/global/eng/startpage
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I mean. For free.

Don't warez !!
gizmobreda said:
I mean. For free.
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Come on guy....If you want Igo 8, just buy it...And don't ask for a free version...Warez is forbidden,don't you know ??!!

gizmobreda. are you that tactless asking for free software in a developers' forum?
anyways, iGO8 WAS released already. i'm using it on my Polaris and it works fine.. no problems with the GPS.. works on port 4... you should check to see if your receiver is timesynced. you can manually change the sync to fit it to your location.. (it has some GMT+- problems).. using registry editing. (i won't get into that one cause it's not as legal as you would think).

So what are the benefits of using iGO8 as opposed to TomTom6?
Just curious since this is the first time I've heard of it.

I use both of them, there is no so much advantages of iGO except of map. Maps of iGO are newer with higher details and with many changes fixed. They are also capable of DEM.

question for all universal experts

I bought a used universal three months agn universal was wm6.1 rom but universal freezes and i have about a 10 resets per day,i tray to change rom and radio rom to some of wm6 but still device work very unstable,universal just freezes and when i reset he works normaly even i tray to flash wm2005 rom but i have same problem,i begining to think that problem on my universal is hardware is that posible,do anybody have eny solution or opinion on my problem,maybe i have to install some fabrick rom or somethung like that please help i just want to my universal work properly and i want to dont have a 10 even a 20 resets per day,help!!!

It seems hardware problems maybe the battery, try another bat...

i already buy a new battery and he works good for 2days without crash but then same story,freeze

Could Be Hardware Or Software.
Could Be A Software Issue.
What Rom Are You Using And What Software?
HTC Home Is Known To Cause Lagging/Freezing On The Universal I Believe.
Also OverClocking G3 Devices Can Prove Unstable, Some Roms Enable Overclocking By Default.
Regards,
OllieD

krle92 said:
i alerady buy a new battery and he works good for 2days without crash but then same story,freeze
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What rom are you trying? Are you installing something else in it? what's your cpu speed 624 or 520?

i tray ranju,Jwrightmcps,PDAViet,Beasty & Laurentius now i am testing KDSkamal WM5 Ultimate edition,on some there was option to overlock but i try dont to use them and when i am test i dont use htc home or same programs but phone freeze

when i buy new battery i use that and old battery sometimes, maybe its have something because i use that old battery

krle92 said:
when i buy new battery i use that and old battery sometimes, maybe its have something because i use that old battery
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I don't think so. Just one question your Uni freezes no matter what, or only when you power on? (turn on the screen)

uni works normaly during the work on it but when i put backlight of or stand by and try to turn on he freeze,or do not come back from stand by and have to reset.Or sometime when i do not turn backlight of ,he just stay turned on for 10min and when i tap screen he freeze,i also have a few freeze during the work on it

but that freeze during work are rare i can sey that they are normaly but real problem is from stand by

That happens to me, but it was the HTC Home plugin.
Try again Ranju's - v7.6, remove SD card, and don't put anything (contact's, etc) or install anything on it!! Sim card only and test it for a while...

thanks i will try later because i nom test some wm2005 rom and it seems that work good but i will see in a few days also i will try ranju,i can see on forum that he is one of the best

IE problem
how to not make any ie(internet Explorer) page pooling in my program memory

loiz said:
That happens to me, but it was the HTC Home plugin.
Try again Ranju's - v7.6, remove SD card, and don't put anything (contact's, etc) or install anything on it!! Sim card only and test it for a while...
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Many roms are settings "Performance applet" in 624MHZ. This is my problem in all roms, but setting "Performance applet" in 520MHZ solve my problem and not random freeezes and never reboots!
My english is very bad!

ROM is one thing to look but Radio is also something you need consider. if your reception pure then universal may freeze

i try diferent radio roms,now i use ranju 7.7rom and 1.15 radio and still i have 2-3 freeze on day and also 3-4 restarts

krle92 said:
i try diferent radio roms,now i use ranju 7.7rom and 1.15 radio and still i have 2-3 freeze on day and also 3-4 restarts
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My advice would be to reset partitions, instructions are in the wiki.
After resetting with MTTY, flash the rom of your choice, but also flash the radio and a blank extended rom image, all at the same time.
If you still have problems after this, it could still be a battery issue, there are lots of bad batteries being sold on Ebay that do not provide enough power for all the devices functions, especially when using WM6 and Wm6.1 Roms.
Please reset with MMTY as above, and post back your results, if you are still having issues after this, charge the battery, and test with a full battery and powered device from the mains.
Cheers,
Beasty

can you give me link on wiki,or say how to reset partitions,does the reset do with commands like set 14 0,task 28 55aa and task 28 or with something other commands,please help sory if im borring,my english is bad can you explain how to test battery

can you please answer me the question

krle92 said:
can you give me link on wiki,or say how to reset partitions,does the reset do with commands like set 14 0,task 28 55aa and task 28 or with something other commands,please help sory if im borring,my english is bad can you explain how to test battery
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Yes - the commands "task 28 55aa" should reset the partitions (via the MTTY tool)
As for testing your battery - you should get a couple of days and it should drain to about 5-15% before dying, if not check the wiki

[Tweak]Superb Fast GPS Fix!

Hello all,
I am writing this topic to let you all provide of this super tweak! Here I show you how to get this fix. With this tweak I got a gps fix within 10 seconds(under clear sky), better, more, faster satellite fixes.
First I used this tweak:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427888
(I suggest you to first hard reset, and then apply the tweak. But I guess it will also work right if you don't) Do everything EXACTLY like the tweak says. If you don't do it right. It might fail.
Next tweak.
I found this tweak when I was searching for tweaks for my Samsung Omnia. I found this application. I have tried my gps first before installing this application. It was a weak signal and I could only find like 4 satellites and it took me like 15 minutes to get a fix. But when I applied this application, I got a fix withing 10 seconds!!! And with at least 7 satellites!! Here is the application;
http://www.mediafire.com/?zilthagdhey
Settings:
In settings/system/External GPS, The GPS Program port is COM4, No Hardware port and a Baud rate of 9600. In GPSModSettings(Found in main program folder) I have set; log file, Extended, Smooth to blank marker, Sleep time 1000 GPSModDriver to Comport 1 and enabled.
Then scroll a down a bit for the next settings.
GPSID External GPS to Com Port 4 and enabled.
Congratulations, You have done the tweaks now! I hope it works right for you guys and good luck with navigating!
PS I am using radio: 1.02.25.32.

What application??????????????????

Rhodium500 said:
What application??????????????????
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Sorry, I edited it.

anyone confirmed this???

You could try it yourself. The tweaks are just default. So that would be thrustable.

Is the test really valid ?
Once i have a fix in an any application (no matter how long), if I quit then start another application and use the GPS, i got a fix in 10 seconds. Wait a few hours between your tests

no wayyy to be so.....
guys it is only me who didn t get this,or u still don t get the picture.GPS isn t need a fix.The phone is **** as it comes out the HTC factory.BUT!!!
u need a new radio rom,and no more problem with GPS I personaly use TAE rom and since that moment my GPS problems are past!!!!
So if u have time just create fixes,but .....WHY?? Flash and enjoy!!
helios (who read other posts and learn.No fixes)

Firmware I5800XXJPA - Discussion Thread :)

LATEST FIRMWARE:
I5800XXJPA for I5800 EUROPE (November 2010) - CLICK HERE - Android 2.2 FROYO (pass = samfirmware.com)
Please feel free to discuss about JPA firmware
Ciao

Just installed and restoring my apps. No bugs found yet.....

Compared to JP8 (the firmware I was using befor):
- Standard SMS is fully functional, but because of the beter groups sms functionality I will use Handcent again.
- Video (tested with an Divx file) is working again.
- Less lagtime.

But sill no good flash player....

Quite stable firmware. Most likely the official release coming soon.
Some bugs,
- the application file size displayed as number without the respective "Mb" or "Kb" unit. Ex. 4 megabytes displayed as "4".
- proximity sensor not working. When phone lifted off the ear, the screen display won't resumed back to dial pad. Probably not the sensor but some setting to be corrected.
- GPS still need small adjustment
- Powering off still take quite some time
- At times, the phone will be sluggish for no obvious reason ( but not common)
- 2.2 JIT built-into this release? Seems like not much speed improvement. I get an initialisation failed when i do adb shell dalvikvm -help

I am about to upgrade this on my i5801 (Asia), any suggestions? Please?
Last time I upgraded with I5800XXJP9 ## and used it, then after a restart my phone never started. I again had to install I5801DDJG6 # !

just fully charged my galaxy 3 and after 1h doing nothing with phone my battery have only 80%

I have some bugs:
- when somebody is calling the phone freezing, and the network is restarting, and i don't know who called me
- i don't can exit from Contacts, just with the Home button
- the phone don't receive the text messages
before i update to I5800XXJPA not hard reset the phone maybe this make the problems maybe not, i don't know
/Sorry my bad English/

Installed JPA. No problems found.

mobile9999 said:
- GPS still need small adjustment
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any suggestion for gpsfix of this jpa firmware?
the only way is rooting (with superoneclick, z4root and others didn't seem to work) and then use fasterfix ?
i have also a galaxy s and I used SGS tools to fix that (plus lbstestmode). does it work on galaxy 3 ?
thanks
ps: jpa is a good fw in my opinion

abibibi said:
any suggestion for gpsfix of this jpa firmware?
the only way is rooting (with superoneclick, z4root and others didn't seem to work) and then use fasterfix ?
i have also a galaxy s and I used SGS tools to fix that (plus lbstestmode). does it work on galaxy 3 ?
thanks
ps: jpa is a good fw in my opinion
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JPA works fine until now. 2 hours of testing. No wifi drop error, no freezing.
No GPS though..
I'm exactly in your position, got an SGS too, so if u find out anything pls send a PM.
Thanks.

If you are in the europe region, most likely you don't have to fix the gps.conf. Just run the gpssetup2 and finetune some of the parameters. Else, you have to get rooted and use fasterfix or edit gps.conf manually.
Not too sure about the SGS tools.
abibibi said:
any suggestion for gpsfix of this jpa firmware?
the only way is rooting (with superoneclick, z4root and others didn't seem to work) and then use fasterfix ?
i have also a galaxy s and I used SGS tools to fix that (plus lbstestmode). does it work on galaxy 3 ?
thanks
ps: jpa is a good fw in my opinion
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I noticed a very critical issue with this JPA release. The phone will become unstable or hang when loading more memory intense apps. For example, i tried loading a trace.txt file, after exit, the phone became sluggish and not responsive.
If you are normal usage, probably not a concern.

try hard reset again. I encountered this before, after hard reset, set the APN entry right, it will be alright.
Diesel1017 said:
I have some bugs:
- when somebody is calling the phone freezing, and the network is restarting, and i don't know who called me
- i don't can exit from Contacts, just with the Home button
- the phone don't receive the text messages
before i update to I5800XXJPA not hard reset the phone maybe this make the problems maybe not, i don't know
/Sorry my bad English/
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mobile9999 said:
If you are in the europe region, most likely you don't have to fix the gps.conf. Just run the gpssetup2 and finetune some of the parameters. Else, you have to get rooted and use fasterfix or edit gps.conf manually.
Not too sure about the SGS tools.
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You got any idea how to finetune it ?
i tried
Dail: *#*#3214789650#*#* --> settings --> Parameter Settings --> SSL --> I disabled it and changed it to Google Server. After that I changed Start mode to "Cold Start" and restarted the device.
Again dialed *#*#3214789650#*#* --> Commands --> Get positions, and wait 30 sec for an fix.
Back to settings --> Parameter Settings --> Start mode --> and changed it back to Hot Start. Restart device again.
i installed GPS Test and it got connected to satellites but is the a navigation software i can use ? I have iGO Amigo in my SGS 800*480, but on 400*240 i didn't find anything.

airpd said:
You got any idea how to finetune it ?
i tried
Dail: *#*#3214789650#*#* --> settings --> Parameter Settings --> SSL --> I disabled it and changed it to Google Server. After that I changed Start mode to "Cold Start" and restarted the device.
Again dialed *#*#3214789650#*#* --> Commands --> Get positions, and wait 30 sec for an fix.
Back to settings --> Parameter Settings --> Start mode --> and changed it back to Hot Start. Restart device again.
i installed GPS Test and it got connected to satellites but is the a navigation software i can use ? I have iGO Amigo in my SGS 800*480, but on 400*240 i didn't find anything.
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Yes I did change with this secret code, but I must switch off and on the phone with enabled GPS - then it works fine. But it takes time to switch off and on the phone. Any suggestions ? I've tryed also OCTY application and others.

One day after installed:
battery at 80%
problem on restoring apps from Titanium backup
sms works ok
wifi works ok
good speed
gps buggy like always
stable

Can anyone confirm that proximity sensor still sucks? I mean sittuation when we finish call...

abibibi said:
any suggestion for gpsfix of this jpa firmware?
the only way is rooting (with superoneclick, z4root and others didn't seem to work) and then use fasterfix ?
i have also a galaxy s and I used SGS tools to fix that (plus lbstestmode). does it work on galaxy 3 ?
thanks
ps: jpa is a good fw in my opinion
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is it better / faster / more stable than JP9 ?

airpd said:
i installed GPS Test and it got connected to satellites but is the a navigation software i can use ? I have iGO Amigo in my SGS 800*480, but on 400*240 i didn't find anything.
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Hi, i use Ndrive, it is good on my opinion. Almost a perfect replacement for the iGo.