Hi people i don't have n5 (collecting some gold for the device). It is possible to use only gps or only glonass system? I heard about glonass is much better and find faster than gps system. On menu settings it is only on/off toggle. It will be possible to getbtoggle like for data like 2g, 3g or mixed mode? Maybe it will be a kernel feature or sth.
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Guys, can someone expalin how it works or it is possible to select which sattelite system i want to use? Between gps and glonass.
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No. It just uses both. Glonass enhances GPS as far as I can tell
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rootSU is correct. You can't select one or the other... They work together to give you better accuracy and coverage.
GPS has 31 satellite's in orbit.
Glonass has 24 satellite's in orbit.
Therefore if you could use glonass independently your coverage wouldn't be as strong as GPS and since it was designed by Russia, glonass is more useful in northern latitudes.
The nice thing is since they work together your device is able to be pinned by 55 satellite's, instead of either 31 or 24 satellite's and if your in an area where GPS is stuck or blocked, the device will switch to glonass.
Thanks guys for responding and wrote what i want to know. I have bad experience with my old htc desire and its very slow gps searching (some fixes not work). Best regards
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Thanks guys for responding and wrote what i want to know. I have bad experience with my old htc desire and its very slow gps searching (some fixes not work). Best regards
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The funny thing that I see with GPS TEST etc is that after a minute or so you only see the US GPS sats. Seems that it uses Glonass to lock quicker and when the GPS signal is getting worse it will use Glonass to help.
I've also read this on a Sony paper
'To save power, the GLONASS receiver is only activated in problematic locations, such as in an urban environment with high rise buildings. Therefore, if you are in an open sky environment where there are enough GPS satellites available to calculate a good accuracy position, GLONASS will automatically be switched off temporarily to enhance the battery lifetime.
So the next time you’re having problems getting a fix on your location, use an Xperia™ smartphone supporting GLONASS to get faster and more accurate location information.'
http://developer.sonymobile.com/knowledge-base/technologies/glonass/
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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??
mtbmtbmtb said:
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?
Black93300ZX said:
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?
steveoidm said:
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!
rakdoll said:
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.
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.
avetny said:
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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
superzuan said:
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
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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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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=953630 < found that on the main page and i was curious if it would work for the sensation..
unfortunately, no, unless you have s-off with a *working* clockwork mod and recovery
its a script in a zip file that needs to be flashed before android loads
Yes, won't work for now.
Maybe you can use A-GPS injector, I use it, don't know if GPS is really faster to aquire with this app, since for me, the Sensation is really fast to get satellites signal, muuuch faster than my HD2
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Yes, won't work for now.
Maybe you can use A-GPS injector, I use it, don't know if GPS is really faster to aquire with this app, since for me, the Sensation is really fast to get satellites signal, muuuch faster than my HD2
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how about now?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=953630 < found that on the main page and i was curious if it would work for the sensation..
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Not sure what problem you're trying to fix. I just watched the video linked in that post supposedly showing the script working and it's worse than my Sensation works out of the box. It took 29s to lock and the accuracy never got better than 36 ft. I usually get a lock in 10s or less and the accuracy gets down to 9-12 ft.
Can't answer your question about whether it's doable now.
[Q] Enable GLONASS/ГЛОНАСС on HTC Sensation XE running CM9
I downloaded the "GPS Test" app to see if my phone can use GLONASS as well as GPS.
Answer is, it can't, for whatever reason. It's an HTC Sensation XE which I've put CM9 (9.1.0-pyramid) on.
I know that GLONASS satellites are available where we live as my wife's Galaxy SIII (as purchased, no ROM or firmware changes, same network as me) can use them alongside GPS.
What I want to know, is if there's anything I can change to enable GLONASS, or if I just have to install a different ROM?
GLONASS is not enabled in the radio firmware, there is nothing you can do about it.
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GLONASS is not enabled in the radio firmware, there is nothing you can do about it.
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So, to check I've got this right, someone would have to create a version of the radio firmware which did have GLONASS enabled, which would then have to overwrite the version on the phone?
(I don't think I'll do this, just in case it bricks the phone - at least I know to avoid HTC in the future.)
Avoid HTC because of GLONASS?
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Avoid HTC because of GLONASS?
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Not just because of that, but refusing to enable it even though the chip supports it is indicative of a company showing a lack of customer care.
Any reason for your extreme need of using GLONASS?
Understand that its accuracy is slightly worse than GPS. Only in high latitudes (very north or south) it works better than GPS.
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Any reason for your extreme need of using GLONASS?
Understand that its accuracy is slightly worse than GPS. Only in high latitudes (very north or south) it works better than GPS.
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No extreme need, I'd just like more satellites available (as far as I understand it, using both sets of satellites is more accurate than just one) as it seems my wife's phone (which has both) gets more accuracy than mine.
I certainly don't want to stop using GPS.