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I recently bought a TyTNfor almost $900 including a 2 GB expansion card. Despite dozens of hours of trying to get it to work correctly, I find th TyTN almost intolerably buggy.
Specifically:
1) the phone loses connections frequently -- much worse than the Cingular 8125 or my old Treo 650.
2) numerous application programs either crash the device or do not run properly -- specifically, the Audible.com player, the the automated download feature or of Audible Air, most of the SPB utility applications, SBSH Weather (VGA Icons), SBSH Ilauncher and others.
3) the battery life absolutely sucks. I get less than eight hours of operation -- with very few telephone calls. I do have Microsoft push e-mail turned on. However, this ought to work -- for God's sake, or what's the point?
4) the screen/stylus requires re-alignment at least twice a daily..
Is there anyone out there who can help me and walk me through the installation of a new ROM, or some kind of update that makes this device work in a tolerable manner?
I would be very happy to pay you for your consulting time. Otherwise, I want to try to get HTC to take this buggy phone back for a full refund and I will go back to using my old Treo 650.
Many thanks for your attention and future help.
ROM version 1.18.255.3
ROM date 07/22/06
Radio Version 1.03.03.10
Once I hear that you have alignment problems, then, from what I hear you have bad luck since you have one of the firt TyTns out there. I heard that HTC replaces these units. It hapens to be a common problem on the early devices.
I have my MDA Vario II (a variation of a Hermes) and till now 4 days long extremely happy with everything.
natgoldhaber said:
I recently bought a TyTNfor almost $900 including a 2 GB expansion card. Despite dozens of hours of trying to get it to work correctly, I find th TyTN almost intolerably buggy.
Specifically:
1) the phone loses connections frequently -- much worse than the Cingular 8125 or my old Treo 650.
2) numerous application programs either crash the device or do not run properly -- specifically, the Audible.com player, the the automated download feature or of Audible Air, most of the SPB utility applications, SBSH Weather (VGA Icons), SBSH Ilauncher and others.
3) the battery life absolutely sucks. I get less than eight hours of operation -- with very few telephone calls. I do have Microsoft push e-mail turned on. However, this ought to work -- for God's sake, or what's the point?
4) the screen/stylus requires re-alignment at least twice a daily..
Is there anyone out there who can help me and walk me through the installation of a new ROM, or some kind of update that makes this device work in a tolerable manner?
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Well, I am sorry you are having these problems. I don't think most of them are a Tytn problems in general.
1) First I have heard of this. I have had the Tytn for a month now and don't have that problem. I move in and out of a 3g area and whether on GSM or UMTS, call quality has been great (better than my Wizzard in fact). Maybe your problem is a SIM issue since this phone is not supported by your carrier where you others might be? I went and got a new SIM when I got mine so I don't know if that could be an issue or not.
2) I don't use many apps. I do use SBSH Weather v1.3.3 (regular icons) and it works well. No issues at all, updates just fine etc. I thought the VGA icons were for devices with a VGA screen (Universal for example). To the best of my knowledge the Wizzard, Tytn etc are not VGA devices so I don't think it helps to use the VGA icons, and who knows, maybe it could cause an issue on a non-VGA device. I have heard that SPB has issues. Slingplayer also works well for me, streaming video runs great.
3) I get ~3-4 days out of the battery if just used for calls, weather updates, and light browsing. Heavy UMTS browsing or streaming cuts that down significantly to 24-36 hours. I don't use push mail so don't know there, but there might be a config setting that is causing your device to get polled too frequently. I do know that one time I went into the phone menu and Band page to set Band to UMTS only. I forgot I did that, left a UMTS area and the phone went into constant network search mode instead of switching to GSM. That drained my battery in something less than 8 hrs.
4) I also don't have this problem. There are many reports of this problem though and the only fix I am aware of is a replacement.
Bottom line is I suspect you have a bad phone (reception and alignment issues) as well as setup issues or program conflicts causing your apps problems.
try to upgrade to the lastest rom!
natgoldhaber said:
I would be very happy to pay you for your consulting time. Otherwise, I want to try to get HTC to take this buggy phone back for a full refund and I will go back to using my old Treo 650.
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I would love to take your money, but I think you should take it back and get something else. Maybe even a Treo. The reason I say this is because the TyTn is just not ready for Prime Time unless you are a power user or someone who doesn't feel the need to complain because it doesn't work properly. Power user go around these issues and figure out the problems.
This is no way an insult to you, it's just that if you can't deal with the problems, and you need to rely on a phone/pda, and email is very important to you maybe even go as low as to get a blackberry. In the meantime I personally would keep the TyTn and explore it and fully understand how it works. When you are ready to dive in and start using it as a "power user" then you will no longer need to worry about it's faults.
This is coming from 2 years of experience with the O2 Xda IIs. Which was the buggiest pocketpc phone that ever came out and today is one of the top, mainly due to the fact that once the ROM is hacked the development efforts go up considerably and you see increased productivity and usability.
But if you need the money, just get a refund.
Sorry about my blunt response, but I had a friend who I converted from a palm to a Blue Angel. He didn't like it so I got him into a wizard. He curse at it for a while, then he started loving it after a few weeks of using it. Now he would never go back to a Palm or a Treo or anything else. I got my TyTn only last week and have cursed it to hell and back several thousand times. But this is just the way it goes when you're one of the early adopters. Especially when the phone is not commercially available to the US and Canada.
Time heals all.
Fully agree with you axiom, the most sincere response you could have given him.
I also come from the BlueAngel and was one of the early adopters, now running helmi's 1.32 rom, that's why I truely understand what you mean
Thanks pof for backing me up. I am also still using my BlueAngel with with the 1.32 rom but primarily in my car for navigation. This way I don't have to spend another few hundred dollars on a Nav system. And it really bothers me when tomtom loads faster on my BlueAngel then it does on my TyTn, but then I am hopeful that the TyTn will prevail when the time is write and all our heads are in the right place.
As always, everyone is welcome to post their problems, concerns, and findings and I am always pushing people to hang in there because "I know" there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Thanks for all the thoughtful replys - but....
Perhaps this is a device that is a little too early for me. But I will not return it. I love the speed of the Cingular 3G network. And I am blown away by how well Exchange/Outlook push works. I would never go back to a Treo or to a Blackberry.
I was rather hoping someone may have an idea about an improved ROM. I did have a direct conversation with HTCEurope's tech support office. They said they were well aware of the problems with applications, especially with the Audible player. They wistfully referred to the folks in Taiwan creating a new ROM - any month now.
I hoped that one of you might feel that a beta Cingular or other ROM might fix some or all of my problems. And I hope that someone could talk me through the installation. I hope that is true.
Many thanks.
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I hoped that one of you might feel that a beta Cingular or other ROM might fix some or all of my problems. And I hope that someone could talk me through the installation. I hope that is true.
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Oh please don't install the cingular beta ROM. Infact, as much I enjoyed using it for testing purposes, the last thing you want to do is start pushing ROMs. I am also waiting for a newer ROM, I was one of the first along with pof and others who installed the cingular roms and found some harsh truths, and some benefits. However, I went back to the dopod rom, with a radio update from the cingular rom. And this was a journey in possibly bricking my unit because going back from the cingular to one of the other roms is a chance and you need your original rom to go back.
If you must pursue upgrading your ROM, please keep a few things in mind:
1) And very important: If you don't know what you're doing, you could brick your unit.
2) A rom upgrade is only as good as the comments it has received from the users on this forum.
3) Most users who use the newest roms are, in most cases, advanced and understand that there will be problems.
4) Once you have started to upgrade your rom, you will be doing it all the time and be ready to reinstall your apps and settings.
If this is all ok to you and you have a back up phone, that you can use while you play with your TyTn, then go ahead and try the Dopod, Imate or TyTn rom. Look through the wiki and you will find all the information you need.
READ EVERYTHING FIRST, THEN START YOUR JOURNEY. The worst thing is having someone tell you "Do a search", or "RTFM", or "Read the wiki". People will respect you more and will be willing to help you more if your questions legit and the wiki can't help you out.
To start you off, I would suggest the Dopod ROM, with radio 1.16. This should take you about 1 hour to update. Then if you're not satisfied with this, then go to the TyTn or the IMate.
I hope this helps, and I have never seen anyone ask for money on here to help our fellow users and if they have, then shame on them. We are all here to learn and teach, this is what makes us a community of excellence.
I hope this helps you and many others on this board. Until the next rom, or hopefully the successful hack of the TyTn rom... Long live xda-developers!
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axiom: I took part of your last comment and updated the upgrading FAQs with it
As far as the screen alignment issue goes i am shortly sending my TyTN to HTC (in the UK) to get fixed under warranty (ie free)....the guy on the helpline was REALLY helpfull in sorting it out...they estimate a 5 day turnaround for it which is just SWEEEEET......shall be back to my P900 for a few days URGH!
So afaik the screen alignment can be sorted with an under warranty repair
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axiom: I took part of your last comment and updated the upgrading FAQs with it
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Thanks pof, I am very honored to me contributing to the wiki. Hehe.
There is one spelling mistake, can you change:
help you more if your questions legit and the wiki can't help you out.
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help you more if your questions are legit and the wiki can't help you out.
Thanks.
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There is one spelling mistake, can you change:
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I changed it, but remember that you can edit the wiki too... it's very easy, and if you need help, just ask
Dear Prof, Asukal and especially Axiom:
I want to thank you for your responses. I took the plunge last night and upgraded the phone radio ROM to the Cingular 1.16 version using the instructions and files from Asukal.
There were moments of sheer terror. The ROM upload to the phone took hours. In fact, I went to sleep and let it continue through the night. But when I woke up, there was the predicted error message on the TyTN. Just as instructed, after a reset, everything worked perfectly. I will write this up more thoroughly in a day or two after I have a chance to really test the radio.
But thanks for giving me the courage to try the upgrade. I am also including a snippet from a message I received from HTC Support about the next ROM:
"There are no ROM updates available for the TyTN at present, although are actively working one to address various issue customers are experiencing.
We are expecting this to coincide with the Windows Mobile 5 AKU3 update."
Nat
please help/ new to this
I have a 02 xda exec that has several programs that states that " either it is not signed in with a trusted cetificate, or one of it's commponent can not be found, you might have to reinstall or restore this file." My desktop had the backup files for the 02 exec but it crashed. im using my laptop to try to find out how to restore my files. I tried the update but that failed too. Please help.
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I have a 02 xda exec that has several programs that states that " either it is not signed in with a trusted cetificate, or one of it's commponent can not be found, you might have to reinstall or restore this file." My desktop had the backup files for the 02 exec but it crashed. im using my laptop to try to find out how to restore my files. I tried the update but that failed too. Please help.
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This is the TyTn forum. You want to post this in the Universal forum.
natgoldhaber said:
Dear Prof, Asukal and especially Axiom:
I want to thank you for your responses. I took the plunge last night and upgraded the phone radio ROM to the Cingular 1.16 version using the instructions and files from Asukal.
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Congratulations and you are very welcome. Btw, which base rom did you stay with? I have noticed better reception with the 1.16 radio, how are you finding it?
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Congratulations and you are very welcome. Btw, which base rom did you stay with? I have noticed better reception with the 1.16 radio, how are you finding it?
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ROM is version 1.18.255.3
Date:7/22/06
Radio: 1.16.00.00 (hurray)
Protocol: 32.53.7018H
ExROM: 1.18.255.106
I will give a full report on the radio tomorrow - not enough experience with it yet - and some very minor anomalies after the upgrade.
If you're experiencing shortened battery life, try changing the push email settings (active sync for the mail server) -- if you set it to other than "as they arrive" to an hour or so, for off-peak, it will really reduce the battery drain. Same with the settings for an POP3 email mailboxes -- change the polling interval to a longer duration. I've found that to be one of the biggest battery drains on my TyTN.
I've had a TyTN for more than 2 months and absolutely love it. Sold my k-jam (wizard) because I want the 3G if Cingular USA ever gets it working in my area. I've found the TyTN faster even on the EDGE network locally and better overall than my k-jam -- seems like the issues with the wizard have been largely addressed. Mind you I've never had the screen alignment problem so I can sympathize with those who do. I did switch my HTC ROM to the Imate ROM and I feel like the stability is better.
Slightly better
natgoldhaber said:
ROM is version 1.18.255.3
Date:7/22/06
Radio: 1.16.00.00 (hurray)
Protocol: 32.53.7018H
ExROM: 1.18.255.106
I will give a full report on the radio tomorrow - not enough experience with it yet - and some very minor anomalies after the upgrade.
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I think the Cingular 1.16 Radio ROM is just a bit better than the TyTN ROM that was native to my device. It seems very clear and it MAY hold the signal a bit better. My house is in a marginal area, switching constantly between GPRS and UMTS. That may make things difficult. My reception at home is clearer but about the same as my old Treo 650 in terms of maintaining a connection. The 8125 I had on trial from Cingular for a few weeks was better - but of course it had no UMTS.
Might be interesting for someone to do a hack which grabs GPRS during phone conversations in marginal areas and prevents going to UMTS during the call. ?????
I downloaded the fix4cat TyTN tweaker and set audio to "excellent." Not sure what that does, but excellent sounds good. I also enabled HSPDA, but that seems to do nothing.
Anyway I am happy.
The audible player still does not work worth beans (boohoo - their tech support is NO HELP AT ALL) and I had a really terrible experience with Chapura Pocket Mirror which I used successfully on the Treo for years. I need to synchronize public folders on my Exchange server. Any ideas? Chapura is brain dead, temporarily broke my device and made me spend hours recovering my programs and settings.
Finally - anyone ever able to get into a Cisco firewall and look at files on the company server with the VPN software in WM5??? I have tried using PPTP – no luck.
And really finally, thanks to everyone who helped. (Battery life better with push email off and TyTN magically stopped alignment drift completely and I am no longer a ROM virgin).
Nat
Hi all,
I got my HTC Touch Pro (Raphael) from Egypt but as always the device has not GPS support or I think the GPS is disabled from the ROM.
Can anyone confirm that? I mean if I downloaded and flashed to another cooked ROM will the GPS wake up.
I can provide my own original ROM if that may help.
Thanks and Best Regards to the XDA-Developers.
microfox said:
Hi all,
I got my HTC Touch Pro (Raphael) from Egypt but as always the device has not GPS support or I think the GPS is disabled from the ROM.
Can anyone confirm that? I mean if I downloaded and flashed to another cooked ROM will the GPS wake up.
I can provide my own original ROM if that may help.
Thanks and Best Regards to the XDA-Developers.
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Are all devices sold in Egypt GPS disabled?
How did you test that the device has a disabled GPS chip? Please clarify.
To give you an example, today my GPS wasn't working (as usual). Soft reset and it came back to life. I have an unbranded HTC Touch Diamond Pro. So to repeat my question, what made you think/convinced your GPS chip is disabled?
Die Bruine said:
How did you test that the device has a disabled GPS chip? Please clarify.
To give you an example, today my GPS wasn't working (as usual). Soft reset and it came back to life. I have an unbranded HTC Touch Diamond Pro. So to repeat my question, what made you think/convinced your GPS chip is disabled?
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I can't test it as I have nothing mentioning GPS. i.e. I don't have any settings or anything in the device mentioning it has a GPS.
But even when I installed GoogleMaps and tried to read GPS data it captured 0 satellites.
And yes all the Raphael devices sold by the official retailers have GPS disabled.
microfox said:
I can't test it as I have nothing mentioning GPS. i.e. I don't have any settings or anything in the device mentioning it has a GPS.
But even when I installed GoogleMaps and tried to read GPS data it captured 0 satellites.
And yes all the Raphael devices sold by the official retailers have GPS disabled.
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Hmm, the GPS chip doesnt work instantly you have to leave it for some time to get an initial fix.
So Egypt has an embargo on GPS then?
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Hmm, the GPS chip doesnt work instantly you have to leave it for some time to get an initial fix.
So Egypt has an embargo on GPS then?
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Isn't there any software or tool to make sure that the GPS is enabled in the ROM, so if it will be taking sometime to lock I will be patient and wait .
I've been to Egypt once, and my N95 with GPS didn't work very well either.
You could try to use a cooked rom, RomeOS has GPS support, maybe it works...
Just updating the ROM will not work I think. The GPS is part of the Radio. And if you want to update your Radio you need security unlocker which you can find at the top of this sub-forum. After disabling security, you could try a Radio update. You can find the latest on the Wiki page. Will take you € 15,- to figure out if it will work.
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Just updating the ROM will not work I think. The GPS is part of the Radio. And if you want to update your Radio you need security unlocker which you can find at the top of this sub-forum. After disabling security, you could try a Radio update. You can find the latest on the Wiki page. Will take you € 15,- to figure out if it will work.
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No you only need HardSPL to update the Radios on the raphael, should you wish to flash a diamond radio then that is when you need security unlock.
I would suggest flashing the stock radio first (1.02.25.19) to see if the GPS is just disabled in the radio stack. It MIGHT just be a disabled driver in the ROM in which case a rom flash would re-enable it.
Listen Carefully
microfox said:
Isn't there any software or tool to make sure that the GPS is enabled in the ROM, so if it will be taking sometime to lock I will be patient and wait .
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Dear microfox, I got my device from jovitronix in Egypt and yes the gps is by default disabled in that rom and no software will make it usable, trust me, I think the version was 1.90.865.3 with radio 1.02.25.19. And yes if you use any of the existing Roms (original or cooked) here on the forum you will have a workable gps again. but Please micro, for God's sake, please make a rom dump first and do not do my mistake. If anything happens and you try to go to the agent even with any original rom other than the am one you will be out of warranty. So make a dump as per this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427507 and post the rom on the forum.
p.s. try RomeOs 13, it's one of the best out there waiting for the Elite Rom
My Radio version is 1.02.25.19 as far as I see it's the same version supplied everywhere. (Correct me if I am wrong).
But the strange is the ROM version it's 1.90.485.3 WWE which I can't find anywhere else.
So I am expecting that the whole thing is implemented in the ROM not in the Radio.
Also I need your support about some point. If I am flashing a ROMeOS I need a HardSPL so do I need to secuity unlock also.
Appreciate your support.
There's no problem in hardspl as you can find the unlocked one and the original one as well in the wiki site. I already unlocked mine and kept the original hardspl just in case I need warranty. And you are absolutely right, you won't find that rom anywhere else as the damn embargo is only on our beloved Egypt. How can I help you in the rom dump procedure?
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There's no problem in hardspl as you can find the unlocked one and the original one as well in the wiki site. I already unlocked mine and kept the original hardspl just in case I need warranty. And you are absolutely right, you won't find that rom anywhere else as the damn embargo is only on our beloved Egypt. How can I help you in the rom dump procedure?
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Thanks for your support Karimartine. It's OK I will flash mine and get dump for sure when I am done I will pm you so we can arrange getting you a copy from the dump.
I will upload it here I think so everyone can get it
Finally I have dumped my ROM check this thread to get the Stock ROM shipped in Egypt.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2819780#post2819780http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2819780#post2819780
I was talking to one from mobile shop in egypt and he told me that if u updated the rom or flashed it again the gps will work fine .... but i'm not sure of that plus the warranty will be void
about GPS in egypt.
Hey dear friend
Garab te3mel zay ma aloulak, ana m3aya touch pro, wel GPS beta3o bardo bey3ala2 shewaya a7ynana, bas byesht3'al.
garab tenazel ay coocked rom 3ala el gehaz w shoof eih elly haye7sal. ba3d keda fi moshkela so3'yara en aslan el GPS coverage fi masr ta3ban gedan, fa dont keep your hopes to high.
tell me what is happening, and lw me7tag 7aga eb3atly email wana hasa3dak 3ala ad ma a2dar
shadykw said:
Hey dear friend
Garab te3mel zay ma aloulak, ana m3aya touch pro, wel GPS beta3o bardo bey3ala2 shewaya a7ynana, bas byesht3'al.
garab tenazel ay coocked rom 3ala el gehaz w shoof eih elly haye7sal. ba3d keda fi moshkela so3'yara en aslan el GPS coverage fi masr ta3ban gedan, fa dont keep your hopes to high.
tell me what is happening, and lw me7tag 7aga eb3atly email wana hasa3dak 3ala ad ma a2dar
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Thank You very much for this garbage
Could you please try to PM or use English?
Using any GPS enabled device in Egypt is illegal
I have a friend whose company is in GPS business and a week ago he has returned from a meeting with some govermnent officials and 2 companies who provide some services for military and government. He said that using any GPS navigation in Egypt as of now is illegal and punishable by law. However it seems that this ban should be over within maybe 6 months. I know this info is not gonna help much, just for you all to understand the legal side of the problem.
some more info on that...
http://www.navigadget.com/index.php/2008/10/13/no-gps-use-in-egypt
HTC Deceiving the egyptian customers
I regret that i did not read the forum before buying the touchpro from egypt even that i use it as my first refrence many years now and usualy i buy my PDA from emarites,this time i said my not to turst the local dealer even is more expensive and canceled my order from dubai one day before is done.
I accept that GPS is not legal (even that hundreds or thousands of egyptians entered their devices from abroad and using it without any problem..i accept and respect any regulatory restrictions) but there is a big "Fouling" and "deceiving" from HTC to the egyptian customers which i can not accept : which is to not mention the information and print it at the box as they not only disable the GPS but even disable the Hard Rest (if anyone broke it pls tell me because : vol down+enter+reset not working with me).
leave the customer to buy with satisfaction and be totally informed and not to be decived, you buy a business hit-ech device which is created to satisfy a business man who is traveling to europe & usa not a localy user only (and there you will need the navigation sys).
Pls pls pls, i need help and step by step how to bypass this deciving by enable the GPS through a stable ROM noting that there is a problem with the hard reset with me.
Thanks for reading my post and pls spread that info all over egypt that HTC is coming to deceive the egyptian customer just go and buy from emirates as they respect their customers.
I successfully got the gps working on my first vz 6800 and loved it. Thank you everybody that provides information to make this possible. Due to a broken external antenna plug i had to get a new vz 6800.
I can not for the life of me get the gps on the new phone working. This is what i have done so far.
Rom Version: dcd 3.3.4
Rom Date: 11/09/08
Radio: 3.42.30
I dont know if these mean anything but
protocol DCAAXAM-4350H
Hardware 0003
PRL 51251
Pri 2.03_002
Browser MSIE 6.0
I went through the Verizon vz 6800 aGps fix everything made sense up to When the phone reboots, install GC Verizon aGPS.cab
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thank you
There many of us having the same problem. Sounds like Verizon is up to something.
The agps servers are probably down or verizon changed the ips.
Other things that got me to this point
I forgot to post that:
I was running the radio 3.35.04 for a while because i could not get the 3.42.50 or 3.42.30 to load. It was cool to see the sprint logo go across the verizon screen.
After finding the post that helped me I went to the 1.20 olipro then got the 3.42.30 to load and went back to the 2.40 olipro
I hope that verizon is not going to figure out how to disable our ability to use the agps. The google maps work a lot better than vz navigator.
ips change?
how does one find out if the ips is changed and can the phone be modified to work again?
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how does one find out if the ips is changed and can the phone be modified to work again?
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We are talking about this here.
I know this thread is for the MR1 but the solution, if any, would be the same. We may not have the instant locks if the IP changed, hopefully it is just an intermittent problem.
I don't know yet, but Telus settings seem to fix aGPS. Set these in QPST and registry.
For Valhalla:
Then just change these and Soft Reset:
HKLM\Software\Valhalla Legends\GPSServer\Mode=2 (the original value)
HKLM\Software\Valhalla Legends\GPSServer\PDEAddress=5C8BC6D8
HKLM\Software\Valhalla Legends\GPSServer\PDEPort=8889
Thank Humpa at PPC Geeks for the above.
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216.198.139.92
8889
IP
PDE
EnableAGPS = 1
GPS Mode = 4 (2 would probably work too)
When you got your new phone, did it already have the MR1 upgrade applied? If I remember correctly, you have to downgrade to an older ROM with an older PRI and then flash to a custom ROM. Otherwise, you can use the Valhalla Legends CAB. Lately, I haven't been able to get a fix on any satellites, so you might be having that problem.
continuing problems with xv6800 gps
Hi everyone, I just registered to discuss ongoing problems I have been having with my gps. Let me give you a little backround.
Several months ago, I noticed that VZ nav was available on my xv6800. I had wanted that when I first purchsed, but was told it probably wouldn't be available. At that time , I purchased a Garmin gps package that included a bluetooth gps receiver and the XT 20 maps program. I found out that in order for VZ nav to work, I needed to upgrade to MR1. Then I read that once I did this and instaled the Valhalla CAB workaround I could use a third party GPS app. WOOHOO! I did and it worked great......for about a month.
Since then I have gone through 3 6800's thanks to some fancy footwork with the Verizon tech staff and everytime, I can get my GPS to work with the ValHalla workaround for anywhere from over a month on the first one to just 2 hours after I received my latest one 3 days ago. In fact, I wasn't able to get the new one to work at all until I called and added VZ Nav service. I had already thought that maybe they had sent down a kill command on the other two to close this hole. (greedy !!/[email protected]#$!s)
To prove my theory about them closing the workaround, I cancelled the service an hour later and after restarting my PDA, I no longer get a signal when using Windows Live or my Garmin software. This is the same problem I was having with the first 2 replacments, but it always took a few days before it stopped working. This is the first time I added VZ Nav to the mix.
After reading other boards about people having similar problems I figured I would tell what I have been through.
I had it working great when I first did it, but after a month or so, it stopped working and thats when I had them send me a replacment.
I hope this helps someone figure out how to get around this latest roadblock and come up with an alternative workaround. But at this point in time, I have loaded this patch enough times to say with complete certainty that the Valhalla CAB fix is no longer a valid workaround. If someone smarter than me could figure out what happens when you add the actual VZ Nav app, then recreate it when it is cancelled then that may solve the problem.
Just my two cents, but I am a professional Field service technician for HP and feel I confident in my troubleshooting
My radio and software are 3.37.78 and 3.57. The last 2 replacments came already pre-installed unlike the first one that I had to go through the boot up. I have reset it from boot twice and nothing has helped.
moonie52 said:
To prove my theory about them closing the workaround, I cancelled the service an hour later and after restarting my PDA, I no longer get a signal when using Windows Live or my Garmin software. This is the same problem I was having with the first 2 replacments, but it always took a few days before it stopped working. This is the first time I added VZ Nav to the mix................................
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Hello all, I just bought on ebay a replacement for my Sprint Mogul 6800 which went through the wash by mistake. The gentleman who I purchased this new 6800 is a member of your forum and sent me a link for help and information. The phone has win mobile 6.5 and is a version by Ryan Mogul. So far I am enjoying messing around with 6.5 but need to be able to tether it to my laptop as I did in 6.1. Any tips for a noob?
Hey, welcome to XDA they are an amazing and bright bunch of people here. I haven't posted much in the past but I've been reading and reading and between other peoples problems and fixes and all the great stickies I learned all I needed to know to flash my Mogul with all the updated ROMs that keep coming out. So thank you XDA and all the great people here for your hard work.
As far as your question, "Internet Sharing" for me sometimes worked and sometimes it didn't (it gave me error 67 or something upon connecting to Sprints Vision Network), it all depended on what ROM I was running. A while ago I called Sprint about it, and they told me I had to pay an xtra $15/month to have the ability to use my phone as a modem. I wuz like F**K that.
Since then I've been using WMWifiRouter to tether. You have the ability to connect via USB, wifi, or my fav Bluetooth. Wifi is great to share your internet with multiple laptops and its the only time i use that because I've found it drains the batt too quick and it overheats my phone.
But if you still prefer the USB through "Internet Sharing" and if Ryan's works (which I haven't tried yet) you can access it through the comm manager
I have searched through literally thousands of threads on this and have tried numerous things. Is there anybody who knows EXACTLY what to do to make this work? I have an Alltel Touch Pro with the MR1 update and recently flashed the 1.03.15F radio. I have location turned on and External GPS set to com4 None and 4800, with managed by windows also checked. I would very much like to use Google Maps and have had it working on previous Touch Pros. I am not a complete moron but I have so much misinformation in my head that I just truly don't know what else to try. Thanks in advance to anybody who can help me.
Had the same prob when i first got mine flash the radio to 1.03.09v from verizon and make sure your location is on.
criptix said:
Had the same prob when i first got mine flash the radio to 1.03.09v from verizon and make sure your location is on.
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Same boat, flashed to the VZ radio, and all works now.
Thanks guys I'll definitely try that now.