hi,
anyone able to get gps lock with telus TP stock rom ? just got my Telus TP and it unable to have it lock. it work fine with my mogul P4000...instant lock with TT 7.94... if anyone able to TT with TP stock rom or 3rd party rom...please give some details.
thanks
im using juggalo rom and i get locks with google maps within seconds.. never really tried to use telus stock rom as i unlocked and switched to a custom rom within an hour. i am sure that telus has it locked out so u can use their navigation software.
belmont, this is the link to the PPCGeeks thread of tobeychris' GPS solution and cab install for Telus.
have you set windows external gps to manage settings automatically?
tomtom gps settings config to built in gps?
"other NMEA" gps works for me as well...
also i've disabled assisted gps and it works fine.
i've ran juicy/or might roms (both built off telus roms) and my gps locks within seconds. should work right out of the box with stock rom though... seeing as how they do have telus navigator pre installed
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Hi I'm new and i have found that on this stock firmware (Sprint), i can fully use the GPS without having data (which i don't). I used BAF GPS toggle for the today screen. Here is what i did:
installed TomTom GPS software
installed BAF GPS toggle
when you turn the GPS on, it will automatically try and start the data
connection, make sure it doesn't connect if you do not have data. even if you
do, its not going to do anything for you.
link: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=21278
started TomTom with default GPS settings
and i waited a bit to get a lock and KABOOM it worked.
I did this on my Mogul with the current firmware from sprint as i said at the top. This has worked for me every time i have tried.
Did your Mogul come with 3.35 ROM and 3.35 radio?? If it did, then yes you have the drivers in the OS to enable GPS....
yes i have the 3.35 radio and rom. but without the BAF i couldnt find how to enable the gps without starting vision services. this also works on the current dcd build.
copied and pasted from the gps faq:
hey guys,
im a long time reader and this is me first post here on the forums.
im having an issue with the gps for the xv6800 on verizon. ive read through lots and lots of posts regarding verizon and their gps service, agps and the like. my problem is that i dont ever get a lock, and never see any satalites in the htc gps tool. it just sits there.
ive got
VZW XV6800
Rom: DCD 3.2.0
Radio: 3.42.30
i installed the radio using the sprint official rom, and then put dcd's over that. im using olipro 2.40 and after i put in dcd's rom, i ran the verizon carrier cab. also the arc mms thing but im sure that has nothing to do with anything other than mms.
my gps settings are
com4
4800 baud
and manage automatically.
location mode is set to on.
i dont have tomtom or another commercial program to test, so ive been trying google maps and windows live. google maps tells me my handset doesnt seem to be compatible with my location, and windows live just tells me gps signal lost.
ive let it sit for roughly an hour and some change, trying for a lock, although that is unpractical for everyday use, i just wanted it to lock.
i read on here that other verizon customers gets theirs to lock in minutes, and that would be great for me if i could get that. so im asking, is it just my handset? or have i not done a crucial step in the flashing, programming?
didnt call verizon when i switched phones to reactivate data or whatever, i didnt know what i was supposed to ask them to do, so i just switched phones thru vzw.com and it makes calls and uses the ## codes perfectly. ive dont the *228 ect .
am i just sol? i really would love to have gps back, my previous phone broke, and i used vznav and that was great.
thanks in advance.
try this, and see if it makes a difference:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=TitanGpsFix
thank you for the reply but i forgot to mention that i have already applied the gps fix fromt the tutorial. i read somwhere that is persists through flashes, so i have not tried to reapply it after upgrading to the latest dcd.
if it truly does not then i will try to reapply that again when i get off of work
gmaps always says not compatible with my location (it is a feature some phones support that doesn't use gps) - don't use my location, check 'use gps'.... once the gps has a lock my location will send you to that location though....
Hey guys
I just flashed up to WM 6.5, on a rom from xda-dev's. My carrier is Sprint.
I used to be able to get a GPS fix in <2 seconds on my stock rom, after I used the quickgps utility to update it.
Now I can't get a gps fix at all after flashing. I hard-reset right after flashing, installed the quickgps tool, and updated it. I can't get a fix no matter what I try, HTC GPS tool, google maps, etc.
The only other thing I can think of is to use the Verizon GPS fix, but I don't want to apply it yet because I'm on sprint.. (http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=49933)
What else can I try to get the GPS back functioning?
Any help will be appreciated
Thanks
Joe
siliar gps problems here!
both my roommate and i are having similar problems.
i drove for 45 minutes yesterday and left gps viewer running and at some point i got a lock. my roommate could not get a lock.
before flashing NFSROM, both of us were getting locks very quickly.
i have tried to install quickgps but have not found any versions online that will install and work on the custom rom...
anyone else seeing this or got any advice?
thanks!
chanchiya said:
both my roommate and i are having similar problems.
i drove for 45 minutes yesterday and left gps viewer running and at some point i got a lock. my roommate could not get a lock.
before flashing NFSROM, both of us were getting locks very quickly.
i have tried to install quickgps but have not found any versions online that will install and work on the custom rom...
anyone else seeing this or got any advice?
thanks!
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I'm having the same exact issue regardless of what ROM I'm using. I tried reverting to the stock radio and was able to get a lock about 12 hours ago but now I can't. However, I can get a lock using the stock rom but not with a 3rd party rom.
I think I am having the same problem as everyone else with the Alltel TP GPS. I have absolutely no luck finding satellites in my hometown, yet if I travel out of my hometown I can get signal 99% of the time. I tried locking in while I was driving back from work (Ocala, FL) to my hometown (Sarasota, FL) and it worked all the way to my house. As soon as I turned I turned Google Maps off it couldn't find me anymore.
I have tried all the tricks to make it work including the obvious "turn on my location".
If anyone have a solution that works please let me know. I have heard that if you use the Alltel Nav program then the GPS picks up very well, so there must be something there.
can anyone help?
if you are running stock rom its a little finniky at GPS but if your running a custom rom then its a lot better... also the stock radio seems to be little strange...
if your not running stock what are you running?
do you have quick gps installed?
I am using the stock rom. I am not familiar with other ROMs, I haven't looked into that aspect of it yet. What is the best ROM for an Alltel phone (IYO)? Do the other roms still use TouchFLO? Am a very graphic person, so I like the prettyness of TF3D.
i had problems getting a satellite lock in my home town when i had my 6800 with my tp its much better i am running energy rom found here over at ppcgeeks http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=69545. i really think it just has to do with the area/amount of towers. there has been some discussion about needing gps services turned on on alltels side. Saying that if you sign up for there navigation service they will open up gps and then cancel service(i have never used their service and get gps). It sometimes would take awhile for me to get a lock and then only pick up one or two satelites then out of area i would pick up a bunch. have u tried htc gps tool? also check out visual gpsce. try all different radios too. im curently running the vzw rapael radio found here http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=46616. once you flash over your alltel radio u will not be able to flash it back stock since the alltel radio has not been dumped yet (something i was not aware of when i flashed). im going to bet though if you unlock your phone and flash a custom rom your gps lock will be better. good luck!
I installed ConFlippers Rom for the Alltel TPs and I like it a lot, but it didn't do anything to help my GPS lock.
Changing doesn't always helps. Conflippers is a great rom because its exclusive for alltel and is very easy to flash because everything works. With conflippers you need to install "htc gps tool". Then once you have it do the following: select "clear memory" ->open for 15 sec.->close->select "cold or warm start" ->open 10 sec.->check nav init.->check your satellites. If you got green then go to google maps or whatever program you are trying to use gps for.
If you would like to try a different rom then sometimes simply cycling the location setting from on to off then back on again or soft reset is in order. Keep your quick gps up to date.
There is not one fix for all gps problems for the t-Pro. You will find a routine that works and it will no longer be a problem. One thing that works 100 percent of the time is with the stock rom, paying for alltel nav will give you locks instantly in any program at anytime.
I'm using Nfsfan's CDMA Touch Pro Rom
I install the Alltel Carrier Cab and MMS cab in my faq
when I flash it to make it work 100% with Alltel.
(mms=Picture/vid messaging)
The link to my faq is in my signature.
Also, in post one of my signature there is a link to a post I've made
describing what's vga compatible and what's not
till I finish getting everything for my TouchPro Faq.
Sweeny Russ said:
Changing doesn't always helps. Conflippers is a great rom because its exclusive for alltel and is very easy to flash because everything works. With conflippers you need to install "htc gps tool". Then once you have it do the following: select "clear memory" ->open for 15 sec.->close->select "cold or warm start" ->open 10 sec.->check nav init.->check your satellites. If you got green then go to google maps or whatever program you are trying to use gps for.
If you would like to try a different rom then sometimes simply cycling the location setting from on to off then back on again or soft reset is in order. Keep your quick gps up to date.
There is not one fix for all gps problems for the t-Pro. You will find a routine that works and it will no longer be a problem. One thing that works 100 percent of the time is with the stock rom, paying for alltel nav will give you locks instantly in any program at anytime.
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Thanks for the help, I am still lost tho. I tried to do what you said but when I clicked on "nav. init." it said "please open com port first.."
Could you please walk me thru a little further I'm kinda slow
crashelite said:
if you are running stock rom its a little finniky at GPS but if your running a custom rom then its a lot better... also the stock radio seems to be little strange...
if your not running stock what are you running?
do you have quick gps installed?
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Well, I've had my Alltel Touch Pro for about 6 hours now, so I'm hardly an expert (coming from my eternally flashed and reflashed PPC-6800) but, here's my experience with GPS:
Bought the Touch Pro from the Alltel corporate owned store. Walked outside to my car and got in. Went into the phone settings and turned Location On. Popped my Garmin Mobile XT (bought retail, not cracked) card out of my 6800 and into my Touch Pro. Let it install. Started up Garmin Mobile XT, got on the highway, and within a minute had a nice GPS lock.
Obviously, all on the stock Alltel ROM (no time to look into custom ROMs yet, I've only had it for a few hours!) So I can state that at least in my case the GPS worked fine out of the box without any sort of priming or tweaking. YMMV.
Yea, like I said mine works great everywhere I have been except for my hometown. I can even hook up to my bluetooth GPS receiver and it works great everywhere. Just can't seem to get a connection in (Sarasota, FL).
Hey all, i'm running NFSFAN's 1.04 WM6.5.3 rom and i can't get a GPS lock in google maps or TomTom. I've tried the GPS start app and it says it found a GPS on COM4 and everything is working normally, but i never get a position lock.
is there some sort of tweak i have to make to get it working?
missing provisioning?
Check on NFSFAN's post, at the end of the first post there is an attachment of cabs, find the one that is for your carrier, install and voila. done.
You could always download QuickGPS and have it download and store the GPS locations so it connects faster. That's what I did on my TP with NFSF's rom and it finally started working.
anybody could send me this version of quickgps please?