Does my NT have GPS? I loaded CM7 on my father-in-laws Nook Color, got Google Maps loaded and it appeared to run great. I can't seem to find "Location Services" settings or anything on my NT though.
FYI - NT 16GB 1.4.2 rooted via sd card, stock ROM
Do I have to load CM to get access to GPS?
No, the location is from WiFi.
So, was I just getting faked out on the Nook Color as well? Is there any way to get some sort of location services working?
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Yes, it is likely the same thing that happened on the color. As there is no GPS receiver or cell radio there is no other way than WiFi to locate the device.
The only way to get a GPS signal to your nook tablet is to wifi tether your tablet to a phone with good and then push the GPS signal to the nook using an app called tether GPS.
I have a routed original Droid that I tether to using open garden tether app. Then I push NY phones GPS location using tether GPS. It is awesome using google navigation on my tablet, muchmore visibility than a small phone.
Let me know if you have any questions.
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I found/installed the server side apk on my phone, that brianf21 made, but I can't find the client side apk that I need to install on my NT.
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Edit: I just installed the client side on my phone as well, then copied over the apk to my NT. It installed, but FC every time.
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Will TetherGPS (Lite or Full) work with any ROMs on the GTab. Would love to have a 10inch GPS.
morseja said:
Will TetherGPS (Lite or Full) work with any ROMs on the GTab. Would love to have a 10inch GPS.
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Dont see why not, but the only reason that came out was because the nook color had no bluetooth (at the time), which the gtab has.
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Dont see why not, but the only reason that came out was because the nook color had no bluetooth (at the time), which the gtab has.
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how does bluetooth help with GPS? I guess im missing something
DroidHam said:
how does bluetooth help with GPS? I guess im missing something
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Bluetooth tether to get gps from your phone or from bluetooth gps receiver.
Tethergps is a client/server app which sends gps data over 2 wifi tethered android devices. For example, I wifi tether my droid x to my nook color, and send gps info from droid x to nook color.
TetherGPS does not wok on VEGAn 5.1.1 on the Gtablet. If I remember correctly, someone tried it on one of the TnT-lite variants as well with no success.
ShareGPS (on an android phone) and BluetoothGPS on the tablet will work for GPS data from the phone to the tablet over a bluetooth connection. Then WiFi tether for data.
An alternative would be to get a cheap Bluetooth GPS receiver and pair it with the gtab, and use one of several utilities in the market to feed the data to a mapping application of your choice. Kinda how we used to do it in the ppc PDA days.
Thanks I can pair the 2 but, I can not get the phone and GTab to talk to each other. I do have a BT GPS and it pairs it to the GTab. What utility would you suggest to start with to get the GPS to match with the navigation software.
For Turn-by-Turn, why do you still need WiFi?
I bought the external GPS receiver, and Google Maps work, but to get turn-by-turn, I have to WiFi tether to my Droid phone. Why?
jlbdroid said:
I bought the external GPS receiver, and Google Maps work, but to get turn-by-turn, I have to WiFi tether to my Droid phone. Why?
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Navigation needs connectivity to setup the route. Once the route is setup and 'cached' you can drop your connection, so long as you don't vary from the route. Any re-calculation needs connectivity.
for off-line navigation try Co-Pilot. It's pretty cheap (I Think $5.00 for USA). It stores the map files on your SDcard so no connectivity is needed.
Also, I'm pretty sure the latest google maps starts storing maps tiles locally as you drive around. Thus, the more you use it, the less dependent you are on a live connection.
+1 for bluetooth gps receiver, bluegps to interface, and co-pilot for nav.
I put up a new version of TetherGPS this morning which might solve certain crashing issues. If it still isn't working, and someone wants to help me test fixes (I don't have a g-tab), shoot me an e-mail at [email protected]
going to try out tehter gps since I can't seem to find blue gps to put on my tab. I found sharegps for my phone.
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Tether GPS Client FC's on me on my gTab running TNT lite.
I believe I've tracked down the FC problem. Give this APK a try. You will only need to install it on your tablet. The server on the phone is unchanged.
This is the lite version, but it includes a full client. If this works I'll push an update to the market for both versions.
http://comptonsoft.com/tethergps/RC/TGPS_Lite.apk
Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks!
Ok, the last version might not have fixed it, but I'm pretty sure this one does.
If you downloaded the last one, try again, same link.
http://comptonsoft.com/tethergps/RC/TGPS_Lite.apk
I've got TetherGPS working on my Viewsonic g tablet running Brilliant Corners 1.2! The trick, you have to disable "Automatic Broadcast IP" and specify the servers (phones) ip address instead. I have a feeling this will work on other roms too!
1. Enable "use gps satellites" on both devices and enable "allow mock locations" on the tablet.
2. Download and install the latest version of TetherGPS on both devices and Wireless Tether on the phone.
3. Create a network using Wireless Tether. After tethering, the IP address you need can be found in Wireless Tether under menu>access control
4. Run TetherGPS on the phone and uncheck "Automatic Broadcast IP" and enter the IP address from step three into "Broadcast IP" and click Start Server.
5. Run TetherGPS on tablet and select Start Client.
6. Once you have it up and running put the widgets on both devices
Now that (hopefully) everything is working all you have to do next time you want to use this is
1. Start Wireless Tether and establish a connection from tablet.
2. Click TetherGPS server widget on phone.
3. Click TetherGPS client widget on tablet.
Hope this works for you too,
Sandman
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TetherGPS does not wok on VEGAn 5.1.1 on the Gtablet. If I remember correctly, someone tried it on one of the TnT-lite variants as well with no success.
ShareGPS (on an android phone) and BluetoothGPS on the tablet will work for GPS data from the phone to the tablet over a bluetooth connection. Then WiFi tether for data.
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+1 Share GPS on my HTC Inspire 4G. BluetoothGPS4Droid on my GTab running TNT Lite 4.4. Works like a charm!
Make sure Bluetooth is on on both devices. Make sure you have WiFi on your GTab (to load maps). I use the WiFi Tether program on my HTC Inspire 4G. Start ShareGPS on phone it will be "listening" and watch for the GPS coordinates to show up. Start BluetoothGPS4Droid on GTab, choose the phone device listed on top of settings, select check mark on SiRF GPS, set retrys to 5 and then select Start/Stop GPS. Phone should then recognize the GTab name and show connected. If not, select menu on ShareGPS and connect to. (You should see your device listed but you also have the option to pair if not listed)
Give it up to 1 min to acquire satellites and launch whatever mapping program you use... Enjoy~
I was never able to find a solution on this so I pose the question again.
I am looking to use some type of tether to connect to a eyefi SD card.
Keep the thought out of your mind about the GTAB connecting to the internet or a phone. This is not your normal how do I get internet on my gtab.
The Eye fi card allows you to transfer photos as you take them in your camera direct to a wifi source or public hotspot. I have it working fine with tethering on my Hero to upload pics to flickr or whatever.
But there is a app call mophotos, this app allows you to transfer pics from your eyefi card direct to your android device.
My problem is it does not seem like any tethering apps see to work correct on the gtab. I just want to to act as a access point that this app can connect to and upload the pics to my gtab. They have it working on the galaxy tab, with tethering.
Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks...
Also something else to add. When something connects via tether to my Hero a Shield pops up in the notification bar and I can enable by click on it.
Red is not authorized
Green is authorized
On the Gtab, they always pop up Red, but when I click on it, it just goes back to the tether screen and I do not see the connection screen where I can enable them. That is why I do not think the tethering app is working correctly. I have tried multiple ones.
Rom? Kernel? Stock? Lot of differences between combinations of rom and kernel. Mo info plz.
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Also, if you are using Tether for Root users, you might want to turn off 'Access Control'. That's known to be a bit buggy.
Rom Vegan 5.1.1 (in my signature)
Kernel ClemsynFroyoVer6
I have tried a while bunch of tether apps, including that one. Turn off access control? It's greyed out...
I currently installed Tether gps on nook color and evo 4g both running nightlies after 7.0. App will start but i get " not recieving location" from the nook color, i have installed the lite and pro on nook color. I set server on evo and client on nook, any ideas?
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I currently installed Tether gps on nook color and evo 4g both running nightlies after 7.0. App will start but i get " not recieving location" from the nook color, i have installed the lite and pro on nook color. I set server on evo and client on nook, any ideas?
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They are on the same network right? Or tethered together? You might double-check the subnet and the broadcast address, but it should "just work"
Enable mock locations in both devices?
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Backwardsblade said:
Enable mock locations in both devices?
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Aha, good point, although not necessary on the server side.
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I currently installed Tether gps on nook color and evo 4g both running nightlies after 7.0. App will start but i get " not recieving location" from the nook color, i have installed the lite and pro on nook color. I set server on evo and client on nook, any ideas?
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I'm using Share GPS on my phone (Sprint Hero) and Blue GPS on my Nook Color to receive. I've tried more combinations of apps to make this work then I can remember and this is the best I've found so far....Also just something to keep in mind, results may vary not just with what rom you're using, but also if you've changed your kernels, since they control the drivers for bluetooth / wifi.
I use the tetherGPS widget (server) on my phone LG Optints M and tethergps widget (client) on my Nookcolor and works perfectly. At least with Aura by sigic.
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Try this on the server: http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
Run it.
Connect to it on NC.
Use tetherGPS.
Profit!
Can't seem to get this to work. The IP will not broadcast from my HTC Aria. I'm running both CM7 on my phone and Nook. I have mock locations enable on both. I'm using the build in CM hot spot from the aria and the nook see it and logs on just fine. But the client can't see the server. And the server will not broadcast the IP. Is it the build in hot spot and I'll need to use another wifi hotspot app or I'm I just missing something. Please help. Thank you.
This is at the early stage of development. I wrote an app that pull the GPS coordinates from the phone and sets up a mock location provider to give the nook true GPS coordinates. For now, I hard coded the server's (phone) IP address into the app. I will change this in the near future.
Setup:
Wireless Tether app installed on phone
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/detail?name=wifi_tether_v3_1-beta2.apk
gpstether installed on phone
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gpstether&feature=search_result
My app installed on nook
Getting it to work:
Start Wireless Tether using the default LAN address (192.168.2.0/24). I hard coded the address for right now. Use the gateway IP address as the GPSTether's address.
Connect nook to Internet via wireless or bluetooth tether
Uncheck "Use wireless network" under "Location & Security settings" on the Nook 9Note: this is not require. You only need to do this to be sure that your are getting coordinates from the GPS and not the wireless network.)
Check "Allow mock locations" under "Development" on the Nook
Start gpstether on phone. Press the home button once it is started. You do not need it displayed on the screen for it to work.
Start my app on the nook. Press the home button once it is started. You do not need it displayed on the screen for it to work.
Then you should be good to go. Test with google maps.
[strke]You have to "Force Stop" my app and gpstether to close them. I will fix this in the future too.[/strke] Fixed
Changelog:
8/12/11
Install the Droid2DroidGPSTether app on the phone. Start wireless tether then gpstether. Of course, the gps must be on.
Install the gps app on the nook. Connect to the wireless tether network then start this app. You can configure the wireless settings and gps settings within the gps app.
Use the GPSTether app that is attached. It will not stop without having to force close.
Client will automatically use the gateway ip as the gps tether server.
7/20/11
Server is no longer hardcoded. If you are tethered, then use the Gateway of the nook, otherwise use the IP address of the phone.
Added start and stop button
Added some exception handling to prevent FCs
Reusing connect; not closing and recreating new connect every time
Faked Accuracy so Navigation thinks it is connect to real GPS
TODO
Status Messages is not complete (On that note, does anyone know how to update a TextView from a thread to the parent?)
I'm confused; what advantage does this have over using TetherGPS client on the Nook? I've been using GPS on the Nook since I got it by using TetherGPS server on my Optimus and the client on the Nook, haven't had any trouble.
TetherGPS isn't free
I'll try this shortly on my Honeycomb. Hard coding IP address may be an issue on my phone.
Great start!
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TetherGPS isn't free
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His first post before edit mentioned TetherGPS was needed, thus my question.
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His first post before edit mentioned TetherGPS was needed, thus my question.
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TetherGPS is different then GPStether. I was confused at first too. I went looking for some tethering software and I found GPStether first. By the time I found TetherGPS I was too far along to stop. Doesn't hurt to have two products out there.
can't run on my Honeycomb'd NC. Get "No Netfilter Sorry, but your kernel does not have all necessary features for running this application."
Also, does installing GPSTether on my mobile phone do exactly the same thing as installing TetherGPS (which costs $)?
Looking again at the first post, I'm not sure about having to disable wifi and location settings on my Nook just to get this working. It's ok to do it for an early alpha release, but not once the app becomes mature, since it's a lot of extra steps to have to do manually. Hopefully these things get done by the app and re-enabled when you exit or something.
I just use a GPS over BT!
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can't run on my Honeycomb'd NC. Get "No Netfilter Sorry, but your kernel does not have all necessary features for running this application."
Also, does installing GPSTether on my mobile phone do exactly the same thing as installing TetherGPS (which costs $)?
Looking again at the first post, I'm not sure about having to disable wifi and location settings on my Nook just to get this working. It's ok to do it for an early alpha release, but not once the app becomes mature, since it's a lot of extra steps to have to do manually. Hopefully these things get done by the app and re-enabled when you exit or something.
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The GPSTether and Wireless Tether should run on the phone. The only thing that runs on the nook is the gps.apk that is at the bottom of the post. It does not use Netfilter. You do not have to disable "Use wireless networks". I just did this to make should you were getting the coordinates from the phone.
which gps and what app on the nook?
Works well for me so far, thanks for this great little utility!
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Brian, is it possible to make the code for the available for the Archos 101 and HP Touchpad?
The file gps.apk gives a parser error !
I have also tried to download droid 2 droid gps client from the market, but no luck.
Anyone tried the new PdaNet Tablet app with their Nook and connected via andorid phone?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pdanet.tablet2
Have not tried PDAnet, but I did get Wifi tethering working with no problem. Ran on my phone, Nook Tablet picked it up and ran flawlessly.
I used Android Wifi Tether (google it, will be first search term) on google code. Its free, so you can't go wrong. I am using a Droid 2 rooted with stock rom, if that makes any difference.
PDA_Net
Using version 3.25 that I installed from PC to Samsung Fascinate(Verizon). Foxfi sets up WiFi hotspot on phone. Data speed is good and poor at times, more to do with Verizon than app. Only problem I have is my phone wants to setup hotspot account with carrier(everytime), fix by reboot. Power hungry on phone side. Will have to try this newer version.
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Have not tried PDAnet, but I did get Wifi tethering working with no problem. Ran on my phone, Nook Tablet picked it up and ran flawlessly.
I used Android Wifi Tether (google it, will be first search term) on google code. Its free, so you can't go wrong. I am using a Droid 2 rooted with stock rom, if that makes any difference.
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What's interesting is that PdaNet just released version 3.5 for the phone that has a new WiFi connection method. I thought I might be able to use the 3.5 version on the phone side and this new tablet version on the Nook side.
It looks like the version 3.5 phone side creates an ad-hoc hotspot which the Nook Tablet can't see.
I run cm7 on my phone as well as my NT. I tether the NT on a daily basis from the phone using portable hotspot.
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What's interesting is that PdaNet just released version 3.5 for the phone that has a new WiFi connection method. I thought I might be able to use the 3.5 version on the phone side and this new tablet version on the Nook side.
It looks like the version 3.5 phone side creates an ad-hoc hotspot which the Nook Tablet can't see.
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You also need Foxfi app on phone. Once you setup foxfi you will see that network on Nook tablet wifi settings. Not sure what PDAnet tablet will do for you, Nook tablet already has wifi.
New 3.50 version didn't work well on my Fascinate phone, went back to 3.25
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Have not tried PDAnet, but I did get Wifi tethering working with no problem. Ran on my phone, Nook Tablet picked it up and ran flawlessly.
I used Android Wifi Tether (google it, will be first search term) on google code. Its free, so you can't go wrong. I am using a Droid 2 rooted with stock rom, if that makes any difference.
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I'm trying to get this to work with my D2 as well but the connection will immediately disconnect as quickly it connects.
For Device Profile are you using, Auto, Generic, Droid 2 or something else?
Thanks,
Nikkie
A200 ICS and EVO 4G Honeycomb (rooted)
Thanks to all who donate so much time making these wonderful tools.
Here's how I got my own Acer A200 Iconia tablet running ICS to connect through my EVO 4G (Sprint) running honeycomb (2.3.5) on 4/20/2012.
Your mileage may vary. If it doesn't work for you, don't email me, I"m no expert.
Root the EVO (HTC UNLOCK / AMON Ra / SuperUser etc ... )
No need to root the tablet
Install FoxFi on the EVO (I'm using version 1.80.5)
Download and install PDANET to your desktop machine
(I'm using 3.5 x64 for windows 7)
Set the EVO to debug mode and connect to your EVO to your desktop computer Start PDANET on the Windows computer (PdaNet pushes itself to the EVO. This little fact seemed to be missing from everything I read about it)
Disconnect the EVO from the computer.
Using your tablet wifi connection, go to the store,
download and install PDANET TABLET onto your A200 (I'm using version 2.20)
Pair your tablet to your EVO over BlueTooth
Start PDAnet on your EVO. It will start FoxFi. Turn on BlueTooth
From your EVO home page select menu/Wireless and networks/Bluetooth settings
Enable Discoverable
Disable Wifi on your tablet.
Enable Bluetooth on your tablet.
Start PdaNet on your tablet
connect to your EVO
Surf the web.
Hope this works for all of you.
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Thanks to all who donate so much time making these wonderful tools.
Here's how I got my own Acer A200 Iconia tablet running ICS to connect through my EVO 4G (Sprint) running honeycomb (2.3.5) on 4/20/2012.
Your mileage may vary. If it doesn't work for you, don't email me, I"m no expert.
Root the EVO (HTC UNLOCK / AMON Ra / SuperUser etc ... )
No need to root the tablet
Install FoxFi on the EVO (I'm using version 1.80.5)
Download and install PDANET to your desktop machine
(I'm using 3.5 x64 for windows 7)
Set the EVO to debug mode and connect to your EVO to your desktop computer Start PDANET on the Windows computer (PdaNet pushes itself to the EVO. This little fact seemed to be missing from everything I read about it)
Disconnect the EVO from the computer.
Using your tablet wifi connection, go to the store,
download and install PDANET TABLET onto your A200 (I'm using version 2.20)
Pair your tablet to your EVO over BlueTooth
Start PDAnet on your EVO. It will start FoxFi. Turn on BlueTooth
From your EVO home page select menu/Wireless and networks/Bluetooth settings
Enable Discoverable
Disable Wifi on your tablet.
Enable Bluetooth on your tablet.
Start PdaNet on your tablet
connect to your EVO
Surf the web.
Hope this works for all of you.
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The Nook tablet is not bluetooth capable.