I have a Microsoft external USB GPS that I got like 5 years ago with MS streets and trips.
Do you guys know if this will work with the Gtab? I know this bad boy has this USB host so I suppose it would all come down to drivers.
Yes, it should work fine. I use an old bluetooth GPS device for navigation...
You have to side load blue gps apk (search this forum) and configure it to override the 'phone' GPS settings.
tab_newbie said:
Yes, it should work fine. I use an old bluetooth GPS device for navigation...
You have to side load blue gps apk (search this forum) and configure it to override the 'phone' GPS settings.
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+1 I'm sure you can make this happen. Long road but worth the payoff. Wouldn't hurt to let us know when you got it up and working ;-)
The problem will be that as you move around (in a car for example) your google map will not update since it has no connection to the internet so you will soon have a blank page with a little blue dot moving around on it. If you have rooted your phone and you can tether the g-pad to it so it can get updates then it would probably work. At that point though, you are carrying the g-tab, the phone and an external gps receiver so why not just use the gps ini your phone or by a cheap garmin?
Better off using copilot, maps are stored locally so not internet connection is required.
discord2k said:
I have a Microsoft external USB GPS that I got like 5 years ago with MS streets and trips.
Do you guys know if this will work with the Gtab? I know this bad boy has this USB host so I suppose it would all come down to drivers.
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The GTab will work with an external Bluetoothj GPS, it will most likely not work with a USB connected GPS which is what you say you have. If it has Bluetooth, Get CoPilot and Blue GPS and you should be all set.
You'll probably need to install a kernal module
Hi all im trying to use my GPS on navigation and it doesnt seem to be working one bit i even downloaded a gps app and that wasnt picking it up also any idea's what's wrong?
TipTopFlipFlop said:
Hi all im trying to use my GPS on navigation and it doesnt seem to be working one bit i even downloaded a gps app and that wasnt picking it up also any idea's what's wrong?
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EDIT: the only real GPS dead zones are underground and on a very rare occurence when your time and date aren't synchronized with that of the GPS sattelite. Other then that, have you tried to enable GPS in settings (would be weird if it was disabled by default). It also matters if you have a data connection when using some apps (I have never gotten google maps to show me where I am when I have no data).
Hope some of this is useful to you
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EDIT: the only real GPS dead zones are underground and on a very rare occurence when your time and date aren't synchronized with that of the GPS sattelite. Other then that, have you tried to enable GPS in settings (would be weird if it was disabled by default). It also matters if you have a data connection when using some apps (I have never gotten google maps to show me where I am when I have no data).
Hope some of this is useful to you
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Thank's for the reply the GPS is enabled still no luck,you cant get data on the Galaxy Player anyway i think.
Other people must be having this problem too the thread has had about 200 view's does anyone know anything about this problem?
TipTopFlipFlop said:
Thank's for the reply the GPS is enabled still no luck,you cant get data on the Galaxy Player anyway i think.
Other people must be having this problem too the thread has had about 200 view's does anyone know anything about this problem?
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By data connection he means a wifi connection.
GPS uses data always. So it needs a data stream to get and use location services and maps.
On a phone it uses cellular or wifi but on an ipod style device or the galaxy player it needs wifi.
Without wifi it will never work unless your gps config files are modified; which is something i learned when trying to get the Acer Iconia GPS to work. And even then its probably not going to work.
Turn on wifi. I bet it works.
You now may be thinking "then what good is gps when i do not have a data connection!!?" - and my answer is exactly!!!
Gps on these devices is a gimmick and really only works when wifi is available.
True gps like a tom tom device doesnt need a wifi connection because it uses the gps link iyself for the limited data it needs plus the maps are built in.
On the galaxy player and phones the maps are downloaded at needed because they are hundreds of megs .
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True gps like a tom tom device doesnt need a wifi connection because it uses the gps link iyself for the limited data it needs plus the maps are built in.
On the galaxy player and phones the maps are downloaded at needed because they are hundreds of megs .
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The Galaxy Player works fine as a standalone GPS without need of a wifi connection if you have the right kind of app. I use Sygic but there are several others. You download maps from Sygic to your player so they are available on your device. Works fine on my 5" Galaxy Player. Also there are apps like speedometers which use the GPS and work fine without a wifi connection.
I use Sygic. And also use pre recorded areas in Google Maps when I need it. No need to WI-FI, etc..
It is a good GPS 5 ".
In fact, very good.
Until now no problems experienced with GPS. If you do not connect may be related to your area.
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By data connection he means a wifi connection.
GPS uses data always. So it needs a data stream to get and use location services and maps.
On a phone it uses cellular or wifi but on an ipod style device or the galaxy player it needs wifi.
Without wifi it will never work unless your gps config files are modified; which is something i learned when trying to get the Acer Iconia GPS to work. And even then its probably not going to work.
Turn on wifi. I bet it works.
You now may be thinking "then what good is gps when i do not have a data connection!!?" - and my answer is exactly!!!
Gps on these devices is a gimmick and really only works when wifi is available.
True gps like a tom tom device doesnt need a wifi connection because it uses the gps link iyself for the limited data it needs plus the maps are built in.
On the galaxy player and phones the maps are downloaded at needed because they are hundreds of megs .
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The GPS technology works perfectly fine without data connection. To speed up the first fix, aGPS was developped and uses a data connection when available, but data connection is not mandatory. It's what is used in most if not all smartphones (search for "assisted gps" in wikipedia).
Data connection are required by some navigation software because they need to download the maps or for some obscure reasons. It's the case with google navigation for example.
But you can use a software that doesn't require data connection and store all its map on the device and only uses the GPS signal to do the fix, as gotok pointed out correctly. An android device with a good navigation software is no different than what you call a "true gps like tomtom".
I think you just don't make the difference between GPS (the technology) and navigation software.
I agree that the samsung S wifi's GPS capabilities are not very useful "out of the box" with the limitations of google navigation, but it can work perfectly fine with a good software. Don't blame this device (or any other one) for the shortcomings of google navigation and some other software.
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I agree that the samsung S wifi's GPS capabilities are not very useful "out of the box" with the limitations of google navigation, but it can work perfectly fine with a good software. Don't blame this device (or any other one) for the shortcomings of google navigation and some other software.
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The software is definitely an issue. The SGP i got for christmas couldn't utilize its GPS at all. Regardless of what app tried to use GPS location services, i always got a location error (E.G. Location unavailable at this time.) After doing a little searching, i found that someone had an app that fixed a similar problem. I downloaded "GPS Status & Toolbox" and let it run. Its primary use is a compass and getting information about location, but after i opened it and let it download GPS configuration information, everything worked perfectly. Maps showed where i was, Facebook gave me nearby locations and so on.
Dont know if everyone figured this out already or not, but after reading over most of the thread, i didn't see a definitive solution. Just thought I'd share what i had found.
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The GPS technology works perfectly fine without data connection. To speed up the first fix, aGPS was developped and uses a data connection when available, but data connection is not mandatory. It's what is used in most if not all smartphones (search for "assisted gps" in wikipedia).
Data connection are required by some navigation software because they need to download the maps or for some obscure reasons. It's the case with google navigation for example.
But you can use a software that doesn't require data connection and store all its map on the device and only uses the GPS signal to do the fix, as gotok pointed out correctly. An android device with a good navigation software is no different than what you call a "true gps like tomtom".
I think you just don't make the difference between GPS (the technology) and navigation software.
I agree that the samsung S wifi's GPS capabilities are not very useful "out of the box" with the limitations of google navigation, but it can work perfectly fine with a good software. Don't blame this device (or any other one) for the shortcomings of google navigation and some other software.
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Data connection is never "mandatory" but with some GPS chipsets, it effectively is.
Some chipsets are so crippled they are almost never able to get a lock without assistance.
See the original GalaxyS phones as one example.
The Infuse is improved but not much better.
The Galaxy S II is VERY good at standalone operation.
Galaxy Players - ???, no clue
The GPS works fine, without wifi, on the Galaxy Player 5.0. To test it, get GPS Test (free). Of all the devices I have ever had with GPS (including Nokia phones, LG Android and HTC phones, Garmin) the GPS is the fastest I have experienced. Locks indoors and on moving trains very fast.
I use CoPilot mapping and navigation program and it works great.
I use "Mapdroid" (Free) and "Navdroid" (purchased) and both work great as stand-alone apps. The maps are open source maps and can be had for pretty much anywhere in the world.
Just like a real stand-alone GPSr the accuracy and speed of start up depends on a clear view of the sky, enough time to builds it's almanac of Sats and how far you are from the location you last accessed the app ( moving great distances between uses is almost the same as being turned on for the first time). The same can be said if too much time has gone by between use (such as months).
The Sat almanac gets built when your gpsr is turned on for the first time and is used as a predictive way identifying which Sats should be overhead at the current time you turn your GPSr on. Four or more Sataltites locked in gives you a higher degree of accuracy.
John
I recently purchased a TomTom MK-II external GPS device and was trying to connect to my HP Touchpad with Android CyanogenMod 7 alpha 3.5 built. The GPS device got paired successfully. However, there were no signal at all and still got no luck after google online.
1. I tried an app call "Bluetooth GPS" by GOOGOO Android. The GPS got connected but there is no signal (on main page, nothing show on Altitude, Lat/Lon, but in NMEA log, alot of things are going).
2. Tried another app call "Bluetooth GPS Provider" by Mobile-J.DE. Still not working
If anyone got connect successfully, let me know which device u use and how. Thank!!!
Hello,
Can someone please help me on how resolve a problem with my gps on my IMAN victor smartphone.
When I bought the phone, there was no problems with the gps, it worked perfectly fine.
I am not sure what happened but when I go to use google maps or waze it locates the gps satellites then it loses signal and then it keeps looking for gps signal, locates it and than drops signal.
I downloaded gps status and run the features in this app, but no change in either of the apps.
I did a factory install but still no change.
Can someone help any advise would be very much appreciated.
It is running android 6.0 . The device is not rooted.
I'm having trouble with bluetooth connectivity on a brand new LG V30.
It appears some others have had issues as well where it will just stop the connection randomly, or other miscellaneous bs.
Is there a solution? Can I downgrade firmware? I'm at a loss here.
Sidenote: can I emulate a phone and it use my laptops Bluetooth to troubleshoot or connect and push settings to an external bluetooth unit in the meantime? I've used bluestacks before, but never for something like this.
edit: bluestacks wont work, can anyone confirm that a VM with an android x86 will work?
I realise this is a bit old now. I've had similar problems. Clearing data and cache of the system bluetooth apps seems to have helped.