I use my XDA IIi in the car, whenever I connect the power connector, the two little arrows that indicate a connection disappear and only the big G is diaplayed (along with all the other icons).
This wouldn't be so bad, but it is impossible to then establish a GPRS connection, the only way to acheive a connection is to reset the unit, or switch the flight mode on and off. Once I have done this it works perfectly...
Has anyone else experienced this problem, it doesn't happen all the time, and the car power connector is the TomTom GPS type.
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hey guys,
i have a little question,
i just bought a haicom gps receiver and use tomtom 2 software. When i get out of my garage, it takes always more than 15 minutes to get a signal. sometimes during driving i also lose it. How comes?
when i connect my device to the receiver and power, i get something like "connecting to t-mobile MMS"...
oh, btw i have a MDA II with latest NL t-mobile rom. 1.60....
if anyone could help please...
thanks!
The gps should only take this long when first used, after that it should lock in a matter of a couple of minutes, to test the gps properly it is best to test it outside the vehicle, I think most Haicom mouse gps come with magnetic base so stick it on the roof and drive around, if it works better it is probably becuase your car has a metallised windscreen which blocks the signal. The message about connecting to the service provider is an error due to the com port being accessed i think, mine used to bring up activesync every time but once I canged my activesync settings on the xda to manual instead of auto sync it solved the problem.
so i should always drive around with my window open?? and stick the receiver outside the car?
I would agree with Crusin Through - I think your car may well have some form of heated windscreen or heat reflecting windscreen. What car do you have.
If when you do place the receiver on the outside of the car you do get good signal you can get a special anntenna that had an outside part and an internal part that you can fit permanently to the car so you can still move the thing about. Bit like a mobile phone antenna.
Alternatively as you have the XDA II you can get a bluetooth receiver an place it on the rear parcel shelf (I think the wider heating strips won't affect it - but can't confirm it.)
John, I wasnt suggesting you drive around with your window open, I was suggesting a way to ascertain if your windscreen is the problem regarding your blocked gps signal, by the way I have used a gps on the roof and the window will shut almost all the way however as the last post mentioned you can obtain a re-radiating antenna, this will solve your problem if indeed the windscreen is the culprit.
Re-rediating antenna - that's the word I couldn't remember :lol:
ok guys, thanks. i'll try with such an extern antenna.
thanks for your help
Before you spend your money on the re-rad antenna - try the thing on the roof - if this works then the antenna is your only real option if you want to continue with the thing in the front windscreen.
I'd hate you to buy the re-rad and then find it doesn't work.
Incidently what car do you have? (Does it have a heat reflecting or headted windscreen)
And if it works outside,
you still don't have to buy an external antenna, as normally the windshield have an area where is not metal coating...
try to check the manual of your car..
i own a toyota Camry 2002 model, it has indeed a windscreen etc...
My gps system stopped working today. Is there any way of diagnosing to see if its the connector on the phone thats gone tits-up?
I don't know anyone else with an XDA2 you see...
When you say it has stopped working, do you mean no signal, gps not found error or light not illuminating?
I run Tom Tom with a cabled GPS receiver which doubles as a charging cable.
I still get the green charging light, but no GPS signal.
It was working fine. Go into a service station for a bite to eat, and unplugged the receiver. Come back after being fed and watered plug it in again - nothing... No settings have changed, which makes me think its something to do with the connector - either the XDA or the gps receiver.
...but how do I rule out one or the other?
Hi, just wondering if anyone has seen inside a M3100 (TyTN) and knows which way the wifi antenna is orientated..
I find that the signal from my WiFi router is best when the M3100 is used vertically (portrate)... If I slide out the keyboard and use it in landscape the signal drops... It may just be that by holding the keyboard it blocks RF signal.
Not even sure what orientation the antenna is now on my router as I've just switched to Orange broadband and have one of those upturned book type things with no visible antenna.... The liveBox!... All I know is the signal still behaves the same way...
Thanks Phil
P.S Anyone know of a forum for finding out about the LiveBox.. I want to see what the extra unused Ethernet and USB connectors are for.
I use Socket Wi-Fi Companion
great software
http://www.socketcom.com/product/SW1221-596.asp
WiFi
Have been inside and antena is along top edge so would explain better reception in portrait mode - hand obscures a bit in landscape.
Yes that Socket Wi-Fi Companion looks good. I use Hitchhiker cos it's free and actually very easy to use for the old cruising of hotspots.
Mike
Re the antenna, that does make sense with the effect I was getting....
Cheers both.... Phil
what is this about, if gps is not working, why do they sell it::
http://cnn.cn/shop/8525tytnhermes-antenna-p-1615.html
ya, this doesn't make much sense.
Looks to me like a TYPO that should read GPRS or external antenna for car with the connector on the cable. BUT it would get a few buying it first and finding the mistake afterwards wouldn't it!
Yeah, it won't work although it is a GPS booster. I use the same make with my tomtom. It would only help plugging it into a GPS receiver that in turn is connected to the TyTn by cable or bluetooth - not as they show it directly to the Hermes.
Mike
hi,
I refurbished my s4 i9505. I found the phone no longer pick up wifi and bluetooth signals further than a few meters away from the device.
i thought it might have been the antenna cable but it was not.
if someone can help it will be much appertained.
tried safe mode, reboot, circuits look algood, connects fine, similar behavior from the Bluetooth.