http://cnn.cn/shop/8525tytnhermes-antenna-p-1615.html
did this thing working?
and where is the software?
any who nows?
The GPS on the Hermes is disabled at the chip level in hardware--so NO the antenna in the link won't help. The only way to get gps is to sell your hermes and buy a kaiser or buy an add on gps
bultnisse said:
http://cnn.cn/shop/8525tytnhermes-antenna-p-1615.html
did this thing working?
and where is the software?
any who nows?
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if you did a search (like you should have) you would have found the other threads on it including the original one where someone pulled a phone to bits to work it out.
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This seems like a silly question even while i am the one asking it. but by the looks of things i need to buy a bluetooth GPS to get my tomtom working.
is this correct..
thanks jay
Yes I'm afraid so - Unless your Pocket PC has a built in GPS (but as far as I know none of the HTC models do).
you could also use a SDIO GPS, but BT is a more elegant solution.
by bt you mean like the bt phone company?
jamiehutber said:
by bt you mean like the bt phone company?
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Bluetooth GPS Receiver, from £50 inc vat. - http://www.gpsw.co.uk/cats/cl3_209.html?OrderBy=Price&
ye sounds good. i was looking on ebay they have solo panel bt one. any preference on the number that they have. the one you pointed to is a "36". whats that mean?! :lol:
cheers for the help
Ill recommend you the Holux GPSlim 236 Bluetooth GPS with SIRF Star III chipset, imho the best you can get for your money right now.
How about the Solar GPS reciever
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Solar-Bluet...9709303933QQcategoryZ4668QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I have heard of people using this one with the universal.
Anyone have any info about that one?
My advice is don't waste time on gimmicks.
The priority is to get a SIRF III chipset inside as beachmeat suggests.
Solar panels do not stop you having to charge the device, they merely slow down the rate of discharge, providing it's day time, in the winter evenings and at night, you'll probably find they have less battery power then a non-solar panelled device. The guys over at Pocketgpsworld.com did not rate solar panel recievers very well and took time to recover from the piece of advice on the instructions which say "Contains sensitive electronic parts, keep out of direct sunlight"
Another excelent device is the Globalsat BT-338, or the Holux that was recommended earlier.
another Vote for either the Holux 236 works really well with the Exec
well i took your advise even though the solar panel did have the new chipset... i ended up getting a Globalsat BT-338 for £70.. so when i get it i'll let everybody how it goes and works
other options
being 3g the universal is able to run telco programs which help u with traffic like tomtom, even better they can give you more personalized information because the telco can feed u life information.
I live in Australia and Telstra is currently testing a live road map system through 3g, optus does this also.
hope that helps
I might be talking rubbish, but I recently read somewhere that there is a GPS receiver built into the Universal or something like that. From what I remember it was called the 911 GPS and is used to give position information to the emergency services when they are contacted. I heard somewhere it was possible to integrate this to work with navigator software, but would like to know whether or not this is actually correct.
Thanks
Euan
Hi everybody,
Today one of the Russian PDA forums was claiming Herald to have a built-in GPS (!!!) just like the one in Artemis. The only problem is that there's some contact needing to be soldered.
What do you think, is that possible?
Interesting )))) 4PDA ????
Please post more info
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Interesting )))) 4PDA ????
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Yup. It was on 4PDA.
Biom Defiler said:
Yup. It was on 4PDA.
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I see )))))
gpsd possibility ??
Please send a link so we can take a look at this and research the possibility of gps.
this would be great, anyone can post a link so that we can view it and practive our russian.
best regards
any new informations?
it's a nice fact, my vpa compact 4 will come in 3 days
Wheres the link
Still waiting for the link on that gps coverage ?????
The source of the rumor is here.
But there is nothing more than was said already. Just a pure claim (speculation?), without any detalis.
The initial source says that he had heard it from a person who is an official HTC representative. No more no less. Blueprints unavailable.
I heard fm a newsgroup said that, Herald using the same radio chips as Trinity, which has GPS capability.
But the problem is, Herald doesn't have built-in GPS antenna. That may be what "soldering" needed
Herald and Trinity have different RF modules. Don't confuse it with TyTN, pls.
I've dissassembled Herald - there's no anything inside about GPS
Well.. i think every HTC has an build in GPS because the Herald uses EDGE. that's an sort of GPS so maybe if you search the internet for an edge gps converter, it will show up something promesing. but if you guys want me to contact the HTC company and ask them if the phone has an GPS, i'd do that. a friend of mine works at HTC. i can contact him.
Sry about my rubbish english. it's early in the morning.
^What?! I... wha... I'm gonna go smoke a blunt.
Even if it has GPS, where do you think we can put the antenna? I think Artemis and Herald are same from hardwer point of view.
that cant be true. in trinity there was antena and cpu with integrated gps chipset. in hermes there was same cpu with same chipset but there was no way to install antena and project was quit.
in artemis there is same cpu as in herald but this cpu is in wizard to for example (and in some smartphone) and gps isn't integrated. in artemis this is a standalone chipset which i cant find on my heralds motherboard.. and.. even if that chip is somewhere on our mb's it will not work at all because of lack of antenna.
and between gps and gprs (edge) there are "huge" diffrence...
"edge gps converter"?
and this as a bonus for them who dont belive me that omap850 doesnt have gps implementation. http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/wt...lateId=6123&navigationId=12000&contentId=4679
sorry for my english :/
It was probably misread from here.
Such a large portfolio makes it difficult to differentiate individual models substantially. A quick look at the technical specifications will reveal many similarities with the HTC P3300 (Artemis) that we reviewed recently, although the devices look completely different. In short, take out the GPS module and the unique HTC RollR™ control, add a slider keyboard and voila: we can herald a new device.
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I have heard there is software out there but this girl is in over her head. i would like to enable the internal gps for the 8525 but I don't know where to start any ideas?
Thanks guys
Tiffany
RTFW
It's not possible.
"Hey, your an idiot."-------sorry thats just one of my favorite sayings.
But on a serious note you need to do some researching and read the thread about the internal gps and how it can not be done. Adios
tiffanyb said:
I have heard there is software out there but this girl is in over her head. i would like to enable the internal gps for the 8525 but I don't know where to start any ideas?
Thanks guys
Tiffany
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The internal gps was hacked with a homebrew driver and a trinity radio, however it was found that the internal gps did NOT have an antenna present and the hardware mod to fit one would just be stupid to try (VERY likely to brick).
If you follow the gps thread (in the hermes upgrading section) you will find that the chip reports two satelites in range but im sure this was found to be erroneous.
The best and cheapest and probably the most wise thing to do is to use a bluetooth gps receiver.
thanks mrvanx
thanks mrvanx..I heard there was an internal gps but I thought i needed some software to activate it.sorry to hear it.anyone know the best/cheapest bluetooth gps device?
tiffanyb said:
thanks mrvanx..I heard there was an internal gps but I thought i needed some software to activate it.sorry to hear it.anyone know the best/cheapest bluetooth gps device?
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have a looky at this:
HOLOX BT-321 GPS Module Review
Its possibly the crappiest review ever but im using that gps unit and its awesome (works fine with the hermes)
Can anyone help me on this one. I am looking at the Trinity (Ornage M700) and see a coax style connector on the rear. I have spent the last three days searching many forums and many threads and no one seems to have a definitive answer for what it does. My questions are (I think?) fairly simple:
Is this an external GPS or Phone antenna connection?
If it is GPS, can I disable the internal GPS to check if it works?
If I can, could someone please tell me how.
I realise I could buy a BT GPS but the wired ones are only £10 (delivered)!!
ANy help, greately apperciated.
in this topic they talk about the same thing you are wondering about:
I bought the aerial. As I expected, it did nothing for the GPS strength, but it did slightly improve the Phone signal so it was probably worth it.
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Thanks to "The_Stranger"
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in this topic they talk about the same thing you are wondering about:
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Ahh, many thanks, I must of missed that one! Cheers!
Hi,
this has been discussed before and in different places, but nobody came up with a valid solution:
Is there a quick GPS program that works for Trinity? Is there one in the new p3600i that works with P3600? What about the Kaiser one, did anyone get it to work properly on the Trinity, if yes, does it actually work? There's the Qgps, apparently from HP wich has the same qualcomm chip - it doesn't seem to work.
So, the objective of this post is to summarize anything that works. Please do not post anything about other GPS quick fix from other vendors or Sirf fixes, we already know they don't work.
thanks!
Nope.
there is a gps sat location updater piece of software but it doesn't seem to do anything on Trinity in UK.
djfuego said:
there is a gps sat location updater piece of software but it doesn't seem to do anything on Trinity in UK.
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which one is it?
thanks!
P.S. QGPS appears to help a little bit, but it's difficult to tell
This may be a solution, but it requires a data connection
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=336599
Radashka said:
This may be a solution, but it requires a data connection
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=336599
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Yet another placebo - as the final remark in the thread underlines....