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Is my Radio problem usual ??

I read many people have radio problem with their Wizard
My problem is "I'm at home and I have 4 bar radio signal" at night I leave my Qtek on table.
At the marning he's looking for signal
I put 2.47.11 radio rom but it's the same
Repar center told me it's because the devive had falled down
Is this problem the same as usual ??
THX

Not all radio roms work well...depends on where you live. I use 2.47 and it rocks, but 2.61 and 2.69 won't fetch me even one bar where I live. Sometimes I can have a full signal and then hours later need to reclaim the signal. You can do this by soft resetting, or in settings/phone/network tab click "Find Network". I don't know if this is a common issue, but I have had this problem before...especially when I had the 2.6x radio rom's installed. Also to note...many chef's say that if you use a custom rom 2.19 is the best radio to go with.
Sorry couldn't be of more help.

GPS satellite detection

Hi, I've got TomTom Navigator 6 installed on my Trinity and it all works fine, except it takes about 5 minutes before it picks up any satellites when I run it - does anybody know if there's a fix to enable to gps chip to pick up satellites a bit quicker than this? Even when I'm outside and away from tall buildings it's the same. Any help or suggestions would be great.
Thanks

Works fine on my Trinity. I think I have the following : Trinity-Radio-ROM-1[1].41.00.11-by-ZakMcRofl, installed so maybe try putting this Radio ROM on. There maybe better Radio ROMs but this one works fine for me.
Less than a minute from a cold start and even works inside the house. It is faster at getting a fix than my Kaiser.

I have the official HTC ROM upgrade on my Trinity and like the OP it takes a wee while to get a fix. I am learninig to live with it.

in my rom i have a program called "QuickGPS"; every 3 days it downloads a file (few KB) that contains some data about satellite positions - this should accelerate FIXing process... in theory.
Try it!
An alternative could be having GPS "always on" with another program running minimized!

I have the exact the same problem using destinator! Well i just read somewhere that a prog called "gps gate" seems to make our job but i dont know yet.I have to find it and try it. Plus i dont want to have always gps on cause i need battery to speak...

as mentioned in a previous post, id check the radio version u have installed, and maybe update it mate....
different radio versions run differently with roms......its pot luck.
try the 1.46....or the 1.50 radio....they work well on mine...
Radio 1.38.00.11
Radio 1.41.00.11
Radio 1.46.00.11/30.11
Radio 1.50.08.11

I tried the Radio 1.50.08.11 and found that it indeed did pick up GPS 2x faster than my original Radio, issue was it has no 3G capability, it switched me to EDGE, so I went back.
Also HTC QuickGPS fails to download the updates for me....

You can try that :
http://rapidshare.com/files/25607303/SeaSGEE.exe
It's like QuickGPS ...
Just run it each time before using the GPS (don't wait the 3 days) ... It's works fine for me ...

try PDAMOBIZ ROM's
try PDAMOBIZ ROM's for me they can get a much faster fix than all the others
maybe due to some tweaks - not sure but costantly got a fix in <60sec. compared to 4/5 min. in the same location

................or you could try the new radio thats out as of today for the trinity......
1.56.70.11

desolateone said:
I tried the Radio 1.50.08.11 and found that it indeed did pick up GPS 2x faster than my original Radio, issue was it has no 3G capability, it switched me to EDGE, so I went back.
Also HTC QuickGPS fails to download the updates for me....
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Radio 1.50.08.11 works like a charm for me....full 3G and HSDPA so I am not sure what the problem is on your P3600i.
I have found that GPS Quick Position is useful (even if just for the Placebo effect). Time to first fix is not an issue for me....lots of people complain about it on the Trinity and compare it to the PNA GPS units...but really there has to be something of a compromise on a phone/GPS/PDA otherwise the thing would be a Laptop.

Andych said:
Radio 1.50.08.11 works like a charm for me....full 3G and HSDPA so I am not sure what the problem is on your P3600i.
I have found that GPS Quick Position is useful (even if just for the Placebo effect). Time to first fix is not an issue for me....lots of people complain about it on the Trinity and compare it to the PNA GPS units...but really there has to be something of a compromise on a phone/GPS/PDA otherwise the thing would be a Laptop.
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I'm trialling 1.56.70.11 now, but again it has switched me to EGDE.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2396785#post2396785

tomtom signal problem

every time I start tomtom, it always take a long time to get signal. sometimes, it even take an hour to get signal, or can't get signal after an hour.
is this because of the radio?

citrix80 said:
every time I start tomtom, it always take a long time to get signal. sometimes, it even take an hour to get signal, or can't get signal after an hour.
is this because of the radio?
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How about some more informations?
Which radio are you using, do you use quick gps, ...
TDO

yes, i use quick GPS. radio version is 1.70 Olinex. it is from polaris unlocker.

citrix80 said:
yes, i use quick GPS. radio version is 1.70 Olinex. it is from polaris unlocker.
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Are you sure?
There are only this version available for the polaris:
Polaris Radio 1.58.21.23
Polaris Radio 1.58.25.14
Polaris Radio 1.58.26.20
Polaris Radio 1.64.06.04
Polaris Radio 1.64.08.21
TDO

You forgot Radio 1.58.23.21 which is also available.
Where do you use it, in your livingroom, outside, in a city jungle or open field, in your car, ...?
Do you/did you regularily use Quick GPS to update your ephemeris data? (sat positions around the globe)
Is your polaris in a case? Metal, leather or plastic?
Does this happen after a hardreset or directly after you flashed a new ROM?

same thing happen in my house, in car, or outside. i'm using a sillicone cover i got from ebay, it is something like a thick rubber that cover the phone. but same problem before i had the case.
I do use quick GPS regularly. this is same with stock wm6 rom and bepe wm6.1 rom which i'm using right now.

Hmm... maybe I overreact but could be a hardware failure. Dont know, but I tend to say that if the stock ROM doesnt work either with certain components, they must be broken.
I for myself would install one of the many GPS testing tools available which can monitor everything which has to do with GPS. I'd use it to see if you have NO incoming signals at all while waiting or if the device gets signals from satellites but cant fix them or whatever the matter could be.

GPS Not working?

I have tried villian rom and modaco rom but when i enable gps sattelites in the phone option it says its enabled but gps applications never get a fix and the satellie symbol doesnt ever appear in the task bar. Also I dont know for sure when this started happening because i have not tried using gps for a while, but would flashing the hacked spl cause it? are there any fixes?

I have tried Villian 5.2 and aHero 0.7, with Radio 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26.
GPS get a lock, short time later it lose the lock.
Tested with different Software (GPS Test, Igo, Navigon, Maps)

does the radio affect the gps?

sandmen said:
I have tried Villian 5.2 and aHero 0.7, with Radio 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26.
GPS get a lock, short time later it lose the lock.
Tested with different Software (GPS Test, Igo, Navigon, Maps)
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I noticed following with my phone: GPS gets lock (with Navigon, Google Maps ...) and works fine while phone is connected to the 2G base station. As soon it's switched to the 3G, GPS losts it's lock. If 3G is disabled (*#*#INFO*#*#) everthing works fine. Also lock gets back as soon as 3G is disabled. I'm using MoDaCo 3.2 and did try two different radio ROMs: 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26 and 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.08.26. Hope this helps.

on the 2.1 roms that are available atm the phone needs to be booted with gps turned ON, otherwise it won't find a fix. when you are going back from 2.1 to 1.5 (e.g. modaco) you need to reflash the radio to make the gps work again. that is valid for the JU 09.26 radio, not sure about older versions.

There was an issue with flashing some of the 2.1's and then going back to a restored ROM. I am using the Mr Bang Performance rom, but couldn't get a lock. The solution was to reflash the radio and it should work then.
I'd give that a go, it might sort you out.
EDIT: I see kerndog already pointed that out...

ah perfect, reflashing the radio worked! thanks guys

does radio affect gps?

i was wondering if changing radio version affects GPS? i've changed radio to install android but it barely works now even on WM. it works just after first boot of WM or android. but if i disable it then renable it, it doesnt even find satellites.
im going to change radio from 2.12.x and see if it persists.
anyone experienced this?

I'm using radio 2.12 Energy rom and Bangsters android. With this setup GPS works well in both systems. I can find a gps fix in my car with my hd2 just as quickly as my standalone magellan unit.

Yes...radio version effect GPS... I am using 2.12 as well, but I do not have problem with GPS fix.
I have seen certain version on radios that takes forever to get fix while some gets fix within 15sec (i did test myself by switching several version of radios in a same day). I also believe your location also is a factor as discussed in radio effecting battery life threads.
Im in Malaysia and using Maxis.