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Guys,
Just got this GPS to go with my Xda Exec, it seems to work fine and is a lovely little unit, but only functions correctly when using with SirfIII compatible software? Any software that doesn't have Sirf support doesn't seem able to switch the GPS into its NMEA mode?!
Any PocketPC apps I download to use with it just hang as soon as I open the port to the GPS UNLESS they support Sirf.
Am I missing something here?
Get hold of the TT vs3 GPS driver, and use that to switch the GPS over to the NMEA mode
Ahhh thanks for reply, sounds good but where do I find that? Is that the GPS.cab file that comes with the install? If so thats already on there!?
I've tried Google but can't find any trace of anything similar?
Try pocketgps.co.uk go to the downloads section and it is on that page its vs2,06 that you need - Mike
Many thanks, just installed it and I now have a new application in my Programs.
Upon firing it up, I can select from a list of GPS devices and the port it uses. My Leadtek isn't listed BUT there are listings for Sirf AND for NMEA at different speeds.
To get my GPS working with these applications that support NMEA only which of the NMEA speeds should I select?
Does this new program act as a 'gateway' to the GPS, or some sort of soft configuration for the GPS driver? Should I uninstall the Tom Tom GPS Bluetooth software?
For anyone else, here's a direct link:
http://www.pocketgps.co.uk/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=13
Hi, sorry for my bad english.
I have found a tool caled Hermes Tweaker which allows me to enable and disable GPS in my HTC TyTN. It means that my PDA has builtin GPS receiver? Can I use navigation software without external GPS receiver? How to configure it, which COM ports are valid?
The functions are build into Windows Mobile. They are disabled by default, because the Hermes has no buildin GPS receiver.
Hermes Tweaker just enables the disabled functions, though they won't work.
I've turned on this setting myself and have the GPS icon now in settings, connections...
The second poster seems to be saying that this will never work? (im guessing he meant it wont work without a gps unit as the hardware is physically missing in the hermes itself)
I have a bluetooth GPS working fine on COM9 of my hermes.. i'd like to use the inbuilt GPS application to share the GPS to many apps.. I set up the app to use COM3 as its GPS port and COM9 as the port talking to the hardware.. but it doesn't work.
I cant see why it will make any difference if the reciever is internal or not as long as the right COM ports are set.. but it isn't working.. has anyone got this working themselves on a hermes?
Cheers,
sam
no because the neccsary drivers required arent installed either so it wont work, which is the reason why its hidden
someone said that if you try to connect an application BEFORE of tomtom, it recognize the gps...
turn GPS on
launch gpsTuner (and see if it recognize the gps on com 9)
if yes, tomtom should work on same port.
not tested, but if you have tried another application different from tomtom, my words are not useful..
Is there any way to get TomTom 5 to see the internal GPS using the Valhalla cab? Someone told me that Valhalla cab generates the GPS signal on a virtural port and that TomTom 5 cannot read a virtual port -- or something like that. If accurate, is there a work a round? Google and Live read the GPS so I know it works. TomTom 5 works fine with my bluetooth GPS receiver, so I know the software is working -- but it will not see the internal GPS. Will TomTom 6 work with this configuration? Thanks in advance for your help.
Roger
I'm not sure if this will help or not but I'm using IGuidance and it doesn't/didn't work with the Valhalla cab by itself. The Iguidance program did work fine with my I-Trek M5+ bluetooth receiver in much the same same situation you're in now.
What helped me was to install Fransons GPS Gate software (it's a paid program but there are some free one's out there like it). I set Fransons to use the WM GPS option and then open up I -Guidance and it works fine (this freed me up from having to use the I-Trek reciever).
Hopefully something like this will help.
Good luck.
Hello,
i am a little bit convused about the G-sensor on Jade
i have read on many previews on german websites that the jade have this sensor but i can't get it to work
In the registry i found a lot of keys if i change these noting happens.
Is there this sensor in jade if yes how i can get this to work?
i hope somebody understand my bad english *sorry*
siamkater
The Touch 3G does _not_ have a G sensor.
its the same with gps. I've read in several sites that it had gps. Its wrong. only agps.
Zeganso said:
its the same with gps. I've read in several sites that it had gps. Its wrong. only agps.
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AGPS includes GPS ;-)
Zeganso said:
its the same with gps. I've read in several sites that it had gps. Its wrong. only agps.
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AGPS means Assisted GPS and enhances the startup performance of a GPS. This feature goes only with GPS and Jade has both of them.
R u telling me that this phone has a gps in the same way that the touch cruise has a gps?
Yes, it has its own gps just like the Cruise.
Do you have a jade? I ask this because i cant find ANY gps software in the htc. I have igo installed and it only recognizes the bluetooth gps i use.
Another thing, some websites state GPS and agps while others only mention agps.
EDIT: which specs does the gps have? Is it sirf III? Why can't i find any specs regarding any gps, other than agps?
I have a Jade, and yes it has GPS, TT7 installed, working fine, I tweaked the phone a little and disabled aGPS, using com4 9600.
Hope this helps.
Unbelievable! For a week now i've had this phone and i have not found anything about gps. I'm using an external antenna.
Can anyone tell me the specs of the gps?
I am not sure if it is needed, but I used QuickGPS to set the hardwareport for programs on comport4.
After that I installed TT7 and placed the receiver on "Other NMEA GPS receiver, 9600b.
Working nicely, even inside although ofcourse better working outside.
What I do know that at the first time with every TT version, you have to wait a minute or so before its starting to pickup signals.
Why don't you just have a look at the official HTC specs ?
http://www.htc.com/sea/product.aspx?id=71380
or
http://www.htc.com/europe/product/touch3g/specification.html
Yes, i saw the specs on the site, but not on the phone! How do i turn it on or off? is it always on? where in the user manual do they talk about the freakin gps?!
another win for the windows mobile.
Zeganso said:
Yes, i saw the specs on the site, but not on the phone! How do i turn it on or off? is it always on? where in the user manual do they talk about the freakin gps?!
another win for the windows mobile.
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Gotta agree here. My brother got an Omnia i900 an he had a hard time figuring out how to use the GPS, too.
But I guess someone here will explain it to you. I don't own the Jade yet.
The GPS is activated only if a (navigation) software is active and configured to use the GPS, if no such soft is started the gps is not used. If you have a navigation software active/started and the gps has not the right settings like wrong com port, then the GPS is not used, so it's OFF.
oK, I'll test it today.
Yesterday i read the user manual and the only reference was to the Quick GPS app.
No where else is mentioned the gps capabilities of this phone.
How do i know its not using agps and not standard gps?
Quick GPS is only for faster positioning (download information of satellites by GPRS, WiFi or ActiveSync). Helping program only. You need of some GPS program in order to run GPS. In this program you need first to configure port and speed. Especially in Jade these settings are com-4 and speed-57600 (IGO). But in some other programs may be is different.
Kudos to you guys!
Gps is alive. Tested on both igo and tom tom.
Mykab said:
I have a Jade, and yes it has GPS, TT7 installed, working fine, I tweaked the phone a little and disabled aGPS, using com4 9600.
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How do you disabled aGPS ?
Is using com4 9600 enough to disabled it ?
Zeganso said:
its the same with gps. I've read in several sites that it had gps. Its wrong. only agps.
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WRONG my HTC Touch 3G aka Jade has a build-in GPS reveiver
I'm trying to install tomtom on my diamond. I've copied the program onto my phone and while running the .exe application it asks to select a GPS device. It has four option .... "Bluetooth reciever","tomtom bluetooth", "some wirless reciever", "one other one" it doesnt have an internal gps. I've tried all these and none seem to work, they all say no gps found.
2mas_army said:
I'm trying to install tomtom on my diamond. I've copied the program onto my phone and while running the .exe application it asks to select a GPS device. It has four option .... "Bluetooth reciever","tomtom bluetooth", "some wirless reciever", "one other one" it doesnt have an internal gps. I've tried all these and none seem to work, they all say no gps found.
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hi what version of tomtom are you useing?
2mas_army said:
I'm trying to install tomtom on my diamond. I've copied the program onto my phone and while running the .exe application it asks to select a GPS device. It has four option .... "Bluetooth reciever","tomtom bluetooth", "some wirless reciever", "one other one" it doesnt have an internal gps. I've tried all these and none seem to work, they all say no gps found.
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I think that a diamond (because it's a VGA display) needs a recent'ish version of tom tom, so maybe your fault is caused by trying to install tom tom 5 or 6.
Try "searching" the forum as I'm sure a cab of a diamond working tom tom is posted a few times in a few threads & the maps you obviously need to buy/ purchase on your own.
Hope this helps
im using tomtom6 it works fine on the htc touch. when setting it up it asks to select your gps receiver, it has other NMEA GPS receiver, tomtom bluetooth gps receiver, tomtom wired gps reciever,other bluetooth gps receiver, now which one do i choose and can you give me a set by set process of setting it up from here. I've tried them all and even downloaded quickgps and still in the tomtom home screen in the bottom left have the words 'No GPS device!'. i cant seem to get it to work can you help.
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im using tomtom6 it works fine on the htc touch. when setting it up it asks to select your gps receiver, it has other NMEA GPS receiver, tomtom bluetooth gps receiver, tomtom wired gps reciever,other bluetooth gps receiver, now which one do i choose and can you give me a set by set process of setting it up from here. I've tried them all and even downloaded quickgps and still in the tomtom home screen in the bottom left have the words 'No GPS device!'. i cant seem to get it to work can you help.
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go settings, systems tab, external gps, note the gps program port.
in tomtom, choose other NMEA or other bluetooth gos receiver, choose the port u saw in the settings.
should work...might need to wait a while..
gdluck,
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I've tried them all and even downloaded quickgps and still in the tomtom home screen in the bottom left have the words 'No GPS device!'. i cant seem to get it to work can you help.
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The first fix can take up to 5 minutes to be found or even longer from what I've heard. Leave your phone on a good location (outside) for a while and be patient.
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The first fix can take up to 5 minutes to be found or even longer from what I've heard. Leave your phone on a good location (outside) for a while and be patient.
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It wouldn't say 'No gps device' but 'waiting for a valid GPS signal'.
PS. If you still can't get it to work, check if any other programs using GPS are running in background.
tomtom gps
select other gps and the normally port 4 it will start searching for gps signal, ensure the icon in top right corner is rotating, also go out doors and it start picking up a few satelites, and bingo!!!
UK & Dutch users wondering why the postcode finder only uses the first digits and then needs a manual street entry should see
http://www.tomtom.com/support/category.php?ID=1&Language=1&FID=9852&TT=
d/l the file and put the whole zip folder into the root of internal storage, and it all works properly