Wi-FI finder using gps application
Is there a gps prog that will show you your nearest wifi hotspot on the go?
touchmyhd said:
Wi-FI finder using gps application
Is there a gps prog that will show you your nearest wifi hotspot on the go?
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Not seen one. Interesting idea - I think you mean like a speed camera application add-on for one of the GPS applications ?
Never heard of one. Most of the wifi finding applications will record the GPS details for later mapping. I have WiFiFoFum for finding wifi nets but I don't bother with its GPS function.
You can do it with TomTom...
Searsh for POI wifi hotspot, it's working well
Wififofum2
go to
http://www.aspecto-software.com/rw/applications/wififofum/index.html
its an amazing program that will do exactly as you ask, and works fine with the HD and GPS location finding
to add the hotspots simply take the co ordiates from Wififofum and import them as POI for TT or whatever your program of choice is for sat nav
Obviously you need to visit the location to get the locations in a log/lat coordinate but once you have done it once you have it for life
I was watching the Gadget Show last night (TV show in UK) and they mentioned a WiFi hotspot finder for the iPhone. It was only a couple of £ and it made me think - I need something like that for my HD!
keroin said:
You can do it with TomTom...
Searsh for POI wifi hotspot, it's working well
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excellent added free wifi POI's from http://www.pocketgpsworld.com to my tomtom, now it tells me my nearest hotspot inc mcdonalds = YES! ,
I am thinking of signing upto
http://www.btopenzone.com/buy/per_minute.jsp
15 per min wifi and is used by many companys in uk, anyone used this?
Wefi ?
You could try wefi
http://www.wefi.com/
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Hi,
Before switching to the Wizard - I had a Magician with a SanDisk WIFI card. This little card came with the SanDisk wifi utility which was really great since is gave you an overview of all availlable networks - their encryption state, signal strength etc... all in a neat table and very nice to use.
The internal Wifi software that comes with the wizard is really lacking....
Can you guys recommend a really good utility to discover and connect to wifi access points?
I am already using wififofum - which is slow to load, sluggish and not very flexible.
I have seen hitchhiker (http://www.kasuei.com/hitchhiker/)- but read that many users have experienced major bugs and errors with it .
Any other good option - quick, flexible and easy?
Cheers.
I use PocketWinc, works really well for me
Does all what you want.
Ik gebruik dus PocketWinc, en dat doet exact wat jij wilt.
Vind het fijner dan alle andere vanwege wat jij al opnoemde.
Enige nadeel, hij is niet gratis...
http://www.cirond.com/pocketwinc.php
[edit] damn F5/refresh XD [/edit]
PocketWinC
it's not free but not expensive.
8 to 9 euro's including updates.
how did you get pocketwinc workin with a wizard?
in my opinion the best id wififofum 2.0 which which now works with WM5, lts you search for networks and see which have WEP enabled and which don't allowing you to have FREE internet access.
I sat in an industrial state the other morning waiting for the garage to open, picked up a linksys router with no security and wahey, I was surfing the net FREE!!!
Plus to double the deal the software is free, haven't got a link, do a search on google, the latest version in the forum.
treblechance said:
in my opinion the best id wififofum 2.0 which which now works with WM5, lts you search for networks and see which have WEP enabled and which don't allowing you to have FREE internet access.
I sat in an industrial state the other morning waiting for the garage to open, picked up a linksys router with no security and wahey, I was surfing the net FREE!!!
Plus to double the deal the software is free, haven't got a link, do a search on google, the latest version in the forum.
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I'm using it as well. Found several unprotected wireless networks, but I never could log in into the net work. Please could you explain what I have to do?
Thnx
i installed wififofum after you mentioned it, works good. but my problem is the service provider in my area requires a proxy, i installed netfront and put the proxy but still, no luck. it connects to the network but i can't brows the web or use messenger.
(i know this is a different topic but i posted a new topic and no one replied )
fone_fanatic said:
i installed wififofum after you mentioned it, works good. but my problem is the service provider in my area requires a proxy, i installed netfront and put the proxy but still, no luck. it connects to the network but i can't brows the web or use messenger.
(i know this is a different topic but i posted a new topic and no one replied )
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Also like Wififofum not 100% sure how useful it will prove in the next few weeks, but i'll soon see
For the proxy - anyone with answers, post in http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=37981 to keep answers with questions
an other great application is WiFi companion, but also not free
http://www.socketcom.com/product/SW1221-596.asp
I have WifiFum and really like it.
Ipdash can also help you
And if you want a good working free utility i can tell you that Hitchhiker from Kasuei.com is working great.
REMARK you need to install .NET Compact Framework 2.0
The link is on their page, but to install you first need to add it to the pocket PC using your PC (do not install yet on your device, but first disconnect the USB cable and kill the activesync on your PDA). Afterwards you can install it on your device (do not install on sd card!)
mcasteels said:
an other great application is WiFi companion, but also not free
http://www.socketcom.com/product/SW1221-596.asp
I have WifiFum and really like it.
Ipdash can also help you
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I can't get to work with the wizard
mcasteels said:
an other great application is WiFi companion, but also not free
http://www.socketcom.com/product/SW1221-596.asp
I have WifiFum and really like it.
Ipdash can also help you
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I can't get to work with the wizard
mcasteels said:
an other great application is WiFi companion, but also not free
http://www.socketcom.com/product/SW1221-596.asp
I have WifiFum and really like it.
Ipdash can also help you
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I can't get to work with the wizard
the wifi connection manager that comes with this device is really starting to annoy me. it tries to connect to ap's that aren't even within range. for example i'll be at starbucks connect to 'tmobile' then go to a friends house and connect to 'linksys' get home and expect it to connect to my home network but when i go to the wireless page it says 'connecting' to tmobile then it will go and try to connect to linksys..... ugh it really pisses me off!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=39207
is there a wifi utility that allows connections of two ppcs? so that they can transfer files between them?i would rather do this than bluetooth
mimminito said:
is there a wifi utility that allows connections of two ppcs? so that they can transfer files between them?i would rather do this than bluetooth
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You want to create an "Ad hoc" wireless network between two devices.
I've just started using pocketwinc and it has the ability to start an ad hoc network, once it's created you can just connect to the new network using the other ppc. I'm not sure how to transfer files once you're connected but I expect one of the improved file explorer apps will be able to do it.
I've just purchased PocketWinc and whenever I start it, I get an error:
Unable to locate adapter.
If it was turned off, please turn it on now.
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What's going on? My wireless is enabled???
Hmm, I just checked the vendors website and they don't list the Wizard (or any of it's psudonims) as supported hardware.
How are you guys getting it to work?
Is there any relationship between Wifi and GPS ???
any suggestions??
abdelrahim said:
Is there any relationship between Wifi and GPS ???
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I am not quite sure what you are looking for, but the short answer is "no". Wifi is a short range wireless access method, typically 802.11g or 802.11b used to connect devices to the internet. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi
GPS is "Global Positioning System", a series of 24 or so satellites in orbit above the earth that provide precise timing signals that can be used to locate a received within a few meters. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System for details.
There are some applications that use the IP address of a WiFi signal to provide rather coarse location information.
Regards,
Bob Headrick
bobh said:
I am not quite sure what you are looking for, but the short answer is "no". Wifi is a short range wireless access method, typically 802.11g or 802.11b used to connect devices to the internet. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi
GPS is "Global Positioning System", a series of 24 or so satellites in orbit above the earth that provide precise timing signals that can be used to locate a received within a few meters. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System for details.
There are some applications that use the IP address of a WiFi signal to provide rather coarse location information.
Regards,
Bob Headrick
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Thanks for reply ....I was wondering whether A wrong GPS settings may affect Wifi CONNECTIONS as both GPS and Wifi use someform of data connections.......
You are talking about GPRS, not GPS!!!!!!!!!!
The GPRS and WiFi are on completely different frequencies.
NO, GPRS settings wouldn't effect WiFi.
However I think what you might really mean is modem settings and yes, if you don't configure the modem correctly then both WiFi and GPRS data wouldn't give you internet.
ditikh said:
You are talking about GPRS, not GPS!!!!!!!!!!
The GPRS and WiFi are on completely different frequencies.
NO, GPRS settings wouldn't effect WiFi.
However I think what you might really mean is modem settings and yes, if you don't configure the modem correctly then both WiFi and GPRS data wouldn't give you internet.
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Thanks alot ....but I still mean GPS but NOT GPRS.....WHAT I am looking for is would faulty GPS SETTING LIKE PROGRAM PORT OR HARDWARE PORT AFFECT WIFI CONNECTIONS???
gps dont send anything it's a passive reciever which listen to the satelites it dont send anything back or to anywhere
Rudegar said:
gps dont send anything it's a passive reciever which listen to the satelites it dont send anything back or to anywhere
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Thanks alot .....
That's right, and on an airplane, the stewardesses will make you turn off a passive GPS receiver, but PDAs, PCs, phones, and some mp3 players are on generating bluetooth and WiFi signals all over the place.
Ignorance of technology... where a basic understanding should be in order.
I don't notice any difference between gprs and wifi,you can use both to go on the net,i don't bother using wifi .(risks being a butthead)
Would it be possible to modify/rig a gps antenna to boost the recieved wifi signal?
No. Completely different frequencies and totally different antenna. aGPS does speed up your gps precition though becouse it uses the mobile phone poles to calculate your location in the same way your phone would use the satellites, except much faster because it's closer and in better range. So... Phone towers can help locating you (but still doesn't help GPS) and GPS can't help WiFi or mobile connection because of different frequencies and thus different antennas.
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Many problems with my GPS but never with Wifi.
Anyway, these two are totally different.
Sometimes Navigation Apps will prompt you to enable Wifi to lock in to your current location faster. It is understandable to enable it. Turning off Wifi will not hold GPS capabilities down. at all
Hey all,
I'm on vacation and Google navigation tracked me all the way to my destination like a boss.
Now that I'm here, my GPS thinks I'm in my home city, and won't move... I opened up GPS test and I'm only connected to 2 satellites.
My phone seems to get a decent location fix.
I'm wifi tethering to my TF.
Any idea what's going on?
Same issue. GPS icon appears but doesn't blink and just stalls.
Gps test - clear agps - update agps. Fixed the issue for me.
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I'm wifi tethering to my TF.
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GPS location comes from several sources.( see your settings). One source is GPS, however if the fix is not great as when you just turn on TF and in a mew location, it will use the WiFi router location which is actually a lookup online that is set once and fixed. If the WiFi location for your phone was established and recorded at the online site while at home ( most likely the case) then the TF will read that and think it is home. Go to settings and turn off use wifi location.
Rumbleweed said:
GPS location comes from several sources.( see your settings). One source is GPS, however if the fix is not great as when you just turn on TF and in a mew location, it will use the WiFi router location which is actually a lookup online that is set once and fixed. If the WiFi location for your phone was established and recorded at the online site while at home ( most likely the case) then the TF will read that and think it is home. Go to settings and turn off use wifi location.
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+1 granted the wifi location is faster but if that router is registered to somewhere else (if you just moved or bought a used router online) then it'll say your there and tale a lot longer to get a lock.
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If your wifi router location is wrong due to the situations mentioned above, you can have it reset by contacting "skyhookwireless".
No-go. Clearing the AGPS made the icon for GPS totally disappear, and refuse to appear again until a hard reboot. Even then it still just stalls. Trying a rom different from Prime to see if that might be the cause.
Has ANYONE else had issues like this? The GPS worked for a while but now totally fails.
So with no bluetooth, anyone have any ideas on how to get GPS on our N2E's (rooted with touchnooter)?
Would a USB GPS receivers work such as a GlobalSat BU-353
Appreciate any feedback, I'm on a mission
We don't think there's bluetooth so it's got to be wifi tethering
I have been trying to use gpstethering app but it doesn't get an ip address. The one time it did, the NT said it was receiving but the data was not updating. The app developer (compton software) doesn't respond.
For gpstethering app, you need to see the address when you pull down the notification window.
I installed a toggle gps app for the NT, then one to allow mock locations.
I am also trying to see if I can feed it serial data as it has serial pins behind the sd card.
Is there such a thing as gps tethering? I mean, GPS has tethering and you just connect to it ad-hoc? What brand of GPS is that?
apeine said:
Is there such a thing as gps tethering? I mean, GPS has tethering and you just connect to it ad-hoc? What brand of GPS is that?
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Any Android device with a built in GPS can do this.
TetherGPS
I would think the GPS and a network connection would be good enough to triangulate where you are. I'm tired of the nag screen. I tried to Google for an answer but didn't find anything that exactly answered my question. Maybe when Google mapped out street view, they were also sniffing for Wi-Fi access points, and their names with locations? Just a theory.
Mine will work with Wireless off. Just tried it. Location settings to just GPS, Wifi turned off, map worked perfectly. Didn't try to navigate, but it should be the same.
Mine works fine without WiFi. It asked me once and I skipped it and it hasn't showed again.
Maybe because each WiFi router has the ability to send its location. If you were in a building without GPS signal you could still have location.
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Yeah I know you can skip it, but if the program senses you're on a mobile network, and the GPS is on, I don't know why it still wants to have Wi-Fi on.
Just did a test with a couple mapping apps. If I am in an airport or mall without WiFi on it can't tell which store or gate I am at. With the WiFi on it can tell exactly what store or gate I am near. Maybe they use WiFi to pinpoint. Oh and I did have GPS on at all times but without the added WiFi location it was either not good enough signal or no GPS signal... Who knows maybe they are just watching us.
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I think it's just that WiFi will always be more exact than data. You're accessing the Interwebz through one point rather than through your carrier.
Yeah but you're not connected to anything on Wi-Fi, it just has to be on.
There's a database of found access points out there. Your phone can triangulate its position far more accurately if it uses the available wifi access points to do so, especially indoors. Like oscar said, it doesn't need to be connected to wifi. It only needs wifi activated in order to "see" what access points are nearby.
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