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hi all. im having problems here. i loaded tomtom5 on to my xda. its was working for a while but seems to have just stopped. i have a wired unit in place but tomtom is just saying no gps device found. it gets stranger. i have a satalite programe to check to see how many sats it can find. but that wont let me connect to any ports on the xda,. its just says the port is being used, how do i free a port up to use or find out whats using the ports......please help as im pulling my hair out here :wink:

Maybe the standard solution that has pointed out several times here in the forum and is also available on the TomTom Support FAQ.....
Have you disabled beam?
If not, do so, that is blocking normaly the COM 1
Stefan

think i may have found the problem. just dont know how to solve it. i am running on radio version 4.21.00 at the moment and i have the beam turned off. my gps device is now being picked up by the unit but i am still not getting a valid gps signal. when i try and configure the unit i get 3 staalites but it still says " no vaild gps signal." can you suggetst anything i can try. any help would be brilliant
many thanks
dennis

This Problem has nothing to do with the ROM or the Radio.
It´s a problem of your GPS-System.
Have you tried a different location of your GPS Receiver?
Not 100% sure, but i thougt that 3 sattelites are not good, but should be enough to navigate....
In my car i have most time 7 satellites available....
Stefan

hi mate....my gps reciever is on the dash of the car....it has a clear line of sight. i will move it to another position and see if that helps......will let you know how i get on mate
cheers
dennis

pocket google earth

how do guys to activate the gps connection when using google earth in athena?
i tried many times and just can't open the gps.....
how to do the gps port setting?
thanks!

parkertseng said:
how do guys to activate the gps connection when using google earth in athena?
i tried many times and just can't open the gps.....
how to do the gps port setting?
thanks!
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I was just playing with Google Maps myself. If I figure it out I'll post the answer. Meanwhile, anyone know how to get it to work?

http://www.htcwiki.com/page/Configure+Smartphone+for+Google+Mobile+Maps+with+Bluetooth+GPS
Found this info but don't have time to test it. If you becide to give it a try please post any notes and results.

I am looking for the same answer.
There appears to be lots of posts on the net around registy edits to configure bluetooth gps devices and also some on needing other gps software to "activate" the 'software' port first so that google maps can see this port.
I only have 3dtracking and gm on my ameo. 3dtracking only works if you configue it to the hardware port (port 5) .
So I'm looking for a tweak that allows gm to see either the hardware port or software port without assistance from anther program.
I am not concerned about having multiple gps software running and as the s/w port is proving tempremental seemingly I would be quite happy for a fix to work directly with port 5.
Any ideas ?

I gave up on google maps and used the Live! Search app instead.
This actualy seems better than google maps, and works directly to com5 so no need for messing around.
If you get GM working , let us all know though!

Same problem here - but use Live! Maps instead, works firsttime and very well..
Seems that the google maps app doesn't interrogate the WM5 GPS applet very well, and there's no menu options to force it. Maybe there's a regkey you can change, or some way to tell it where the GPS is, but until someone finds it, MS will continue to get my viewing...

Pyrofer said:
I gave up on google maps and used the Live! Search app instead.
This actualy seems better than google maps, and works directly to com5 so no need for messing around.
If you get GM working , let us all know though!
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I also have given up on Google Maps. Installed Live Search and it seems to be better and worked directly with Com4 on my x7500. I noticed that when going at 100 miles per hour, the maps have problems loading fast enough though. ;-)
Live Search is nice and even though I kept Google Maps loaded on my phone, I'm using Live Search more when TomTom doesn't meet my need. I like the aerial views of Live Search and traffic map.

It seems to me the GPS w/ the Advantage does not want to play nicely with WM5 GPS applet. Even when I change the software port, nothing I have recognizes it through that port. Only ports 4 and 5 seem to work. Com port 5 seems to be the true hardware port.
Everyone seems to have had problems the first time around with Google Maps. Thats because it looks for a GPS signal through com port 2, and only com port 2 (can't be changed). Of course, this was never made public knowledge, so it took people a bit to figure out.
So until someone provides a software fix for either, we're out of luck.

GPS Possible Soution.
First, my control panel GPS settings are COM4 for software, COM5 for hardware and the Auto checked.
I use Pharos GPS / Ostia. If I load Ostia and use com5 the gsm lite blinks green then yellow then green then yellow. I think the yellow means the gps port is on???
Ostia get it's satellites then works as expected.
THEN...... I turn the Ostia GPS off. Change the port to COM4 and it works just fine, however the blinking changes from yellow then green to just green.
If I open Ostia with COM4 I can't get GPS to work. It won't even let me use the port. If I change it to COM5, it blinks green then yellow, gets the fix, then change to COM4, it blinks just green, then eveything is fine.
I don't think the Control Panel GPS Settings work unless the GPS is turned "on" or "activated" by using the hardware port first.
Is there someway to "activiate" it manually?
As far as google maps, COM2 is not forced. I used it on my Tytn with a bluetooth GPS on COM8 for the software port.

hammermedia said:
As far as google maps, COM2 is not forced. I used it on my Tytn with a bluetooth GPS on COM8 for the software port.
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Interesting, google maps worked for on Com 8? I had a Hermes (8525) as well, but it only worked on software com port 2. I then read that most others were only able to get it to work on com 2 as well. Of course, you had to tweak the registry in order to even access the GPS panel. I did read about someone with an Ipaq w/ built in GPS who had it working on com port 6, but then again, perhaps his hardware port was com port 2.
Was com port 8 your hardware port or your software port, and was the other port set to, then? Just trying to get an idea for what worked and didn't.
On the Advantage, I'm not even sure if changing the software port to emulate another port for the signal in the GPS panel even does anything. So far, my guess would be no.

I have the same problem with all of you. The GPS of X7500 works fine for the programs "Destinator" and "GPS Tuner" but it doesn't work for "Google Maps" in any port and combination of ports. Any solution from Google or HTC?

Wizard + Adapt AD850 = Troubles ?

Hello,
After they have broken into my car i had to buy an new GPS receiver. In that case i bought the new Adapt AD850 receiver but somehow it is not working right!.
First of all i have an second PDA (HTC Touch) and on that one the GPS is working 100% fine without any troubles. Then what happens:
I am able to connect it by bluetooth and create the bluetooth profile (com ports and so on). So that seems to work .... after that i start any program that uses the GPS like TomTom or GPSTuner. It finds the GPS and get an fix and will let me navigate. 30 seconds later or so it will lose the GPS and has no connection for an short while. Again it connects and has an connection and will lose it again after an while. After about 3 lost connections the connections stay's and works fine and will stay working until i stop the program and start the program again.
I think it is not an software problem as 2 different programs have the same problem. Also it seems the GPS is fine as it works 100% on my other PDA. I also have changed the OS of my Wizard. I was running MB6 and that one worked verry fine with my old GPS. After noticing this problem with my new GPS i replaced the rom and it runs TNT last version now. But also then the problem still exists.
Does anyone have any idea what could be happening?
Thanx,
Jerome

GPS

anyone put gps navigation on there phone and if so how did you do it would really love to do and which navigation did you use garmin or tom tom

i have garmin on my shadow but, i can't get it to work......i only have com port 6 and seven showing and i think i need com 4. The garmin works on my Blackjack 1 no problem. I remember having the same problem with some of the other HTC made phones and GPS, I just can't remember how i fixed it or which cab files fixed it! LOL! I'll figure it out and let ya know what fixes it.
I did install a file from modaco and also installed gpsid but my shadow still only shows com 6 &7. I do have both google maps and microsoft live search installed and running nice but, i really want to use garmin as it has the maps on the storage card and don't need to be downloaded from the net.
I don't have any service on this phone as yet, its locked to tmobile and i have ATT so until i can figure out how to unlock it i might just get a prepay simcard, if they have data.
I'll keep ya posted though!

I hope ur talking about a blutooth gps because the shadow doesnt have gps built in.

ya BT GPS, the problem i'm having is the same i had with my 8525, it just won't find the gps reciever. On the shadow i'm just showing com6 & 7 and i tried a file from modaco and gpsid but neither worked. W hat was funny was that when i set the hardware setting to the port i have set for the BT gps and then have garmin scan it finds it for a second and the bt activity light on the gps flashes for a second the stops. It will never fully connect since the gps is not a built in device.

I use a sm bt gps and I do not have any problems at all. It is one that I picked up at buygpsnow.com or something like that. It usually connects to about seven sats and I use windows live search to chart my course. You could also use gmaps both are free. You can change com ports and add them through the activesync panel also. By the way I live in southern NH if that helps give you an idea of the ****ty reception around here and the bluetooth is good enough to drive by.

ya i can use Live search and google no problem but, i installed my Garmin software and it won't find my BT GPS. I had the same problem with another HTC phone and i even have the software to fix it.........i just can't remember what or where it is! LOL!! I use the Garmin on my BlackJack 1 with no problems and i was just playing with the shadow and thought it would be cool to see it run on it.

you can add more com ports through activesync and see if that works otherwise google is your friend. oh i see what your saying. Maybe the garmin only works in windows if it can read the software siugnature?

Well i have the garmin software running on my BJ1 and it works fine but i can set the port for my BT GPS to com port 4 and it works, i had this same problem on another HTC device and i can't remember what i di with the cab file that fixes it. LOL i have slept since then!
I get about 2-3 phones a month and i play round with them, mod them alittle bit then trade for another one, it is just away to keep me busy as i am hyperactive! LOL! I'll figure it out and then post back here with what i find.

i have a BT GPS and use it with google maps, MS live maps, and navizon all the time. no issues at all. (well i did, but now i have my G1, so the shadow has taken the role of backup phone atm...)

The COM port number will not affect the compatibility unless the Garmin program does not support COM higher than 5 for example which is very unlikely just make sure that when you setup the COM port to make an outgoing COM port and not an incoming one
Besides this, you can head to GPS passion, look there for one of the many testing applications and use it to test the GPS, if the programs are able to connect to the GPS then the setup is just fine and the proble might be a compatibility issue with the Garmin program
Also note that the available COM ports will change from model to model, in some cases, COM 4 will be free while other phones may already have assigned COM 4 to a hardware device or OS resource such as Bluetooth for example and the used COM ports cannot be freed this is why it is unlikely that your issue is related to having the GPS on COM 6,7

good info to kn00w

Palm Treo Pro internal GPS Problem

Hallo,
I have a problem and hope that someone can help me out. I already tried all fixes from the forum.
I have a Palm Treo Pro (German Version). My Navigation Software worked without problems in the past. last week I urgently needed the GPS and it did not function. I tried Google Maps, and GPS Test Utility. But it only says: GPS Starting up.....that all.
I attached my old bluetooth GPS receiver and uppps fix within 10 second. When I use internal one (on COM 4, 4800 baut - but tested all others) it does not work.
I have a invisible shield attached to my device. Does this block the GPS?
Does anyone have any idea?

Well, a pseudo idea, as I have this happen all the time....but not every single time and i can't figure out what triggers it.
Anyways, I unclick the "Use GPS" then re-click it, and that sometimes helps. Sometimes, I just exit and restart the program.

Seems to be a Treo thing ! Some apps appear to have trouble starting the GPS where some others don't.

mine hv problem too with the GPS
btw what is the default value for the GPS, so it can work with garmin xt
GPS program port = .....
GPS hardware port = ...
Baud rate = ....
should i check "manage GPS auromatically" option ...??