Is anyone else having to run a gps tool like gpstest to get GPS "primed"? If I go into google maps I cannot find my location unless I run gpstest prior. I'm running msmissons' eclair port no-rootfs method.
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Well, i got a Holux GPSSLIM240 bluetooth GPS device that i use with my Touch Dual. I Have TomTom 6 and Google Maps installed. It works great with Google Maps, but TomTom 6 doesnt detect it unless Google Maps is using the GPS device.
However, i want to be able to track my movement. Ive tried a few GPS tracking programs, such as TrackMe, and 3dTracking. However, they dont detect my GPS device properly. The ideal thing would off course be if Google Maps could do what i wanted, but since it cant, i have to keep searching.
Anyone out there that have actually made tracking work? I want to see my trip on Google Earth\Maps.
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have you tried GPS Tuner? the newest version supports downloading/using google maps, and I'm pretty sure it'll do all the tracking you need...
I've only yet tested it to see if my BT gps receiver worked, so haven't really tried any of it's features, but have look here... http://www.gpstuner.com/
dont know if this will help, but I paired mine to my gps reciever, the first thing I done was to create an outgoing com "6" if i remember, I had to do that with my wizard, so automatically done it with the dual. but maybe thats just my reciever
same problem here,
tried a thousand times how to paired it and after i chose the coms tomtom6 never recognize the bt antenna, untill i start working w google maps, i close it and then tomtom worked perfect. wierd uh? maybe creepy. but thats how it works for me.
hope to be helpful.
Tom tom 7 wont lock on to any satellites. I have tried astro gps launcher and others. It shows in Tomtom that it finds satellites but they are not blue like when it locks on, they remain Grey or just don't move at all. Can anyone help me?
Are you using a bluetooth GPS reciever or the internal reciever? I'm not sure if that matters at all but if your satelites arent locking on go to the GPS configuation menu and select whatever option you use (ie internal or external bluetooth) if external bluetooth press select then likely com 2 I would assume.. thats the default setting. Once thats done it should connect shortly after. Sometimes when tomtom starts for me it locks on right away other times it seems to have issues connecting to the receiver. IN order to use the internal gps recevier you have to be running one of the roms thathave activated it. If you havn't (just covering all bases here) then that could be why.. cause your internal gps isnt activated. NOW if it is activated and you still arent locking on make sure you're outside and leave it sitting there for a few minutes. It should lock on as thats what most people have had to do when first getting it to work.
If that doesn't work I'm not sure what else to recommend.
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Tom tom 7 wont lock on to any satellites. I have tried astro gps launcher and others. It shows in Tomtom that it finds satellites but they are not blue like when it locks on, they remain Grey or just don't move at all. Can anyone help me?
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what rom are you running?
There have been a few roms around here that perform terribly with GPS locks, sometimes requiring a few resets for it to lock properly.
Can you get a lock using Windows Live?
I can say that TomTom7 works fine with astro launcher. The settings in TomTom work both for internal gps, as well as other NMEA gps device: com4, baud 4800.
If you're using the internal GPS antenna in the Vogue after using Astrolauncher and letting tomtom load go to your gps setup in tomtom and then choose "other NMEA GPS reciever", then baud rate 4800... then com 2. That worked for me. Took a few minutes the first time it got a lock. watch the satellite status screen, should say poor GPS or something at first... and you should see grey bars at the bottom where its normally blue when you have a lock. Thats when you know the internal GPS antenna is on.
I have the new gps sprint rom WM6.1 and also tried quick gps and it takes like five to ten minutes to connect
Hey guys, I have always had issues with tomtom getting a sat fix for the longest while. A couple weeks ago when I was messing with tomtom i was like screw this and went to google maps and enabled the use gps feature and got a fix. I then went back to tomtom and my sats came up in 3 seconds or so. Now my question is ... is it a coincidence that my tomtom getting gps fix quickly whenever i use google maps to get a sat. Or is it some kind of internal gps storage thingy ... not sure what I am trying to say.
But still guys with the xperia who been having issues try getting a fix with tomtom and see how long it takes. Close tomtom and use google maps to get a gps location and after u do get yourself on gps, close google maps and go back to tomtom.
Let me know what you get, everytime I tried this it worked for me ... not sure why or what is going on. But tomtom7 takes forever to load up with the x1 compared to google maps.
I just posted on another thread that I think there is an issue with gps on x1. Mine was working super fast on both satnav and google maps and then just stopped working at all. I now have the same problem as another poster that my x1 will not get a lock at all so sending it back for replacement on advice from sonyericsson support.
load up google maps and get a fix then close google maps then load tomtom and see if u get anything then. That works for me.
No. Afraid even google maps doesnt get a lock at all. Tried pairing the phone with a bluetooth gps receiver and all software works perfectly and fast so definately a hardware problem on the phone sadly.
it might be nothing but...
i had a problem with tomtom:
gps nav was working (selected internal gps antenna) but screen was grey, i could see my movement but no calculations.
gps was working in google maps.
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Problem was: i disabled my phone in comms manager
off: aircraft mode
off: phone
on: bluetooth
on: wifi
tomtom says i'm in aircraft mode, and doesnt show collors, calculations or routes (actually it does show routes but doesnt update it when i change it).
Hello. Last hour i have been looking for the answer to my question, with no results.
I googled and i searched in the forum, but everything is the same as before.
I just wanted to use the gps on my pda...a few days since i got it, and now i am beginning using the gps.
I have downloaded two applications, what i want is to check the speed and altitude, at least. I have richesse GPS, turbo GPS.
The option is ticked in the wmobile menu (let application turn on the gps).
The fact is that i launch the application, turn on the gps, and nothing works. No altitude, no compass, no coordinates of my position (X Y).
What is missing? i have also updated the quick gps application.
don't know the apps in question but gps generally don't work indoors so try outside
Can you download and install Google Maps, run it and tell it to use GPS, it should work no problems. That way we can tell if it is a hardware or software problem.
Apologies if this has been asked before, but I have a Android joying headunit and having an issue in regards to satnav. Now I use Google maps and I can set a destination and the app knows my current location but once I'm driving the satnav app doesn't update my location (it still registers me at the initial starting location).
At first I thought could it be a GPS issue, but GPS always seems to know my current location once I start any app that needs my location, the problem only happens once I'm on the move it doesn't update it on the app. So baffled whether its a GPS issue or app issue?
Has anyone had a similar issue or know if a possible resolve?
1-) how many satellites do you see ?
2-) how much takes to the gps to make the "fix position" and with how many satellites ?
If you don't know the answers to the questions, let's do in another mode.
Head Unit connected to the internet (wifi)-> Google Play Store -> apk GPS TEST (download and install)-put in on the gps antenna of the device;
Now open GPS TEST->Settings->AGPS-> "clear and update".
RESTART the hu( not closed and open, RESTART), open GPS TEST and wait; first you'll see 2-3 satellites, but slowly the increase till 20-25 and do the "fix position" with 10-12 satellites.
This operation take about 10-15 minutes, after your radio "catch" the satellitesin 10 seconds.
@nick1964 Thats not the issue, the issue he's describing is totally different. The unit will catch GPS signals and navigation works totally fine with other third party apps (iGo, Sygic, Navigon, etc), but Google Maps has an issue where it will catch your location initially, but once you start navigating it will not update the location in the app. If you switch over to another GPS app or even check the GPS in the SYU settings app, it has full lock. So your troubleshooting steps dont really apply in this case. It's happened to me too, it just randomly started working after some days. I don't mainly use Google Maps so I can't really tell what fixed it.
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@nick1964 The unit will catch GPS signals and navigation works totally fine with other third party apps (iGo, Sygic, Navigon, etc), but Google Maps has an issue.
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@gamer765 I have only tested with Google maps, I'll give iGo a try shortly.
If he didn't know what level of satellites signal have, how many satellites see, how do you talk about "that is not an issue"?
Do you know what is GSM triangulation?
Do you understand what is navigation offline and online?
Do you know what is AGPS data and for what is used ?
Hi all I have an update, it seems to be the GPS thats the issue (NOT the apps that use GPS).
Initially I thought it was the GPS only worked at the initial moment when using a app that uses GPS to get my location, but at all the times this happened I was connected using my mobile phones data connection for Internet. I checked the GPS info and its says "no signal" (but the GPS is 100% connected to the headunit, please see attached photo).
Any ideas anyone?
I have this same problem in my new Joying Android 10 HU as well.