I'm pretty sure the following tip is accurate. I received yesterday a new HD, my first having broken just by pressing the screen! I was very relieved that just by reinstalling from memory card all my apps, that the apps settings were still valid - I didn't fancy having to go all through setting up tomtom again with pocketgps camera database and warning tones.
However I did notice that after switching Tomtom on, it was hit and miss whether my unit found any satellites. By going into the satellite status screen, I could see that the software would access the satellites for a few seconds then lose them again. I also noticed that a fix for this was to run google maps first and turn on gps from there.
This was strange, since my previous HD, locked on within seconds every time. Hardware issue? Maybe, but thought I'd try to remember anything I hadn't done on my new HD that I had on my old.
"Ha-Ha" I thought, I haven't run the connection wizard, and this is sort of a connection issue.
Start --> Settings ---> Connection ----> Connection Set Up-----> Tap O.K. ----> restart
Now TomTom works perfectly and picks up connections immediately without google map initiation.
Try it if you having similar troubles!
cheers,
mooro
For me this must be a placebo, neither do I understand why the connection setup has anything to do with the gps chipset, nor does it work me. I have configured my connection using the connection setup and nevertheless I have some gps drops with iGO.
I think this gps drops have some other background, I will try a new radio version. Some people also said that it might help to change the polling interval, but for me neither an increase nor a decrease of the interval has changed anything about it.
Not a placebo for me, is working perfectly now.
mooro1973 said:
Not a placebo for me, is working perfectly now.
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Nobody has said that placebos don't work, but the reason why they work is controversial. Maybe you have done something else, because I really can't imagine how the connection setup could fix a problem with the gps.
However, its good to know that it runs for you, maybe it will work for me with the new radio also.
How about this theory:
Because you did not do the connection setup yet, the GPS Quickstart had not run yet. So no almanac of GPS satelite data existed yet, meaning it was an icecold start?
And Google Maps worked faster because it is using the 'about' position of the GPS towers to bootstrap the location?
Placebo works only for those that believe in it!
This device is A-GPS capable.
Don't know whether e-plus supports A-GPS services but in theory this might be a clue
I have tried all of the above and still I cannot get GPS to work
If I open google maps it just keeps searching with indicayor showing no satellites.
When using TomTom it displays a number of satellites but all appear grey and none become active
Advice welcome
Fallen Spartan said:
Advice welcome
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It may be too obvious to mention, but: Did you try this outside with a good sky view? Cold start is always a bit more tricky.
Fallen Spartan said:
I have tried all of the above and still I cannot get GPS to work
If I open google maps it just keeps searching with indicayor showing no satellites.
When using TomTom it displays a number of satellites but all appear grey and none become active
Advice welcome
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have you tried start ---> settings ----> external gps --->access---> check manage gps automatically?
and in google maps, options-->gps settings---> toggle auto/windows?
I am fairly sure intermittent gps is a memory problem of some sort. I used to get that a lot running IGO. Now I kill TouchFlo every time before running IGO, and even thought the problems still happens sometimes, it is clearly much less often. You can find the description of how to kill TouchFlo using Mort script in IGO thread. This makes the whole thing clearly better (not perfect).
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have you tried start ---> settings ----> external gps --->access---> check manage gps automatically?
and in google maps, options-->gps settings---> toggle auto/windows?
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It may be too obvious to mention, but: Did you try this outside with a good sky view? Cold start is always a bit more tricky.
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Tried both of these.
Yes I can see that satellites are being picked up but both google maps and tomtom don't fix onto any of them. They all just appear grey
Maybe you should try a tool by htc to try and wakeup your gps. Run the file on your HD and from function menu select chip and then q7200. Choose port 4 and baud rate 4800. Then open the port and wait for a gps fix. After that close the port and exit the gps tool. Then run your gps navigator and see if it works!
Hi,
I had issues with GPS and tomtom 7.
I discovered that it was caused by a modification I did to the registry with HD Tweak.
Here is what I did:
going thru the settings with HD Tweak I seen that default value for AGPS was Disabled so I decided to set it to enabled it as I now the phone is capable of it.
After that The GPS would only work once with tomtom, if I closed tomtom and re open it again it GPS would not be found, I had to reboot the phone for it to work again (for an other single use).
I restored the AGPS value to Disable with HD Tweak and everything worked perfectly after.
Though I noticed that tomtom will still use AGPS when GPS sensor is down, but I can say if this is how it used to worked before the registery tweak because I did the tweak immediately after installing tomtom.
I had a similar problem with Advanced Config after I turned on Quick GPS Fix, turning it off seemed to fix it.
michael_r said:
I am fairly sure intermittent gps is a memory problem of some sort.
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I don't think so. My "fix" (as I reported in another thread) is to change baudrate in IGO GPS configuration. After one or few baudrate change, the connection is stable.
No one as reported this fix not working.
So it seem a virtual COM port issue..
rushmpeg said:
Hi,
I had issues with GPS and tomtom 7.
I discovered that it was caused by a modification I did to the registry with HD Tweak.
Here is what I did:
going thru the settings with HD Tweak I seen that default value for AGPS was Disabled so I decided to set it to enabled it as I now the phone is capable of it.
After that The GPS would only work once with tomtom, if I closed tomtom and re open it again it GPS would not be found, I had to reboot the phone for it to work again (for an other single use).
I restored the AGPS value to Disable with HD Tweak and everything worked perfectly after.
Though I noticed that tomtom will still use AGPS when GPS sensor is down, but I can say if this is how it used to worked before the registery tweak because I did the tweak immediately after installing tomtom.
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Yeah !!! Seems to work on my side !! I just spent minutes fighting with my HD this afternoon, still loosing the GPS device... I had to activate one other GPS app to make it work. Now I just changed this setting and it seems to work !!
Thanks for the info ! You're my king
Worked for me by turning off a-gps in HD Tweak and enabling it through the gps app on the rom.
after flashing the 1.10.25.25 radio on my HTC diamond, The GPS signal goes on and off, on and off....continuously on the TomTom GPS status. it was strange, I have to use QuickGPS to download the data again on open air to get the signal on continuously again. If I download the data inside my house, it just go on and off again when I use it on open air.
Hi,
Has anyone had the problem before, that when your screen switches off or goes in to standby, the Data Connection is lost.
Is there a fix for this?
Your help is much appreciated.
same here
I have the same "problem".
This is annoying since I use an app called Trackr, which displays live gps position.
you can change this with advanced config
I checked through all the configurations in advanced config and I dont see any relevant setting for keeping my connection "alive" even when my phone goes in to standby mode.
Could you point me to the right configuration? I might be overlooking it.
canthonyza said:
I checked through all the configurations in advanced config and I dont see any relevant setting for keeping my connection "alive" even when my phone goes in to standby mode.
Could you point me to the right configuration? I might be overlooking it.
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navigate to network->turn off wi-fi if no activity and change it to No
You could use Diamond Tweak for it. Setting 7.1 in this program allows you to keep WiFi running in standby mode.
What about data connection but NOT wifi connection? The data connection to my phone service always disconnects itself when in standby. Maybe I should use a new radio?
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navigate to network->turn off wi-fi if no activity and change it to No
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Wow!! Thank you Sir, that worked for me!!
Hi there. How can I prevent my data connection from going on (even in standby mode)?
Thanks
Turn it off.
Sorry, just kidding ;-)
There is a program called NoData you can find more information here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467813
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Turn it off.
Sorry, just kidding ;-)
There is a program called NoData you can find more information here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467813
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Thanks. I´ll give it a try...
if you don't need data connection permanently when what you can do is don't configure any settings for the data connection.
however this did not work for me the first time... so I did a hard reset and do not allow the phone to auto-configure the data settings... works like a charm after that.... no more data connection except for wifi which I will need to turn on manually....
of course if all this doesn't work... try the cool app mentioned above.... nodata.cab...
I wrote a program (TrackMe) that turns off the screen while the GPS keeps running. However, on this PDA the GPS disconnects. As far as I know this is the only PDA that shows this problem.
I have also tried with other programs and I still have the same problem.
As soon as the screen is off, the GPS also disconnects.
Do you guys know if there is registry hack or something to avoid this?
Thanks
Don't know about any way of disabling this but can confirm that if garmin xt is running and i lock the phone, it speaks "lost satellite reception" as well.
Thanks for replying.
Yes, I tested Garmin XT and Route66 and I got the same problem.
There has to be a setting or something on Windows Mobile to disable standby state when turning off the screen.
In case somebody in interested on this... if you use the GPS Intermediate Driver instead of a COM port directly, the GPS will not disconnect.
Does anyone know how to turn off the 3G radio without turning off the GPS?
I know the airplane mode trick will turn off 3G but that also turns off GPS, which some Google apps need.
I hope Google gives us dedicated radio toggles in 3.1.
Try unchecking 'Data enabled' in mobile network settings
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Try unchecking 'Data enabled' in mobile network settings
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That is the correct way to do it.
Airplane mode really should be used when you want ALL of the wireless turned off, including wifi. It's strange that it lets you turn it back on while in airplane mode. I guess it makes sense for those planes that now have wifi.
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Airplane mode really should be used when you want ALL of the wireless turned off, including wifi. It's strange that it lets you turn it back on while in airplane mode. I guess it makes sense for those planes that now have wifi.
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Also how i use my phone overseas without having to worry about a big ass bill.
Are you sure GPS is off in Airplane Mode? I run in A-M too when I'm on WiFi, and I've definately seen the "GPS on" indicator come up when doing something that needs my location.
But to be sure, I downloaded "GPS Test" from the market, turned on Airplane Mode after getting it, and GPS test was able to see some 6 satellites (inside- we have some really nice hardware!).
I don't think GPS is off when in A-M.
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Airplane mode really should be used when you want ALL of the wireless turned off, including wifi. It's strange that it lets you turn it back on while in airplane mode. I guess it makes sense for those planes that now have wifi.
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Well, it actually does kill-switch everything when enabled- which is what it's supposed to do, but it's a good thing that it allows selective re-enabling of BT and WiFi.
Besides, GPS is a reciever (unlike BT/WiFi which also Xmit), but while I'm aware of the heterodyne issue, that leakage is FAR smaller, and the only way to fix that is to turn off the device altogether.