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I have installed a (legitimate since you ask) copy of tomtom NAVIGATOR 6 onto my MDA Vario II. The 4+ Mb programme resides in main memory and the Western_Europe map and everything else is on the 2Gb Sandisk Micro SD card. I have a Fuzion SiRF starIII bluetooth GPS receiver. tomtom's US website says the hardware and software are compatible, the UK site does not. The programme runs very slowly (it's not smooth as I have seen demonstrated on a Mio, which had a 312Mhz processor, but is stilted). Sometimes the machine locks up and I have to press the 'OK' button. When browsing the map, the machine struggles to process the picture. I ensure that there are no running programmes. What is the cause, please? Could it be that the hardware and software are incompatible?
just try to flash aku 3.3 to your vario. it will make ur phone work smooth and will not hang at all. then u will be able to run tomtom 6 perfectly
Rather than risk aku 3.3 issues I suggest you are probably right and there is soe sort of hardware issue. I have navigator 6 and TOMTOM BT receiver and hav absolutely no issues at all
I use TT6 on a daily basis and I can say that under WM5 AKU2.3 it used to hang very often when putting post code. I ran ok. After flashing AKU3.3 it works flawlessly. The same with WM6. Now it also seems to run a little bit faster.
Hi, everybody,
any ono knows where a can find a tomtom software for my Asus p535.Sorry to ask but i'm new on this matter and don't know how to do it.
Many thanks...
silvino said:
Hi, everybody,
any ono knows where a can find a tomtom software for my Asus p535.Sorry to ask but i'm new on this matter and don't know how to do it.
Many thanks...
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Welcome, but you are in the wrong place my friend. This is the HTC Hermes forum. This site is primarily for HTC devices. However here is Tomtom 6 for PPC phones (official tomtom site):
http://www.tomtom.com/products/category.php?ID=2&Lid=1
Mike
What you need to do is disable all the POI's except the speed cameras. Mine did exactly the same thing. You can still navigate to the POI's, they just don't show up as you're driving past.
Cheers.
ok... maybe you guys who have already told him to upgrade his phone to aka3... somthing or other do know best BUT...
could you please say what version of tomtom 6 you have. (there are at least 3 versions i have used)
to find this
load tomtom
on the navigation window tap the section of the screen that shows GPS signal strenth this will load the route summary window.
in here below the right hand side pannel that again show the GPS signal strength it should say the version number 6.XXX
please let me know what versino you have... i have found varying levels of stability and performace with diff versions of tomtom.. might be as simple as a different tomtom build to resolve your issues.
Acuum.
Yostin said:
What you need to do is disable all the POI's except the speed cameras. Mine did exactly the same thing. You can still navigate to the POI's, they just don't show up as you're driving past.
Cheers.
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yep this is the same on mine, disabled all but a few POIs and no or very rare freezes. if it does freeze up hit the hangup button and relaunch.
there was some hope with the Version 7 tomtom out soon that there would be a fix for the problem.
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ok... maybe you guys who have already told him to upgrade his phone to aka3... somthing or other do know best BUT...
could you please say what version of tomtom 6 you have. (there are at least 3 versions i have used)
to find this
load tomtom
on the navigation window tap the section of the screen that shows GPS signal strenth this will load the route summary window.
in here below the right hand side pannel that again show the GPS signal strength it should say the version number 6.XXX
please let me know what versino you have... i have found varying levels of stability and performace with diff versions of tomtom.. might be as simple as a different tomtom build to resolve your issues.
Acuum.
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My Hermes is running with AKU 3.3 and my TomTom is 6.0.30
ok. i have had pretty good results with 6.0.30 but it might be worth you trying the 6.0.20 version and see how you get on.
at least you will loose the anoying mute on start bug. (the phone sees a data connection and asuumes its a phone calls so starts in mute.)
ok well the results your described i saw with the first tomtom 6 i used, im assumeing it was on 6.0.00 but i have had pretty good results with 6.0.30 but
it might be worth you trying the 6.0.20 version and see how you get on. I'm using that this week by mistake since my last hard reset but its been stable for me.
at least you will loose the anoying 6.0.30 mute on start bug. (the phone sees a data connection and asuumes its a phone calls so starts in mute.)
I've got problems with the GPS on my Polaris and I'm wondering if anyone else has the same issue: the accuracy is abt 5-15m off and it updates less than 1frame/sec regardless of the gps software I use (tomtom, google maps or garmin xt) My Radio version is 1.64.08.21 Murata and the rom pdaviet v16
Can anyone point me towards a solution for this please? Thanks!
To my knowledge gps is off target for a reason. All comercial versions are innacurate either in time or position so you cannot use it for war or something like it. If the 5 to 15 meter difference is to much I do not know.
pereirald said:
To my knowledge gps is off target for a reason. All comercial versions are innacurate either in time or position so you cannot use it for war or something like it. If the 5 to 15 meter difference is to much I do not know.
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Thanks for your answer pereirald, I knew that commercial GPSs are off so they can't be used for military purposes but the GPS on my Polaris is annoyingly slow. If I compare Garmin mobile XT runnin on my polaris with a friend's Garmin nuvi 760, his is smoother, updates faster and slightly more accurate...so any1 knows whats going on here? Is it only me with this issue or it happens on all HTC phones with Qualcomm chips?
I am on the latest udK rom using radio 1.64.08.21
I can GPS sync inside buildings
Syncs VERY fast
I also find it very accurate and def not 15meters off
Actually I also use Garmin XT and most of the time I can even pinpoint me using "Where am I?" but sometimes it does not give the right door but the neighbours. So I guess there is an up to 5 meter innacuracy. Being slower one should expect: The the chip isnot dedicated is it? It does other stuff while we are trying to use GPS. So you could try to things:
1) Minimal services running and disconnect phone (Airplane mode)
2) I don't know but that is a possibility that you will get different results with different rom. (I think I do, altough I haven't measured it).
Hope it helps
atl4ntys said:
I've got problems with the GPS on my Polaris and I'm wondering if anyone else has the same issue: the accuracy is abt 5-15m off and it updates less than 1frame/sec regardless of the gps software I use (tomtom, google maps or garmin xt) My Radio version is 1.64.08.21 Murata and the rom pdaviet v16
Can anyone point me towards a solution for this please? Thanks!
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The accuracy depends on the number of satelites as well.
I noticed that the GPS chip of the TC is more nervous then a SirfIII chip like the one I had in my MIO A201.
But both the MIO A201 and the TC didn't show a better accuracy then around 10M.
Thanks for your replies guys, I did some testing over the last 2 days and after taking a trip in the middle of the country with the GPS on, I was surprised to see that it fixed itself At home is not showing me 5 doors down the road and in someone's garden anymore and when I walk/run with it, it pinpoints my location within 5m. The smoothness is still not there even if I turn off the music player and any other progs that I had running in the background, but I know thats because of the lack of proper graphic drivers
So in conclusion the accuracy is down to these 3 things:
1.radio flash not os-rom update.
2.number of satellites it connects to.
3.apparently driving around a bit
Cheers!
In case you use google earth, its the program which doesnt update quickly enough. The receiver does...
The receiver has a very irritating 'feature' built in which is very annoying when trying to use your GPS unit while walking: to make car navigation less jerky and stop you from jumping from road to road, the receiver doesnt update the position anymore after you came to a stop (or move slowly, eg: by foot ). It updates again after you covered several meters of ground and keep moving. This might be useful in your car where you can move fast and steadily, it's very very annoying if you try to find something by foot. The 'feature' is hardware-based, by now no one managed to turn it off.
Edit: uuhm... yes, of course the Radio. The Operating System part of the ROM only houses programs and such, the hardware-near stuff like phone functions, bluetooth and wifi and most important the GPS stuff gets updates through the Radio-ROM. I figured this is a widely known fact...
hi guys, I bought a BA recently, & I found this forum, HEAVEN!!!
I:
-play a lot of mp3 through earphone, TCPMP is my only player
-run on 3600mAh battery, battery life is my life
-play video clip @ <500kbps occasionally
-share file with other devices & active sync through BT
-do simple phone operations like sms & calling only, not using BT headset or what
-want stability
or which rom has least problem (& what are they?) apart from being free from any problems related to the above?
thanks for any possible guidance
generally, our WM6.0 or 6.1 is designed for latest handheld with vga screen, higher speed, better hardware so each ROM has its own characteristics... you should do trial and error... practices make perfect bro...
cheers
evo
PS:dont worry of making mistakes.. all the information that you need is here.. happy upgrading
I'm pretty new to BA like you are. What I've learned so far is that you need to try each ROM yourself and see how your device responds to it. I'm guessing that these BAs are like any other piece of computer hardware. You can have 5 devices all exactly alike and get 8 different responses as to which works best.
Some units have problems with Wifi depending on which ROM you use. That's been my biggest issue is trying to find a ROM that'll let me use Wifi without too many headaches. I've had mine for like a month or so now and I'm still flipping ROMs to compare.
Swampy just came out with a new one which I need to try, and Sundream mentioned he'll have a new one soon too. Xplode said he would a while back, but I'm still waiting on that one as well.
Unfortunately there isn't a sticky with a list of ROMs that list each person and their latest ROM. That would be incredibly handy and help clean up the forums a bit I'd think.
Hello,
I have tried to use the GPS present in our HTC HD with a lot of applications like Tomtom, Igo8 etc...
The problem is that the GPS seems to lag. If I am in the car, Tomtom (for example) indicates that my car is 50 meters behind my real position.
What I would like to know is if the problem is present for SOME of us or EVERY of us ?
Indeed, sometime people says that the GPS is working correctly for them with no lag and for the others no.
I have to send my HTC for reparation but I would like to know if I can speak about that problem or if it is "normal".
Thank you
bigstyle said:
Hello,
I have tried to use the GPS present in our HTC HD with a lot of applications like Tomtom, Igo8 etc...
The problem is that the GPS seems to lag. If I am in the car, Tomtom (for example) indicates that my car is 50 meters behind my real position.
What I would like to know is if the problem is present for SOME of us or EVERY of us ?
Indeed, sometime people says that the GPS is working correctly for them with no lag and for the others no.
I have to send my HTC for reparation but I would like to know if I can speak about that problem or if it is "normal".
Thank you
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Hi I am running Duttys 3.6 xt on my HD and am not experiencing any lag (maybe 5-10 meters maximum)
I am using Tomtom navcore 7.915.9196 with UK maps 815.2024 and find it really accurate. Are you using a stock rom or a cooked one? Dont know if this would make a difference??
Thank you for your answer.
I have the original rom provided by my provider (SFR/Vodafone in France).
Thanks
What I dont understand is why some users have a problem and some dont !
Then I dont know if there are different HTC GPS receiver or something like that ?
bigstyle said:
What I dont understand is why some users have a problem and some dont !
Then I dont know if there are different HTC GPS receiver or something like that ?
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I use gps a lot. I have Orange and their stock ROM was rubbish as the GPS kept losing signal. I have flashed numerous ROM's and all showed vast improvement for GPS. I run TomTom, Garmin and Memory-Map. All pick up Satellites with 30 secs and often quicker. TomTom is spot on, Garmin lags just a little and Memory-Map I use for Flying so whether it lags would be a little difficult to tell. I'm currently using Dutty's 6.5 R1 which is the longest I've stuck with a ROM. Try flashing, it will give you the willies to start with but becomes great fun.
ps If you enjoy then buy the creator's a drink for their splendid efforts
The fix is quite quick actually but my real position is quite far as the real one when I am moving at 50 km/h.
What I dont understand is that you are saying if I install a cooked rom I will not have the problem anymore but I can read that a lot of others people have the same problem ... and some others not !
Do you think it is because not all of them are using an improved cooked version ?
I am trying to understand why some people doesnt have any issue with their GPS and others (like me) do.
Thanks !
I don't have a prob with lag on the current rom. Getting a lock is quick as well. Had a prob getting a lock with the stock rom though, 2 or 3 minutes usually if at all but as I said no probs with current rom.
mine, using tomotm, lags about 5m behind where I am. However, if you make a 90 degree turn the screen takes a long time to redraw/update and you can end up anything up to 50m out for 20 seconds or so whilst it catches up.
I'm pretty sure that the lag is down to graphics drivers/update rates in the software (as tomtom only seems to run at a frame a second or so) rather than the GPS chip being poor
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I'm pretty sure that the lag is down to graphics drivers/update rates in the software (as tomtom only seems to run at a frame a second or so) rather than the GPS chip being poor
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If it is down to the graphics/drivers etc then this should hopefully help when it is complete - NeoS2007 is doing a grand job by the sounds of it - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442712&page=101
bigstyle said:
Thank you for your answer.
I have the original rom provided by my provider (SFR/Vodafone in France).
Thanks
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Hey m8. You may want to upgrade this rom. I bought my Touch HD in France and i think i had the exactly the same rom and i was suffering from major issues. The phone was slow and unstable and i was having trouble with gps. Since i made an upgrade to Miris 6.5 Win Mobile rom i never had any problems and its waaaay faster.
gl
Every HD has a bad GPS receiver except mine.
I seriously never had any problems whatsoever.
Running Dutty's 3.0XT (which is radio 1.13.something and TomTom 7.something flawlesly.
No QuickGPS and no A-GPS.
I've only used TomTom for GPS, but I've never noticed any lag, even when travelling at high speed on motorways and the such. It was fine on both the stock Orange ROM and various ROMs by Dutty.
moshbeard said:
I've only used TomTom for GPS, but I've never noticed any lag, even when travelling at high speed on motorways and the such. It was fine on both the stock Orange ROM and various ROMs by Dutty.
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On my HD at medium speeds (50-60km/h and higher) i start to have that 50m aprox lag. The only improved thing i noticed on new official 1.56 rom is the time acquire sats (1-3 minutes to 1 minute or less)
Well I have also no problem with GPS. I've got my HD from Swisscom and I get my GPS-Signal (in TomTom) in about 10-15 seconds without QuickGPS, even when I'm in the house (okay, the half of the "walls" are windows )
I also didn't notice any lag. Strange, this HDs seem to be all different from one to one and i'm not talking just about the GPS :-(
stock ROM still used old radio version
cooked ROM latest radio version
that's the different
I have 5-10m lag with Garmin on Dutty3.3 but lags are worse when turning 'cause graphics are slow to load
The difference can only put out the installed radio and these registry settings:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Drivers\GPSOneDevice\PollInterval = 3000 decimal
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Drivers\InputBufferSize = 512 decimal
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Drivers\OutputBufferSize = 512 decimal
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Drivers\RetryWaitonError = 1 decimal
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Drivers\SleepOnNoData = 250 decimal
Accuracy also depends on the number of satellites you get locked to. You can try the latest Radio..
how? tried one, but failed... :-(
Here is my different rom versions :
Radio : 1.14.25.24
G 52.64.25.34H
D 1.59.Dutty
And I am still having issues with my GPS.
What I really can't understand (and we can see with yours answers too) is that the GPS is working correctly for some people and not for the others
Please, try to provide your different rom versions and tell us if the GPS is working correctly for you or not.
Thanks
P.S: About the registry settings, my original setting was
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Drivers\GPSOneDevice\PollInterval = 1000 decimal
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Drivers\InputBufferSize = 4096 decimal
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Drivers\OutputBufferSize = 4096 decimal
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Drivers\RetryWaitonError = 3 decimal
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Drivers\SleepOnNoData = 250 decimal
Hi, I'm about to use Sports Tracker for running so I need a ROM (preferably SD ROM) where GPS works perfectly.
I prefer some SD build (I don't care if it lacks features or if its an older Android version) so I can keep using my NAND ROM with all functionality that I need for everyday use.
I have no problem to find ROMs where GPS 'should' work, but in the comments I find a lot of comments from people who still have problems with GPS (not getting a fix, hot reboots, ...).
If anyone uses their HD2 for running/walking/cycling... and the trackpoint info is good (so no sudden GPS signal drops or other glitches which can cause some funny top speeds) then please tell me what ROM you use.
Any other tips and tricks for having a great GPS reception on the HD2 are welcome. Thanks.