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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.
Cheers!
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.
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).
Hi all,
I just got the Touch HD and is loving it. The 3.8" lcd is just awesome.
I'd like to use this phone along with its GPS feature. Do i have to subscribe to it? or can i use it for free?
I am currently using t-mobile as the service provider.
How can i enable the GPS?
PLEASE HELP, I AM A NEWB in phones.
The program enables the GPS. If you have TOMTOM then select built in gps receiver then it enables it automatically. The other programs you have to select what port GPS is on... i think it is on port 4.
the using of GPS is for free, but you have to buy a navigation software. so you can choose between several tools (tomtom, igo 8, navigon mobile nagigator and several others.
you can use google maps as well and the software is for free, but in this case you have online maps. to use them you have to pay for the transfering the maps over internet to your hd.
ponickka said:
Hi all,
I just got the Touch HD and is loving it. The 3.8" lcd is just awesome.
I'd like to use this phone along with its GPS feature. Do i have to subscribe to it? or can i use it for free?
I am currently using t-mobile as the service provider.
How can i enable the GPS?
PLEASE HELP, I AM A NEWB in phones.
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is there anywhere on the internet that i can dl tom tom or other gps software? if yes, please advise?
A buddy of mines have a gps software in his TyTnII and he didn't have to pay for dataplan or any GPS plan.
When he bought the phoen (used) it was already pre-installed, so i couldn't ask him for help.
Thanks
You can legally get TomTom from plenty of the threads posted in this forum.
The maps you have to pay for though.
i know this is not widely pratice, but is it possible to dl the maps, and just having it on my sd card?
once i have the map, do i download a navigation "player" on my phone?
if have a tomtom navi unit myself, byt like to have it on the phone also. can i use the software that came with actual navigation system for the phone?
if yes, how can i do it?
I am a newb at this.
Thank
hey guys
I need a serious help here as I invested in buying this phone after giving up the the iphone, which was pretty easy to use. So i switched to android and bought the xperia play.
But I am now so devastated as I can find one offline navigation software that works as a gps turn by turn software for Israel at all. And I rely on my gps alot to move around, without having a gps software the phone will be useless. Google maps or any software that depends on the internet will not work for me, as I don't have a 3g plan on my phone, so I need an offline gps software
I really need serious help and I am willing to invest some extra dollars just to get one.
Please please help what shall I do
which software you were using on the iphone? most of the GPS apps that are on the itunes store are also on the market...
igo israel, ituran , and non are on the market, please help me in finding any software as i will be in real trouble without having an offline gps.
check out this link:
http://www.geekersmagazine.com/best-android-gps-apps.html
at the bottom you have 2 apps, COPILOT and WISEPILOT
maybe one of these 2 will have Israel maps (didnt check it so i cant confirm)
also i know that there is an app to let you download and use offline maps from google maps (i used this on the iphone in the past) that may work as well
here is a website for offline maps, this will be the best pick, since its free
http://www.mapdroyd.com/
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.