Last week, I tried to use the GPS during a flight, but as the windows were very small it was difficult for gps to find satellites.
I'm wondering where the GPS antenna is located on mother board or elsewhere.
I found the info for my Nexus 4, but not for 10.
Do you know that ?
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hey guys,
i have a little question,
i just bought a haicom gps receiver and use tomtom 2 software. When i get out of my garage, it takes always more than 15 minutes to get a signal. sometimes during driving i also lose it. How comes?
when i connect my device to the receiver and power, i get something like "connecting to t-mobile MMS"...
oh, btw i have a MDA II with latest NL t-mobile rom. 1.60....
if anyone could help please...
thanks!
The gps should only take this long when first used, after that it should lock in a matter of a couple of minutes, to test the gps properly it is best to test it outside the vehicle, I think most Haicom mouse gps come with magnetic base so stick it on the roof and drive around, if it works better it is probably becuase your car has a metallised windscreen which blocks the signal. The message about connecting to the service provider is an error due to the com port being accessed i think, mine used to bring up activesync every time but once I canged my activesync settings on the xda to manual instead of auto sync it solved the problem.
so i should always drive around with my window open?? and stick the receiver outside the car?
I would agree with Crusin Through - I think your car may well have some form of heated windscreen or heat reflecting windscreen. What car do you have.
If when you do place the receiver on the outside of the car you do get good signal you can get a special anntenna that had an outside part and an internal part that you can fit permanently to the car so you can still move the thing about. Bit like a mobile phone antenna.
Alternatively as you have the XDA II you can get a bluetooth receiver an place it on the rear parcel shelf (I think the wider heating strips won't affect it - but can't confirm it.)
John, I wasnt suggesting you drive around with your window open, I was suggesting a way to ascertain if your windscreen is the problem regarding your blocked gps signal, by the way I have used a gps on the roof and the window will shut almost all the way however as the last post mentioned you can obtain a re-radiating antenna, this will solve your problem if indeed the windscreen is the culprit.
Re-rediating antenna - that's the word I couldn't remember :lol:
ok guys, thanks. i'll try with such an extern antenna.
thanks for your help
Before you spend your money on the re-rad antenna - try the thing on the roof - if this works then the antenna is your only real option if you want to continue with the thing in the front windscreen.
I'd hate you to buy the re-rad and then find it doesn't work.
Incidently what car do you have? (Does it have a heat reflecting or headted windscreen)
And if it works outside,
you still don't have to buy an external antenna, as normally the windshield have an area where is not metal coating...
try to check the manual of your car..
i own a toyota Camry 2002 model, it has indeed a windscreen etc...
Hi, I've got TomTom Navigator 6 installed on my Trinity and it all works fine, except it takes about 5 minutes before it picks up any satellites when I run it - does anybody know if there's a fix to enable to gps chip to pick up satellites a bit quicker than this? Even when I'm outside and away from tall buildings it's the same. Any help or suggestions would be great.
Thanks
Seagee
Did u try that software?
keep QuickGPS updated.
tjw2007 said:
Hi, I've got TomTom Navigator 6 installed on my Trinity and it all works fine, except it takes about 5 minutes before it picks up any satellites when I run it - does anybody know if there's a fix to enable to gps chip to pick up satellites a bit quicker than this? Even when I'm outside and away from tall buildings it's the same. Any help or suggestions would be great.
Thanks
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it will save a couple of minutes
aquiring a satellite regardless of whether you're using an internal gps antenna or an external bluetooth antenna usually takes a few minutes when you are booting it cold (ie.. turning it on initally) There really isnt any way around this that I know
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gps antenna or an external bluetooth antenna
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Try your GPS antenna with an other software or with a GPS diagnostic.
I am 99% sure your GPS antenna does not work properly or at least try your tom tom with an other antenna.
Info : GPS antenna have to connect with 3 or more satellite to determine the position.
Hi guys n girls,
I'm kinda new here and I have a question I've been dying to ask since I got hold of my HTC hermes. I'm currently using Vodafone's version of HTC Hermes, which is the V1605.
Is it possible for HTC Hermes to use GPS navigation without an external GPS receiver such as a bluetooth device? I learnt that HTC Hermes has no GPS chipset so it will definitely need a receiver, but I'm just curious and I wanna confirm. Thanks
Afaik, it got a GPS Chipset but no antenna
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=292466
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=291181
thanks for the clarification.
so, it will need a receiver to act like an antenna?
I'm not sure if you search for GPS or looked at the Wiki on the Hermes but its been covered a few times. The only thing you can really do is get a bluetooth GPS receiver or something along those lines.
Read and Search
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_GPS_FAQ
I use a Holox bt-321 GPS receiver, works fine!
I was going to link to an ebay auction for one but its possibly the ONLY day when there isnt an auction for one!
I bought here from a user a Holux M-1000. Works fine and without any problems.
Give Navizon a go - > http://www.navizon.com/
its a virtual GPS for phones without GPS, Goes on Phone Cell info and Wifi AP Signals, you have to use wifi but it does pinpoint where you are better with wifi on
also out puts the data via a com port so you can use Satnav an other GPS enabled apps with it
Garmin GPS 10
I'm using an older Garmin GPS 10 that I purchased a few years ago, but it stills works great. It is rechargeable and the battery seems to last forever. I also using the Beta version of Garmin's Mobile XT, which gives my 8525 the same look and feel as "modern" GPS-only devices.
Some of the cool "toys" the software uses is:
2-D or 3-D map view
PeerPoints (sending GPS coords via SMS or MMS)
Local gas prices near you
Real time traffice
Weather
POIs ( you can have up to 4,000 waypoints/favorites/locations)
Voice prompts
Hotels.com info
etc.
Of course, some of the features depends on whether or not you have a data plan or WiFi access. I also like it because it is very small, works via bluetooth and is very accurate. I also use BeelineGPS because I also like to Geocache.
http://www.geocaching.com/
P.S. The current version of my GPS is the Garmin Mobile 10 for PDAs/Laptops
im using a "54 channel Holox" (Fake Holux) but i havent seen a quicker connecting device
Hello guys,
So I bought a silicon cover and put it on my dhd.
Well GPS ( using GPS status app from the market) satellites are 5 maybe 4 ...
Removing the cover and bum! Up to 8 satellites!
But now:
The average number of sats I catch is 6 - 7 never more ...
This is not so good and in fact sygic aura tell me always that the signal is not good so let's bouncing my car on the map here and there....no usable...
Co pilot seems to give the best result to me but using "walking" instead of car navigation the bouncing problem arises....probably that modality needs more precision.
I don't know what to think ... the startup is fine but then 7 sats aren't a lot ...
Do u know how many sats our hardware is capable to get?
Alex
Is there anything I need to do except turning GPS on in settings to get GPS working? My Nexus 7 can never find GPS signal, even when I am outside. Any APP to test it?
Apparently rebooting nexus 7 worked. Not sure why though, I didn't change anything settings either.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
GPS Status is a good app to see what the GPS is doing.
Sent from my Nexus 7
The nexus 7 have no data connection do download AGPS data, be sure to connect to a WiFi network and try using apps like GPS status to try and get a lock. And as long as you are near a windows, no need to go out, the gos chip in the nexus 7 is pretty sensitive.
Will the next nexus have a longer screen?
Hello, i found the "Bug" on my Nexus 7 - and it was Hardware.
There was simple no Connection between the GPS Antenna in the Backcover and the GPS Receiver on the Mainboard.
How to fix this? Pull off the Backcover, locate the GPS Antenna. Then locate the GPS Antenna Contacts on the MAINBOARD, and bend them upwards a bit, so that they will connect to the Metall Pads in the Backcover.
Have Fun!
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Hello, i found the "Bug" on my Nexus 7 - and it was Hardware.
There was simple no Connection between the GPS Antenna in the Backcover and the GPS Receiver on the Mainboard.
How to fix this? Pull off the Backcover, locate the GPS Antenna. Then locate the GPS Antenna Contacts on the MAINBOARD, and bend them upwards a bit, so that they will connect to the Metall Pads in the Backcover.
Have Fun!
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Thank you! My GPS had been so reliable up until a few weeks ago that I figured the radio was damaged. Never thought to check those contact pins... I could see sattelites and get a fix, but the signal was so noisy that it wouldn't detect any movement, and it usually placed me a half mile away from my actual location.
Saw this post last night, popped the back off, gently bent all of those contacts up a degree or two, and BAM! All my radios are working very well again. :good: