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hello people...
what the rom that asset the gps?
tks
No sure what you mean... to use the internal GPS you are facing extensive hardware modifications to add a proper antenna (read the GPS thread). It has nothing to do with the OS ROM and changing the radio ROM will not fix the antenna problem.
If you refer to using an external BT GPS, my two ones work just fine with WM6 as they did with WM5.
Hope this clarifies it.
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No sure what you mean... to use the internal GPS you are facing extensive hardware modifications to add a proper antenna (read the GPS thread). It has nothing to do with the OS ROM and changing the radio ROM will not fix the antenna problem.
If you refer to using an external BT GPS, my two ones work just fine with WM6 as they did with WM5.
Hope this clarifies it.
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But htc tytn does not have an internal antenna gps already?then of the one not to use htc tytn as gps changing only the rom?
Correct... the Hermes lacks the LNA and other critical hardware elements. Most of the work has been to "enable" the radio portion of the GPS but as I understand it, it will still require hardware modifications to become functional. If you want more details, have fun here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=292466
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Correct... the Hermes lacks the LNA and other critical hardware elements. Most of the work has been to "enable" the radio portion of the GPS but as I understand it, it will still require hardware modifications to become functional. If you want more details, have fun here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=292466
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OK tks for the information...
Sorry about creating another one of these threads, I hate them as much as you but I really need to get GPS working in WM6 or I am going to have to downgrade. The reason I brought my trinity was because of the GPS, without it I may as well use my prophet! No matter what I try I cant get any GPS app to work, not tomtom, not gpsinfo, not pocketstreets, not even google maps!
There is no easily found information on the settings for gps within WM6, so maybe we can put that info here in order to reduce these kind of threads in the future!
If someone could answer this, it would help me and others greatly; What WORKING settings are being used under WM6 for the trinity?????
Com9 115200
Not working for me either... was a SPV m700, now WM6 (lmvd? edition).. google maps says seeking satellites, but none appear. This is right out in the open, where my bt gps unit picks up 4 satellites.
I really need this to work as well
firiel said:
Com9 115200
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Hardware com9 or program com9? Assume hardware, so which program should I use?
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Hardware com9 or program com9? Assume hardware, so which program should I use?
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Hardware com9, program put GPD1.
Cheers
Im Using LVSW 2.0.1.1
YEP:
GPS Program Port: GPD1
GPS Hardware Port: COM9
Baud Rate : 115200
Works Great, recep. better then HTC 2005.
GPS Setting
GPS Program Port: GPD1
GPS Hardware Port: COM9
Baud Rate : 4800
If it does not work try a lower baud setting.
MuN TE
And give it some time for the very first fix...
That might take up to 10 minutes or even more...Make sure your Trinity can 'see' the sky, and just wait some more.
This applies only to first fix, after that it should be well under a minute for a 'warm' start
yea but it should be able to see the GPS device right?
using the settings above, tomtom still gives me nothing other than 'No GPS Device' much like the other programs I have tryed. Surely if it was seeing the GPS it would say 'No valid GPS signal' or 'Waiting for valid gps signal'
Have been advised to upgrade to latest version of tomtom which I have and it makes no diffrence.......
PS I cant thank you all enough for your help!
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yea but it should be able to see the GPS device right?
using the settings above, tomtom still gives me nothing other than 'No GPS Device' much like the other programs I have tryed. Surely if it was seeing the GPS it would say 'No valid GPS signal' or 'Waiting for valid gps signal'
Have been advised to upgrade to latest version of tomtom which I have and it makes no diffrence.......
PS I cant thank you all enough for your help!
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So you do have TomTom 6.03, right?
Better give more information if you want people to help you...
if it says waiting for gps signal it should have found the gps device... MN6 will say "no gps device" if it doesnt find it and "waiting for gps" if it found a device but is waiting for a fix
sorry saminegm your right. Yes I am on the latest version of tom tom 6.030 (bulid 8320) The problem I am having is that all I get is 'No GPS device' when using the settings above.
Right, it gets odder. I've used the settings suggested. Now, when I leave google maps searching for satellites, it seems to crash after a few mins. The screen goes black, and the power button doesn't turn it on. I have to soft reset it.
Try it with lower baud rates? Does this lessen it's power?
Thanks everyone, much appreciated
Tried it all the way down to 9600, no luck. I won't take the phone back until I've tested it with TomTom, though.
I Have now sorted my problem with a reflash of the GSM_1.41.00.11 radio rom on the LVSW thread!
Despite me having done this once before, my radio rom was still the old orange one! reflashed it with GSM_1.41.00.11 and it works a treat!
ChrisFilter I take it you are having a similar problem; try going into system settings and device information. Then make sure your radio version is 1.41.00.11 if its not reflash it with the GSM_1.41.00.11 radio rom and it should sort your problems out!
And once again Thanks your all your help guys!
Already on 1.41.00.11
Maybe I'll try reflashing.. if not, back to f***ing WM5 / Orange
Wahey! On my 7th attempt, with google maps, in my garden, it worked. Impressed.. accurate tracking, could see myself walk round the garden, snazzy! :d
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...could see myself walk round the garden, snazzy! :d
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Now THAT would be a neat trick... (you DO know that the sat. image data is freakin' old..right?)
But glad all worked out for everyone
Moaske said:
Now THAT would be a neat trick... (you DO know that the sat. image data is freakin' old..right?)
But glad all worked out for everyone
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Yeah, of course I know
I meant I could see the little dot walking around..
Google maps for WM - It's over and over again....
It is rather misleading - it DOESN'T use any real GPS device on your phone, or any external BT either. It is a pay service instead, which uses provider dependent LBS.
See
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=39894&topic=9120
ww2250 said:
Google maps for WM - It's over and over again....
It is rather misleading - it DOESN'T use any real GPS device on your phone, or any external BT either. It is a pay service instead, which uses provider dependent LBS.
See
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=39894&topic=9120
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What? Google Maps Mobile does use your GPS device, atleast it does on my phone...
I found some info about the TP2 and the TD2 that's confusing.
On htc's specification page of the TP2 and the TD2 it says that GPS is: Internal GPS antenna.
On Gsmarena.com it says:
TP2 GPS = Yes
TD2 GPS = Yes, with A-GPS support
Which gps device will the TP2 and TD2 have?
I've heard that some have had problems with the A-gps dropping satsync and that disabling the "A" solved this.
I previously had a Xperia which I got refunded because of the constant cracking backside.
The Xperia (A-gps) had a gps lag that wasn't fun at all.
When I compared the Xperia to my Mio P550 the xperia had a lag of roughly 30meters while the P550 had <5meters.
The P550 does not have an A-gps.
Which is better to have? Gps or A-gps?
Though it's not on the official sight, I could have sworn I saw somewhere it was AGPS. My understanding is that AGPS > GPS because it's using cell towers to assist it when satilite signal is low like in buildings and downtown areas.
Poke_N_PDA said:
Though it's not on the official sight, I could have sworn I saw somewhere it was AGPS. My understanding is that AGPS > GPS because it's using cell towers to assist it when satilite signal is low like in buildings and downtown areas.
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Htc lists the original touch diamond gps as a-gps, But on the original touch pro it's listed as Internal GPS antenna.
Is it only a typo? or do the original TD and TP have different gps devices installed?
As far as I remember AGPS is Assisted GPS that should start quicker as it is being assisted by phone network it self - it will know qucker the position you are in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_Phone
Vipeone said:
As far as I remember AGPS is Assisted GPS that should start quicker as it is being assisted by phone network it self - it will know qucker the position you are in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_Phone
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You are absolutely right about how the Agps works, but I already knew that
The question is wether the TD2 and TP2 are going to be equipped with Agps or not.
I remember the discussions when the mogul came out. The specs said the chips had agps in them. When ever the topic came up about if sprint would expose it to programs or if it could be hacked someone would come in and say,in their obnoxious condescending tone "The mogul **ONLY** has agps,not real gps so the answer to your question is the same as the last 100 times it was asked,NEVER!!!!"
Then sprint activated GPS for us.
AGPS is a superset of GPS btw,it has everything that a vanilla GPS chip has plus the ability to get information from the towers as well. So GPS is defiantly "better". As far as I know all the qualcomm chipsets have agps.
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I remember the discussions when the mogul came out. The specs said the chips had agps in them. When ever the topic came up about if sprint would expose it to programs or if it could be hacked someone would come in and say,in their obnoxious condescending tone "The mogul **ONLY** has agps,not real gps so the answer to your question is the same as the last 100 times it was asked,NEVER!!!!"
Then sprint activated GPS for us.
AGPS is a superset of GPS btw,it has everything that a vanilla GPS chip has plus the ability to get information from the towers as well. So GPS is defiantly "better". As far as I know all the qualcomm chipsets have agps.
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I had a Xperia that has the same qualcomm chip. It had a gps lag that was very annoying. HTC have used different ways of writing gps or agps in their specs on phones that have the qualcomm chip. That's why I asked this Q in the first place. But I don't think the gpslag is hardware related, it's more an issue of poor gps drivers.
As far as I know one can disable Assisted GPS in the register. You then keep GPS ...... so why should a phone with AGPS be worse then one with GPS. Again i believe when you disable the assisted part you keep the GPS
http://mobilitysite.com/2008/02/assisted-gps-2/
So in theory an AGPS system could be better. The only problem is that some software does not like the assisted part. I did disable ASSISTED gps in my registry and use the normal GPS with satisfaction in my Tytn 2.
dgh said:
As far as I know one can disable Assisted GPS in the register. You then keep GPS ...... so why should a phone with AGPS be worse then one with GPS. Again i believe when you disable the assisted part you keep the GPS
http://mobilitysite.com/2008/02/assisted-gps-2/
So in theory an AGPS system could be better. The only problem is that some software does not like the assisted part. I did disable ASSISTED gps in my registry and use the normal GPS with satisfaction in my Tytn 2.
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That's not the issue here...
I know what Agps is and how it works. So please do not post any links to www.agps.org or any other google on "how agps works.net"
Why did HTC use different names for the same chip? explain that instead.
the gps is not a spc chip it's in the qualcomm cpu along with 3g and wifi
will the touch pro be like the iphone, where you can go into maps and it will be of no additional cost other than the data plan, or will you have to subscribe to a gps data plan? anyone know or think they know?
EazyDeazy said:
will the touch pro be like the iphone, where you can go into maps and it will be of no additional cost other than the data plan, or will you have to subscribe to a gps data plan? anyone know or think they know?
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I don't get you. GPS costs nothing. Only internet and making calls, for that you have to get dataplan. No other costs.
quarintus said:
I don't get you. GPS costs nothing. Only internet and making calls, for that you have to get dataplan. No other costs.
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He probably was referring to some sort of maps/directions database subscription. I can't think of the name of any of them right now, but it's pretty common to get charged $10+ a month for stuff like that.
I assume the TP2's will work with Google Maps and you won't be required to subscribe to any database to get decent use out of the positional information the antenna provides.
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That's not the issue here...
I know what Agps is and how it works. So please do not post any links to www.aps.org or any other google on "how agps works.net"
Why did HTC use different names for the same chip? explain that instead.
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sorry mr. senior member
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sorry mr. senior member
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No problem. I guess you got me on a bad day... sorry about that.
Hi guys,
Previous Kaiser owner here upgraded to Rhodium recently.
I'm asking HTC the same question as well, does Rhodium support AGPS or not. I'm quite sure it does - though I don't have a answer from them yet.
Check this link out from HTC support site - http://www.htc.com/sea/faqs.aspx?p_id=250&cat=266&id=92408
The touch pro 2 has agps but it disabled by default you have to enable it using advanced config 3.3 then it works very well cutting time to sync from 60 seconds to 15 seconds when opening google maps.
Jeremy
If anyone is interested I have got A-GPS working on my TP2, unbranded standard WWE ROM, Vodafone UK network.
The steps performed are as follows (As always, Use at own risk, make sure you have a backup etc etc...)
Install T-Backs GPS fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=188959&d=1243353858
The CAB above sets the defaults for tha ATT network, the following settings are the ones I use, and should work anywhere (AFAIK).
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\SUPL AGPS]
"EnableAGPS"=dword:00000001
"GPSMode"=dword:00000002
"TLSHostName"="supl.nokia.com"
"ServerURL"="supl.nokia.com"
"Network"="internet"
"GPRSConnection"="Contract Internet"
"DynamicURL"="supl.nokia.com"
"APN"="internet"
"CloseConfirmMsgTime"=dword:00000000
"PrivacyMethod"=dword:00000000
"EnableLocInfo"=dword:00000001
"ServerPort"=dword:00000000
"EnabledPrivacyMethod"=dword:00000001
"QosPerformance"=dword:00000059
"QoSAccuracy"=dword:00000032
"TimeBetweenFixes"=dword:00000001
"NumberFixes"=dword:3b9ac9ff
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and
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL]
"AGPSNVSetting"=dword:00000001
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Note you will need to change the APN, network and GPRS connection to suit your network
This fix definatly works on my phone, I have analysed the debug logs and the NMEA logs and can see the data being downloaded and injected into the driver.
I now get a cold GPS fix in less than 20 seconds, whereas with AGPS turned off I could be waiting for 5 minutes or more for a cold fix.
To see if it is working on your Phone, first you should see a GPRS data connection established then using the HTC GPS test tool to examine the NMEA data you should see a $GPCELL entry after a few seconds.
Hope this helps.
Tom
hey Tom, something you might find of interest,
I had already set up my agps as you have said above with nokis.supl and my agps was workin great, after reading your post i changed the Reg setting for Ril/driver to 1 and SR ( mine was set to 5) as you suggested. and although i was still recieveing the NMEA info, i couldn't get a lock, changed it back to 5 and Lock from cold in 15 seconds!!
I don't know what the decimal 5 instructs and possibly its radio related? i am still using stock 3.44.25.25.27
Anyway great post
Frogfoot, how does the performance with A-GPS enabled compare to the performance with it disabled? How sure are you a) that A-GPS actually is enabled, and b) that it is A-GPS that is making the difference? I ask, because I can get a lock in 10 or 15 seconds with A-GPS turned off. Simply installing the GPS patch did that for me!
How does the performance with A-GPS enabled compare to the performance with it disabled
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I have found that I get a much faster lock when 'cold starting' the GPS, ie after the ephemeris data has expired (if you havent used the GPS for say a week) or you have changed location by say 50 miles since you last used GPS. Without aGPS a cold start would take several minutes, however with aGPS working it takes a matter of seconds. (there is no difference in a 'warm' or 'hot' start scenario).
How sure are you a) that A-GPS actually is enabled
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I installed the debug tools and could see the procedure calls reading the registry entries, opening the GPRS connection downloading the data etc. And I also used the HTC GPS tool to log the NMEA stream and searched through to find the response from the supl.nokia.com server in a string marked $GPCELL
I ask, because I can get a lock in 10 or 15 seconds with A-GPS turned off.
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I expect that what you are seeing is what is known as a 'warm start' where the GPS chipset has cached the Almanac and ephemeris data for the last known position and uses that to jump start the connection. That is fine untill you go for a long drive/flight with the GPS off and then it assumes you at the old location or there abouts. This can cause the GPS to think that the wrong satalites are overhead and therefore take longer to lock on. The other scenario which benifits from agps is if you dont use the GPS for a while, the cached Almanac and ephemeris data expires and needs to be downloaded again. This is what causes the long TTFF (time to first fix)
Quick GPS as far as I can gather is supposed to download predicted almanac and ephemeris data for your region and inject that into the GPS driver to facilitate a faster TTFF however I have yet to notice any difference when QuickGPS is up to date as opposed to it having expired data.
Hope this clears it up a bit.
Cheers
Tom
osrix25 said:
hey Tom, something you might find of interest,
I had already set up my agps as you have said above with nokis.supl and my agps was workin great, after reading your post i changed the Reg setting for Ril/driver to 1 and SR ( mine was set to 5) as you suggested. and although i was still recieveing the NMEA info, i couldn't get a lock, changed it back to 5 and Lock from cold in 15 seconds!!
I don't know what the decimal 5 instructs and possibly its radio related? i am still using stock 3.44.25.25.27
Anyway great post
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Very interesting, do you usually connect with GSM or 3G? I have only tested this with GSM, and have not experianced the problem you describe.
Tom
For completeness sake here are two useful apps for general GPS testing
CleanGPS.cab, very useful to reset the ephemeris and almanac data and HTC GPS Test tool for diagnosing GPS fix problems
Apologies if this has newbie written all over it... What would I need to change for this to be compatible with T-mobile US service? Looking at the cab registry keys, it looks like I should be fine as is.
Thanks!
Thought I would mention what I've been using on my TP, very similar with a nice cab.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=478199&highlight=t-mobile+agps
The only thing you might wanna change is the connection settings to match the name of your data connection...
For the benefit of us newbies, could someone clarify what changes (if any) need to be made to the above registry values to get this working on O2 in the UK (if this is possible)?
Already test mine using agps setting from frogfoot, but it doesn't work on my TP2,
Frogfoot may i know what Radio version you used to enable AGPS on TP2
Thanks
I know my GRPS connection, but is there anybody know what is "APN"? How can I set it?
I found here the APN setting is empty.
I have a TP2 which has been good as gold since I bought it about six months ago, but now trying to use GPS for the first time I cannot get a signal. Can anyone please assist?
TomTom 7 and Google Maps; Neither program is complaining that it cannot find GPS, it's just that GPS does not pick up any signal.
Under QuickGPS I've got everything ticked and agreed to! I've also manually updated it three times now.
Under "External GPS" settings I've tried COM4 and COM0 and baud rates 4800 and 9600. I'm now settled with COM4 and baud rate 4800 (with corresponding settings in TomTom) and I can confirm that the GPS device is certainly recognised, because if I change the settings or if I select a different GPS device in TomTom I get "No GPS device!", whereas with correct settings I get "Waiting for a valid GPS signal".
Likewise Google Maps sits for ever showing "Seeking GPS Satelites (0)...".
I've just come back from a day visiting friends in London. For half of the 45-minute journey there I had the phone sitting on the dashboard with TomTom open, and for the second half Google maps, and then the same again for the 45-minute journey home, and not once at any point did I pick up any satellite signal.
Can anyone please offer any suggestions?
Many thanks.
Could possibly be a bad GPS unit in your phone. There is an HTC GPS Tool available on the boards here that you can try and test with. I'll do a search for you in once sec.
One quick thing to double-check, in Settings | System | ABPS Settings > Make sure you've got the AGPS Service turned on.
ETA: Here's the thread where you can download the GPS Tool - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=360477
I'd be very grateful, thanks.
ABPS Settings? What's that?! I have no such setting under Settings/System! (I'm running WM 6.5 pro)
GPS is new to me, and while clearly a nice little piece of kit the HTC GPS tool doesn't give any instructions! However, I've set it to my COM and baud rate and hit "Open" and there's a lot of action; under the "Satelite" tab I see changing red satellite points (between one and four and I'm still indoors) so I'm presuming this indicates that my GPS is functioning?
Could my issue therefore be something to do with my non-existant ABPS/AGPS Settings?
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GPS is new to me, and while clearly a nice little piece of kit the HTC GPS tool doesn't give any instructions! However, I've set it to my COM and baud rate and hit "Open" and there's a lot of action; under the "Satelite" tab I see changing red satellite points (between one and four and I'm still indoors) so I'm presuming this indicates that my GPS is functioning?
Could my issue therefore be something to do with my non-existant ABPS/AGPS Settings?
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"aGPS" = Assisted GPS, it uses more than just the satellite signals to help pinpoint your location quicker. The TP2 is capable of aGPS, but it's disabled by default. You'll need an app such as "Advanced Config" (attached below) to access and activate that setting. Once you have it installed, just open the app, and you'll see a "GPS" heading in the list of options, under that is the aGPS switch.
Much appreciated, thanks. In fact I already have "Advanced Config" installed, and all GPS options already activated, including AGPS.
Could you be so kind as to let me know whether you think, from the description in my last post, that my GPS is working? And if so, might you have any idea why it's therefore not speaking to either TomTom or Google maps?
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Much appreciated, thanks. In fact I already have "Advanced Config" installed, and all GPS options already activated, including AGPS.
Could you be so kind as to let me know whether you think, from the description in my last post, that my GPS is working? And if so, might you have any idea why it's therefore not speaking to either TomTom or Google maps?
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Without being able to lay eyeballs on it, it does sound like the GPS tool did indicate that you could at least locate some satellites, but I can't say for sure if you're locking/triangulating any...
There is one more setting that I've read has helped on some odd occassions, it's worth a try if nothing else. In the same GPS settings area where you changed the port and baud rate, the last tab should be "Access". On that tab is only one check box, for "Manage GPS Automatically...", and it's probably checked by default for you. Even though it sounds backwards, go ahead and uncheck that box, and see if it makes any difference in your ability to acquire sats. It may not, but it doesn't hurt anything.
Also...just to be sure...on the "hardware" tab there, do you have the "GPS hardware port" set to "none", yes?
Your other option, of course, is to load a different radio.
have you tried running quick gps?
I have also had problems with my GPS since flashing a new ROM, a reset seems to have sorted it out.
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I have also had problems with my GPS since flashing a new ROM, a reset seems to have sorted it out.
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I presume you mean a full, cold reset? I've run several standard cleanups and warm resets, and yes, I've also run QuickGPS a number of times as well.
I was beginning to wonder myself whether it was to do with flashing the new ROM, although it was an official ROM (WM 6.5 Pro), Vodafone and Windows certified and downloaded through the Vodafone website, so it should have been thoroughly checked.
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I presume you mean a full, cold reset? I've run several standard cleanups and warm resets, and yes, I've also run QuickGPS a number of times as well.
I was beginning to wonder myself whether it was to do with flashing the new ROM, although it was an official ROM (WM 6.5 Pro), Vodafone and Windows certified and downloaded through the Vodafone website, so it should have been thoroughly checked.
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Yes, if you loaded a new official ROM, you most likely got a new radio with that ROM (offical ROMs include the radio, many aftermarket ones don't)...in that case Epoh is correct and you'll want to find out what radio was on your device with the previous ROM, and try flashing that same one (or one of the other available options) in place of whatever one the new ROM included.
Again, many thanks.
But I'm afraid you've lost me technically! I'm certainly PC literate and able to tweak and crack and play, but where my TP2 is concerned my knowledge is more limited. I'm afraid I would need instructions to guide me through the process you suggest. If anyone has the patience and kindness to provide some I'd be most grateful, otherwise it's a bit out of my "do it yourself" league.
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Again, many thanks.
But I'm afraid you've lost me technically! I'm certainly PC literate and able to tweak and crack and play, but where my TP2 is concerned my knowledge is more limited. I'm afraid I would need instructions to guide me through the process you suggest. If anyone has the patience and kindness to provide some I'd be most grateful, otherwise it's a bit out of my "do it yourself" league.
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Start > Settings > System > Device Info > Software Info
It will have your radio version there. I'm not sure which ROM you were using before, but you should be able to find what radio it was using. Then go to the ROM development forum and read about flashing your radio!
AidanBell said:
Again, many thanks.
But I'm afraid you've lost me technically! I'm certainly PC literate and able to tweak and crack and play, but where my TP2 is concerned my knowledge is more limited. I'm afraid I would need instructions to guide me through the process you suggest. If anyone has the patience and kindness to provide some I'd be most grateful, otherwise it's a bit out of my "do it yourself" league.
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Flashing a radio is very similar to flashing a (custom) ROM, it just doesn't wipe everything, and it only replaces the radio (actually the set of drivers for all the radios in the phone). Different radios can improve your reception on any of them (3G, Bluetooth, GPS, etc), but you may have to try a couple to find the one that works best for you.
A list of available radios, and links to detailed instructions, are in THIS thread
Many thanks for the help. OK, I think I'm on the case, but here's what's still confusing me: The thread you've sent me to explains how to determine your ROM by going to the start menu, settings, etc. However what I need to know is what the ROM WAS before I updated to my current one, no? If I understand this correctly I am trying to return to the old radio that I had before I updated the ROM, yes? In which case, how do I know which radio to choose?
If it saves time, I can tell you that I am in England, my unit is a Vodafone HTC TP2, purchased in August last year.
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Many thanks for the help. OK, I think I'm on the case, but here's what's still confusing me: The thread you've sent me to explains how to determine your ROM by going to the start menu, settings, etc. However what I need to know is what the ROM WAS before I updated to my current one, no? If I understand this correctly I am trying to return to the old radio that I had before I updated the ROM, yes? In which case, how do I know which radio to choose?
If it saves time, I can tell you that I am in England, my unit is a Vodafone HTC TP2, purchased in August last year.
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Correct, but if it uses the same radio then there is no need to flash a radio and you have a different problem, which is why I suggested checking to see if they use the same radio. If the ROMs use different radios, you can download the radio from your earlier ROM to see if it fixes GPS.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Rhodium/Shipped_Roms
I see! Cheers.
OK, my current ROM is 1.86.161.0 (67102) WWE, and radio 4.49.25.17 (09/25/09).
However ... since I have no idea what my ROM or radio were before I updated the ROM, how am I to know whether the radio is the same!?
AidanBell said:
I see! Cheers.
OK, my current ROM is 1.86.161.0 (67102) WWE, and radio 4.49.25.17 (09/25/09).
However ... since I have no idea what my ROM or radio were before I updated the ROM, how am I to know whether the radio is the same!?
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that link has a list of known ROMs and the Radio they use.
AidanBell said:
I see! Cheers.
OK, my current ROM is 1.86.161.0 (67102) WWE, and radio 4.49.25.17 (09/25/09).
However ... since I have no idea what my ROM or radio were before I updated the ROM, how am I to know whether the radio is the same!?
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On that list Burton linked for you, it shows that the originial shipped ROMs from Vodaphone (which I'm assuming is what was on yours previously) were version 1.14.161.6 (50207), with radio 3.44.25.27.