ok, so i have upgraded my alltel vogue to the newest radio and i can still never get a gps lock.
i know with alltel, its gps enabled but not gps ready
in google maps when it says seeking gps satellites (0)...
it always says 0, i also have tried gps viewer and ive let it sit outside for 30min and it never gets a lock. is there anything else i can try
i have followed every gps tutorial on this site (ppcgeeks).
its starting to get very frustrating.
can someone please help me
Try using something like GPS Viewer first.
i got lock with sprint on my vogue in 6seconds!!!! damn, my titan barely locks within 8seconds
i used to have the same problem with the official rom. I flashed over to dharveys vista rom and now i get gps locks within at most 15 seconds. Give that a try
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Did anyone succeded on getting the GPS working in standalone mode where there is no service?
I have read a lot on this and I have still find someone that got their GPS to get a lock in a place without service, let's say Europe for an example.
I have even tried this:
http://www.rimweb.in/forums/index.php?showtopic=13024
I can get my Vogue to pick like 10 sats but it's very unlikely that I will get a lock (1 of 20 times I get a lock).
Cliff notes: What do you have to do to get the GPS on the Vogue to work in Europe?
Thanks
Hi, I just upgrade my touchpro2 to wm6.5 and found the google map cannot use GPS, it can connect to GPS but said cannot find any GPS signal. Anyone have same experience? even I install other map program and the GPS didn't work......
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Hi, I just upgrade my touchpro2 to wm6.5 and found the google map cannot use GPS, it can connect to GPS but said cannot find any GPS signal. Anyone have same experience? even I install other map program and the GPS didn't work......
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I had the same thing. You can leave it outside in clear daylight for about 15 min as this is sometimes how long it takes to pick up the GPS after a ROM change. Also ensure that you have done the QuickGPS download beforehand.
In my case my phone was faulty from the start but after they replaced it it still took a while before it picked up the first time.
manfredng said:
Hi, I just upgrade my touchpro2 to wm6.5 and found the google map cannot use GPS, it can connect to GPS but said cannot find any GPS signal. Anyone have same experience? even I install other map program and the GPS didn't work......
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You could try HTC GPS Tool (attached). First, make sure there's nothing blocking your view from the sky; it's best to be outdoors. When you open it up, on the top-left there's a button "Open Port." Press that. Then press Menu > Satellite. This will now show you satellites near you (red). When they turn white (it might take a while), you know you are attracting a satellite. Now, without closing HTC GPS Tool, open Google Maps and hit Menu > Use GPS. It should now get your location.
I had the same issue after recently upgrading my 'stock' T-Mobile (US) TP2 to WM6.5. For me, this was resolved after a radio update. Am currently using 4.49.25.57.
check out the aGPS cab in my signature,really speeds up the lock time dramaticly, highly recommended.
Thanks for all your help! Thankyou!
manfredng said:
Thanks for all your help! Thankyou!
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Did you come right?
it seems get better but it need some more time to test!
I have a TP2 (unlocked European version, WM 6.5) and I have no problems getting a GPS signal. I always use the Quick GPS application before powering up my GPS software but when that's done I have GPS signal lock and location lock within 2-4 seconds, whether I'm using CoPilot Live 7 or Google Maps. I've also tried Navigon MN7, same thingm very fast GPS signal lock and location lock.
However, if I don't use Quick GPS it can take several minutes before I get location lock although it will find GPS signal.
All this is tested several times sitting in a moving car in both clear weather and cloudy weather. Also tested from within my apartment, although near a window.
Thanks for your suggestion but I already use quickGPS and still found the problem.
I flashed a new ROM today and the ROM only came with QuickGPS. I tried that, and I still couldn't get a lock. The only way I did get a lock was by installing the HTC GPS Tool (which I talked about in post 3) and using that app. Once I opened the GPS Com Ports, I got a lock in 20 seconds (indoors). I'm not sure if you tried it yet, but the HTC GPS Tool is really the only way I get satellite locks (with any ROM).
I haven't gone through that GPS fix on my telus Touch. If I upgrade to NFSFAN's rom, will the GPS start working or do I have to do something else?
ipassgas said:
I haven't gone through that GPS fix on my telus Touch. If I upgrade to NFSFAN's rom, will the GPS start working or do I have to do something else?
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You can have GPS working if you simply install the stock 6.1 ROM available on htc.com here
I have to say tough that NFSFAN's WM6.5 ROM is great and transforms your phone into a much better device, so if you are up to it, unlock your phone and flash NFSFAN or any 6.5 custom ROM .
Do as socrate said for GPS. That should work. Back when I unlocked my GPS on my Verizon Vogue, it took a lot of crap to get it working, so hopefully just flashing the stock 6.1 ROM from HTC will work.
And, to answer your question from the other thread, as long as you've ran Coke's unlocker, you should be good to go. To check to make sure it worked, go into bootloader mode by pressing power+camera+reset button all at once. If it says 2.31 Coke, you're good.
You'll be good to go now to install NFSFAN's 6.5 ROM. Just download it, put your phone into bootloader mode, connect it to the USB, it should change from Serial to USB. Run the RomUpdateUtility that's included with NFSFAN's .zip. Go through the steps, and once it's done, it'll reset and boot (slowly) into 6.5.
Should the HTC flash activate the GPS on its own, or will I have to do that complicated "GPS Fix" that people used to have ot do for the Telus Touch using the ESN number, etc..
I'm not sure. Flash the HTC ROM and find out. It's not big deal. Just flash it, download Google Maps, and see if you get a lock outside. Make sure, though, that you turn on location in the phone settings.
My GPS on Telus with 6.5 is veeerrryyyy slow to connect to satellites. Takes up to 5-10 minutes. Used to lock on in seconds with 6.1 Nothing I do (and I've tried ALL the fixes) seems to work. Could be my device is broken too, but I'm not the only one experiencing this...
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My GPS on Telus with 6.5 is veeerrryyyy slow to connect to satellites. Takes up to 5-10 minutes. Used to lock on in seconds with 6.1 Nothing I do (and I've tried ALL the fixes) seems to work. Could be my device is broken too, but I'm not the only one experiencing this...
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I was finding this as well on my Bell touch, but I was indoors while checking. Once I took it outside walking, it picked it up quickly. Worth a check.
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I was finding this as well on my Bell touch, but I was indoors while checking. Once I took it outside walking, it picked it up quickly. Worth a check.
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Same way with mine, too. I just stood near a wall of windows in my house and it locked on pretty quickly. If I'm anywhere else in a house/building that's not near windows, it takes some time to get a lock.
mamm7215 said:
My GPS on Telus with 6.5 is veeerrryyyy slow to connect to satellites. Takes up to 5-10 minutes. Used to lock on in seconds with 6.1 Nothing I do (and I've tried ALL the fixes) seems to work. Could be my device is broken too, but I'm not the only one experiencing this...
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Hi there. A couple friends of mine have the Touch on Telus as well (mine is on Bell). I upgraded their's to the Telus GPS firmware update and could never get the GPS working. I contacted Telus and eventually figured out that they had to have the “Telus Navigator” service on their account and then the GPS only worked from within some special Telus apps that came loaded in the firmware update.
I unlocked one of their Vogues with the CoKe SPL and then flashed the official Bell update. The GPS worked perfectly.
Long story short: I think the Bell ROM is the best way to get your Vogue GPS enabled. Use it first and then flash a custom ROM like NFSFAN's or some other.
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Well I'm using nfsfan's latest and I can tell you I've tried everything and it takes a looong time to lock satellites. They show up pretty quick, but the lock takes forever and it didn't used to. I noticed that I have radio version 3.41.0, I downloaded 3.42.40 but I can't seem to find a definitive guide to flashing just the radio. Anyone know how?
I have the HTC Touch (Verizon XV6900). I know it's an old one but I never had a need for GPS til now. I followed the instructions here http://www.atwistedweb.com/xv6900/index.html as they were the simplest I could find to install a custom ROM and unlock the GPS. However, I find that the GPS takes a really long time to lock, several minutes at least. Trolling through several forums I see links to this url http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=VerizonAGPSFix which supposedly contains information to make your GPS lock faster but that page doesn't exist and not even google could resurrect it.
Can someone point me to a new page or post a set of instructions which I could follow to try and speed up my GPS locks?
I don't know if this matters or not but after I flashed the custom ROM and booted the device, as the OS was coming up the customizations DID run. It ran and was pretty much complete before I knew what was happening. I mention that because some threads say don't let the customizations run.
I'm using GPSViewer (included w/the ROM) to get the lock and I don't have a data connection to use to lookup satellite locations on the net.
Now can't get a GPS lock period
Am I way off-base here or is this in the wrong forum? I was looking around yesterday and found a forum for the HTC Vogue under legacy devices (hadn't seen it before) so I can move it there if needed.
On another note, I did some more research and it seems that AGPS requires a data connection. Hope someone can confirm or deny that.
But AGPS aside, I've probably gotten a GPS lock only 3 times since I've flashed it on Friday and for the past day and a half when I try to get a lock I see no activity.
At this url dawkins.50webs.com/phone_screens you can see screenshots from the GPSViewer app on the phone. It will stay like this until I finally give up and quit after a few hours; doesn't matter if I'm indoors or out.
Just looking for some suggestions here. Should I reflash the ROM? a different ROM? radio? to a new radio? and what about customizations?
How did you get them to lock. I am on the same boat as you. Didn't need the gps till now. can you tell me the exact steps you used that is getting you to lock the gps? and are you outside when you get a lock. or you get locks everywhere? and what is your agps ip? I pick up satellites but no lock. I also have data plan so this sucks.
I flashed back to sprint rom with no gps then verizon rom then custom rom the gps is unlocked but can't get them to lock.
and then http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-titan/36377-alltel-gps-gps-super-fast-lockon.html
my radio is 3.42.50
called htc today all the settings seems fine
Called verizon they told me they can not give the agps setting because this phone is made to only work with vznavigator.
So I know this has been asked in a million forums but I haven't seen one for the E4GT so here goes:
I'm going to Europe soon and I have all the offline map programs I could ever ask for however:
All attempts to create a GPS lock without using data/internet here in the States seems to be fruitless.
Basically I switch to airplane mode then try to get a lock but can't.
GPS Status will find the Sats in moments with data, but without it is hopelessly lost.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks.