Hi,
Is possible to connect GPS with Serial port (RS-232) to HTC Uni?
Doubt it, certainly won't be easy. You'd be much better off just buying a Bluetooth GPS.
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I am really pleased with my XDA 2s, that is until today. I purchased a Rikaline 1630 BT gps receiver and have tried all day to get a decent BT connection to Tomtom 3 with the thing. It connects OK, but as soon as I move the unit only 6 inches away from almost direct contact with my phone the connection drops to "Too weak" and eventually drops all together.
I have read various messages in this forum about the flakiness of the XDA 2s' BT. Is it the version of bluetooth which is at fault? Or do I have a duff XDA 2s? Or a duff GPS unit?
Can anyone advise me please? Is there an existing or future planned upgrade path for this version of BT?
Cheers
PAUL
I have the same thing between the PDA2K and the Globalsat GPS. Not so bad as your problems, it holds the connections for about 10 minutes and falls.
XDA 11s
I too have the XDAs11 can you tell me the best way to unlock, currently on O2 and want to use my vodafone sim card
phbar said:
I am really pleased with my XDA 2s, that is until today. I purchased a Rikaline 1630 BT gps receiver and have tried all day to get a decent BT connection to Tomtom 3 with the thing. It connects OK, but as soon as I move the unit only 6 inches away from almost direct contact with my phone the connection drops to "Too weak" and eventually drops all together.
I have read various messages in this forum about the flakiness of the XDA 2s' BT. Is it the version of bluetooth which is at fault? Or do I have a duff XDA 2s? Or a duff GPS unit?
Can anyone advise me please? Is there an existing or future planned upgrade path for this version of BT?
Cheers
PAUL
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have you installed the tomtom updates from their site, this solves com port issues on the xda, also get the latest bluetooth update and rom
im setting one up tomorrow so i will get back to you
I was reading all I could about my phone, since I bought a non working one from ebay, and when I read the info about the qualcomm 6250 chip it says that there is a gps receiver built into the chip. I'm wondering if anyone has thought about what it would take to get this gps engine working. For instance is anyone working on the linux version trying to get the gps up and running?
Furthermore I ran across this post
http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=3756
Is it possible that htc will enable the gps engine in an update for the universal? These may be newb questions, and if so sorry about that, but if I can save $85 on a bt gps receiver, I figure it's worth asking. Lemme know what you people know/think about this.
As far as i know the Universal does not have a hardware gps receiver and will not be able to ever pick up a gps positioning signal because of this.
It's true that in atleast one HTC model there was a gps receiver in the chipset which was disabled at first due to driver issues, and later activated.
I'd buy the BT gps receiver
This has been debated in the past but the old threads seem to have been removed. There is apparently a suggestion that the Uni has limited GPS hardware but it has no GPS antenna so it could never be used.
According to Mamaich, the Universal *does* have GPS, but the unit is missing the necessary amplifier and antenna to make it work.
See this thread for details:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298564
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Universal *does* have GPS
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LOL. it has the gps processing software but
does not have the hardware LNA.
Very useful indeed.
My Universal now has built-in GPS!
@gliven: Yes, the Universal does have its own GPS hardware, but it is useless. However, you can try my mod below. My Universal now has built-in GPS! It was a lot easier than I had thought.
The Universal still works fine after the modification, even as a phone.
PS: use Blu Tack.
he he I appreciate..may we could try a smaller gps unit.
SiRF make a gps engine the size of a postage stamp (footprint) dunno if it'll fit into the case, if it could, wire it to the irda input, power, and get a micro patch antenna, hmmmm. It could work!!! well maybe not...
According to Texas Instruments the omap 850 supports USB on-the-go (otg).
And according to microsoft Windows Mobile supports USB OTG as of Windows Mobile 6.
Is this a true?
have enyone tryed if it works?
hmm... i'm really interested in this too....
i read the links you provided and it seems that someone who really knows programming could get this workin....
lets see what the future brings =)
What do you want USB on the go for? Do you want to use your Artemis as a USB Drive, cause if that was the case then you can use WM5 Storage. Activate it and you can access your storage card folder directly without having ActiveSync installed.
If you want to attach any devices then you need someone with good skillz!
i was thinking of attaching other things, like it is possible to do with the O2 xda flame
Well ok, I don't see a reason to attach devices but maybe you. Even if the processor has capabilities and you have some special software, that might not be enough. As far as I know the device has to power the other device, I don't know if the mainboard is designed to have enough power on the USB, maybe it will be damaged.
To be honest I don't know, it's just a guess. But don't count on it that it will ever be possible, I think the hardware around the processor is making more problems than the processor itself. If it is ever possible I wouldn't attach a harddrive that is powered through USB, that might kill your PDA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=312843&highlight=flame
Well I too would love to be able to run a full size SD card reader, for the work I do with Tomtom Go's, a USB drive would be awesome too for data storage, whilst leaving the internal MicroSD free for apps etc.
But I too suspect Hardware would have had to be designed for this in the first instance.
Hi,
I've talked with developers in my company. They are working on USB client stack with other type of OMAP processor. In their opinion the main problem is not hardware and electrical connections, but software. So it is highly possible to use our Artemis as a USB host. Maybe +5 should be provided separately but signal wires are already in our USB sync cable.
So, maybe you can think it over and find the guru who will be able to solve the problem
Gromdar.
Thread been awefull quiet lately, any progress?
Hey, just thought Id revive this
It interests me deeply as I wish to interface things such as peripherals and storage with my orbit without having to replace USB controller with a host chip.
Im an avid programmer and have worked on netcode but never really interfaced a device or written drivers and im COMPLETELY new to the mobile platform in terms of coding.
Anyway if someone knows about .NET libraries particularly for USB and ones that are supported on mobile platform I am willing to invest the time and risk blowing up my xda for the cause
Hello everyone,
I also need to connect a usb peripheral to the Artemis P3300.The peripheral is a usb client device ,an rfid reader , from which i want to pass a short string of data to the Artemis.
My idea is to use an atmel microcontroller with usb on the go , to act as a host , read the data from the rfid reader and pass it to the Artemis.
As I am quite new to this kind of engineering I would like to hear your opinion about this way of interfacing the Artemis with the microcontroller. Do you think that the extUSB is suitable for a connection with a usb on the go host device?
Best regards
After trying all types of tricks, I am still unable to get my USB port on the Artemis to do anything but charge the phone. I am dying to stick a Tom_codon firmware on the thing but without a USB port I am pretty much dead in the water. Anyone have any experience with PPC Techs repair service? They seem like they are pretty fast at turnaround time. I am curious how much a mini-USB port repair might cost. Don't they just open the case, de-solder old port, solder in a new one, close it and run some diagnostics or does it go deeper than that?
Any experience or pricing info for this type of repair would be appreciated. Thanks!
Really wish we had some news on the HTC Polaris...might be vaporware!
Dubhead
No one has ever used PPC Techs??
Looks like everyone has a perfectly functional Artemis all the time?! I would love to get mine repaired if it is worthwhile, especially since the WM6 upgrade is out from HTC. Anyways, please weigh in with your thoughts/experiences in getting a repair done either from PPC Techs or HTC themselves. Thanks!
~Dubhead~
Hi,
my Problem is exactly the same. But I cant send it to t-mobile because i've flashed an WM6 for O2 and without USB I can't update to the original German T-Mobile ROM.
Greetings
Ali
I had a minor probelm with the USB connector where the headphones would crack and splutter on playback.
I used some good contact cleaner and it seems to have done the trick.
Aligator said:
Hi,
my Problem is exactly the same. But I cant send it to t-mobile because i've flashed an WM6 for O2 and without USB I can't update to the original German T-Mobile ROM.
Greetings
Ali
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if your device is CID-Unlocked you can flash any rom with micro-sd-card and bootloader. go to wiki
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here the link to wiki: Artemis SD Card Flashing
Hi folks
A while back I upgraded from the Orange SPV M600 to the TyTNII at which point my handsfree connection to my car audio system failed to work. I contacted HTC who couldn't tell me what the problem was (!), and then I called the in-car system manufacturer (Panasonic) who couldn't help but merely referred me to the list of compatible handsets of which the TyTNII was not one.
It was only then that I found out that Bluetooth had versions! I got a negative answer when I asked Panasonic if they could upgrade their firmware.
Considering the audio system cost me £200 I don't want to change it, especially if I then change my phone at some point and have the same issue again. So - is there a way to downgrade the version of Bluetooth on my TyTNII so that pairing is once again a possibility?
I'd rather not downgrade from WM6 pro if I can help it.
Thanks.