Hi All, I just had a question about bluetooth gps receivers.
I read awhile back that the Android OS's bluetooth stack was not equipped to handle serial port protocol connections over bluetooth which is what you need for a external bluetooth gps receiver. Just wondering if any of the new ROMs (2.1 or 2.2) have looked into implementing this? or if there's already an app out there.
i've looked and seems all the apps i found on market seem to be just data logging and doesn't allow you to replace the internal gps functionality.
this is a pretty good question. I have not seen anything about this mentioned on any rom. I would lean towards no but since i dont know for sure i figured i would help bump the thread hoping someone who knows for sure can shed some light
Seems to be working now -- my Samsung Galaxy S (running 2.1) can use my external Bluetooth GPS receiver now (not natively, but using a app called 'Bluetooth GPS Mouse')
okay, the app 'bluetooth gps mouse' doesn't seem to work. keeps saying i'm in china somewhere.
i actually found another program called 'Bluetooth gps provider' that works pretty good, except for google nav...
I informed them about the bug and today they released an update, so Bluetooth GPS Mouse should work now as well
Seeing as I can't get a satellite lock with the internal GPS on my Archos 80 G9 (running stock 4.0.6) I was wondering if it would be worth getting a bluetooth GPS module.
I can pick one up for about £15 on eBay and there are a couple of apps on the Play store that are designed to support these modules.
Has anyone tried one of these with their G9?
What are your experiences?
Alternatively does anyone know for sure if Archos are planning any upgrades to their firmware specifically to address the GPS issues that many appear to be having?
(I know that for some people the internal GPS is working fine on their G9, but it seems it's a bit like the wi-fi issue where some people are unaffected and yet others are having problems)
When you are in the house, you never have a chance to get a signal
Did you try it outside?! And did you wait a little bit?! My Galaxy 5 needs 4-5 mins
to get a fix-sattelite! Normaly you shouldn´t have problems with that...
And Archos is updating their firmware more or less every 4 weeks! So you have a good chance to get a fix for that, if it´s a bug...
Yeah I took my tablet out to an open field last weekend and left it for well over an hour and didn't even catch a glimpse of one satellite.
My daughter has a cheap ZTE phone and can always get an instant lock. Makes me jealous!
Have you tried?
This may seem like a dumb answer but I have found that my 80g9 sometimes loses GPS lock and all satellites if I have been indoors for a while or had the tablet on sleep. If I then turn off the GPS under settings and then re enable the GPS works fine. Hope this helps.
Thanks for the advice but I have tried your suggestion.
I have tried everything conceivable with no success.
It might be considered bad form but I'll reply to my own original question anyway.
I bought a Bluetooth GPS keyring from eBay for £7 inc. delivery and along with the Bluetooth GPS app I'm getting great results.
Might help someone in future...
Extreme_One said:
It might be considered bad form but I'll reply to my own original question anyway.
I bought a Bluetooth GPS keyring from eBay for £7 inc. delivery and along with the Bluetooth GPS app I'm getting great results.
Might help someone in future...
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hi,
you are not alone
i have the same problem with my 101g9. gps did not work at all since honeycomb until ics 4.07 on my tablet.
can you tell us which gps mouse do you have and which bluetooth app is in use? i'm interesting to hear more about a working combination because archos cannot fix the gps problem for all devices (i guess). seems, i need an external bt receiver too.
thanks for info
I use "Bluetooth GPS" by "Googoo Android" from Google Play to connect.
The receiver is listed on eBay as "Vodafone keyring receiver 51 ch GPS sat nav receiver for laptops and mobiles"
I bought this because it is so small; really handy to keep on my keyring.
The seller seems to have loads of the same for sale.
I hope this is useful.
yep, very useful.
thanks a lot
holux
Hi,
I can use my Holux M-1200 USB Gps, on my G101. It works far, far, better than the built in GPS. It locks on many satellites even in the house.
I cannot use the Archos one on V4.06, only on V 3.2.80 and ONLY with WiFi assist on!
The Archos GPS really sucks!
cheers
P
superpat999 said:
Hi,
I can use my Holux M-1200 USB Gps, on my G101. It works far, far, better than the built in GPS. It locks on many satellites even in the house.
I cannot use the Archos one on V4.06, only on V 3.2.80 and ONLY with WiFi assist on!
The Archos GPS really sucks!
cheers
P
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hi,
the holux m-1200 can work as bluetooth device or over usb cable. you use it via usb?
Holux Bluetooth
Hi,
Yes, The M-1200 works well on Bluetooth.
There are a number of steps to take to get it working.
1. Install Bluetooth GPS from Play.com
2. Go to Settings and turn OFF GPS, and Google location services
4. In Settings go to Developer options and turn ON "Allow Mock Locations"
5. Pair and connect Holux M-1200 to Archos tablet.
6. Run Bluetooth GPS. On its main page enable mock GPS Provider, and Connect.
7. If it doesn't connect, go to Bluetooth GPS settings and try various settings in "Connection Problems related". ( I ticked all three choices)
run any GPS app, Syric, mmTracker, Google maps, they all work fine!
cheers
Patrick
There's plenty of posts about the Liveview not working. May be useful to have a thread about when it works just fine. Did you do anything in particular to make it work? What device are you pairing with? Are you using any additional software other than the Liveview app?
I'm using an HTC Wildfire. I initially had problems. Eventually, after I disabled the plugins, it is now working fine with no connection issues. I'm mainly using it to control the stock media player and it is communicating just fine, displaying the title of the track, and I'm now very pleased with it, although disappointed that I can't use plugins. (When I had plugins it kept dropping the connection. Liveview charm would just lock up my phone's bluetooth after a while and I would need to pull the battery).
Already done that, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27282544
if you know any other issues and fixes let me know to add them to the post
I've had the GS4 for a few days now and so far it's been great, but...
I was watching some movie previews on the Play store while connected to WIFI and the video kept pausing/buffering. I have good 4g coverage so I tried it with that and it worked fine.
Now my WIFI is not blazing fast, but it should be able to handle this task. I decided to run a speed test, and with WIFI it's slow and stutters or just stops...sometimes I get a network communication error (SpeedTest app). If I use the cellular network instead, no problems.
I then tried turning off my Bluetooth headset and WIFI works fine! Bluetooth radio is still on, but not connected to anything. As soon as I connect my headset (and I tried two different ones), the WIFI problem starts again. I haven't taken any further steps other than removing and re-adding the WIFI connection profile.
Coming from an HTC Amaze and it's WIFI/Bluetooth issues, this is a little distressing. I hope this is just something with my phone software and maybe a factory reset will clear it up, or some other simple explanation. Could someone out there test this on their GS4 and let me know if they can reproduce this issue?
Thanks!
OK, so I did a factory reset and immediately noticed the same problem after connecting my Bluetooth headset. Streaming audio alone seems to be fine, but when video is playing and the audio is streaming to my headset I get a lot of buffering. I know there is another thread out there about WIFI being slow, but on my device it's fine unless I am using it as described above. Would someone else please check if their device behaves similarly?
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OK, so I did a factory reset and immediately noticed the same problem after connecting my Bluetooth headset. Streaming audio alone seems to be fine, but when video is playing and the audio is streaming to my headset I get a lot of buffering. I know there is another thread out there about WIFI being slow, but on my device it's fine unless I am using it as described above. Would someone else please check if their device behaves similarly?
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WOW!..so I'm new to this forum and no one can give me the time of day????? I may be a new here, but I watched the noob video (funny by the way), searched the forums for similar reports of this issue, and I've tried to give as much detail as possible.
C'mon, someone out there take 5 minutes and try to stream a vid on WIFI while connected to a stereo Bluetooth headset....PLEEEAASEE???
Okay, I've got Smart Lock working in both my cars, with my bluetooth headphones and the On Body functions work fine.
I'm having an issue with it recognizing my Home Wifi network. I tag the location in google maps, but it won't work. I saw somebody mention somewhere about using an address range or something. Anybody have any tips to make it work or have any success stories? Thanks!