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Does Anyone knows how to get the Internal GPS to work with Windows Live Map?
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gpsone isn't in standalone mode so it cannot be accessed by applications

There are rumors that it'll be activated in the EVDO Rev A update this fall.

so wait... mogul has a gps?

it's built into the qualcomm cpu like the kaiser. it's assumed the gps shares the cell antenna since there's no gps antenna on board and the documentation states this is possible. the kaiser has the 7200 the mogul has the 7500. kaiser w/ test rom allows for the gpsone to run in standalone mode and the kaiser seems to have an antenna so it works.
as of right now it's assumed gps will work when unlocked but it's still a gray area; there may or may not be an antenna

The FCC application describes the Mogul as
"a CDMA850/CDMA1900 (1XEVDO / 1XRTT / IS-95A/B) Pocket PC Phone with wireless LAN, bluetooth, and GPS functions."
https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=N&application_id=391628&fcc_id='NM8TITA100'

the listing of gps functionality is ambiguous; all cellphones are required to have agps for e911 emergency in the usa as mandated by the fcc. gpsone is in quite a few htc devices but only a handful have antennas attached

how accurate is agps? versus standalone gps?

someone on PPCgeeks reported that Live Search was working on Sprint Moguls using tower triangulation. I'm not sure if this is different than AGPS, but it sure it neat to have location based services, even if accurate only to a few hundred yards...

Dishe said:
someone on PPCgeeks reported that Live Search was working on Sprint Moguls using tower triangulation. I'm not sure if this is different than AGPS, but it sure it neat to have location based services, even if accurate only to a few hundred yards...
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A-GPS = tower assisted GPS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GPS

i had my telenav rep confirm when the rev a patch is released that the GPS will be unlocked as well.

samspoon said:
the listing of gps functionality is ambiguous; all cellphones are required to have agps for e911 emergency in the usa as mandated by the fcc. gpsone is in quite a few htc devices but only a handful have antennas attached
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All cell phones certainly DO NOT have aGPS. Please do not confuse aGPS for tower triangulation.
aGPS is assisted GPS meaning it uses the cell phone towers to assist an existing GPS chipset.
So if the Mogul has aGPS, then it has to have GPS by definition.

he is right though. FCC does now require that ALL new phones in the united states have GPS (to an extent) for at least e911.

TC1 said:
A-GPS = tower assisted GPS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GPS
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Yes, I'm aware of the definition.
The way AGPS is described is similar to how articles are describing the technology Sprint and MS are using... and since every Sprint phone is mandated by the FCC to have 911 AGPS capabilities, I'm wondering if this is the same thing.

samspoon said:
as of right now it's assumed gps will work when unlocked but it's still a gray area; there may or may not be an antenna
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The Kaiser has a big "GPS" on the back where you can hook up an external antenna. No such luck with the Mogul.
But I still can hope that _some_ kind of GPS would come with Rev.A. Sucky GPS is better than no GPS...

I think you guys know as well as I do, that even if the phone has a functional gps and a antenna sprint will still never unlock it. Its not that they dont want to, they are lazy. There have been lots of firmware "updates" I have been waiting for on other sprint phones that they were going to release and never did.
As for external GPS recievers what do you guys think of this one?
http://www.semsons.com/wo44chawaauo.html
That supports A-GPS you think that would work?

Madzilla said:
I think you guys know as well as I do, that even if the phone has a functional gps and a antenna sprint will still never unlock it. Its not that they dont want to, they are lazy. There have been lots of firmware "updates" I have been waiting for on other sprint phones that they were going to release and never did.
As for external GPS recievers what do you guys think of this one?
http://www.semsons.com/wo44chawaauo.html
That supports A-GPS you think that would work?
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if you are going to go with an external BT reciever any should work, since its not using the phones GPS at all

If you want an external, get a Holux M-1200. Tiny, cheap, and works amazing. I love mine!

ok, so any external gps will work? some of them say A-GPS compatible and others dont. Does that matter at all?

Is there a version of the 6800 without the GPS?

I downloaded the new ROM and I can't get the GPS to work at all. I wonder if my unit even has the GPS. Is there a way to find out if it does. I know the model is a PPC6800SP. I wonder if the SP stands for something.

I believe all the 6800's have the same qualcomm chip. I had trouble the first time with google maps and gps, then I walked a couple of blocks away and it was able to lock on. Try taking the phone for a short ride and see if that works.

jelsea said:
I downloaded the new ROM and I can't get the GPS to work at all. I wonder if my unit even has the GPS. Is there a way to find out if it does. I know the model is a PPC6800SP. I wonder if the SP stands for something.
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I'm sorry to let you down but I have a PPC 6800 and Yes it have GPS and yes you may download the las ROM from sprint but if you reed well there is no GPS ON right now the page say that for the 1Q of this year they "plan" to release a new ROM to "enable the GPS" the 1Q ends on march so we only have to wait...
To me friendly I don't personally I don't think they will enable the GPS because apparently the problem is no the GPS it is the antenna that in the original design was not design to be a ''Full GPS" it was design to be an "emergency GPS" and that is a big difference from a GPS to let the 911 know were you are between to antennas... and other thing is from you to get signal from a GPS satellite they are trying to get a "non real gps to work as a real gps" via software...
At least that is what I know about it I'm still waiting for the update... too...
For you to be happy yes we have a GPS antenna no full antenna but hey it is an antenna, we have the gps windows drivers for gps inside our phone, we have the com 9 open and sending info to the gps antenna, and we have a chip capable of prepossessing all the gps technology...
Pray and Wait.....

Lowenski said:
I'm sorry to let you down but I have a PPC 6800 and Yes it have GPS and yes you may download the las ROM from sprint but if you reed well there is no GPS ON right now the page say that for the 1Q of this year they "plan" to release a new ROM to "enable the GPS" the 1Q ends on march so we only have to wait...
To me friendly I don't personally I don't think they will enable the GPS because apparently the problem is no the GPS it is the antenna that in the original design was not design to be a ''Full GPS" it was design to be an "emergency GPS" and that is a big difference from a GPS to let the 911 know were you are between to antennas... and other thing is from you to get signal from a GPS satellite they are trying to get a "non real gps to work as a real gps" via software...
At least that is what I know about it I'm still waiting for the update... too...
For you to be happy yes we have a GPS antenna no full antenna but hey it is an antenna, we have the gps windows drivers for gps inside our phone, we have the com 9 open and sending info to the gps antenna, and we have a chip capable of prepossessing all the gps technology...
Pray and Wait.....
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im sorry that your massively misinformed why dont you go take a look in the titan upgrading forum, theres a gps test rom that got leaked that enables gps.

jelsea said:
I downloaded the new ROM and I can't get the GPS to work at all. I wonder if my unit even has the GPS. Is there a way to find out if it does. I know the model is a PPC6800SP. I wonder if the SP stands for something.
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Im gonna agree with UltimatePG, try it again. Make sure you are outside and can see the sky clearly (shouldnt matter but sometimes it does). also might wanna try a different app to connect. try google maps or try wififofum. my gps works on com4, might be the same or different for you, im not sure.

I would say try the Sprint Navigation App, since it is the only one that has worked for me the first time and every time. Stand outside, not near a window, not in your basement, outside.
Then wait, let it get sats, it might take a few minutes the first time but it will work.
Good luck!

Lowenski said:
I'm sorry to let you down but I have a PPC 6800 and Yes it have GPS and yes you may download the las ROM from sprint but if you reed well there is no GPS ON right now the page say that for the 1Q of this year they "plan" to release a new ROM to "enable the GPS" the 1Q ends on march so we only have to wait...
To me friendly I don't personally I don't think they will enable the GPS because apparently the problem is no the GPS it is the antenna that in the original design was not design to be a ''Full GPS" it was design to be an "emergency GPS" and that is a big difference from a GPS to let the 911 know were you are between to antennas... and other thing is from you to get signal from a GPS satellite they are trying to get a "non real gps to work as a real gps" via software...
At least that is what I know about it I'm still waiting for the update... too...
For you to be happy yes we have a GPS antenna no full antenna but hey it is an antenna, we have the gps windows drivers for gps inside our phone, we have the com 9 open and sending info to the gps antenna, and we have a chip capable of prepossessing all the gps technology...
Pray and Wait.....
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This is so last year....
It turns out,after all the people talked down to people who suggested that the mogul; had full gps,after all the snide comments and flames to people who suggested that it really had it,based on the chip specs,and after all the people who told others to "STFU,the mogul "ONLY" has AGPS and will never get "REAL" gps, that the test rom that was released does in fact enable full gps functionality (as well as the coveted EVDO rev A) that so many people wanted. I am typing this,connected to the internet over a rev A connection. I tried out tom-tom navigator sunday when I drove to see my GF. Its real,its here,and it rocks.

jelsea said:
I downloaded the new ROM and I can't get the GPS to work at all. I wonder if my unit even has the GPS. Is there a way to find out if it does. I know the model is a PPC6800SP. I wonder if the SP stands for something.
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it has GPS in it. I ended doing a search for "gpsinfo.exe download" (no quotes) on google and found a small app that displays your satelite info. Some people have reported that it can take up to 45 minutes for the phone to get a good connection. Mine took about 20 minutes before it found any satelites, now it finds them very fast. The first time takes awhile. So grab a cup of coffee and fire up either google maps or gpsinfo and stank outside for a bit.

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XmentalX said:
im sorry that your massively misinformed why dont you go take a look in the titan upgrading forum, theres a gps test rom that got leaked that enables gps.
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Yes I try the new rom and iGuidance works find but google earth no and other programs seems not to work right and the ROM have many stability problems I hope when they release the final version will be more stable....
Sorry for miss informing.... but I still think people can start working in a more intelligent way like for example the ATI drivers.... and many other thing companies do not take the time to make them work find from the first time...
Why if you have a Phone capable of GPS why you just no enable it before marketing, why if we can have ATI acceleration we don't...
and let me tell you I have tested the GPS of the tilt and works much better than the mogul new ROM....

Lowenski said:
Yes I try the new rom and iGuidance works find but google earth no and other programs seems not to work right and the ROM have many stability problems I hope when they release the final version will be more stable....
Sorry for miss informing.... but I still think people can start working in a more intelligent way like for example the ATI drivers.... and many other thing companies do not take the time to make them work find from the first time...
Why if you have a Phone capable of GPS why you just no enable it before marketing, why if we can have ATI acceleration we don't...
and let me tell you I have tested the GPS of the tilt and works much better than the mogul new ROM....
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wow -- between you two messages you said two totally different things. First you said you don't have GPS and Sprint will never have it, then you say you are testing it and that you have even played with a tilt.
Strange -- I'm confused.

i read something a while back about someone who had disassembled a mogul and found it just had a dummy antenna where the gps antenna should be, i cant find a link now because google only shows all the new pages with info on the leaked update, but i suppose it could be possible there are some moguls out there with gps but no antenna

i too think its funny about all those snide people who said it only had agps. i hope they're going back to take a long look at their posts..ehheheh

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wow -- between you two messages you said two totally different things. First you said you don't have GPS and Sprint will never have it, then you say you are testing it and that you have even played with a tilt.
Strange -- I'm confused.
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I'm so sorry about all people confused... Well Yes I have tested the Pre-Release of the new upcoming ROM from Sprint.... I have a PPC 6800 (Mogul) I have tested the HTC Tilt that my friends own... The gps in the 6800 is working kind of slow in comparison to the gps of the tilt my gps is working in COM4: at 4800 bps
and the GPS in the tilt works on COM4: at 9600 bps the New rom for the 6800 have a lot of problems it have problems connecting to the internet... have stability problems, some times the Display do not turn on, some times tis freeze, some times you are in the middle of a call and you los the audio... and many other problems...
The slow speed of the GPS let me thinking about the antenna problem.... I have seen 2 different models of the Mogul I don't know if one of the other have no GPS or what...
But When I write my first post I did no see another post in wish is available the new ROM I only have the facts of the problems with the GPS and the antenna Now I'm running at
ROM 3.16.651.0
Radio version: 3.27.00
I strongly suggest for everyone to wait until Sprint release the Final version of the ROM like they say they will on March... if it happen...
Any one wish need some print screens I can e-mail them....
Thanks

Low Baud Rate
I wouldn't be too concerned with the low baud rate of the GPS.
GPS only needs to send a minimal amount of data...and 4800 bps is more than sufficient to handle the necessary data.
As far as the stability issues, the ROM being used is nowhere near a "final product". I would also attribute most of the problems to the ROM and not the GPS
As far as the lack of support for GPS from HTC, you need to remember between Sprint and HTC, there have been a lot of issues with supporting features that were built into the phone. Remember the 6600 EVDO issue?
Now, to the guy who cannot get GPS working.
Load google maps, does it say "acquiring satellites"?
It does? Good...
Now, place your phone on your car's dashboard.
Drive around for 20 minutes(hopefully away from tall buildings).
Now, pickup your phone and look at it. It should have your position.
GPS signals are VERY weak. In comparison to most other signals, the signal degradation is INSANE. However, it is much easier to keep a signal once you have acquired it. So, once you get that signal, it should be easy to keep locked
Also, after you have acquired satellites your GPS can do a much better job at 'guessing' what to look for. So when you turn it off and then turn it back on, it can guess at GPS satellite location(I am severely oversimplifying everything).
I have loaded two GPS roms. Each time, I had to drive the car around to get a signal(even after standing outside my home for 20 minutes). The car is more comfortable, easier to maneuver into an open area, and it should work within a few minutes.

Can anyone take a picture of the supposed GPS sensor

I was going to take apart my sprint touch but don't have the right size torx wrench. Can anybody take some shots of the inside to show where the GPS device might possibly be.
I didn't see anything in the FCC filing so I am starting to get doubtful that GPS is included and fear it may be telenav that Sprint will use instead.

MSM7500 Chipset has the GPS chip inside of it. Go check qualcom's site, and you will see it has the GPS/REv. A radio in it. Then check your phone's chipset in teh phone's menu. There you will see it runs the MSM7500.. So yes it has GPS. THe only question is wil sprint limit its capabilties???

The GPSOne chip is integrated into the MSM7500, but if the Touch is missing the GPS antenna it could still be a no-go.

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The GPSOne chip is integrated into the MSM7500, but if the Touch is missing the GPS antenna it could still be a no-go.
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They took pictures of the inside of the Titan and said it didn't have a GPS antenna, but were wrong. Either the CDMA or the Bluetooth antenna is also the GPS antenna. I can't remember which right now.

We had this issue with the titan as well. People would suggest that it had GPS or ask if it would be activated and of course people would respond in a condescending tone telling them it didnt have it. It turns out it does and I strongly suspect that the Vogue has the same,as it is a very similar phone. In fact,I read that someone got the vogue radio rom to work on the titan. If thats the case it might work the other way and you could get GPS and Rev A now,by using the leaked titan rom. (Of course you could brick the phone as well) I dont know all the specifics,and certainly dont know that much about the vogue (I have a titan) but it might be worth checking the titan forums.

pflatlyne said:
We had this issue with the titan as well. People would suggest that it had GPS or ask if it would be activated and of course people would respond in a condescending tone telling them it didnt have it. It turns out it does and I strongly suspect that the Vogue has the same,as it is a very similar phone. In fact,I read that someone got the vogue radio rom to work on the titan. If thats the case it might work the other way and you could get GPS and Rev A now,by using the leaked titan rom. (Of course you could brick the phone as well) I dont know all the specifics,and certainly dont know that much about the vogue (I have a titan) but it might be worth checking the titan forums.
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** This is a challenge for Musicman247 !! **

I never meant to imply that the Touch doesn't have GPS capability, just that it is not 100% certain yet. People did miss the GPS antenna on the Titan, but it was there. I really do hope the Touch is GPS capable, my wife has one.
JDillard and a couple others have said they are running radio 3.27 on their Touch. It doesn't appear to have done anything though. No Rev A and no GPS still. It appears there are some critical components built into the ROM that enable those funtions. Seems strange that radio 3.27 will run on the Touch without ROM 3.16. On the Titan you need both installed to even get the phone to boot.
Here's hoping for GPS and Rev A on the Touch soon!

GPSone antenna
The reason why you couldnt find the antenna inside the touch is because it is a GPSone chip, not regular GPS. It uses the cell towers to make an approximation of where you are, it is not like regular GPS as it does not communicate directly with GPS satelites (hence no need for a GPS antenna).

GpsOne uses A-GPS, which means satellites plus cell towers. This improves positioning information when satellite signal quality is poor, especially when indoors. You'll still know where you are in the middle of the Pacific; you just won't be able to make any calls.

Martin Blank said:
GpsOne uses A-GPS, which means satellites plus cell towers. This improves positioning information when satellite signal quality is poor, especially when indoors. You'll still know where you are in the middle of the Pacific; you just won't be able to make any calls.
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That is why when I get a fix and go in the house it shows me going across the floor inside the house. This is with Google Maps turned on and use GPS checked and then show my location. It does work and can get a fix most times with many satellites but sometimes it just won't work so it is really iffy. I get a fix about 70% so not too bad. I am with Alltel and have the MP6900 HTC Touch and think this is the Vogue but have never found out for sure.

agps rogers

how do i enable agps on my rogers elf plz help

Sadly Rogers touch Elf does not have GPS capabilities. The Vogue is the one with GPS. See Bell CDMA Touch otherwise known as the Vogue.

i know they dont have gps but i heard with 6.1 its to have agps
assisted gps ... which uses gprs not sat

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hotrod101 said:
Sadly Rogers touch Elf does not have GPS capabilities. The Vogue is the one with GPS. See Bell CDMA Touch otherwise known as the Vogue.
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hi i do have software ,is call imobium,i dont know how to send it to u ,but it is such a gps on htc touch elf GSM from rogers. i bought one of those phones and i'm using imobium.
replay if u have another channel where i can send u the specs of the program and the posibility of sending u the program it self.
Good Luck.
Yami

If agps uses gprs not sat then would you incur heavy data use charges? I don't have any type of data plan (they are rediculous in price) besides, where I live, there is pretty much an open wifi hotspot anywhere I go so I have just been using the WIFI whenever I need to. I am interested in learning more. I did some googling and my understanding was that AGPS still required GPS. IF AGPS can work using GPRS Only, what can you do with that? Can you still use navigation software on the device and have turn by turn directions etc..., Can you use it to tell your speed altitude etc.. while driving? If you drive through a zone with no coverage, then AGPS would not work? There are several of these "Dead Zones" in my area in the North of Ontario Canada. (Dead zones for all cell phones no matter who your carrier is)
From what I have read there are a lot of phones that have AGPS however, most have it completely locked up so that there is no way to use it though. (Providers use it for their own purposes I guess - TO SPY ON US) I don't know about the Elf though. Haven't done that much research on it yet. Since there is no official WM 6.1 Rom release (For the Elf) to release the AGPS capabilities, maybe one of the custom roms from this site can do it. If it can be opened up for use with a ROM that is.

Assisted GPS, generally abbreviated as A-GPS, enhances the startup performance of a GPS satellite-based positioning system. It is used extensively with GPS-capable cellular phones..... Taken from WIKI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GPS

Funnily enough, A-GPS did actually come out as a data based gps solution back when EDGE came to the scene.
But suddenly phones started coming out with their own GPS units installed. UH OH, the carriers said. This imense source of data revenue, is now going to go away.
What to do? What to do?
I GOT IT! We redefine what A-GPS is. Instead of being simply data capable phone tracking system, we take phones with existing, and fully functioning GPS units, convince people that we are actually "helping" the performance of the GPS units with our networks and VOILA, we make even more money than before.
FYI, A-GPS was actually basically the same technology that Google Maps now uses for their "My Location" which is to normalize or coordinate, your location from several cell towers, and have a pretty good approximation of where you are.
All that was required was software (ie MAPS) that could take advantage of this technology that existed from when cell phones came into being.
That is why if you were one of the early adopters of set technology (originally came out with CDMA 2000) companies, you would have noticed that your so called "A-GPS" was as good as your reception was.
So really the more modern A-GPS, should be called GPS-A-CellCOMPANIESmakeMONEY.
But my suggested name did not fly so they decided to stick with A-GPS.

Two Questions here, please help

ok i asked this in thread before
1. how can i make it so callers names are displayed when they call me, im talking about callers that are not on my contact list, my previous phone displayed name of callers that werent stored in my contacts, that exactly what i want
2. i have setup garmin mobile gps, everything functions fine, but i dont seem to get satellite signals, im guessing the problem is with how i have the settings connected, in external gps its in port com4..is this correct? or do i need to change it
my quickgps is also updated so that shouldnt be a problem
can some one help me what settings i need to change to recieve satelite signals
thank you

1) If your phone does not have the name of the caller, then it won't display. You can only display callers names if the phone number is in your contact list. I don't know how your previous phone would have been able to show the callers name, for it's impossible.
2) Is google maps working properly? That is to make sure that your GPS on itself works. If so, I guess that your settings inside garmin should somehow be set to "internal GPS" (I can do that in TomTom). Unless you're using an external GPS dongle ofc.

Angelusz said:
1) If your phone does not have the name of the caller, then it won't display. You can only display callers names if the phone number is in your contact list. I don't know how your previous phone would have been able to show the callers name, for it's impossible.
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it is very possible, i had most of my phones in the past show caller names, without being contacts
2. google maps work fine, gps worked fine in there also
just garmin cant seem to find signals when i open up garmin app,, weird that its garmin im using in google maps as gps, i think it worked in there

lol how is that possible, don't see any logic in that. the only logic i see is if the contact exist in either the phone or sim.

well any help with the gps please?
in garmin settings i have selected com4, same thing in external gps settings
but maybe i need to change or apply more settings? please help
any one who has garmin on their x1, can you please me tell me what settings you have, how your getting the signals
thank you

any help please?

Well, even if I have not installed Garmin in my xperia, I remember reading something about a problem like this, can't remember if it was garmin specific, but, it regarded the way xperia handles both of the gps functionalities it uses, Agps (assisted gps), uses the gsm radio towers to get a fix of your aproximate position much faster than the standard gps, then the standard gps can calculate with more accurancy -albeit slower- some time later, we're talkin about several minutes here from a "cold" start, any kind of gps applications shoudl work in this way, but not many have adapted yet.
Enough said, there should be a system application to exclude the Agps -that sometimes confuses some gps applications-, in this way you might correct your problem, I think that this utility comes only with the new roms.
Sorry if I can't remember the exact name, but if you search the xperia sub-forum with the gps word, you will find it.
Good luck

i was also just about to refute the names being displayed without being in the contact list but i had a quick look and in canada its a service offered by "rogers" (which i notice gritikal has a logo for) it appears to normally be a paid for service and not all phones will support it. (the iphone doesnt either) basically they act like an intermidary and when a call is made its routed through them and if the details are known they will then transmit the caller name instead of the phone number. if its not workin on the xperia already then i would imagine its not supported, its something that should automatically come up. maybe Rogers would know more...

anothadave said:
i was also just about to refute the names being displayed without being in the contact list but i had a quick look and in canada its a service offered by "rogers" (which i notice gritikal has a logo for) it appears to normally be a paid for service and not all phones will support it. (the iphone doesnt either) basically they act like an intermidary and when a call is made its routed through them and if the details are known they will then transmit the caller name instead of the phone number. if its not workin on the xperia already then i would imagine its not supported, its something that should automatically come up. maybe Rogers would know more...
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a detailed explantion but correct
i think its could be that phone doesnt supportit, xperia is brand new smartphone i expected it to be little friendly towards this features, but your right i should contact rogers. thank you

kecido said:
Well, even if I have not installed Garmin in my xperia, I remember reading something about a problem like this, can't remember if it was garmin specific, but, it regarded the way xperia handles both of the gps functionalities it uses, Agps (assisted gps), uses the gsm radio towers to get a fix of your aproximate position much faster than the standard gps, then the standard gps can calculate with more accurancy -albeit slower- some time later, we're talkin about several minutes here from a "cold" start, any kind of gps applications shoudl work in this way, but not many have adapted yet.
Enough said, there should be a system application to exclude the Agps -that sometimes confuses some gps applications-, in this way you might correct your problem, I think that this utility comes only with the new roms.
Sorry if I can't remember the exact name, but if you search the xperia sub-forum with the gps word, you will find it.
Good luck
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searched couldnt really find anything related to my problem
any easy steps i can take,,change the port or something?
xperia is built for gps, google maps work fine with gps, i cant just seem to get signals on garmin, google map does get satelittle signals
any one that has garmin installed on their xperia perhaps could help me, i think its just the settings i might have to change
much thanks thought

When you start Garmin, what status bar do you see on the top-left corner? A satellite or signal bar?
If you see a satellite instead of the status bar, then you need to contact garmin about activation details. Your external gps settings or com port on 3,4,5,6,7 doesn't have ANYTHING to do with this.
And IF you want to quickly test your gps working properly, download and install GPStoday (i use for geotagging pictures) and see if you get signal on the GPS.
And make sure you do this outdoors too.

qritikal said:
ok i asked this in thread before
1. how can i make it so callers names are displayed when they call me, im talking about callers that are not on my contact list, my previous phone displayed name of callers that werent stored in my contacts, that exactly what i want
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i don't know if this is what you are looking for
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475561
or maybe this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=482872
let me know
cheers

anaadoul said:
i don't know if this is what you are looking for
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475561
or maybe this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=482872
let me know
cheers
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its close but not exactly, this searchs the webbook or something full of numbers...most people wont even be displayed
im looking for esomthing where the network detects callers and shows their names
i heard that the xperia is not capable of this, some phones are some arent
like most nokia phones do display names on my network

qritikal said:
its close but not exactly, this searchs the webbook or something full of numbers...most people wont even be displayed
im looking for esomthing where the network detects callers and shows their names
i heard that the xperia is not capable of this, some phones are some arent
like most nokia phones do display names on my network
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well, i have never heared of such a feature or service!
can u provide more information about it so atleast i can search for something?

qritikal said:
2. i have setup garmin mobile gps, everything functions fine, but i dont seem to get satellite signals, im guessing the problem is with how i have the settings connected, in external gps its in port com4..is this correct? or do i need to change it
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What ROM are you using? And what radio?
I installed Garmin Mobile XT on my fresh out-of-the-box Xperia and couldn't get it to work, Garmin couldn't detect the phone's GPS, even if Google Maps could. (was really pissed since I needed the GPS to find the church for a friends wedding) Then I found this forum and flashed the Generic R2 (NAM), then reinstalled Garmin. Worked like a charm. I have Touch-it 4.0 now (Didn't re-install Garmin since I installed it to the SD card after flashing to R2)
So try uninstalling and reinstalling Garmin, updating ROM, or doing a hard reset then reinstalling. Or even try getting a new installer. Up to now I still don't know why Garmin didn't work the first time, bet I suspect it was either a bad install or the old ROM.
By the way, in my personal experience I've found that QuickGPS and aGPS work well together, I get a satellite lock in 3-5 seconds, and I'm in SE Asia! Probably because we have more cel towers per capita here. I've read conflicting reports on this forum, though, so try and experiment with turning aGPS on/off and using/not using QuickGPS.