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Help : Touch 3 G & Garmin

I found a problem on running Garmin Mobile XT 5.0.2 with Touch 3 G.
It does not show satellite signal at all but is able to navigate to destination.
Quite annoy on this. Anyone know how to fix it.

Use IGO2008, better navigation IMO And works very well on Jade.

I have the same "problem" with tomtom 7. Doesnt show data but works fine for navigating so i dont really care that much.

Have tried IGO 8 already. Feature is very good and better than Garmin but Thailand map for Garmin has more detail and POI.
I think this is a bug of GPS software (Tom Tom & Garmin ) with chipset Qualcomm. Not sure when HTC will launch the patch to fix this

Sodanum said:
Have tried IGO 8 already. Feature is very good and better than Garmin but Thailand map for Garmin has more detail and POI.
I think this is a bug of GPS software (Tom Tom & Garmin ) with chipset Qualcomm. Not sure when HTC will launch the patch to fix this
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hello, i tested Jade with Garmin XT, runing with built-in GPS!!
Bug: gps signal NOT visible with A-GPS, bluetooth GPS perfekt signal strength visible
GPS port: COM4
work, tested!

I am currently using Garmin XT. works flawlessly.

májkel said:
hello, i tested Jade with Garmin XT, runing with built-in GPS!!
Bug: gps signal NOT visible with A-GPS, bluetooth GPS perfekt signal strength visible
GPS port: COM4
work, tested!
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Agreed, happen to me also....u cant see the GPS signal strength but the navigation working great.......

How on earth did people got IGO8 working?, I tried it, but the program looks like its starting but then disappears without any trace.
TT7 also does not show the satgraphs, but without that it does works fine.
I have disabled aGPS btw.

Found the solution now.
Garmin Taiwan just launched GMXT V5.00.00 Asian Version.
Have tested with 3G and it work very well. Also you can modify to your local language (Asian only)

Mykab said:
How on earth did people got IGO8 working?, I tried it, but the program looks like its starting but then disappears without any trace.
TT7 also does not show the satgraphs, but without that it does works fine.
I have disabled aGPS btw.
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care to explain how u disable ur A-GPS.....

Mykab said:
How on earth did people got IGO8 working?, I tried it, but the program looks like its starting but then disappears without any trace.
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May be you have problems with licenses. Also, if you are using an unoriginal IGO, you have to disable the animations.

Hi Jankos, I also tried it with no luck (8.000 and 8.3.2.6). Can't it be a problem in the sys.txt or data.zip ?
Thanks

adrimaxi said:
Hi Jankos, I also tried it with no luck (8.000 and 8.3.2.6). Can't it be a problem in the sys.txt or data.zip ?
Thanks
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Just you need a different license.
Use the license file from 8.3.1 54384.
While installing the 8.3.2.64873, I resolved the issue by using above versions license file.

Mykab said:
How on earth did people got IGO8 working?, I tried it, but the program looks like its starting but then disappears without any trace.
TT7 also does not show the satgraphs, but without that it does works fine.
I have disabled aGPS btw.
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u must use tomtom 7.9 and the satellite show normally

Sodanum said:
I found a problem on running Garmin Mobile XT 5.0.2 with Touch 3 G.
It does not show satellite signal at all but is able to navigate to destination.
Quite annoy on this. Anyone know how to fix it.
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Try this ... use GPS Intermediate Driver instead of Comm 4.

Garmin Mobile XT 5.00.20W
Hi All,
I had Garmin Mobile XT 4.xx.xx work perfectly on my Touch 3g. But today, I have upgrade Garmin to 5.00.20w but it is not working. It could not detect my internal serial port (com 4). Inteads, it locks to GPS intermediate driver always. What could be the issue? Can anyone help? Thanks.

G-Sensor

Hello,
i am a little bit convused about the G-sensor on Jade
i have read on many previews on german websites that the jade have this sensor but i can't get it to work
In the registry i found a lot of keys if i change these noting happens.
Is there this sensor in jade if yes how i can get this to work?
i hope somebody understand my bad english *sorry*
siamkater

The Touch 3G does _not_ have a G sensor.

its the same with gps. I've read in several sites that it had gps. Its wrong. only agps.

Zeganso said:
its the same with gps. I've read in several sites that it had gps. Its wrong. only agps.
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AGPS includes GPS ;-)

Zeganso said:
its the same with gps. I've read in several sites that it had gps. Its wrong. only agps.
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AGPS means Assisted GPS and enhances the startup performance of a GPS. This feature goes only with GPS and Jade has both of them.

R u telling me that this phone has a gps in the same way that the touch cruise has a gps?

Yes, it has its own gps just like the Cruise.

Do you have a jade? I ask this because i cant find ANY gps software in the htc. I have igo installed and it only recognizes the bluetooth gps i use.
Another thing, some websites state GPS and agps while others only mention agps.
EDIT: which specs does the gps have? Is it sirf III? Why can't i find any specs regarding any gps, other than agps?

I have a Jade, and yes it has GPS, TT7 installed, working fine, I tweaked the phone a little and disabled aGPS, using com4 9600.
Hope this helps.

Unbelievable! For a week now i've had this phone and i have not found anything about gps. I'm using an external antenna.
Can anyone tell me the specs of the gps?

I am not sure if it is needed, but I used QuickGPS to set the hardwareport for programs on comport4.
After that I installed TT7 and placed the receiver on "Other NMEA GPS receiver, 9600b.
Working nicely, even inside although ofcourse better working outside.
What I do know that at the first time with every TT version, you have to wait a minute or so before its starting to pickup signals.

Why don't you just have a look at the official HTC specs ?
http://www.htc.com/sea/product.aspx?id=71380
or
http://www.htc.com/europe/product/touch3g/specification.html

Yes, i saw the specs on the site, but not on the phone! How do i turn it on or off? is it always on? where in the user manual do they talk about the freakin gps?!
another win for the windows mobile.

Zeganso said:
Yes, i saw the specs on the site, but not on the phone! How do i turn it on or off? is it always on? where in the user manual do they talk about the freakin gps?!
another win for the windows mobile.
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Gotta agree here. My brother got an Omnia i900 an he had a hard time figuring out how to use the GPS, too.
But I guess someone here will explain it to you. I don't own the Jade yet.

The GPS is activated only if a (navigation) software is active and configured to use the GPS, if no such soft is started the gps is not used. If you have a navigation software active/started and the gps has not the right settings like wrong com port, then the GPS is not used, so it's OFF.

oK, I'll test it today.
Yesterday i read the user manual and the only reference was to the Quick GPS app.
No where else is mentioned the gps capabilities of this phone.
How do i know its not using agps and not standard gps?

Quick GPS is only for faster positioning (download information of satellites by GPRS, WiFi or ActiveSync). Helping program only. You need of some GPS program in order to run GPS. In this program you need first to configure port and speed. Especially in Jade these settings are com-4 and speed-57600 (IGO). But in some other programs may be is different.

Kudos to you guys!
Gps is alive. Tested on both igo and tom tom.

Mykab said:
I have a Jade, and yes it has GPS, TT7 installed, working fine, I tweaked the phone a little and disabled aGPS, using com4 9600.
Hope this helps.
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How do you disabled aGPS ?
Is using com4 9600 enough to disabled it ?

Zeganso said:
its the same with gps. I've read in several sites that it had gps. Its wrong. only agps.
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WRONG my HTC Touch 3G aka Jade has a build-in GPS reveiver

TOMTOM Instalation HELP!!

I'm trying to install tomtom on my diamond. I've copied the program onto my phone and while running the .exe application it asks to select a GPS device. It has four option .... "Bluetooth reciever","tomtom bluetooth", "some wirless reciever", "one other one" it doesnt have an internal gps. I've tried all these and none seem to work, they all say no gps found.

2mas_army said:
I'm trying to install tomtom on my diamond. I've copied the program onto my phone and while running the .exe application it asks to select a GPS device. It has four option .... "Bluetooth reciever","tomtom bluetooth", "some wirless reciever", "one other one" it doesnt have an internal gps. I've tried all these and none seem to work, they all say no gps found.
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hi what version of tomtom are you useing?

2mas_army said:
I'm trying to install tomtom on my diamond. I've copied the program onto my phone and while running the .exe application it asks to select a GPS device. It has four option .... "Bluetooth reciever","tomtom bluetooth", "some wirless reciever", "one other one" it doesnt have an internal gps. I've tried all these and none seem to work, they all say no gps found.
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I think that a diamond (because it's a VGA display) needs a recent'ish version of tom tom, so maybe your fault is caused by trying to install tom tom 5 or 6.
Try "searching" the forum as I'm sure a cab of a diamond working tom tom is posted a few times in a few threads & the maps you obviously need to buy/ purchase on your own.
Hope this helps

im using tomtom6 it works fine on the htc touch. when setting it up it asks to select your gps receiver, it has other NMEA GPS receiver, tomtom bluetooth gps receiver, tomtom wired gps reciever,other bluetooth gps receiver, now which one do i choose and can you give me a set by set process of setting it up from here. I've tried them all and even downloaded quickgps and still in the tomtom home screen in the bottom left have the words 'No GPS device!'. i cant seem to get it to work can you help.

2mas_army said:
im using tomtom6 it works fine on the htc touch. when setting it up it asks to select your gps receiver, it has other NMEA GPS receiver, tomtom bluetooth gps receiver, tomtom wired gps reciever,other bluetooth gps receiver, now which one do i choose and can you give me a set by set process of setting it up from here. I've tried them all and even downloaded quickgps and still in the tomtom home screen in the bottom left have the words 'No GPS device!'. i cant seem to get it to work can you help.
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go settings, systems tab, external gps, note the gps program port.
in tomtom, choose other NMEA or other bluetooth gos receiver, choose the port u saw in the settings.
should work...might need to wait a while..
gdluck,

2mas_army said:
I've tried them all and even downloaded quickgps and still in the tomtom home screen in the bottom left have the words 'No GPS device!'. i cant seem to get it to work can you help.
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The first fix can take up to 5 minutes to be found or even longer from what I've heard. Leave your phone on a good location (outside) for a while and be patient.

Zjoske said:
The first fix can take up to 5 minutes to be found or even longer from what I've heard. Leave your phone on a good location (outside) for a while and be patient.
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It wouldn't say 'No gps device' but 'waiting for a valid GPS signal'.
PS. If you still can't get it to work, check if any other programs using GPS are running in background.

tomtom gps
select other gps and the normally port 4 it will start searching for gps signal, ensure the icon in top right corner is rotating, also go out doors and it start picking up a few satelites, and bingo!!!

UK & Dutch users wondering why the postcode finder only uses the first digits and then needs a manual street entry should see
http://www.tomtom.com/support/category.php?ID=1&Language=1&FID=9852&TT=
d/l the file and put the whole zip folder into the root of internal storage, and it all works properly

Xperia x2 gps

Hi Guys!
Does anybody have experience with X2 GPS.
I can't make it work with TomTom or iGO.
It works fine with Google and GPS Test, but TomTom and iGO say GPS not found.
Any ideas?

What TOMTOM version do you use? In 7.9 there's an option called Other NMEA Receiver, when you select that it should detect your GPS automatically, and how long do you wait after selecting the device? Have you downloaded quickfix update?..sometimes it takes a while before it gets a signal..you can check if tomtom recognizes your GPS if the yellow/black ball is spinning at your GPS config

It seems that the Copilot live works properly. I have the same issue with TomTom and Igo. I tried to change SYS on Igo, forcing COM4 port but seems disconnected.
If you select in TomTom the other NMEA GPS and set up the UART Serial Port, seems that the GPS work but it disconect each second...
Any Ideas??

ivan_pp said:
Hi Guys!
Does anybody have experience with X2 GPS.
I can't make it work with TomTom or iGO.
It works fine with Google and GPS Test, but TomTom and iGO say GPS not found.
Any ideas?
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GPSGate solves the problem!

I installed the GpsGate 2.6 but once I start the phone, it seems that is working, but sometimes the apps crash and you need to restart the X2. I tried too in Safe Mode, but the result was negative.......... Some Idea??

bazsikar said:
GPSGate solves the problem!
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I couldn't get it to work yesterday.
Today I installed the latest update from SonyEricsson, i then installed GpsGate 2.6.
After this it worked.

I have the update applied too, but seems the app crash..... I have the battery level down now, I will try to restart the service once I finish the charge. Until the crash, the GpsGate and Nvigation software (TomTom and IGO) works properly.
Thanks....

jogrr1989 said:
What TOMTOM version do you use? In 7.9 there's an option called Other NMEA Receiver, when you select that it should detect your GPS automatically, and how long do you wait after selecting the device? Have you downloaded quickfix update?..sometimes it takes a while before it gets a signal..you can check if tomtom recognizes your GPS if the yellow/black ball is spinning at your GPS config
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Thx for the advise!
Yes, the version is 7.9 and I have tried both built-in GPS and Other NMEA Receiver (with proper COM port) - no success!
I have waited long enough - I tried with Google and it was OK, plus I know how long it may take - I was using same version of TomTon on HTC Diamond, so...
Thanks anyway.

elpro said:
I installed the GpsGate 2.6 but once I start the phone, it seems that is working, but sometimes the apps crash and you need to restart the X2. I tried too in Safe Mode, but the result was negative.......... Some Idea??
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I tried the GPSGate and it seems that this might be the solution BUT... You need to run it manualy (not to run after soft reset) - in this case it seems that it works. This applies to version 2.5 since this is what I have.
Will continue testing.

igo8 on x2
to make igo8 work you have to edit sys.txt file
[device]
type="alias_xperia"
[gps]
source="virtserial"
good luck

ivan_pp said:
I tried the GPSGate and it seems that this might be the solution BUT... You need to run it manualy (not to run after soft reset) - in this case it seems that it works. This applies to version 2.5 since this is what I have.
Will continue testing.
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in settings -> advanced there is an option "Start GPSGate after soft reset"

bazsikar said:
in settings -> advanced there is an option "Start GPSGate after soft reset"
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This is exactly what I had in mind - you should not use this option. It seems that GPSGate runs before GPS device is available so it doesn't work.
Meanwhile I tried the settings posted by og33 - it worked perfect so THANKS!

og33 said:
to make igo8 work you have to edit sys.txt file
[device]
type="alias_xperia"
[gps]
source="virtserial"
good luck
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it worked with igo 8, do you have any fix for destinator 7 ? I've tried everything, all com ports and baud speeds ... and nothing.

Problems with GPS - Continue
Hello.
We have problems with the GPS and any "navigator" (TomTom or iGo) I use the GPSGate and run ok for 10 minutes, in these moment the GPS shutdown and the "navigator" show the message "no GPS device detected". I need restart the mobile and run correctly again for ten minutes.....
Anybody could help me?
BR.

marxbre said:
Hello.
We have problems with the GPS and any "navigator" (TomTom or iGo) I use the GPSGate and run ok for 10 minutes, in these moment the GPS shutdown and the "navigator" show the message "no GPS device detected". I need restart the mobile and run correctly again for ten minutes.....
Anybody could help me?
BR.
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download the file below and replace it in the program folder of igo it worked for me. with igo after that restart your phone. uninstall gpsgate

Also have an X2 with TomTom and GpsGate, and it loses signal after 10 minutes. That's very annoying because I don't have any other navigation software and my Tytn2 just died...
Anyone knows the gps comm port number on X2? I found a soft called PortSplitter that is similar to gpsgate, but needs to manually enter the comm port.

Hello again.
I have copied the file in the igo folder and I continues with the problem, the situation is similar to "astm13", the connection with the GPS is lost 10 minutes after the "navigator" is running. Always 10 minutes.
Please help me!!!!

Try to change the input in GPS Gate : use WM GPS instead of GPD9. Seems to be working, I'll test during a long driving.
Edit : Just tried today during 2 hours, worked perfectly! Tomtom never lost the signal.

Hi All !
Does it make any difference where you put the code in the sys.txt for iGo8.
I have tried this and still no go. Google maps works perfectly, however iGo
any help is really appreciated.

Good news there may be a way to fix this.
Try the following: go to Settings / External GPS and from programs change the GPS program port to COM8.
For me that did the trick and now my iGo8 is working like a charm
I am using a X2 with official MR1 software installed.
If anything else comes up I'll post here

[Q] GPS

I am trying to use my Teletype GPS Bluetooth receiver with my A&. It detects it and pairs with it but shows up as not connected and so I do not know where I am on the map program. Any ideas??
Thanks

You need an additional application which allows you to use external GPS unit..it is called BlueGPS or similar ( this is one that I used...there are maybe others out there )...then Map or Navigation software will be able to comunicate with your GPS device
Regards

jpsvnh said:
I am trying to use my Teletype GPS Bluetooth receiver with my A&. It detects it and pairs with it but shows up as not connected and so I do not know where I am on the map program. Any ideas??
Thanks
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hi I have my holux bluetooth gps hook to mine and it works good. Go to the market and download "Bluetooth GPS Provider" it will make your map programs see your gps it did on mine. I like to use copilot live its only 5.00 I have it on my phone, my a7 and on my ipod touch. I use my bluethooth gps with all of them.
hope that helps bill

ninetoes49 said:
I like to use copilot live its only 5.00 I have it on my phone, my a7 and on my ipod touch. I use my bluethooth gps with all of them.
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What does it take to get CoPilot Live to work. I got it last night andwhen I try to activate it all I get is, "Sorry! Your CoPilot Live trial has expired".

RojasTKD said:
What does it take to get CoPilot Live to work. I got it last night andwhen I try to activate it all I get is, "Sorry! Your CoPilot Live trial has expired".
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I bought mine on the market and I had to enter my receipt number they mailed me.

ninetoes49 said:
I bought mine on the market and I had to enter my receipt number they mailed me.
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Yeah, I did all that last night... but no joy.
E-mailed CoPilot and they had me do a few things to get it working. Seem to work ok now.

Thanks for your input. I dowloaded Blue GPS and it sees my device but Ndrive still does not - dealing with other issues with Ndrive but I do appreciat your input.
HAGD
John

I am able to see my gps npw but Ndrive does not. I have other issues with Ndrive that I,m trying to resolve and I hope this fixes all problems. Again, thanks and HAGD
John

RojasTKD said:
Yeah, I did all that last night... but no joy.
E-mailed CoPilot and they had me do a few things to get it working. Seem to work ok now.
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I too am using the Teletype Bluetooth GPS with build ElocityA7 DexterMod, Kernel ver 2.6.32.9-wvn2467, Firmware ver 2.2.
Using "Bluetooth GPS" I am able to lock onto the required satellites and they show up under the Status tab of the "Bluetooth GPS". However since the Bluetooth Teletype GPS is not connected under the Elocity A7 bluetooth status CoPilot Live 8 does not see a GPS.
Has anyone solved this problem?
No other Map programs see the GPS either. It seems that Elocity is aware of this and has not come up with a Bluetooth GPS recomendation yet.
Thanks
Paul

paul_pwi said:
I too am using the Teletype Bluetooth GPS with build ElocityA7 DexterMod, Kernel ver 2.6.32.9-wvn2467, Firmware ver 2.2.
Using "Bluetooth GPS" I am able to lock onto the required satellites and they show up under the Status tab of the "Bluetooth GPS". However since the Bluetooth Teletype GPS is not connected under the Elocity A7 bluetooth status CoPilot Live 8 does not see a GPS.
Has anyone solved this problem?
No other Map programs see the GPS either. It seems that Elocity is aware of this and has not come up with a Bluetooth GPS recomendation yet.
Thanks
Paul
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My external GPS works Via Bluetooth and BlueGPS. I works with google maps on my A7.

I installed BlueGPS and this resolved my issue. When starting BlueGPS look at the top of the screen and wath for the Bluetooth pairing notice. Swipe the top bar down and click on pairing - enter 0000 for the Teletype and it should show up in your map program.
HAGD