Nexus had descent signal and now after i installed it in dash it cant lock on
How would i go about connected my cars factory gps antenna to the nexus i am assuming that would provide best signal?
Original connector is fakra
As far as I know, the Nexus 7 is not able to connect to an external GPS antenna as it lacks the ports to do so. There may be some USB solution but I wasn't able to find anything when I looked. I did, however, come across something which may help. Keep in mind I have had no experience with this so take the recommendation with a grain of salt and do your own research.
For situations like this, they have something called a GPS reradiating antenna. It is used in cases such as yours where the device is unable to lock on due to poor signal reception. This seems to pick up the signal via one antenna and then rebroadcast it through a second so the new signal is strong enough for the device to lock on. Here is the first result on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/SBG-190-Re-radiating-Magellan-portable-navigation/dp/B001UI4Z2A
Check it out and see what you think. Hopefully it does what it claims and can help your problem.
It'd be cheaper to just get a bluetooth GPS.
cant i just cut off the plug on the cars factory nav and solder it to the nexus 7 pins?
This seems to pick up the signal via one antenna and then rebroadcast it through a second so the new signal is strong enough for the device to lock on.
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OK, now I know that the GPS is software driven - i.e. you cannot manually turn it on or off. However, is there a package that will activate the GPS on the phone, and show a status display of the satellite constellation and how well or poorly the receiver is picking them up?
I'd grab SiRFtech, but the phone uses the Qualcom chipset, not the SiRF III chipset
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there are tons of gps utils... for fast switching gps on and get fix search for the small prog "GPS test" i´m running version 1.04 don´t know if thats the latest
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well, even if it is from SirfTech, all GPSs support the NMEA protocol. if the app you showed also supports NMEA, then this is fine.
I normally use CruxView (attached), which is also quite simple, has some nice functions (+a dedicated SiRF section, which I'm not touching )
/edit: I guess your app supports NMEA - at least I see it listed in the menubar!
Thanks folks Much appreciated Should make figuring out what's wrong with the GPS on my TP2 a little easier - takes forever to get a lock, and even then bounces in and out like a chicken on a bungee rope on acid - and it only started doing that this week, three weeks after obtaining the phone, no less!
gps is a miracle
never got it to work right...never more than 3 sats outside on both kaiser and rhodium, inside no chance!
a week ago i installed gps test and navigon and i got best gps, fast fix and can navigate through my house!
I'm running HTC HD2 with the latest radio
In my house I seem to get bad reception.
My HD2 often shows flaky reception often jumping between no signal and 2 bars when I leave it next to the window. I've tried many different radio versions but non seem great.
It's annoying when I get a message from people saying "I couldn't get through to you!".
I get pretty much the same thing with my HTC Touch Pro 2!
Anyway I found an old Nokia 5210 and I put my sim card in it. I noticed that my signal is far more steady. It hangs around 2-3 bars and never shows no signal.
I can actually now keep my phone next to my computer rather than next to the window.
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My question is what are your experiences with different phones & reception?
It's a subject that isn't very well covered anywhere on the internet and I solidly believe that various phone models/brands will give better signal than others.
Many of you don't worry much about signal because your area has good coverage. But there are people like myself who live and work in not so well covered places that often struggle with reception.
My HTC HD2 has the exact same problem considering the signal strength. I have a spare Sony Ericsson W910 where I get far more better signal strength when listening to radio.
BTW my radio version is 2.15.50.14.....I have no idea why this is happening....
Thanks.
So my power connector has a problem. I can't get it to reliably connect. Just a little jostling causes it to loose connection. If this happens while I sleep, the power drains completely and my alarm doesn't go off.
Any idea how to fix this?
I'm pretty sure the issue is not with my wires because I've tried several - and tried the wires on several devices and they work fine.
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So my power connector has a problem. I can't get it to reliably connect. Just a little jostling causes it to loose connection. If this happens while I sleep, the power drains completely and my alarm doesn't go off.
Any idea how to fix this?
I'm pretty sure the issue is not with my wires because I've tried several - and tried the wires on several devices and they work fine.
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It's the piece of (excuse my French)..........sh*t USB port on the phone. Mine has come loose too. Just got my warranty replacement and it freezes and the colors are off (like the whites are actually a light yellow.....wasn't like that on my old phone)
very true, you can attempt to clean out the usb port on your phone in hopes this will fix your issue. otherwise get ready to spend $5-10 on ebay and pick up a new port, of course you will have to solder this in so yeah, its a fun job
Mine has been this way since the day I got it. I actually just bought some Samsung micro-USB cables off Amazon that have a solid fit inside the phone, wonderful cables! Can't beat the price of them either.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001XXUOQI/ref=pe_175190_21431760_cs_sce_3p_dp_1
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I just bought this unit from autopumpkin from amazon and got it installed. Asin B0151KNXJ8 and it works great except for the WiFi. I have tried USB and Bluetooth tethering but that are also not working to get an internet connection on it. Has anyone else has this issue and fixed it?
In older Pumpkins the WiFi antenna was comprised of a short piece of partially stripped coaxial cable buried inside the case. Needless to say the metal case was shielding the RF signal making WiFi all but unusable even a few meters away from the router.
In the later units this antenna was extended outside the metal case - it's that little black 40-50mm (1.5"-2") long tail that sticks out of the back panel. In these units the WiFi reception is much better.
Recently I replaced this weak single wire WiFi antenna in one of my units with an external WiFi antenna that I stuck to the back panel with a double sticky tape. This mod has given me the best result so far. This unit connected to a lab power supply on my desk in the office on the first floor reliably pulls in the WiFi signal (4 bars) from the router located all the way on the other side of the house, in the basement.
I scavenge these antennas from broken tablets and WiFi TV sets with broken screens. This antenna looks like a small PCB with an etched geometrical pattern connected to the WiFi card with a coaxial cable - you can't miss it.
Some pictures:
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Hi everyone,
I made an account just to get some advice on this issue, hopefully someone can help me out.
I've been using my Galaxy S4 (I9505 - Verizon) since its release and I've had few problems with it up until now. about 2 months ago, the range at which my phone can connect to wifi and bluetooth severely decreased. It seemed to have happened out of nowhere, there was no inciting incident. I have to stand within about 1-2ft of a router in order to catch a signal from it. When I do that everything works just fine, but the second i move even a step further away the connection completely drops off.
There isn't much documentation for this specific issue online, although the S4 is known to have some common wifi problems.
I've determined that it is likely a failed Wifi/Bluetooth IC module on my motherboard. Repair shops are asking for way too much money to fix this, so I'm going to try to fix it myself. I'm a fairly advanced user and feel comfortable doing it on my own. I just wanted some advice on the procedure of removing and replacing an IC module and what tools are needed to do so.
I am going to order this Wifi/Bluetooth IC from ebay:
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What else will I need to get it attached? Will I need a real soldering torch? Or will a hair dryer be powerful enough to heat it?
Thanks in advance for the help!
I don't think hair dryers are enough.
Besides, a hair dryer can't focus the beam, so you might end up loosening the solder on some other parts as well, which may lead to other problems.
But I don't have any experience with soldering or opening up phones, so what do I know?
But you could always check YouTube.