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[dhoppy]

aleis, on Dec 2 2008, 17:48, said:

ALREADY ANSWERED


under  hklm\controlPanel \gps settings

Dshow  1(0x000001)

thats it.
let me know if you need the gpsintermediate driver info.

this is what I have...
 sshot008.bmp   281.3K   588 downloads

I'm pretty new to this, so I might need some instruction on what to do next.  Create the key you said?  Install the intermediate driver?

thanks.

Edited by dhoppy, 02 December 2008 - 11:58 PM.

[Lancez]

dhoppy, on Dec 2 2008, 15:19, said:

I took some screen shots, I hope these help.

sshot001.bmp
sshot002.bmp
sshot003.bmp
sshot004.bmp
sshot005.bmp
sshot006.bmp
sshot007.bmp

k, im no expert here. but compare to my i900, it looks like the COM port setting is diff, i900 is COM3, urs is COM8.

mine is: HKLM\system\currentcontrolset\GPS Intermediate Driver\Multiplexer\DriverInterface=COM3:

also,in the pic#5, try to change the COM1: to COM9:

then go to settings>external GPS>hardware, change the baud rate to 4800

copy the gps_xtra file under windows directory

hopefully it'll help.

Attached Files

•  GPS_XTRA.rar   18.94K   621 downloads

Edited by Lancez, 03 December 2008 - 12:51 AM.

[Lancez]

aleis, on Dec 2 2008, 15:48, said:

ALREADY ANSWERED


under hklm\controlPanel \gps settings

Dshow 1(0x000001)

thats it.
let me know if you need the gpsintermediate driver info.

i might have missed that, here or PM . anyway, just posted my i900 settings.

[dhoppy]

Lancez, on Dec 2 2008, 18:30, said:

i might have missed that, here or PM . anyway, just posted my i900 settings.

I changed my settings to match yours, rebooted, then went and stood outside for 6 mins.  Using cameraware it connected to the GPS, but never found satellites, always said "0 of 0, no fix."

Any ideas?

[Lancez]

dhoppy, on Dec 2 2008, 16:52, said:

I changed my settings to match yours, rebooted, then went and stood outside for 6 mins. Using cameraware it connected to the GPS, but never found satellites, always said "0 of 0, no fix."

Any ideas?

i'm not using cameraware at all, uninstall it and soft reset. then copy the GPS_Xtra.exe under windows directory and run it (im not sure if it'll appear in the setting menu, since i900 already have. w/o Xtra, it could take up to 30 min. to get satellite lock), enable everything in the Xtra and tap download. once its done(it'll show a messege) go to file explore and u'll see an Xtra file about 38.8kb in size. then use google map or live search to see if it'll work or not.

P.S. how did u guys manage to get GPS setting appeared?

[dhoppy]

Lancez, on Dec 2 2008, 19:14, said:

i'm not using cameraware at all, uninstall it and soft reset. then copy the GPS_Xtra.exe under windows directory and run it (im not sure if it'll appear in the setting menu, since i900 already have. w/o Xtra, it could take up to 30 min. to get satellite lock), enable everything in the Xtra and tap download. once its done(it'll show a messege) go to file explore and u'll see an Xtra file about 38.8kb in size. then use google map or live search to see if it'll work or not.

P.S. how did u guys manage to get GPS setting appeared?

Will gps_extra run ok from my storage card?

I get an error trying to copy it into the windows folder.

[Lancez]

dhoppy, on Dec 2 2008, 17:22, said:

Will gps_extra run ok from my storage card?

I get an error trying to copy it into the windows folder.

havent tried it myself, put it in my storage then rename it to anything, copy and paste to windows then rename it back to GPS_XTRA. that should work. dont forget to reset. after that, go to setting>system> and see if its there. if not, u have to run it manually.

[dhoppy]

Lancez, on Dec 2 2008, 19:30, said:

havent tried it myself, put it in my storage then rename it to anything, copy and paste to windows then rename it back to GPS_XTRA. that should work. dont forget to reset. after that, go to setting>system> and see if its there. if not, u have to run it manually.

My problem is there is already a gps_extra.exe in the windows folder.  It is 27kb instead of 60kb, and it won't run if I click on it.  

Should I try to overwrite it?

[Lancez]

dhoppy, on Dec 2 2008, 17:34, said:

My problem is there is already a gps_extra.exe in the windows folder. It is 27kb instead of 60kb, and it won't run if I click on it.

Should I try to overwrite it?

is it? i watched youtube and i didnt see Xtra in i910. the 60kb file is the new Xtra from M2D04 ROM. anyway, enable whats in there and download data then try gps again. if u wanna overwrite it, just follow my last post and it'll do it.

[dhoppy]

Lancez, on Dec 2 2008, 19:46, said:

is it? i watched youtube and i didnt see Xtra in i910. the 60kb file is the new Xtra from M2D04 ROM. anyway, enable whats in there and download data then try gps again. if u wanna overwrite it, just follow my last post and it'll do it.

It's there if you unhide all files, but when you click on it nothing happens.  When I try to overwrite it with resco, it says something like "are you sure, this file is in ROM, and if you overwrite it unmentionable things might happen."

[Ninja4Hire]

Lancez, on Dec 2 2008, 16:23, said:

then go to settings>external GPS>hardware, change the baud rate to 4800

I must have missed something while reading. How do you get the "external GPS" to show in settings?

[Lancez]

dhoppy, on Dec 2 2008, 17:54, said:

It's there if you unhide all files, but when you click on it nothing happens. When I try to overwrite it with resco, it says something like "are you sure, this file is in ROM, and if you overwrite it unmentionable things might happen."

i've tried it, and when i tap on the enhanced gps icon in settings it opened up the new 60kb program instead 27kb one. but since its already in there, just download the data then try gps. assuming there is an icon in the setting that u can open it.

Edited by Lancez, 03 December 2008 - 02:11 AM.

[Lancez]

Ninja4Hire, on Dec 2 2008, 18:06, said:

I must have missed something while reading. How do you get the "external GPS" to show in settings?

i have no idea, thats why i asked above. but didnt get any answer.

[dhoppy]

Lancez, on Dec 2 2008, 20:10, said:

i have no idea, thats why i asked above. but didnt get any answer.

taken from xda-developers:
To hide or show the GPS connection in the connections panel

• The settings are at 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\GPS Settings'
  
• The 'Hide' DWORD value should be set to '0' or deleted to show the panel and to '1' to hide the panel
  
• The 'Group' DWORD value should be set to '2' to show the panel and deleted to hide the panel

For example, to show the GPS connection in the connectionss panel

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\GPS Settings\Hide = 0
  
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\GPS Settings\Group = 2

[dhoppy]

Lancez, on Dec 2 2008, 20:07, said:

i've tried it, and when i tap on the enhanced gps icon in settings it opened up the new 60kb program instead 27kb one. but since its already in there, just download the data then try gps. assuming there is an icon in the setting that u can open it.

When I start enhanced gps icon in settings, I don't get an gps_extra program, maybe it is supposed to be a sub-tab in enhanced gps.  But, it's not there for me.

When I run the program, it continually disconnects my EVDO session, so, I tried wifi.  With wifi it says network unavailable even though I can browse the internet.


EDIT: I don't have "enhanced gps" in the settings, I have "external gps."

Edited by dhoppy, 03 December 2008 - 02:20 AM.

[Lancez]

dhoppy, on Dec 2 2008, 18:14, said:

taken from xda-developers:
To hide or show the GPS connection in the connections panel

• The settings are at 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\GPS Settings'
  
• The 'Hide' DWORD value should be set to '0' or deleted to show the panel and to '1' to hide the panel
  
• The 'Group' DWORD value should be set to '2' to show the panel and deleted to hide the panel

For example, to show the GPS connection in the connectionss panel

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\GPS Settings\Hide = 0
  
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\GPS Settings\Group = 2

@Ninja4Hire

see that?

[Ninja4Hire]

Lancez, on Dec 2 2008, 18:21, said:

@Ninja4Hire

see that?

Yeah awesome, trying it now. . . .

[dhoppy]

Ninja4Hire, on Dec 2 2008, 20:26, said:

Yeah awesome, trying it now. . . .

sorry, that doesn't get "enhanced" into the settings.  It gets "External gps" into the settings for i910 people that didn't have it before.

Edit: nevermind, maybe that's what you were trying to get.

Edited by dhoppy, 03 December 2008 - 02:30 AM.

[Lancez]

dhoppy, on Dec 2 2008, 18:29, said:

sorry, that doesn't get "enhanced" into the settings. It gets "External gps" into the settings for i910 people that didn't have it before.

Edit: nevermind, maybe that's what you were trying to get.

k, the file is there but dosent work, right? use the 60kb one, it'll get u some location data in ur file folder.

[Ninja4Hire]

I must have added the Dword wrong cuz I got an icon for "Network cards". . .strange

let me try again. . .


EDIT: Got it yo, thanks!!

Now for the hard part. Getting the GPS to work!

Edited by Ninja4Hire, 03 December 2008 - 03:01 AM.