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[ardvarkofdoom]

Hey guys... I really don't know if this could have any affect on anything... but I was playing around on "advanced config" and noticed that there was a section for GPS and I noticed that it says "assisted GPS: Disabled (default)".  This setting can be changed to enabled.  Hopefully that helps someone

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[theidoctor.org]

ardvarkofdoom, on Apr 15 2009, 03:33, said:

Hey guys... I really don't know if this could have any affect on anything... but I was playing around on "advanced config" and noticed that there was a section for GPS and I noticed that it says "assisted GPS: Disabled (default)".  This setting can be changed to enabled.  Hopefully that helps someone

how did you get to advanced config?

[dmk679]

We need to determine if enabling agps in this program simply modifies the reg entry hklm/software/samsung/ril/gps/agpsstatus
Can someone verify?

On another note, if you do a hard reset or flash a new rom etc, the first time you use the GPS is known as a Factory Lock. See this linkwhich discusses the different locks. This is different than a cold lock.

[Omega Ra]

ardvarkofdoom, on Apr 15 2009, 04:33, said:

Hey guys... I really don't know if this could have any affect on anything... but I was playing around on "advanced config" and noticed that there was a section for GPS and I noticed that it says "assisted GPS: Disabled (default)".  This setting can be changed to enabled.  Hopefully that helps someone

my version of advanced config doesn't have that option....I have v3.3

[Ishman]

I have added the registry changes mentioned in this thread as well as the GPSone modifications.  When I use the advanced configuration program, I don't get the agps option.  Are others?

[cheifkeiff]

i have v3.3 and don't have that option either

[j0hnd0e82]

do not have that option on my i910 advanced config 3.3

[Adrynalyne]

I have it.

Maybe it has to be cooked in?  Mine was cooked in.

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[Adrynalyne]

dmk679, on Apr 15 2009, 11:44, said:

We need to determine if enabling agps in this program simply modifies the reg entry hklm/software/samsung/ril/gps/agpsstatus
Can someone verify?

On another note, if you do a hard reset or flash a new rom etc, the first time you use the GPS is known as a Factory Lock. See this linkwhich discusses the different locks. This is different than a cold lock.

Not sure what it enables.  I don't even have that key in the registry.

[theidoctor.org]

Adrynalyne, on Apr 15 2009, 11:38, said:

I have it.

Maybe it has to be cooked in?  Mine was cooked in.

which cooked rom are you using?

and can you just get me a link to it?

[durag5]

dmk679, on Apr 15 2009, 11:44, said:

We need to determine if enabling agps in this program simply modifies the reg entry hklm/software/samsung/ril/gps/agpsstatus
Can someone verify?

On another note, if you do a hard reset or flash a new rom etc, the first time you use the GPS is known as a Factory Lock. See this linkwhich discusses the different locks. This is different than a cold lock.

Ya sorry i completely forgot that a hard reset would most likely put me back to factory lock status again. I just did my Factory lock a few minutes ago and will test a cold lock at my house later tonight. I am still using the full settings (everything checked).

[Adrynalyne]

theidoctor.org, on Apr 15 2009, 16:41, said:

which cooked rom are you using?

and can you just get me a link to it?

Its the only i910 cooked rom.  Don't be lazy, check the rom section

http://www.modaco.co...910-cooked-rom/

[ardvarkofdoom]

theidoctor.org, on Apr 15 2009, 06:35, said:

how did you get to advanced config?

I don't know where the download is off the top of my head, but I got it as part of the cooked rom that i'm using.  It's just one of the programs that some people use to tweek settings on their devices

Adrynalyne, on Apr 15 2009, 11:49, said:

Its the only i910 cooked rom.  Don't be lazy, check the rom section

http://www.modaco.co...910-cooked-rom/

haha, it's a good thing you put the link, people would have been "but I already flashed to  the beta rom "

[Rob V]

Omega Ra, on Apr 14 2009, 12:46, said:

interesting. I installed the GPS Today and it it right, can't run it an iGO at the same time, but it is easy to disable it from the today screen, just tap it to turn it off.

Just for the record, I've been using the standalone version of GPS Today, set to autostart at boot time, and I keep it running permanently in the background.  It works fine to keep my GPS "warm", and I can absolutely run other GPS software simultaneously (as I type this, I have GPS Today, Google Maps, and iGO8 all playing happily together).

FWIW, I've found that GPS Today offers some pretty useful features of its own:  It can show weather at your current GPS location; and will automatically import your entire email contacts list and display those who are closest in a tabular list (sorted by distance). It can also pinpoint those contacts by name on a scrollable map around your current location.  It's integrated with local search - enter a search term like "restaurants", and it retrieves results from an internet search and shows them on the map. If you click on one, it feeds that entry into Yelp and comes back with reader reviews and other info in your browser.  Pretty slick, actually.  Only thing I wish it offered was the ability to show satellite imagery vs. only road maps, like Google Maps does... and also wish that iGO8 had a similar ability to directly integrate with my contact list.  It would be very nice to be able to pull up a contact, click "Route me with iGO", and have the route instantly created to their address from my current GPS location.

Wish I were more of a programmer: Looks like some great opportunities out there for someone to create "mashups" that front-end and tie all these tools together (various local online search engines, nav software, Google Maps, etc.) through a single really nice touch interface to make them all much more usable and valuable.  Isn't this kind of 'workflow integration' somthing the iPhone does well?
      Rob

[Tim-H]

Rob V, on Apr 18 2009, 15:39, said:

Just for the record, I've been using the standalone version of GPS Today, set to autostart at boot time,

Sorry if it was discussed before, but how much is this draining your battery?

[Sky Masters]

Rob V, on Apr 18 2009, 22:39, said:

Just for the record, I've been using the standalone version of GPS Today, set to autostart at boot time, and I keep it running permanently in the background. It works fine to keep my GPS "warm", and I can absolutely run other GPS software simultaneously (as I type this, I have GPS Today, Google Maps, and iGO8 all playing happily together).

FWIW, I've found that GPS Today offers some pretty useful features of its own: It can show weather at your current GPS location; and will automatically import your entire email contacts list and display those who are closest in a tabular list (sorted by distance). It can also pinpoint those contacts by name on a scrollable map around your current location. It's integrated with local search - enter a search term like "restaurants", and it retrieves results from an internet search and shows them on the map. If you click on one, it feeds that entry into Yelp and comes back with reader reviews and other info in your browser. Pretty slick, actually. Only thing I wish it offered was the ability to show satellite imagery vs. only road maps, like Google Maps does... and also wish that iGO8 had a similar ability to directly integrate with my contact list. It would be very nice to be able to pull up a contact, click "Route me with iGO", and have the route instantly created to their address from my current GPS location.

Wish I were more of a programmer: Looks like some great opportunities out there for someone to create "mashups" that front-end and tie all these tools together (various local online search engines, nav software, Google Maps, etc.) through a single really nice touch interface to make them all much more usable and valuable. Isn't this kind of 'workflow integration' somthing the iPhone does well?
Rob

Hey fella, where did you get iGO8 maps for North America?

[MrSmoofy]

Anymore luck getting agps to work?

[dmk679]

MrSmoofy, on Apr 21 2009, 12:00, said:

Anymore luck getting agps to work?

No luck on my end. Tried many different gpsone configs in qpst and many different reg settings. We definitely are still missing a piece of the puzzle.

Related note, I am using a qualcomm gps tool to view nmea commands, satellite locks etc. See attached. I have been playing around with this program and can get the location of 11 sats when using XTRA. I am generally getting cold TTFF in about a minute. I am at a point that I have forgotten if that is better than the default settings on the i910, heh.

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[MrSmoofy]

dmk679, on Apr 21 2009, 20:43, said:

No luck on my end. Tried many different gpsone configs in qpst and many different reg settings. We definitely are still missing a piece of the puzzle.

Related note, I am using a qualcomm gps tool to view nmea commands, satellite locks etc. See attached. I have been playing around with this program and can get the location of 11 sats when using XTRA. I am generally getting cold TTFF in about a minute. I am at a point that I have forgotten if that is better than the default settings on the i910, heh.

Well with the leaked rom and Google maps the most I ever get is 5-6 locks and it sometime takes over an hour to connect.

[theidoctor.org]

MrSmoofy, on Apr 21 2009, 20:48, said:

Well with the leaked rom and Google maps the most I ever get is 5-6 locks and it sometime takes over an hour to connect.

wow... i cant believe you actually wait an hour for it to connect lol....

well, hopefully the real update will fix that