Guest softwarr8 Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 Hey thanks for the 6.5 but i can not get Garmen XT to get any sats. Ive been sittin with it for 20mins now and no sats.... Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest necosino Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 Go to settings - Personal - Phone - Services - GPS - Location ON Soft Reset Set program GPS settings to COM8 Baud 57600 Go outside and wait 10-15 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest softwarr8 Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 thanks!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest krash_control Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Hi Neither TomTom or Garmin were finding Sats until I tried this suggestion by herojas. Try it, you have nothing to lose. http://www.modaco.com/index.php?s=&sho...st&p=937331 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blazingwolf Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Hi Neither TomTom or Garmin were finding Sats until I tried this suggestion by herojas. Try it, you have nothing to lose. http://www.modaco.com/index.php?sho...st&p=937331 Setting up the external GPS will not help. It is a placebo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joeybec007 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Setting up the external GPS will not help. It is a placebo. I've tried the setting at com 8 and set baud to 57600 but today I waited outside for half an hour and I kept getting 'weak GPS signal' notifications after 2-6 minutes of trying (asking for retry or cancel) and I was unable to get a lock, I have yet to get the GPS working... what to do?????? PS im using google maps. I've tried having Windows set GPS settings as well and that didn't work either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blazingwolf Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 I've tried the setting at com 8 and set baud to 57600 but today I waited outside for half an hour and I kept getting 'weak GPS signal' notifications after 2-6 minutes of trying (asking for retry or cancel) and I was unable to get a lock, I have yet to get the GPS working... what to do?????? PS im using google maps. I've tried having Windows set GPS settings as well and that didn't work either What kind of area do you live in? Have a clear view of the sky? Try another location? The first lock is usually the hardest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest necosino Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 What kind of area do you live in? Have a clear view of the sky? Try another location? The first lock is usually the hardest. True, but it usually only takes 10 mins, tops... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blazingwolf Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 True, but it usually only takes 10 mins, tops... No, I have had first locks take 15 or 20 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest necosino Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Odd.. I guess I must be in a good area or something.. I'm also 30 miles from one of the largest military installations in the US though, so that may be part of it as well :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest krash_control Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Setting up the external GPS will not help. It is a placebo. Why do you say that? All I can say is that I had been trying for days to get TomTom to use the internal GPS. I had it working at one point a few hard resets ago but never after that. With this new ROM, I couldn't get it going at all as it wouldn't even detect the GPS device. After changing to Com 2 on the program tab and COm 9 4800 baud on the hardware tab, I could at least see the GPS device in TomTom. Now I can even get a lock indoors with Garmin and Copilot. In fact my first Garmin lock was indoors once I had changed the settings (before that it wouldn't detect the GPS device). I'm not arguing, just stating what worked for me. Anyway, I'll see if it works again the next time I upgrade my ROM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blazingwolf Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Why do you say that? All I can say is that I had been trying for days to get TomTom to use the internal GPS. I had it working at one point a few hard resets ago but never after that. With this new ROM, I couldn't get it going at all as it wouldn't even detect the GPS device. After changing to Com 2 on the program tab and COm 9 4800 baud on the hardware tab, I could at least see the GPS device in TomTom. Now I can even get a lock indoors with Garmin and Copilot. In fact my first Garmin lock was indoors once I had changed the settings (before that it wouldn't detect the GPS device). I'm not arguing, just stating what worked for me. Anyway, I'll see if it works again the next time I upgrade my ROM. I say that because that setting works for setting up outside GPS devices like pucks with software. Since our device has internal GPS it doesn't do anything. If you think it works though go right ahead and keep using it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joeybec007 Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 What kind of area do you live in? Have a clear view of the sky? Try another location? The first lock is usually the hardest. I live in San Jose, and I did have a clear view of the entire sky as I was on top of a friggin building, whhhhaaat the heck!?>???#@$(*(@ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joeybec007 Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 I live in San Jose, and I did have a clear view of the entire sky as I was on top of a friggin building, whhhhaaat the heck!?>???#@$(*(@ also I wasn't exaggerating, I was trying to get a lock for 35 minutes and it never got a lock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blazingwolf Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 also I wasn't exaggerating, I was trying to get a lock for 35 minutes and it never got a lock. Throw your phone off the top of the building. That should get it to work. :D (I'm kidding) Try Live Search. I had issues with Google Maps at first but when I tried Live Search it worked fine. You can set Live Search up to use the com port or Intermediate driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joeybec007 Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Throw your phone off the top of the building. That should get it to work. :D (I'm kidding) Try Live Search. I had issues with Google Maps at first but when I tried Live Search it worked fine. You can set Live Search up to use the com port or Intermediate driver. Thanks I'll give it a shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joeybec007 Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Throw your phone off the top of the building. That should get it to work. :D (I'm kidding) Try Live Search. I had issues with Google Maps at first but when I tried Live Search it worked fine. You can set Live Search up to use the com port or Intermediate driver. Do you have a link for this live search application? All i'm finding is Bing and they don't seem to have a mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blazingwolf Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Do you have a link for this live search application? All i'm finding is Bing and they don't seem to have a mobile app http://mobile.search.live.com/client/download_manual.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lordv8r Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 How do you change the baud rate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest necosino Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 How do you change the baud rate? with a torque wrench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MajPayne Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 (edited) I have downloaded a trial of GPSgate and I'm getting locks in about 2 to 3 minutes with iGuidance, Google Maps, Microsoft Live Maps. I am using Blazing's 6.5 ROM. Unfortunately, iGuidence does not see the GPS without GPSgate Edited June 30, 2009 by MajPayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Omega Ra Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 So long as I am outside I am getting locks in 2-3 minutes without GPSGate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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