TomTom 5.2 (Qtek 8310 or WM5 general) - WORKS!

[Guest mcMike]

Hello folks,

There still seems to be zillions of ppl not getting 3RD-party BT GPS to work with TomTom 5.2 and WM5-phone. I searched and searched the forums until accidentally found the solution.

To save time from others: YOU NEED TO RENAME THE BT-DEVICE as GPS.

I did do quite a lot of other tweakings also but that seemed to be the lightbulp. If that does not work for you plase let me know and I can descripe little more what I did.

(I assume that you have already bonded the device and assigned outgoing serial6 to it also).

sticky... eh?

[Guest jokerjoe]

Hmmmm, i've just tried that and still no joy.. :?:

More info would be well appreciated mate.

[Guest YLA G]

Hmmmm, i've just tried that and still no joy.. :?:

More info would be well appreciated mate.

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on my qtek 8310.. tomtom5 works from the first start (but you have to download the upgrade at www.tomtom.com and select the qtek at install

works very very good.. even when you walk

[Guest nastassja]

you have to rename it to BT-GPS

*edit* and then in tomtom chose "other bluetooth gps" or whatever *edit*

Edited March 24, 2006 by nastassja

[Guest deoman]

you have to rename it to BT-GPS

*edit* and then in tomtom chose "other bluetooth gps" or whatever *edit*

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I did just the same, works REALLY good on my 8310

[Guest mcMike]

you have to rename it to BT-GPS

*edit* and then in tomtom chose "other bluetooth gps" or whatever *edit*

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Well, for me only plain "GPS" was enaugh. However there seems to be some issues in TomTom though. I had it crashed few times on the same geographic place so maybe it has something to do with the GPS-signals in that area?!?

After crash if I restart TomTom it may or may not found GPS no matter how I toggle BT on/off. After Phoneboot it usually works again.

There is alternative way to trigger TomTom to regognize BT-GPS if everything else fails. Just follow the initial guide and pair BT GPS and set outgoing port to 6.

Then start GPSDash2 (shareware, google) and config it to look GPS from port 6, boudrate don't matter. It usually finds the GPS immediately. Launch TomTom, go to GPS-settings, select "other gps", ok. It won't find the GPS yet. Switch back to GPSDash and close. Switch back to TomTom and wait a bit. It _may_ find the gps no matter how it's named. I tested that few times and was able to connect TomTom to GPS with that method untill I found the naming tip.

[Guest harrysaab]

i got tt5 but where do i get tt 5.2 from??

Hello folks,

There still seems to be zillions of ppl not getting 3RD-party BT GPS to work with TomTom 5.2 and WM5-phone. I searched and searched the forums until accidentally found the solution.

To save time from others: YOU NEED TO RENAME THE BT-DEVICE as GPS.

I did do quite a lot of other tweakings also but that seemed to be the lightbulp. If that does not work for you plase let me know and I can descripe little more what I did.

(I assume that you have already bonded the device and assigned outgoing serial6 to it also).

sticky... eh?

[Guest awarner (MVP)]

5.2 is available from the TomTom web site, where else :)