Guest tilly10 Posted September 30, 2008 Report Posted September 30, 2008 Hi guys I'm new, so please be gentle with me. Hubby has just purchased an Omnia -(16 gb, Orange but unlocked). He has spent the last week getting familiar with his new toy, he's happy but for one thing..... he can't get the Garmin GPS working. He followed the instructions that came with it. He keeps getting a message saying " won't work with external GPS"- ( or something like that). Could someone please post an " idiots guide" that I could follow. I'd love to get the GPS working for him.... (surprise for when he gets home|) lol. One problem I encountered is... I can't find where to turn on the internal GPS. Oh! he has version 4.10.4 WP. TIA Tilly
Guest Raul6 Posted September 30, 2008 Report Posted September 30, 2008 what is the exact error message? Under phone/settings/system/external gps is it set to com3 and on hardware tab to com9 (baud rate 4800)?
Guest tilly10 Posted September 30, 2008 Report Posted September 30, 2008 Hi guys I'm new, so please be gentle with me. Hubby has just purchased an Omnia -(16 gb, Orange but unlocked). He has spent the last week getting familiar with his new toy, he's happy but for one thing..... he can't get the Garmin GPS working. He followed the instructions that came with it. He keeps getting a message saying " won't work with external GPS"- ( or something like that). Could someone please post an " idiots guide" that I could follow. I'd love to get the GPS working for him.... (surprise for when he gets home|) lol. One problem I encountered is... I can't find where to turn on the internal GPS. Oh! he has version 4.10.4 WP. TIA Tilly Hi thanks for your reply. The settings are all as you posted. The message I got.....connection allowed to Garmin GPS device only.
Guest tilly10 Posted September 30, 2008 Report Posted September 30, 2008 I just clicked " enable".... new message...unable to locate GPS,please verify device is on and device is in range. Heck! don't even know if that's the external or internal GPS it was trying to connect to. tilly
Guest bobobird Posted September 30, 2008 Report Posted September 30, 2008 (edited) I just clicked " enable".... new message...unable to locate GPS,please verify device is on and device is in range. Heck! don't even know if that's the external or internal GPS it was trying to connect to. tilly my settings for external gps are gps program port = com8 gps hardware port = com9 access tab - managed automatically is checked in garmin xt - find remote gps under system/settings then select disabled a menu will pop up - select serial gps and then enable (it should auto select com8) the initial fix could take a few minutes Edited September 30, 2008 by bobobird
Guest danyzayat Posted September 30, 2008 Report Posted September 30, 2008 Hi guys I'm new, so please be gentle with me. Hubby has just purchased an Omnia -(16 gb, Orange but unlocked). He has spent the last week getting familiar with his new toy, he's happy but for one thing..... he can't get the Garmin GPS working. He followed the instructions that came with it. He keeps getting a message saying " won't work with external GPS"- ( or something like that). Could someone please post an " idiots guide" that I could follow. I'd love to get the GPS working for him.... (surprise for when he gets home|) lol. One problem I encountered is... I can't find where to turn on the internal GPS. Oh! he has version 4.10.4 WP. TIA Tilly Is it an original version? maybe you haven't unlocked it to work with internal gps (sw.unl file)
Guest tilly10 Posted September 30, 2008 Report Posted September 30, 2008 my settings for external gps are gps program port = com8 gps hardware port = com9 access tab - managed automatically is checked in garmin xt - find remote gps under system/settings then select disabled a menu will pop up - select serial gps and then enable (it should auto select com8) the initial fix could take a few minutes Tanks bobobird. Did all you said... it keeps scanning and asking if I wish to continue searching, I have clicked yes 15 times up to now.Is this normal?
Guest tilly10 Posted September 30, 2008 Report Posted September 30, 2008 (edited) Is it an original version? maybe you haven't unlocked it to work with internal gps (sw.unl file) Oh eck! ,I'll ring hubby and ask him lol YUP! got that. Edited September 30, 2008 by tilly10
Guest davem1919 Posted September 30, 2008 Report Posted September 30, 2008 Hubby has just purchased an Omnia -(16 gb, Orange but unlocked). He has spent the last week getting familiar with his new toy, he's happy but for one thing..... he can't get the Garmin GPS working. When did Orange start shipping out Omnia with Garmin Included, mine certainly didnt come with it Dave
Guest tilly10 Posted September 30, 2008 Report Posted September 30, 2008 Hubby has just purchased an Omnia -(16 gb, Orange but unlocked). He has spent the last week getting familiar with his new toy, he's happy but for one thing..... he can't get the Garmin GPS working. When did Orange start shipping out Omnia with Garmin Included, mine certainly didnt come with it Dave Sorry Dave, should have made myself clearer, the Garmin software came from Flea bay lol
Guest bobobird Posted September 30, 2008 Report Posted September 30, 2008 Sorry Dave, should have made myself clearer, the Garmin software came from Flea bay lol bought off ebay ?? garmin software is a free download, and once installed the software will prompt you to buy activation and map licences before it will run.
Guest jonboyuk Posted September 30, 2008 Report Posted September 30, 2008 (edited) Tilly, If you're stuffed you can always use port splitter http://classic.pocketgear.com/software_det...p;associateid=9 Edited September 30, 2008 by jonboyuk
Guest tilly10 Posted September 30, 2008 Report Posted September 30, 2008 bought off ebay ?? garmin software is a free download, and once installed the software will prompt you to buy activation and map licences before it will run. bobobird, he has the licences, but he can't seem to activate it through the internal GPS. A friend of a friend bought from the same place and his works.
Guest bobobird Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 bobobird, he has the licences, but he can't seem to activate it through the internal GPS. A friend of a friend bought from the same place and his works. ahhhhhh goood, i was worried he might have been scammed. yes, try the port splitter option mentioned earlier. or for a commercial solution there is gpsgate. in port splitter - input port = com8 (as suggested earlier) output to virtual port 6
Guest tilly10 Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 ahhhhhh goood, i was worried he might have been scammed. yes, try the port splitter option mentioned earlier. or for a commercial solution there is gpsgate. in port splitter - input port = com8 (as suggested earlier) output to virtual port 6 Thanks again bobobird... I do appreciate you help. I'll get hubby to read the thread again when he gets home. I spent hours yesterday trying to get the GPS working- ( no such luck), when hubby got home he was hours trying too. He's now taken off all he added and is going to start afresh this evening. If you hear some distant screaming it will probably be us roflol. Wouldn't mind but we have a good sat nav sat in the drawer.
Guest bobobird Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 Thanks again bobobird... I do appreciate you help. I'll get hubby to read the thread again when he gets home. I spent hours yesterday trying to get the GPS working- ( no such luck), when hubby got home he was hours trying too. He's now taken off all he added and is going to start afresh this evening. If you hear some distant screaming it will probably be us roflol. Wouldn't mind but we have a good sat nav sat in the drawer. while at it try this solution - most such gate apps do more or less the same http://www.modaco.com/content/i900-omnia-h...-slowdown-hang/
Guest tilly10 Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 while at it try this solution - most such gate apps do more or less the same http://www.modaco.com/content/i900-omnia-h...-slowdown-hang/ Okie Dokie. ;)
Guest tilly10 Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 (edited) Okie Dokie. ;) Hubby has just reinstalled the software-(after incorrectly naming a file). Do the file names need to be upper or lower case? and when saving do they have to be saved as..... Ansi, unicode, unicode andian, or, UTF-8. TIA Edited October 1, 2008 by tilly10
Guest Reuben (MY) Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 here's the basic step to install garmin my omnia settings are:- Start->Settings->System->Enhanced GPS - XTRA Enable - yes - Auto Download - no Start->Settings->System->External GPS - GPS program port - COM3 - GPS hardware port - COM9 (baud 4800,9600,19200 all working, not sure what's this for) - Manage GPS automatically (recomended) - yes Garmin installation -> on SD card not My Storage. Activation -> card id needed. once activated you should see 2 files in your SD Card\Garmin folder with .UNL extention, main program activation = SW.UNL, map activation = same name with the map with extention .UNL as well. for my case GMAPSUPP.UNL you can also check for activation status in garmin mxt -> Settings -> about. it should show only software unit id map activation status, you will see it at Garmin -> tools -> manage my data -> map set and it should show the correct map name. in garmin, mine was automatically using COM3:COM3. it works all the while for me, just that the scanning of signal upon starting takes some time. and if your gprs is disabled (modaco nodata) it will never get connected.
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