iGo 8.3 - Google Maps - Destinator = GPS troubles

[Guest Jeanne8fr]

Hello group,

I have this very annoying problem:

I have iGo8.3, Destinator7 and Google maps installed on my i900. I have had no problems with GoogleMaps and Destinator7 until I installed iGo8

If I start with a soft reset I can use GoogleMaps and Destinator and go back and forth between the 2 with no GPS problem. If I run iGo8 it works fine also but when I then try to run GoogleMaps or Destinator, they can't find the GPS.

I go back to iGo8 and it's still working fine. It's like if grabs the GPS for itself and won't share with the others. If I do a soft reset then it's fine again until I run iGo8.

I can't figure it out.

Please don't tell me to get lost :-)

Any ideas?... Anyone?

Thanks,

Jeannette

[Guest necosino]

This is common for stand-alone GPS programs, they claim the port that the GPS is assigned to. If you want to use your GPS with multiple programs, try GPSGate

[Guest wes58]

I had the same problem and found out that if you have in your IGo8 sys.txt file the following line:

[device]

Type="SGH-i900"

IGO is using SGH-i900.ini file. In this file there is a following setting:

[gps]

source="virtserial"

I have changed it to whatever port I am using and now it works fine:

[gps]

port = 3

baud = 4800

File SGH-i900.ini is located in data.zip in config\devices\ folder. You have to update this file and put it back in data.zip.

Hello group,

I have this very annoying problem:

I have iGo8.3, Destinator7 and Google maps installed on my i900. I have had no problems with GoogleMaps and Destinator7 until I installed iGo8

If I start with a soft reset I can use GoogleMaps and Destinator and go back and forth between the 2 with no GPS problem. If I run iGo8 it works fine also but when I then try to run GoogleMaps or Destinator, they can't find the GPS.

I go back to iGo8 and it's still working fine. It's like if grabs the GPS for itself and won't share with the others. If I do a soft reset then it's fine again until I run iGo8.

I can't figure it out.

Please don't tell me to get lost :-)

Any ideas?... Anyone?

Thanks,

Jeannette

[Guest Jeanne8fr]

I had the same problem and found out that if you have in your IGo8 sys.txt file the following line:

[device]

Type="SGH-i900"

IGO is using SGH-i900.ini file. In this file there is a following setting:

[gps]

source="virtserial"

I have changed it to whatever port I am using and now it works fine:

[gps]

port = 3

baud = 4800

File SGH-i900.ini is located in data.zip in config\devices\ folder. You have to update this file and put it back in data.zip.

Thank you, problem solved.

The baud rate was 57600 on mine but I am not sure that makes any difference.

Jeannette

[Guest Jeanne8fr]

This is common for stand-alone GPS programs, they claim the port that the GPS is assigned to. If you want to use your GPS with multiple programs, try GPSGate

Everything I read during my research said that you should not need to use GPSGate with iGo8.3. I was already using 2 GPS programs without any problems so I couldn't understand why I couldn't use a third. The solution is in the post below yours.

Thanks for he suggestion though. I understand that some programs like Tomtom need GPSGate.

Jeannette

[Guest syrguy1969]

Everything I read during my research said that you should not need to use GPSGate with iGo8.3. I was already using 2 GPS programs without any problems so I couldn't understand why I couldn't use a third. The solution is in the post below yours.

Thanks for he suggestion though. I understand that some programs like Tomtom need GPSGate.

Jeannette

I am by no means an expert on these things, but I do know that after flashing to the new ROM that enabled GPS it would take a few minutes to get a solid GPS signal with GoogleMaps, but after installing iGo8 I couldn't use it with GPS at all no matter what changes I made. I read about GPSGate and gave it a shot, and after I fired it up GoogleMaps hit GPS within seconds, and iGo got solid signal in not too much more time, both were lightning fast compared to before GPSGate!!!

So your probably correct that Gate may not be needed, but it sure does help!!!!

[Guest Jeanne8fr]

I am by no means an expert on these things, but I do know that after flashing to the new ROM that enabled GPS it would take a few minutes to get a solid GPS signal with GoogleMaps, but after installing iGo8 I couldn't use it with GPS at all no matter what changes I made. I read about GPSGate and gave it a shot, and after I fired it up GoogleMaps hit GPS within seconds, and iGo got solid signal in not too much more time, both were lightning fast compared to before GPSGate!!!

So your probably correct that Gate may not be needed, but it sure does help!!!!

You may be correct. I will give GPSGate a shot. How do you set it up?

I have a i900 here BTW, Not the i910. It may make a difference.

Jeannette

[Guest syrguy1969]

You may be correct. I will give GPSGate a shot. How do you set it up?

I have a i900 here BTW, Not the i910. It may make a difference.

Jeannette

That very well may make a difference, but as for the setup, I just installed and ran, didn't have to do anything else that I can remember.