I installed TomTom Navigator 7 on my Diamond (bought not even a week ago) about 4 days ago, and I seriously struggle finding my position with it. When I start the application, it first says "No GPS unit", however this message disappears after i enter the "Show GPS-status".
The problem is that, even with signals from as much as 9 satellites, it can't find my correct position. It usually believes I'm a couple of hundred meters away from my actual position, or driving along some street in another part of the town, or out in a field or in the sea etc. It was all the same story with TomTom 6 before I installed 7.
Has anyone else encountered a similar problem, or got any solutions? It would be quite annoying ending up in another town than my destination when I'm driving somewhere I've never been.
Truls said:
I installed TomTom Navigator 7 on my Diamond (bought not even a week ago) about 4 days ago, and I seriously struggle finding my position with it. When I start the application, it first says "No GPS unit", however this message disappears after i enter the "Show GPS-status".
The problem is that, even with signals from as much as 9 satellites, it can't find my correct position. It usually believes I'm a couple of hundred meters away from my actual position, or driving along some street in another part of the town, or out in a field or in the sea etc. It was all the same story with TomTom 6 before I installed 7.
Has anyone else encountered a similar problem, or got any solutions? It would be quite annoying ending up in another town than my destination when I'm driving somewhere I've never been.
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Use search and you will find a whole bunch of similar subjects.
I already did, but couldn't find any solution. I've disabled AGPS, and I'm not using QuickGPS (should I?). Aslo, it's very slow finding sats.
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Help! Only had this a couple of weeks and it's starting to drive me nuts. When I first got it, Google Maps had no trouble finding satellites but now it comes up with 'No GPS receiver was found' screen over and over. I did switch QuickGPS off for a bit and I think it's since then it's not worked right. Does anyone have any idea what I can do? It's a UK branded Orange TytnII (Kaiser).
*I really want to start messing about with ROMs too but have a Mac and don't think there's a way I can is there?
Have you tried going outside? Line of sight sometimes will work!
Yes I have, hasn't worked. It wasn't working when I was walking round London yesterday but I assumed the tall buildings were causing the problem but now I'm in exactly the same place I was when I first got the phone and then it was was picking up 4/5 satellites. Now it's just coming up with a screen telling me I have no GPS receiver. Could the receiver in the phone have been damaged? I haven't dropped it or anything and have been pretty careful with it.
Reinstalled Google Maps. Now seems to be working. Grrr. Sorry to have bothered everyone.
Read this thread for a possible fix; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=333275
You probably need to run quick GPS and get the download.
I have this set automatically now and it usually downloads weekly. I often wonder what I'd do if I needed the GPS somewhere where there was no phone signal to download the updates!
Hi, I had the same problem, and all apps GPS don't work !
Hard reset no change the problem.
I sent htc support, Finally they changed the motherboard !
Hi,
I used my Touch Diamond and Touch Cruise in US w/ GPS for a while, then I came back to Istanbul for a trip. Now, both of my HTC phones won't have a fix to a coordinate, even if the GPS receiver is detected, and actually showing satellites in programs (say, iGO).
Does anybody know what I should do?
Have you tried updating the coordinates through the program quickgps?
wontcachme said:
Have you tried updating the coordinates through the program quickgps?
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yes, I've ran quickgps, didn't work out. Then I hard-resetted the diamond, and tried again. Nothing got me a result.
Can you actually suggest a GPS software, to check if it is the software or hardware, acting weird.
Google maps?
Both of these units by HTC has the static navigation thing enabled. For more information, have a look at this link http://www.etenblog.com/2007/11/20/static-navigation-explained/
If the GPS has been turned off while having travelled over a long distance (like you did from the USA to Istanbul), your GPS needs much more time to get a new fix. This is something you can't do anything about. QuickGPS should help, however since I have QuickGPS (just a cpl of weeks) I haven't travelled yet to the other side of the world With my older BT GPS it took me a very long time as well the first time when I turned it on after I exited the airplane.
How long have you been waiting to get a fix while standing still outside in the open air?
akito said:
If the GPS has been turned off while having travelled over a long distance (like you did from the USA to Istanbul), your GPS needs much more time to get a new fix. This is something you can't do anything about. QuickGPS should help, however since I have QuickGPS (just a cpl of weeks) I haven't travelled yet to the other side of the world With my older BT GPS it took me a very long time as well the first time when I turned it on after I exited the airplane.
How long have you been waiting to get a fix while standing still outside in the open air?
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Actually, I've used beelinegps (http://www.visualgps.net/BeeLineGPS/default.htm). I've put a chair in the middle of backyard and kept the phone there for ~2hrs, in the night (so that it wouldn't overheat) w/ open sky.
The satellites are shown, but it simply won't fix.
After hard reset I haven't updated quickgps again, suspecting that it was deviating the calculation to the other side of the world .
In the worst case, I'll update quickgps and put the phone in charge and leave it to open sky for a night, and see what happens.
Is there any other solutions, btw?
Thanks
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Both of these units by HTC has the static navigation thing enabled. For more information, have a look at this link http://www.etenblog.com/2007/11/20/static-navigation-explained/
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Hi,
I've actually tried to figure out how to disable static navigation.
Neither sirfdemo nor sirftech.exe worked just the way they are.
I believe the problem was the intermediate driver/port of windows. So I disabled that, and let the programs scan thru the ports. But that way, they can't figure out actual hardware port number and baud rate.
Does anyone know how I can access gps chip directly?
Thanks
Solved!
I finally solved the issue.
I got HTC GPS Tool from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=360477 and installed it. After that choose clear memory and cold start. That was it, nothing much about static nav.
Thanks
I have had trouble with the GPS on my device ever since I received it.
The start-up time is very slow 5-10 minutes standing in the garden.
In the car I very rarely get a lock at all
Once I finally get a lock the signal is poor and drops out easily.
When I restart a GPS app (even 10 minutes after closing) it seems to take the same amount of time to re-start as though it is starting from cold again.
I've tried Google Maps, TT6 and the HTC GPS tool, several different ROM versions, aGPS on and off, Quick GPS on and off. None of which seem to make any difference.
Yesterday I decided to give TT7 a try and had the same problem getting a signal but also had the following message on the GPS screen 'Poor GPS reception, are you in a building?' I'm now convinced this is a hardware issue as my previous touch diamond (HK version returned due to a faulty speaker) picked up the signal quickly and was very reliable. I have spoken to the Expansys about this, but they have said that if I can get a signal at all then it is not a hardware problem and must be software related.
Is anyone else having similar problems or getting the same message in TT7
More importantly any one managed to find a fix for this?
If TomTom has a weak signal, then "Are you in a building" is a standard message TT7 is giving. Whether you're in a building, a basement or metal encapsulation.... it will give you that message Mine takes about 15 - 30 seconds to get a fix, with TT7 when I use it for the first time after my phone has booted.
I still get this message if i'm standing in the middle of my garden. The performance you are getting is similar to what I had on my first device, Which was one of the Hong Kong devices from Expansys. The replacment which I am now using is a European version. can I ask which version of the phone you are using.
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I have had trouble with the GPS on my device ever since I received it.
The start-up time is very slow 5-10 minutes standing in the garden.
In the car I very rarely get a lock at all
Once I finally get a lock the signal is poor and drops out easily.
When I restart a GPS app (even 10 minutes after closing) it seems to take the same amount of time to re-start as though it is starting from cold again.
I've tried Google Maps, TT6 and the HTC GPS tool, several different ROM versions, aGPS on and off, Quick GPS on and off. None of which seem to make any difference.
Yesterday I decided to give TT7 a try and had the same problem getting a signal but also had the following message on the GPS screen 'Poor GPS reception, are you in a building?' I'm now convinced this is a hardware issue as my previous touch diamond (HK version returned due to a faulty speaker) picked up the signal quickly and was very reliable. I have spoken to the Expansys about this, but they have said that if I can get a signal at all then it is not a hardware problem and must be software related.
Is anyone else having similar problems or getting the same message in TT7
More importantly any one managed to find a fix for this?
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What ROM version do you have?
My HK one had issues with the shipped 1.34 ROM but is fine now...
Have you changed any of the default settings for GPS?
I have not changed any settings and my TT works fine.
angus99 said:
I still get this message if i'm standing in the middle of my garden. The performance you are getting is similar to what I had on my first device, Which was one of the Hong Kong devices from Expansys. The replacment which I am now using is a European version. can I ask which version of the phone you are using.
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Mine is European too, Dutch to be specific.
It's running rom 1.37.404.3.
Same problem in my samsung omnia
I'm using 7.450 build 9080 I'm sure it's a tomtom issue cos pocket street can fix the gps position, but tomtom keep me saying poor gps reception.
I have setted the gps to com7 and hardware com9 4800, I have also disabled the enhanced gps.
Ay help please or if someone knows how to disabled the internal gps so I can use my external gps receiver.
Regards,
Hlov
i noticed the although it might look a long time for tomtom to get a fix, just enter your destination anyway and it seems fix goes hell of a lot faster!
angus99 said:
I have had trouble with the GPS on my device ever since I received it.
The start-up time is very slow 5-10 minutes standing in the garden.
In the car I very rarely get a lock at all
Once I finally get a lock the signal is poor and drops out easily.
When I restart a GPS app (even 10 minutes after closing) it seems to take the same amount of time to re-start as though it is starting from cold again.
I've tried Google Maps, TT6 and the HTC GPS tool, several different ROM versions, aGPS on and off, Quick GPS on and off. None of which seem to make any difference.
Yesterday I decided to give TT7 a try and had the same problem getting a signal but also had the following message on the GPS screen 'Poor GPS reception, are you in a building?' I'm now convinced this is a hardware issue as my previous touch diamond (HK version returned due to a faulty speaker) picked up the signal quickly and was very reliable. I have spoken to the Expansys about this, but they have said that if I can get a signal at all then it is not a hardware problem and must be software related.
Is anyone else having similar problems or getting the same message in TT7
More importantly any one managed to find a fix for this?
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I have the same problem. Can't figure it out. My signal i sporadig. Specially when you go to settings....show gps status. I can see hoe the gps gets contact for a cpuple of seconds and then disconnect. And it does this over and over again. I can se my position, but the map never gets in colour....strange...
Have you tried updating quickgps? I find that unless the quickgps data is valid, tomtom can't find any satellites.
I have a cross-country road trip coming up and I'm hoping to use TomTom on my phone as my navigation. Problem is, it only seems to work half the time. Sometimes it takes forever to acquire satellites, sometimes it doesn't at all, and sometimes it pops up fine. I'm always either outside or in my car, too. Are there any special settings I need to mess with? I see there's an "external GPS" setting on the Tilt, but I thought the GPS is built into the phone? I've searched around and found people changing the baud rate and COM number, but these don't seem to work for me. Any tips would be GREATLY appreciated.
EDIT: My apologies, it's TomTom 7.
Destinite said:
I have a cross-country road trip coming up and I'm hoping to use TomTom on my phone as my navigation. Problem is, it only seems to work half the time. Sometimes it takes forever to acquire satellites, sometimes it doesn't at all, and sometimes it pops up fine. I'm always either outside or in my car, too. Are there any special settings I need to mess with? I see there's an "external GPS" setting on the Tilt, but I thought the GPS is built into the phone? I've searched around and found people changing the baud rate and COM number, but these don't seem to work for me. Any tips would be GREATLY appreciated.
EDIT: My apologies, it's TomTom 7.
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I use tomtom 7 on my kaiser with no problems at all. You shouldn't need to play with gps settings. so long as quick gps app downloads its stuff every 7 days. It should work fine on standard install. If still problems you could try using a different radio as some are better that others for phone signal and gps locks and battery life. Which radio is best for you will depend on where you are and can be a bit of a black art to find the right one. I am in UK and use 1.70.19.09 and its fine. Check out the radio thread in the rom development section.
All the looking I did for a fix and I never heard of radio settings...will look into that, thanks.
The day I posted this thread, I left work and TomTom worked no problem at all. This morning it worked for 2 minutes then lost the signal the rest of the way.
Hello all,
I Really need some help.
My TP2 Can't find any sattelites for GPS.
How can i set this up?
i have bought the TomTom Software, But can't use it since i dont have any Sattalites.. please help me!
Google Maps is also saying, "Seeking GPS Sattalites(0).."
what do i have to do?
greetings!
xheroxkefx said:
Hello all,
I Really need some help.
My TP2 Can't find any sattelites for GPS.
How can i set this up?
i have bought the TomTom Software, But can't use it since i dont have any Sattalites.. please help me!
Google Maps is also saying, "Seeking GPS Sattalites(0).."
what do i have to do?
greetings!
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I've had this problem too. While my dad was using Google Maps and getting great and accurate GPS location that picked up our signal inside Heathrow airport, mine was telling me we were over 3000 km away. I too would like to know.
download the latest satellite map and let it get a good lock, first time takes forever.
the GPS is only supposed to work if the phone has a clear view of the sky.
sometimes it will work with small interference (a car's roof for example) but inside a building you wont have any luck
make sure to enable "Use GPS" and not triangulate by signal
Never had any issues with GPS. If you have downloaded quickGPS data, it takes in matter of seconds (about 20) coldstart, hotstart is pretty much immediate. Without quickgps it is in terms of minutes, usually about 5 mins tops for coldstart. Hotstart is, depending on how far are you since you last time used GPS and how long is it, matter of seconds.
Hi there,
I used to have the same problem and I tried almost everything. I used different GPS tweaks which can be found in this forum like "turboGPS" but these would never work that well for me.
I found a great solution yesterday right here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=571266
Install the "GpsModDriver_320.CAB", follow the instructions, softreset, start the program you just installed and watch your device find the sattelites within seconds.
Just read the instructions in the link attached above.
have fun!
This should really be in the General forum, it's not a ROM development issue (or you could check in the specific thread for your ROM if it's a custom one, in case anyone else has GPS issues).
it works! i love you guys!