For the lucky people who got their Kaisers already, would you please report your experience regarding the built-in GPS please specially the initial cold fix as it was very slow with the Trinity P3600
TomTom 6.030 does not work, instead you have to install the TT version 6.0.32 from the accompanying CD. The first fix (after QuickGPS ran) was almost instaneaous and a lot faster than on the Athena.
Agreed; and, at least in Google Maps, the position is more accurate than the Ameo.
For batterie Life
Hello,
Can you post hte comment of batterie life when you use the GPS.
For example: the phone
the telephone is load completely (100% full batterie) and when you use 1 hour of gps
how much battery it remains?
Thanks.
Private69.
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Pfff TyTN II has 5 to 7 satellites reception on the dinnertable in the living room where the x7500 does not receive anything. Not bad for a Qualcomm GPS that supposedly is less good as the Sirf III ...
Wiz said:
Pfff TyTN II has 5 to 7 satellites reception on the dinnertable in the living room where the x7500 does not receive anything. Not bad for a Qualcomm GPS that supposedly is less good as the Sirf III ...
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sorry for a stupid question, do u use tomtom 6 to check the number of satellites? i cant get my gps to start working at all.
Wiz said:
TomTom 6.030 does not work, instead you have to install the TT version 6.0.32 from the accompanying CD. The first fix (after QuickGPS ran) was almost instaneaous and a lot faster than on the Athena.
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Am running 6.030 now!
Don't ask me how or why but it's working fine.
Joe
I now verified that on TT6.030 you have to use "Other NMEA GPS/4800Bd/Com 4: and on TT6.032 you can stay with "Internal GPS"
In any case, TT6.032 with "Internal GPS" the fix is aqcuired a lot faster than on TT6.030
TT6.032 is supplied with the TyTNN II on the accompanying CDRom
(TT6.032 incidentally does not allow itself to be installed on any other device, the installer prevents that, but after installation on the TyTN II, the directory can be copied to for instance the x7500 to replace the old installation there, and it will work fine. My first impression is that also on the x7500 with TT6.032 the fix is faster, but I still need to run the "dinner table test" )
its working fine now after i installed the version on the cd. thanks. my MapKing chinese version also working, GREAT!
When you use tt6.32 from the CD, can you use any tt6 map? or is it locked to 1 map only?
Can you have multiple maps with the tt6.32 from the CD?
Can you confirm that the version supplied with TyTn II i.e., TomTom 6.0.32, is a FULL version ? Licences? or is it a taster and you have to pay to register it as a full version? If it is full, does it come with Great Britain Maps (full) or you have to download them? In case of download, is it free?
Thanks
The CD version of TT 6.032 that comes with the Kaiser is as full as an update one would dowload from TomTom. There is no code. There are no maps either. One can download one area map (f.i. London) for free, but no country or continent maps are added. Those will have to be purchased separately.
If you install it on top of an already installed and registered TT6.0x0, it will not ask for a new code. Any old registration will remain valid.
On another note, sitting side by side in my car, I noticed that the x7500's GPS reception was a lot more consistent then the TyTNN II's. The TyTN II may acquire its fix a lot faster, but on the whole, the x7500's reception is better (even though my "dinner table test" would lead to believe otherwise) and more consistent.
While my x7500 had a permanent reception of 9-10 satellites (albeit with shorter bars) the TyTN II was jumping up and down between 3 and 7 satellites.
I currently use my Hermes in an 'in car' holder, with a bluetooth GPS reciever face up in the window. One thing that I would like to know, is that if I was to get a Kaiser and put it into my car holder, surely the orientation of the GPS reciever inside the Kaiser would be 'end on' to the sky, and the satelites.
This must affect performance?
I got mine this morning. Took me quite a while to get GPS working -- had to do a hard reset. It's now working with Route 66, which I used to use on my Wizard.
GPS data seems a bit bursty -- when I was viewing it with GPSViewer, I'd get a bunch of NMEA strings, then nothing for several seconds, then another burst.
Hum..seems to be same issue than Paul from Modaco :
"The GPS bug seems to occur with some applications whereby the GPS 'data stream' will pause for a few seconds at a time, which makes some apps think the GPS has gone away (e.g. Google Maps) and other apps just update in sudden jumps rather than smoothly." ?
Seems that HTC did not fix it in the final ROM.
Do you know if HTC is aware of this issue and plan to fix it ?
Thanks
don't know if i've encountered the bug but here's my situation: i cannot get the GPS Hardware Port (or COM) settings to "stick" after changing them. for example i can change GPS Program Port and it will stick but changing the Hardware Port and clicking OK has no impact. if i reopen the GPS settings, the Hardware Port shows "(NONE)". and this is after 4 hard resets. funny thing is that is worked when i initially set up my device, then all of a sudden, TT6 was reporting "No GPS Device"... it may be time to pack it up and return it for a replacement... any suggestions would be appreciated.
Update: Followed Paul's (on Modaco) suggestion to leave the default settings and now GPS is working.
Which Navigation programs work in landscape mode???
for those of you with a Tytn II, are you able to modify the GPS Hardware COM port from one setting to another? the fact that mine says "(NONE)" is leading me to believe i have a hardware defective unit. thanks.
Kaiser and mapking 2007
ive tried mapking 07 on kaiser and it doesnt work. It juz cannot pinpoint the location that I am at. I wonder if its the software problem??
I installed TOM-TOM from the HTC CD and it has worked with out problems, even installed US MAPS from another Tom-Tom CD I have from the original version. Only problem so far, once I was using it and received an SMS message and it locked up. Had to restart. Receiving email is fine but the SMS message freaked it out.
can somebody give me a link or whatever application that fully uses my GPS that doesn't need an internet connection or 3g just the GPS and the application for my HTC TyTN II, it doesn't come with tomtom software and that really sucks.
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can somebody give me a link or whatever application that fully uses my GPS that doesn't need an internet connection or 3g just the GPS and the application for my HTC TyTN II, it doesn't come with tomtom software and that really sucks.
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Tomtom GPS
Hi, I've searched but can't seem to find a definitive answer.
Will iGo work on the XDA Stellar without re-flashing the ROM? I've read somewhere about O2 not allowing the use of certain GPS programs.
Can anyone confirm that they have iGo working?
Many thanks, Mat.
I had iGo on the tilt and it worked, not sure what the Stellar model is.
The Stellar is an HTC Kaiser, but I've heard of O2 trying to prevent the installation of other GPS programs than the one they are selling...
Many thanks.
O2 punt CoPilot with the XDA's but i know TomTom absolutely works on the Steller so i'd imagine you can run pretty much any GPS app.
i-Go works Great on the TytnII and Tilt. I have them both and run i-Go everyday. I just wish i-Go would say what side of the street your destination is on.
works on my tilt, but kind of laggish with the pointer following where i'm at
Hello Diamonds
I have a ques. regarding the GPS of the Diamond, it it offline or online GPS, means does it work if you dont have adata connection?
another ques. which GPS software is delivered with the Diamond?
cheeers
It is a real active GPS chip. You do not need a data connection to make it work. However I heard there and there on the forum that if you disable Phone the GPS won't fix. To confirm...
But to answer you, no, there is no need for a GPRS/EDGE/UMTS connection.
The Diamond is not delivered by any kind of navigation software. It has Google Maps, but you cannot use it while driving because it doesn't give you real time navigational instructions. However, you can buy Tomtom or NavNGo iGO8
I have a Garmin sat nav installed on my O2 XDA Stellar that I use with the stellar paired (bluetooth) to a GlobalSat BT-338 receiver, the Garmin works fine. However, my point is, as the Steller has its own indwelling receiver why cant I use that? has anyone got over this difficulty that O2 seem to have with Garmin? I'm interested in your thoughts on the subject, thank you in advance
It is just about the license file you have for Garmin. I use my internal gps
O2 Stellar and GarminXT
thanks for the reply, I'm unsure how the license could be entered to allow the internal GPS to operate. I've had it to the O2 'Guru' in Liverpool (their word not mine) and he suggested posting here. Can you be a little more specific? thanks