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GPSViewer dying

Anyone else having issues with GPSViewer ?? I had this working the other week but the last few days I open the app, set it to com4, open GPS and click any of the start buttons. It starts receiving data and then after about 10 seconds it just closes and dies.
I have not touched the settings for "External GPS" and can't figure out why it has just stopped working. Anyone else had this ??

I had this a number of weeks back, I did a soft reset and it stopped doing it. Hasn't happened since. Not sure what was causing it though, I put it down to some background application causing an issue.

jameson_uk said:
Anyone else having issues with GPSViewer ?? I had this working the other week but the last few days I open the app, set it to com4, open GPS and click any of the start buttons. It starts receiving data and then after about 10 seconds it just closes and dies.
I have not touched the settings for "External GPS" and can't figure out why it has just stopped working. Anyone else had this ??
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I had this happen too. It was after I tried installing 'hitchhiker' - which would run and then die. I ended up hard resetting and re installing from a recent backup.

iGO8 - cant go into standby mode?

Since weeks i am trying to figure out if more people have the same problem as i do but so far no result; i can't switch of my kaiser when iGO8 navngo is running. I have to exit the app to be able to put my phone into standby. If i try this when the app is running the screen starts to flash on & off, making the app unusable.
Even when i minimize the app and see the today screen, i can NOT switch the device off.
I have tried several roms ranging from 6.0 to 6.1 stock & cooked ones, and several versions of iGo, all to no avail.
Does anyone else have this issue and if not, what can i do to solve it? its quite annoying because when im on route i want to be able to switch off my device and stick it in my pocket when i leave the car..otherwise its a pretty cool program!
thanks in advance

I installed igo8 yesterday...when I found out that i couldn't run my igo 2006 maps, I uninstalled it without messing with it too much. That and I dont like to leave things like that running. Drains the battery too much for my taste.
Now, if anyone happenes to have US maps (Florida, not to put too fine of a point on it) for igo8....that would be WONDERFUL. Feel free to PM me

anyone....?

For me this works, no problem.
I minimize the app. and can lock my Kaiser and switch of the screen.
Have you tried to change the settings in IGO8 : Device settings-> power management -> use device settings ?
Daan

Ok, let me put it this way without giving out to much. Do you have the purchased copy from iGO or another source? If it's the other source (i know what you're talking about ) there's something wrong with the..uhh, let's just say with the exe.

daan4suz said:
For me this works, no problem.
I minimize the app. and can lock my Kaiser and switch of the screen.
Have you tried to change the settings in IGO8 : Device settings-> power management -> use device settings ?
Daan
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Tried that, doesnt help.
Can you also switch off while in the app? (besides running it minimized)

The same happens to me with another navigation software that does not allow device to sleep when GPS is turned on. With previous device (HTC Trinity) everyting workied fine, but with Kaiser I am getting blinking screen and unresponsive interface when I try to switch off device in this mode. No matter is it active or minimized.
ROM: ROMeOS 4.1

plaktoets said:
Tried that, doesnt help.
Can you also switch off while in the app? (besides running it minimized)
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Will try, however in the middle of flashing a new rom So can't really try right now.
Maybe I can give some feedback later today.
D

Are you also using S2U2? If so, be sure to add iGO8.exe to the exception list in the registry. This will stop S2U2 from suspending power to iGO8 when going into standby.

tomcattjs said:
Are you also using S2U2? If so, be sure to add iGO8.exe to the exception list in the registry. This will stop S2U2 from suspending power to iGO8 when going into standby.
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not using s2u2

same problem
is there some1 who can solve it?

dslpwr said:
same problem
is there some1 who can solve it?
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im trying to find a fix for weeks but sofar nobody is able to reproduce this (in other words nobody seems to have this problem)..you're the first..
does your screen also start to blink when you press the button?

plaktoets said:
im trying to find a fix for weeks but sofar nobody is able to reproduce this (in other words nobody seems to have this problem)..you're the first..
does your screen also start to blink when you press the button?
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trying different versions of IGO - same result

its the same with tom tom its windows telling you a nav program is open and to close it.i found this out the hard way.now all i do is close the program and sorted

o2xdaexec said:
its the same with tom tom its windows telling you a nav program is open and to close it.i found this out the hard way.now all i do is close the program and sorted
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Its true that tomtom6 had this problem - but the version that comes on the cd doesn't. Obviously that one's optimized for the kaiser. Also tomtom7 which comes from a diamond works ok.

good news!!!
find a solution by installing new 8.0.0.49545 version
just di it

dslpwr said:
good news!!!
find a solution by installing new 8.0.0.49545 version
just di it
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yes, i noticed the same. But it's not 100% ; the screen blinks back on before shutting down once. Not a big deal. However when minimizing igo and switching the device off, the screen goes back on and igo maxmizes automatically.
Do you experience the same thing?
But at least its much better now

hm, also sometimes it crashes after resuming from standby, and the today shortcut is gone....
doesnt seem to be very stable

How fast do you get a GPS fix?

Using Tomtom navigator, it always takes about 2 minutes to get a satellite fix (with quick GPS updated) on my Artemis/MDA Compact III . On occassion it's even longer, but in general, 2 minutes. Never less time, apart from closing navigator down and starting it up again when it'll then get a fix pretty fast.
Is the GPS receiver on the Diamond, specifically, the T Mobile MDA Compact IV any faster? I believe there is no quick gps feature on it? Also, I read somewhere on this site that someone with navigator 6.02 got a fix in seconds. I have navigator 6 and now I've bought nav 7. I'm not sure if my navigator 6 is 6.02, probably not. I'll have to check.

Its probably v6.75
Im running v7.45 and it takes me 2 minutes (sometimes less sometimes more) to get a cold gps fix. I find alot of buildings are my biggest enemy when locking onto a satellite, but thats old news.
I am not running Quick GPS but I was planning on trying it out.. the reviews are pretty good on an htc.
Running a diamond here too.

Using a diamond with the .07 radio and Quick GPS I get a fix in about 20 seconds

im using the 05 radio and quick GPS, i get a fix in 30 secs

For me, it's definitely a TT7 issue. When I use any other of my GPS apps, I get a fix in sub 30 seconds in all but he worst of signal/sky obscurity situations. In TT7 it usually takes a minute or more... the difference is so pronounced that if I need TT quickly, I run up Fugawi to get a fix in a matter of seconds, and then I run up TT.
So perhaps TT has some kind of higher signal quality threshold or something??... or maybe it's just the programming in its startup routine that's slow.

Diamond SwiftBlade V6.5 radio 05, sorry dont use TT, use IGO8 takes about 5-10 seconds, memory map OS takes about 5 seconds, RunGPS is almost instant warm. Cold add about 10 seconds on each.

.05 radio, fix in about 20-30secs

Addicteddddd said:
.05 radio, fix in about 20-30secs
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Same here in any GPS app including TomTom 7, even indoors I get a fix in under 30secs and connect to around 6-8 sats even if the GPS has not been used in 24hrs.

Im using TT7 and .07 radio/quickGps and I get a cold fix in 20-30sec, warmfix we are talking about few seconds

I had few probs with GPS, but now with Duttys V2 ROM (A-GPS is initially Off) + Radio .05 I get the fix within 10-20 seconds in any application.

MarcLandis said:
Using a diamond with the .07 radio and Quick GPS I get a fix in about 20 seconds
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Similar here 15-20 sec

less then 30sec. even for cold start

Wow, you're all getting a fix from cold in 30 seconds or less
Either I need to find the right navigator that works faster, or try another GPS app. Thing is, tomtom is the best one out there isn't it? Or maybe my artemis will never be able to get a fix faster than 2 minutes with any app.

me too abot 20 secs usig destinator 7

well quickgps doesn't work for me .. it keeps saying connection failed. with a-gps turned off, on swiftblade's rom, with igo 8, i get a fix in ... well .. not to make a fool out of myself .. 3 minutes or more ..

iliescu902 said:
well quickgps doesn't work for me .. it keeps saying connection failed. with a-gps turned off, on swiftblade's rom, with igo 8, i get a fix in ... well .. not to make a fool out of myself .. 3 minutes or more ..
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Had that problem too once. Had to do a hard reset to make QuickGPS work again. Now, using iGo too, I get a fix in 20-30s.

So I used to get a fix in about 2 minutes until I added the SUPL GPS to enable aGPS.
Now my TTFF is 5 seconds @ and an instant 6-8 birds. Indoors add another 10 seconds or so.
Heres the reg keys in a cab.
ftp://ppcgeeks.com/Diamond/Users/Tobeychris/Tutorial/GPS Registry.cab

Hey guys, I just read up on igo8. A lot of people are saying it's the best gps software, better than tomtom. I saw a youtube video and all the maps have 3D buildings and landscapes, looks awesome. How good is igo, and does it come with speed cameras?

shtewps said:
So I used to get a fix in about 2 minutes until I added the SUPL GPS to enable aGPS.
Now my TTFF is 5 seconds @ and an instant 6-8 birds. Indoors add another 10 seconds or so.
Heres the reg keys in a cab.
ftp://ppcgeeks.com/Diamond/Users/Tobeychris/Tutorial/GPS Registry.cab
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Hey, do you happen to know of a similar registry fix for the artemis?

Roman5 said:
Hey, do you happen to know of a similar registry fix for the artemis?
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Sorry I don't. Maybe ask in the same forum (not sub-forum) that the file came from.

GPS stop when I switch the screen off

Hi to all,
excuse me if I open a discussion allready post but I tried with the search function and I din't found anythings about my proble.
The last week I tried to log the GPS to geotag same photos that I was shooting.
I used VisualGPSce and all was fine untill I switched off the screen to save battery, it lost the signal till I reactivate the screen, I had the same problem with other GPS utils to log.
I'm pretty sure that before the GSP was logged with the screen off to.
I updated the radio rom, my configuration is.
[Radio ROM]1.56.70.11
udK 6.1 R1 Lizard WM6 OS 5.2.1933 Build 18533.0.7.0)
Any idea ?
Thanks in advance and sorry for my english.
Carlo.

cybor said:
Hi to all,
excuse me if I open a discussion already post but I tried with the search function and I din't found anythings about my problem.
The last week I tried to log the GPS to geotag same photos that I was shooting.
I used VisualGPSce and all was fine until I switched off the screen to save battery, it lost the signal till I reactivate the screen, I had the same problem with other GPS utils to log.
I'm pretty sure that before the GSP was logged with the screen off to.
I updated the radio rom, my configuration is.
[Radio ROM]1.56.70.11
udK 6.1 R1 Lizard WM6 OS 5.2.1933 Build 18533.0.7.0)
Any idea ?
Thanks in advance and sorry for my english.
Carlo.
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I have yet to find a solution for your GPS problems in TomTom.
This is what I do to save battery power in TomTom.
1. Turn on the safety feature (example, above 70 kph. It displays a static screen that uses much less battery power than the live moving maps do.
2. Turn down the back light.
3. Plug it into the 12v when in a vehicle.
I use NoniGPS and it is possible to have this app running in the background and switch off the screen to save battery life with a little app called Screen Switch. This app will not work with TomTom.

Hi, thanks for the answer.
I don't have the problem with TomTom but I need to screen off while logging GPS, so you solution could be ok for me, I'll try it.
Carlo

cybor said:
Hi, thanks for the answer.
I don't have the problem with TomTom but I need to screen off while logging GPS, so you solution could be ok for me, I'll try it.
Carlo
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if you switch off your screen by using the button, it will suspense whatever you are running apart from GSM or mobile... The only thing you can do is brighness

vnt said:
if you switch off your screen by using the button, it will suspense whatever you are running apart from GSM or mobile... The only thing you can do is brighness
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I don't switch off the PDA but only the screen, like when you can switch off the screen listeng a song and the player don't stop.

cybor said:
Hi to all,
excuse me if I open a discussion allready post but I tried with the search function and I din't found anythings.....
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have a look at PsShutXP. You can turn the screen of with this, there are a few other options as well. Its a free program, and is skinable too!
http://ppcsoft.narod.ru/english/

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in tomtom, there is a feature that you can turn off the screen.... it will dim followed by the PDA settings

Thanks to all for the hel and the answers, I tried some ways and some softwares that you suggest me and I discover that the problem is present only when I shut down the screen using the shortcut AE Button Plus, using then same function in HomeScreen PlusPlus UI the GPS don't stop to work.
Thanks again.
Ciao.

GPS Issue after PIE update

I have updated to Pie yesterday and I found that my GPS is kind of not working.
When I start any navigation app, it gets my position but then it just doesn't work. Also, when I fired up the GPS Status app, I didn't get any GPS fix even after 5 minutes in my car.
Does anyone have the same problem or knows how to fix it? I am afraid that a factory reset won't help.. Should I try to wipe the cache partition?
The phone hasn't been rooted
Thanks

Here in Portugal we have some users with the same problem. Mine has the same problem too .
Report this problem I ln the "comment" app.
Let's see if the help appears.

Im from ??. Had that issue yesterday. Restarted twice during the day to try to fix.
Woke up today and waze worked just fine?

C4SCA said:
Im from . Had that issue yesterday. Restarted twice during the day to try to fix.
Woke up today and waze worked just fine
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I'll try... And let's see.
You phone has root?

nnexuss said:
I'll try... And let's see.
You phone has root?
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stock, locked bootloader, not rooted. never has :highfive:

C4SCA said:
stock, locked bootloader, not rooted. never has :highfive:
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Mmmmm... Mine are all unlocked.... Critical unlocked too... And with root.
Guys, how has the problem... Do you have your device rooted and bootloader unlocked ?

nnexuss said:
Mmmmm... Mine are all unlocked.... Critical unlocked too... And with root.
Guys, how has the problem... Do you have your device rooted and bootloader unlocked ?
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No, I haven't unlocked nor rooted it, it's completely stock
Might try to reboot it several times, although I already have. Thanks

I have the issue, any of you found a solution?
If not, do you now where to find information to do a rollback to 8.1?
Thanks

I have the same issue after upgration to Pie and could not find a solution yet.

Darxor said:
I have updated to Pie yesterday and I found that my GPS is kind of not working.
When I start any navigation app, it gets my position but then it just doesn't work. Also, when I fired up the GPS Status app, I didn't get any GPS fix even after 5 minutes in my car.
Does anyone have the same problem or knows how to fix it? I am afraid that a factory reset won't help.. Should I try to wipe the cache partition?
The phone hasn't been rooted
Thanks
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Hi.
I have the same.
Go to settings, Security and location, Location, Google location accuracy and turn off Increase location accuracy.
When you turn this off, gps will start to work again.

Jochman14 said:
Hi.
I have the same.
Go to settings, Security and location, Location, Google location accuracy and turn off Increase location accuracy.
When you turn this off, gps will start to work again.
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This worked for me, at least I think. I haven't tried to navigate anywhere, yet, but I get stable continuous fixes in my house.
Thanks!

Disabling google location accuracy did fix it for me.

bogossogob said:
Disabling google location accuracy did fix it for me.
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For me too... But temporary.
After some Kms the bug appears again.
I revert to Oreo... I use GPS dayli

Close the "improve location accuracy" option and everything should be fine! i had the same problem!

Thank you for that fix! That worked on my new Mi A2!! For now!!

Hi m8's i revert to Oreo... All of you have the problem fixed with this option?

nnexuss said:
Hi m8's i revert to Oreo... All of you have the problem fixed with this option?
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Not to me. Worked the first two days mas now gps won't work at all.

dg_ said:
Not to me. Worked the first two days mas now gps won't work at all.
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Yap... That what I think.
For me it's the same... GPS only work for a couple of minuts

Turn off Increase location accuracy work fine. But tinder stopped working, so i'v re enabled ... and now work fine both Tinder & Maps.
have fun

Jochman14 said:
Hi.
I have the same.
Go to settings, Security and location, Location, Google location accuracy and turn off Increase location accuracy.
When you turn this off, gps will start to work again.
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This seemed to help me. Thanks!