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i have problems with Satalite FIX.
it can take mor then 10-20min (if at all) to get a fix.
i setup my GPS manualy to COM9 @ 4800.
i know (at least) one other user have a simular problem.
HTC, after some e-mails, say that if i DON'T use TomTom software, they can't help my with this isue.
any idea ?
thanks.
Fix
I had some problems with slow fix. I enabled the GPS applet in settings and it was configured at 33600, changed to 4800 and also in Tomtom and miomap settings configured to 4800, after that, very quick fix, on cold start less than 1 min, on warm start just seconds. Try it.
under, settings -> connection -> GPS ...
i set:
program tab:
GPS Program port = GPD9
hardware tab:
Port = com9
boud = 4800
access tab:
mark on the manage GPS Auto.
is taht OK ?
and allso on the navigation program i set manualy com9 @4800
Yep, that's my config and works right...
interesting... i have my settings as follows -
program tab:
GPS Program port = GPD1
hardware tab:
Port = com1
boud = 115200
access tab:
mark on the manage GPS Auto.
with these settings i get a fix in 30 sec to 90 sec...
cortezzi said:
with these settings i get a fix in 30 sec to 90 sec...
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After a sofreset? Probably not
The "warm reset time" in a GPS is not related with the Port number or the baud rates...but with its sensibility
SAme for me the GPS response can take up to 10 minutes.
I tried your setting Julioski and AriebK but it doesn't help?
In tomtom I don't see where to set the port and the baud speed can you help?
Any other ideas?
after configure the above settings, i get FIX, but after 20-30min of navigation... the FIX is gone, one more thing, i notice that my phone 3g signal drop allso, SR was nedded.
ariebk said:
after configure the above settings, i get FIX, but after 20-30min of navigation... the FIX is gone, one more thing, i notice that my phone 3g signal drop allso, SR was nedded.
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According to HTC the reason the GPS function was not enabled in the first place was a conflict with the GSM signal,anyway try manually setting your phone band to GSM and see if that makes a difference.(Settings,phone,band,select network type:GSM)
What radio version have you installed?
1.35, 1.38???
I have an HTC p3600 Trinity and have also just installed the newest ROM from HTC.
I downloaded the TomTom application from HTC, installed it and everything "seems" fine accept I cannot acquire any signals.
I have tried many of the different GPS settings from the GPS manager, but nowhere do I see a way to change what TomTom is looking for. There are 5 default gps reciever options... (builtin, bluetooth, wired, other bluetooth and other NMEA device) and I really have no idea what to choose if I have to input the settings.
Can anyone help?
Thanks!
PAR
par02 said:
I have an HTC p3600 Trinity and have also just installed the newest ROM from HTC.
I downloaded the TomTom application from HTC, installed it and everything "seems" fine accept I cannot acquire any signals.
I have tried many of the different GPS settings from the GPS manager, but nowhere do I see a way to change what TomTom is looking for. There are 5 default gps reciever options... (builtin, bluetooth, wired, other bluetooth and other NMEA device) and I really have no idea what to choose if I have to input the settings.
Can anyone help?
Thanks!
PAR
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Both the "built in" and "COM9" should work (and do for me).
Make sure you're in an open area, and give it enough time to acquire a signal (could take 10 mins).
According to HTC the reason the GPS function was not enabled in the first place was a conflict with the GSM signal,anyway try manually setting your phone band to GSM and see if that makes a difference.(Settings,phone,band,select network type:GSM)
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i tryed that... seems that with GSM, it took much more time to get a FIX (if so)...
with GSM it get the FIX much faster, but stil... too much and it drop the signal without any reasone.
What radio version have you installed?
1.35, 1.38???
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1.38.00.11
I have the same exact problem, sometimes GPS gets the satellites in 30 seconds sometimes no satellite after 15 minutes. This of course in the same location...
This is really anoying, any other ideas ?
PS: I am using the french version!
daghood said:
PS: I am using the french version!
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Maybe that's why ... sorry couldn't help it...
Are you sure there aren't any other factors involved (like heavy cloud cover, rain, , etc.?) or more than 3 days since last fix (not that this should take 15 minutes - this is more than downloading the whole almanach). Can you check if you have signal all the time, or if you keep loosing all satellite signal? Because if it looses all satellites, he has to start from the beginning with the fix, so it's in a loop until he gets proper signal.
Well there seem to be quite a few issues with the GPS,personally i'm using the Destinator 6 software ,and here is what i noticed ;
With the official HTC rom :
The software detects the GPS in about a minute and acquires a fix in about 3-4 minutes with the GSM on and a clear sky.
If i softreset the device then 1/3 times it won't find a GPS antenna and i have to manually reconnect and define the com port,it then takes apprx 5 minutes to get a fix.
The weird thing is that when i used Destinator PN i didn't have any of these issues .
Lately i've started using img-32424-mUn and i've noticed a definite improvement in both GPS strength and speed.
i did use following test rom, the gps response is around 1min.
RUU_Trinity_CHT_1.23.751.1_101_6275_1.29.00.11_108_Test.exe
however, by using offical rom whatever config the baud rate or GDP, required 8-10 to get the fix.
the problem is that it's not stable
one day i get a FIX within 1 min, next day after 20...
and 2 days later, not getting any FIX.
i tryed with GSM and 3g ...
i guess the radio (or the GPS part) isn't as we excpect it
sad that HTC dont want to support users that NOT use TomTom.
I think it would be useful if each of us told the others the type of GPS software they were using as it (The GPS software)seems to affect the time it takes to acquire a signal.
Also try using the GPS with and without the radio (Flight mode) and see if it makes a difference.
No GPS Signal & Icon
Hi! I've another problem. I've downloaded new ROM upgrade and Tomtom applications. After waiting for 10 minutes, my device says no signal received. I read from some forums we can adjust some variables but there is no GPS icon under settings\connections folder.
Can anybody help me! I have version WWE 1.23.405.
Hello folks,
I have dutty's WMM6.1 WWE (04/16/08) and radio rom 1.58.26.20
this radio rom was the only working rom I found, on other roms I couldn't get any internet connection
also my gps config: internal gps receiver, com4, baud 4800
Well... when I try to connect to GPS mostly I can wait hours and hours without happening anything. ofcourse I'm not that stupid to try gps inside a basement, so I just do it in an open area
anyway, I tried a lot of things:
- use quickgps for downloading the lastest gps info (sometimes actually works)
- turning the device off and on
- removing the battery for a short period after shutting the device down.
well, the last one mostly works, but now it just doesn't
When I use GPStest I get a pretty good signal from multiple sattelites, the problem is, it keeps hanging on "GPS Starting up". this happens on EVERY gps program I have
so... am I doing something wrong? or is the gps driver just crazy?
WPtE said:
Hello folks,
I have dutty's WMM6.1 WWE (04/16/08) and radio rom 1.58.26.20
this radio rom was the only working rom I found, on other roms I couldn't get any internet connection
also my gps config: internal gps receiver, com4, baud 4800
Well... when I try to connect to GPS mostly I can wait hours and hours without happening anything. ofcourse I'm not that stupid to try gps inside a basement, so I just do it in an open area
anyway, I tried a lot of things:
- use quickgps for downloading the lastest gps info (sometimes actually works)
- turning the device off and on
- removing the battery for a short period after shutting the device down.
well, the last one mostly works, but now it just doesn't
When I use GPStest I get a pretty good signal from multiple sattelites, the problem is, it keeps hanging on "GPS Starting up". this happens on EVERY gps program I have
so... am I doing something wrong? or is the gps driver just crazy?
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I figured out how to get a quick fix with this rom.
1) start>programs>system tools>GPS router to com4 and 4800 baud>enable
2) open quick gps and dl
3) open gps software
If you don't get a fix within a minute use gps test at step 3.
I rebooted my phone for trying this
and... great succes
just 1 minute and a I have a connection, verry nice
The weird thing is, after I fixed it once and leave it in stand by or on, I get my gps fixed in seconds
it might also have something to do with a nearly empty accu (like 35%)
I ordered a big 2800mAh accu now, so I'll hope it will work a bit better
thanks
That radio is kinda slow with GPS anyway I changed mine to 1.64.08.21 gets a fix within 10 seconds at 19200 baud.
KDKobes said:
That radio is kinda slow with GPS anyway I changed mine to 1.64.08.21 gets a fix within 10 seconds at 19200 baud.
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the problem is... the wifi doesnt work on that one with mine
you probably have an older wm? I have wmm6.1 atm
I am using the same ROM as you.
KDKobes said:
That radio is kinda slow with GPS anyway I changed mine to 1.64.08.21 gets a fix within 10 seconds at 19200 baud.
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Is there a particular reason why you use this baud over any other? Just curious as I had GPS issues in the past, which are solved now.
From my experience certain Radio's work better with certain baud rates, so it really just depends on the radio you are using. I have tested a good portion of the Radio's and so far this has been the best one overall. I can't quite remember but I am thinking that radio you are using now (1.58.16.27) I had problems with mobitv.
Hmm... never used that
I don't have any gprs or 3g access, I just use a prepaid package with this phone.
I only use wifi, because everywhere I come, they have it
the problem on the radio that you're using, is that every time I tried to connect to an AP, it showed me connected but it even didn't say "hello" to that ap... not even after a few times turning on and off the wifi
I've put it now on the same baudrate as you, and I get a good connection
WPtE said:
Hmm... never used that
I don't have any gprs or 3g access, I just use a prepaid package with this phone.
I only use wifi, because everywhere I come, they have it
the problem on the radio that you're using, is that every time I tried to connect to an AP, it showed me connected but it even didn't say "hello" to that ap... not even after a few times turning on and off the wifi
I've put it now on the same baudrate as you, and I get a good connection
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I will have to test the WiFi next time I am around one. I don't ever use it. The only problem that I have really noticed about this radio is that it likes to have a constant internet connection to get the best signal otherwise the coverage isn't as good as other Radio's, but I sacrificed that for the GPS speeds. The only other radios that I have had good success with is 1.58.21.23(really good signal, but GPS takes longer) and 1.58.26.20(which is also slower on GPS, but I think works best at 38400 baud)
Over the last few days I have noticed that my GPS is not really working anymore. I'm not sure if this is a result of some software I've loaded or whatever, but I've noticed a few people saying that they are no longer locking onto satellites and noone is really sure what they've done - although there is a thread about the new Clove extended battery and many have mentioned that it stops the GPS from working.
I'd like to get everyone who is having problems to post here please so we can try and work out what the cause is. Some have speculated that it could be the radio but I don't think it is, I've flashed every single radio available with no change...
When I first got my diamond, I was IMPRESSED at the speed and accuracy of the GPS. I would get locks in around 10-15 seconds and using TomTom 7 I found it to be extremely accurate with regards to my position on the map.
Now it SUCKS. The other day I drove and it took 18 minutes to get a fix. When it finally did I estimate it was between 50m - 100m inaccurate. Some kind of lag is going on.
As of the last two days, I cant even seem to track ANY satellites. Since then, like I mentioned I have tried every radio and still the situation remains bad.
- I'm running a cooked ROM based on the 1.93.xx.x. (Elite 3.0)
- Current radio is .11 which seems to work well for my push email. (.05 worked well too) Other than that over the last couple of days its just been push email, a few texts and calls and really nothing else special I'm doing with the device.
Can anyone having the same problems please post here with your ROM version and let us know what your experiences are.
Thanks.
I have the same problem
Rom 1.93 - swift.
radio .05
I recently bought 'htc diamond'.
I have a doubt. GPS service is for 'FREE' or we have to pay?
My phone says 'GPS download valid: 4 days. It means i can download GPS for free until another 4 days? kIndly let me know I am a newbie.
thank you in advance
Sony
sonyuk143 said:
I recently bought 'htc diamond'.
I have a doubt. GPS service is for 'FREE' or we have to pay?
My phone says 'GPS download valid: 4 days. It means i can download GPS for free until another 4 days? kIndly let me know I am a newbie.
thank you in advance
Sony
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No.. Its just the GPS data thats used by the gps to get a quicker lock on the satelites.. Which then only saves you time.. It does not cost you anything besides the trafik it uses to update the data..
sonyuk143 said:
I recently bought 'htc diamond'.
I have a doubt. GPS service is for 'FREE' or we have to pay?
My phone says 'GPS download valid: 4 days. It means i can download GPS for free until another 4 days? kIndly let me know I am a newbie.
thank you in advance
Sony
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gps is for free, the "4 days" corresponds to the time which your device
has the almanach data for faster satellite lock in it's memory. after this time
quickgps will download the alamanach data for the next 7 days, and so on...
if you don't use this feature you still can use gps, but obtaining a fix will
take you a longer time!
regards,
markus
Please look at my post at
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408560
I have noticed that it is also dependent on the Rom. I am into flashing different roms and have seen different behaviour of Gps with each rom.
But HARD reset is a must after each flash.
Let me know your findings.
Got my GPS working in TomTom..
Steps i took:
1: change in PPC the gps port to COM6 - So still at Baud 4800
2: TomTom - Gps configure - "Other NMEA GPS reciver" - Baud 4800 - "COM6"
3: Closed TomTom
4: changed in PPC the GPS port back to "COM4" - still baud 4800
5: TomTom - Gps configure - "Build in gps"
And done.
I have this problem- the GPS seems to get worse and worse after a hard reset or rom upgrade to the point where it won't lock on at all.
I have noticed that in TT7 a number of satellites are being found (in the gps menu)but they are greyed out. Despite this it just won't lock on however long i leave it.
I notized that I was sometimes unable to track any satellites because I swiched on "A-GPS" in the registry with some kind of editor. After switching it off the problem was gone.
Greetz
Yes, Advanced Config destroy your GPS if you use it to turn on A-GPS.
Try reflashing the Radio with the same build as you are using already. It resets the GPS and did the trick for me.
How can you turn on A-GPS in the registry? Which key is it?
I have the same problems: when I use the GPS, it finds some satellites and not, and back it finds them, and not. When I use tomtom 6, the screen turns grey and colored every 5 sec., because it finds the satellites and not.
Sometimes it works good, but mostly not.
Can somebody help!!!
ROM: 1.35.404.4 NLD
Rom date: 05/30/08
Radio: 0.93.25.NS26
Protocolversion: 52.26.25.09H
jonnytheponny said:
How can you turn on A-GPS in the registry? Which key is it?
I have the same problems: when I use the GPS, it finds some satellites and not, and back it finds them, and not. When I use tomtom 6, the screen turns grey and colored every 5 sec., because it finds the satellites and not.
Sometimes it works good, but mostly not.
Can somebody help!!!
ROM: 1.35.404.4 NLD
Rom date: 05/30/08
Radio: 0.93.25.NS26
Protocolversion: 52.26.25.09H
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There is a little tool which is called "HTC GPS TOOL(S)", dont remember the exact name.. there you can search for satelites using the "cold start" option.. when some satelites are found, then push the "Nav. Init." buttion", dont close the program, just start TomTom and se if it did lock? .. Some reported this method working..
ostendk said:
Got my GPS working in TomTom..
Steps i took:
1: change in PPC the gps port to COM6 - So still at Baud 4800
2: TomTom - Gps configure - "Other NMEA GPS reciver" - Baud 4800 - "COM6"
3: Closed TomTom
4: changed in PPC the GPS port back to "COM4" - still baud 4800
5: TomTom - Gps configure - "Build in gps"
And done.
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I did things a little differently to yourself, but certainly your general method has solved the problem!
Firstly, and I don't know if this is a result of the radio version I'm running but I only have COM4 and COM7. Running radio .11
Secondly, within TomTom I simply configured the GPS, I changed to other NMEA receiver, selected COM4, and Baud 4800, and then within about 10 seconds, I had a lock. This is after days of not getting a lock at all.
Restarted TomTom, switched back to 'Internal GPS Receiver' and almost instantly locked again.
Problem solved!
I had done many ROM updates and not noticed this effect, I believe now thinking back this must have been a direct result of updating the radio only from version .03 to .05
I will update the thread title.
salada2k said:
I did things a little differently to yourself, but certainly your general method has solved the problem!
Firstly, and I don't know if this is a result of the radio version I'm running but I only have COM4 and COM7. Running radio .11
Secondly, within TomTom I simply configured the GPS, I changed to other NMEA receiver, selected COM4, and Baud 4800, and then within about 10 seconds, I had a lock. This is after days of not getting a lock at all.
Restarted TomTom, switched back to 'Internal GPS Receiver' and almost instantly locked again.
Problem solved!
I had done many ROM updates and not noticed this effect, I believe now thinking back this must have been a direct result of updating the radio only from version .03 to .05
I will update the thread title.
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I did actually update to the .05 radio, which after i had the satelite lock problem.. but haven't had i since i did that little com-port exchange
Hi,
After an hard reset un my Diamond and after instalall the .net framwork 3.5 my gps dont work anymore. When i turn it on connects the gprs and stay lots of minutes finding the sattelites.
Before the hard reste i have the tomtom working perfectely and never my htc connects the gprs for noting.
Can anyone help me please.
Regards,
Hi, I tried TomTom today and my GPS connection kept dropping every 5-10 seconds....I'm using the original radio ROM that came with Orange, do you think upgrading it will help?
Thanks
agps
I had the same problem and solved it by disabling assisted GPS using Schaps Advanced Configuration Tool (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=418151)
/MantisV
radio updates
I have updated my radio to 1.00.25.05 and 1.00.25.07 and my orange diamond kept dropping GSP ever 30 seconds or so I have now gone back to the original radio 1.00.25.03 and worked without any problems today
MantisV said:
I had the same problem and solved it by disabling assisted GPS using Schaps Advanced Configuration Tool (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=418151)
/MantisV
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Hmmm good point, I will try that thanks.
Had similar on sunday drove over 150 miles and it was perfect in garmin xt first time i had used it on my diamiond, return journey had the dropped signal problem only sorted after selecting different driver in garmin - strange stuff! never had this type of problem on any of my wm devices.
:O
The same happend to me also... My stock phone was shipped with the .05 radio I updated the radio to .07 and the GPS kept disconnectiong. I flashed back my .05 and will try it now.
I had this problem, untick receive all incoming beam and that fixed it for me
coatsy said:
I had this problem, untick receive all incoming beam and that fixed it for me
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now that would be a new dilemma: how exactly is the GPS receiver and transmision affected by a beam ?
I'm walking allot, so I don't need to have my Diamond turned on the hole time (mostly in my pocket).
but when I turn it off an then on again, It takes a real time to research the GPS satellites, it works but a waste of battery or wait time.
My question is, is there a tweak that the GPS is not turned of when the screen is blanked.
like the GPRS; I still receive emails when the screen is off (blank)
My gps only stays connected for a couple minutes then it looses its signa. I have to soft reset to get the gps to work again. could this an atenna issue?
EDIT:
So after hard reseting again and trying again, I've discovered that sometimes the gps will connect but sometimes it won't. If the GPS won't connect, I have to soft reset multiple times until it connect again. Then if I soft reset again, it sometimes doesn't work. So obviously it isn't an atenna problem, but I've got no idea what type of problem it is. Help!
supreme_one333 said:
My gps only stays connected for a couple minutes then it looses its signa. I have to soft reset to get the gps to work again. could this an atenna issue?
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..which navigation program do you use?
Before the signal gets lost, will the screen be dark?
I have no problem with signal - 14 satellites even in the city (Prague) is nothing suprising...BUT! I'm experiencing quite big gps lag! :-( Tried lot of roms - stock WWE, tess v1.1-1.4, energy...same result - for example I'm driving through crossing but TomTom shows I'm at least 30m before it - it's about 1 second when I'm driving about 50 km/h...when I'm driving faster, it's much worse...especially when I was abroad that was really annoying
I use TomTom 7 but this problem also occurs with other programs like gps spot. My screen doesnt go black. Also sometimes my gps wont work even after a soft reset
lol, i have problem too - my gps works, but can't see any satellites
So has anyone found any sort of solution because GPS is kind of important and I use it a lot.
I use iGo. At first, I was also having problems finding a satellite. BUT ... after searching the menus in iGo, I found the settings for the GPS. like COm and baud rate. So what I did was to search the frequencies and it found something at DOM 4 etc. Every time I start iGo, I have to do that. Should find a menu for the GPS settings. Do an autoscan and enjoy. Hope this helps
georgeono said:
I use iGo. At first, I was also having problems finding a satellite. BUT ... after searching the menus in iGo, I found the settings for the GPS. like COm and baud rate. So what I did was to search the frequencies and it found something at DOM 4 etc. Every time I start iGo, I have to do that. Should find a menu for the GPS settings. Do an autoscan and enjoy. Hope this helps
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Hmmm... iGO should memorize port and baud settings... Mine does...
I know it should. But every time I start iGo, the default is saved. That is, I think, port 1, baud 57660 I think :-?
georgeono said:
I know it should. But every time I start iGo, the default is saved. That is, I think, port 1, baud 57660 I think :-?
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In that case I would recommend to add the GPS settings to your SYS.TXT:
[gps]
set_messages=0 ;optional - this setting stops iGO from changing NMEA GPS protocol settings
port="4"
baud="38400"
will do. Thanks a lot!!!
After further investigation and a hard reset, I've discovered that the problem occurs because of TomTom 7. Can anyone recommend another GPS Navigation program?
iGo = I use version Nav N Go iGO 8 R3 - v8.3.2.83157 (Apr 3 2009), but there is Nav N Go iGO8 v8.3.2.91972 (May 28 2009) which also works fine
Has anyone tried v8.3.2.93112 (Jun 8 2009)?
poor gps signal
Hello
I have similar problem lately. I say lately because my GPS signal was perfect! It would have at least 5-6 satellites fixed inside home even driving on Manhattan was perfect never lost signal while dedicated GPS device like tomtom one would not have signal. But lately for about month I have problem getting signal inside home even outside is problem sometimes. for example when I update weather on HTC sense it wont be able to get my location, also google maps wont be able to get gps location inside home and after a few min of waiting it will get outside, another problem is Nav N Go iGo 8 V 8.3.4 Aug. 13 2009 version. similar symptoms wont get gps signal inside house and loosing signal while driving on a wide open area where almost no trees and no buildings around. the strange thing is device is in perfect condition never dropped and use same stock Rom ever since it came out same radio and same Hard SPL. I did hard reset few times re-installed radio but problem is still here. I would have blamed Rom or radio if I was not sure they ever worked in this case I'm very sure it worked perfectly with those software before why wont it work same way now? is this antenna problem? anyone ever had to open HTC pure before? is there a removable GPS antenna that could become loose or bad connection? any ideas?