Locate the following key in the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
On the Edit menu, point to New, click DWORD Value, and then add the following registry values:
Value name: MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server
Value data: 32
Base: Decimal
Value Name: MaxConnectionsPerServer
Value data: 16
Base: Decimal
Exit Registry Editor.
then softreset and do a speed test
Now this tweak will only extend your phones bandwidth enabling you to download more data at the same time (like images and the sorts) giving your phone the feel of it downloading faster. so the main focus is, i increased your bandwidth now social sites and this site will fly i garantee it!!!!
sorry been gone awhile working on other projects, and this was a tweak for a friend i put together from some other sources, but made sure its win mobile specfic. By the way do this as well on your home computer even on dail up and you will be amazed!
First image is a 512 Test
Second Image is 1 MB Test
thanks alot giving it a shot now!
I did a DSL Reports test and got 60 Kb/s at home (EDGE). After adding the new DWORD value it was 174 kb/s! Coincidence? Fluke? Will keep monitoring for sure, but seems to be working. Maybe they should add this to the Tweaks sticky. Thanks!
Okay, I tested it.
First, I tested the speed using IE at 1MB. After three tests, it came to: 946Kbps, 832Kbps, and 953Kbps. This is an average of 910Kbps.
Afterwards, I made the necessary registry edits, and soft reset. After giving WinMo time to load, I went back to the website to do the same test, these were the results: 1375Kbps, 1180Kbps, and 1046Kbps. This is an average of 1200Kbps.
There is very good increase in speed, but it doesn't appear to be stable. I perform a few tests later and it seems to went down to the area of around 800-900Kbps. I will continue to perform tests to see if the speed is truly increased.
For now, though, thank you for the great topic!
8525Smart said:
Okay, I tested it.
First, I tested the speed using IE at 1MB. After three tests, it came to: 946Kbps, 832Kbps, and 953Kbps. This is an average of 910Kbps.
Afterwards, I made the necessary registry edits, and soft reset. After giving WinMo time to load, I went back to the website to do the same test, these were the results: 1375Kbps, 1180Kbps, and 1046Kbps. This is an average of 1200Kbps.
There is very good increase in speed, but it doesn't appear to be stable. I perform a few tests later and it seems to went down to the area of around 800-900Kbps. I will continue to perform tests to see if the speed is truly increased.
For now, though, thank you for the great topic!
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let me clarify things. If you did a speed test with this tweak and your speed say is 1200,
then an hour later its average is 900, its your network. its simply overlaoded.=
( alot of people are using the data service at the same time you are killing bandwidth)
now say with out the tweak your average is 900, when your network becomes overloaded it will be some where at 500 or lower.
conculsion: it still increases speed on peak hours and off peak hours. dont believe test it
Do you think that this will work for Internet Sharing?
dearmasfamily said:
now say with out the tweak your average is 900, when your network becomes overloaded it will be some where at 500 or lower.
conculsion: it still increases speed on peak hours and off peak hours. dont believe test it
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Possibly, but it seems difficult to believe since the speed decrease came as a result of more tests performed no more than a few minutes after the initial '1200kbps' test.
Unfortunately, constantly inputting and removing a registry edit on the phone is rather a hassle, so I simply performed more tests with the tweak. The original '1200Kbps' test result still has not appeared again, but I do plan to continue testing this, including in the middle of the night when peak hours are less likely.
I did this on my Fuze and it went from an average of 100kbps to an average of 40kbps. Did 4 tests each way and that's the result I had.
On AT&T, using EDGE.
Tests
So I did the hack and here are my findings. I used two different browsers, Skyfire and Opera all on a 3G connection on 1M download. There was a slight increase in speed but nothing huge. Here are the graphs that I made for some visual.
My suggestion if you want a fast connection... Just use Skyfire!
wingman1487 said:
So I did the hack and here are my findings. I used two different browsers, Skyfire and Opera all on a 3G connection on 1M download. There was a slight increase in speed but nothing huge. Here are the graphs that I made for some visual.
My suggestion if you want a fast connection... Just use Skyfire!
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an increase is positive, no matter how much
My internet connection has always been quicker than any of my friends connections, even my fiance on the same plan, same network, same phone. I am on alltel, verizon now, and am in disbelief. I was not looking to speed my internet up but I saw the tread and like it was said, any more speed is better. I have never tested my speed because I didn't care but I tested today just to get a before and after for the tweak. I am not fooled by the results but am wondering why I am getting inaccurate results. In opera the speed read 10008, in IE it read 8236, in skyfire it read 8008 and higher. I tried each numerous times, and soft reset and could not get the value under 8008. And no I'm not using wifi, not even on.
Sweeny Russ said:
My internet connection has always been quicker than any of my friends connections, even my fiance on the same plan, same network, same phone. I am on alltel, verizon now, and am in disbelief. I was not looking to speed my internet up but I saw the tread and like it was said, any more speed is better. I have never tested my speed because I didn't care but I tested today just to get a before and after for the tweak. I am not fooled by the results but am wondering why I am getting inaccurate results. In opera the speed read 10008, in IE it read 8236, in skyfire it read 8008 and higher. I tried each numerous times, and soft reset and could not get the value under 8008. And no I'm not using wifi, not even on.
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So if its faster dont worry about it being accurate
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So if its faster dont worry about it being accurate
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That's what I do, if I'm at work and I'm sick of working I come on here and worry about stuff that doesn't really justify it. Still wondering if anyone else is or has experienced this and why.
curious as the earlier poster
I too, am also curious how this will affect the tethering speed and if this doesn't work for tethering if there is another registry edit that we can do to increase the tethering speed.
*Edit Oops, nvm.
It worked for me. I didn't see the second registry value, only modified the first one.
Mine was whopping!
Shoot, I didn't test a before, but my after was a whopping 7984kbps the first time out, then followed by 8291kbps. Tested in San Francisco, CA.
Regfile
Here i made a regfile with these settings
View attachment InetTweak.zip
tk_berlin said:
Here i made a regfile with these settings
View attachment 231340
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cool thanks will add to post with your permission!
Alright.. gave this a try.. there are two types of numbers to change.. a hex number and a decimal number. In all my reg edits before I've never had to change the decimal and always the hex so I did that AND there was no difference.... if anything the speed dropped a bit but that could have been because of the network. I would have expected it to increase a bit though! I must have done something wrong.
My origina hex value was 4 so I changed that to 10. The decimal value was 16 and that stayed the same
I've attached a photo so you can see what I'm talking about.
The first is the before speed test. Then the second is the change I made, the third is the speed test after (I reset as well before doing the second speed test)
Thanks
Aaron McCarthy said:
Alright.. gave this a try.. there are two types of numbers to change.. a hex number and a decimal number. In all my reg edits before I've never had to change the decimal and always the hex so I did that AND there was no difference.... if anything the speed dropped a bit but that could have been because of the network. I would have expected it to increase a bit though! I must have done something wrong.
My origina hex value was 4 so I changed that to 10. The decimal value was 16 and that stayed the same
I've attached a photo so you can see what I'm talking about.
The first is the before speed test. Then the second is the change I made, the third is the speed test after (I reset as well before doing the second speed test)
Thanks
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theres only suppose to be a hex or decimal value not both set at 10
Related
I got this from another forum but was wondering if it works on the TMO Wing.
"Windows Mobile 6.1. I went into with resco registry editior and changed HKLM\Comm\Tcpip\Parms and changed the TimerWheelSize to Value of 5 and soft reset via software reset. (Like Psshutxp)"
Post claims it doubles your Internet Browsing Speed on the phone.
????
Wondering what this setting is. On my Wing it was set to 11. I changed mine to 5 just to test. I will see over the next few days if its faster.
Anyone know?
Please Advise
Thanks!
Faster internet?
Saw this over on the titan forum...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=368375
Any idea if this would do anything for the wing?
not sure bout this
I changed the timewheel to 5 as well...I also tried the DNS edit..
4.2.2.1
4.2.2.2
and sorry to say I dnt see any increase in download speed or page rendering..I do however notice that browsing through the web page after its loaded is noticably faster...soo I dnt know which one of the 2 changes did that....any1 care to coment? im curious as to how these edits effected other devices...
I was noticing faster speeds after changing those settings... but then I couldn't connect to the internet or gsm. Don't know if that's a coincidence... but I changed it back using the network wizard and I got internet/phone back.
I guess I'll stick to the stock settings, but it was faster with the changed reg values.
Okay I fooled with the phone today at work. Does not seem any faster to me. Even seems kind of slow, not that PIE was real fast before. I will keep these setting for a few more days and see.
Still wondering what these setting are exactly and what changing them really does. ????
Tested again today. It doesn't seem to harm anything to use these settings but next time I Hard Reset or Flash a new rom, I don't think I'll bother to change this setting again. Just some feedback from my experience.
No real difference in speed that I can see.
it is indeed fashter Thanks.
I found an application called SeaSGEE, that helps you connect to any GPS faster than ever before. I tried HTC's QuickGPS, but that still took a while to connect, now it only takes me about 10 seconds to connect to google earth, and less than 5 sec to connect to iGuidence, compared to minutes.
Have fun... just drag it into your phone, and run... its a freeware!
link: http://rapidshare.com/files/101356793/SeaSGEE.exe.html
Hi I just read a few posts on here about that program and apparent it does work really well for some. What I wanted to know was what does this actually do? I know it works in the same was as the program QuickGPS but I still don't really understand how it works. And can you make it update manually through WIFI because I don't have any data plan whatsoever. Can this program turn on any data connections that I would have to worry about?
I use GPSGate and it's made my GPS connect really fast.
SeaSGEE has been discussed to considerable extent here at XDA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=336531
From what I've read, the verdict seems to be that it does rapidly decrease the wait time.
Looks good!
i will definitely give it a try
otheruser said:
SeaSGEE has been discussed to considerable extent here at XDA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=336531
From what I've read, the verdict seems to be that it does rapidly decrease the wait time.
Looks good!
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I'm sorry to say it didn't work for me. I hadn't used my GPS for quite some time, but updated regularly with QuickGPS (automatically updates when connected to my Laptop) and it took nearly 20 minutes to get a fix. I both tried QuickGPS and SeaSGEE.
i dont really use the phones gps much, because both of my cars have nav in them. but i do use it sometimes if i am walking and i cant find a store or what not.
it would be helpful if the gpd would connect faster. is there any confirmation that with this program the gps with connect a wholte lot faster?
.CAB for those of you who want to try it.
although i do not see it speeds up a (already) hot start, it does have an automatic data update, scheduled for every 3 days. it can also download data from wi-fi or USB ActiveSync through PC - so no data plan, no problem.
4yunweb said:
although i do not see it speeds up a (already) hot start, it does have an automatic data update, scheduled for every 3 days. it can also download data from wi-fi or USB ActiveSync through PC - so no data plan, no problem.
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i.e, it should help a cold start most, when you need it most!!! many thanks for posting this little utility...
it doesn't add battery comsuption either.
just shame can't uninstall quickGPS - it really is useless!
Thanks
SH4YD33 said:
.CAB for those of you who want to try it.
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Thanks for the cab SH4Y!!
This is a LOT faster; QuickGPS did nothing for me.
+1 for this CAB....
so.. i had a question..
Does baud rate have any effect on the GPS..
ive played around with it and faster rates dont seem to make any difference.
anyone have an explication?
SH4YD33 said:
.CAB for those of you who want to try it.
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Thanks man, this is a nice little program.
TurboX2 said:
so.. i had a question..
Does baud rate have any effect on the GPS..
ive played around with it and faster rates dont seem to make any difference.
anyone have an explication?
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The baud rate setting you mention is the GPS interface to the serial port of the PPC device.
Getting a GPS fix depends on the present location of the satellites in relation to you. It can be speeded up somewhat by having certain satellite data pre-loaded.
But, the more satellites you can "see" (and the less obstructions between them and you), the quicker and more accurate your fix will be. This can help explain why so many people are reporting different results with the same programs.
I recommend reading the below Wikipedia article if you want to know more about how the constellation works.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gps
So what is the overall verdict of this???
Hi,
after searching some time, I found this post here very helpful to switch off static navigation for the internal Qualcomm GPS chip:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1747266#post1747266
Open your favourite registry editor, and search for
HKLM\Software\HTC\SUPL AGPS\GPSMode
Mine was set to "2", and I got the bad behaviour when slowly walking or geocaching.
Switching it to "1" led the GPSr to send each position without modifications or smoothing directly to the internal com port: Perfect!
Now my Kaiser can really replace the old Wizard with external SirfIII-GPS!
Hope someone searching for i.e. Geocaching, Walking and Jumping Locations happily find this thread.
Cheers, Horst
It doesn't work for me. I set it to 1 and nothing could connect to the gps device. resetting it back to 2 corrected this problem.
Hi,
just tried the registry modification and it seems to work! I had a short walk and tried TT6 and GPSDash2. I haven't tried GPSDash while walking before this modification, but it really works fine even at slow walking. TT also updates the current location very good, but has some trouble in viewing the right walking direction. I will have a further look at TT tomorrow while driving, maybe if there are any differences in the behaviour or something. Feedback will follow...
HansOlo
EDIT: FYI, I'm using an unbranded Kaiser with german stock rom 1.56.407.3, radio 1.27.12.11
Umh, I'm not so positive about this anymore - I will have to do more test to see if it really is now _pure_ Raw NMEA.
Do you have also a constant offset of about +100m in altitude compared to sirf3?
Horst
This is what the GPSMode does:
http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1735285&postcount=347It's actually sets up how AGPS works, so it's not static navigation.
I found my "no connect" problem. If you set GPSMode to 1 and AGPS to 1, device connection fails. I turned off AGPS and the connection works again.
I have tried this and it does exactly as the OP said in my case. I get a constant GPS feed, so can now use my Kaiser for geocaching at last!
For the record, I'm using Memory Map Pro V5.05 Build 662, with GPS on COM4 & 115200 Baud. I also use AE Buttonplus to map a key to keep the device from turning off whilst using MM.
I tried setting both GPSMode and AGPS to various values and each time it behaves exactly the same
I agree. no differences for me either.
Do a soft reset and try again. It's only a subtle difference though, so if Static Nav is not a problem for you before, you will hardly notice the change.
This is awesome news, I can't wait to try it out! Last time I tried to geocache with my Tilt I never could get it to settle down on any one spot. It kept sending me 30 feet in random directions. I switched to my bluetooth unit and it sent me right to the spot.
Report back here afterwards then, most people seem to think I'm talking crap
I launched GPSTest today while waiting for someone in my car and noticed that the reading stayed constant for the entire time I was there, only started changing after I started moving.
I'm going to double-check my registry entry and also try disabling AGPS to see if that makes a difference.
Today I was walking in areas with limited visibility to satellites. I set GPSMode to 1, but still got alternating freeze and jumping of the positions. Too bad, this does not (or only partially?) solve the problem. Are there other devices with the same GPS chip built in? If they have static navigation switched off, there should be a way to do it for the Kaiser, too...
khaytsus said:
I launched GPSTest today while waiting for someone in my car and noticed that the reading stayed constant for the entire time I was there, only started changing after I started moving.
I'm going to double-check my registry entry and also try disabling AGPS to see if that makes a difference.
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But what's interesting is that BeeLineGPS the reading updates constantly.. Not sure if it did before or not, honestly.. I'll have to change the value back to 2 and see out of curiousity.
GPSTest still stays at a static value... Interesting.
Some applications add static nav on their own by ignoring random small differences in position. Maybe that's what you're seeing here?
Just an idea: There are different data streams, $GPRMC, $GPGGA, etc. Maybe not every program uses the same, and at least one holds the raw positions, whilst another contains the computed points? Have to check this afterwards.
khaytsus said:
But what's interesting is that BeeLineGPS the reading updates constantly.. Not sure if it did before or not, honestly.. I'll have to change the value back to 2 and see out of curiousity.
GPSTest still stays at a static value... Interesting.
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I tested with BeeLine GPS and that's how I knew nothing had changed from before.
It looks like it's continually updating, but it's continually updating with the incorrect values. Walk in a square and look at the raw latitude and longitude and you'll see what I mean.
I checked whether the different data streams hold different positions: they don't.
If Kaiser continues like this, I don't have any more wishes for geocaching. Horst, this really helped me. I set HKLM\Software\HTC\SUPL AGPS\GPSMode to 1 (was 2) and restarted.
I don't know if it actually switched off static navigation, but the device now behaves like it did. It is MUCH BETTER.
I love this gpsVP software for geocaching and also for simple navigation (it uses Google maps). Today I tried to navigate a few times to randomly selected points and it was great: the distance was slowly decreasing as I was slowly (1 km/h or less) approaching the waypoint. I haven't experienced this before and I'm really sensitive about what my Kaiser does.
Finally I don't have to walk fast for a few seconds for the GPS "to catch" the speed and to start updating coordinates. Perfect!
Hey all, just wanted to share a tweek that I found somewhere (not for diamond) that helped me out with my aqusition problems.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/HTC/SUPL AGPS/
EnableAGPS = 1
GPSMode = 4
dont know what exactly it does but it fixed all of my getting a lock problems. (dont forget to update your QuickGPS with the latest data also)
The only thing I want to see fixed now is the horrible update delay that you get when you are walking, still havent seen any solutions. From my point of view it talkes about 30~40 second of walking time before the position "catched up" to you, then it work quite well for as long as you are walking and stop only for a few second, if you stop for longer it seem to go back into what ever mode it is in from start so another wait for it to catch up.
I am doing all this is OziExplorerCE. Tested it on Googlemaps as well, works fine but the follow delay is there too.
D.
GPSMode = 1 means Autonomous (Self Fix no Assistance Required, Pessimistic Approach, Very Slow but Very Accurate)
GPSMode = 2 means Assisted by Server (Less Optimistic, Somewhat Slow but Medium Accuracy Quality)
GPSMode = 4 means Assisted by Server with Extended Ephemeris (Very Optimistic, But Sometime we loose Accuracy Quality)
can you let us know what's the other setting on your SUPL AGPS? such as ServerIP, ServerPort as well as other setting. These attributes are crucial to get AGPS works.. Thanks in advace.
Could somebody to export
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/HTC/SUPL AGPS/
complete tree to this forum. I would like compare other values in this tree with my phone. Thank you very much.
I'd guess that AGPS is Assisted GPS and it can also be activated using the Advanced Config Tool
HKLM\Software\HTC\SUPL AGPS\GPSMode 00000001 REG_DWORD
This alone above registry key is the only tweak i've made, and it fixes pedestrian mode, great for caching! Thanks a lot!! i'm happy now
Hi there,
This topic is about my experience of configuring a-gps manually with a French operator. This may help others.
I installed a few day ago the last french official HTC ROM (see here)
My Diamond is SFR branded (French Vodafone), and after upgrading from the native SFR ROM to the HTC one, I felt a slowdown to get a good GPS signal for the apps I use: Googlemaps and iGo8. The signal also seemed less accurate.
I decided to investigate this way.
First of all, some elements that may be obvious for most of you, but reminding them does not hurt:
A-gps is a system that enhances GPS performance, by connecting to an a-gps server. As a matter of fact, this server makes use of cellular network signal to locate you faster. For further informations, see Wikipedia a-gps article.
AFAIK, a-gps is different from Quick GPS (see here) In particular, config values for a-gps and Quick GPS are located in different registry keys on Diamond.
Now let's get deeper into a-gps:
You can, once again AFAIK (and you'll correct me if I'm wrong ), use two kinds of a-gps server:
Your mobile vendor's server (i.e. HTC)
Your operator's server
I remembered that on some phones (at least Nokia N95), you have to define manually your a-gps server when using SFR network.
For Nokia, the problem is that the port used by the vendor's server is blocked by SFR WAP connection.
This is not the case of HTC a-gps server, since using HTC rom does not inhibit a-gps: it only seemed slower to me than with my SFR rom.
Here are the registry parameters for a-gps, on the original HTC ROM:
Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\SUPL AGPS]
"EnableAGPS"=dword:00000001
"ServerPort"=dword:00001C6B
"ServerIP"="10.1.101.63"
"QosPerformance"=dword:00000059
"QoSAccuracy"=dword:00000032
"TimeBetweenFixes"=dword:00000001
"NumberFixes"=dword:3B9AC9FF
"GPSMode"=dword:00000002
I guess "10.1.101.63" is the IP address of an HTC's a-gps server (?!)
I then downgraded to native SFR ROM, and here was the same key:
Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\SUPL AGPS]
"ServerURL"="geoloc2.sfr.fr"
"GPRSConnection"="WAP SFR GPRS"
"Network"="WAP SFR GPRS"
"EnableAGPS"=dword:00000001
"EnabledPrivacyMethod"=dword:00000000
"CloseConfirmMsgTime"=dword:0000003C
"PrivacyMethod"=dword:00000000
"EnableLocInfo"=dword:00000001
"ServerPort"=dword:00001C6B
"QosPerformance"=dword:00000059
"QoSAccuracy"=dword:00000032
"TimeBetweenFixes"=dword:00000001
"NumberFixes"=dword:3B9AC9FF
"GPSMode"=dword:00000002
As you see, the server is defined with its URL, "geoloc2.sfr.fr" (known as one of SFR's a-gps servers), and some parameters are different.
Of course, you have to replace "WAP SFR GPRS" by the network connection you want to use.
I upgraded to HTC ROM again, and set the operator's rom values.
Now I've got the feeling that it's harder, better, faster, stronger (and more accurate).
By the way, QuickGPS is configured in the following key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\QuickGPS].
Note that, on SFR branded rom, this key does not even exist.
Hope this helps.
I've wondered why Quick GPS seems to replace the A-GPS feature on the diamond. QuickGPS doesn't seem to do a damn thing for me. From cold boot, I can stand in open air for 5 minutes until I even start to get a peek at a couple of satellites. How can we be sure that QuickGPS is even working at all?
I used to own a Nokia N95 that had the A-GPS feature, the GPS inside the N95 was pretty average. But with the A-GPS feature you could at least get a lock in under 10 seconds, every time. As long as you had configured your positioning server, (supl.nokia.com) and you had a data connection, then it was consistently under 10 seconds from cold boot. Without A-GPS it was more like 5 minutes plus, basically what I'm seeing on the diamond.
As people have noticed, using tools like Advanced Config to enable A-GPS breaks the GPS completely. Probably because of the missing settings such as you have outlined above, (I noticed these settings while poking around in the registry recently too). I wonder how we can find out what the server names for other countries are and get this working for eveyone.
Also, the IP address 10.1.101.63 is a private IP address so I guess that explains why it fails when you switch AGPS on, that address will never be contactable, so they must have used it for some kind of internal testing - but if it's working for you (with your new settings) then why did HTC choose to leave it broken for the other ROMS....
Well... Since I updated to this last HTC rom, QuickGPS "does work". I mean, it is an installed program, therefore available in "programs" list, and when I launch it, I can "download" data to update it. Though I don't have a cue of what use is made of this technology on Diamond.
I've always used Advanced Config to enable A-GPS, and it has always worked for me. But if it breaks the GPS, I guess you can do it from the registry by setting "EnableAGPS" value to 1.
I also tested a N95 8Go recently, and I had the same results.
But I'm not sure to understand your need: Diamond has both A-GPS and QuickGPS. I don't think QuickGPS is very efficient, but A-GPS is.
I do also think that setting the "ServerIP" value to "10.1.101.63" must work worldwide, since I bet this is HTC's a-gps server.
With this, GPS signal takes about 30 seconds to lock (at first use after soft-reseting, but may be under 10 seconds for next uses).
Did you give it a try?
hantoucc said:
Well... Since I updated to this last HTC rom, QuickGPS "does work". I mean, it is an installed program, therefore available in "programs" list, and when I launch it, I can "download" data to update it. Though I don't have a cue of what use is made of this technology on Diamond.
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Yes I have i too, and it connects and downloads data ok. But does it speed up a GPS lock? I don't think it does. I've hard reset and just run TomTom without QuickGPS and then with QuickGPS and I cannot for the life if me see any difference at all. In TomTom Satellite screen, you can see no data. If it was working, you should see all Satellite 'numbers' in their respective little boxes and then the tracking would begin almost immediately. But I'm not seeing this.
I've always used Advanced Config to enable A-GPS, and it has always worked for me. But if it breaks the GPS, I guess you can do it from the registry by setting "EnableAGPS" value to 1.
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Many people have said that enabling A-GPS (via advanced config or direct reg edit) makes the GPS stop working completely i.e. never getting a lock. If you have got this working for you, as far as I know, you're one of the first! Lucky you!
But I'm not sure to understand your need: Diamond has both A-GPS and QuickGPS. I don't think QuickGPS is very efficient, but A-GPS is.
I do also think that setting the "ServerIP" value to "10.1.101.63" must work worldwide, since I bet this is HTC's a-gps server.
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No that IP address is within a private non-routable range for internal private networks and cannot be reached from the internet. Read this if you want more info.
I do agree though on the A-GPS being better, and with my experience with Nokia phones A-GPS is excellent. I don't understand what it is that QuickGPS is trying to do, because there is nothing quick about it. I thought it would be similar to A-GPS (in how it actually works) but now I'm confused :/
With this, GPS signal takes about 30 seconds to lock (at first use after soft-reseting, but may be under 10 seconds for next uses).
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Now that's the sort of time we all should expect when using an assisted/quick GPS aid to the actual GPS chip. It should be lightning fast. So to me it says QuickGPS is pretty lame, as everyone is using it by default in all ROMS and there are many many people complaining about the GPS not getting a lock at all. So it can't possibly be working properly. And if it is, it still sux.
I'm going to try and replicate those settings you have above on my Diamond and see how it goes. I'll post back shortly.
OK well I've put all those settings in, but still no luck. It is not working. I've been waiting several minutes and still cant even get a fix.
It's not out of the realms of possibility that SFR's A-GPS server can only be used by SFR customers. After all, they assign you your IP address when you connect to the web on your diamond so they could easily lock it down so that random people cannot use it. In fact that would make a lot of sense.
I think we're close, but I guess we need to find a SUPL A-GPS server that is open to the public, maybe? Or certainly at least find out if HTC has one that we can use that is accessible via the internet... Maybe someone else has some ideas?
you can try: "supl.nokia.com" instead of "geoloc2.sfr.fr"
Have you tried this, and what port does it use?
I'd been playing some more and found out having it enabled really screws things up - TomTom thinks it has a lock, then it doesn't, then it does, then it doesn't, etc. It's really bugging out. So I just switched it off.
I'm really interested to know though if A-GPS will help with the ongoing GPS-Lag/inaccuracies problem, some poeple have reported that the lag is fixed in the new OS builds floating around but I can confirm that it is not fixed - in fact it felt like it was worse!
This GPS is causing too many headaches!!!
salada2k said:
Have you tried this, and what port does it use?
I'd been playing some more and found out having it enabled really screws things up - TomTom thinks it has a lock, then it doesn't, then it does, then it doesn't, etc. It's really bugging out. So I just switched it off.
I'm really interested to know though if A-GPS will help with the ongoing GPS-Lag/inaccuracies problem, some poeple have reported that the lag is fixed in the new OS builds floating around but I can confirm that it is not fixed - in fact it felt like it was worse!
This GPS is causing too many headaches!!!
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I'm also in Australia and i'm having the exact issues as you in regards to GPS lag and inaccuracies, i do however get a fix quite quickly, first time after a ROM change it takes a while but after that its somewhere between 30 sec and 1 min 30. I have changed my rom many times updating to all the latest custom ROM's, still its inaccuracy remains, its about 40 metres off on my device. I live inhouse number 16 and yet it tells me I'm at house 20. Like WTF........
What a pain in the arse!!!!
I got ip adress of HTC aGPS server!
its the 64.14.59.165
you got to just change the htc stock server of the diamond to this and its working well for me.
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I'm also in Australia and i'm having the exact issues as you in regards to GPS lag and inaccuracies, i do however get a fix quite quickly, first time after a ROM change it takes a while but after that its somewhere between 30 sec and 1 min 30. I have changed my rom many times updating to all the latest custom ROM's, still its inaccuracy remains, its about 40 metres off on my device. I live inhouse number 16 and yet it tells me I'm at house 20. Like WTF........
What a pain in the arse!!!!
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Tell me about it. Mine is about 50m off 90% of the time, sometimes it looks like it might be ok. The other thing I noticed today is that the 'speedo' in TomTom i.e. the bit on the status bar that tells you how fast you're going - which is usually very accurate - still tells me I'm going 15km/h, then slowly counts down to zero anything up to 20 seconds after reaching a complete stop! I am starting to regret spending money on TomTom. But to quantify that, I don't blame THEM, I'm just pissed I've shelled out so much for the Diamond + TomTom and the fkng things dont work properly. We have to get to the bottom of this!
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Tell me about it. Mine is about 50m off 90% of the time, sometimes it looks like it might be ok. The other thing I noticed today is that the 'speedo' in TomTom i.e. the bit on the status bar that tells you how fast you're going - which is usually very accurate - still tells me I'm going 15km/h, then slowly counts down to zero anything up to 20 seconds after reaching a complete stop! I am starting to regret spending money on TomTom. But to quantify that, I don't blame THEM, I'm just pissed I've shelled out so much for the Diamond + TomTom and the fkng things dont work properly. We have to get to the bottom of this!
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Yep, its all the same issues I'm having, but not just with tomtom, I'm using iGo8 and garmin XT with no success.
This was written by me on another thread complaining about the GPS.
I called HTC support Australia and informed them off its fault with GPS lag and its accuracy, I informed them that over 50% of users are having this issue on the XDA forum, they told me that no fault has been logged and there isn't an issue, It may be time to call up the tech support and make some noise to get this issue resolved. its a pain in the arse and it shouldn't be happening.
I also called up Hong Kong Customer support the other day and they said the exact same thing...... i think.... the chicks English was just deplorable.
I think i may call the Australian HTC support again, and just irritate the **** out of them, hopefully this time they may have a solution for me.
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I think i may call the Australian HTC support again, and just irritate the **** out of them, hopefully this time they may have a solution for me.
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I hope you can get somewhere mate! Good luck!
lowrider_05 said:
its the 64.14.59.165
you got to just change the htc stock server of the diamond to this and its working well for me.
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anyone tried if this really works?
Is IgO 8 working with A-GPS enabled?
Thanks
Update/Refresh of GPS data
Maybe a stupid question, but how can I update the a-GPS data or does the device update the data automatically?
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lit2fly said:
anyone tried if this really works?
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Well, it does seem to be some kind of Navigation related server - I am trying now...
Well, it doesn't seem to have made a difference - but I will test some more...
lowrider - where did you find that IP?
What is the data amount when using AGPS ?
Are some data only transferred when opening TomTom ?
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What is the data amount when using AGPS ?
Are some data only transferred when opening TomTom ?
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It should be only a few KB send, and then a little more KB received.
It should only happen when the GPS is activated (e.g. you start TomTom) and then the A-GPS would kick in then. It should not transfer any more data unless you lost the GPS signal, then it would assist the GPS in getting a lock again, and therefore transfer another few KB.