Please Help with my GPS Sprint/Alltel Touch

[Ridgeline]

Okay here is the deal I had this problem on my Blackberry and now on the Touch. I was given a Sprint Touch I have converted it to Alltel and everything is working great. Except I can not pick up any GPS satellites unless I run the Alltel Navigator. If I open that first and then run my TOMTOM program it works fine however this is very frustrating and I would like to use somethings reliable and not pay the $10 a month. I know that Verizon has kept there GPS locked and I have read a lot of posts but I am not sure if this applies to me as I am on Alltel who is becoming Verizon in my area.
Can anyone tell me how to unlock my GPS and get moving forward with my Touch

Thanks in advance

[bradart]

Originally Posted by Ridgeline

Okay here is the deal I had this problem on my Blackberry and now on the Touch. I was given a Sprint Touch I have converted it to Alltel and everything is working great. Except I can not pick up any GPS satellites unless I run the Alltel Navigator. If I open that first and then run my TOMTOM program it works fine however this is very frustrating and I would like to use somethings reliable and not pay the $10 a month. I know that Verizon has kept there GPS locked and I have read a lot of posts but I am not sure if this applies to me as I am on Alltel who is becoming Verizon in my area.
Can anyone tell me how to unlock my GPS and get moving forward with my Touch

Thanks in advance

Thats strange. I bet there's a registry key somewhere that proprietizes the gps access. Is it a custom Alltel rom, or the stock rom? Seems like a custom rom would fix the problem.

[infamousj012]

...if you walk around with tin-foil on your head i heard it helps pick up the satellites without a program.. :]

[bradart]

Originally Posted by infamousj012

...if you walk around with tin-foil on your head i heard it helps pick up the satellites without a program.. :]

Yeah, but you always have to have leather glove on and have one hand on your chin the entire time, also, or else it won't work.

[Ridgeline]

Originally Posted by infamousj012

...if you walk around with tin-foil on your head i heard it helps pick up the satellites without a program.. :]

If you would have read my post I am using a different app but I must use the Alltel Navigator to initialize the GPS otherwise TOMTOM by itself does not pick up any satellites.

[Ridgeline]

Originally Posted by bradart

Thats strange. I bet there's a registry key somewhere that proprietizes the gps access. Is it a custom Alltel rom, or the stock rom? Seems like a custom rom would fix the problem.

Thanks for the tip I will try and see about a custom ROM as I am using the Stock Alltel Rom that I DL'd from the HTC website.

Okay well I tried a few different roms and no luck. Also I tried the GPS drivers and the GPS Enabler and that seems to make it worse I get a no GPS error at least currently I just don't pick up the signal unless I initialize it with the Alltel Navigator.

well just to post an update after hours of messing with settings I am happy to report I am able to just use my tom tom app.

[TrickerTreater]

So any advice for someone who wants to us the GPS w/o the $10/mo Alltel nav?

[bradart]

Originally Posted by TrickerTreater

So any advice for someone who wants to us the GPS w/o the $10/mo Alltel nav?

should work out of the box for google maps and the like. Try a new rom, maybe? I've never flashed before, so i can't say from experience, but that sounds like the suggestion you'll most likely get.

[TrickerTreater]

Well, I can say that the tin foil doesn't work...