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Here is something I did back in the TP1 days and TomTom that had worked. I will try it here tomorrow to see how it helps with Garmin on TP2.

On the Com port in GPS settings, change baud rate to at least tripe i.e. 19200. See if that helps. Default is too low.

Before you start flaming, GPS chip DOES have a COM port and windows API is simply sharing it. Ever thought about the effects of paralleling a Serial connection. You simply cannot. So Windows is using interrupts. Increasing the baud rate should help!

Before I eat my own words, I just changed the setting on my phone and will try it out tomorrow.

Also, for the second try, change Garmin to COM4 if the first setting alone does not work. Dont worry, it wont make any difference. USing API or COM4 means same thing as long as you dont use too many apps that use GPS chip at the same time, which I doubt anyone does.

Good luck and please report any feedback.