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Old 06-26-2008, 02:09 AM
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Re: Navigation won't recognize my gps

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Originally Posted by akareem27 View Post
I have sprint touch-wm6.1 official rom just upgraded today just for gps. i have igo8 and when i start my app it says gps not found even though its turned on through my settings.(dial screen,menu,options,service,location setting,check box) Am i missing something or what is a good nav app that i should use that is compatible with the touch(wm6.1)

Did you "prime" your gps receiver before starting iGO8? iGO8 needs to be primed before it can work. Astrolauncher is a good tool to prime iGO8:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=364199

You can test your GPS functionality with GPS Viewer only to see if it locks to satellites (it can also prime iGO.
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