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Old 08-02-2008, 02:47 AM
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Re: Free GPS program

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Originally Posted by IceCold06 View Post
i try to use windows live search but the GPS doesnt ever lock no matter were I am. I need help with that. i also upgraded to the non-official sprint rom a little while before the official one came out.

Edit:: Also I try to use GoogleMaps to locate my position and it just sits there. What am I to do?? lol
Try this: go to start > settings > system > external GPS; once there in the "programs" tab, select a com port that programs will use to obtain GPS data [can be any arbitrary port - i have mine get to COM4]

Then run googlemaps go Menu > Options > GPS settings and click on "set manually" and in the drop down box select the com port that you chose above. There's also a way for you to allow Windows to automatically select it, but why do that when you already know that it's COM4.
Then hit Menu > Use GPS and on the upper right corner it should give you the status of locking in sats and how many are active.