GPS on LG Fathom?

[DaddyLongLegs]

Originally Posted by phessler

I keep wondering that too. Seems to be very little love out there for this phone.

Not sure. There's still WnMo 6 love out there. I guess there's not many people willing to part with their TP2s and Imagios, though. Interesting though because the Imagio has a very serious "stuck button" issue and I had two TP2s break the same way (the USB port eventually breaks).

Luckily, there's very little bloat on this phone. The Arcsoft software kinda blows but at least the phone is so fast that there's literally no lag when reading SMS's. Hell, there's no lag when I open up Igo8! This phone is BLAZING!

[ebysoccer08]

Here's a weird one:

GoogleMaps, VZnavigator, Bing all work fine with the GPS and regular settings. However, I don't wish to rely on data connections, so I prefer installing Tomtom, which has worked fine on my previous WMobile devices. On the Fathom, it does not find a gps connection with a gps launcher or even when primed with Googlemaps.

Even weirder: every time I install tomtom, it ruins bluetooth on my phone until I do a hard reset. The bluetooth in wireless manager disappears, and when I try to open the settings manually it says, "btmanager.exe is not a valid pocket pc application".

Why is GPS so much harder to utilize on this damn phone? Anyone tried software such as Tomtom, Garmin, etc, and got it to work? Suggestions? Thanks.

[Walt]

From what I have been able to ascertain, the Fathom's GPS hardware is not connected thru a serial com port (as it is in many other phones). Therefore, one can't access it by setting an app to a com port number. Instead, one is "stuck" with only being able to access the GPS hardware thru the LG provided windows driver. I have a couple of older GPS apps that only offer com port numbers as setup options, and therefore I can't use them on my Fathom.

I am going to venture a guess that with Tom Tom, if it can't find any GPS hardware sitting behind a com port, it attempts to connect to an external GPS "puck" thru bluetooth.

[ebysoccer08]

On that note, does anyone know of 3rd party gps software that DOES WORK on this phone, preferably without requiring a data connection?

I'm beginning to regret purchasing this phone, but I do like sleek WM and the small size to the thing.

[Walt]

Originally Posted by DaddyLongLegs

I'll tell you what, this is THE phone to have if you are a Verizon customer and are sticking with Windows Mobile 6 and refusing to go to 7 (like I am). Just wondering why no hacking is being done to it.

I agree ! ! ! =D>

I just love showing former WM users, who switched to 'Droid, that my WM phone with a 1G processor is just as fast as their new 'Droid.

[zinadinpeterson]

Internet Explorer is the browser pre-installed on the LG Fathom, but there are other options via the Marketplace. Navigating Web sites has sometimes been a frustrating experience. Try to click on a link of cause the page to go, but it's probably the fault rather than touch screen implementation. As mentioned, there is no support multi-touch: tap twice in a place that some zoom capabilities, but Fathom does not display an entire Web page, unless the site is part of the resolution screen.

[cac2us]

Originally Posted by Walt

Great find! =D>

Seems it needs to know that one has a non-HTC WinMobile phone.

Walt,
I tried that sys.txt edit and my Fathom still won't find GPS with IGo8.
Funny that Google Maps works great and GPSTest works great.
Also Live Search made me download Bing, and now it won't lock.
TomTom 6 runs in tiled mode (three times in one window).
I am running the v7 update. Oct.-10-2010.
Have you updated beyond v4?
That's what mine came with from vzw last week.

I might run the tool again and use the v5 cab file this time.
I sure hope more Fathom users jump in with some feedback.
Also, check out the new Fathom thread.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/lg-fathom/?daysprune=

PPCGeeks, a step ahead....

[trysomeothertime]

Hey guys,

I have the Fathom with V7 update (flashed via the update tool). I can get the GPS to work with Google Maps without meddling with any settings. QuickGPS allows for a faster lock (about 1 minute 30 seconds). However, I cannot get it to work with the Garmin Mobile XT: it just says "GPS Intermediate Driver" and the bars showing reception are blank...

Has anyone else had success?

And also for the noob...where is the sys.txt file? Is it only for the iGO?

Thanks

[mmoseeker]

i have the same problem with you



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[ColumbusMD]

For gps to work on the Garmin XT, set program port to GPD9 and set hardware port to COM4. Mine is working with those changes.