Hack Mogul GPS Update For PPC6700???

[bugsysiegals]

I was just wondering if it would be possible for somebody to hack the Rev A and GPS update for the Mogul and create a version for the 6700 so that we could have GPS also??

[eehrhard]

Nope. GPS and Rev A are built into the Mogul's chipset.

[nerys]

Phonescoop says the 6700 has GPS is this just incorrect IE they do not have a GPS chip?

[Daved]

Originally Posted by nerys

Phonescoop says the 6700 has GPS is this just incorrect IE they do not have a GPS chip?

It only has the AGPS built in the Qualcomm MSM chip.

[nerys]

Sooo what is AGPS and how is it different.

[Unknown Zone]

Originally Posted by nerys

Sooo what is AGPS and how is it different.

http://wmexperts.com/articles/gps_vs..._tutorial.html

good stuff should answer your question.

[nerys]

OK that makes sense. Is there no way to "use" this gps in applications?

[Unknown Zone]

Originally Posted by nerys

OK that makes sense. Is there no way to "use" this gps in applications?

Slow down...read the whole article..top to bottom uncluding quesitons...lol.

Answer to one of the questions"
"The com ports for the GPS app are "hidden" and need to be revealed using a hack/trick. Once exposed, then you can use any 3rd party app"

So officially,...... it won't work. Unofficially, you can make it work"

Here is another response:
"As an FYI, even using this hack I can't get Garmin to work with the q9c. Some have said they have luck running Google Maps in the background to start the GPS but that didn't work for me.

Meanwhile, I signed up for the beta of Sygic's navigation software, and that worked 100% correctly after I used the COM4 activator hack.

I'm pretty sure it's standalone aGPS, but not positive.

Yeah, I'm 99% sure it's standalone.

Reasons are thus: some ROM developers have already adapted the leaked the ROM for the Verizon and Telus 6800 with all the same, yet new, features working including GPS. The odds of all 3 ROM kits working with assistance servers (which are carrier dependent) would be quite slim as opposed to just standalone, like the Q q9c which is "simpler" to implement.

Here's a new twist I've been thinking about: Sprint won't by default have the assistance servers available for aGPS on their WM devices because most of us will bring our own mapping solution to the table, like the free Google Maps or MS Live Search or even the more robust TomTom or OnCourse solutions. Sprint won't make a dime off of us doing as much--most of us will skip their TeleNav monthly service, so why allow us to piggy back on their network and get superior GPS functionality? Sprint's flip phones, OTOH, don't have this flexibility so they have to use TeleNav (skipping the more obscure Mobile GMaps "hack").



So the way it looks like from reading we will need a hack to use "aGPS"..that is what it sounds like. This has been going on since the 67 came out and still to this day we cannot use the built-in aGPS...people keep trying, you are better off like many of us, buy a BT GPS.

[nerys]

I hate it when manufacturers lock me out of my own property. I can not wait for laws to catch up with proper property rights and make this kind of crap illegal.

[Unknown Zone]

yea i know what you are saying....I ended up buying myself a nice BT Keychain GPS..about the size of a car remote works pretty darm well even in the ignition area and in my pockets..ran about 60-70.