Alltell Diamond will not get gps lock, 2phones same prob

[arik]

are you guys using QuickGPS? It came with my Alltel Diamond and with out it, I would guess you need to do some sort of aGPS hack, maybe the GPS hack thats a sticky to this Diamond Forum/thread.
You can set it up to download updates when ever it needs to, with out ever asking first.... set it and forget.

[OhioState87]

Have you gone to Start>Settings>Phone>Location, and making sure it's on?

And also what arik mentioned above ^

[woods]

Originally Posted by OhioState87

Have you gone to Start>Settings>Phone>Location, and making sure it's on?

And also what arik mentioned above ^

location is on, at least it says it is. I have enabled agps, not enabled it. used quick gps not used it. Tried tomtom says am i indoors even though i am outside.

[GreeKNastY]

tried soft reseting?

[woods]

Originally Posted by GreeKNastY

tried soft reseting?

have soft reset, have hard reset have stood on my head. Starting to think that its an alltel issue with gps down here in florida. Not many options left

[ian1210]

I am having the same problem with my alltel diamond. I have yet to get one sat. Google maps says it can not connect to device. I live in billings, mt. Even though this is montana, I am sure some satellites must fly over us.

[ian1210]

Originally Posted by ian1210

I am having the same problem with my alltel diamond. I have yet to get one sat. Google maps says it can not connect to device. I live in billings, mt. Even though this is montana, I am sure some satellites must fly over us.

I just set mine up using the tutorial that is a sticky. After I used these settings, it worked!! Hooray!


PDE IP Address = 205.142.19.100
PDE Port Number = 8888
PDE Transport = IP
Position Calculation = mobile

[woods]

Originally Posted by ian1210

I just set mine up using the tutorial that is a sticky. After I used these settings, it worked!! Hooray!


PDE IP Address = 205.142.19.100
PDE Port Number = 8888
PDE Transport = IP
Position Calculation = mobile

Been down that road, that enables aGps which is assisted gps. With or without that enabled the gps should still lock on, it will just take longer. aGps uses the cell towers to help triangulate your location thus speeding up a lock.

here are my registry settings just for ****s and giggles

enable agps 1
enablegpssmart 1
gpsmode 2
number of fixes 99999999
Qosaaccuracy 50
qosperformance 89
serverip 205.142.19.100
server port 8888
time between fixes 1

Is there a reg setting to enable gps? i see the one for agps. How about a way to confirm if location is on even though i show it on? Toggling location on or off gets the same response in google maps.

[CenFlo]

I'm gonna bump this thread as my Alltel Diamond hasn't worked using the GPS for squat.

I have the 30 day free trial and I loaded it today and it wouldn't work on Conflip's 11/28 ROM.

Since my quest for GPS has been never ending, it seems, I went ahead and did a hard reset and went back to stock.

Downloaded the Alltel Nav freebie and installed it. Ran it and boom, GPS works!

I went ahead and loaded the HTC GPS tool and google maps.

Both lock on to 7-10 sats within 1-4 seconds, just like it's using aGPS and acting like my Vogue did when I enabled the aGPS using Shawdow-tech's fix and cab.

This phone was manufactured in OCT-2008 and it makes me wonder if Alltel is disabling the GPS another way or has more registry stuff that disables it??

I dunno, but it's working now... Naturally I want to run a custom ROM for tethering and other features, but I really miss having GPS on the phone at the same time.

I've PM'd a few peeps about this and no one has gotten back to me.

Anyone have any ideas? Does Alltel have some super-secret way of locking the GPS on the newer made phones?

Trust me folks, I've done everything and this is the first time this Diamond has consistently locked on to the sats.