Official Titan built-in GPS Thread (old)
 

NEW THREAD HERE: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=17032

I had to start a new thread, since after some updates the forum wouldn't let me post all the data I had into one post. I've reserved some space in the new thread to hopefully prevent such problems in the future.

Tekmaven and I are working on a background service which will keep the GPS running on demand. It should have support for either keeping it going all the time, when you tell it to, or by detecting when GPS-using apps are running.

excellent... thanks!

Good work guys

Much Luv,
iZm

Nice work guys! Thanks.

sweet, keep up the good work.... we all appreciate it... :)

In the registry I add an entry to keep the bluetooth alive during suspend...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Power\State\Suspend

I see there's a gpd0: with a value of 4 in there.. to keep BT working during suspend i have it at 2... do you think gpd0: refers to the GPS and if so maybe changing it to 2 will keep it alive during suspend?

Changing it to 2 (and soft reseting), seemed to have no effect.

Ok this is weird. I soft resetted after installing the QuickGPS and GPSView.. At the top to the left of my EV indicator was a sattelite dish icon. My left soft key said notification but clicking on it did nothing. I did another soft reset but it didn't come back and hasn't come back since.

I ran Visual GPS yesterday and it found sattellites very quickly. Have not heard of Holux GPS Viewer, but I just ran it and it is much slower at finding them.

Running Visual GPS vs Holux GPS Viewer does not affect the speed of your GPS finding satellites, it just primes/starts your GPS so it's usable by other applications. Using QuickGPS, in theory, should make satellite acquisition faster.

That was probably QuickGPS giving a notification that a data download attempt failed. QuickGPS has a setting to automatically attempt to download new satellite data on expiration of old data. Have you run QuickGPS manually to see if it downloads the data correctly? If not, make sure to read the entire FAQ section dealing with QuickGPS.

how do i get rom to match what is required to run internal gps???

I'm saying one program works much faster in general at spotting them than the other. With Visual GPS I'm getting a signal in a matter of seconds and with Holux I have to wait.

BTW, Visual GPS is using less than 60k of memory while running in the background.

You have to load the new leaked test ROM.

If you're running XP, look here:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=16806

If you're running Vista, look here:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=16886

To Prevent possible problems with your phone, after the update, that some are experiencing:
Make sure you record your MDN and MSID, by going your dialer and ##MSL# (where MSL is your unique MSL code for your phone).

The MSL unlock code is used for programming your phone yourself, and is unique for every phone. You can retrieve the MSL for your phone by using the GetSPC application. It's essentially a keygen that calculates what the MSL should be from the hexadecimal ESN (case-sensitive). You can get your hexadecimal ESN from several places including the back of your device if you remove the battery. You can download GetSPC from HERE. Otherwise you can call Sprint technical support, tell them you're a developer, and you need the MSL number for your phone.

Also, go to your dialer and dial ##3282#, your MSL is the unlock code, then make sure you record the settings there. The important things are your username and AAA password (HA password should be 'secret').

Hmm, the Holux one is pretty instant for me so there was no reason for me to try something else, what's the CPU usage of Visual GPS when running in the background?

I tried to run quick GPS and it wont download I know there are issues and the op says he changed some stuff to make it work can someone explain how you change that?

My Rom 2.0 and Radio is 1.0. Is there a way for me to upgrade that so I can use gps?

I ran it and it was able to retrieve the information..

This should be sticky'd

Easy directions, got me up and running.

You might have had no Internet connection active (QuickGPS doesn't dial out for you if no internet connection exists), at the time it was trying to retrieve an update.

NEW THREAD HERE: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=17032

I had to start a new thread, since after some updates the forum wouldn't let me post all the data I had into one post. I've reserved some space in the new thread to hopefully prevent such problems in the future.

I have found a simple workaround for keeping the GPS on while the phone is on (not in standby mode as far as I can tell) I loaded VisualGPSce using the cab file and I copied the VisualGPSce shortcut from the Windows\start menu\programs folder to the Windows\Startup folder and now the small program is always running keeping the gps on and with a current fix. of course after you install the program you will have to run it at least once and configure the serial port setting for the program to see the GPS com4 4800 baud by clicking the connect button then the checked serial port (com port). Then minimize the program by clicking ok under the soft key, not X

That's a clever idea, however, won't that kill the battery life?

Only if you keep your phone on (screen on, not in standby) for longer than usual, I have not noticed any lower battery life yet. I have only been running it this way today so no long term results yet.

any of you smart guys live in minnesota? i would pay someone to install this in my mogul, seriously

laynpipeallday@msn.com

I don't have anything on my phone right now to check CPU usage.

Is there a way for me or a Mod to close this thread? People should be posting in the new thread referred to in the first post, not this thread.