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Com4 is correct.

I have a VZ TP that was not working on GPS at all.

Turns out the location had turned itself off. After I turned it back on (& cancelled out a warning from VZ) I had an 8 bar satellite lock almost instantly (& I was inside a building)

~John

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Do VZW users have to edit the settings? I cannot seem to get my phone into diag mode to check.

Steve

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i aswell would like a little direction in unlocking GPS for my VZW TP2

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I second that. I've been checking back to this thread a while looking for the updated first post including VZW..

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I'm in a similar boat with Verizon. Inside of Google Maps, when I let the application do its own thing (Using Windows to handle GPS), I get "Seeking GPS Satellites (0)" indefinitely. When I manually set it to use COM4, I get the same Seeking GPS Sattelites message, but instead of (0) I get some massive number (this time when I tried, it was 296418628)...

I haven't been able to get anything going GPS-wise, so I'm wondering if some systems vrom VZW were good to go out of the box and others need to be coaxed...

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Nothing to add but "me too." It's strange that it's working for some but not for others. I thought for certain the Alltel tweaks would work.

I should say: I have had gps working on the device, but the lock time made it essentially unusable to me.

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GHAA...

I went into QuickGPS and d/l'ed the latest details (and made sure location svcs were turned on) - now the number has changed to 430636356. I did *something* to change it, but still no actual GPS functionality, per se. Good times, good times.

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yea im dying to get GPS access so i can run garmin etc etc...not about to pay monthly for an inferior product (vzw navigator)

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And now it's magically working. I think, best guess, that (at least for Verizon) you MUST turn on Location Services - this one's pretty obvious - and the best way to do that is through QuickGPS... then it seems like you have to be out in the wide open the first time to get it to "wake up" and then you're good.

OTOH, maybe the next time I try it I'll be dead in the water again... :)

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Awesome. Hopefully it will survive a reset.

At this point I'm not even sure I can get a non-assisted lock. I guess I should get back that point before going on.


Anybody that has working assisted GPS, could you please give your PRL/PRI? They pushed an old Alltel PRL (40055) to me I guess since I didn't update my plan. I'm just trying to eliminate unknowns.

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Is there any way to get this working on Cricket? I have a Touch Pro. Thanks.

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ok doing that through quick GPS seemed to work, now to try garming or something like that

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Judging on some of the comments in here, was everyone with Verizon's TP2 factory GPS settings the same?

I've done one hard reset so far. Both times I was set to COM4, I've still yet to change. Others have this set differently?

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I was using my Sprint TP2 on vacation and was using Google maps, and used the GPS and it worked just fine, so is there any reason to do any of the configuring in this post whatsoever?

Thanks!

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Has a VZW user figured out how to put the TP2 into diag mode? I try #3424# but it does not do the trick.

Steve

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##3424 send did it for me

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that works for me also (although I have to disable my inesoft dialer & re-enable the tachi setup first)

~John

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My Verizon TP2 works right out of the box for GPS and aGPS.

When I launch Google Maps it finds me from 500 to 1,000 meters, and then when the satelites kick in, ( pretty quickly I might add ) it finds me to within 40 meters. I haven't had a single issue yet and all I did was turn on location and download the quickGps data. :headbang:

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Garmin working perfectly :)

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saidin69, out of curiosity, how long is "pretty quick" for your sat lock? Is that with aGPS?

I still can't get a lock in under 3 or 4 minutes.

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Ok, I just turned on Google maps. I had aGPS ( 500 meters ) almost immediately. Within 20 seconds I had 7 satellites and a ( 20 meter ) lock.

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Thanks, that gives me a reference. I'd take under 20 seconds right now. I think your first fix on Google Maps is cell id based though.

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And put it this way, even when I'm on Amtrack between Boston and NY my phone keeps it's lock and I can watch the travel on Google maps.

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Yeah the cell lock (aGps) happens immediately but the lock is only within 500 to 1,000 meters. within 30 seconds I get satelites and the lock goes to within 40 to 20 meters usually.

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Cell ID (500 - 1000m) < aGPS (5-10m). aGPS is GPS, with either location calculated at server (PDE) or at the MS, assisted by info from the server (satellite ephemeris, altitude database, etc). From what your saying, it's hard to know whether you're getting the benefit of aGPS. Without a way to examine messages over the control plane, I don't know of any real way to tell (except by time). When I had aGPS working well on my Mogul, I would consistently (>80% at least) get GPS quality locks in under 10 seconds.

Anyway, interesting conversation (if I haven't hijacked the thread).

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This has seemed to have caused a bigger problem for me. Sprint TP2. GPS was working, though poorly, often couldn't find any satellites w/o running QuickGPS first. Installed sprint cab and now google maps can't even initialize gps. Went to uninstall cab, its not listed. No details of cab mentioned so I don't know if there are just registry changes I can revert. I tried the gpsOne settings and I can't get the drivers to install (windows7) it won't take those files listed. So there is no HTC Diagnostic Interface device in my ports for step 7. Totally stuck. Any ideas? I'm down to hard reset, but rather not do that. Thanks everybody!

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I was kinda worried about running the Sprint cab on my TP2 since that was originally posted in Aug and the TP2 for Sprint was just released in Sep. Sounds like we need to know if the TP2 is already updated to a certain degree, before running the cab.

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Telus TP2 with the stock rom. I ran the cab and now the gps gets several sats in seconds and I am inside. Before I could be outside and it would take a minute or two just to find 2 to 3 sats.
Huge difference.

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Neat coincidence: I used the 'track using GPS' feature in the Bing mobile client's mapping tool with my TP2 on Amtrak between NY and Boston earlier today. It worked great!

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I have verizon tp 2 what should i do? no cab for verizon??

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My Verizon TP2 configured just fine without any cabs. When I launch Google maps it finds 7-8 satellites and locks on within 20 meters.

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I did nothing on my VZW TP2 except turn Location on and run quickGPS I have had steady locks in a few seconds and it is almost spot on everytime. I am sitting in my office and connected to Bings track my location and found my exact location in about a second. I do not have a window office either.

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I concur that on a VzW TP2, there shouldn't be any cabs needed. I was able to turn location on, download the QuickGPS data, and fire it up on TomTom using the 'internal gps' option in the GPS Configuration menu. You can also manually configure TomTom (and iGo) to use it by selecting COM 4.

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How long does it take you to get lock? After a soft reset? Thx

I (mostly) get locks, but they usually take minutes. When I trialled VZN, it was getting locks in seconds, so it's not a HW limitation on my phone.

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Verizon GPS seems to work nicely right out of the box without this hack. Just ran QuickGPS, let it update, ran Google Maps, phone told me the GPS was off and took me right to the phone settings (nice!) where I set it from 911 Only to Location On. Got the aGPS lock immediately, took maybe 15 secs to get the initial satellite lock, and from then on it's been virtually instantaneous when I check traffic in the evenings. Just try to make sure you're outdoors when getting the initial lock, it will go much more smoothly.

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Hmm with my TP2 I get 6-8 satellites in my house....Im wondering if i should install the cab because it seems to cause some people's gps to stop working????

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Had trouble installing Google Maps on my VXW Touch Pro 2. Get an error message saying it doesn't work on my phne. I have built-in navigation in my car, so probably wouldn't use it that much. But would be nice to have something other than VZW Navigator when I do travel so i don't have to take the TomTom along.

Any suggestions.

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Somehow my VZW TP2 is now doing cellular instead of GPS Sat triangulation. Best fix I can get is between 1500 & 1900 meters. :( Any ideas on how I can get it back to Sat triangulation? Using a fresh install of Google Maps.

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I have Sprint TP2 and my GPS is immediate as well (stock gps with no regedits). After softreset google maps takes about 20 seconds to lock, then its instant from then on.
I did try a few different tracking programs, and VisualGPSCE seemed to cause a com port issue (it has to get direct access instead of using the windows driver), and then I'd get gps issues where it wouldnt lock and use cell towers, but soft-reset fixes that. I've since removed VisualGPSCE and now I use tracker.cab (found on xda) to save my bike rides with no issues and great accuracy.