How To: Configure GPS - Page 9

tr2518 · #81 (**permalink**) 09-17-2009, 07:08 PM

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**jmorton10** · #82 (**permalink**) 09-17-2009, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by spetrillo

What comm port should we set our apps to in order to get GPS to activate. I tried comm4 on my TP2 and iGO8 but no go.

Steve

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

**spetrillo** · #83 (**permalink**) 09-17-2009, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by jmorton10

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

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

Steve

Herbal954 · #84 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009, 02:05 AM

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

IGGUS · #85 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Herbal954

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

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

jimbutsu · #86 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009, 12:07 PM

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 29641862

...

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...

csper · #87 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbutsu

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 29641862

...

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...

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.

jimbutsu · #88 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009, 01:36 PM

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.

Herbal954 · #89 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009, 02:29 PM

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)

jimbutsu · #90 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009, 05:16 PM

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...