GPS Lag with Sprint Nav on Touch Pro

[rushco]

Any fix yet for this lag? I hate it when it thinks I am back at the stop light when really I already p@ssed it a couple seconds ago. I still get where I am going but there will be a day I miss a turn and am late to something.

[land2634]

None of the solutions I've seen over on XDA seem to work for me. I keep hoping someone will come up with something as I've tried everything known so far.

[VW]

I am glad that some people have gotten the GPSGate solution to work like me. I think more people need to try it...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...te#post2899904

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...te#post2850727

[vradi]

I am using the Sprint Stock ROM
ROM Version 1.03.651.3
Radio Version 1.03.15F

The GPSGate suggestion did not work for me

I am using Iguidance 4 and I have about 100 feet and 1-2 seconds lag.
Initially I had a terrible lag of at least 5 sec and a bout 500 feet which made the GPS completely unusable.

What I did was to apply the “GPS Tweaks.cab” that is in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=439002
This improved the situation but as I said I still have about 1-2 sec lag.



After the CAB I tried the GPSGate program hopping that it will farther improve or eliminate the lag completely but there was no improvement at all.

I am suspecting that it might be more related to the ROM and Radio versions we run.

VW: Can you tell us what is your ROM and Radio version?

[WARMACHN]

stupid question but am to lazy to call sprint..
is sprint nav free or is there a charge?
if there is a charge can any one mention any free GPS apps..

[jhale83]

Originally Posted by WARMACHN

stupid question but am to lazy to call sprint..
is sprint nav free or is there a charge?
if there is a charge can any one mention any free GPS apps..

It's $9.95 per month. Only decent free GPS apps that I know of are LiveSearch (pre-installed on your phone) and Google Maps. There is also Y! Go from Yahoo! but I haven't used that one in forever.

[VW]

Originally Posted by vradi

I am using the Sprint Stock ROM
ROM Version 1.03.651.3
Radio Version 1.03.15F


VW: Can you tell us what is your ROM and Radio version?

My Rom and Radio are the same as yours. When you set up GPSGate I assumed you used the WMGps input and a new com port for output? I find all this very strange with everyone reporting different results. I also tried IGO8 and it works pretty well with barely any lag.

[vradi]

Originally Posted by VW

My Rom and Radio are the same as yours. When you set up GPSGate I assumed you used the WMGps input and a new com port for output? I find all this very strange with everyone reporting different results. I also tried IGO8 and it works pretty well with barely any lag.

Yep. For input I actually tried both ways WMGps and COM4, it made no difference.
For Output I had Virtual COM1.

On the Iguidance side I was listening to COM1 but I could still get data on the original COM4. Both had the same lag of about 2 sec.

[cheeb]

Originally Posted by jhale83

It's $9.95 per month. Only decent free GPS apps that I know of are LiveSearch (pre-installed on your phone) and Google Maps. There is also Y! Go from Yahoo! but I haven't used that one in forever.

Um....I thought Sprint NAV was FREE if you have one of the data plans over $15 (or unlimited data etc...) I'm sure you know this as well...

[sikclown]

Originally Posted by cheeb

Um....I thought Sprint NAV was FREE if you have one of the data plans over $15 (or unlimited data etc...) I'm sure you know this as well...

Originally Posted by rushco

Any fix yet for this lag? I hate it when it thinks I am back at the stop light when really I already p@ssed it a couple seconds ago. I still get where I am going but there will be a day I miss a turn and am late to something.

Sprint Nav comes with all the Simply Everything plans for free as well as the 25$ Data Premier Plan. otherwise it is 9.95 per month. My Sprint Nav was laggy as heck until I did a hard reset and then opened QuickGPS before I opened Sprint Nav. Now it is dead on and fast