6/8/09 FIRMWARE UPDATE: Verizon GPS Unlocked

[schteve]

Here's a tangentially related question:

I have a Sprint Touch Pro, converted to run on Verizon. It has:

PRI: 1.47_003 (which I believe is Sprint)
PRL: 51284 (modified to remove roaming)
Radio: 1.03.03V (Verizon)

GPS works fine, but is a bit slow - 15 sec locks, with the Telus aGPS settings in the registry and also in the QPST Service Programming.

If I flash this new Verizon ROM, am I right in saying that the PRI and the Radio will be updated? If so, will the PRI conflict somehow since it's a Sprint TP? Lastly, if this all works, will I be able to again update my PRL OTA via *228? (I can't do that now without a roaming triangle showing up).

TIA!

[deadwrong03]

im extremely confused....i installed verizons new rom with the unlocked gps and when i go to google maps it just searches for satellites....

now theres quick gps on the phone, but it says expired and everytime i try to use that it says couldnt establish a connection...

so what do i need?

do i download ppst2.01, and the htc gps tool ONLY? or do i need those 2 AND the SdkCerts file?

[Walt]

Originally Posted by deadwrong03

now theres quick gps on the phone, but it says expired and everytime i try to use that it says couldnt establish a connection...

QuickGPS gets its satellite tables thru the internet, not from the satellite themselves. That is what makes it quick. I assume that the error message you get about it being unable to establish a connection is referring to an internet connection. When this happens, can you make any other internet connections successfully (browse a website in IE)?

Originally Posted by deadwrong03

or do i need those 2 AND the SdkCerts file?

To use the version of QuickGPS from here (post #60), you need to install and softboot sdkcerts first. That's the only version of QuickPGS that I have any personal experience with so I clueless if sdkcerts is required for other versions too.

[deadwrong03]

Originally Posted by Walt

QuickGPS gets its satellite tables thru the internet, not from the satellite themselves. That is what makes it quick. I assume that the error message you get about it being unable to establish a connection is referring to an internet connection. When this happens, can you make any other internet connections successfully (browse a website in IE)?



To use the version of QuickGPS from here (post #60), you need to install and softboot sdkcerts first. That's the only version of QuickPGS that I have any personal experience with so I clueless if sdkcerts is required for other versions too.

yes i can browse the web and make other data connections its just that when i go to the quickgps already installed it doesnt find the satellites and says connection failed try again later

[D8nkE]

Originally Posted by deadwrong03

im extremely confused....i installed verizons new rom with the unlocked gps and when i go to google maps it just searches for satellites....

now theres quick gps on the phone, but it says expired and everytime i try to use that it says couldnt establish a connection...

so what do i need?

do i download ppst2.01, and the htc gps tool ONLY? or do i need those 2 AND the SdkCerts file?

I found if quick gps won't download, usually the location setting is on "911 only" and not on "location on". Hope this helps.

Edit: I see you found it. I should have read further down.

[etc]

QuickGPS works too. Why do I need GPS Tool?

[Technix2002]

New firmware is great! It seems I get quicker locks and possibly see more sattelites than before (that could just be chance though: right place/right time).

[deadwrong03]

i guess i had to turn on my location which fixed everything i didnt have to use anything from this thread to get it working. But what does that htc gps tools do? i still took a little a couple mins to find satellites does the gps tools speed that process up any faster than quick gps?

[Walt]

Originally Posted by deadwrong03

But what does that htc gps tools do?

It lets you look at the data coming from the satellites. While I have no idea what good vs. bad data would look like, I guess a more cruder data vs. no data is about all the comfort GPS tools gives me.

[PFCRadio]

Whats the difference between this and the Sprint Navigation??