6/8/09 FIRMWARE UPDATE: Verizon GPS Unlocked

[scrosler]

Originally Posted by demonsnake

Hey, awesome! It worked right away on my stock verizon ROM, just got my phone 2 days ago. Get 7 sats lock in iGuidance v4.0.2. However, it is very laggy, I drive faster than it can update the screen, any thought on that? I normally use bluetooth HOLUX GPSlim240 and in doesnt lag even at 100mph. Is there a way to make internal GPS actually good, is it a software issue, maybe iGuidance isn't compatable? Thanks for your work.

I use TOmTom7.45 and I have no lag what so ever.

I have heard of iguidance lagging on interal GPS. havent used it though.

[anonymity]

Originally Posted by scrosler

I use TOmTom7.45 and I have no lag what so ever.

I have heard of iguidance lagging on interal GPS. havent used it though.

How did you get TomTom 7.45 to work? Where'd you get it? I've tried Garmin but the MapSource utility didn't seem to want to recognize my device.

[scrosler]

Originally Posted by anonymity

How did you get TomTom 7.45 to work?

Searched for it.... Google is your friend ;c)

[anonymity]

Originally Posted by scrosler

Searched for it.... Google is your friend ;c)

C'mon, I may be new to this forum but I'm no stranger to Google. I have searched. Apparently, I didn't put in the correct search terms if you are able to find it and I'm not. If you could point me in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated. I was able to download and install it once but was unable to load any maps for North America or voices. I'm not trying to be lazy about this, I've put in some legwork trying to find it and get it to work.

[kyppcgeek]

My VZ TP says hardware version 2.0
Not sure if that is important.

I am running a flash of the ppcgeeks kitchen 20931 and ran the v2 patch and ran ppst.exe, etc as specified.

when I run the HTC GPS tester it bounces from 66 to 31 back and forth. I have never yet gotten it to lock, even standing outside. FYI my Titan works just fine and locks GPS.

Is this an issue with the kitchen?

[kyppcgeek]

Oh.. and I installed Bored's Quick GPS.
It says expired and even with a data connection enabled, it won't update.

It says connection failed.

[kyle4269]

Originally Posted by anonymity

How did you get TomTom 7.45 to work? Where'd you get it? I've tried Garmin but the MapSource utility didn't seem to want to recognize my device.

Hmm I didnt have a problem installing my MapSource. Give me a PM and I might be able to help you out.

[FormerPalmOS]

Originally Posted by demonsnake

Hey, awesome! It worked right away on my stock verizon ROM, just got my phone 2 days ago. Get 7 sats lock in iGuidance v4.0.2. However, it is very laggy, I drive faster than it can update the screen, any thought on that? I normally use bluetooth HOLUX GPSlim240 and in doesnt lag even at 100mph. Is there a way to make internal GPS actually good, is it a software issue, maybe iGuidance isn't compatable? Thanks for your work.

There is some native lag - about 750-1000 ms for the GPS to calculate your position and report it to the application. Seems to be a hardware limitation (i.e. we're stuck with it). Anything above that is OS - get yourself a faster ROM (www.scottcrosler.com) - it's easy. That said, I assume that the better GPS programs (Garmin, Tom Tom) are aware of this (all devices have some lag, but most dedicated devices have less lag than this phone). They probably anticipate the lag to display your position accordingly. After all, they know how fast you are going and the direction - it's not too difficult to calculate out the lag.

[demonsnake]

Hey thanks, when I say I use HOLUX GPSlim240, it's not a standalone GPS, it's just a GPS antenna for my Touch Pro or any bluetooth enabled PC/PPC. Paired with my phone and iGuidance (btw a very good program with TTS) I have ony a native few millisecond lag. Now when I use iGuidance with built-in GPS, I get a good minute lag, if not more.

[FormerPalmOS]

Originally Posted by demonsnake

Hey thanks, when I say I use HOLUX GPSlim240, it's not a standalone GPS, it's just a GPS antenna for my Touch Pro or any bluetooth enabled PC/PPC. Paired with my phone and iGuidance (btw a very good program with TTS) I have ony a native few millisecond lag. Now when I use iGuidance with built-in GPS, I get a good minute lag, if not more.

The Holux unit is a receiver - it does one thing and does it well - it calculates your position really fast. Much faster than the phone, for which GPS is an FCC-mandated cheap-as-possible necessary evil.