Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

is there any way to decrease the lock time? i don't why it takes an average of 90 seconds to get a lock everytime.

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

Try GC's AGPS Fix. In post 1 you will find all the required info. Make sure you install the GC AGPS cab when you are done in QPST. I got alot of emails on this topic and 8 out of 10 times they forgot the cab install at the end. Not saying you did, just make sure you do :)

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

ok maybe this is a stupid question but I read everything and I couldn't find the answer so I'm going to ask it...

Can I just install GC's AGPS cab to get AGPS working or do I need to go through all the steps on page one? It kinda seems like those are just to change the banner. Since there is a cab to do that do I still need to go through them all?

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

Though these may be trivial questions they do entail how exact the instructions must be followed:


1. download lllboredlll VZW GPS Fix.cab and put on your storage card

***
?Can't we just use a temp folder? <my card is due to arrive in mail>



3. use gsfinder or total commander to navigate to \windows\ppst.exe

***
?for some odd reason will the WM6.1 file explorer not suffice or crash for proper completion of this task?




2,4,5,6 are direct

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

yes temp is fine....not sure if file explorer can see PPST.exe if it can then more power to ya on that one....whatever works for ya :)

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

Yes I brought up AGPS because if you are in QPST it would only make sense to apply AGPS while you were in there. If "Sprint" don't bother you then leave it be. That was for those it bothered. The cab won't work without the QPST setup applied first. AGPS is a 2 step installation process.

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

Has anyone tried flashing a Sprint Radio on a stock VZW to see if that will enable aGPS?

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

That is a very good question about the sprint radio. I am using a telus radio, did the qpst changes, installed the gc cab, and made sure location was on and do not seem to be getting agps. With my mogul, I had extremely fast connections and could get gps in all rooms of my house without any problems. Even with the above steps my touch pro does not get signal as fast and doesn't get any signal in the rooms the mogul did. If I haven't used the gps say overnight, i have to start up the htc program and wait around 1 minute or so to get a lock. After that, it locks in about 10-15 seconds but not in places the mogul would lock.

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

Bored did those steps first... see this thread from last week:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=48256

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

That mentions flashing different radios trying to get gps to work prior to the bored cab. For the people that already installed the bored cab and agps steps that seem to have agps working, what radio are you using? what about people who did all the steps but don't think agps is working?

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

It's requires a program to call for it to function. Whether it be thru a driver or a dll, something has to tell WM to connect to the IP and retrieve the information. The radio enables AGPS thru the fix GC developed but WM has to interface from that point on.

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

thanks for the information, that explains what could be happening. Does the program to call it exist or is that driver dependent (and do we know the driver) or unknown at this point?

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

lol if I knew at this point I would of let yall know. I might be able to look into it tomorrow night. Tonight I made a quick reg key import from my Titan but that didn't work. Once again VZW has something screwy going on.

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

Hey bored, how is Phase II going? Can you give us any info on it?

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

Well GC's aGPS fix simply imports the SUPL AGPS registry values. However, if no application/driver is looking for those values and thus not acting on them, it won't really do anything.

Here is GC's aGPS fix's _setup.xml (there are no files, only registry values):
<!-- GC Verizon aGPS Provisioning -->

<wap-provisioningdoc>
<characteristic type="Registry">
<characteristic type="HKLM\Software\HTC\SUPL AGPS">
<parm name="EnableAGPS" datatype="integer" value="1"/>
<parm name="EnableGPSSmartMode" datatype="integer" value="1"/>
<parm name="EnablePDEIPFromNV" datatype="integer" value="0"/>
<parm name="NumberFixes" datatype="integer" value="999999999"/>
<parm name="QoSAccuracy" datatype="integer" value="50"/>
<parm name="QosPerformance" datatype="integer" value="89"/>
<parm name="TimeBetweenFixes" datatype="integer" value="1"/>
<parm name="ServerIP" datatype="string" value="66.174.95.132"/>
<parm name="ServerPort" datatype="integer" value="8888"/>
<parm name="GPSMode" datatype="integer" value="2"/>
</characteristic>
</characteristic>
</wap-provisioningdoc>

<!-- End GC Verizon aGPS Provisioning -->

So here's some really good situations to consider:
Are Sprint TPs flashed to VZW ROMs able to use aGPS? If yes, that means that drivers included with the VZW ROM are aGPS capable. If not, then the ROM is missing something.
Are VZW TPs flashed with the Sprint Radio ROM and Bored's GPS fix (modded Sprint PRI) able to use aGPS. If yes, that means that the VZW radio is incapable of aGPS while the Sprint Radio is.

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

does this work at all with the motorola Q9m phone? I followed your instructions, and had to open port9 for anything to work properly, clicking on NMEA allowed full access. So, back to my initial question, iff I download the .cab for VZW nazigator would It potentially work?

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

I wasn't able to fix this so I had to undo the gps fix which got the evdo back. I hope I don't have to choose between gps and evdo. Has anyone had similar issues or gotten this to work in San Diego without losing evdo? Any ideas why this would mess up the data connection or how to resolve it?

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

FWIW, I installed the banner CAB, but I've noticed that when my phone first boots up, it still says Sprint. It reverts to saying Verizon very quickly, but I thought it was kind of interesting...

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

The PRI that is installed is telling it to say Sprint. The fix you did overrides that.

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

Every time your radio changes state that will happen.

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

The banner cab is simply a mortscript that runs at every boot that sets the proper registry key (which gets reset every soft reset) to change the banner. This is the only way to fix it unless you go back to a VZW PRI, which we all know will disable GPS. So what's happening is your device is booting and your banner is showing before the mortscript is run, just for a second, then the mortscript is run and it changes to the proper value.

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

I gave up once I got to page 6, but has anyone had any luck with the stock rom?

I've followed all the directions and I'm still coming up with no locks, in google maps, and in HTC GPS tool.

Any ideas?

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

I tried to make this work w/ my verizon samsung omnia. I get the .cab installed and go to the ppst.exe to ulock the radio. and the message i get is
Radio unlock failed..??? Why... Need Help.. it was so close...

Has anyone got it to work w/ the omnia?

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

I installed on my Touch Pro from Telus and it worked perfect! But I'm obviously getting the roaming sign... It wouldn't bother me that much, but because of that I need to do manual send/receive for my exchange server... It doesn't allow me to check the box to allow it to get items as they arrive while in roaming!! Does anyone now of anyway of fixing this on a TELUS Touch Pro (Either removing the roaming sign or enabling push e-mail while roaming)?!?

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

This is only for the touch pro, trying to run this on the Samsung Omnia might damage it. I am pretty sure a PRI is specific to a phone's radio, which is what this hack is modifying.

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

same here...just thought it was a quirk in qpst.
i got my phone straight from a verizon rep (handles the corporate account and is a verizon employee)
the gps is working fine nonetheless.

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

I thought Telus had unlocked GPS? This is Verizon specific I believe?

Re: 12/25/08 Verizon GPS Fix v2.0
 

:D enjoy post 1 everyone

Re: 12/25/08 Verizon GPS Fix v2.0
 

Great work.

Can you elaborate on any changes between phase I and phase II. In other words, if someone followed the phase I instructions, is there ANY reason to do phase II? Is there anything new or is the process just easier?

How would suggest someone who implemented phased I to "update" to phase II?

Also, in step 7, you mean to run ppst.exe and follow the prompts, right?

Re: 12/25/08 Verizon GPS Fix v2.0
 

I would suggest using the update. Yes there is differences. Like true programming capabilities. You should never have to worry with anything until VZW introduces a new PRI. I recoded their PRI to allow GPS. There Phase I Fix was a Sprint PRI being tricked so to speak.

Read post 1 all other needed info is there. It's a pretty simple installation. IF you follow the steps as they are presented.

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

Nope it's locked...! Just like on all of their SmartPhones... So, can anyone help me??? lol

Re: 12/25/08 Verizon GPS Fix v2.0
 

Ok. I'll go with that. So I don't need to undo anything from phase I, re-doing phase II should take care of that?

What about the QPST settings I did for aGPS? Do you think I should reverse those now?

What's the code I had to use to put the phone into QPST programming mode? That's gone from post I.

So now, with this fix, we can *228 anytime and not have it mess things up?

Re: 12/25/08 Verizon GPS Fix v2.0
 

Just push foward with the update. Don't worry with QPST until AGPS is fixed and yes *228 is actually needed this time so please do :)

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

If I can get ahold of the Telus PRI, I can most likely unlock it. We'll have to see though. As Verizon has proved time and time again, each carrier pulls different crap.

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

You want the stock PRI?? The one that comes in it when it's shipped??

Re: 12/25/08 Verizon GPS Fix v2.0
 

Has anyone tested if *22988 will work (i.e. the no prompt update), or if we must we use *228, option 1?

Re: 12/25/08 Verizon GPS Fix v2.0
 

Ok, got Phase I fix to work with Scrosler's 3rd ROM. Early this morning flashed to a ROM I built with PPCKitchen, re-installed Phase I fix and NO GO on GPS. Not only would it not get a lock, it wouldn't even see any satellites. Flashed to Nex's ROM and same thing. Flashing back to Scrosler's ROM to see what happens. And yes, all settings double and triple checked!!!

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I tried Phase II fix with Nex's ROM

Phase II installed and HTC GPS running with no luck so far. Any thoughts?

Re: 12/25/08 Verizon GPS Fix v2.0
 

Yes

Yes it should work. You can be the first to find out if it's a must :)

Re: Verizon GPS Fix.....Phase I
 

BTW The first version of the GPS fix worked great for the TELUS Touch Pro! Got a gps signal within 1-2 seconds... 5 seconds max on a cold start, that's as quick or even better than what I had on my previous p4000 (titan). The only problem was the roaming... I don't care for the roaming icon, it doesn't bother me and even if the sign is there you do not get billed for roaming and even then I don't care if I do! My only problem is that if I'm in roaming, my exchange server is not connected (need to do manual send/receive) and it's not possible on the touch pro to ask it to still be connected in roaming (the checkbox is there, but can't be selected...) Any solutions?????? Thanks!!

Re: 12/25/08 Verizon GPS Fix v2.0
 

I'll get you the stock PRI tomorrow. I have 2 of each TELUS SmartPhones and always keep one 100% stock... If you need info out of any other TELUS SM let me know! I have most of them with me all the time (it's for my job btw lol)!! I don't have a stock Touch Pro with me now... I'll be able to get my hands on it tomorrow and will let you know what it is...