How-To Get GPS/Rev A on Sprint Touch

[wldthng842]

Originally Posted by gthsii

Update: I used the Touch and my Mio SIRFStarIII gps device on the way to work this morning. I was quite impressed with the Touch and it's accuracy, for the most part more accurate than the Mio. I also like having the satellite pics on the moving map display...I kept watching the images to see what had changed in my vicinity (still a significant amount of growth where i live). When the Touch first locked on, it showed my position within about 5 feet of my actual position. I was duly impressed. I was in a parking lot at a shopping center and the Touch had me right on, the Mio refused to accept the fact that I was not on a road and kept wanting to position me about 300 feet from where I actually was on the main road outside the shopping center. The Touch was just about fully charged when I started my commute (approx. 30 minutes) and I ran the Google maps the whole way, downloading sat pics as I drove along. When I got to work, the battery had lost one bar. Not too bad, but I think I'm going to need the car charger for the touch.

On that note, I do have a generic USB car adapter, does anyone know if can I use that with the Touch (using the Touch's pigtail of course)?

What ROM/other software do you have installed? What did you do to enable the GPS. Also how long did it take to get an initial lock with the Touch.

[gthsii]

hey wildthing...i followed the steps in the first post exactly as they are written, no additional ROMs, no additional software. The first time I tried Google Maps I let it search for about 15 minutes, no lock. Then I launched google maps a second time and it locked in about 5 minutes. This morning it locked on sats in about 2-3 minutes. The Mio takes about the same time.

uh-oh...i see you work for Sprint...am I in trouble?

[wldthng842]

No, I promise I won't tell if you won't tell

Which Rom are you using, the Alltel one or JD's?

Do you use QuickGPS or GPSViewer?

[Merciless]

my touched gps worked yesterday for a little and then hasnt locked on to any sat. since......

[gthsii]

The Alltel ROM...which is wierd for me on a Sprint phone...but ut works. I didn't install either QuickGPA or GPSViewer...just using Google Maps Mobile.

[wldthng842]

Originally Posted by gthsii

The Alltel ROM...which is wierd for me on a Sprint phone...but ut works. I didn't install either QuickGPA or GPSViewer...just using Google Maps Mobile.

Thats bizarre, I had the same setup.

I just installed the GPS Viewer and went outsite instead of the Window. I eventually got a lock (almost froze my feet off with this stupid record low crap). I will try in an hour or so w/ and w/o to see if it will lock. Crossing my fingers.

[gthsii]

i got a lock last night INSIDE my apartment about 15 feet from a window, so I'd say the GPS radio is much more sensitive than I thought it would be. Also got it on the patio, but didn't freeze my feet off as it is about 80 degrees or so here in south florida - not to rub it in or anything

[Mr.Gadget]

Originally Posted by Mr.Gadget

OK, I'm stuck at the SPL-2.01.1000 rainbow screen. Had the leaked 6.1 ROM installed. Tried going to REV A/GPS ROM and it failed, now I am stuck in the flash screen. Neither hard nor soft boot changes anything.

Thought I might need to downgrade at this point before I retry the upgrade but the OEM 6.0 ROM is no longer available from link provided on this site. Can anyone provide that to me? Is it necessary or do I just need to try a new computer as mentioned above??

Thank you!

I was able to put a new RUU on my 512 card as per another thread here, and load the lower version loader (.63 I think), then load the stock image onto the same card, load that (power + camera buttons), and then I was able to proceed with the steps outlined above. Complete success!!
I do love PPCGeeks... Thanks!

[Mr.Gadget]

Originally Posted by gthsii

The Alltel ROM...which is wierd for me on a Sprint phone...but ut works. I didn't install either QuickGPA or GPSViewer...just using Google Maps Mobile.

I found Google Maps to be slow. Or, is that the nature of the beast?
I expected the GPS performance to be snappy and keep up with me while I was driving... But... To have Google Maps redraw at 70MPH is expecting too much, I think.
I'll be on the prowl for dedicated PPC GPS software that may perform better.
Also, the little blue dot on Google Maps, is that supposed to represent "me" (my location)? If so, it is about 2 blocks off while driving...
Still, I'm loving this GPS feature! It is young and will mature quickly.

[vboyz103]

Mr. Gadget

Yep google map is off for me too on the blue dots, I think because of the zoom level. I tried live search and it worked better, although I experience off-ness too when I zoom in all the way to the max as well.

As for keeping up, I think it depends on how fast your data refreshes. I mean it has to download maps from the server and if your connection is slow. Chances are that your map might be off. For me I'm constantly in good EVDO area so my maps refresh really fast.

I had iguidance 4 somewhere I need to get a hold of to use.