Verizon XV6900 upgrading tutorial and troubleshooting!!! GPS enabled!!! - Page 27

negamann · #**261** (**permalink**) 07-27-2008, 10:20 PM

Well now you guys know why I direct you toward ppckitchen.org

emacspy · #**262** (**permalink**) 07-28-2008, 12:09 AM

I would just like to start off by saying thank you negamann and all others for their hard work from trials and tribulations to get something that should do these things for us but does not due to proprietary regulations.

arianhojat · #**263** (**permalink**) 07-28-2008, 02:11 AM

dling your rom negamann, seeing if gps will work downtown tomorrow. gps worked at first quick then restarted and have kinda eh performance since. hasnt locked on in 5 minutes. so i am not sure if the solution that works for everyone yet. ill test though and do a few softresets and test with all the gps tools.

EDIT: adding VIRSER_GPS.dll to /Windows dir might have helped. locked again within a lil over a minute. will test tomorrow at another location downtown.
thought visualGPSce prog was working better but it stalled 2nd time tested. using HTC GPS Tool with Clear Memory to test tomorrow. will goto Park in middle of city, take out battery for 5m, turn on, use HTC GPS to clear memory and test.

negamann · #**264** (**permalink**) 07-28-2008, 03:58 AM

Please keep me updated

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necropotence · #**265** (**permalink**) 07-28-2008, 10:55 AM

Is anyone having problems receiving MMS after the upgrade? It tries to download it and then it just says unable to download. I installed the Vista Black

rolandroland · #**266** (**permalink**) 07-28-2008, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by necropotence

Is anyone having problems receiving MMS after the upgrade? It tries to download it and then it just says unable to download. I installed the Vista Black

Sorry to ask but just to be sure did you download the one specifically for Verizon? If you did you still need to setup the mms server settings as listed in the extra steps in this tutorial on the first page.

necropotence · #**267** (**permalink**) 07-28-2008, 11:39 AM

doh! didnt see the extra steps. i will give that a shot. no matter how many times i read something i always seem to miss something. tthanks!

necropotence · #**268** (**permalink**) 07-28-2008, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by rolandroland

Sorry to ask but just to be sure did you download the one specifically for Verizon? If you did you still need to setup the mms server settings as listed in the extra steps in this tutorial on the first page.

Worked perfectly. Thanks again!!

Jmallit · #**269** (**permalink**) 07-28-2008, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by negamann

Thank you Jmallit for being there for others

I thanked you by button and now by text

Its not a problem. Couldn't help if it wasn't for the instructions you provided in the first place. Just trying to give you a break from being here constantly.

denasqu · #**270** (**permalink**) 07-28-2008, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by arianhojat

dling your rom negamann, seeing if gps will work downtown tomorrow. gps worked at first quick then

Well I'm happy to report that the negamann ROM GPS is still pretty awesome today for me. This morning was very overcast and raining and I couldn't get a lock from in my house, but when I drove to work VisualGPS took 3 minutes to get a fix.

When I left work this afternoon it was clear and sunny but Live Search failed to get a lock after 10 minutes. I pulled over and started VisualGPS and the fix was instant. I started LiveSearch again and it picked right up on where I was.

I drove home using the LiveSearch navigation and it was spot on. Even told me to make the right turn into my driveway which was really interesting because my address is 100th Avenue but my driveway is around the corner on 7th Street.

I'm going to have to see about getting TomTom (or something like it) working. I really need the turn-by-turn. On my way to work this morning I was all discombobulated because LiveSearch displays it's map with North as up.... but I was driving South. So everything that was actually on my left, was displaying on the right. I made a left turn at a busy intersection and then a minute later noticed my right turn signal was on. LOL

Also, the LiveSearch directions are pretty sad. It keeps wanting me to go out on US41 and make U-turns.

UPDATE: Just tried VisualGPS again sitting in my living room now that there are clear skies. 50 seconds to get a fix. Pretty damned impressive. Works as as well as my Dad's $500 Garmin!