Official Bell Mobility GPS/Sat Radio/Rev A. Update! - Page 22

SQUEEisme · #**211** (**permalink**) 08-08-2008, 06:06 PM

ok i must be missing something, I flashed to the new bell ROM, installed my usual apps (including google maps).
but am now unsure how to get the gps to work. when i start google maps and tell it to "use gps" it just "seeks" and ...nothing...

Do what am i missing?

dmdsoftware · #**212** (**permalink**) 08-08-2008, 06:16 PM

Anyone else having power issues with this new official ROM? My phone is chewing through power. A charge would last me 4 days standby. Now, with absolutely nothing running, the phone lasts half a day in standby. Something is wrong.

shabicht · #**213** (**permalink**) 08-08-2008, 06:25 PM

Are the people experiencing battery issues also having the problems with 1x connections? I have flashed back to NFSFAN's 1.13 so i have neither problem, however I know that switching between EV and 1X is battery intensive so it may only be one problem really.

dmdsoftware · #**214** (**permalink**) 08-08-2008, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by shabicht

Are the people experiencing battery issues also having the problems with 1x connections? I have flashed back to NFSFAN's 1.13 so i have neither problem, however I know that switching between EV and 1X is battery intensive so it may only be one problem really.

Have you tried actually using the connection on EV? NFS reports himself that it shows EV but when he goes to use the data connection, it changes to 1X. He thinks there is an issue with the Bell radio. I tend to agree.

It's possible that my phone is switching between the two while it is in standby. Last night I set the phone to EVDO mode only (from Hybrid) and it got really warm (and drained the battery like mad). When I soft-reset the phone, it switched back to 1X and cooled down but still chewing up the juice.

tichi · #**215** (**permalink**) 08-08-2008, 07:18 PM

maybe there's some interference between data connection and GPS here, with Bell too, in the same style as in:

New Official rom & live & gps bug.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=33784&page=4
???

P.S. from that thread:

"Just a update. Apparently disabling everything that makes your vouge have a auto data connection fixes agps. I opened up my explorer to connect to edvo and tried the gps and guess what. Agps works. So manualy connecting to edvo does Not kIll agps."

QkSi1ver · #**216** (**permalink**) 08-08-2008, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by SQUEEisme

ok i must be missing something, I flashed to the new bell ROM, installed my usual apps (including google maps).
but am now unsure how to get the gps to work. when i start google maps and tell it to "use gps" it just "seeks" and ...nothing...

Do what am i missing?

if you have used spbbackup to restore your system data, the gps will not be able to run... i had the same problem, after i restored a full back up... the solution is to restore eveyrthing but the system data, then resintall googlemaps..

rubosh · #**217** (**permalink**) 08-08-2008, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by SiRPower

Yes

THANKS for confirmation!

QkSi1ver · #**218** (**permalink**) 08-08-2008, 07:47 PM

what's the best free gps navigation software googlemaps or the live search that ppl has been mentioning?

with googlemaps, sometimes the map doesnt follow my location?!..
also someone mentioned about igo8... is it better than TT? thats the only im used to

tichi · #**219** (**permalink**) 08-08-2008, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QkSi1ver

what's the best free gps navigation software googlemaps or the live search that ppl has been mentioning?

with googlemaps, sometimes the map doesnt follow my location?!..
also someone mentioned about igo8... is it better than TT? thats the only im used to

I just tried igo8... it is sleek, but apparently,
less useful that TomTom..

it is slow, freezes the phone often,
and requires much more f..kin around
to make things working for example I was not able to see any POIs so far...

TomTom is better overall...

aspalaasn · #**220** (**permalink**) 08-08-2008, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tichi

I just tried igo8... it is sleek, but apparently,
less useful that TomTom..

it is slow, freezes the phone often,
and requires much more f..kin around
to make things working for example I was not able to see any POIs so far...

TomTom is better overall...

Are you using igo with the new bell rom? I found that igo for me was slower than the 20270 kitchen rom I had before so I just flashed back to kitchen rom and had better gps signal. Igo also worked. I don't exactly know why igo was slow and freezing for me either. It seems some here have successfully used igo with the new rom. Maybe you may want to give igo a try with a new custom rom rather than the official. You'll still get the benefits of great gps signal since I didn't lose mine and same with others here.