Verizon - Official WM 6.1 Update

[spetrillo]

Originally Posted by Humpa

I get the same results with or without GPSGate. I have TomTom Navigator 6 installed, and I can only get a lock on satellites if I start GMM or LiveSearch first. And then after closing GMM, whatever 3rd party app I'm using will soon lose the lock again. But I use the term "GPS lock" loosely. GMM and LiveSearch get a good fix, but every other app I've tried just get random lat and long values every second - and they seem completely random and all over the globe every second.

With GPSGate, I did like you said and used WM GPS for the input and for output I've tried various things - I assume the com port/NMEA is the correct one. My TomTom will get a satellite lock if I use the com port/NMEA I set up (com 8 ) or it will get a lock on com4. But it behaves the same either way - just random lat/long values.
But GPSGate won't go green until I fire up GMM. If I just fire up GPSGate, it won't get a fix from com4 without starting some other functional GPS app (GMM or LiveSearch).

A couple of things and please pardon if they seem trivial:

1) Phone network service is set to Location On right?
2) How did you install Valhalla? Cab or zip?

I have found that if a copy of gpsapi.dll is dropped into the directory of your fave nav app then it will work too. Again I am working through the fine details but it works well for me.

Steve

[spetrillo]

Originally Posted by vzwtechbill

nevermind, I'm an idiot....here they are

I will give this a go later tomorrow...thanks for sharing!

[jdaghir]

I decided to take the plunge and installed the leaked VZW WM 6.1 update yesterday. Here's how it went for me.

The actual rom update process was smooth and easy. No unlockers, boot loader screen, or strange contortions with the stylus and buttons required. I just plugged in the phone with a USB cable, made sure I had an ActiveSync connection and ran the update. It unlocked the phone, updated the radio, updated the OS image and rebooted the phone. After the reboot I allowed the VZW customizations to run.

As soon as the customizations has finished I did a #228 option 1 to update the programming and then a #228 option 2 to update the roaming capabilities. I then tested the phone a little. I was able to initiate a data connection and connect to the Internet and send/receive text messages but every time I tried to make or receive a voice call I got a recorded "unable to authenticate" error message from VZW. Not entirely unexpected so I then did a #228 option 3 which is supposed to have something to do with moving your number to a different phone. I still wasn't able to make a voice call so I did another #228 option 1 but still no joy. So I called VZW tech support. Level 1 had me do a #288 option 1, pull out the battery and then #228 option 1 again but it didn't fix anything. They p***** me on to level 2 tech support and they had me pull out the battery, they changed something on their end (I suspect they reprovisioned my phone) and then had me do a #228 option 1 again. This time it fixed it - I was able to make voice calls.

I then installed the Valhalla Legends GPSserver via the cab install and tried to download & install Goggle Maps. But I quickly realized that my data connection was no longer working. I got a PPP error every time I tried to connect. So I did a hard reset followed by another OTA programming update and manually reentered my login name and password for the data connection to see if that would straighten things out. It didn't so I called VZW tech support back. Level 1 tech support immediately sent me to Level 2. Level 2 had me manually reenter my data connection name and password again but when that didn't work he watched what was happening on their end when I tried to connect. He then more or less admitted that the previous fix to the authentication problem had inadvertently wiped out some of the necessary data settings. So he changed things there, had me do one more programming update and after that both voice & data were working properly. I will say that although it took two 10 minutes calls to fix everything, VZW tech support was extremely helpful and polite and they never once asked if I had done anything to the phone that might have caused it to to no longer be authenticated.

So after all that I installed the Valhalla GPSserver using the cab install, installed Google Maps and changed the Location Settings of the phone to Location On. I configured Google Maps gps settings to Managed By Windows and Use GPS. In about 20 seconds BANG it new exactly where I was at.

Before I went any further I wanted to test out the Rev A EVDO. Immediately prior to installing the update I had ran the mobile speedtest at DSLreports. The average of 5 consecutive download speed tests using the the 1 MB test file was 728 kbps. After the update with the Rev A EVDO radio the average of 5 tests was 882 kbps - a 21% increase.

I then spent a little time playing around with the phone and checking out WM 6.1. For the most part it looked and behaved just like the stock xv6900 with WM 6. It has the same black HTC theme with the HTC Home & Verizon Home today plugins and the same TouchFlo cube. There are few new additions and changes. Touching any of the small battery, signal, data connect or volume icons at the top of the Today screen brings up a balloon with large finger friendly icons for data connection disconnect, data connection status, battery meter and volume. New stuff that I noticed included a Getting Started wizard that guides you through setting up the device, Remote Desktop Mobile, HTC Text Messages Retry 2.11 (haven't figured out exactly what this does yet), Opera Mobile 8.65, threaded text messaging (MMS Composer v5.0.70.24) and Domain Enroll in the Connections Tab (not sure what this is either). No Internet Connection Sharing unfortunately but that's no surprise for Verizon. Overall speed & stability seems to at least as good as the stock rom. It's too soon for me to be able to say anything about the battery life.

So far I've installed the following apps:
Google Maps
MS Live Search
MS Voice Command
Resco Pocket Radio
PocketCM Keyboard
CooTek TouchPal
Namco Galaga
Infinite Dreams Krally
MS Reader
Total Commander
June Fabrics PDAnet
PHM Registry Editor
Esmertec Jbed JVM
Opera Mini
Gmail Mobile
HTC Streaming Media (for YouTube support)
Valhalla Legends GPSserver

Everything seems to be working exactly as it should with the exception of MS Voice Command. When I use MSVC it doesn't sound the "ready to accept a command" chime that it is supposed to. The microphone icon does show up in the start bar and it will accept your command, you just don't get the ready sound. But it behaved the same way with the stock rom so I am guessing it some sort of WM 6.x incompatibility.

In general I am very pleased with the update. It's going to be very handy having the GPS and the data speed increase is a definite plus.

[leslie50]

Does anyone know how to remove Valhalla? I want to reinstall it but it can't. We are watching progress here and keeping hopeful for solution to GPS 3rd party etc fixes. Thanks much leslie

[jdaghir]

Originally Posted by leslie50

Does anyone know how to remove Valhalla? I want to reinstall it but it can't.

I haven't tried this but here's a cab file that's supposed to uninstall the Valhalla GPSserver.

Instructions:

1. Install GC VZW MR1 GPSUninstall.cab.
2. Navigate to Start -> Settings, and click on Remove Programs in the System tab.
3. Select Valhalla Legends GPSServer and click Remove.
4. Soft reset the device.

Here's the xda-developer's wiki that it originally came from. It's at the bottom of the page.

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index...VerizonAGPSFix

[vzwtechbill]

Originally Posted by Timeband

Rom Upgrade and GPS working Flawlessly allowing customizations to run for Live Search and Google Maps:

1. Run Leaked Rom Upgrade
2. Allow Customizations to run
3. Install new Live Search and Google Maps Cabs and install programs.
4. Install valhalla cab and run.
5. IMPORTANT *** On YOUR XV6900 use FILE EXPLORER and open My Device\ Windows and Scroll to locate the following files oemgpsOne.dll and stdgps.dll. COPY These FILES and PASTE them to your My Device \ Program Files \ GPSServer Directory
6. IMPORTANT *** On YOUR XV6900 use FILE EXPLORER and open My Device \ Windows and Scroll to locate the following file: gpsapi.dll COPY the file and PASTE it into every GPS Software Program Directory. For Example, PASTE it into MY Device \ Program Files \ Live Search

Now Soft Reset and make sure your GPS settings are correct as mentioned in other posts. (not on 911 only etc...) Set programs to use Windows Intermediate etc...

Live Search and Google Maps should work.


Special Thanks to Skywing's excellent work on this issues. Well done mate!













Also Skywing Registery Edits:

REG_SZ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Valhalla Legends\GPSServer\ServerPath = "Path to gpssrv.exe". Defaults to "\Program Files\GPSServer\gpssrv.exe" if not set.
REG_DWORD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINe\Software\Valhalla Legends\GPSServer\AllowDeviceStateChange = 0/1. Defaults to 0 if n ot sete. If set to 1, then gpsapi.dll will send device state change notifications to your GPS program. Some programs appear to have buggy GPS handling (Google Maps in particular), and will break if this option is set.
REG_DWORD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Valhalla Legends\GPSServer\PDEAddress = IP address of the PDE to use. Defaults to 0x845FAE42.
REG_DWORD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Valhalla Legends\GPSServer\PDEPort = Port number for the PDE. Defaults to 8888.
REG_DWORD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Valhalla Legends\GPSServer\Mode = gpsOne mode to set. Defaults to 2.
REG_DWORD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Valhalla Legends\GPSServer\QoSAccuracy = Relative fix accuracy requested. Defaults to 64. (Max of 255, higher values request a more accurate fix, but this may increase the time to acquire a fix.)
REG_DWORD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Valhalla Legends\GPSServer\QoSPerformance = QoS performance flag. Defaults to 10. As to what effect this has on the gpsOne chipset, I'm not entirely certain yet. Debugging reveals that the value internally is called the QoS performance value, hence the name. The meaning of this value is likely buried in some gpsOne technical document that I have not found yet.
REG_DWORD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Valhalla Legends\GPSServer\FixInterval = Time, in milliseconds, between requests to the gpsOne chipset for an updated GPS fix. Defaults to 1000.

That was all the prompting I needed...plus, I got a lock from inside my house in about 10 seconds....you freaking rock, and Skywing as well! Thanks!

[dang]

Timeband,
Did you have to call verizon to reprovision?
thx

[Humpa]

Originally Posted by spetrillo

A couple of things and please pardon if they seem trivial:

1) Phone network service is set to Location On right?
2) How did you install Valhalla? Cab or zip?

I have found that if a copy of gpsapi.dll is dropped into the directory of your fave nav app then it will work too. Again I am working through the fine details but it works well for me.

Steve

1. yes
2. I've installed it both ways (both "manually" and with cab), and to be honest I don't recall which way I did it the last time. But I have not had any issues getting GMM or LiveSearch to use GPS, with any configuration (any valid configuration, that is).

I'm probably going to start over again with the 6.1 ROM sometime this week ...

[Timeband]

The times I have allowed customization to run I have not had to reprovision with an XV6900 that was running stock Rom. In testing without allowing customizations or with cooked roms prior I have had to.

This is a small sample, but getting a tier 2 tech support person to reset it over the phone is usually painless.

Best of luck.

Originally Posted by dang

Timeband,
Did you have to call verizon to reprovision?
thx

[bigjr99]

So I did the upgrade and let the customizations run since I am a verizon customer. The phone is stuck in roaming and when I go to the phone settings it shows my phone number as being changed. I try #228 and it tells me I must enter a credit card to complete calls. Will calling verizon to get reauthenticated fix this issue?

As of right now I am reflashing to see what happens.