Verizon - Official WM 6.1 Update

[gammaray]

jbh00jh said.... Its like having a new phone. I agree totally. Alot of fun. Alot of capabilities. FOX43 Tracker, amAze, Google Maps, Live Search, Trapster, GPSToday, G-Watch, TGPS, all working great. Severe battery drain though, but well worth it.

[leslie50]

Originally Posted by spetrillo

Has anyone gotten their device to operate given the following:

1) Flashed a 6900 with this update and allowed the customizations to run
2) Implemented Valhalla GPS cab
3) Implemented Franson GPSGate
4) Setup TomTom or iGo8 to use virtual COM port from GPSGate

I have heard alot of possibilities but nothing quite this specific.

Thanks,
Steve

Ok now the update...I installed the Valhalla cab, and not the individual files, rebooted and started GPSGate. I can confirm that iGo8 works perfectly with SAT locks in about 20 secs. Not too bad and I am such a jerk for not going with the cab initially.

Steve-
Last night I loaded Franson GPSGate (had already done the flash (twice) and Valhalla cab) and Google maps worked in 5 sec, perfectly. I fooled with it for a good while trying to get Tom Tom working as someone had posted in this thread that they had good success. It was to no avail. Today I tried google maps no go, very disappointing. Have you any idea what happened or what to do? I did blow it by letting customization go through. I don't know what to do next. Jackies solution is a bit more that I want to tackle right now.

thanks leslie

just did this update myself from stock .. GPS works flawlessly with google maps and live search. still trying to figure out how to BT tether to my macbook

[leslie50]

Originally Posted by BrokeStat

just did this update myself from stock .. GPS works flawlessly with google maps and live search. still trying to figure out how to BT tether to my macbook

Did you stop customization when you did your update? leslie


will add this:
I just removed GPSGate and google maps, then reloaded just google maps and it is working great, very snappy! It must have been that my configuring in GPSGate messed things up. I believe that is a good program and would work if I knew what I was doing

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nope didnt stop anything.. i let it do its thing and installed the valhalla .cab after it was all done

[leslie50]

Originally Posted by BrokeStat

nope didnt stop anything.. i let it do its thing and installed the valhalla .cab after it was all done

Same here although I wanted to stop cust. So are you working on any other GPS programs, ie Tom Tom. I would love to get that working. thanks leslie

nope.. im just happy my phone is 6.1 and it has working GPS .. its about time Verizon! oh and REV A! yay!

[spetrillo]

Morning folks,

Ok I have done some testing with this ROM and while my conclusions are still theory I am going to work over the next few days to prove the theory. So here goes.

I had run the full ROM flash and let customizations run. I then installed QPST because I wanted to see where it thought the GPS was. It had it on COM7 now, instead of COM5. While in there I did the aGPS stuff that SHOULD not be needed if you keep your device GPS locked down. I then installed the Valhalla cab and soft reset. After the reset I installed Franson GPSGate to test its applicability for iGo8. I set the input for WM GPS and set the output to a virtual COM8/NMEA. I also accepted all ther NMEA data. I then waited for GPSGate to come alive and go green. After about 30 secs it did indeed go green. So the then loaded iGo8 and what do you know it knew exactly where I was, even though it showed no GPS output. I took it on a ride and it worked flawlessly.

So this success got me to thinking. Why would this work like this. So I tried to de-construct what I had previously done to determine the actual goodness. So I re-flashed the ROM before I went to bed. I woke up this morning and my flash was done. I let the customizations run again, I *22899, and then the phone reset. I then installed the Valhalla cab and reset one more time. I then installed GPSGate and configured it identically to the above config. I waited for it to go green......and.....it never went green! Hmmm I said to myself. Why would this be the case? What didnt I do in this that I did in the above config. And thats when it hit me that I did implement the aGPS config the first time. Could this be the answer??

Tonight I am going to do the following to test the theory:

1) Flash the ROM again and let customizations run.
2) Implement the aGPS fix from XDA via QPST.
3) Wait, watch, and learn. If iGo8 fires up then its exposing the config via QPST that does the trick.
4) If nothing happens I then will install Valhalla and again wait, watch, and learn.
5) If nothing happens again I will then install and configure GPSGate and 2W1L.

If anyone has already flashed this ROM and let customizations run I would be interested if you would like to try the above too. I would like to see what results we get. Like I said I will try this tonight, but it wont be until tomorrow that I will be able to post my results.

Steve

[leslie50]

Originally Posted by spetrillo

Morning folks,

Ok I have done some testing with this ROM and while my conclusions are still theory I am going to work over the next few days to prove the theory. So here goes.

I had run the full ROM flash and let customizations run. I then installed QPST because I wanted to see where it thought the GPS was. It had it on COM7 now, instead of COM5. While in there I did the aGPS stuff that SHOULD not be needed if you keep your device GPS locked down. I then installed the Valhalla cab and soft reset. After the reset I installed Franson GPSGate to test its applicability for iGo8. I set the input for WM GPS and set the output to a virtual COM8/NMEA. I also accepted all ther NMEA data. I then waited for GPSGate to come alive and go green. After about 30 secs it did indeed go green. So the then loaded iGo8 and what do you know it knew exactly where I was, even though it showed no GPS output. I took it on a ride and it worked flawlessly.

So this success got me to thinking. Why would this work like this. So I tried to de-construct what I had previously done to determine the actual goodness. So I re-flashed the ROM before I went to bed. I woke up this morning and my flash was done. I let the customizations run again, I *22899, and then the phone reset. I then installed the Valhalla cab and reset one more time. I then installed GPSGate and configured it identically to the above config. I waited for it to go green......and.....it never went green! Hmmm I said to myself. Why would this be the case? What didnt I do in this that I did in the above config. And thats when it hit me that I did implement the aGPS config the first time. Could this be the answer??

Tonight I am going to do the following to test the theory:

1) Flash the ROM again and let customizations run.
2) Implement the aGPS fix from XDA via QPST.
3) Wait, watch, and learn. If iGo8 fires up then its exposing the config via QPST that does the trick.
4) If nothing happens I then will install Valhalla and again wait, watch, and learn.
5) If nothing happens again I will then install and configure GPSGate and 2W1L.

If anyone has already flashed this ROM and let customizations run I would be interested if you would like to try the above too. I would like to see what results we get. Like I said I will try this tonight, but it wont be until tomorrow that I will be able to post my results.

Steve

It was good to see your post this a.m. Steve. I am having a time getting it straight w/ the new Rom 6.1. I did have google maps going but now that has failed, and I tried GPSGate for Tom Tom with no luck. I will just mention that I did a 2nd flash when realizing I blew the first one but I dont think I did it right either??? Anyway I am willing to work with you on this and will reflash if need be. Will be watching progress and input here. Thanks again leslie
'this could be xv6900's finest hour' (or more)

[spetrillo]

Originally Posted by leslie50

It was good to see your post this a.m. Steve. I am having a time getting it straight w/ the new Rom 6.1. I did have google maps going but now that has failed, and I tried GPSGate for Tom Tom with no luck. I will just mention that I did a 2nd flash when realizing I blew the first one but I dont think I did it right either??? Anyway I am willing to work with you on this and will reflash if need be. Will be watching progress and input here. Thanks again leslie
'this could be xv6900's finest hour' (or more)

Hi Leslie,

Sorry you had it and then lost it. I know that feeling!

If you dont mind, and can handle the tasks I outlined in my prior post, then I would love to hear it you can get TomTom working. Basically just the follow the bouncing ball and subsitute TomTom for iGo8. What version of GPSGate. I believe you need 2.6.0.303, as this gives you WM GPS input functionality. 2.6.0.280 does not have this option.

Let me know how you are making out.

Steve