GPS issue with official ROM

rycelover · #1 (**permalink**) 08-01-2008, 02:41 AM

Installed and upgraped my Touch this past week. My only issue with the ROM is the GPS and interactivity with GPS mapping software - it's very hit or miss and buggy. I have iguidance 4.0 and google maps and have tried using both with GPS using turn by turn directions to my office. Both failed miserably. After locking in some sats, it would move along as I traveled, then pause for several seconds and then catch up, then pause again and after several minutes, it would ultimately freeze my Touch. This happened with both programs on several successive days.

The weather was bright and sunny and I was traveling on open road highways. Iguidance reported an average of 5/9 sats locked and googlemaps showed 3 or 4 sats.

Nothing running in the background, other than activesync with MS exchange.

I have not tried any of the registry hacks yet. Should I? If so, why?

james3146 · #2 (**permalink**) 08-01-2008, 02:52 AM

Same problem here. Would love an answer. I keep seeing people right about a Registry tweak to get it to work. But I have yet to find this tweak. Does anyone know what that is??

Thanks

**mindfrost82** · #3 (**permalink**) 08-01-2008, 08:25 AM

With iGuidance, there is a known issue with internal GPS chips. You need a proxy like GPSGate (which isn't free). That basically opens up the internal GPS then routes it to a new COM port which you would set in iGuidance.

Google Maps isn't very smooth for me, but it works and doesn't pause for a long time. I guess you could say it skips as your driving, it'll pause for about a second then catch up.

Garmin Mobile XT has worked great for me and is very smooth.

EDIT: The only known problem with Garmin Mobile is that if you can't get a sat fix, it'll change your timezone. Once it gets a lock it'll change it back.