New to this need upgrade/GPS help-- Alltel Touch 6900
 

Ok im new to this so I really dont want to mess anything up.. I just got an Alltel HTC Touch MP6900, im assuming thats the vogue? anyhow, I am trying to figure out how to get the GPS working on this. I have downloaded GoogleMaps but im finding out i may have to unlock something to get the antenna to work? also, I was reading about this WM 6.1 update. Does this work for my phone as well? if someone could give me some step-by-step process to get this thing working i would appreciate it.

Re: New to this need upgrade/GPS help-- Alltel Touch 6900
 

i know someone knows how to enable the GPS and if i can update to 6.1?

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The GPS on my phone doesn't seem to work either and the Yahoo map program says it cannot access it either....

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Every one will say to use the shadow gps hack. I guess I'm slow but I can't figure it out. My Gps worked with live search and google right after I flashed the new ROM. Then it stopped working. I did this twice with the same results. I tried the free alltel Nav and that works fine, and live search and google also work with it running in the back ground. I'm at a loss with this, I'm not going to pay $10 a month.](*,)

Re: New to this need upgrade/GPS help-- Alltel Touch 6900
 

what is a ROM and how do you flash it? and where do you find alltel GPS for free?

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KJR,
You sound like me bro! I want to know the same thing. I also want to know how to make the Audio Manager my default player in cube instead of Windows Media Player.

These forums have some pretty cool toys, but I am not techy enough to know what the heck they are referring to. If anyone can break it down in laymen's terms.

Re: New to this need upgrade/GPS help-- Alltel Touch 6900
 

OK, so I have an Alltel Touch (Vogue). I tried to read all of the various GPS posts on all the different web sites, did many of the steps to get GPS on my phone. It worked for a little while, then stopped. I went to the HTC website, went to support, picked my phone, downloaded the Latest ROM. Bingo! No hack, modification or tricks, I have gps. I installed google maps from m.google.com and clicked "use GPS" from the menu and Viola it works. the ROM and instructions for the Alltel Touch is here http://www.htc.com/us/SupportDownloa...at=2&dl_id=115. Here are the features of the new ROM per HTC:
The software upgrade posted below provides several key enhancements for your HTC Touch smartphone:
http://www.htc.com/image/bulletsquare_7x11.gif Upgrades the operating system from Windows Mobile® 6.0 Professional to Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional. http://www.htc.com/image/bulletsquare_7x11.gif Adds the ability to use the internal GPS of the handset for advanced location services such as Alltel Navigation, an application that provides audible turn-by-turn directions and business listings. http://www.htc.com/image/bulletsquare_7x11.gif Adds a FREE Opera browser for improved web browsing. http://www.htc.com/image/bulletsquare_7x11.gif Includes updates for network speed, allowing the phone to use EVDO Rev A networks. http://www.htc.com/image/bulletsquare_7x11.gif Adds all enhancements included in previous software maintenance releases.

I would guess you could also go here HTC.com and pick your phone/carrier and see if there is an updated ROM for whatever HTC phone you have.

Re: New to this need upgrade/GPS help-- Alltel Touch 6900
 

Scratch that, needed to read your post more clearly. Thanks!

Re: New to this need upgrade/GPS help-- Alltel Touch 6900
 

ok well i upgraded to 6.1 and did the google maps thing.. still no luck..

Re: New to this need upgrade/GPS help-- Alltel Touch 6900
 

anyone have this phone and can help me out here. i put on 6.1 from HTC site and still no GPS.. anything else i can do?

Re: New to this need upgrade/GPS help-- Alltel Touch 6900
 

I've got mine up and running, try following this post.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=36377

I upgraded using the latest Alltel ROM from the HTC web site and also followed the above procedure and my GPS has been working great.

Re: New to this need upgrade/GPS help-- Alltel Touch 6900
 

Ater flashing with the new HTC ROM, you need to make sure that:

START>SETTINGS>PERSONAL (tab)>PHONE>SERVICES(tab)>LOCATION SETTING(get settings...)> is set to ON.

Also, START>SETTINGS>SYSTEM(tab)>EXTERNAL GPS>GPS PROGRAM PORT>is set to COM4 and under the HARDWARE(tab) the GPS HARDWARE PORT is set to NONE and BAUD RATE is set to 4800.

Do a soft reset. Go to m.google.com and download the Google Maps app. After it's installed and you open it up go under the menu and pick "USE GPS". That's how I got my Altell HTEC Touch to work.

Re: New to this need upgrade/GPS help-- Alltel Touch 6900
 

Go to settings - phone - services - hilight location setting - click on get setting - pick on. Your GPS should work.

Re: New to this need upgrade/GPS help-- Alltel Touch 6900
 

I have a dumb question lol

how do i tell if my phone is running 6.0 or 6.1 ?
i clicked on the "about" information tab and the software tells me WINDOWS 6
doesn't say anything about POINT anything :-)

Wirelessly posted (htc Vogue: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 7.11) Sprint MP6950SP)

You are running Windows Mobile 6.0 :(
I suggest you upgrade to 6.1 or 6.5 :)
There are stock rom upgrades in the upgrade forum or you can unlock and flash a custom 6.1 or 6.5 rom.