Some tweaks for the LG Fathom (disable powermobia w/ caveats, no boot snd/animation)

[movie.wizard]

hello..jus wany knw how to woek dz gps..

am havin fathom,verzon wireless unlocked.gps can be enabled only when it is in cdma mode.then i cant use my idea gsm which am using .please giv me a clear idea about how to use gps.am fresher..thax a lot in advace..waitn ur reply..

[pizzaboy192]

Enable the GPS in the CDMA side and then switch to GSM mode. The GPS should still stay enabled. I've done it that way and it seems to work fine for me.

[Walt]

Originally Posted by eatbuckshot

It would be nice to get quickgps working

I second that request, and wonder if anyone has been successful yet?

I tried QuickGPS and many similar WM apps, and could not get any of them to work on my Fathom.

[pizzaboy192]

Originally Posted by Walt

I second that request, and wonder if anyone has been successful yet?

I tried QuickGPS and many similar WM apps, and could not get any of them to work on my Fathom.

I have QuickGPS working just fine on my Fathom. I use GoogleMaps and Waze and both work just fine with QuickGPS.
When you run QuickGPS, does it error out, or does it just appear to not lock on to a sat?

[Walt]

Originally Posted by pizzaboy192

I have QuickGPS working just fine on my Fathom. I use GoogleMaps and Waze and both work just fine with QuickGPS.
When you run QuickGPS, does it error out, or does it just appear to not lock on to a sat?

I get an error msg that QuickGPS cannot connect to the internet (which it needs to do, to download the latest satellite position tables). Or more correctly, to the data server. The versions of QuickGPS I tried, attempt to use either the HTC (Touch Pro) server or the Samsung (Omni) server, and both seem to reject a data request from an LG phone.

Just to note, the reason it can take so long for GPS to "lock", is the time it can take to slowwwwwwwly download the latest tables, especially if it has to download the entire tables, directly from a satellite. QuickGPS downloads the tables from the internet instead, and does it even when you aren't using GPS just to ensure your local copies are up-to-date and ready for when you do go to use your GPS.

Could you please provide a copy, or a link, to the version of QuickGPS (there are so MANY), that works OK on your Fathom?

[pizzaboy192]

The copy I have is the one that is found on the OMarket app from freewarePocketPC, (So it's probably the same one that is on freewarepocketpc too)
I did have to change the location from japan to the US for it to download properly, otherwise it wouldn't work.
I can try to find the .cab file, but according to the one I have installed, it's V1.5.
hope that helps.

[Walt]

Oh, much thanks! ! ! !

I see it is actually relatively new (Dec 2010), and originates from xda-developers.

[Walt]

Originally Posted by pizzaboy192

I did have to change the location from japan to the US for it to download properly, otherwise it wouldn't work.

Did you leave the setting of "Save to" as "Windows\" ??

[pizzaboy192]

i guess this means that i'm not the last person with a fathom.
did you ever do the remove arcsoft tweak?
i am wary to do it because i sms alot, and donlt want to botch my phone...

[Walt]

Originally Posted by pizzaboy192

i guess this means that i'm not the last person with a fathom.
did you ever do the remove arcsoft tweak?
i am wary to do it because i sms alot, and donlt want to botch my phone...

IMHO, the Fathom is the last and best of the Win Mobile series. Though, with the interest in the support of WM waning, I have stopped checking the usual websites like xda-developers for new apps.

I hardly ever use sms, so I haven't looked into arcsoft.