GPS on alltel 6800 - easy way

[phorqued]

Thanks for this easy guide. I have been looking for a way to enable the GPS on the Titan since I got it. (Which was recently and the Touch Pro comes out in a couple of months )

It still hasn't picked up any satellites, but I will leave it running over night and see what happens. On startup it has me in India, similar to another poster in this thread.

** As a note to anyone reading this post - If you already had Google Maps installed, you need to "reset Google Maps" in the menu selection to get it to clear out the cache and any previous attempts to acquire satellites, or it will just keep giving you the same old message, "No GPS reciever was found..."

[whopper68]

for a noobie like me....whats the probability of me having to back up my contacts ...

i just got this phone but ive roamed howardsforums and others on this phone...i just need a helping hand...i dont wanna do the noob style of opening useless threads


i was hoping to save my info on my comp but activesync requires outlook...which i dont have...i tried loading up a trial version...still same ****....wouldnt allow it

[shadow-tech]

u wont need to back up ur contacts to get the gps to work.

a soft reset is just pressing the real little button on the bottom of the phone.

all it does is reboot your phone.

[test100]

thanks.

[shadow-tech]

chevyforlife,

did you get the GPS to work? i will be glad to help you through it.

[chevyforlife]

i have yet to get this to work and i followed the instruction to the letter. arg!!!
but im still tryin.
could me been in the western part of nebraska have anything to do with it not workin?

[shadow-tech]

are you able to get a data connection where you are?

did you hard reset after installing the ROM? i didnt, but i heard this can be important. if you flash roms alot.

some are also saying you need to install patch 1 soft reset then pastch 2 soft reset and so on. i didnt but heard it can be important.

if you are still up to it:

hard reset.
install the ROM again.
hard reset.
install the patch files into MAIN MEMORY ONLY.
install patch 1 soft reset, then patch 2 soft reset, then 3 soft reset the 4 and soft reset. open google maps.
check use gps. it will say searching for satalites.
give it up to 1hr for the first time. mine took about 10 mins for the first time.

make sure you are outside and its not too cloudy and no mountains big trees in the way.

try leaving it by a window all night plugged in with google maps trying to connect to satelites. alla JollyRoger gps 101 tips.

hope this works

[chevyforlife]

wooh oo i got it towork.. not that accurate tho, but atleast i got it to work. i chyecked under start, settings, phone, services, get settings..., then changed my location on and it worked. yay!!!:mrgreen :

[chevyforlife]

**Update**
Ok ive got this working flawlessly and its very accurate. i can usually get 8-9 satellites thanks to all that have helped to get this workin =D>

[shadow-tech]

Sweet!
the blue dot that indicates your location might "wiggle/bounce" around a bit but it should be very accurate. 3-5 feet accurate.