Help, Alltel GPS on WM6.1

[bttrym8]

This is my first thread, mainly out of frustration. I normally hate asking for help in a thread since i like to do the research myself, but i am stumped....

Update the rom via this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=433957

Then installed windows live search and google maps, neither worked (yes all my settings are at com4, 4800 baud, windows manage, etc...)

Then tried this thread:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...l+gps+easy+way

Still didn't work with windows live search or google maps. Wouldn't even work with the "Alltel Nav" application that came with 6.1

Then attempted to use the Holux GPS Viewer v1.5, that automatically selects comm 4 as a way to "cold start" the gps chip. Didn't work.

I'm completely out of idea, and ridiculously flustered right now. My room mate has an Sprint Touch, to which they came out with an official ROM (also which i told him about, he had NO idea about ROM updates), and he constantly uses his built in GPS and live search yada yada... and it drives me insane since i was the one that got it workin for him in the first place.

Is there anything that i'm overlooking or any other methods that I haven't tried with this thing? I thought that when i took the plunge and used the "official" unofficial ROM update that my GPS would just magically work.... obviously it didn't....


Please help...

Oh and I'm glad i finally joined the forum

[ajm144k]

well as it says in that gps fix thread, that will activate gps on the only official rom- the one released back in april. there is a link directly to the rom that the whole thread is made for. as of this new rom that seems (to me atleast) official, just leaked, i dont know if those old cabs (which were made for the 6.0 rom, that didnt have gps) will work on this new 6.1 rom (which supposedly should have gps).

personally, i havent gotten gps to work yet, but all i have done is flash the new 6.1 rom and try to use google maps. i had gps on and agps as well on the old 6.0 and it worked good, but im not going to go in to my qpst and reg and all that yet until i know if thats what i need to do or not.

[bttrym8]

interesting, i really like the speed of the avdo and i don't know if reverting back to an older rom for gps is worth losing that?

Alltel sucks...

[bttrym8]

ok, btw i hard reset my phone. so now it is at the base wm6.1. I guess even hard resetting will not reset to the original ROM.

but i think i knew that anyways

[scheel78]

Did you go into settings/phone/location and enable location?

[bttrym8]

yep...

[bttrym8]

Originally Posted by ajm144k

well as it says in that gps fix thread, that will activate gps on the only official rom- the one released back in april. there is a link directly to the rom that the whole thread is made for. as of this new rom that seems (to me atleast) official, just leaked, i dont know if those old cabs (which were made for the 6.0 rom, that didnt have gps) will work on this new 6.1 rom (which supposedly should have gps).

personally, i havent gotten gps to work yet, but all i have done is flash the new 6.1 rom and try to use google maps. i had gps on and agps as well on the old 6.0 and it worked good, but im not going to go in to my qpst and reg and all that yet until i know if thats what i need to do or not.

btw what is the difference between GPS and AGPS?

[scheel78]

agps uses a data connection to assist in determining location. It triagulates location through cell towers.

[bttrym8]

ahh gotcha. well hopefully my AGPS will start working...

[scheel78]

I have alltel touch and mogul and I run custom roms on both of them. I got gps running on both of them. I got sick of waiting for alltel to release it's update.