Gps settings/not working
 

ok after flashing to the Dette Touch ROM the other night, my touch is running bad a**, and I love it!!! one thing is my GPS, Google Maps won't work, it will search for Satellites forever and never find them, I've searched the web and the forum and still haven't come up with the solution, sorry if this has been discussed before!!!! Seems like it's hard to find exactly YOUR situation sometimes?

thanks so much!!! :connie_mykilroy:

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HI you have a touch dos it have a build in gps reciver or not ohterwise you never gone to find a satellites


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YES, I have the Touch, just got it, Dash helped me flash my ROM two nites ago, and I flashed to the Dette Touch Rom, I don't know if it has the "built in" GPS receiver or not? I can't find the Alltel Nav I've read about in my searches on my phone? I don't know if that ROM came built in it or not? what do I need to do? Is there an app for that that I need to dl? thanks for your help!

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hi if you dont have a reciver build in one then you have to get bleuthoot reciver bud dont now about your rom think thats if its cookt in your rom it support gps reciver but then you must have one to work it bud i am from belgium so it can be that your touch has a build reciver that i dont now chekt your specs of your touch


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Alright then, I guess I will wait until another Team Member can answer my question about the settings or whether it has a "built in receiver" I don't have a clue? I just know it's not working!

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yes the alltel version has it built in and for the first time you may have to run outside in clear skys and can take a while to connect for the first time... i would try stepping ouitside and than see what that does for you connection wise.

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ok, I will try that in a minute! hopefully it will, the other post I posted about this within the actual ROM thread, they are directing me to the PPC site and that sounds difficult to me! lots of steps and stuff to install and registry settings to change OMG!!! you know I can't do that!!!

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nope that DID NOT work Dash! guess I am forced to do that tutorial thing on PPC tonite when I get home>>>>>>>>>>uggggghhh!!! hope I can do it!

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Hey Angie~


Well speakin as a touch owner i can tell you gettin that first lock is a real pain, but it does work (as long as you have the 6.1 update w/ reva and gps, which im sure you do if your using dettes latest custom and d?|sh help you to flash) it does get easier after you get it the first time... like D/\SH... your going to want to try it out side or in a big open area w/ large windows etc... and make sure your getting good phone signal in general, the better your signal the better your chances, I know from experience if your trying to do it, when your down to like one or tow bars, it wont want to wok with you...

also try downloading an app called "gps veiwer' and running it... that should help with boosting signal and aid in the satelitte finding process...

also have you tried using a different GPS program like live search or something, when I first did it, i couldnt get google maps to work for the life of me, and it didnt start working until after i got my first signal with a whole other GPs program (i cant remeber if i used live search or sprints telenav) but its just a suggestion... hope this helps!

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ok I've been at this now for 2 hours, not counting the time I spent on it today at work, LOL! I've done everything! I've done the "live search", went outside, INSTALLED AND RUN that tutorial found at PPC "alltel GPS with A-GPS" program thing..........

STILL NOTHING, WILL NOT LOCK IN ON NO SATELLITES AT ALL!!!

Also when I click on "use GPS" it searches and searches, then I click "My Location" and it tells me "your handset does not seem to be compatible with My Location (beta) feature" what the he**???? and when I do the Live Search for "pizza" it's stuck on fricking Sydney AUSTRALIA!!! it tells me when all the pizza joints are there? WHAT IS UP WITH THIS?

I would really like to put this problem to bed, but am at my wits END!!!!!!!!!!!

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when you boot the phone up what does it say next to the red R:?

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3.42.30 ........

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huh your radio version is correct, you should be fine unless you received a defective phone perhaps.....

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WELL, do you think I should try tech support at Alltel tomorrow and see what they say or can do?

can they tell I flashed my ROM, if I don't tell them? I mean I don't want to void my warranty or anything, you know?

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just dont tell them that you flashed the rom.... if they decide to send you another one in return ofr the defective unit than all you have to do flash back to the latest alltel stock rom off of their site and you are done :>

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OK, spoke to Alltel's advanced data tech support this morning, and they are telling me I have to call TeleNav to get that "GPS positioning" to work on my phone!!!!!!!!!

OMG, are they serious, I have to pay the $9.99 a month to get this? WTF????

what is the deal? I'm not believing this!!!

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I'm just thinking that maybe when I get home, I'm going to hard reset and see if that straightens up most of my problems (GPS), since I started messing with the GPS settings and doing the A-GPS thing from PPC my phone seems to be "gliching" off and on. just seems a little laggy at times, nothing serious, but I think I just need to "start over" and install the apps that I can't live without.

when I do the Hard Reset will I have to install the Alltel carrier cab again with the Dette ROM that I flashed to? or will it still be there?

thanks for everyone's help, I seriously don't know how I could ever live without Wckediden now!!!!!

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hahahhaa and yes you will have to install any apps programs and all that jazz all over again.... and you already know pimbackup so i wont even touch on that part :>

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[QUOTE=angiekay;334905]OK, spoke to Alltel's advanced data tech support this morning, and they are telling me I have to call TeleNav to get that "GPS positioning" to work on my phone!!!!!!!!!

OMG, are they serious, I have to pay the $9.99 a month to get this? WTF????

what is the deal? I'm not believing this!!!

I was wondering if you were able to get this to work? I just received a replacement 6800, and I'm not able to get the gps to work either...Stock rom, but it worked perfectly on my old unit. If fact I couldn't find a true GPS that was faster.

WELCOME TO VERIZON.... I was told that they lock everything the phone is capable of, then charge you to use the built in items... I thought that they were being sued over this not long ago. I guess money talks....

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[quote=Fr8Hauler;337975]wow i didnt expect them to lock alltels also now..... iknow we have a guide to unlock the gps restrictions on the phone..... it should be in the tutorial area.

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[quote=D/\SH;337978]and NO I never did get my GPS to work either!!! gave up on it! figured that there wasn't anything else I could do.............let me know if you get yours working tho!!!

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one word garmin................

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[quote=D/\SH;337978]ok KAOS, whatcha saying I should go BUY a garmin????? u paying????

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[QUOTE=angiekay;338040]

:pacnic: All, the problem is funny at best. I have a Garmin, a fairly new one at that. My 6800, with gps toggle installed would lock on in about 5 seconds, my Garmin would take at least a minute or more. Also the real time tracking with Gmaps was great...
For further discussion, I have installed GPS Toggle, and cannot even get it to load.:rambo:>>>Freakin phone companies...

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[QUOTE=angiekay;338040]lol your funny...no i mean use your touch as a garmin...Its posted here..I've used it on mogul, touch, touch pro....not a issue on any of them.....

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[quote=kaos;338131]ok you totally lost me there, but I will do a search, is it just like an app or something?

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[quote=angiekay;338158]yes but you have to get the gps unlocked first to be able to use it....

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[quote=D/\SH;338165]see obviously something that's over my head!!! that's why I gave up on it awhile back, now I'm finally finding out that Alltel has this "blocked" from being useable on my phone!!!!!!!!! Yea, ok, I did the search on the unlocker for GPS too, nothing? so who knows? I know I can be a problem child sometimes!!!!!!!!!!

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[quote=angiekay;338181]i got to start getting ready for work but i will take a look there for you and get you the link.... if i forget or you think i do send me a reminder pm.

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ummm... I know this is waaay off topic... but why is this thread misquoting people... i was havin a helluva hard time figuring out who was saying what till i realized what it was....

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well what is it? I didn't even notice that until you said it!

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OK, so got bored during the "down time" and was over at XDA checking some stuff out, and there's like an "upgrade" that alltel has out that says............

"This ROM updates the operating system to Windows Mobile 6.1 and adds GPS capabilities. All previous updates and fixes such as EVDO Rev A compatibility are included."

NOW, does that mean that IF I were to flash BACK to the original Alltel ROM and run this update thingy, it would "unlock" my GPS?????

Still haven't figured out how or where the "unlock" GPS thread is for Alltel Touch??