After browsing around Verizon's website today, I noticed something. I went in to change my plan (needed more minutes) and noticed there was an option to add VZNav to your plan on that same screen at the bottom. If you're one of the many that want VZnav on your phone even if it means paying the $10 a month for it, you're in luck.... FOLLOW THESE STEPS IF YOU'VE GOTTEN VZNAV INSTALLED AND IT ASKS FOR ACTIVATION BY CALLING *611 on previous attempts.
The following steps worked for me:
1. Log into VZW's website and go to change your plan. When you're at that screen, you'll notice you can add VZnav capabilities to your phone. Select it and make the changes. The following confirmation screen will give you a rundown of your current plan and features.
2. Download the update from UTstarcom's web page http://handsets.utstar.com/view_phone_details.aspx?mcode=XV6800&bID=89&sAct=0.
3. Flash your phone using the instructions within the zip you just downloaded.
4. Once your phone is successfully flashed and the customizations run, reprogram your phone by dialing *228... then reboot your phone.
5. Once your phone is rebooted, download the VZnav software from your phone's internet explorer home page under the VZ Navigator link and install it.
6. Provided the installation goes smoothly.. reboot once more.
7. Start the VZnav program and follow all of the instructions where you'll have to set up the defaults for the vznav software.
8. Moment of truth! Once you get to the VZnav home screen go to "maps & traffic" and tap on "where am i?" If the installation/activation was successful, your GPS location will be found within 5-10 seconds.
Congratulations, you just did what several of VZW techs could not do, which was add VZnav on to your plan and get it working. Every feature I've tried with the software works great. The 4 or 5 functions I tried had locks within 5 seconds. I haven't done too much experimenting because I did all of this... at work, on my work pc. (I love my job)
VZNAV WILL NOT WORK (without serious modding if even at all) IF YOU HAVE NOT USED THE OFFICIAL VZW UPDATE. WEIGH YOUR OPTIONS BEFORE YOU GO THROUGH WITH THIS BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE TOMTOM/OTHER PROGRAMS WITHOUT A FIGHT AFTER THIS FLASHING.
antuus said:
VZNAV WILL NOT WORK (without serious modding if even at all) IF YOU HAVE NOT USED THE OFFICIAL VZW UPDATE. WEIGH YOUR OPTIONS BEFORE YOU GO THROUGH WITH THIS BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE TOMTOM/OTHER PROGRAMS WITHOUT A FIGHT AFTER THIS FLASHING.
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You won't be able to use them at all with the internal GPSOne chipset in the XV6800 after flashing......
Yes, you can. You just have to go through a hellish process in flashing backwards to get the original PRI... The two events are mutually exclusive. You have to choose VZW update w/ VZnav capabilities, or a kitchen w/ other programs.
Thats what my point was, it is either / or......
Not sure how people are having difficulties getting VZ Nav. After correcting my PRI issuue with a DMU reset. Everything was fine. I just installed VZ Nav and had VZ NAV Provisioned on my Account and it worked perfectly. It is much nicer on the 6800 with the screen and 4.1 versus my old Razor.
Any idea's as to why my GPS is performing this crap here:
I have Verizon wireless vz navigator 4.1.0. It loads up fine but it keeps saying "loading privacy policy..." with the loading icon spinning.
It takes about 30 seconds to a minute(of what seems like its trying to connect to the web for something), and then I get this message: "unable to get privacy setting."
And then it exits out to a big message box that says "There was a problem initializing the GPS. Please exit and restart VZ Navigator."
Now I have the HTC XV6800 from UTstarcom with the latest ROM update from them so that I have Rev A and Windows Mobile 6.1 etc... That I flashed. Basically the Rom file released on August 26 2008.
I tried to do *228 and press 1. Then I did a soft reset. I also did this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=421008
to try and activate the GPS. That works, but VZ navigator does not. (That was the whole DRM mode ##3424 and the whole QPST and driver/comm installation and the GPS viewer tool)
I have applied to and purchased the monthly VZ navigator service feature and package. Now, I dont have a data service and I blocked any data going though my phone because IE would start up on its own and rack up charges. So I dont have mobile web. But apparently on the website it is included as a feature for my phone when before it wasn't.
But I do have Wifi enabled and its connected to my wireless network at home and at work. It seems to be connecting to the server and internet. But it just cant seem to work with my phone either way, even though it seems that there is no support. Thankfully though atleast I dont get the LBS error or anything like that.
But any idea's or help or troubleshooting tips and suggestions you can offer to have me get this thing working?
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Any idea's as to why my GPS is performing this crap here:
I have Verizon wireless vz navigator 4.1.0. It loads up fine but it keeps saying "loading privacy policy..." with the loading icon spinning.
It takes about 30 seconds to a minute(of what seems like its trying to connect to the web for something), and then I get this message: "unable to get privacy setting."
And then it exits out to a big message box that says "There was a problem initializing the GPS. Please exit and restart VZ Navigator."
Now I have the HTC XV6800 from UTstarcom with the latest ROM update from them so that I have Rev A and Windows Mobile 6.1 etc... That I flashed. Basically the Rom file released on August 26 2008.
I tried to do *228 and press 1. Then I did a soft reset. I also did this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=421008
to try and activate the GPS. That works, but VZ navigator does not. (That was the whole DRM mode ##3424 and the whole QPST and driver/comm installation and the GPS viewer tool)
I have applied to and purchased the monthly VZ navigator service feature and package. Now, I dont have a data service and I blocked any data going though my phone because IE would start up on its own and rack up charges. So I dont have mobile web. But apparently on the website it is included as a feature for my phone when before it wasn't.
But I do have Wifi enabled and its connected to my wireless network at home and at work. It seems to be connecting to the server and internet. But it just cant seem to work with my phone either way, even though it seems that there is no support. Thankfully though atleast I dont get the LBS error or anything like that.
But any idea's or help or troubleshooting tips and suggestions you can offer to have me get this thing working?
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This may have been addressed... but do you have location settings to Location on instead of 911 only? By default.. the new rom has it as 911 only.
Yep its on.
Works great!
I was looking for something better than google maps to use and I'm quite impressed with this app. I did some test routes this morning and it works awesome. I think its worth the 10 bucks a month for use.
Screen shots anyone?
Can anyone post screen shots of this app in use?
Is it really that much better than Garmin Mobile XT? I have that working beautifully with 2009 maps.
Here are some screen captures. Not sure if it is better then Garmin but it never let me down with my Razor or my Wife U-740. I don't have to keep memory cards and since I added this my bill dropped by $20 when switching to the Premium Plan that we had previous.
As for his not working it may be because of no data connection. It will launch your data connection which needs to do the privacy policy. I tried doing it with WIFI while they attempt to fix my lost connection and it didnt work. My guess is that is your issue no data connection for it to launch and then use.
The GPS detection issue is easy fixed by making sure location is ON and not just 911. I also tried setting up the program without a data session active, no luck, without a VZW data session in progress, the privacy policy will not load. If you enable location AND enable data at least for a few minutes, you'll be good to go. I'll post screenshots here in a few as soon as I get a program that'll do it.
Here are those screenshots of VZnav in action! I would have posted some live GPS locks but my office is damn close to being a bunker. There's no way any gps is going to get a lock where I work lol
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I have it enabled. ButI use a wifi connection. Apparently the website wont let me disable the datablock without paying $45, I am not going to do that for just a few minutes.
My wifi connects fine to the web, it should be able to get what it needs there.
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I have it enabled. ButI use a wifi connection. Apparently the website wont let me disable the datablock without paying $45, I am not going to do that for just a few minutes.
My wifi connects fine to the web, it should be able to get what it needs there.
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I think you are running into the same issue MMS has. MMS requires Verizon data... as apposed to your WIFI / Ethernet home internet. At least from my experience.
Is there a fix for that?
jdiperla said:
I have it enabled. ButI use a wifi connection. Apparently the website wont let me disable the datablock without paying $45, I am not going to do that for just a few minutes.
My wifi connects fine to the web, it should be able to get what it needs there.
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That sounds a little sketchy. You should be able to use the pay per MB feature just like anyone else with a VZW phone. I have a family member on my account, he doesn't have data, but can still access VZW web for $1.99/MB. I've heard VZnav uses satellites AND towers to help determine your location, this may be difficult if you aren't accessing their towers (instead of using VZW data you are using home WIFI). If anyone can revise/add to this theory, please do. Also if you look at my screenshots, a data plan is pretty much required to use 50% of the functions within the program. Weather, looking up places such as movie theaters and even software updates.
jdiperla said:
Is there a fix for that?
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That sir, seems to be the question of this thread.
This is ridiculous. I enabled the web and now I get error code 11 ppp connection message.
Why cant they just do things simple?
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Hello All,\
I've made a little program called WifiLocations. It does a lot more then you might think, currently:
Current Version : V0.6
- Specify locations (based on GSM/UMTS Cell-ID) where WiFi will be activated automatically (and turned off when you leave)
- Specify locations where Bluetooth will be activated automatically (and turned off when you leave) or the otherway around (for headset/carkit usage).
- Specify locations where your ringer should be turned off or to vibrate (and back to previous state when you leave)
- Run a user-specified program when in specified location (and the choice of killing it when you leave).
- Name the Cell's so it's a little less confusing.
- Autostart on reboot-option
You don't need GPS for this!
CDMA cells are not supported, if you have info on how to read the ID's contact me.
If you think something doesn't work right, please let me know in this thread!
If you want to request a feature, please ask here!
I produced this because I use my incoming voip number a lot when I'm on wifi and I didn't want to activate wifi everytime I walk into a wifi-location (hence the name!). You can add your current location or walk around for 60seconds in your house to add all used GSM/UMTS-cellsites. (You have to add them both if your in a low 3g-signal area)
Well if you like it, let me know or even donate I've always wanted to go to st. Petersburg and trying to pay for a ticket by developing free software
Click on it to see the real status, this is just an image! Thanks!
Not for commercial use...
Free to distribute as long as it includes a link to my donation page along with the download link and a link to these forum pages.
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Known Errors:
-WiFi in standby mode isn't functioning correctly I think
-Current Cell in mainform isn't updated until you restart
-Killing the app by pressing 'X' doesn't remove the trayicon
great tool thank you very much
Let me know if it works for you and what you what doesn't especially since I don't have a change myself to test is on other that gms/umts networks....
VERY NICE!!!
Just tried it, one thing, in the "walk around for 60 seconds" I did this, and it found another cell site, but it never added it.
Also, will it turn off the WIFI when out of range of the cell sites?
I will take a look at the 'non-adding-after-60-s' error tonight. And it should disable wifi when you're outside the reach of the gsm/umts-cell.
Actually it DID add it after I closed it down and re-started it, it now shows the other cell site.
thanks now I know what to fix when I get home! because the cell grabbing happens in another thread it can not directly change items on the gui thread! will fix this asap
Looks like a great utility.
Question : All it does is switch on the wifi? One still has to go through the login (for security enabled wifi) or other access means as defined at the particular hotspot ??
Btw, here is the site of a PC program that behaves more or less similarly. Perhaps useful for ideas ???
http://wifihopper.com/
Thanks
I think you're not getting the point of my application, it uses your Cell-position to activate your wifi. So you save battery and your voip protocol can be activated whenever you get to your home(or other)-cell... The wifi-profiles can be created through any wireless profile manager!
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Actually it DID add it after I closed it down and re-started it, it now shows the other cell site.
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This should be solved now...
Nice app...I have a request that although probably not used by alot of folks it seems like a simple enhancement in "concept"....can you add the option to enable/disable BLUETOOTH instead of wifi based on location? I tether my phone to my house alot and use it as the internet feed...it would be nice if when I got to the home location it auto linked up with the pc and gave it internet without me having to think about it..the process seems the same. Am I off base?
Hmm upon further study it's not that simple...I'd also need to still run the internet sharing app...so perhaps not so simple.
@famewolf, I'll take a look at it. Never worked with bluetooth before, but I don't think it's much work.
I just created the application for personal use, because I tend to use voip a lot. I posted it here so so everybody could use it if they want to.
About the feature you request, you want bluetooth to be activated or does it need more functionality?
Well after thinking on it more it would take more than just activating bluetooth...would also need to be able to run a program when bluetooth was enabled so I'll just be thankful for what you provided. Your program will come in very handy when visiting my relatives...the cell reception in their house is crappy and I always end up enabling wifi and logging onto their router when in house to get email etc....will use your program to auto enable it.
Of use to people who "dabble" in voip....you can use fring and grandcentral to get a "free incoming" phone # that uses voip...and the new idialer allows grandcentral out calls as well....this would potentially works well with these apps...hmmm perhaps you SHOULD consider allowing the user to execute an app when wifi comes up or down so they can run whatever sip client they are using?
@famewolf, I think what you mention can be very interesting. I know that starting another app isn't a big problem. Working on the hiding of the form and autostarting now. Will add the functionality to start an app lateron.
Download new version, now includes working start-at-boot-mode and auto hiding the form. I want to change the complete set-up because it wasn't designed properly.... some other time.
I downloaded the current version; on my Sprint Touch Pro, it doesn't seem to see cell ids although it does seem able to turn on/off the wifi successfully.
good program. looks like the makings to the 'locale' program for android. If you added some volume profiles that would automatically switch you would be set. It would be nice to have my phone mute itself when i got to work and turn the volume back on when i left for home.
This program ist simply brilliant. If have been looking for something like this for a long time and programs like this one are the reason, I never got an Iphone.
One question though: your program seems to keep the Wifi connection alive all the time. Is it possible to add an option to have it running in powersave mode (i. e. power down in suspend mode)?
EDIT: Sorry to bother you. The behavior of the wifi energy save features has nothing to with your neat program. For some reason my wifi was hanging. It seems, I still have to get accustomed to my Touch HD (or the firmware bugs).
@twcook, I think that's because you're not on a gsm/umts network, I really don't have a clue how to solve that yet. I'll put it on the todolist. If anyone has information on how to get other that gsm/umts-cells let me know.
@nmeister, good one, put that on the todolist as well. But I won't be working on it a lot this weekend, got other plans.
tnx man, the program is perfectly working on tytn ii, its amazing. never need to touch comm manager for wifi...
NOTE: This ROM is for UnLock Titan Phones with SPL 2.4X with Radio 3.42.50
to unlock your Phone there is links in my Sig for doing so..
ALSO: IF YOU LIKE TO BETA TEST!! then try this one .. and report bugs etc..
THIS IS ONLY a beta ROM for now!! however all basic function works..
Well I decided to start a new thread on the WM6.5 build 21169..
If you like to have the latest 6.5 OS and the look and feel of 6.1 I recommend
going to 6.5 CR2, if you like a real nice WM6.1 ROM I recommend R4 Reloaded 1.3.4 ..
NOW If you like WM 6.5 and like to Beta test Build 21169 Beta 2..
and please report!! BUG!!! bugs report is very welcome!!!
WM 6.5 built 21169 - Beta 2 rel. 2
DOWNLOAD LINK:
http://www.4shared.com/file/90821845/7a8f4f05/Titan_65_21169-B2R2.html
Remember to install your Carrier CAB after loading!! (well if you have data service anyways)
Link to dcd1182 Carriers cab's.. Thanks dcd..
DCD Carriers CABs
Good stuff! Just upgraded to it.. First point of note, You call it "Beta 2" in the rar file, but its known as Beta 1 in the ROM Update screen... Mmm.. I like the new boot splash, "Microsoft Internal Use Only" and all... I'll report more shortly...
OK... Preliminary findings:
1) GOOD NEWS! Push Mail works without any glitches! Flashed, Hard reset, soft reset, install DCD's Carrier, reset, setup exchange, sync worked, pushed mail, soft reset, still pushes.
2)The Titanium needs some work. Missing some text. You have to see it to understand.
3) HTC Task Manager's Quick Menu (the drop down on Today Screen) runs into the battery bar. battery bar needs to be move over a pixel or two.
4) Nasty dialer. Not going there.
5) The "Blank" sync conduit is still there during Exchange setup. I have screenshots if you want.
6) Windows Update is there... That needs to disappear. It doesn't have the right font. Yuck fu.
7) Skip Welcome needs to be added. The "How to use windows mobile" upon hard reset.
8) Encryption of card is NOT CHECKED now. It's greyed out even. Good stuff.
That's all for now. So far though, I like it!! I LOVE the new graphics! Very slick!!
Oh what the hell, I'll try a new ROM. Haven't in a while.
mr-free, this is the first ROM of yours I've tried. What are your steps for installation? Pllug in the phone and run RomUpdateInstallation or something else? TIA!
Yep... flashing now. Will report back.
Loaded fine, makes calls fine, but IE won't open and ActiveSync doesn't work connecting to Exchange 2003 SP2 and looks to have no data connection.
"Cannot connect with current connection settings. To check your connection settings, select Start, then Settings, then Connections"
Support code: 0x85020006 (Appears to be a "no network" error code.)
Home screen shows EV, but 0 bars of service when I normally have 1 or 2 sitting here.
Great feedback report so far .. fix a few of them already .. including the dialer
Thanks again
and I'll like someone with Exchange 2003 to test sync as well..
djbeames said:
Good stuff! Just upgraded to it.. First point of note, You call it "Beta 2" in the rar file, but its known as Beta 1 in the ROM Update screen... Mmm.. I like the new boot splash, "Microsoft Internal Use Only" and all... I'll report more shortly...
OK... Preliminary findings:
1) GOOD NEWS! Push Mail works without any glitches! Flashed, Hard reset, soft reset, install DCD's Carrier, reset, setup exchange, sync worked, pushed mail, soft reset, still pushes.
2)The Titanium needs some work. Missing some text. You have to see it to understand.
3) HTC Task Manager's Quick Menu (the drop down on Today Screen) runs into the battery bar. battery bar needs to be move over a pixel or two.
4) Nasty dialer. Not going there.
5) The "Blank" sync conduit is still there during Exchange setup. I have screenshots if you want.
6) Windows Update is there... That needs to disappear. It doesn't have the right font. Yuck fu.
7) Skip Welcome needs to be added. The "How to use windows mobile" upon hard reset.
8) Encryption of card is NOT CHECKED now. It's greyed out even. Good stuff.
That's all for now. So far though, I like it!! I LOVE the new graphics! Very slick!!
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scorp508 said:
mr-free, this is the first ROM of yours I've tried. What are your steps for installation? Pllug in the phone and run RomUpdateInstallation or something else? TIA!
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Loaded fine, makes calls fine, but IE won't open and ActiveSync doesn't work connecting to Exchange 2003 SP2 and looks to have no data connection.
"Cannot connect with current connection settings. To check your connection settings, select Start, then Settings, then Connections"
Support code: 0x85020006 (Appears to be a "no network" error code.)
Home screen shows EV, but 0 bars of service when I normally have 1 or 2 sitting here.
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You have to install the DCD Carrier Cab for your carrier before data works.
scorp508 said:
Loaded fine, makes calls fine, but IE won't open and ActiveSync doesn't work connecting to Exchange 2003 SP2 and looks to have no data connection.
"Cannot connect with current connection settings. To check your connection settings, select Start, then Settings, then Connections"
Support code: 0x85020006 (Appears to be a "no network" error code.)
Home screen shows EV, but 0 bars of service when I normally have 1 or 2 sitting here.
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Remember to install your Carrier CAB after loading!! (well if you have data service anyways)
DCD Carriers CABs
Hah I was *just* coming here to say I installed dcd verizon and data is now working and I have my two bars of EV service back (go figure).
Oh man, it just gave me the finger and shut off my radio when I set the date to 3/2/2009 LOL....
This concludes the beta test of this software release. Thank you very much for your time and effort in helping make this a great product for our customers.
To obtain a newer release or further information, please revisit the web site that you used to obtain your current beta release.
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Oh man, it just gave me the finger and shut off my radio when I set the date to 3/2/2009 LOL....
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Odd, my date is 3/2/09... And I didn't get that. Plus, your date doesn't auto-update from the network?
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Odd, my date is 3/2/09... And I didn't get that. Plus, your date doesn't auto-update from the network?
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I don't think it had yet, as it was 3/2/2008. When it tried to sync with Exchange it said the SSL cert was invalid, but that was because the date was wrong on the phone so it thought the cert wasn't valid yet. Once I fixed the clock it hosed me. Restarted the phone and as soon as I enter my password it comes up with the error again and shuts off the radio. I'll upload a picture.
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I'm doing a hard reset now to see if it'll happen again.
Hold on here, looks like I had an older carrier cab on my storage card.
dcd_Verizon_Carrier_20080719.cab
...going to try dcd_Verizon_Carrier_20081031.cab now and see if it makes a difference.
Ok the newer cab is helping, but not perfect yet. The expiration thing hasn't happened again thankfully.
ActiveSync started processing everything, but didn't finish. Hmm. It had one calendar item fail (no biggie, it happens), but now looks to be stuck. If I force a sync I now get error code 0x80070057.
The IE button, honeycomb shortcut, and the up/down today screen link all do not work.
scorp508 said:
Loaded fine, makes calls fine, but IE won't open and ActiveSync doesn't work connecting to Exchange 2003 SP2 and looks to have no data connection.
"Cannot connect with current connection settings. To check your connection settings, select Start, then Settings, then Connections"
Support code: 0x85020006 (Appears to be a "no network" error code.)
Home screen shows EV, but 0 bars of service when I normally have 1 or 2 sitting here.
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Same issue here, synced the first time then I get the following.
Result: Synchronization could not be completed. Try again later.
Support Code: 0x80070057
Works when I uncheck email.
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Works when I uncheck email.
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Same here. I'll play around with the email advanced settings and see if it is something in particular that triggers it. Unfortunately I absolutely have to have email working, so if I can't figure something out I'll roll back.
is all the language english? or is it still chinese?
scorp508 said:
Same here. I'll play around with the email advanced settings and see if it is something in particular that triggers it. Unfortunately I absolutely have to have email working, so if I can't figure something out I'll roll back.
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Loading DCD right now because I can't go without exchange. Keep us posted if you find anything.
My friend is visiting home in the U.K. and he has a Sprint Touch Pro. Understandably, the phone does not work in England, but he fully expected the GPS to work, yet he cannot get it to work at all.
He has been trying with different GPS software, but can't get any indication the GPS is working...
Currently, he is at his parents' house and can surf just fine on their WiFi connection, but no GPS...
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Matt
MultiMatt said:
My friend is visiting home in the U.K. and he has a Sprint Touch Pro. Understandably, the phone does not work in England, but he fully expected the GPS to work, yet he cannot get it to work at all.
He has been trying with different GPS software, but can't get any indication the GPS is working...
Currently, he is at his parents' house and can surf just fine on their WiFi connection, but no GPS...
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Matt
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The GPS requires a cell data connection because it is "assisted GPS"
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The GPS requires a cell data connection because it is "assisted GPS"
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If he had tom tom or something that doesnt require downloading maps it would work though right?
YL Groper said:
If he had tom tom or something that doesnt require downloading maps it would work though right?
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That's a very good question, and one I haven't have the opportunity to test on my Touch Pro yet. I have iGo Nav-n-Go on my device. What if I were in the middle of nowhere in Kentucky or Indiana, with no cell signal - wouldn't I still be able to navigate? If not, that is a HUGE disappointment in the GPS capability. I thought A-GPS was one thing (triangulation from towers) and full-on GPS (with a dedicated GPS chip) communicated directly with satellites...
Matt
Alright, I disproved that theory about assisted GPS. Last night while driving home from hockey, I turned off my phone via the Com Manager, then opened up iGo Nav N Go and right away my GPS found where I was at, and the program worked flawlessly.
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It didn't require the Sprint radio to be running at all. Granted, apps like Google Maps or Live Search would be ineffective with the radio turned off, but if you have a stand-alone GPS application such as TomTom, Nav N Go or something similar, then GPS should work just fine.
Obviously in the case of being in the U.K., it would require having the maps for that country, otherwise the stand-alone apps wouldn't be able to show you squat!
Matt
Why do people still thing these phones NEED data connections to get GPS fixes? They *can* use them to achieve a quicker fix but do not require it. Keep in mind, without a connection it might take a while to get a fix.
This has been proven many times... Actually, I personally had comm manager off on my phone on a plane, but the GPS on, watching the speed and altitude. I don't know if the airline would have liked that...
GG
edit* Certian GPS nav software will let you load the maps from other sources, googlemaps for instance will not.
Just heard back from my friend after he read my message about the success of my test. He said the main thing he's wanting to do is geotag photos, and the Touch Pro simply will not find a GPS signal with the camera app nor footprints. He's not even concerned about using a map application at this point (heck, it's his hometown!).
Not sure why he can't get a signal for geotagging purposes, but it's just not happening. What a drag...
Matt
MultiMatt said:
My friend is visiting home in the U.K. and he has a Sprint Touch Pro. Understandably, the phone does not work in England, but he fully expected the GPS to work, yet he cannot get it to work at all.
He has been trying with different GPS software, but can't get any indication the GPS is working...
Currently, he is at his parents' house and can surf just fine on their WiFi connection, but no GPS...
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Matt
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Not, sure but the Crackberry Pearl user on my account gets data for a huge roaming rate over there. All her emails came through, and we all know the Pearl isnt a better phone, so maybe its his plan? Who knows. Sorry
I was in poland recently and also treyd to get tomtom with poland maps on it to get a fix, on my sprint touch pro with agps disabled...
BUT WITH NO LUCK!!!!
I treyd everything like turning off phone in comm manager and so but it didnt work.
Anyone know if you can actually make the phone NOT need a data connection to use the GPS??? I had an Alltel Touch Pro with Tomtom that NEVER needed a data connection to get a lock but now that Im with Sprint and have a Sprint Touch Pro, Im using the same version of Tomtom with the same map and installed it the same way but no matter what, it ALWAYS want to use a data connection. Anyonw have a clue why?? I tried turning my radio off and it could not get a lock for about a half hour. As soon as I turned the radio back on it got a lock within seconds. Any ideas. Thanks.
So we can stop seeing these over and over and over again.
Common issues:
1. If it goes to sleep, it may not wake up. Force reboot by holding down the power button and center button on the front of the screen for 15 seconds.
2. Wifi may not connect. Try disabling and re-enabling wifi. That may not work still, try rebooting. That may still not work.. come back later, it may work then. Seriously, I rebooted 20 times with no luck, cycling and cycling, no luck still, set it down to charge for a few minutes, came back, walla, all was good. Now, I was at least able to connect for a bit... and then LATER it stopped working.. if you were NEVER able to connect, that may be a different story. Worst case, do a wipe data/factory reset in CWM, that should fix it.
Another bit that may help:
Go to wifi settings. Click your router and forget. Turn wifi off then back on again. Then connect back to your router with your password
(credit al52025 below)
More ideas:
Pellel2 said:
i was intermittent wifi connection. then somebody gave me the idea that it could be the dual channel setting in my router. The way you fix this is by going into advance wifi settings and then check regulatory domain. I picked 14 channels to match my DLink. after this fix no more wifi drops. love it
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Also, go to Settings | Wireless & Networks | Wi-Fi Settings .. click the Menu button, then click Advanced. Turn your Wifi Sleep Policy to Never, so that it stays on when your screen goes off, that should help, though it may drain your battery. But, its an alpha, so oh well.
5. Google apps are missing. Install gapps. You obviously didn't read ANY thread about it, so go back to it and do it again. Or be lazy and get it here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Latest_Version#Google_Apps
Flash that zip in CWM.
4. Market has apps missing. There is a fix now.
http://code.google.com/p/cmtouchpad/issues/detail?id=65
On that page, it links you to the fix.. here it is
http://www.multiupload.com/5MKAKAKUM6
(If I'm not supposed to link directly to that, let me know, I'll remove it).
Just flash this fix in CWM. If you don't know how to do that, don't use this alpha, but also.... mash in one of the download links into your browser in android, download it. Now it probably put it into your 'download' directory on your "sd card". Reboot into "Recovery" or choose Recovery in the boot loader. Go to Install Zip from SD Card.. and choose zip from sd card.. then navigate to your 'download' directory, select it, and walla, market is now fixed.
5. I want Swype. I don't know how to search. How do I get Swype without searching?
Start here... http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?7916-HOW-TO-Make-Swype-Work-on-the-TouchPad
Here's where I'm at with Swype so far... I used the resolution they used as an example.. Screenshot below. I used the Beta installer. Haven't messed with other resolutions yet to see if I like the outcome better...
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"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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6. CM7 Deleting files/directories copied while in WebOS usb mode...
http://code.google.com/p/cmtouchpad/issues/detail?id=69
In short, copy them while in CM7.. or use the workaround in there.. or wait until they fix it...
7. Facebook Force-closes ...
Use FakeGPS to set a location, Facebook is crashing when it tries to get a GPS location.
I just wanted to try to put all these EXTREMELY REPEATED questions in one place in hopes that people will see them and stop asking Anyone have any more to add? I know there may be a few more places that have this exact content, but I didn't see any quite like it here...
I'll update this post as I see new tips, so post away.
Ill throw in my method for the wifi issue that has worked for me 100% of the time. Go to wifi settings. Click your router and forget. Turn wifi off then back on again. Then connect back to your router with your password
joshts0 - Big thanks man. I was just thinking about starting a thread just like this one! I was reading through the "CM7 on the Touchpad" thread and almost shot myself! It's ridiculous how many people have asked the same question about wifi, how to reboot, etc, when the answer was 2 pages previous! Frustrating!
So far I have had the most problems with WiFi, i am unable to connect to my WAP encrypted home network however I am able to connect to my unsecured Phone hotspot. Is this port only able to connect to unsecured networks?
I've been able to connect to my WPA2-PSK-AES access point so it might be something else.
i was intermittent wifi connection. then somebody gave me the idea that it could be the dual channel setting in my router. The way you fix this is by going into advance wifi settings and then check regulatory domain. I picked 14 channels to match my DLink. after this fix no more wifi drops. love it
Pellel2 said:
i was intermittent wifi connection. then somebody gave me the idea that it could be the dual channel setting in my router. The way you fix this is by going into advance wifi settings and then check regulatory domain. I picked 14 channels to match my DLink. after this fix no more wifi drops. love it
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quoted you in the top, thanks
elimherr said:
So far I have had the most problems with WiFi, i am unable to connect to my WAP encrypted home network however I am able to connect to my unsecured Phone hotspot. Is this port only able to connect to unsecured networks?
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It is definitely able to connect to encrypted networks... but there are less (no?) problems with unsecured networks. Try some of the ideas listed here and see what happens, and most importantly don't give up. I **** you not, mine just magically started working despite doing the same thing over and over again.
Pellel2 said:
i was intermittent wifi connection. then somebody gave me the idea that it could be the dual channel setting in my router. The way you fix this is by going into advance wifi settings and then check regulatory domain. I picked 14 channels to match my DLink. after this fix no more wifi drops. love it
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I have tried this and still it just scans and tries to connect then i get a force close every time however it still connects to my unsecured phone teather no prob...wierd
elimherr said:
I have tried this and still it just scans and tries to connect then i get a force close every time however it still connects to my unsecured phone teather no prob...wierd
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Try going to cwm and wiping data/factory reset, and seeing it works then?
You might want to add that for problem #1, you can avoid it by never press the power button to turn off the display. Instead, you should let it time out by itself.
scmasaru said:
You might want to add that for problem #1, you can avoid it by never press the power button to turn off the display. Instead, you should let it time out by itself.
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Seriously? I'm going to test!
my machine stuck on cyanogen loading page after flashing, does not help after a fresh reinstall of my webos, looks like nobody have such issues....
Can you get into CWM ?
Sent from my CM7 HP Touchpad
Supposedly, setting the minimum cpu frequency to 384 instead of 192 will prevent sleep from sticking.
For Facebook force-closes, install Fake GPS from the market and set a location. Facebook is crashing because it's trying to use the GPS to locate you.
Set wifi sleep policy under advanced wifi (press menu under wifi settings) to minimize wifi issues. Battery life is affected, power draw will be about 1.25% per hour with screen off
The other CM7 thread disappeared. I recalled reading a fix for the missing songs, may I know what is the fix again ?
this thread isn't stickied? the OP is extremely helpful
Seems like some apps (Adfree, ES File Explorer etc), even with root privileges, cant mount the system as rw. Is there a fix for this?
I also tried Terminal Emulator but it says that the mount the command missing
Ooh that's why adfree crashed... I'll update the first post with any of these tricks in a few.. I've been testing some myself to see if they work for me . Been letting it sleep on its own without pressing the power button and so far haven't had one problem... But I didn't have it very much in the first place. My girlfriend said hers kept not waking up though so i'm having her experiment with it. She is just happy to have Swype.
Sent from my CM7 HP Touchpad
Varemenos said:
Seems like some apps (Adfree, ES File Explorer etc), even with root privileges, cant mount the system as rw. Is there a fix for this?
I also tried Terminal Emulator but it says that the mount the command missing
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Install busybox and instead of typing "mount" type "busybox mount".
Sent from my HP Touchpad using Tapatalk
silverstream said:
The other CM7 thread disappeared. I recalled reading a fix for the missing songs, may I know what is the fix again ?
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I think it was... Create a new directory a name it anything but the name that it was in... But this is off the top of my head so it could be wrong. test it and let me know, then I'll include it in the first post.
Sent from my CM7 HP Touchpad
First of all, proceed at your own risk. Poking around in your phone can cause problems if you're not careful.
I'm posting this because I spent quite a bit of time searching, but could find nothing that worked. I tried resets, updating profile/PRL, etc and none of them helped. I finally bit the bullet and called Sprint. After a short discussion about everything I had tried, a nice lady named Rachel had me update my data profile, which is apparently different than resetting it. You need to get into the SCRTN menu and the required EPST code is ##72786#, which is one that I did lot have in my handy list of useful codes.
After entering the code, you are presented with a password prompt, which is where you input your MSL.
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After doing so, you are at the SCRTN main menu.
When you tap "Menu" in the upper right hand corner, one of the two options presented is "Reset".
Tap that bad boy and you get this confirmation message.
When you tap ok, it does it's thing and then reboots. When it finishes rebooting, it should start the handsfree activation process and then all will be right with the world....or at least it was for me.
Just wanted to say THANK YOU! Activating my "old" LTE which was already rooted and got this. Took an hour with a CSR and getting disconnected for me to do a quick search to find this thread. I called back, got my MSL and did this and BAM!
Thanks a ton for sharing this.
Thanks a bunch, I am running stock Rom, but could get error 67 to go away with sprint tether. So I ran this and voila looks like that fixed my error 67 tether issue. Which also fixed my media link error 67 message
**edit**
The error came back after a reboot, I will fiddle with it more later see if I can make it stick
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
A week ago I was getting the error code 67, as well as no data what-so-ever. No matter what I did (the ##72786# data reset as well as the ##986# hard reset) still no data connection (error code 67).
So I took it to Sprint, they couldn't fix it and ended up giving me a new phone. Basically, nothing helped. The Sprint tech. really couldn't answer what was wrong, so his fall back excuse for the issue was installing an unstable ROM.
Which was not true, I had ViperRom installed on the phone for about 2 1/2 weeks before my phones data took a crap on me
WUESTSIDER!
Sent with my rEVOLTe, the Family JEWEL!
An easy fix is ##DATA# enter msl, click data and edit the Active Profile from 0 to 1, commit and reboot. No one at Sprint or anywhere could help me. I got calls and texts fine, but data was a no go until I changed that value.
Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2
It should be noted that all of these ## codes ONLY work on sense roms, not aosp.
not sure if anybody here is wondering how to get there MSL number without calling sprint, but use this app.... worked on the 3D, also works on the LTE...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jotxjcq0wjr5j5y/com.esccode.msl_15.apk
cobraboy85 said:
not sure if anybody here is wondering how to get there MSL number without calling sprint, but use this app.... worked on the 3D, also works on the LTE...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jotxjcq0wjr5j5y/com.esccode.msl_15.apk
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MSL Reader is available in the Play Store. That's what I use.
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=msl+reader
sanmanc said:
MSL Reader is available in the Play Store. That's what I use.
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=msl+reader
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That's the app he posted, just from his drop box.
Sent from my EVO LTE using XDA premium
Man, I have tried everything i order to get native HotSpot working. Hee are the steps, as I know them:
Modify build.prop, adding the command ro.tether.denied=false
Reboot to recovery
Use TeamWin to wipe both Cache and Dalvik
Reboot normally
USB Tether
Turn on HotSpot
Still getting Error 67 every 15 seconds. Let it wait for 5 few minutes; no joy
I even turned off LTE (since it doesn't exist), nada.
Anyone with additional ideas ?
Thanks !
For anyone who has had issues recieving and sending text, what was the result of you getting it back and running? I called Sprint and they reset my setting within, this menu, and nothing working. Obviously im S-Off and such, so they said my last resort was to do a factory reset. id appreciate it if someone told me what they did...TIA!!
reverepats said:
For anyone who has had issues recieving and sending text, what was the result of you getting it back and running? I called Sprint and they reset my setting within, this menu, and nothing working. Obviously im S-Off and such, so they said my last resort was to do a factory reset. id appreciate it if someone told me what they did...TIA!!
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Have you made a phone call? Surprisingly, doing that seems to have fixed a lot of text issues lol
Sent from my EVO using xda app-developers app
It was the damn Airave in my house. Once i left the house, my texts came rolling in. Once i went back in, the texts failed again. So i knew it was the airave. Just reset it, and things are fine now. Thank god LOL
reverepats said:
It was the damn Airave in my house. Once i left the house, my texts came rolling in. Once i went back in, the texts failed again. So i knew it was the airave. Just reset it, and things are fine now. Thank god LOL
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Oh yeah, activating on the Airave is troublesome.
Sent from my EVO LTE using XDA premium
mrrogers1 said:
Oh yeah, activating on the Airave is troublesome.
Sent from my EVO LTE using XDA premium
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Well ive never had that issues before, until now of course. Thansk fully it was that tho.
mroppolo said:
Man, I have tried everything i order to get native HotSpot working. Hee are the steps, as I know them:
Modify build.prop, adding the command ro.tether.denied=false
Reboot to recovery
Use TeamWin to wipe both Cache and Dalvik
Reboot normally
USB Tether
Turn on HotSpot
Still getting Error 67 every 15 seconds. Let it wait for 5 few minutes; no joy
I even turned off LTE (since it doesn't exist), nada.
Anyone with additional ideas ?
Thanks !
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I know i am late to the game..but what fixed my problem of error 67 was to put a space between the = and false.
erikivy said:
First of all, proceed at your own risk. Poking around in your phone can cause problems if you're not careful.
I'm posting this because I spent quite a bit of time searching, but could find nothing that worked. I tried resets, updating profile/PRL, etc and none of them helped. I finally bit the bullet and called Sprint. After a short discussion about everything I had tried, a nice lady named Rachel had me update my data profile, which is apparently different than resetting it. You need to get into the SCRTN menu and the required EPST code is ##72786#, which is one that I did lot have in my handy list of useful codes.
After entering the code, you are presented with a password prompt, which is where you input your MSL.
After doing so, you are at the SCRTN main menu.
When you tap "Menu" in the upper right hand corner, one of the two options presented is "Reset".
Tap that bad boy and you get this confirmation message.
When you tap ok, it does it's thing and then reboots. When it finishes rebooting, it should start the handsfree activation process and then all will be right with the world....or at least it was for me.
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Yep that's a trick us techs use. Works wonders.
Sent from my EVO
I want to thank erikivy for this. I was on the phone with Sprint for a while, and although the lady was incredibly nice, she couldn't help me. I did this and instantly got everything working.
Note: this worked awesome for my Evo 3d.
Thanks again.
Confirmed Working on HTC EVO 4G LTE on Verizon Prepaid.
This is confirmed and working on my HTC EVO 4G LTE, no root; running on Verizon prepaid. My problem was that it would sometimes disconnect and most of the time just give the 67 error code. I would connect sometimes if I got lucky and then failed. I have HTC Sync Manager installed by the way. Everything seems to be working fine. I don't even know what this reset does as all the info stays the same after I checked it back. Thanks
What solved this problem for me, as well as a brief warning...
reverepats said:
For anyone who has had issues recieving and sending text, what was the result of you getting it back and running? I called Sprint and they reset my setting within, this menu, and nothing working. Obviously im S-Off and such, so they said my last resort was to do a factory reset. id appreciate it if someone told me what they did...TIA!!
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I have a Sprint Galaxy S, and when I did the steps listed here, everything was reset for me and all seemed lost. (could not call, text, number seemed reset to something like 000-000-0084) However, After poking around a bit, I went under Settings-->About Phone --> System Updates --> Update profile. After awhile, it updated and restarted, number was set back to what it was, so was username, etc. So, I'm sure your problem was long solved, but let this serve as a warning/emergency action post for others: If you do this, and then cannot text/call, try the method I described before taking it to a store. Also, I made an account simply to say this, I will probably never come back, so keep that in mind. Hope that I helped someone, good luck to any trying to fix error 67, even afterwards, I didn't even check to see if my error 67 was fixed (it always occurred when I tried tethering), but right now I'm just glad I got my phone to work again. Here, people, have a smilie: