1. worksux's Avatar
    i keep my GPS off normally. however when i want to use the maps i turn it on. but its not working anymore. like i turn my GPS on from the settings and then i go to BB maps and go to options and then to GPS and it says none (none is the only option). is there a way i can fix this?
    01-06-08 08:16 PM
  2. chinesecatt's Avatar
    Unpair your GPS and re-pair again. See if that helps.
    01-06-08 08:22 PM
  3. worksux's Avatar
    what do you mean by "pair"? im using the built in GPS btw. i have a blackberry pearl 8130.
    01-06-08 09:12 PM
  4. chinesecatt's Avatar
    Duh! Why'd I thought we had the same Curve, I wonder why.
    01-06-08 09:14 PM
  5. jsanders's Avatar
    Why turn it off?
    01-06-08 09:17 PM
  6. worksux's Avatar
    i heard it kills battery life leaving the GPS on.
    01-07-08 05:50 AM
  7. tp_cracker's Avatar
    From my experience, the only time the GPS kills battery time is when you are using a program Telenav, Garmin, etc. I don't think the GPS keeps refreshing on its own when there is no program using it.
    01-07-08 07:42 AM
  8. worksux's Avatar
    oh thanks i didnt know that. but how can i get my GPS to work with a program like google maps or the maps program that comes with the blackberry?
    01-07-08 02:48 PM
  9. worksux's Avatar
    is there a setting that i have to do to turn on the GPS so it can work with my blackberry pearl 8130? i already went through settings and turned it on. however when i go to BBmaps its not recognizing it.
    01-08-08 07:47 PM
  10. jsanders's Avatar
    How did you turn it on?
    01-08-08 08:09 PM
  11. worksux's Avatar
    i went to Setting - Advanced Options - GPS and turned GPS services from 911 Only to Location ON.
    01-08-08 08:20 PM
  12. jsanders's Avatar
    Verizon only allow GPS to work with VZW Navigator, I thought.
    01-08-08 08:26 PM
  13. JRSCCivic98's Avatar
    This is going to be good.

    ^ Sits down with popcorn.
    01-08-08 08:41 PM
  14. worksux's Avatar
    when i bought the phone it worked with BBmaps. but i turned it off for a while since i was not using it. but now turned it back on and it now wont work.
    01-08-08 08:45 PM
  15. jsanders's Avatar
    well, if it did, it did. I can't argue with what did work.

    There are hundreds of posts here and on other BB sites with this discussion. You are just the latest to discover the issue.

    AND, I am sorry to be the bearer of the bad news. I believe if you call your carrier, they will back me up.
    01-08-08 08:51 PM
  16. worksux's Avatar
    oh wait so other people that have the blackberry pearl 8130 (for verizon) said that the GPS only works with VZW Navigator?
    01-08-08 09:08 PM
  17. jsanders's Avatar
    Yes, many other people have regretfully confirmed this.

    ok, JRSCCivic98, you must be out of popcorn by now. There is nothing here to see.
    01-08-08 09:51 PM
  18. worksux's Avatar
    ok i probably had some trial or i probably thought that i had GPS working. because its been a while since i bought the phone. but thanks for your help.
    01-09-08 01:56 PM
  19. jomby's Avatar
    I have tried several times to download Google Maps to no avail. It returns the error message: 907 Invalid COD. I went to Options>Advanced> GPS and there's nothing there.

    Am I SOL?

    Pearl with Cingular?ATT-pay extra for data
    01-09-08 09:50 PM
  20. JRSCCivic98's Avatar
    Am I SOL?
    Yes, the 8100 doesn't have GPS in it. However, Google Maps should load. Change your emulation in the browser to Blackberry and try downloading again. Make sure you go to the right web address for the OTA install.
    01-10-08 10:05 AM
  21. david.brogdon's Avatar
    They say that the pearl gps was unlocked to work with bb maps, i have bb operating sys on my phone of 4.5.77 and all the phone does while its in bb maps is search for a satellites. and never finds one. am i suppose to do somthing, i alerady looked gps is on. please help.

    David
    07-29-09 10:46 AM
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