Verizon 8830 BB Maps working with GPS
The BB Maps app is now working with GPS on my 8830. I am connected to 11 satellites currently. The only thing I have done lately is load the Bell Mobility 4.5 OS. I heard Verizon unlocked the GPS in the Storm to work with Google maps, so I upgraded my Google maps to 3.0.2. Google maps didn't work with the GPS but now BB Maps does.
BB maps works on my 8830 too!!
M8830 is on version 4.5.0.127 with Verizon and my BB maps works excellent! I have 11 sats. All I did was upgrade to the new version and it worked.
BB Maps and GPS on verizon
Originally Posted by
TeriG123 I guess I'm a bit confused by this thread, unless something has changed recently. I purchased a BB Curve 8830 last week (Verizon Wireless), and both BB Maps as well as Google Maps work with the GPS (both will find my position easily).
Am I missing something?
Thanks.
First, the Curve and the 8830 are two different phones.
Second, and regardless whether you have a Curve or an 8830, on Verizon, only BB Maps seems to work with the internal gps, if you are using an OS that is higher than 4.5.0.33. It DEFINITELY works with 4.5.0.101, 4.5.0.127 and 4.5.0.135. I have read of it working with 4.5.0.77, and I got gps to work with 4.5.0.51, though it was verrrry slow to lock on the satellites. With the most recent OS versions, the satellite lock is MUCH quicker.
Google Maps, without gps, uses cell tower triangulation; that is, it will calculate your position by locating where you are relative to the nearest cell phone towers. This only gives you an approximation of your location. It might be accurate, but more likely than not it will tell you your position only within maybe 1800 meters. A true gps lock will tell you where you are within 3 meters.
If you have an external gps receiver, also known as a "puck" that you have paired via bluetooth, then you can use Google Maps and it will link with your external gps receiver and tell you where you are with remarkable accuracy - within 3 meters or so.
Drive around and compare where BB Maps places you with where Google Maps places you, relying solely on the internal gps. Then, I think, you will notice significant differences.