Google Maps/My Location on 8130
Hey All:
So how about that new Google Maps, huh? Pretty sweet
But it seems that the blue dot keeps flashing (meaning GM doesn't see the onboard GPS) and I only get an "approximate" location. I have a data plan and enabled GPS, but I still the flashing blue dot rather than the solid. Does anyone get the solid blue dot on a 8130 with GPS enabled?
Thanks!
How to get the internal GPS working
I stumbled across this, but it works. I bought a new Sprint 8130 about a week ago and put Google maps (I believe it was 2.0) on it. I was only able to get the tower triangulation working, and was kind of bummed about that, but figured it's close enough. Today I realized that the dial function was not working in the search results which really bummed me out as I used that all the time on my Windows mobile phone. I decided to rip and reinstall the app to see if that would fix the dialing issue as I had just updated to the newer version of the OS SW to fix another bug related to installing apps with the Desktop Manager (stay with me here). When I went to the Google maps DL, I noticed it was version 2.0.1, just barely newer than what I had originally installed. After installing the newest version, dialing and actual GPS work flawlessly.
Keep in mind that I don't know whether or not the newer version of the BB OS had anything to do with it, but I would suggest installing that anyway as it addresses the error message you get when trying to install most any SW with the Desktop Manager.
I am officially in love with this phone now.