A Real Fix for Broken GPS - Guide v1.0
- Just wanted to say thanks to everyone contributing to this thread! I now have a working GPS system!
HouseApe thanks so much for the PDF! One correction you may want to make on it is that it says if you have a 8130 to use qpst build 301 and I had to use 215 to get it to work.04-22-09 08:36 AMLike 0 - 04-22-09 09:29 AMLike 0
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GPS only mode really does not work well as the chip is just not powerful enuff. The Storm has the latest chip and its a good one. It can do GPS only fairly well.
I beleave on the Storm Verizon was not able to block the GPS only mode. So they finally gave in and that's why BlackBerry Maps started to work on all Verizon models early this year.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com04-22-09 09:39 AMLike 0 - Just wanted to say thanks to everyone contributing to this thread! I now have a working GPS system!
HouseApe thanks so much for the PDF! One correction you may want to make on it is that it says if you have a 8130 to use qpst build 301 and I had to use 215 to get it to work.
I should make about it.
Thanks
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com04-22-09 09:42 AMLike 0 - ok, i know i have done everything right. I have an 8330 on verizon. i followed the exact steps in the user guide, the phone programmed fine, but it is still asking me to activate VZNAV by dialing *611.
am i missing something, or can i NOT use this software for free via this fix?
And...when I go to donwload BBMaps, it tells me that my device does not meet the system requirements. WTF!Last edited by qwerty5555; 04-22-09 at 06:08 PM.
04-22-09 06:01 PMLike 0 - Thanks for the quick response House!
I will delete VZNav off the phone. As far as your other questions...Yes, I do have the data plan. OS Version is 4.5.0.77
Thanks for the help!
On another note, do you think there will ever be a way to hack this thing to use Nav4All or anything else, or is BBMaps the only option?04-22-09 07:59 PMLike 0 - Gotcha - So how do I get BBMaps on this thing?
When I went to download it - it told me that my phone is not supported!04-22-09 08:17 PMLike 0 -
- I've been following this thread like crazy waiting for someone w/ tmobile to pop up and ask some questions on how to get a 8120 to work for this.
I just now realized my phone is GSM, not CDMA. Doh! Like 2 weeks later I realize this after legitimately reading like every post on here and dl'in the programs.
I haven't done anything with the programs I just have them, but I wanted to post since I thought it was worth a laugh.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com04-23-09 07:48 AMLike 0 -
- you rock heartless. got my gps up and rinning now bbmaps and google maps run great. amaze is working too. thank you soo much04-23-09 07:34 PMLike 0
- 04-25-09 12:15 PMLike 0
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uniCDMA only works in port 1-4 (only needed for the SPC)
CDMA Universal work on all ports (Only needed for thr SPC functions same as uniCDMA)04-25-09 05:30 PMLike 0 - Well, I guess it doesn't matter... Being I'm on Alltel, I used the generic input listed (not pulling the info and finding it on the hex editor) , and after setting it up in QPST it seems to have woke up the internal GPS a LOT.
Firstly, BBMaps/google maps NEVER found sats on their own. EVER. I had to get Nav4All loaded, and once I opened it and it found the sats (took forever), then BBMaps and Google would hit them.... Sorta...
I have never hit more than 6-7 birds outside. Right now, I'm inside a two story wood frame house and I'm hitting 11 sats on BBMaps.
I can now reboot, and hit sats in about 45 seconds or less with BBMaps, or Google maps on their own, without Nav4all being open. THAt was never possible. BBMaps would sit forever searching and never hit a thing.
Wow... Much props to the OP's that got his stuff under control and took time to spell it all out for us. I'm so very pleased. Thank you all.
Carrier: Alltel
Model: 8830WE
OS: 4.5.0.13804-26-09 11:23 PMLike 0 - I asked about a week ago, and no one has addressed this directly.
If you're on Verizon and you make these changes, does BBMaps:
1) Lock onto satellites more quickly
2) Lock onto more satellites?
3) Stay locked once it finds satellites?
If not, does anyone know a fix for the eternal "Searching for Satellites"?
I've been searching Google and Yahoo. I've found lots of folks w/ the same complaint, but no one w/ a clear solution.
Done the battery pull, sent service books, changed network to Home instead of Automatic.
I've done Options, Status, typed in T E S T, done the GPS test, which fails consistently.
I've been outside w/ a clear sky.
Cleared the Log, cleared maps
I've spoken to VZW once or twice, but to be honest, I bought the phone off of Craig's List, so VZW isn't going to replace anything for me.
I've downloaded Unicode, done searches for qpst, messed w/ the ports. But before I kill any more brain cells w/ that, I want to know it's worth my while.04-29-09 01:05 PMLike 0 - I asked about a week ago, and no one has addressed this directly.
If you're on Verizon and you make these changes, does BBMaps:
1) Lock onto satellites more quickly
2) Lock onto more satellites?
3) Stay locked once it finds satellites?
If not, does anyone know a fix for the eternal "Searching for Satellites"?
I've been searching Google and Yahoo. I've found lots of folks w/ the same complaint, but no one w/ a clear solution.
Done the battery pull, sent service books, changed network to Home instead of Automatic.
I've done Options, Status, typed in T E S T, done the GPS test, which fails consistently.
I've been outside w/ a clear sky.
Cleared the Log, cleared maps
I've spoken to VZW once or twice, but to be honest, I bought the phone off of Craig's List, so VZW isn't going to replace anything for me.
I've downloaded Unicode, done searches for qpst, messed w/ the ports. But before I kill any more brain cells w/ that, I want to know it's worth my while.04-29-09 04:35 PMLike 0 - Thanks HeartlessHero and HouseApe. Desperate to try anything, I did what HouseApe suggested and tried the Alltel settings on my VZW 8330 - still no love. BBMaps works (but always has). So I'm pretty convinced at this point that there is no work around for VZW customers.04-30-09 11:14 AMLike 0
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