yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] Faenad:
Thanks a lot meer for the tip, and milesmowbray for your CAB!

I installed it yesterday, and it was working. I don't know what happened, as yesterday in the evening my P3300 was again not fixing.

When arriving at home I checked : I had again a 4ko packedEphemeris files instead of the 48k good one.

I reinstalled the CAB and it fixed the problem.

Did anybody met the same issue?

BTW, I owned a Mio A701 before the P3300 that I haven't yet resold.

Here is the "SeaSGEE.exe" QuickGPS program from Mio A701.

I tested it and it works well on the P3300. Correct 48k packedEphemeris files are downloaded.

==> Juste copy/paste it in the /windows folder, then Copy/Paste a shortcut in /windows/Start/programs for convenience.

I will test milesmowbray's CAB the next days, if it works well it's the better solution, as SeaSGEE.exe lacks the "Download automatically on ActiveSync connection" option.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] victoradjei:
You have to do a soft-reser after installing the cab file. The the reg edits are maintained. So re-instal and follow with a soft-reset.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] Faenad:
I did that after installing the CAB the first time.

For the moment it is still working :)
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] Faenad:
So far the CAB is working perfectly. I download correct 48k Ephemeris files.

==> I tested it today and got a Cold 3D fix @ 45sec. Urban environment, not moving.

After closing the GPS apps and moving a little (500m) I got a 3D fix @ 22sec (1H after the first fix)

I use GPS Info which indicates the time needed to acquire a 3D fix.

Tomorrow I will test 3D fix while moving (walking = 5km/h) in urban environment :)

==> Here is the QuickGPS programm if SPV M650 owners don't using Orange Navigation want to test it, without changing the Rom. Don't know if it will works.

Also, I would be curious to know if it works with Asus A535.

AGPS being a Software update, it may be the case. Eten added AGPS to the G500 with a Rom Update.

==> Copy all files in the /windows folder, then Copy/Paste a shortcut in /windows/Start/programs for convenience.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] Longhair:
Another test may be have someone driving the car in at about 30 mph (50 kph) and try to get a fix.

milesmowbray - are your "packedephemeris.ee" for the UK only because it would be way off if the last known gps location was in a different counrty :(
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] Faenad:
3D fix while moving (walking = 5km/h, 2Km away from last fix : 64sec.)

Fix while moving, at same place, three hours after : 22sec.

So far seems good. Would be great if we manage to get fix as fast as Mio A701.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] boswell:
Just read this thread, many thanks Nick, I used your cab file and my orbit GPS picks up the satelites in seconds now instead of minutes.

Cheers
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] rickgillyon:
Do you see an option for QuickGPS in TomTom? I don't see one, I have TT 6.020 and a 47k PackedEphemeris file, still takes around 5 minutes to get a fix. Used to be quicker...
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] Sup3rT3d:
Did as advised and it worked a treat.. it finds my GPS Position before i have the chance to type in where i want to go!!! BRILL
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] milesmowbray:
My server just redirects the request to the Mitac Mio "packedephemeris.ee" download site mentioned earlier. I presume this covers the whole world, but I really can't say for sure.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] Faenad:
it works fine in France :)

On average 60-65 sec for a cold fix while moving in urban environment.

45sec for a cold fix without moving

15-25sec for hot fixes

thanks :D
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] hays:
It's MUCH quicker for me as well

I don't know why this doesn't just work like this "out of the box" as it is SO much better

I've emailed HTC - never done that before, so will be interested to see what sort of response I get
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] Longhair:
Thanks for the heads up :)

HTC will probably contact Mitac Mio and have them change their servers so this fix will no longer work :eek:
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] RudydG:
Wow, works fine!!!

Just hope it is a long term solution.

many thanks.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] EazyVG:
This really works. Everytime I update the file is around 50kb and getting fix is within 20-50 seconds.

Tnx a loot:)
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] x86_a64:
I have ART_HTCWWE_11240501_026790_WWE_Ship ROM installed on my device without any modificaions talked about in this topic and get a 52kb packedephemeris.ee file with every update. Tomtom gets very quick fixes for a few days. So I think HTC fixed the problem with their servers. Can anybody else confirm this?
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] hays:
Well this was HTC's reply - I don't really understand what they are saying though !!!!

Good Afternoon,

Quick GPS is a service run by Mio, for a large portion of the SatNav market, and works as it is desgined to, it is not providing incorrect data, it simply provides accurate data for the next few days, rather than a large download with all the information in it. In regards to hacking your device HTC do not support this, and it will void your warranty as you are modifying parts of the device not meant to be modified.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] Squire:
This is what I got from HTC this weekend.

"We are aware of this issue and have contacted Mio in regards to getting it resolved. At the time of writing I have just tested quick GPS on our HTC p3300 and it has downloaded and installed the update correctly."
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] milesmowbray:
Looks like it could be fixed now.

http://www.htcusainc.com/clm/packedEphemeris.ee

Is now returning the 50kb+ file.

I will leave my fix working for the time being.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] rickgillyon:
**BUMP** ;)
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] garymansell:
Quick GPS seems to work on my O2 Orbit so why the fuss?

I have a shiny new 02 XDA Orbit and am perplexed by this thread. I have turned on quick GPS and it downloads the GPS positioning info OK and my GPS acquires it's location within about 1 minute as far as I can ascertain.

Why then is there a need to download a different file from a different location? Can I expect it to be quicker than 1 minute to acquire position? Does it prevent always having to download the quickgps location data file?

Any advice gladly received

Gary
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] Gajet:
It looks like the issue has been fixed, I have removed the fix supplied by milesmowbray and it has continued to work, it deffinately didn't before.

Oh and Rick there is no option in Tomtom to look for, just leave QuickGPS running in the background and it speeds up Tomtoms time to fix automatically.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] AD10:
htc.com.tw

Hi All,

the setting is one of the options the QuickGPS.exe checks for the latest of the satellite positions, to enhance the 'FIX'.

Changing all your IP settings in the registry will make the MDAC check only that location for the latest of the satellite positions ( remember the earth and satellites asre constantly in motion...relatively too).

What I think is, if it expires, you can download manually to update your system, but eventually the QuickGPS.exe will eventually lock onto one of the servers and download as per normal subsequently.

The reasons they dont download can be one of many combination of issues, such as;

1. Internet settings on your phone ( If you sync to more than one PC - say work and home, you may need to change the settings to reflect which one you are on and expecting the locations to update.)

2. The availability of a stable proper internet access i.e your ISP

3. I have noticed that time changes such as DST(Daylight Saving Time), end of a year et.c affects the syncability - dont ask me how

Otherwise, all should eventually be well......and if not, manual update is still an option.

Rgds
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] rickgillyon:
Thanks! Does anyone know if the QuickGPS updates are global, or are they related to your current location (by cell service, mast etc.)? Because if QuickGPS doesn't know where you are, how does it speed things up? Or does it mean that from the position of the first Sat it tracks, it knows where the rest are?

Sorry for my ignorance!
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] trinhnga@gmail.com:
Install that cab-file

I'm farly new to this cab-file and thing with pocket pc. How do you install it?
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] trinhnga@gmail.com:
:-) I found the answer
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] mattan:
Can I install the cab file to storage card or main memory only ?
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] Bman:
Does anyone know the default settings for these entries?

HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\QuickGPS\0\0\IP -> htctsvr.htc.com.tw

HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\QuickGPS\0\1\IP -> htctsvr.htc.com.tw

HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\QuickGPS\1\0\IP -> htctsvr.htc.com.tw

HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\QuickGPS\2\0\IP -> htctsvr.htc.com.tw

HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\QuickGPS\2\1\IP -> htctsvr.htc.com.tw

I don't have [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\QuickGPS\1\1]....

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\QuickGPS\0\0]

"IP"="www.htcusainc.com"

"port"=dword:00000050

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\QuickGPS\1\0]

"IP"="service.htceurope.com"

"port"=dword:00000050

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\QuickGPS\1\1]

"IP"="ftp.htceurope.com"

"port"=dword:00000050

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\QuickGPS\2\0]

"IP"="htcscm13.htc.com.tw"

"port"=dword:00000050

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\QuickGPS\2\1]

"IP"="htctsvr.htc.com.tw"

"port"=dword:00000050

I think it should be:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\QuickGPS\0\0\IP -> www.htcusainc.com

HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\QuickGPS\0\1\IP -> service.htceurope.com

HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\QuickGPS\1\0\IP -> ftp.htceurope.com

HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\QuickGPS\2\0\IP -> htcscm13.htc.com.tw

HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\QuickGPS\2\1\IP -> htctsvr.htc.com.tw
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] sonox:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\QuickGPS\0\0\IP -> htcscm13.htc.com.tw

HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\QuickGPS\0\1\IP -> htctsvr.htc.com.tw

HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\QuickGPS\1\0\IP -> www.htcusainc.com

HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\QuickGPS\2\0\IP -> service.htceurope.com

HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\QuickGPS\2\1\IP -> ftp.htceurope.com

these are the setting with my MDAcIII and I have the frist fix usally in 10-20 sec. (but today, i can´t beleve it...it takes 5 sec.!!!!)

greetings

sonox
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] amino:
just tried above servers, and got a fix from cold in about 20-30 secs
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] mattan:
Is it the same as installing the CAB file ?

I instaled it, and noticed that it didn't change the above registry settings.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] amino:
I tried it numerous times today at 3-4 hour intervals and was getting fixes in 10-15 secs
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] sonox:
The last day I used "Faenad´s- Settings", delet them after I had readed that HTC fixed the problem, so I had the original settings by HTC......do my first Qick-GPS download per GPRS....an it works very fine.....neer longer waiting than 20-30 sec.

Maybe the different is also the PORT

In mine System the Port is 80

I try to send also the Generalsetting::::::
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] irv777:
Hi, does anyone know where i can download the actual "Quickgps" program as i want to try it on my Asus P535.....i also have a dopod P800W (artemis) and the quickgps program works brilliantly but i also want to be able to use this great program to my asus P535 which has a built in Sirf III star built in gps same as the artemis.....i actually dont have my Asus yet and i will be getting it next week.....but in case the gps is slow to pick up i may need this quick gps program installed on the asus......i actually saw a thread in the gpspassion.com forums talking about a "quickgps" program you can download......but i think its only for HP65xx devices....thanks in advance
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] irv777:
the quick gps program from the gpspassion forum actually works on my new asus p535!!!!......
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] viking666:
Hi all,

OK, I give up here. I have tried the 'QuickGPS' program posted in this thread, along with the 'SeaGPS', and something called 'Q-GPS' that I found out on the 'net. I have also tried the software for the HP 6515 (the file called 6515_v203x_GPSPASSION.zip) from the gpspassion.com forum.

None of them have worked on my ASUS P535, running WM5.

Q-GPS and the HP6515 "QuickGPS" software download something from the 'net (but not the packed-whatsit.ee mentioned here).

Can some kind soul offer some advice to me?

Cheers,

Viking
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] martinkwright:
Same Problems with Quick Connect.

Seems that all the sites from HTC to get the file from ie. http://www.htcusainc.com/clm/packedEphemeris.ee, have a pwd on them now and the reg value of pwd is most likely incorrect for access.

Updated Software to install on the HTC Advantage?

WM6 Installed just fine.... Quick GPS Update broken.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] ljcaz:
mine quit working also on the 23rd of july
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] redpanda:
don't work :mad:

connection failed, please try again later !!!

i can't find a solution please help me

i'm bored to try again !!
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] weboneg:
Had similar quickgps not working probs on my XDA. Could not download update. Found the following file from old forum on xda developers. the file you need to replace/or place into the Windows folder of the xda is called packedephemeris.ee.

Before this mine would take a ages to get a fix, sometimes not at all:( :(

Replaced file and minute later gets a fix..:) :) ..(aprox times)
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] MaskedMarauder:
There seems to be some confusion about how GPS works.

There seems to be some confusion about how GPS works.

GPS satellites send a radio signal that consists of several parts, each GPS satellite continuously broadcasts a Navigation Message at 50 bps giving:

the time, which is used to work out the distance to the satellite from the receiver

an almanac, which is the coarse location and service status of all the satellites in the constellation.

the ephemeris, which is the precise location data, but only of the individual satellite sending it.

It is the time portion of the signal that is used to work out how far the device is from the individual GPS satellite. And by knowing the distance to 3 or more satellites you can calculate your position, but only if you know EXACTLY where the individual satellites are and what the orbital co-ordinates of each satellite is, so how does the device know this? The answer is the almanac and the ephemeris.

First the device looks for the almanac. There are two ways the device can acquire the almanac.

The device can find out this information for it's self, it listens out on the GPS transmission band skipping between satellite frequencies until it locks a signal. It then monitors this signal for the 'almanac' and downloads it to the device from the satellite, THIS CAN TAKE UP TO 12 MINUTES.

OR

You can download the Almanac from the Internet and store the data on the device. This takes about 20 seconds and the data is valid for three days.

Thus 'FAST GPS' is down to the fact the device already has the Satellite Constellation Data from the Almanac that was downloaded from the Internet, saving up to 12 minutes when the device is first turned on.

So why the difference in lock time people are experiencing?

Well once the device has the almanac data it listens for the ephemeris for each satellite. The ephemeris tells the receiver the exact location of the satellite that is broadcasting it. This information is updated every TWO hours and is valid for FOUR hours. Thus this information MUST be refreshed if the receiver has been turned off for over four hours as the receiver chip-set will discard the data if it has expired.

So if you time how long it takes for a position lock, then do not allow over four hours before you time it again, then the second lock will always be far quicker as it already has both the almanac data and valid ephemeris data.

If you have TomTom installed you can see this. Start TomTom and quickly go to the Change Preferences screen then GPS Status. You will see you already have a number of satellites in the bars with their ID numbers. This is from the 'Fast GPS' data. Keep watching and you will see each one's signal being interrogated for the ephemeris and a Time Stamp. Turn it off once you have a decent lock. Switch it on again a few minutes later and the chances are your lock will be almost instant as only the time stamp is required.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] abshie:
chage to another service provider

I had the problem to connect with the QuickGPS server giving me connection failed error always.

I changed my GPRS connection setting to another service provider here and it connects and updates very fast now.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] Vieuznet:
Hi

I bought a HTC P3300 with integrated GPS

I downloaded quickGPSfix.CAB and I installed it on the storage card.

Then I downloaded packephemeris.zip that i unzipped it in the Windows File of the PDA.

What do I have to do, now, in order the fix to work ?
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] MoonRiver2007:
Hi everybody! why have not my Orbit downloaded qucikGPS for 3 days, Before it is still active normal. it is only downloading about 75%- 93% data immediately to download out. i'm using Rom B&B 4.2 by TOMCODON. i tried download and update data of weather and SPB Insight is still normal.help me!help me! thanks very much
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] energy59:
hi mate! is possible to create one registry key, to import into smartphone?

thanks in advance
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] Ismo:
Is there any way to download GPS positions for more than 3 days, eg. 1 month or even 1 year?
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] kinski:
definitely not

Here You can find the definition how GPS works; in English and German too

http://www.kowoma.de/en/gps/data_composition.htm
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] TheWizzard2203:
@Ismo: This normally could be done through a registry change, but till now i haven't been able to find the correct key. It could be extended to a week as for what i've read.

Anyone?
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] mminbcn:
You can download automatically Ephemeris from any server with this program:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=1736484
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] USRFobiwan:
If you use a proxy (like me) Use the pda's regedit (in the ppc windows dir) do search for quickgps. and then look for the 0, 1, 2 directory under quickgps in regedit, each of them have the location links in them. Then change key of the location files and change the port from 80 to whatever your proxyport is (mine is 8080)
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] serfboreds:
This worked flawlessly

This was labeled differently than the other one that would never connect.

Try it if you'd like.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] uoowhoo:
1x went dead after run this quickgps

After install and run once of this apps, I don't really see any noticeable different.

My data still working but voice connection went dead, error " no service ", and soft-reset cannot bring it back.

At the end hard reset, and recover via sprite backup.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] USRFobiwan:
Is this the one from post #81 Or another?
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] madcow_mda:
can i also install quickgps if I dont have a built in GPS, but use a bluetoothGPS?
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] bollyfan2005:
TOMTOM/MAPKING doesn't work.

Hi,

I tried playing with registery and now my GPS software doesn't work. It takes long to find the position. Even I wait for 30minutes in open clear sky, GPS software doesn't find the location. This happened after I tried to improve the speed of quick GPS. Does anybody know to fix it. ? Should I revert to old setting, if so what is the original registery settings for QuckGPS? Please help.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] bollyfan2005:
Lessons learnt

Hi,

I think leaving the settings to default works well with GPS software. I tried to fiddle around and nothing worked stably. Finally did a hardreset and now everything seems to work fine. So my experience is that fixing QuickGPS might make sometime work faster but not always.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] PPC6800Hooligan:
2 hours and 11 minutes of reading the re reading this thread and no closer to having this working then when I started. I have a ppc6800 with all the latest rom updates. I have tried every "fix" listed here and same thing happens.."connection failed, try again later". Maybe someone could post an update on how this should really be setup...to many posts off topic and heading in all diredtions to make it very user friendly.

thanks to all who have spent time trying to help others.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] bollyfan2005:
Use default setting.

Dear PPC6800Hooligan,

Best way is to use the default which comes with ROM. Do not modify the registery or settings. Even for me, the same thing happened. I spent lot of time in figuring out how to make it work. Finally gave up and just did a re-flash and everything is normal now. GPS fix is bit slow but I am OK rather than getting error message.

Note: After re-flash, if you are trying to get the settings from backup, still old settings will show up, so it may not work. So after re-flash, just try once QuickGPS, it should work without any problem.

I hope this helps.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] micronauta:
Time, Weather?

Very interesting. One could assume then that a WM device could have the capability of using the satellite time signals to automatically sync the onboard clock whenever the GPS is used. And program to do this? Or does this actually happen but is undocumented? Sound like a pretty obvious "should be included" thing to me.

Is there any other satellite data that could be tapped into, like weather data? Even though we have the 'net when there is GSM/WCDMA or wifi, it would be nice to be able to have weather info when totally offline if such a thing were possible.

Enough speculation for today. Good night :-)
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] Degsamillion:
Hi Nick, where do I install the cab file to, and will it work on a tytn 2 on orange?

Rgds

Degsamillion
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] marcohag:
thanks

it worked for me.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] Mortis2000:
*bump*

Well I have read and tried everything on this post and nothing has managed to get mine working as yet...However...I noticed that the QuickGPS program only stopped working when I installed a program called Map4PDA onto my MDA Vario 3. Now the QuickGPS won't update and when ever I open up any of my other (previously working) GPS programs, Tom-Tom for instance, I get no connection at all.

The really strange thing is that when I close the application, the GPS light still flashes to indicate that the GPS is still being activated or used. Not only that but the device runs horifically slowly and usually needs a soft reboot to get things useable again.

Would any body happen to have any ideas on this one before I do a hard reset?
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] CescoAiel:
Big trick, still no love!

*SIGH* Even with the gpstrail settings, QuickGPS refuses to download... :(

It keeps saying no connection could be established... Not sure whether it is a ROM thing (Using Dutty's 6.1 Hybrid), Software (I also have BBC and VPN s/w on there!), carrier or service issue... It does disconnect the BlackBerry connection and establish the Tmob Internet connection, but no proof of any further activity (I wish they had put in some traffic indication in WM6.1, so you can not only see whether it is connected, but also when traffic is flowing... It is about the only thing I liked better about the BlackBerry I had before my Kaiser...)

I'll try the manual download trick to see if that works... I don't care about QuickGPS's data validity info, as long as I can get the data when I need it ;)

On top of that, manual d/l will use the BBC connection, and therefore cost me $0.00 worldwide... :D