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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] MikeChannon:
Depends what your needs are. I don't use the full range of possibilities you can get with some of these devices. Some will internally store a host of settings data/plots etc etc.

My needs were simple. Something that was small - easily kept in the pocket, had a good battery life, Sirf Star III and easily set up with google maps / Tomtom etc.

After lots of searching I found the:

Navicore Slim Sirf Star III

It is quick to acquire a lOcked signal but the main benefit is its size - roughly that of a lady's lipstick and a similar shape. It is so small I have added a small sleeve to my TyTn case to hold it. So when walking I don't need to carry it in my pocket and it's always with me and my Tytn.

You won't get all the bells and whistles, but if it's to use with regular GPS applications it's great.

Mike

Specification:

* Tracks up to 20 satellites.*

* Receiver: L1, C/A code.

* Update rate: 1 HZ (max).

* Antenna Type: Built in Patch Antenna.

* Minimum signal tracked: -159dBm. *

* Dimensions: 64 x 22 x 15 mm.

* Weight : < 35g.

* On/off switch: slide switcher.

* 900 mAh Lithium-ion battery lasts for more than 8 hours of use.

* Operation Temperature: -10 0C to + 60 0C.

* Store Temperature: -20 0C to + 70 0C.

* Operation Humidity:5% to 95% No condensing.

* 3 Led Function: Bluetooth, navigation update and battery / charger status indication.

* Position accuracy - Non DGPS (Differential GPS): Position : 5 - 25 m CEP without SA.

* Velocity : 0.1m / sec. Time : 1 μsec sync GPS time.

* EGNOS / WAAS / Beacon: Position :< 2.2 m, horizontal 95 % of time < 5 m, vertical 95 % of time.

* Reacquisition: 0.1sec. Cold start: < 42 seconds. Warm start: < 38 seconds . Hot start: < 1 seconds.

*: SiRF's original chipset spec.

Navicore Slim SiRF III Bluetooth GPS receiver

Interface:

* Output terminal: Mini-USB (DATA I/O CMOS Level)

* NMEA protocol output : V 2.2

* Baud Rate: 38400 bps

* Data bit: 8

* Parity: N

* Stop bit: 1

* Output Format: Standard : GGA(1),GSA(5),GSV(5), RMC(1),VTG(1). Optional : GLL, SiRF Binary

* Compatible Bluetooth device with Serial Port Profile (SPP) Bluetooth version 1.2 compliant

* Bluetooth Class 2 operation (up to 3 meter range)

* Frequency : 2.400 to 2.480 GHz

* Modulation: FHSS / GFSK

* RF channels: 79

* Input sensitivity: -80dBm

* Output level: 4dBm

What's in the box?

* Navicore Slim SiRF III Bluetooth GPS receiver

* Software CD

* Car charger

* Quick-start guide

Some honest reviews here:

http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/12398-Navicore-Slim-SiRF-III-Bluetooth-GPS-Receiver-Reviews.htm
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] bapski:
MTK chipsets works as well if not better.

im using a BT Q818
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] yu130960:
I agree 100% the new MTK is really awesome. Check out www.ncix.com as they were having a sale on the i-blue 737 which has received several good reviews. All the sirfIII only posts are a little dated IMHO.

Here is the direct link if you are interested. (sorry if links aren't allowed)

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=23763&promoid=1055
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] MikeChannon:
Yes links are allowed so long as they are not blatant Spam or folk trying to sell their own goods / services for cash and of course that they are relevant to the subject in question.

Cheers

Mike
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Acuum2:
I dont recomend the Holux Bluetooth slim236 had 3 of them break within a year.

the device that has superseded it is very good. m1000 i think its called.

Personaly i wont buy a GPS device that doesn't have a physical power switch. a propper switch rather than button allows you to hard wire it to a car on ignision power and it will doesn't then need any interaction to turn it on for satnav when you startup the car.

(just my 2 cents worth)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] lcohen999:
I picked up this one from semsons.

http://www.semsons.com/im5blgpsre32.html

I had a Sirf Star III receiver which I lost. I see no performance difference Sirf and MTK chipsets

What sold me on this was is two things, 1) the amazingly long battery life 2) if you leave it on, it will go to sleep and automatically re-activate when a bluetooth connection is established.

I have had 0 problems so far, although it 'feels' as cheap as you can get
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] dlweston:
I just bought this sucker and can hardly wait for it to get here http://www.buygpsnow.com/WonderX-BT...o-OnOff)-(Your-Choice-of-Free-Mount)_900.aspx. If you download A-GPS data to it, it will get a fix in 5 seconds. The data is good for 7 days. Without the data, it gets a fix in less than 30 seconds. It also has 44 hours of battery life. That should come in handy on some of my longer canoe trips. I am replacing a Earthmate BlueLogger. It was a nice SiFRII unit, but it sometimes took a minute to get a fix with my wife complaining about us sitting in the drive not moving. It also only had 8 hours of battery life, so I would have to use a battery extender for long canoe trips.

Keep in mind that the GPS receiver is not much use without software and maps. You may need two programs with maps, one for street navigation definately and maybe a topographic navigation program. The first is self explanitory, the second is for GPS Cacheing, hiking, backpacking, canoeing, boating, off-road driving and etc. I use OnCourse Navigator 6 for street navigation and Memory-Map Navigator for topographic navigation. Unfortunately there is no perfect GPS navigation program. Depending on what you use it for another program may work better for you. Some additional street navigation programs are TomTom, iGuidance and Destinator to name a few. Topographic navigation has even has more choices. A few addtional topographic program to look at are OZIExplorer, BackCountry Navigator, Fugawi and GPSTuner to name a few.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Malik05:
I'm leaning on the Holux M1000
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Acuum2:
oh,,,

replaceable batteries is another major plus for me. rechargable batteries never keep their charge after a few hundred cycles, the m1000 and 236(mind) are easy to get batteries off ebay for less than a 10er. I keep a spare charged battery for when i go hiking with my phone and GPS.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] szturchen_pl:
I'm using Globalsat BT-359 it's also on Sirf Star III and I'm very happy with it. Never loses signal, accurate, battery time is enough for me, and car charger that also fits to TyTN is a nice addition :-)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] pcm2a:
I have the Globalsat 359 that I use with my 8525 and TomTom PDA software and it works wonderfully. Also has the cheap replaceable battery and the battery life is forever long.

My 8525 doesnt work with the G-359 car adapter like the above posters did though.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] JoeVulture:
Myself, I've liked the Garmin software since my iQue3600, so I picked up a Garmin GPS20SM. It does the Bluetooth GPS and provides Bluetooth hands-free (although it's a speaker, not a headset). Cyberion Voice Dialer works fine with it.

It also will charge the 8525 if you connect it, but the mini-USB cable needs the solder trick to ground pins 4 and 5 together.

It's portable between cars, but not suitable for hiking (it uses a cigarette lighter for power). I think that it will supposedly only work with Garmin software/maps, but I have gotten it to work with Google Maps. It uses the Sirf III chipset.

-- Joe
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Entropy512:
G-mouse is rather weird terminology for a USB tethered GPS. (Which happens to look like a USB mouse, hence the name.)

i.e. it can be used as a wireless BT GPS or as a USB GPS with a laptop.

Enabling bluetooth by itself will reduce battery life of the phone somewhat, but running whatever navigation software you're using will reduce the phone's life significantly more. External power for the phone is strongly reccommended. External power for the GPS is less important - it lasts quite a long time.

Another poster said he had reliability problems with the 236 and then slammed it for having a button instead of a power switch. I don't know what he had, but it wasn't a 236, as the GPSlim236 has a quite robust power switch (not button). I've had mine for a year and a half without problems.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] randomtask16:
I just picked up an M3 on ebay for $33 shipped. Hope it works as well as an M5
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Methadras:
Visiontac VGPS-700... i love it... it's small to the point that i can actually attach it via velcro to the back of my battery cover...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] bapski:
is battery user replaceable though? when i was searching for my gps receiver, i shied away from receivers that were taunted to be either small or smallest as most of them if not all do not have user replaceable batteries.

just something to consider..
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] bapski:
guess not..............
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] casiqueno:
The Holux M-1000 is a good option in based a fast response, small desing, battery compatible with some models of Nokia phones, and low cost price.

In based of my personal experience, don´t have problems with HTC Hermes, and you can recharge with standard chargers of Nokia phones.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Dinty:
Globalstar BT-359 has worked perfectly for me. It gets a quick fix, and the battery life is excellent. Also, it charges off the standard mini-USB plug.

Just my .02 =)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Daktaklakpak:
i.Trek M5+

Small footprint, user-replaceable battery, hard on/off switch, can use Hermes USB charger, MTK WAAS chipset uses half the power of Sirf-III and has faster acquisition time (10-30 seconds Cold, almost instant Hot) on 32 Satellites (if you could see 32 at once), auto-hibernate/auto-wake on Bluetooth signal, 27 hours operating/300 stand-by, 4800-115200 bps (with standard serial steppings).

This thing really does what it claims. Oh, and it will acquire satellites without a view of the sky and works flawlessly indoors and in my glove box, though it is a bit faster with a good view. The only down-side I've found is that there is some drift while in skyscraper canyons, like all GPS receivers, heh. ~$65 last time I checked.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] rtabor_2:
DeLorme Earthmate BT-20

I have a 8525 and when we try to connect the bt-20 we get an error message saying that we can not connect to the bluetooth on any com port except 0 but the only comport that comes up to connect with the mapping software is 8. any suggestions
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Starfury:
I just bought one of these and it cost me £19.99 + £11.99 P+P. I received it the following day and it works flawlessly.

44 channel and has a maximum of a 30sec warm up time.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FASTEST-44-Ch...oryZ4668QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] lcohen999:
I have it sitting in my car right now. Aside from anything else, the 25-30 hours of battery life is what sold me. It is a great device!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] MikeChannon:
Have you gone to Start>settings>system>GPS icon and set the gps program port?

Mike
[XDA Assist] spenzo:
Hey,

This is my previous thread; http://xdaforums.com/general/xda-assist/twrp-recovery-problem-t3275226

I have installed CM13 and TWRP, and now that I am on the custom CM13 ROM, my home button doesn't work. It does work in TWRP, and in the cellphone itself it selects something on the screen, but it doesn't go back to the home screen or open the task manager. How can I fix it, only by removing CM13?
[XDA Assist] GuestK0087:
Greetings,

Please do not create duplicate threads. Your questions have been addressed in your other thread.

Thread closed.

Thank you.
[Sony Xperia ZR] DKYP:
When I am listening to music, no matter whatever the music player i use the music cracks or stops for a while. This normally happens when scrolling web pages, opening apps and very little multi tasking.

I tried restarting , hard reset , flashing ftf..........not solved .

Please help.
[Sony Xperia ZR] ariftwister:
So what is the ROM, you are using currently ? Is it Stock or Custom ?
[Sony Xperia ZR] DKYP:
The phone is running stock 5.0.2 rooted and xposed installed.
[Sony Xperia ZR] ariftwister:
Stock 5.0.2 has memory leak.. So update to 5.1 to get rid of this problem.
[Sony Xperia ZR] DKYP:
I'm sorry but what is memory leak. I read about that but I did understand.

So can you please .......

And can I upgrade using pc companion?
[Sony Xperia ZR] ariftwister:
Your System Apps use high amount of RAM and they even clear user apps memory to do so. This is called memory leak.

You can i guess, since you have used Xposed, I would say flash any pre rooted 5.1 Zip
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] papampi:
Wanted to disable Samsung DVFS so games works smoother,

Tried game tuner but not as good as it should be, it needs a cpu handler as well

some games just freeze after 5-10 min of playing, usually they start working ok, but dont like to see the freeze every now and then

The Wanam DVFS Disabler not working for now.

I'm using Google Now Launcher and not touchwiz so I wanted to know is it safe to totally disable dvfs with removing the dvfs permissions from /sys/devices/14ac0000.mali ?

Those who want to know how to disable DVFS without app :

- Navigate to /sys/devices/14ac0000.mali with any root explorer

- Find the DVFS files (dvfs, dvfs_governor, dvfs_max_lock, dvfs_min_lock, dfvs_table)

- Select them one by one and go to their properties.

- Change permissions and remove all the permissions.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
Welcome all!

I took the liberty of creating this thread as a supplement to the development thread to keep the latter clean and to try to channel non-development related discussion here.

According to this post [MENTION=5405215]forkbomb444[/MENTION] prefers those side-discussions to be had in another thread... and here it is.

Q: So what exactly is this thread meant for as opposed to development thread?

A: In the development thread bugs are to be reported only on stock configuration and then only when they are device specific (meaning only present on GT-i9300)!

Non-device related bugs should go to CM directly! It is the reporters responsibility to find out which is the case, e.g. through searching around and checking CM13 forums for other devices.

This thread (Q&A) on the other hand is for people who are not on stock configuration (using different kernel, xposed, superSU etc.)!

Q: What questions don't belong in this thread?

A: This thread is not general Q&A! So if you have questions related to e.g. rooting, repartitioning, getting twrp, using odin, getting your IMEI back etc. this is not the right place (and neither is the dev thread!).

Most of those questions can efficiently be answered by checking the excellent threads in my signature (see below).

So, if you finally come to the conclusion that this is the right place to ask/discuss your questions/ideas, please use the forum search A-N-D(!) skim over the last five pages of the thread, to see if it has already been discussed. If you can't find an answer, then post your questions here, being sure to give as much information as possible so that we can help wasting minimal time.

Thanks for helping to keep XDA neat and tidy!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viktor92:
The option to remove the brightness slider from apps drawer was gone, or is in another place respect CM 12 ?.

Other non relevant option missing is the one that hide the wrong pattern entered in the lock screen.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lanselito:
Does CM13 still have the bluetooth headset problem? When the sound "lags" if you use bluetooth headset
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forkbomb444:
In current nightlies, bluetooth audio is completely broken, pending this change being merged (EDIT: hey I can merge that now! It'll be in tomorrow's nightly). But yes, even with that change, the sound does lag occasionally.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thuongshoo:
I'm using version of 2015-12-12. Should I wipe all to install the newer version?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lanselito:
Thanks for the reply, will there be any plans to fix the bluetooth sound problems in the future?

Thanks a lot for the hard work you put in our phone really appreciated!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baltics:
It should work as a dirty flash, just wiping cache and dalvik cache.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mister-v:
While flashing the 21/12 and 18/12 nightly (Maybe the others too) TWRP just reboots, instead of flashing the rom. I'm on the latest TWRP, does anyone have an idea on how to fix this?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ansh1996:
Will the screen flickering fix also be included in tomorrow's nightly?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emrsmsrli:
are you planning to add disabling hardware buttons option to the settings?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ansh1996:
You see that question actually belongs to the main thread. :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emrsmsrli:
why, isn't that q&a post? i did ask a question and want an answer :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ansh1996:
1. The Q&A thread is not created by the dev of the rom. So its quite possible he might ignore anything asked here.

2. This thread is for questions regarding things indirectly related to the rom. Things such as boeffla kernel problems and configurations or the Super SU problem.

3. What you asked is a question relating to a feature request, which should belong to the main thread since it does not concern any other things.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
While all of this is true, just for the record: The dev (forkbomb444) has been made aware of the thread via PM, has already added this thread in his OP of main thread and already responded here to a question asked. Although of course I can not say how closely he is/will be monitoring this thread.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forkbomb444:
Probably not. We can hope, though.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ansh1996:
You can enable it in developer options. Then it'll show up in the app drawer.

Alright, thanks. I'll keep an eye on the changelog then :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ansh1996:
I haven't used it, but its probably not compatible with MM yet. Just try to use normal odin on PC :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cobras3:
I am on the test build and I have problems with Wifi. It disconnects and connects contantly. Do you have this issue on the nightlys or on the same test build?

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9300 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ansh1996:
Actually this might have helped maybe a week ago. But now we have a test build with flickers fixed (which i'm currently using). Also the fix has been submitted to CM and will be incorporated in official nightlies pretty soon. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baltics:
Has anyone installed GravityBox on this?

http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.ceco.marshmallow.gravitybox
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Waleedaligomaa:
shall i disable fast dormancy from hidden menu in G4 ?
[Xiaomi Mi 4C] Tomas Harris:
Mod Edit links removed
[Xiaomi Mi 4C] jeallybean:
Hello, any parts for Mi 4i? LCD screen?
[Xiaomi Mi 4C] JerryPaul:
Nice share, anyone who know where to get the charging port of xiaomi mi4? my phone charging port don't work, who knows it, thx.
[Xiaomi Mi 4C] Tomas Harris:
Hello, here is the LCD screen replacement for Mi 4i: http://goo.gl/VapybM
[Xiaomi Mi 4C] Tomas Harris:
Hello, USB Charge Board for Xiaomi Mi 4 here: http://goo.gl/ZKmh5F
[Xiaomi Redmi 1S] sushant0411:
As many people would be knowing that MIUI has inbuilt Internet calling feature.

I use 2 same Redmi 1s phone with same developer ROM, when I register my onSIP account on one phone, it is registered and making & receiving calls, but on other phone it is not even getting registered. I don't know the possible reason, but on this phone, developer option is enabled.

So if anyone knows this please reply.
[Xiaomi Redmi 1S] akkis:
Hello, probably you found a solution, but afaik you cannot register into the same SIP account WHEN devices (sip clients) are on the same WiFi network. If this helps...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nebojsa86:
Hello to everyone. I'm new here, so forgive me if same thread already existing. Well, I have Prestigio PMP5197D ultra with android system version 4.0.3. Sorry for my bad english, problem is I can't scroll up and down to select any option in CWM recovery 5.5.0.4, it just dissapear and show up when click on volume up or down button., dont move anything, nothing happens. No one button work when is in recovery mode. Can anyone help me how to fix that? Tablet is very slow because of just 1 GHz, single core so you tell me do I need to upgrade that or no? Many thanks
[P3300, MDA Compact III  upgrading etc.] chiefsalami:
Is it possible to unlock the CID (USPL) via the SD card method? My device's USB connection doesn't work (I posted another topic about it) and the computer doesn't see it at all when it's connected, although it charges the battery.

I'd like to flash a WM6 ROM onto the device, but it needs to be CID unlocked first. Can someone help?
[P3300, MDA Compact III  upgrading etc.] Shand359:
Is your PC firewall blocking the connection. This happened to me with Windows Onecare. If the PC charges the battery through USB there should be nothing wrong with the port.
[P3300, MDA Compact III  upgrading etc.] chiefsalami:
here is a link to my other post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=327504

As I say there, my firewall is disabled, but either way works with my other WM5 (and WM6) phones. So does the USB cable.
[P3300, MDA Compact III  upgrading etc.] pof:
No, USPL needs activesync connection to work.
[P3300, MDA Compact III  upgrading etc.] chiefsalami:
thanks for the info, pof

Is there something you might suggest to fix my USB problem? The USBkiller program referenced in my other thread didn't do anything either.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Rotkaeqpchen:
There are various mods for other Samsung devices to enable the earphone speaker for media output.

I tried it myself but was not able to apply the mod on my Galaxy Alpha.

May I ask someone more experienced with Samsung devices for help?

Here is a link to the original mod: http://xdaforums.com/tmobile-galaxy-s5/general/enable-true-stereo-sound-galaxy-s5-t2914686

The problem I'm facing is, that our mixer_paths.xml seems to be empy or unused...

Thanks in advance!
[Zenfone 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khairin14:
Hello, I have zenfone 5 T00J, my problem is everytime i upgrade or downgrade rom, my sims will not detected, the only rom that my SIM is fine is Firmware 2.22.40.53 KitKat, Please help me :crying:

Update: i tried manually by adding APN but still it did not save, and when i open Network Operators menu it says Error while searching for networks.

Current rom is Resurrection Remix 5.5.9 by quanganh2627 (SIM not detected)
[Zenfone 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khairin14:
i find out that there is problem with IMEI, anyone know how to fix this? its only happen in Lollipop
[Zenfone 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ripan.arora:
hi, i am having the same issue. how to i downgrade to 2.22.40.53, i am on 2.22.40.54.

thanks
[Zenfone 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kihope12:
http://xdaforums.com/zenfone-5/help/how-backup-restore-imei-t3302476

or tryed some in zenfone 5 trouble shoting section
[Zenfone 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ripan.arora:
Thanks for replying. As you said SIM is fine is Firmware 2.22.40.53 KitKat, but I am on Firmware 2.22.40.54, how to downgrade? Do you have the steps. I tried using adb but it fails.

thanks