yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] eXPerience1983:
ok, thx a lot.

another question, and thx. for your quick reply, I think is better to use default settings, but is there any way to reset all settings to default if I changed it?

I can see that when you uninstall the software all registry settings revert back to defaults.

But I'm talking about to use your default settings without reinstalling, Can I revert back to your default setting if I change something?

Is there any conflict with O2Compass and smi_wm_pro_sdk_redist_2_2_0.cab??

A lot of people is having problems with TomTom, it is too slow, maybe the probles is the 1024 buffer?, everyone in old posts is talking about 512 buffers
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lotuxete:
I'm having the same bad experience with Tomtom and Mod Driver. It's VERY laggy. I've read some opinions in this post, but there are 155 pages ¡¡¡¡ It's a huge amount of information.

¿Is there any solution? I would be grateful if you do any mention in the first page whenever you find the problem.

Thanks, great work ¡

Salu2.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] shahriar5252:
myLocation works for CDMA TP2 with Mach2003 GpsModDriver but no auto location update

Hi Mach2003:

In spite of Sleuth255 myLocation program’s being built for AT&T’s GSM towers, I am using it (v1.2) on my Sprint CDMA TP2 (stock ROM wm6.5 HTC Sense 2.5) to enable location service for showaco's TitaniumWeather panel. First I installed TitaniumWeather panel and replaced its TitaniumWeather.mscr file with the fixed one posted by andromaliuz in post#181 of myLocation thread. Then, I installed myLocation and your GpsModDriver_317.CAB.

The problem is that I have to turn on your GPS mod driver app every time that I go to a new location for the info to be updated in the myLocation app. This defeats the purpose of the myLocation auto location service, and I don't want to leave your GPS mod driver app turned on all the time because I don't want GPS to quickly consume my battery.

I have two requests:

First request: Is there a way for you to build a feature into your GPS mod driver to turn itself on and off at adjustable time intervals to provide updated tower or GPS-based location info to myLocation and TitaniumWeather apps? This way, user’s can have true automatic location-based weather service for the TitaniumWeather panel.

Of course, such a feature must be able to turn your GPS mod driver on and off without anything showing on the screen; otherwise, the user will be annoyed.

By the way, I think tower-based AGPS location info is adequate and less power-consuming for use in myLocation and TitaniumWeather if you are going to build in the automatic turn on and off feature for your app.

Second request: Is there a way for you to enable your GPS mod driver app to provide only AGPS data (i.e., only tower location info) to myLocation? Better yet, can you possibly make a smaller version of your app that does nothing other than to provide AGPS data (tower location info) for programs like myLocation and TitaniumWeather panel? It would be nice if such an app could just use the built-in location service for the CDMA Sense 2.5 ROM for Sprint: when I go to Settings/System and click on “Location Settings”, it allows me to turn on the Google-based cell-tower AGPS-location service for Sense 2.5’s weather tab as well as for the Sprint Navigation app.

Thanks for all the hard work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mach2003:
Mod Driver already does what my location does, without using my location service. And it works with CDMA.

Uninstall My Location, then create a registry key HKLM\Services\My Location

Mod Driver will write current Cell Tower and/or GPS position to that key and you MSCR will find it there.

OR even better change your mscr to read HKLM\Mach2003\CellTower for the same values that it used to read from my location.

Edit: Mod Settings (nor any GPS application) does not need to be running when used this way.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mach2003:
Version 3.20 on the first page...

Fixed altitude, enable quiet, and the msapi input "false" loss of fix on some phones causing many extra beeps.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mach2003:
No only the profile pages have a default button, write em down before you change em.

Nope

Tom Tom reads the GPS port one byte at a time, instead of the usual "whole message" (500+ bytes) at a time, it will ALWAYS be slower that other applications. At 4800 baud it can't even read a whole message in one second, so it looses entire location messages. Set the baud rate to 115200 so at least it can keep up. Changing the buffer sizes will not help TT in any way, that would just cripple Mod Driver from reading the port in, and double the problem. Set your lag time so that it is acceptable, or go get a better GPS application.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DubRas:
New version works!!!

Hi, mach2003

just to give you a feedback after my problems with 317. Just installed the new version and it works well with TT7. And thanks for the "NO Beep"-Option.

best regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Homekino:
Hello mach2003, please help me, I have run killdriver.exe after uninstall 3.17 .Now I have wrong altitude over 500m to high and position over 100 m wrong. This is in both modes windows driver and installed new 3.20. Seems that killdriver.exe has broken something. I am in vacancy on gran canaria and don't want to hard reset my device.

Can you help me please?

My device is hd2 with goatrip custom rom 5.0.

If I must send you log please give me your mail or send me a mail, you still must have my adress.

Regards,

homekino
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mach2003:
Kill driver only removes GPSModDriver, nothing else. It is RARE that you would need to use this now, standard install/upgrade/remove should be working fine for some time now.

Using ModSettings,

- Make sure you have a valid GPS fix (Mod Msapi or Mod COMx, on top line)

- what does your altitude line show (Alt and Sep)?

What ports are you using (msapi recomended), is fix enabled on ports page?

Try with extras/Altitude fix unchecked, then try with checked and also check Prefer GPS.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Homekino:
Hello mach2003, please help me, I have run killdriver.exe after uninstall 3.17 .Now I have wrong altitude over 500m to high and position over 100 m wrong. This is in both modes windows driver and installed new 3.20. Seems that killdriver.exe has broken something. I am in vacancy on gran canaria and don't want to hard reset my device.Can you help me please?My device is hd2 with goatrip custom rom 5.0.If I must send you log please give me your mail or send me a mail, you still must have my adress.

Regards,homekino
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Homekino:
Hello, I don't know what was the problem it was very curious I walked along the atlantik and the altitude raises over 1000 meters. Position was about 100 meter wrong

I have installed four versions of moddriver one after the other, now the position and altitude is ok but the position is very unstable when I am walking. I use "Rungps" software. The Reason why I've used killdriver is because I can't manage it to activate only "prefer gps" with this setting the altitude was managed with Gpstracks because the same as I reported you in Software Gpstracks happens in rungps. The altitude from gpsmoddriver don't comes right over. In moddriver the values shown are ok. The version is 3.20. Before my uninstall orgy the position was more stable in windows driver mode in rungps when I'm walking. I wanted to use the gpsmoddriver in rungps because of the compass.

I'll watch that and give you report some days later.

Regards

Homekino
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mach2003:
Kill driver is still not required, just use remove programs from the standard contol panel (settings/system).

Version 3.20 should have teh altitude in your app the same as displayed in MOD Settings.

HD2 has always had erratic position (-+ 20 meters jumping around) at slow speeds, Mod Driver makes this effect worse.

Prefer GPS (beside altitude) will use the seperation value from the original GPS data if, and ony if, it is in there. HD2 typically has it in there under COM, anyway, I'm not sure if it has it in there correctly under msapi or not.

After about 256 seconds, Mod Driver may correct itself if the seperation value is incorrect, try it for a longer time.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lukesan:
Hi Mach2003. Been using you mod for a couple of months now and it is (was) working as expected.

Now since a week or two I have something odd and very non amusing.

When I use the port of your driver sometimes I have no reception at all. It shows connected and that is where it stays. Also on the frontpage of the setup you see 3d fix and 0 of 0 sats.

I use iGO and when I switch to the original com 4 I instantly have GPS reception.

The only way to get usable sat data in via the gpsmod is to reboot my device.

Some specs: gpsmod 3.20 , HTC HD blackstone, Energy 28th of august rom, iGO and waze as gps soft
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mach2003:
What are you using for ports (input to ModDriver)? Does teh "freeze" exist when using both COM4 and msapi?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lukesan:
I hope this is what you mean ;

GPS mode driver :

com port: 1

internal GPS device:

com port:4

MsAPI enabled and fix order = 1

com4 enabled and fix order = 2

Anywhere I can get logs or ini files from?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mach2003:
So your first (lowest) input port is msapi, try uncheching it under ports, and see if the issue goes away.

On the system page you can enable logging (and enhanced), and then log files will be written to device\Mach2003 folder.

All settings are held in registry, there are no "ini" files.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lukesan:
Ok thx, all setup.

I will report in a couple days
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lukesan:
2.5 days later and still working perfectly :-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _Rayman_:
GPS MOD DRIVER after phone reboot not working

Hi,

I'm using the latest version 3.20 of the driver on my Samsung Omnia 2 and it works well after installation.

However when I turn off the phone and reboot later, the driver stopps working.

When opening the gpsmod app it just displays in big letters "Driver Version 3.19" and nothing else happens ...

Going to the setup menu and trying to start/stop/restart the service has no effect. Reinstallation always works but this is not the way it should work I guess ;-/

Stefan
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bartvdv:
Using version 3.20 now and it works great ...

However my sirf III gps receiver seems a bit slow takes 2 tot 3 minutes before I get a fix by GPS ...

Is there a way to set the celltower time and or use celltowers until gps has a fix ...

setting the celltower timer to 2 minutes will be helpfull ... but how ???
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mach2003:
INSTALL to DEVICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cell tower is 'factory' set to 60 seconds, then the unfixed GPS is used. Users here requested this feature a long time ago. I'll look into making it a setting next time I build an update.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _Rayman_:
Thank you, that's it!

I've red all the documentation and took care to not install it to the external card. So I installed it to internal memory card ... Maybe the documentation could mention directly "Device Memory", that would avoid confusion with internal memory card.

Anyway, thank you for the great gps mod driver!

St.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] RoryB:
I installed version 3.20 over 3.17 and it told me it was removing old one, but it looks like it says it is version 3.19 on the quick splash screen. Also, I do not see it in the remove programs setting to check its version.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zof1to:
Hi,

thanks for this app.I´m already use it, but cant connect external gps.

I have ndrive in my topaz, but I cannot set GPS hardware port in external gps settings, maybe a bug of my ROM ( energy). Do you know how can I do that? There is any hotfix?

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mach2003:
:lol: Yup mine too, I must have missed a version number along the way, 3.20 still splashes 3.19 on Mod Settings startup :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spacepionier:
Hi All,

I have a problem with my HTC Touch Pro 2 which I recently both from ebay. My phone is CDMA and VzW branded. The phone is SIM unlocked and I am using it in Europe (Ireland - in few days in Netherlands) I have a problem with GPS on that phone - simply does not work. I tried with google maps and TT7.918 with no luck. I have tried everything (well, probably) to get it working including solution from - forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=49933 - NO LUCK!.

I have flashed my phone and currently running MaxSense ROM

I also installed GpsModDriver (on device not storage card) but that did not help as well. I used ChartCross GPSTest supplied with the MaxSense ROM and what I am getting there is just "GPS Starting up" I can wait hours and nothing happening. Could you please tell me what I am doing wrong...

Can someone at least point me in the right direction please? What should I do ? what should I install to get it working..

My Radio Version: 2.23.00WV

Could you please help me with this..please..please..please
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mach2003:
Only two things I can think of.

1) there is a driver (gpsid_htc.dll) missing in the rom or not properly installed under HKLM\Devices\Builtin, but then everyone using that rom would have the same problem, unless you messed with it.

2) Your GPS hardware/firmware is defective. The base GPS firmware is part of the radio, and the drivers are installed with the rom.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] aaa408:
spacepionier,

did you try Cold reset/clear memeory to gps chipset?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spacepionier:
Hi Guys,

Thank you very much for quick reply.

I did not try cold reset, I don't even know if I installed GpsModDriver correctly..if you guys give me some step by step guide what to do I could cold reset or do anything else you want to test it. Problem is that I am new to HTC phones and WM and don't know how to do things.

I spent probably 2 weeks now trying to get it working and I am sure that I am missing something.

How the GpsModDriver should work ? If I install it it should work straight away?

Any help would be much appreciated.

thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spacepionier:
No, I did not messed with it. I just flashed a new ROM :)

I am thinking that maybe I should install new radio. I read that Verizon was blocking GPS so we can use it only with Verizon software. I am not sure about it but I can try. What radio I could install? is there any specific version for CDMA phone which is used as GSM phone :) could you please point me to the place on the forum where I can find radios ? I have this link - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=549939 - but I am not sure if I can use those radios with my phone
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mcnutty:
I have the exact same phone. No issues on that ROM or MightyROM (my personal favorite). Also, Verizon disabled the FM Radio function, but they never messed with the GPS. I would recommend using Task 29 to wipe your device, then install the Verizon MR1 (DO NOT USE MR2). Then use Task 29 to wipe the device again, and load your favorite ROM.

More info on Task 29 can be found here: xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=656245

With your phone connected to the PC in ActiveSync mode, run Task 29 on your PC. It will erase all internal flash on the phone (microSD memory card will not get erased though). When it turns back on, it will not boot past the splash screen because no OS exists. This is normal ;)

Put the phone into Bootloader Mode by holding the volume down and power button at the same time as the phone boots up. If you have a hard time, get someone to poke the reset button on the side while you hold those two buttons down.

Install the Verizon MR1 from here: pcdphones.com/our-devices/products/68-xv6875/downloads/31

Now you should have a clean copy of the Radio ROM installed, and we just need to wipe the phone with Task 29 again and put your favorite ROM back on ;)

Also, sorry I can't do actual links. I've been here plenty long enough that you'd think they'd trust me to post a stupid link...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spacepionier:
Thank you very much for this.

I have a hard time with my built in GPS.. I don't even know how to check if this is a hardware issue or radio. Phone (and tomtom) works with external GPS without any problem.. I don't know.. I will try task 29 start from clean ROM and see what will happen.

one question in regards your tips. why do I have to run task 29 twice?

Could you please confirm that my thinking is correct:

1. run task 29 to wipe everything

2. flash stock MR1 rom (why I cannot use MR2 version ?)

3. flash custom ROM

I am not sure why I would have to run task 29 after flashing VzW ROM ? this would wipe everything again..including radio.

Do you know if there are other radios available for CDMA phones ?

thanks again..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bartvdv:
is there a source code somewhere ???
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] RoryB:
Real Test

Finally got to do a real test. Went on a trip last week where I did not know where I was going. I set up Bing to give turn by turn directions.

Periodically it would state searching for GPS satellites even though GPSMod could see 8 or more with 3d fix. I tried removing Google Maps in case it was conflicting. This did not help.

I tried to remove GPSMod, but it does not show up in remove programs list. I tried Killer, but got the following text file

162412.034
000.000 Kill Driver Startup
000.000 We have the Installed Programs DB
000.001 Read Record = 838860804, Recs = 16, Size = 568, Err = 122
000.002 Found: HTC HTC Application Service
...abreviated for space....
000.070 Read Record = 939524099, Recs = 16, Size = 432, Err = 122
000.070 Found: Windows Theme
000.070 Can't Seek Forward DB Err = 25
000.071 Kill Driver

and did not remove GPSMod.

Also, I frequently got rerouting message. It appeared I would show up on a road just off the highway, especially if I was in a curve but not always.

Any suggestions for the next test?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mach2003:
When you installed the CAB file, did it report any errors, or tell you to "use COMx in your GPS applications"?

If GpsModDriver is not in remove programs, then KillDriver will not find it either (same DB is used for both), I've never seen an install NOT get into the remove programs list.

Rerouting will happen if you are set to be "on road" (normally yes), and you are travelling fast enough around a curve, for the projection to put you on to another road. I find this to be very rare, unless you truely did lose GPS fix at the time, then the projection can be way off (but better than nothing, in most cases). Try reducing the lag advance number a bit to minimize the problem, or try unchecking the fix column beside the real gps port temporarily to see if the curve probem goes away.

Is Bing set to use COMx or GpsId as its input port (I don't use Bing much).

Google maps is quite happy to use ModDriver for input, I use it this way all the time.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mach2003:
Omnia II problem

Just thought I'd post a note of what I saw this last couple of weeks.

When I am using Internal GPS, and have no cell coverage (because I am out of urban areas) when I first start GPS, I can not get a fix at all, for at least a very long time. I might have gotten an internal GPS fix once after over 30 minutes, but I am not sure. I switched to my BT device (still using ModDriver) and it never failed me once.

So since BT works fine, it's not a direct problem with ModDriver or with my Cell Tower Service. It could be the way RIL handles Agps (Xtra) or just a bad layer some where in the Omnia (phone, or Ril drivers).

Bottom line: Keep the phone on in connections in order to use GPS, and start using GPS while still in covered areas, before you leave cell coverage zone, and don't stop it while you are out of service. By the way this is going to kill your battery fast since it will maximize your radio power trying to find a tower.

Some day when I am out of a covered area, and have a lot of time to waste, I'll look into it further. I might even be able to test it with the phone set to off while at home...

Edit

When the phone is disabled under connections, the internal GPS does not function at all, all attempts to open the original device fail with an error code, either with COM or GPSID.

Now I have to wait until I get to an out of service location and have time on my hands to investigate further.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mach2003:
If you want to re-build my FREE drivers and applications buy IDA Pro and decompile it yourself, otherwise no.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] RoryB:
I recently switched to Bing because it is free and gives me turn navigation so I do not have to look at the screen while driving.

No errors during install. Said use COM1 for applications.

Forgot to mention these attempts:

I tried both setting Bing to use GPS Intermediate Driver and then COM1. No difference. I changed lag advance from 1000 to 100 and later to 10 and got no change in results. I also tried unchecking the course fix box as well as speed fix box with no fix either.

Based on your comment, it sounds like I might have gotten a bad install. I'll think about it a while to decide if I want to install sktools again to remove the GPSMod or to do a hard reset and start over.

-------------------

I decided to uninstall with sktools.

Reinstalled version 3.20 and no erros with message to use COM1. After reset I looked in remove progrtams and it still does not show up there.

Default MCC was not fond so I set it to 310 like I previously had to do.

I put Bing back to GPS ID, but I am low on battery so I'll have to wait to test it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mach2003:
You have described two different issues:

Bouncing to another road (mostly on a curve) is the effect I was suggesting that Lag Advance adjustments may help with. At 10 m/s advance travelling at 100 kph (62 mph), you would move 27 centimeters (10.6 inches). At 100 m/s .27 meters (8.8 feet), not enough to bounce to another road. When going slower, less distance is involved. So then you must be loosing fix when this problem occurs as well. Switching to projection for up to 15 seconds (or is it longer now, I can't remember and am too lazy to look it up right now), or going to Cell Tower Location.

I am surprised that SKtools could do a proper un-install with a bad Windows Installed Applications DB, but windows also keep things in two different regy chains, and files under \Windows\App Install too.

I can only recomend a HARD reset to cure the corrupt installed applications DB, and watch carefully when you re-install things to see if anything causes the remove programs list to become incomplete.

Regardless it seems you have a working copy of ModDriver installed.

ModSettings will not report a temporary loss of fix (and neither should Bing see it) since ModDriver will project good GPS position for some time :) after a loss of fix (the tunnel effect).

Run Bing on GpsId, see if loss of fix still occurs.

Run Bing on COM1, see if loss of fix occurs.

Run Bing on COM4 (or what ever your original GPS port is), does that fix it (or make it worse)?