stimix , next week meetup ok ? u call mybiebie and bring your laptop. i pass u my tracklog. now submission dateline very close, almost done with my work liao.

GPS under 5 minutes
AGPS under 1 minute

first time always takes longer.
not all units can capture when under obstruction.
N79 confirm can capture signal when indoors to a certain extent. probably give or take, 8 feet away from window or entrance. basement carparks can forget it.

the bar chart like graph on the top left corner shows you your signal strength. red means aquiring, green means aquired and nothing means u're better with it switched off. there are other methods to tell you signal strength and how many sat locks are captured but its pretty much irrelavant.
the signal captured might last until something weird happens.

weird things include:

thunderstorm with super thicks clouds and heavy rain and hail
tall structures all around you
indoors and heavily shaded areas (inclusive super large trees)
in the jungle
inside a tinted car

and of course when you're in certain parts of klang. i dont know why but its just klang.

edge for me.

btw it doesnt matter wat connection you're on. 4KB's of data isnt that hard to transfer even via gprs.

This post has been edited by buntutman: Apr 6 2009, 12:31 AM

each time gmxt is switched on, it sucks up 4kB +/- worth of data.
to reach 30GB, u have to switch on gmxt like ...... > 100000000 times.

unless u run google maps. then data gets used more and that also ......... wont hit close to 10GB.

charges are data charges so use away !

first - omnia is winmo device, and tube is s60 device. the agps in omnia is actually a transit file whereby it downloads the sat's location and it gets keyed into the mobile. meaning it just tells the phone's gps chip where to look for a sat lock to quicken the pace.
the symbian mobile device on the other hand, locks using sat and cellphone towers.

there are ways to go about it all.

to triangulate the position, 3 sat locks and a minimal of 2 cellphone towers are required for triangulation. the rest are all done using calculation error correction aka your phone's processor.

second - you can search even without sat signal leh. goto ---> settings ----> browse map

even if you can obtain a lock indoors, readings are quite off. i've done this so many times and found that, the positions are really off target. its good if you wish to tag some shoplots indoors, apart from that , i dont see much use for having garmin indoors especially in malls. easier to just go to information counter and ask.

winmo's gps especially on the omnia is quite spot on. most of my poi's embedded into MFM are from the omnia. only my track routes are from race chrono. dont feel disturbed just because the nokia phones get lock on faster. how much time can u waste getting a lock anyway ? its all mostly under 5 minutes and i'm sure u can spare 5 minutes. honestly, the omnia is able to give a "more accurate" reading then the nokia.

tip - if you're looking for a super accurate device with probably 2-5m correction allowance, go for military devices.

honestly you can.

However before you jump for joy, i cant find "that" piece of software for it. even if i did manage to find it, its going to be costly to be using it. what i found quite some time ago, was to use something called, 3G assist. 3G assist is a piece of self written software by some unknown hero who wrote it for his pda. i honestly cannot find it, even until today.

but just in case u did come across it, 3G assist works by sending dummy data to your provider. when data is sent back from your provider, it bounces different packets through different towers. the data is then calculated and tabbed by the software, which is in reality, a calculation correction error software. judging from distance and time etc etc etc, it then works in sync with sat signals and walah ! you have superb AGPS. but also costly data charges (unless u run unlimited package)

sounds good right ? it is. i've only seen this twice. with my own eyes. the person who had it, didnt wanna let me know too much. cant be bothered to beg someone for it anyway.

so your next closest solution, more cost effective, is to either continue using enhanced gps, i think for omnia its called Xtra. or you can install gpsgate.

you can try reading more on the xda forums.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=416564

i know some even recommend using gps toggle
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread...293#post2972293

i've not used either. this is as far as i can help you on this. sorry.

you can also use other alternatives to speed up the process ..........

new location settings - assuming you roughly know where you are

or

google maps - which sucks data till no kingdom come

malfreemaps got their own trading section in the forums. go visit , you might get some good deals.

in garage sales also got damn alot.

1 code 1 version 1 phone.

upgrade's cost money, garmin maps cost money, future release for the maps cost money.

@stimix - tell u location later in morning. btw did u check my poi's n track logs inside msm's "newly launched" ?
and bring mapsos for me. gua bawaking laptop gua esok.

i did not understand a single thing u have typed.


u mean to tell me, MFM is using a non-garmin compliant POI to be captured ???? go learn GPS pls !

wat on earth do u want a poi of traffic lights ????? mad questions deserve mad answers.

traffic lights are already embedded into mfm though not all. its like asking for all the shoplots to be listed down.
yes there are separated custom poi's such as pasar malam locations, roadblocks/speedtraps and etc etc etc. all can be found and attached if u're on mfm.

afaik, garmin didnt mention how many custom poi's one can have. still a trial and error thing i suppose. probably 60000 , i' dunno i'm not sure. no one's reached 50000 even.

can co-exist.

several options

http://www.malfreemaps.com/viewtopic.php?p=3313#p3313

the above is one. my option is to keep a copy of gmapsupp in microsd's. either u have several microsd's or u can rename the folders when u need to use it.
there are other methods as well.

kalo aku cakap boleh co-exist, memang boleh co-exist tau ?

both maps can co-exist and also be COMBINED.

This post has been edited by buntutman: May 5 2009, 07:15 PM

the old ones boleh. doing that also got very high cost. list of errors are unimaginable.

kopitiam !

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Added on May 12, 2009, 2:49 amnokia map u bayar tiap bulan

garmin lu skali gus bayar mia

nokia map manyak outdate. gua mia tempat masih kosong

garmin map malsing sudah ada gua mia tempat

nokia map mia poi manyak teruk

malsing map mia poi lagi bagui

nokia map manyak tarak cantik

malsingmap lagi cantik. malfreemap lagi manyak manyak cantik.



This post has been edited by buntutman: May 12 2009, 02:49 AM

experts dont lurk in here. they lurk elsewhere like kopitiam. and busy tracking new roads.

who here lives in a gated community thats not available in the map ? grant me access and i'll go. looking for residents to grant me access to this place :
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=3.0902937&lon=10...=16&l=0&m=a&v=2

opposite ptpl's college.

it would be wise advice if i tell u to go to these recommended sites for your questions. may it be newbie questions, or technical help.

www.malsingmaps.com
or
www.malfreemaps.com
or
www.mypdacafe.com


experts dont lurk in here. stimix hardly comes ere, antyong used to lurk here and so does unker sunny. but like i say, used to. LYN made browsing for this category more tedious.