jockyw2001
29th May 2007, 09:34 AM
Did anyone get Mobile Gmaps to work on the S710?
http://www.mgmaps.com/
I can't get GPS to work with the latest version. I'm using an external BT GPS on Com6. Apparently with older versions people using WM5 got it to work on Com5. Unfortunately I can only choose Com6 and Com7. Perhaps the HTC preinstalled Java VM is no good and we need IBM J9. Some Java environments do not offer COM ports.
EDIT:
Just found some instructions how to run it on WM5 here: http://www.mgmaps.com/winset/
I've got no time today, perhaps someone else can give it a try?
(prolly instead of downloading the CE version you better take this (http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/download/search.jsp?go=y&rs=weme&S_PKG=dl61) and from the download use Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone Edition ARM CLDC 1.1, MIDP 2.0)
EDIT2:
It works great! Got GPS to work with the latest Mobile GMaps version (1.33.09)
The trick was to use IBM J9 and in MGMaps GPS configuration select Settings - GPS - Select Device - Serial
It shows a list of COM ports where my COM6 wasn't listed. Select the right Softkey and select add custom COM port and type COM6.
I love the Mobile Tracking feature combined with Google Maps.
The only thing which doesn't work proper is the compass. The green pointer is not shown most of the time.
The other annoying thing is that many mobile operators require a proxy. I haven't figured out how to bypass this.
http://www.mgmaps.com/
I can't get GPS to work with the latest version. I'm using an external BT GPS on Com6. Apparently with older versions people using WM5 got it to work on Com5. Unfortunately I can only choose Com6 and Com7. Perhaps the HTC preinstalled Java VM is no good and we need IBM J9. Some Java environments do not offer COM ports.
EDIT:
Just found some instructions how to run it on WM5 here: http://www.mgmaps.com/winset/
I've got no time today, perhaps someone else can give it a try?
(prolly instead of downloading the CE version you better take this (http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/download/search.jsp?go=y&rs=weme&S_PKG=dl61) and from the download use Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone Edition ARM CLDC 1.1, MIDP 2.0)
EDIT2:
It works great! Got GPS to work with the latest Mobile GMaps version (1.33.09)
The trick was to use IBM J9 and in MGMaps GPS configuration select Settings - GPS - Select Device - Serial
It shows a list of COM ports where my COM6 wasn't listed. Select the right Softkey and select add custom COM port and type COM6.
I love the Mobile Tracking feature combined with Google Maps.
The only thing which doesn't work proper is the compass. The green pointer is not shown most of the time.
The other annoying thing is that many mobile operators require a proxy. I haven't figured out how to bypass this.