samsung hermes gps question

[instinctless]

Hi, today i got my htc hermes. it comes with a samsung cpu.
now i want gps functionality but right now i am a noob on this terrain.
is it possible to geht gps working?
is it possible to get gps working without hardware mods?
is it tricky to get gps to work?

thanks for your help

[TheBrit]

There is no internal GPS support in the Hermes.

[Marksman]

What if we were up for h/w modding?

Possible then?

[RonenB]

What if we were up for h/w modding?

Possible then?


This has been long discussed in the past. It looks like the chipset has an integrated GPS but it is not connected. Yes, you might be able to open your device, find the right place, iron on a clean enviroment an antenna, find a room for it in the device box and then close it all together and hope to get anything. However, it is much safer and easier to use a BT GPS receiver.

[instinctless]

i have heard that the TyTN has an gps module inside but only the antenna is shortened.

[MikeChannon]

i have heard that the TyTN has an gps module inside but only the antenna is shortened.

It has but it is far more disabled than just the antenna, there is no power supply and the board is multi-layered which prevents regular hardware mods anyway. Even if you could do it, it would not be worth it IMHO.

There is a long existing thread on this if you want more info.

It's not even close to being a practicable possibility. As suggested above a small BT receiver works very well anyway and you just keep the BT in your pocket so no real inconveniance.

Mike

[instinctless]

ok thank you