Canadian Touch Dual with GPS?

[GlenH]

As I mentioned in a previous thread a week or two ago, the Canadian market was due a release of the Touch dual which allegedly has GPS enabled (Neon 400?):

http://gpsobsessed.com/mobile-gps/canadians-get-htc-touch-dual-via-bell-mobility-gps-enabled/


This apparently has been available since last week, so does anyone have one? Is the GPS confirmed?

I haven't heard anything about this touch dual version on these forums, but presumably there is a chance that the radio (or parts of it) may be ported to other Touch dual versions to enable GPS, or does this new version have extra hardware?

[Judge584]

From what i have seen on this forum, the touch dual has a gps in it, but do not have a gps antenna... so I think canadian touch dual are new unit with new hardware wich mean we can't expect to enable gps on other touch dual phones.

[the_fish]

From what i have seen on this forum, the touch dual has a gps in it, but do not have a gps antenna... so I think canadian touch dual are new unit with new hardware wich mean we can't expect to enable gps on other touch dual phones.

yes... i too guess it has a special antenna built inside. But MAYBE previous neons ALREADY HAD this antenna? AFAIK the Dual that was disassembled in the Wifi thread has been a different one...

[bond7734]

Hey,

I have one of those duals' from Telus it does infact have gps on it. Only problem is no roms avalible anywhere.

[tonwon420]

I can confirm 100% that GPS works on the Canadian Neon400 Touch Dual with Telus. Just follow the instructions here that were originally written for the HTC Touch:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=31437

Do not download the rom. Start at the "QPST GPSOne Settings" section.

I'm now rocking TomTom 7 using AstroGPSLauncher, and it works. Locks take longer than my old Touch, but at least it works... with the stock Telus rom.

[deepthroat]

Hey,

I have one of those duals' from Telus it does infact have gps on it. Only problem is no roms avalible anywhere.

I once read somewhere that there is a program that can extract the ROM into a microSD card, utilising 2577 folder for self-executing when inserted. I'll come back with a link if I can find it again.

[88fingerslukee]

I once read somewhere that there is a program that can extract the ROM into a microSD card, utilising 2577 folder for self-executing when inserted. I'll come back with a link if I can find it again.

Somebody needs to find this so we can extract the SPL from the Neon400. You would have to compare the SPL to the other Neons and figure out what's different and why we aren't able to unlock it yet. Hope you can find it.

EDIT: It appears you cannot extract the SPL from the device, you have to extract it from a shipped ROM. I do not believe there have been any updates made available for either the Bell or Telus Neon400s. Are there any other providers of this phone that might have released an update that would provide an SPL?

[capncark]

I can confirm 100% that GPS works on the Canadian Neon400 Touch Dual with Telus. Just follow the instructions here that were originally written for the HTC Touch:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=31437

Do not download the rom. Start at the "QPST GPSOne Settings" section.

I'm now rocking TomTom 7 using AstroGPSLauncher, and it works. Locks take longer than my old Touch, but at least it works... with the stock Telus rom.

I have a bell mobility neon 400 and tried with qpst but there is no gps tab at all. I was sure to scroll all the way to the right I am running official rom and it has gpsnav software installed. Am I missing something? Could the Telus model have the antenna and the Bell model not? I cannot get a lock in any gps software garmin mxt, igo 8, even the stock gps software wont lock on any sats:confused: