Quick GPS for Touch Diamond - Removed from Telus's CDMA version of the device

[iddoc_26]

Hi all. I have the Telus CDMA version of the HTC Touch Diamond. Because telus wants to sell everyone their telus navigator, they've had it and google maps removed on their custom version of the ROM!

So I have a request for the team here: does anyone have a cab version of quickgps that will work for the diamond? I have seen many other posts on this site that have cab files/rars of the necissary files for other phones, but they don't work for the telus diamond, I get the following error when i try to run the program:

"the file 'quickgps' cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. If the problem persists, try reinstalling or restoring this file"

I got the files i tried to use from here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...9&d=1209308371


This is still an unsolved problem based on these posts:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2446429

the above files have worked for some: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=27312&highlight=quickgps+with+patch

but they dont work the the telus diamond. Is anyone willing to offer help/suggestions/extracted files for quick gps including necissary drivers?

Your help is greatly appreciated,

Iddoc

[kareeem]

I can't guarantee that it'll work but it's worth a shot; try the cab in my signature.

[iddoc_26]

Hi. Thanks for the suggestion, I didn't get a chance to try your cab file however. I found the answer to the problem, at least for telus branded HTC touch devices on this page:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35592

I havn't tried any of the custom cooked roms, I just went down to the sticky post, under GPS and installed the cab file- it changes some registry settings that now allow the GPS to get a fix in less then 5 seconds.

Hope this is helpful to someone else.


Iddoc

[shtewps]

Hi. Thanks for the suggestion, I didn't get a chance to try your cab file however. I found the answer to the problem, at least for telus branded HTC touch devices on this page:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35592

I havn't tried any of the custom cooked roms, I just went down to the sticky post, under GPS and installed the cab file- it changes some registry settings that now allow the GPS to get a fix in less then 5 seconds.

Hope this is helpful to someone else.


Iddoc

I had the same problem and couldnt find anything on the subject until now..

QuickGPS still doesnt work for the Telus diamond but that doesnt matter anymore, those registry tweaks are 1000x better than QuickGPS and now aGPS actually works! No need to download updates or any of that crap to get a quick TTFF

I went on my balcony which would normally take 3 minutes to fix and not only did it fix in under 10 seconds.. but I instantly got full signal strength.

Thank you for posting this resource for the Telus diamond. It is very very helpful and I hope many other Telus diamond owners are able to find it as well.

..Now excuse me while I uninstall QuickGPS.

Cheers man, great info!

EDIT: Holy shit! Now I even get a fix indoors! 4/5 bars with TT7!!

... Not that is really means alot, but its a very nice bonus.

[jehovas]

Hi. Thanks for the suggestion, I didn't get a chance to try your cab file however. I found the answer to the problem, at least for telus branded HTC touch devices on this page:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35592

I havn't tried any of the custom cooked roms, I just went down to the sticky post, under GPS and installed the cab file- it changes some registry settings that now allow the GPS to get a fix in less then 5 seconds.

Hope this is helpful to someone else.


Iddoc

As a fellow Telus HTC DIamond user... big thanks for posting this. GPS signal used to take forever (over 5 mins). now i get pick up in a few seconds indoors!

[Vpp20]

Did you simply run the cab, or you also followed this 13-steps process described there (looks dangerous :eek:) ?

[Vpp20]

Also interesting to know which registry keys this cab changes/adds/removes
:confused: