QuickGPS can't connect - SOLVED!!!

[pmgnet]

Wow, I can't tell you all how much I've 'suffered' from this issue. All the registry hacks I've found and tried worked for me one time, including the CAB installs, and all the rest of my attempts, not at all.

I tried downloading the GPS data manually, and still no go. Basically I've not been able to get QuickGPS to synch/update for about 6 weeks.

Here's what FINALLY worked for me. The really weird issue that pushed me over the edge was noticing that PIE wouldn't connect 'suddenly', which I think means that it was never connecting while QuickGPS couldn't get its data either. I use Opera Mobile generally, so I hadn't noticed the PIE issue. I also have no issues with the slew of other network based apps (exchange synch, RSS Hub, Skype, Weather updates, etc).

So... I started looking around and found this fix for PIE. It is a CAB that removes any proxy info in the network connections. I didn't think I needed it since I had no proxies set, and also resaved my network connections. Well, I ran this CAB, http://www.gadgetech.info/treo/hacks/disableproxy/DisableCingularProxy.cab from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=300887&page=5, (THANKS PRODIGALFISH!).

You will also likely want to reinstall this in case you think your registry is junked by now:
HTC QuickGPS 1_00_220821_00 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=365595 (THANKS srsaleenstang!)

Rebooted my phone, and BAM. QuickGPS is rocking FINALLY after a MONTH of no connects.

I suspect something really bad happens to my internet connect settings as I roam quite a bit, either out of the country, or to edge only networks out of 3G areas. I don't know how it happens, but wow, I'm glad to have my GPS lock quickly.

It appears that PIE gets confused from some type of less than obvious proxy information which is the same that QuickGPS uses. I have no imperical evidence for this, only my long term struggle being resolved so soundly from this patch.

Later I think I'll extract the CAB from above to see what it's doing vs. what my internet connections reported as being.

Anyway, I'm interested in digging into this further since I really like my Winmo Kaiser on AT&T service with the GPS. I like it even more when GPS locks quickly.

Please let me know if this works for you if you have the same problem.

Here's the simple instructions again:

1. Run this CAB to fix your internet connection settings: http://www.gadgetech.info/treo/hacks/disableproxy/DisableCingularProxy.cab

2. Run this CAB to get a healthy QuickGPS installed: http://www.4shared.com/file/70370766/d5fd31e4/HTC_QuickGPS_1_00_220821_00.html

I'm on AT&T network, Kaiser with custom ROM.

[mitpianoman]

thanks! I'm hoping I can follow this fix to get quickGPS working on my verizon touch pro. The 4shared.com link is invalid now though. Would you mind re-uploading?

[awbcmu]

I had the same problem. PIE (Explorer) stopped working about a month ago and always gave a 504 error gateway timeout. My QuickGPS also stopped being able to connect. Even under WiFi. I installed Opera which solved the browsing problem, but could no longer get QuickGPS updates. It did look like there was a additional proxy (in spite of me not specifying one).

The above instructions almost worked but DisableCingularProxy.cab didn't do it. But removeHiddenProxy4CWS_0522.cab did do it (if you unpack these you'll see the first changes only one thing in the Registry (EnableAutoDetect) while the second also changes ConnMgrExternalPath to what appears to be a random binary string.

With removeHiddenProxy4CWS_0522.cab QuickGPS and PIE work again (though I'll continue to use Opera for actual browsing).

I successfully downloaded the cab from here removeHiddenProxy4CWS_0522.cab (//http://www.4shared.com/account/file/48603344/43f4315f/removeHiddenProxy4CWS_0522.html)

[Finger Appliance]

Hi

Sorry for the "brick".

Four days ago I had the same problem, QuickGPS didn't connect. I work in networking, so everithing I see I allways think about it as a network problem.
I configured my server as default router of my Polaris, and started a trace with wireshark. Then I found that when I tried to update, my PDA tried to connect to one of my office's proxy.
Settings -> Connections -> Connections, and deleted the proxy. Reset. But my PDA still tried to connect to my office's proxy.

My server is also a DNS server, so I defined a DNS record with the name of my office's proxy and my server's address. I started a proxy server (privoxy) in the same port of my office's proxy. Thus, I replicated my office's proxy at home. When I tested, I found that QuickGPS made the update very fast... through the proxy I had deleted.
I searched several times for the text in regedit but didn't find any key with the name of my office's proxy server.
I tried reinstalling the QuickGPS software. Fail.

Then I saw this post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3690013&postcount=4), watched the keys and found that the key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet Settings\Connections\DefaultConnectionSettings
still had the name of my office's proxy in hex.
I tried to find the syntax of the key, nothing. I only found this post (http://www.linhadefensiva.org/forum/index.php?act=Post&CODE=06&f=12&t=120986&p=628872).
I made a copy of the value of the key in my PDA and changed my key to
3c 00 00 00 15
00 00 00 01 00
00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00
00
Reset. Tried QuickGPS ... and now it's working without proxy.

Success. I invited myself to a beer.

Hope it helps
Regards - Pableras

[azaznin]

i cannot run mapking 2007 after accidental delete of gps folder in my mmc

can you help me on that,!