Bluetooth GPS - anyone tried one?

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Seeing as I can't get a satellite lock with the internal GPS on my Archos 80 G9 (running stock 4.0.6) I was wondering if it would be worth getting a bluetooth GPS module.

I can pick one up for about £15 on eBay and there are a couple of apps on the Play store that are designed to support these modules.

Has anyone tried one of these with their G9?
What are your experiences?

Alternatively does anyone know for sure if Archos are planning any upgrades to their firmware specifically to address the GPS issues that many appear to be having?
(I know that for some people the internal GPS is working fine on their G9, but it seems it's a bit like the wi-fi issue where some people are unaffected and yet others are having problems)

When you are in the house, you never have a chance to get a signal
Did you try it outside?! And did you wait a little bit?! My Galaxy 5 needs 4-5 mins
to get a fix-sattelite! Normaly you shouldn´t have problems with that...

And Archos is updating their firmware more or less every 4 weeks! So you have a good chance to get a fix for that, if it´s a bug...

Yeah I took my tablet out to an open field last weekend and left it for well over an hour and didn't even catch a glimpse of one satellite.

My daughter has a cheap ZTE phone and can always get an instant lock. Makes me jealous!

Have you tried?

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This may seem like a dumb answer but I have found that my 80g9 sometimes loses GPS lock and all satellites if I have been indoors for a while or had the tablet on sleep. If I then turn off the GPS under settings and then re enable the GPS works fine. Hope this helps.

Thanks for the advice but I have tried your suggestion.

I have tried everything conceivable with no success.

It might be considered bad form but I'll reply to my own original question anyway.

I bought a Bluetooth GPS keyring from eBay for £7 inc. delivery and along with the Bluetooth GPS app I'm getting great results.

Might help someone in future...

Originally Posted by Extreme_One

It might be considered bad form but I'll reply to my own original question anyway.

I bought a Bluetooth GPS keyring from eBay for £7 inc. delivery and along with the Bluetooth GPS app I'm getting great results.

Might help someone in future...

hi,

you are not alone

i have the same problem with my 101g9. gps did not work at all since honeycomb until ics 4.07 on my tablet.

can you tell us which gps mouse do you have and which bluetooth app is in use? i'm interesting to hear more about a working combination because archos cannot fix the gps problem for all devices (i guess). seems, i need an external bt receiver too.

thanks for info

I use "Bluetooth GPS" by "Googoo Android" from Google Play to connect.

The receiver is listed on eBay as "Vodafone keyring receiver 51 ch GPS sat nav receiver for laptops and mobiles"
I bought this because it is so small; really handy to keep on my keyring.

The seller seems to have loads of the same for sale.

I hope this is useful.

yep, very useful.

thanks a lot

holux

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Hi,

I can use my Holux M-1200 USB Gps, on my G101. It works far, far, better than the built in GPS. It locks on many satellites even in the house.

I cannot use the Archos one on V4.06, only on V 3.2.80 and ONLY with WiFi assist on!

The Archos GPS really sucks!

cheers

P