Trinity DOES have GPS

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This is the information from HTC engineering: the P3600 does have the GPS chip inside. However, it is not a SiRF Star III chip the Artemis is using, but an integrated GPS solution from Qualcomm. Due to poor signal reception it was disabled via software, though it can be also disabled in hardware.
How to check whether your P3600 has hardware GPS support enabled: the RADIO ROM version should end with .01
Current ROMs for P3600 just don't include drivers for GPS unit, and currently HTC is deciding whether they want to enable the GPS function in P3600.

Originally Posted by vvv121

This is the information from HTC engineering: the P3600 does have the GPS chip inside. However, it is not a SiRF Star III chip the Artemis is using, but an integrated GPS solution from Qualcomm. Due to poor signal reception it was disabled via software, though it can be also disabled in hardware.
How to check whether your P3600 has hardware GPS support enabled: the RADIO ROM version should end with .01
Current ROMs for P3600 just don't include drivers for GPS unit, and currently HTC is deciding whether they want to enable the GPS function in P3600.

Your source?

my Radioversion is: 1.20.00.11
so does that mean mine does not have GPS-hardware?

Originally Posted by Azamat

Your source?

my Radioversion is: 1.20.00.11
so does that mean mine does not have GPS-hardware?

Mine is .11, I've also seen .1 on the ftp site.
I have never seen a radio ROM with .01 at the end

Damnit HTC, hurry up and unlock the GPS! I'm lost out in the woods and I keep wasting all my GPRS data posting on this stupid forum!

My radioversion is also ending in .11
Does this mean that all dutch versions have a hardware-wise disabled GPS receiver ?
As for the infamous ROM update, i got the same answer as pretty much everyone here:

Dear Customer,

The HTC P3600 currently does not offer GPS Functionality, although a GPS receiver is indeed built into the device. There is a possibility of an update to enable the GPS functions of the device at a future date, and we hope to be able to do this as soon as possible, but we cannot and do not guarantee this. If you buy the P3600 for possible future GPS functionality, you do so entirely at your own risk.

And the answer to my second question wasn't very encouraging either...

In answer to your final question, there are currently no plans for an automatic update to Windows Mobile 6, however this is not confirmed. As far as we know at the moment, WM6 must be purchased seperately. WM5 however, will still be supported.

Thank you for your enquiry, Should you have any other problem, please do not hesitate to call us. Your Local number can be found at http://www.europe.htc.com/support/cs_by_phone.html

Best regards,
HTC Support
callservice@htceurope.com
http://www.htc.com

Whoah----I hope HTC hears our cries and activates the GPS SOON! Let US decide wether it is crappy or not. My radio is .11 as well---I hope I have it.

WM6! I would pay for that on here!

Sorry for a bit misleading post. The GPS receiver is not really disabled in hardware, but rather in RADIO SW, i.e. at a lower level, than OS (which is also the case).
There're some versions (such as RUS) that come with radio .01.

So, in a nutshell, they are saying that Trinity does NOT have a USABLE GPS.

That is to say, even if they choose to enable the crappy chip they have installed it will not perform to the levels we expect/require from consumer GPS hardware.

Time to go buy that bluetooth GPS I think....

take a look to the upgrading part of the forum

Originally Posted by vvv121

Sorry for a bit misleading post. The GPS receiver is not really disabled in hardware, but rather in RADIO SW, i.e. at a lower level, than OS (which is also the case).
There're some versions (such as RUS) that come with radio .01.

So that DOES mean that any ROM update to feature both the OS components as well as the radio-firmware, the GPS WILL be enabled ? Right....?!