TomTom receives weak GPS Signal

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Hi,

I have a Trinity and I am using it with TomTom 6, newest version.
When I go out and use TomTom it finds the GPS signal but it shows that the signal is weak... only 2 bars, although at the same place with my Xda Orbit (HTC P3300) I had full signal... why is this so? different GPS chip?? which I think should not be the problem. or what else?

and does anyone know a software which can download the satellite data from internet?? xda orbit used to have one, but I do not remember the name...

Thanks to you all

Reza

You shouldn't be seeing such a difference in genuine signal levels- does it take longer to get a fix on your Trinity? It may be that TTN is misreporting the signal level, or you may have an antenna problem. If the fix times are similar, you may not have a real problem.

Have you tried a GPS app with a more comprehensive display of signal levels?

The Orbit does use the slightly better 12 channel SIRFStar III chip than the Trinity's 8 Channel Qualcomm chip, but comparative tests have shown little 'real world' difference- maybe a couple of minutes better TTFF on the Orbit.

The Orbit can use a program called QuickGPS which uses the phones cell info to give a location, which then downloads satellite data from HTC's website. Although the facility is built into the Trinity (A-GPS) there is as yet no software which implements it.

well actually it finds the satellite signals quite fast. I have no other program, only GPStuner... I will try that one too.

Thanks for your help

Reza

you should always put what rom and radio you are using....

sorry,

ROM-Version: 1.23.407.2
ROM-Date: 03/12/07
Radio-Version: 1.38.00.11
Protokoll-Version: 32.71.70.20.12H
ExtROM-Version: 1.23.407.103

The system is in German language...

Originally Posted by totalpackage181

you should always put what rom and radio you are using....

I agree fully... where is yours?

hi everybody .... for some reason it is working fine now. I had changed the GPS receiver from built-in to the other option (NMEA GPS) with the setting (COM9, 115200 Baud) and then it worked fine. Then I changed the settings back to internal GPS Receiver ... now it is working good ...

Thanks for your help

Reza