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Whoo hoo! A free GPS logger for BlackBerry phones

Old 08-04-09, 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by rha600
I have the navigator aspart of my service plan and I still can't use any of the GPS applications.

I havbe the 8330...
Again, vznavigator doesn't control your blackberry GPS. It is the other way around. Your blackberry GPS feeds vznavigator, if you have that feature downloaded and turned on.


How to use your verizon blackberry's GPS with or without vznavigator:

First, turn on your blackberry's GPS. Then set GPS to "Location" (not 911 only).

If you're not running OS 4.5 or later, you may need to upgrade.
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Old 08-04-09, 04:08 PM
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eh, I read through the crackberry forums and so far it looks like no one has found a way to "crack" the 8330.

I can however BUY an external GPS puck form verizon. like I want to spend more money...
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Dang. Sorry about that.

I have the 8130.

What's the 8330? The storm?
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Doesn't work with my 8130 either.

Lots of talk in the forums about how to crack the gps, which verizon has locked down to only let vznavigator and BBmaps (which I use) access teh internal GPS.

Thanks, verizon.

I guess I'm not giving them enough money.
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Originally Posted by SPlKE
Doesn't work with my 8130 either.

Lots of talk in the forums about how to crack the gps, which verizon has locked down to only let vznavigator and BBmaps (which I use) access teh internal GPS.

Thanks, verizon.

I guess I'm not giving them enough money.
No, VZ just, mistakenly, believes that their unqualified software designers can make better widgets than software designers that have been doing things for years and whose income actually depends on making better widgets rather than making corporate subsidized widgets. Basically, VZ management is a bunch of control freaks.
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Originally Posted by seeker333
Someone who knows please enlighten me: generally speaking, how does the cellphone-based GPS compare to dedicated (garmin) GPS for accuracy, on a practical level?
It depends on how many satellites you are communicating with. I have a program on my BlackBerry that shows me how many satellites i am communicating with and it reports an accuracy level of 3 meters.

On a practical level I play golf and use my BlackBerry for the yardages to the hole. The partner I play with has GolfLogix which is a Garmin hand held unit with their software on it. My phone shows the exact same yardages as the Garmin unit.
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Old 08-10-09, 01:45 PM
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thanks for the feedback
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I think this has been upgraded to include the 8330. I will let you know
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