problem with pda gps and tom tom 5

ham1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 22, 2005 Posts: 5

Hi

i have an ipaq3870 and a qstaz bt bluetooth gps running tom tom 5
all was running ok until i installed windows mobile 2003
the ipaq is running much better but i cannot connect to my gps

i have reinstalled the software but no good the gps icon in the top right does not spin
undr the bluetooth options active connections on the outgoing it appears ok but i have no incoming signal and aftert three minutes or so the bluetooth cuts off
any help would be great as i do not know where to start next

cheers

ham1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 22, 2005 Posts: 5

i can see a lot of reads but no reply do i have a major problem with my pda?

clacko · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 01, 2005 Posts: 3

This maybe the same sort of problem that I had with mine. It wasn’t a problem with the PDA/Bluetooth, however with TomTom and the GPS. The way round it for me was after switching on the Bluetooth and activating it on the PDA, go into TomTom and calibrate the GPS device as a serial one rather than a GPS. For some reason this worked for me. However I cannot promise anything. Best of Luck.

mikealder · Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 9:09 am Post subject:

How are you setting up the GPS in TT, if you select "other wired GPS" then the correct baud speed and on the final screen select the Bluetooth port that your unit uses - its strange selecting wired when you are using BT but it does work - Mike

ham1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 22, 2005 Posts: 5

To update you on the full story

It was running fine and gps ok
what i decided to do stupid me was update the activsync to version 4 this was written to the rom
i also updated the software to windows mobile 2003

i cannot get the activsync back to 3.8 and it will not le me reinstall back to windows mobile 2002 because the activsync is newer than the one i am installing.
if i could
re install 2002 and write back over the rom to 3.8 i would be ok
i just thought having the most up to date software on would improve performance.
now i have the new software on i get an error message keep coming up bttracy
the methods you both have said i have tried but if anyone can help me get back to my original state that would be great i know that works

ham1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 22, 2005 Posts: 5

Does anyone know of any other pocket pc forums that may be able to help me with my problem

thanks

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