Samsung Omnia I900 GPS Tomtom 7 problems and fix. Samsung Omnia has built-in gps, you can Tomtom7 to the phone. but I have a problem with using tomtom 7 repack 3 qvga with north america. when i open up tomtom, i go to status, setting is at other NMEA device, baud rate 4800 at COM3. it take forever to get signal, keep saying poor GPS reception.

here is an easiest rough fix, that gets TomTom7 working every single time.
Pre-Word: Before this fix, TomTom7 will detect a bunch of satellites, but won’t actually connect to any! And the clock time in TomTom7 will be all messed up too (like a few hours and several minutes ahead of what my actual time is); It will just sit there and wait like a dump bag of potatoes, and keep saying – poor GPS signal
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how to fix Samsung Omnia I900 and Tomtom 7 GPS problems:
1st – Settings:
I use in external GPS settings – program port “COM7″ and hardware port “COM9″ at 4800. (note: Make sure your TomTom7 configure also follows COM7 port!)
2nd – Reboot
Then I shut off the device completely (complete off), and reboot. Once I reboot.
3Rd – Delete the ‘GPSID_log’ files
I go to File Explorer –> My Device and I delete the TWO ‘GPSID_log’ fileS.
[note: the reboot step is absolutely necessary, because if you don't reboot, then it won't allow you to delete one of the 'GPSID_log' file!!!]
4th – Start TomTom7 OUTSIDE (under the clear sky) and within 20 – 30 secs the program catches the satellites (they show up on the configure screen). But not only that – after 1-2 minutes the software actually CONNECTS to the satellites (the satellites turn BLUE) and in the front screen it says – no route planned! Note: You Must Wait Until The Front Screen Says “No Rote Planned” and the map is in color (opposed to black and white) before you start setting your destination, otherwise it will keep on hanging and just showing you the satellites in grey without ever turning into blue.

You can also install other GPS software like Nav4all or Destinator on your samsung omnia phone.

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