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May 25 2007, 12:42 AM EDT plazmo 19 words added, 1 word deleted
May 25 2007, 12:39 AM EDT plazmo 6 words added

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Comm Manager: Pair Bluetooth GPS, Enable Outgoing COM Port


Enable Smartphone Bluetooth GPS for Google Mobile Maps - htc wiki
1. Bluetooth Settings
Enable Smartphone Bluetooth GPS for Google Mobile Maps - htc wiki
2. Devices
Enable Smartphone Bluetooth GPS for Google Mobile Maps - htc wiki
3. New
Enable Smartphone Bluetooth GPS for Google Mobile Maps - htc wiki
4. "BT GPS", Next
Enable Smartphone Bluetooth GPS for Google Mobile Maps - htc wiki
5. Check Serial Port, Done

Enable Smartphone Bluetooth GPS for Google Mobile Maps - htc wiki
6. COM Ports

Enable Smartphone Bluetooth GPS for Google Mobile Maps - htc wiki
7. New Outgoing Port
Enable Smartphone Bluetooth GPS for Google Mobile Maps - htc wiki
8. Select a port, Done


Manually configure WM5 GPS "Intermediate Driver" API Settings with Registry Edits


KEY: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver]
VALUE: "IsEnabled", DWORD set to 1

KEY: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Drivers]
VALUE: "CurrentDriver" STRING set to "BT GPS"

KEY: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\GPS Intermediate Driver\Drivers\BT GPS]
VALUE: "FriendlyName" STRING set to "BT GPS"
VALUE: "InterfaceType" STRING set to "COMM"
VALUE: "CommPort" STRING set to "COM?:"
where '?' = COM port number you set up as your BT interface in the first step

Registry Editor / Registry Editor via ActiveSync

Notes: Smartphone must be app-unlocked to run third-party applications like the registry editor found above. If the registry keys and values don't exist, create them. Double-check the key and values, especially the colon at the end of the CommPort string. Make no mistake!

Restart the Smartphone following registry edits.

Alternative: Run the .cab file attached below. Only(Only for COM6 as shown above. Feel free to change the CommPort string to reflect your preferred COM port number if it's not COM6.) Run at your own risk!


Install Google Mobile Maps


Visit www.google.com/gmm on your mobile web browser.

Details

Run Google Mobile Maps!


Enable Smartphone Bluetooth GPS for Google Mobile Maps - htc wiki
Enable Smartphone Bluetooth GPS for Google Mobile Maps - htc wiki


Credit to pchronos on xda-developers.com. Performed on T-Mobile SDA (WM5: 5.1.70.14406)


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