NMEA Out Option on GPS Enabled Phone
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:49 am
I wanted to reply to a different thread but it had been locked with some not totally true (or perhap just out of date) info in it.
http://www.netstumbler.org/f9/nextel-i730-gps-22905/
I have a Boost Mobile Motorola i425e
The GPS in my phone can be used for tracking my phone personally through the internet with a 3rd party app installed.
In my GPS Options, I have an option for NMEA out.
The phone uses a standard mini USB port for connecting to the computer, I have already used it as a modem and used the cable to upload apps and ringtones and the like.
When I enable NMEA out, an icon shows at the top of my phones screen.
In Microsoft Streets & Trips, scanning for a GPS receiver finds the GPS on my phone on COM Port 3.
Only problem is that icon goes away and the GPS is no longer recognized until I turn the NMEA out option off and back on, but then the process repeats.
I haven't gone through all the possible settings in Netstumbler yet, but I have not gotten Netstumbler to see it yet.
I have read you can buy a special cable to use the phone as a GPS reciever but you can't do it with the standard USB cable. I'm not opposed to buying the cable, in fact I am going to return some gifts shortly and may buy one today if I can find a store that has it.
The purpose of what I am writing here is to start a conversation and see if anyone else here has tried what I am talking about. Seeing the thing recognized in S&T gave me the idea of "Where there is smoke there is fire" and I'll bet with some determination we could get this to work.
Someone said in the other thread even if it worked it wouldn't work as good as a real GPS receiver, I'm fairly sure of that too, I just think this would be cool to do and would bring GPS to a lot more users if it worked at all.
http://www.netstumbler.org/f9/nextel-i730-gps-22905/
I have a Boost Mobile Motorola i425e
The GPS in my phone can be used for tracking my phone personally through the internet with a 3rd party app installed.
In my GPS Options, I have an option for NMEA out.
The phone uses a standard mini USB port for connecting to the computer, I have already used it as a modem and used the cable to upload apps and ringtones and the like.
When I enable NMEA out, an icon shows at the top of my phones screen.
In Microsoft Streets & Trips, scanning for a GPS receiver finds the GPS on my phone on COM Port 3.
Only problem is that icon goes away and the GPS is no longer recognized until I turn the NMEA out option off and back on, but then the process repeats.
I haven't gone through all the possible settings in Netstumbler yet, but I have not gotten Netstumbler to see it yet.
I have read you can buy a special cable to use the phone as a GPS reciever but you can't do it with the standard USB cable. I'm not opposed to buying the cable, in fact I am going to return some gifts shortly and may buy one today if I can find a store that has it.
The purpose of what I am writing here is to start a conversation and see if anyone else here has tried what I am talking about. Seeing the thing recognized in S&T gave me the idea of "Where there is smoke there is fire" and I'll bet with some determination we could get this to work.
Someone said in the other thread even if it worked it wouldn't work as good as a real GPS receiver, I'm fairly sure of that too, I just think this would be cool to do and would bring GPS to a lot more users if it worked at all.