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GPS over BT app
- Thread starter g_b_h
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Specifically, how about the:
GPS over BT: app running on phone, allows phone GPS to act a GPS the GPS receiver, and sends this info over BT to the TP.
Bluetooth GPS mouse: app running on TP, enable "mock locations" in settings.
Bluetooth GPS Mouse - free | AppBrain Android Market
Test this with Google Maps, Sygic, etc, running on TP.
This would allow your wifi-only TP to utilize your phone's GPS, much the same way I will use my rooted HTC EVO for its data connection while in a vehicle.
If it works, this solution is fine for me. Can't wait to try it out...
GPS over BT: app running on phone, allows phone GPS to act a GPS the GPS receiver, and sends this info over BT to the TP.
Bluetooth GPS mouse: app running on TP, enable "mock locations" in settings.
Bluetooth GPS Mouse - free | AppBrain Android Market
Test this with Google Maps, Sygic, etc, running on TP.
This would allow your wifi-only TP to utilize your phone's GPS, much the same way I will use my rooted HTC EVO for its data connection while in a vehicle.
If it works, this solution is fine for me. Can't wait to try it out...
Gatman
Android Enthusiast
I just tried this and got it working. Here is what I had to do:
I saw the GPS data from the phone and it was solid. I can't go drive around and test right now - wife is out running errands and I've got the three rugrats. Walked around a bit and it seemed to hold on for my 2-minute test in my family room.
Have fun,
Gary
- Installed GPS Over BT on the phone.
- Installed Bluetooth GPS on the Prime (get it here)
- Paired phone with the Prime. They showed as paired, but not connected after I did this (none of the GPS software was running when I did this).
- Fire up GPS Over BT on phone and get a GPS lock on the phone and turned BT on.
- Went back to the prime and selected "Connect" to this GPS device with the phone selected as the GPS device.
I saw the GPS data from the phone and it was solid. I can't go drive around and test right now - wife is out running errands and I've got the three rugrats. Walked around a bit and it seemed to hold on for my 2-minute test in my family room.
Have fun,
Gary
Gatman
Android Enthusiast
Follow up - I played with this a couple minutes more before my phone battery died on me. I'm not positive Google Maps or the Navigation programs were getting the BT GPS data. I see you need to allow "mock" location data, and I enabled that, but until I can get out and give it a good test later today I don't want to absolutely say it works.
Phone is charging now, so I'll give it a spin in a couple hours.
Phone is charging now, so I'll give it a spin in a couple hours.
The andies, Let me know if that works. I was looking at done of those at Amazon. This other option on this thread looks interesting as well, I know the gps on my droidx is almost perfect. I quit using my garmin gps because the droidx gps was so good.
I'm finding TetherGPS is the best work-around for me. You can test it with the free lite version which works but has time restrictions. It worked very well for me.
theandies
Android Enthusiast
Worked great.
Used Bluetooth GPS app (Android Market https://market.android.com/details?...sMSwxLDUwMSwiZ29vZ29vLmFuZHJvaWQuYnRncHMiXQ.... ) to connect my 12 channel Pharos iGPS-500.
Check in BT GPS app that I was locked solid on 12 satellites! I'd much rather use this because it is a true GPS receiver and better than anything is a smartphone or tablet.
I used Sygic GPS Navigation for the map downloaded (free) from the market. To use off-line you need to download the state map as well.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sygic.aura#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDUwMSwiY29tLnN5Z2ljLmF1cmEiXQ..
I made sure both my GPS and WiFi were turned off. Followed me all the way home. If Asus ever fixes the GPS issue wouldn't matter to me. I was actually going to do this on my smartphone a while back because my GPS in it is not that good. I just never got around to doing it. I'm kind of glad the Prime has this "problem" it lit a fire under me to get this done.
There are many other solutions that work like this you just have to dig around on the www.
This is my setup unless I decide to buy map apps which are available.
Used Bluetooth GPS app (Android Market https://market.android.com/details?...sMSwxLDUwMSwiZ29vZ29vLmFuZHJvaWQuYnRncHMiXQ.... ) to connect my 12 channel Pharos iGPS-500.
Check in BT GPS app that I was locked solid on 12 satellites! I'd much rather use this because it is a true GPS receiver and better than anything is a smartphone or tablet.
I used Sygic GPS Navigation for the map downloaded (free) from the market. To use off-line you need to download the state map as well.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sygic.aura#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDUwMSwiY29tLnN5Z2ljLmF1cmEiXQ..
I made sure both my GPS and WiFi were turned off. Followed me all the way home. If Asus ever fixes the GPS issue wouldn't matter to me. I was actually going to do this on my smartphone a while back because my GPS in it is not that good. I just never got around to doing it. I'm kind of glad the Prime has this "problem" it lit a fire under me to get this done.
There are many other solutions that work like this you just have to dig around on the www.
This is my setup unless I decide to buy map apps which are available.
andygu3
Android Expert
Koush, the developer of many things including ClockworkMod Recovery, has just released a wireless tether app for non-rooted phones. Not sure if it's free or not but I know my Prime successfully tethered to my rooted phone but I didn't test navigation
Actually, this appears to be a USB tether app. Wouldn't work with this tablet.
ClockworkMod Tether serves free Android USB tethering, no root required -- Engadget
andygu3
Android Expert
Thanks for the correction.
When I saw the tweet, I must have misread and thought I saw wireless tether
I've been attempting to implement this solution and neither navigation or maps is seeing the data from Bluetooth GPS, even though Bluetooth GPS itself is receiving GPS data from my phone, with an accurate lock. Navigation either demands that I turn on the unit's GPS, which provides no lock on its own (that's not the point of this) or sit at "Waiting for location..."
Are we sure navigation is getting the data from the other device via Bluetooth GPS?
Are we sure navigation is getting the data from the other device via Bluetooth GPS?
I am using the app Bluetooth GPS by Googoo Android with the Bluetooth GPS output by Meowsbox.Works flawlessly. Use PDAnet tablet and I get internet and GPS from my HTC Thunderbolt. I can use google maps with navigation even with the satellite view on. The GPS works also with ICS which I got last night, but I haven't yet tried PDAnet tablet with ICS.
I get internet via the same bluetooth connection to my HTC Thunderbolt via the app "PDAnet Tablet."
PDAnet Tablet is not perfect, as some things just don't work like market, etc. But, I am not about to pay for Verizon's hotspot feature.
I use a different data tethering solution, myself, and would like the option to only tether GPS.. I'm somewhat convinced that your Google navigation is using wifi data to do this work. On my tablet I can see my phone's gps just fine in GPS testing apps, but when I try to launch google navigation it tells me to turn on my tablet's gps device, which is what this whole process was designed to avoid.
Try the solution that I listed. Works great. I am not getting internet via wifi, nor am I getting GPS data via wifi. I am getting everything via bluetooth. I have several GPS apps, and they all work great. I really wanted to get Navionics Charting software to work, and it does.
Just to reiterate, my GPS solution is separate from my data solution, but they both use bluetooth.
You need to make sure you enable "mock location" on the TP...
Mock locations have been enabled for me throughout this process.
I will attempt jzk's suggestion of meowsbox, though I remain skeptical that a different set of data from the phone will make it through Bluetooth GPS on the tablet, when it did not in the first place. I've tried this with a droid 3 and an OG droid, and my prime pretended not to have any gps data *within navigation* no matter the configuration. GPS Test and GPS Status both show a lock with accurate data. Google Navigation plays dumb, however and won't do anything until I turn on the Prime's GPS receiver - I reiterate that mock locations are enabled. I suppose an alternative mapping app could be the answer, but the ideal would be to have Navigation working, because I'm familiar with it from my phones.
update: Tried jzk's meowsbox solution -- again, data received by Bluetooth GPS on the prime, launch Navigation app and it says "Gps is disabled, show location settings"? - why is my navigation not seeing data from Bluetooth GPS? Prime is running 4.0.3
Keep your prime's gps on and set Bluetooth GPS on the prime to allow "mock locations." You can set this also in the developer options of your prime's settings to allow mock locations also.