Root Question for all you ROM devs for the Evo on a setting I need

[FLAWLESSVW]

Important to me at least...
On my last phone (Samsung Galaxy Prevail) running CM7, I was able to change my GPS Source in my settings. I could then connect my external Bluetooth GPS (Holux GPSlim 236) and the phone would use it rather than internal gps which gave far superior accuracy.

This may not sound important, but my wife and I are Geocachers (www.geocaching.com try it, it's f****** sweet) and the internal GPS is not usable for this type of activity.

Do any of the existing ROMs allow us to change GPS Source?
Even if you're not a dev and have a custom ROM flashed, if you'd be so kind as to check for us that'd be nice!

Thank you,

Anthony


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[2fast4u88]

I don't recall seeing no changing of bluetooth source in settings of pure cm. So if I had to guess it was modded in some way or I just never seen what you were talking about. Do you have a link to the said gps thing you have? I'm also not sure if the stock rom would support it or not so have you tried?

 

[fr4usty]

I remember seeing this in settings but I don't know what Rom it was on. Have you tired google map settings? Or google nav settings?

 

[fr4usty]

It actually might have been 2fasts cm10 but im not sure.

 

[2fast4u88]

I can say I never noticed any setting that caught my intention for it. Though actually haven't looked either, but to be honest this is the first time I heard of using a bluetooth gps dongle deal. Hence why I asked about a link to the thing he has along with if there was something for it in the stock rom.

Edit:
If it doesn't this may be of use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=googoo.android.btgps&hl=en till I know what may need done.

 

[FLAWLESSVW]

I don't recall seeing no changing of bluetooth source in settings of pure cm. So if I had to guess it was modded in some way or I just never seen what you were talking about. Do you have a link to the said gps thing you have? I'm also not sure if the stock rom would support it or not so have you tried?

Here is the ROM I used on my old Samsung Galaxy Prevail:
http://androidforums.com/galaxy-prevail-all-things-root/436886-cyanogenmod-7-unofficial-beta-5-02-20-12-a.html

I can power up my old phone and try to get a screenshot of the setting so you can see it too (later on).

In Settings, I had:
GPS (On/Off)
Then another line called:
GPS Source
Which would pop a new screen where you could choose ANY BT device (obviously I chose my GPS),
then a Toast would pop up saying something like "GPS Source has been changed, you may need to turn GPS off and back on for changes to take effect" or something along those lines.