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Originally Posted by brahm
I want to add to the discussion; I am a new BlackBerry Tour 9630 owner on SaskTel, and the GPS was crippled when I bought the unit.
I tried the Garmin GPS fix and it works!
Read about the trial here: hxxp://www8.garmin.com/mobile/blackberry/trial.jsp
Or visit this page on your BB: hxxp://getmobile.garmin.com/trial
(change the hxxp to http)
So far, just BB Maps works with GPS; Google Maps still can't find a satellite. But I only had the chance to test in an area with spotty reception.
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Hey all, just wanted to follow up on this post. My GPS stopped working shortly after the Garmin trick - no idea why.
I followed the instructions in HouseApe's PDF file to a T. Everything seemed to work. I used Bell's network options during the setup for my SaskTel phone.
After my phone rebooted on the last step, the connection to my mobile network was disabled - that made me nervous! I turned it back on under "Manage Connections" without issue.
Next: the GPS test. Failed! But, I went back and repeated the process with the Telus info. That worked perfectly! I can connect to 10+ satellites in my basement (by a window) and BBmaps can pinpoint my location. The Google Maps app doesn't work, though.