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Old 04-25-2008, 06:37 AM   #1
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hi all, when i try to start navigating using my curve, it tells me the gps is not connected. Ive ude it before and it worked fine but this time it wont. how do i 'connect' my gps??

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Go into options>advanced options>GPS. Press menu and select refresh GPS
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Are you in a building? Is so little chance of it working
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i dont seem to have the option to refresh gps?
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What model BB do you have? I am on wap and can't see what ya have.
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oh, its okay! ive found it and its working lovely

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I still think it sucks you have to manually refresh the GPS. It'd be nice if more applications could do it as part of determining where you are...
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Google Maps did, bbtracker (early version) did not after losing signal inside a building (though might now).
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oh, its okay! ive found it and its working lovely

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