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After days of waiting for stability, PhoneNews.com is hosting all the tools you need, and a simple guide to add GPS navigation to your HTC Titan (PPC-6800, XV6800, or P4000). This guide is for all carriers: Alltel, Sprint, Verizon, Telus, and Bell.
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Click Read More below for the process, and details. For discussion, please visit the active discussion on our forums, and this has been added to our HTC Titan Page on the Phone Encyclopedia.
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Installing this update will enable GPS to function inside your HTC Titan. It enables the gpsOne chipset in your device to function as a standard GPS device, compatible with Windows Mobile 5 & 6 GPS applications, including Google Maps, Windows Live for Mobile, and navigation software such as TomTom Navigator. Keep in mind that gpsOne is not autonomous GPS, you will need to have home network coverage in order to maintain a GPS lock.
Also, keep in mind that this software is not supported by HTC. it is expected that carriers will be releasing this functionality in a future update. If you are not comfortable with this process, do not proceed. To maintain your warranty, you will need to remove this software (by restoring your device) before sending the device in for warranty service.
There are two ways to accomplish this; the automated route, and the manual installation route. We are still working on automated installers for all variants of the HTC Titan, so please bear with us if your device is not yet completed.
Manual Installation Procedure
Keep in mind that all data on the device will be erased. Sync and backup all data on the device before proceeding.
This process has three steps:
1) Unlocking the device, so it supports unsupported firmware flashes
2) Updating the software of the device (to listen for GPS commands)
3) Updating the baseband radio firmware to enable GPS
For this, you will need a few files:
1) Hard-SPL-240-MFG.exe (this is the unlocker mentioned in the first step).
2) Titan_Radio_3.27.00.exe (this is the baseband radio firmware)
3) The software update for the Titan (chose your carrier from the link below)
DCD 2.1.0 – Alltel – This is not needed for Alltel anymore, click here for the official update
DCD 2.1.0 – Sprint – This is not needed for Sprint anymore, click here for the official update
DCD 2.1.0 – Verizon Wireless – This is not needed for Verizon anymore, click here for the official update
DCD 2.1.0 – Bell
DCD 2.1.0 – Telus
Here is the procedure for updating:
- Open Hard-SPL-240-MFG.exe. It will extract files into C:\ttn240mfg, and then launch an unlocker. Follow the instructions on screen.
- Once it has been completed, launch the device’s software update. Follow the instructions on screen for the updater.
- Following the updater’s final instructions, power cycle the device as instructed (holding power and reset buttons simultaneously). The device will likely freeze at startup on your carrier’s logo. This is normal.
- When the device does freeze, hold power, camera, and reset buttons. This will send the device into what is known as Bootloader Mode.
- Connect the Titan back to your computer. Run the baseband radio firmware update, similar to the instructions above.
- When finished, power cycle again as instructed, holding power and reset buttons to complete the update.
- The device should now have GPS enabled via the GPS utility in Start > Settings > System > External GPS. While it says External GPS, COM5 now routes back into the device’s internal network-assisted GPS functionality.
Update: To restore Office Mobile functionality, regardless of installer, this download from Microsoft has been reported to fix it.
The efforts of many people contributed to this process. We cannot thank them all individually, but we do acknowledge (and thank) the active HTC hacking community for these developments.
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How do you return your PCC6800 back to the Sprint ROM? I have a copy of the latest ROM off of the HTC site. when I ran the update I got an error message
I am getting
ERROR (328): Invalid Command
“This Update Utility cannot be used for your PDA Phone. Please Check your Update Utility” on the bottom right it shows “IU2”. This happens whe trying to flash the factory ROM.
Bdub, have you previously installed a modified/hacked ROM onto the device? That’s a common error if you have, the fix is simply to re-lock the device, and then restart the procedure from the beginning.
Edit: I didn’t see your initial comment. We will have downgrade instructions up shortly. The process is a bit difference as you need to re-lock the device to accept the official software version. Also note that Verizon, Alltel, and Bell units do not have any software updates yet, so downgrading will require extra work.
No I haven’t before this was the first. How do you lock the ROM back?
Thanks for this compilation and almost “push button” instructions!!
I just saw your edit. patientlyy waiting…LOL!!!!
Chris being a first timer, are you suppose to reactivate after this update? It looks like this is a complete ROM replacement. When I try to make a call I get the Sprint activation message.
Yes, because this is a modified radio stack (one not yet fully adapted for updating), you’ll need to reprogram the device with technical support. This applies to all units, not just Sprint phones. Some may need to re-enter their A-Key during programming, this is something technical support can provide you with.
Has anyone received the following connection error 262: Update Error?
I tried this on xv6800 using automatic installer and active sync 4.5. The tool attempts to do the update but after the phone reboots and gives me the rainbow screen I loose connection in active sync and the update progress just reads 0% on the computer and the phone. Eventually I get error 262 from the update utility. When I reboot the phone everything comes up ok. Should I be using an older version of active sync? Any ideas?
I have a new 6800 and it hangs on the rom update at 0%. Upon a reboot of the phone, I get… The file ‘MortScript’ cannot be opened. Either is is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. If the problem persists, try reinstalling or restoring the file or ping Christopher Price for help :0 Sorry, added the last part. Ideas on how to get past this, I am looking forward to GPS !!!!
I was facing the same error (Error 262) earlier today but got it to work using the manual installation method. However, I could not get the GPS update (the final step) to work. Instead of seeing a GPS icon in my settings screen I only see the original External GPS icon. Any ides?
Ok, this ROM has conflicts with ActiveSync and Bluetooth. Can you please provide instructions on how to load the device to its orginal state?
i have completed all steps but still yet to see a gps apart from the external icon that was always there
The External GPS control panel in settings handles the built-in GPS. Just set it to COM5 if you haven’t already… that’s the port most people are reporting works.
As to a downgrader, again, we’re working on it. Due to server failures on other web sites, the community is a bit splintered right now, but I expect a full downgrade to be released sometime Friday at the latest.
I guess I’m still trying to figure out what my problem is, I tried it twice and it hung at 0% and then I got the missing MortScript.exe on startup/reboot of the phone. My phone is still completly installed with the original MS 6 and the ROM upgrade didn’t do anything to my VZW XV6800.
Ok, so I had my initial issues with the automatic ROM update. Once that didn’t work I tried the manual installer. That seemed to work but had many things missing such as Mobile Office. The GPS, which was the main reason I tried this updater did not work. I tried to give the automatic version another try hoping something did not load correctly. This finally worked and added several applications including mobile office. While thie update an improvement on the manual updater I still cannot get the GPS to work on any port ( I am trying it with Google Maps). I do not recommend the manual method as it is not the same package as the automatic method. If anyone gets the GPS to work please post directions.
love it but would like to see bright colors and maybe a screen that changed colors.
http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=153883&page=12
download the
RUU_TITAN_SPRINT_WWE_3[1].16.651.0_435009_RS3_27_00_SPCS_NV124.exe
i think it was missing an “e” in the exe part so after i downloaded i renamed it to a .exe and it worked fine, no problems for me on the install!
I tried upgrading my verizon XV6800 again via the automated method this morning from my computer at work… it hung at 0% again. I didn’t get the mortscript error on bootup. Ideas?
Chris,
“The efforts of many people contributed to this process. We cannot thank them all individually, but we do acknowledge (and thank) the active HTC hacking community for these developments.”
I like your work, but you could at least give credit to the author of the ROM you are using, DCD at xda-developers.com. Sure lot’s of people contributed to helping him refine it, but if you are going to re-distribute his work you should at least mention him.
If we credit DCD, there’s going to be two or three people that will come forward saying that DCD’s work wouldn’t have been possible without their work. Or, someone will say DCD just copied XYZ’s techniques and re-rolled the ROM. We’ve been through this before. What we said applies best, we thank everyone that contributed.
Titan re-locker:
http://rapidshare.com/files/87435645/Titan_Relocker.zip
ummm mine is stuck at startup screen though, you have to connect through activesync to run the relocker. How do I get it relocked to run the old ROM to get it to boot past startup screen? Any ideas?
From the External GPS Settings here are the settings
Programs tab, Find a com port COM4 or COM5
Hardware tab, (None) Baud rate 4800
Don’t forget to turn on Location Settings to ON from the Device Options in the Dialer under Services tab. (I wasn’t getting GPS until I did this).
I would pay money to have this for the Touch
Does anyone know if this will work with the HTC Touch for Sprint. I would love to have the GPS built in on my device???
I am eagerly awaiting the downgrader for my Verizon 6800. My phone is sucking hard because of this. Cannot get my favorite people to appear on the HTC Home anymore. I’ve been jacking around all day getting the new installed programs off the phone because it was so slow the phone was nearly unusable. GPS worked though.
Tim,
I feel the same way. However, I did not get the GPS to work on mine. I tried the steps Jeff mentioned several posts ago to no avail. What COM port do you have your GPS set to?
This firmware does not work on the HTC Touch. Do not attempt to install this firmware on the Touch.
HTC however, will release an update for the Touch later this year which enables the same functionality.
Damian, I have Com port 5 enabled, the rest I just left alone. It took a long time for it to kick in but now its instant. I’ve gotten everything ironed out except my voice command button on the side doesnt work and I cannot get the People tab on HTC home to appear. I’ve tried everything with no luck. The ONLY thing i’m happy with is the threaded SMS. Which program is that? Anyone know?
im stuck at tha startup screen!!!!!!!!!!!! help plz i tried everything i guess im goin to have to take it to sprint and get a master reset this sux
David,
Are you talking about the verizon screen or the boot loader screen?
Tim,
Thanks for the response. I’m starting from scratch. I found that running the flash from Vista may be the source of my problems. I’m going to run it in a few minutes from my XP box.
I fan the new rom but when I try to run the titan radio rom it tells me my phone is not compatible. I have a Sprint mogul. any suggestions
Everything worked fine. The directions were great, especially the follow-ups. Had to call Verizon to get the A-Key setup after a *228. GPS/Phone/PDA = perfect combination.
very nice, love the fact that it employs tomtom navigation software. love the go 720, so this would be sweet addition to an HTC. also did you hear about the tomtom navigation application for the iphone? should be sweet. Gps on a cell phone is definitely the wave of the future.
im using sprint mogul but i swaped my phine out cuz it was nothing they could do but it was stck at tha htc load screen but im not goin to try to instal again cuz im scared lol
Mines completely bricked now. Will not respond to anything at this point. gotta take it to the store but I’ll have to wait until tomorrow.
works great on ppc6800 sprint, i had no problems at all
Nice writeup… good to see the Alltel love! Here’s my experience with my Alltel PPC-6800:
A note: Because you will need to reprovision the phone, I think it is important to make sure you are in an Alltel native area since you want to make sure you can get to Alltel’s *228 after flashing. If you are roaming, you would have trouble I would think, in which case you would have to ##778 (##PST) and enter everything manually. I went through and wrote down ALL my settings in PST just to be on the safe side before I upgraded, though I ended up not needing them.
First of all, the ROM installed very cleanly. The order should be HardSPL, then DCD’s ROM, and then the radio last as I understand it… though I ended up installing the reinstalling the ROM after the radio so I’m not sure how big of a deal that is.
Once everything is installed, you will see 1X and roaming. You must then do a *228 and select option 3 to reprovision the phone on Alltel’s network to get back to EvDO and not roaming. The phone will reboot. You then need to *228 again select option 2 to update the PRL (as the ROM installs a really old PRL 30006 for some reason) or manually update your PRL to 40029 if you want EvDO roaming on Sprint (click on “Alltel PRLs” at the top of this page).
Then, you should be ready to go! No problems at all with either phone or data…. the *228s took care of all the setup.
Here’s what I’ve noticed so far, as well as answering the questions I remember being asked:
DCD’s ROM, being a “clean and simple” flavor, is pretty snappy (though the phone always seems faster after a hard reset, so I don’t know how seriously I would take that).
I don’t have a headphone adapter, but both the stock headphones and my Seidio amplified car kit (uses the miniUSB port) worked fine.
My Jabra BT350 Bluetooth headset paired right up and worked just fine. Can’t say that the sound quality is either better or worse.
No RevA in my area, so I can’t vouch for that, but a speedtest seemed to be right where I usually am (EvDO speeds between 400k and 900k depending on signal).
Now, about the GPS… it worked very well! I have Odyssey Mobile nav software (it came with my Holux GPSlim 236 BT receiver) and I installed it and configured it to use COM4 (which seems to be the consensus port to use with the 6800’s internal GPS). It took about 5 minutes to find the satellites, but then it worked really well… I took it for a drive and it was consistently seeing 7 satellites and using either 6 or 7. It was pinning my location down well, showing me driving under overpasses as I was doing so, etc… I went down to a 25 foot range in Odyssey and it looked like my location was spot on.
So far, so good… other than the one lockup I had overnight, no problems at all… battery life seems fine and the phone is very snappy.
Further followup for the GPS to work…
Because of the way the drivers work, you need to use something that directly addresses the GPS Intermediate driver to get the chipset fired up and working. Use something like Google Maps, Live Search, or Yahoo Go! They all directly address it, as I know from personal experience that trying to access GPS in TomTom 6.030 without doing one of these first did not work. TomTom is trying to talk directly to the COM port and does not invoke the driver from what I understand from reading over on xdadevelopers.com. I know that they have programmers such as GPS Launcher over there to deal with the very issue also.
Just a few thoughts.
I need my MSN messenger + Mobile Office… is there a way to get it bACKKKKKKKKKKKK
I also want my MSN and Office back on the phone, I use it very often but now Its not there! Any Info on how I get this working (MSN + Office) Thanks upfront.
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LOL you rip off DCD and you give out misinformation. The GPS works fine as a standalone system. I can turn the phone off and still use the GPS.
Infact wikipedia says this of the GPSOne chipset:
gpsOne can operate in 4 modes:
* Standalone – Your handset has no connection to the network, and uses only the GPS satellite signals it can currently receive to try and establish a location.
* MS Based – Your handset is connected to the network, and uses the GPS signals + a location signal from the network.
* MS Assisted – Your handset is connected to the network, uses GPS signals + a location signal then relays its ‘fix’ to the server, which then uses the signal strength from your phone to the network towers to further plot your position. You can still maintain voice communication in this scenario, but not ‘Internet/Network service’ ie Web Browser, IM, streaming TV etc..
* MS Assisted/Hybrid – Same as above, but network functionality remains. Normally only in areas with exceptional coverage.
Tried to run the gps update on the mogul, i think its fried. i ran the unlocker, i got the DCD sprint rom on there, it froze at the HTC/carrier logo. i did the reset into bootloader mode, i go to run the 3.27 radio update, i get error code 202 connection. Help Please, im thinking i “bricked” it.
i shoulda mentioned, that when i put it into bootloader mode after DCD. it came up spl-1.07.0000. is that bad?