used directions and had working. Tried using gps for first time in two weeks and it does not work again? Tried using alternate settings (tellus to bell) and still nothing! Please help!

Re did it again. when I read phone the pde setting had changed from what I thought I had put in? Changed it again and now works ...

I know that my BB GPS will stop working now and agin. Battery pull and GPS works agin. I'll have to read my phone when it stops next time to see whats happing.

HouseApe, in my case, I tried to use UniCDMA and it didn't want to recognize my phone (a US Cellular 8330m). My guess is that UniCDMA has a problem with the long HEX MEID numbers. I tried it multiple times and with two different computers, one running Vista Home Premium and the other running XP Home.

In my case, I finally got my SPC through a US Cellular employee.

Lost GPS again will try batt pull. rrrrrr
Nope will read and check settings again.

the pde port number keeps changing on its own from the 8888 that I set to 8920!

Help!

Reset it and it works. why does it keep changing?

Not sure why...maybe cuz its Bell

Try Telus
PDE IP Address = 216.198.139.92
PDE Port Number = 8889
PDE Transport = IP
Position Calculation = Mobile

To Fishinhard, or anyone else.

I have a Curve 8330, 4.5.x.x OS, on SaskTel.

I tried the instructions, I did not have to enter the PDE IP/Port/etc, they were provided for me by the phone, but it did say port 8920, and I did have to choose the pull down, either Mobile or PDE because it was blank, I chose Mobile.

When I then load BB Maps, it takes a long time, then says rendering, the bar fills up, then the BB reboots.

I also notice my "wireless" connection is off (the bars at the top right of the BB main screen showing your current connection to the cellular network says OFF).

I was wondering first, if my problem with BB Maps is that the cellular connection is off.

2nd, if the port provided by my phone should be changed to a telus/bell configuration as stated in some of the messages here.

3rd, Fishinhard, how do you notice the GPS is off?

Hi, I cannot tell you about all the IP settings because I am not familiar with your carrier, but I would guess that Telus, Bell or Rogers might be appropriate if you are with a Canadian carrier.

Yes, after performing the mods with QPST, your phone's radio will be off. Turn it back on by going to Main Menu -> Manage Connections (that funny antenna-looking icon), and then check the box Mobile Network.

To verify that GPS is on, go to Options-> Advanced Options -> GPS and verify that it is set to Location On.

Wirelessly posted (8330)

What was all the settings that was already in your BlackBerry ?

You can try Bell or Telus settings too.

So here is the story. I did the Blackberry GPS HACK instructions and everything worked awesome. I installed a program and then rebooted the blackberry and then the GPS stopped working. I went back into QPST and it seems that the port number reverted back to 8910 instead of 8888. No matter what I do I cant get it to stay at 8888. Any Ideas?

Use the Telus settings
PDE IP Address = 216.198.139.92
PDE Port Number = 8889
PDE Transport = IP
Position Calculation = Mobile

I've posted this on CrackBerry as well . . .

I'm having problems with a Pearl Flip (8230) on SaskTel.

I tried both build 215 and 310 of qpst and encountered the same problems. Is there another version I should be using? Here are the details:

1. I confirmed that I can skip step one, my SPC is 000000,
2. I successfully re-assigned com5 and com6 to com1 and com2, (which included restarting my computer),
3. I start up BB desktop and it sees the phone OK,
4. I start up qspt and it reports the phone to be a SURF3100C-1900 on com2 (don't know if this is OK or not),
5. I hit OK,
6. Here's where my experience differs from the instructions, it does not give me the 'Select Base Model' screen but instead goes directly to the next screen,
7. I am able to hit the 'Read from Phone' button and it seems to read it OK,
8. And here is where I get stuck, there is no gpsONE tab or any tab that is gps related. And, yes, I realize you can scroll over to see more tabs however the last one on the list is 'Brdcst SMS'.

Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks.

A simple solution has been floating around over in the US Cellular section of Howard Forums. People have found that this issue can be fixed by installing the Garmin Maps Trial software. You must run the application at least once after installation. After that, you can uninstall and the fix remains.

The Garmin trial is not available for the 8230.

When I hit hxxp:\\getmobile.garmin.com/trial with my 8230, I get the message:

'Sorry, but the 7 day trial of Garmin Mobile is not supported on the BlackBerry device . . .'

I have the same issue as PeterFrostAD with A Telus Flip. Get no option to select base Model

Is this fix possible for the Tour? I ask, because the read memory section for the memory dump instructions doesn't include a memory address or memory length for the 9630. Will the 9530 settings do?

Thanks for the great set of instructions. I was able to hunt down the proper QPST and use it on my Sasktel 8330 running ver 4.5.o.127. I have been pestering Sasktel for a year to see if I could get the GPS feature working and all they could tell me is that " we don't support it, but will be doing so soon". One of the main reasons I chose this phone was to have the GPS feature.

I was thrilled to find these great instructions and even more thrilled when I walked outside and connected quickly. (I tried the Garmin software at one point, but it doesn't fix it. I needed to use the instructions for QPST)

When I went to use the GPS today, it would not work. I went back into the QPST file and the PDE IP Address and the PDE Port number had both reverted back to I presume was the original setting. It may be Sasktel sends a refresh signal at some point or else the phone does it's own internal refresh. ( I did power the phone down last night, so that may be the reason) I will test that and report back) I have reset them again to the Telus and will see how long they last. Does anyone know if there is a way to use QPST to lock these down so they don't change back?

Thanks again for the PDF instructions..

It has been another 24 hours and I have powered down the BB twice and it has retained the PDE IP ddress and Port Number. ( It did not revert back ) That would indicate that powering it down is not the culprit. I did only power it down for 10 minutes, so a longer may affect it differently. I will keep monitoring it.

It is great to finally have a working GPS.

Same question!

My GPS works intermittently. It didn't seem to work at all, then once in a while I started to get a fix within 10, 20, or 50 meters. It seems to come and go, but it works less often than it does not. Installing GPSed seemed to find connections and help it be more regular, but even GPSed only got 5 satellites (which is better than none, I guess). I have adjusted pretty much all of the settings I can on the phone itself.

I'd really like to know if there is a definitive fix for this issue. Any other 8330 users on SaskTel or similar carrier, please let us know how this can be accomplished.

I will try the QPST fix using build 215 and see if it works. Wish me luck!

I have BB 8830(sprint) from US
can this fix help me? (I use unlocked BB in Europe in GSM network)
I don`t know my SPC, ##000000 -- is invalid, and when I doing memory
dump I have this --
"17:20:50 : Monitor enabled
17:21:41 : Reading 524288 bytes of memory, starting from 0x10057700
17:21:41 : Read error at address 0x10057700"


so, can anyone help me with error of memory dumping
or need another method for GPS "unlocking"

Seems to work now. Thanks guys!

if you call telus or bell and ask for the SPC code nicely, they will give it. Then just go about the settings and put in the gps data. Thats how i fixed my tour gps, seems that they "forgot" to input the data into mine since i had empty gps fields when i logged into the program and entered the telus gps data...

Blackberry maps now works 100% just like my curve worked before, but google maps does not work yet, i believe google is in the process of fixing this...

hello. i get an error message in unicdma that says

read error on address 1703936

this is after i saved it on my computer. i can not get past this point. i am using the unicdma 0.98
HELP

I could get data from my phone at settings with unicdma 1.096, but then the steps related to the winhex don't seem to work? I can't get any results when searching for 6-character numbers?

Guess nobody knows. Oh well.

I am having this issue as well. Has anyone resolved this?

Getting the SPC code is no problem, but what Base Model did you select in qPST? Any guide I find tells you the base models for every model except for the tour.

Thank you for the write up. The GPS finally works for me. I was concerned that the GPS would not work since Altell is now Verison, which seems to be more finicky.

For those that are having problems, are you 100% sure that you are using the QPST 2.7 Build 215? I fussed around with a few errors and connectivity issues before I found the 215. Once located, it seemed to work for me. Lets hope it will retain the settings

so Ive tried following the guide and hit a brick wall every where I turned.

here is what I have
US Cellular (USCC)
8330m curve - says 8330m on the about screen -
MEID with the new long MEID (A000000D etc)
currently running 4.5.0.138(205). I was using the current latest,(8330mAMEA_PBr4.5.0_rel295_PL3.4.0.55_A4.5. 0.175_Sp rint_L.P.exe) but I downgraded to 205 hoping it would help.
Qpst build 215
CDMA Universal 3.1.4

here is what I have done so far.
first I fought with CDMA universal trying to get that to read the phone. when I punched in the starting address and length, then clicked read, I got a read error at starting address. I was unable to get the SPC code from my 8330m with CDMA Universal. but thats OK, since I did a google search and found it easy enough. Thanks to a suggestion on another forum, I tried ##123456 and wouldnt you know it, that worked.

I typed in ##123456 into the phone and the "CDMA Service Edit Screen" appears on the phone with my mobile number, imsls, home sid and so on. So, OK, I got the SPC. great. now I fireup the desktop manager, and then qpst. I get qpst to see my phone and then I tell it its a SURF6300-bb.

Now when I click Read from Phone, the "Enter Service Programming Code" appears, so I enter 123456 and click OK. A moment later another box appears tyring "You have entered an incorrect service programming code. The phone will not accept any read or write commands for the next 10 seconds".

then I have to unplug and replug the phone to reestablish the pc-bb connection.

I have tried this over and over again, on two different machines. same result. the code works on the phone to get me to the CDMA service edit screen, but not for qpst.

is it possible there are two codes? one for "CMDA Service Edit" and another for Service Programming?

I have tried to be as complete as possible in my description. if I have left anything out, please let me know and I will try to clarify.

I would appreciate any help or insite I can get on this, as my gps is totally non functional at this time.

OK. update:
after some more searching, I have found that the SPC code I was using ##123456 is in fact a code for a different page than the one I need.

according to a page I found on crackberry, (titled CDMA Service Edit)
so back to the drawing board I go. I have now managed to track down what I think is the right software to downgrade the BB to a version below 4.5.0.131
I went to the blackberry downloads site and selected Alltell for North America. then I selected the option for the 8330m and downloaded the file named 8330mAMEA_PBr4.5.0_rel179_PL3.4.0.21_A4.5.0.127.ex e

I am almost done with the installation to the blackberry, and Ill try this unicdma thing again. wish me luck.

P.S, is there any good quick way of downloading that unicdma software? every link I find for it is either dead, bogus, or restricted..

Bingo, installing the old alltel version of the blackberry software made it possible to read the data from the phone following the tutorial. my SPC code was 693202. once I entered ##693202 into the phone I got a much longer page of information. not bad

Now Ive run qpst, read from phone, and set the GPS tab up with the settings provided by houseape, performed the write and everything went smoothly. now I just need to go test it out...

SUCCESS!!! it worked! Now I can upgrade to the latest software and pray it keeps on working :D

I should run down a summary of what I did to make this work....

first, I have a new US Cellular curve, 8830m. I went to the blackberry website, clicked on support & services, blackberry device and desktop software, then clicked on access your services provider download site.

then I scrolled down to the North America section and clicked on the ALLTEL link. I picked the 8330m menu option and from there I was able to find the old version of the software. filename 8330mAMEA_PBr4.5.0_rel179_PL3.4.0.21_A4.5.0.127.ex e

once I installed that to the BB, I followed the steps outlined on the howto PDF in the fist post of this thread. I used universal cdma version 3.1.4 so I didnt have to mess around with port rearranging. I was able to read the memory to a file, and found that the demo copy of winhex was able to find the SPC key in demo mode without any fussing around with cracks.

Next up I ran qpst and read the data from the phone with my new SPC key, and filled in the blanks on the gpsOne page with the alltel info. rwite to phone, wait for it to recover from a stack of expected errors, and voila! I have GPS!

WOOHOO!

Does anyone have service code for the 8330m for uscellular chicago area?

I have long version MEID and can't get the service code.

I have talked very nicely to tech support without luck. All they want to do is give me a new phone.

I like my phone but all I want is working gps.

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.

Hi All
Just followed the excellent pdf and have a working Sasktel GPS.
I did notice before setting the changes to Telus that I had IP address of 206.47.201.75, so assume this is for Sasktel.
But the position was un-checked as was all the box's on the left. of GPS one tab
Going to go back to the Sasktel IP address to see if it works still.

Anyway excellent work round.
Thanks

Just an update work just as well on the Stock Sasktel settings, think all that was wrong was not having all the boxs checked and no position set.
It has made such an improvment it is un real.
Getting 11 birds sat in my basement, before I could not get anything even outside.

off to find a good free satnav progr

Thanks