hello evryone, I have a couple of question. I have a bb curve, I do have internet but can't seem to get my gps to work or even my map. I have the icon for the google map., dont see my gps icon either if there is one.

how can I solve this?
i have internet but can't stream videos, have to dl to be able to view them.
what is data plan?
I can get on utube website< craigslist, ebay and other website, so I know I have internet.

im with tmobil
8320

thank you
jrsbasura

I'm a recent BB owner, but a long time GPS user. I thought something was wrong with the GPS inside my berry. I could go to Setup > Advanced Options > GPS and get it to refresh. As long as I was outside, it seemed to work, but I got 30-40m accurancy. And then it didn't do anything. I loaded Google Maps. That also didn't do anything. I loaded cacheberry, and that didn't do anything. I was starting to worry there was something wrong with my gps and/or my berry. I signed up for instamapper.com, and loaded the software. BANG! It works! Then I went back to Google Maps - signed up for Latitude - BANG! It works! Then I went back to cacheberry, selected the Compass page and BANG! It works!. Conclusion: the berry doesn't do much with the GPS. Google Maps also doesn't use your GPS until you enable Latitude. It seems that once you understand the software that you use, the GPS works just fine. Stay outside for a while and the accuracy drops to 1-3m in suburbia. I'm happy now. Hopefully you can pick up what you need to know from my ramble. Good luck.

Moved to more appropriate section.

See this link: http://www.blackberryforums.com/gene...ps-8900-a.html

There is no GPS icon. You need to have location services on and a map application to display your GPS position. You will also need a BB data plan, which I assume that you have.

To get GPS data, especially for the first time, you should be outside with a clear view of the sky. It can take 20 minutes to get a good fix, usually less. It helps if you have Google Maps locate you since that uses cell tower triangulation to find you within 2500 meters initially.

Sorry but your conclusions don't hold much water. Older versions of Google maps work fine, as does the latest version.

GPS takes time to lock on, especially if it is the first time or your position has shifted considerably since the last lock or if it has been a long time since it last located you.

The device must first download the ephemeris tables so it knows which satellites to look for and where to look, since they are in elliptical not geo orbits. Then it has to locate you precisely, generally within 10 meters. I have seen it take upwards of 20 minutes to get a good fix, but it is usually within 5 or so.

You need to be outside with a clear view of the sky, at least for the initial fix. It really helps to start GoogleMaps since that app uses cell tower triangulation to set your position initially (within 2500 meters or so) and allows the GPS to lock on quicker.

Probably more than you wanted to know.

I've never used Latitude and Google Maps has been using my GPS receiver just fine. I've had my 8310 for about 1.5 years. Before that I was using Google Maps just fine with the GPS receiver in my 8800. You don't need Latitude to use your GPS receiver.

If you want to test it, you can try with Sportypal, .sportypal.com, it is a mapping software more for exercising, but still you can check the GPS how it works and the accuracy, because after the workout you can plot the journey on Google Maps, it's cool, worth trying it and is free