GPS program quits everytime x51v wakes up

fordtaurus · 01-04-09, 10:10 PM

I have tried Tomtom 7 and OnCourse Navigator 8 (installed on SDHC card), both behave the same on my x51v with WM5 A12ROM.

GPS program runs fine until I turn unit to sleep mode and press the power button to wake it up, then the program would crash and quit without warning.

Any idea? Thanks

01-04-09, 11:52 PM

Originally Posted by fordtaurus

I have tried Tomtom 7 and OnCourse Navigator 8 (installed on SDHC card), both behave the same on my x51v with WM5 A12ROM.

GPS program runs fine until I turn unit to sleep mode and press the power button to wake it up, then the program would crash and quit without warning.

Any idea? Thanks

What do have for an SDHC card? Those buggers can give x51vs problems.

Do you have any other programs (non GPS) on the card? If so try running that too to see if the GPS is still the culprit.

fordtaurus · 01-05-09, 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by webbahboy

What do have for an SDHC card? Those buggers can give x51vs problems.

Do you have any other programs (non GPS) on the card? If so try running that too to see if the GPS is still the culprit.

Thanks. I tried standard 2GB SD card, still no go. I will try to run other programs.

Box · 01-05-09, 09:28 PM

Do you have a weather program or something similar that is trying to connect to the internet all the time, installed on your SD card?

Edit: Do you happen to have the program on the device and the maps on the card?

fordtaurus · 01-06-09, 12:20 AM

Originally Posted by Box

Do you have a weather program or something similar that is trying to connect to the internet all the time, installed on your SD card?

Edit: Do you happen to have the program on the device and the maps on the card?

No, no program is trying to connect to the internet.

GPS program and data are both on SD card. I tried to install program in the device and left data on SD card, same thing.

I even tried to install program on CF card, same result. Weird.

Box · 01-06-09, 04:58 AM

There are a couple of possible oddities with your post.

Are you sure you have WM5 A12?
A12 usually fixes the problem I'm thinking of but it may help.
Try the Fake server trick found in this thread.
If the Axim is losing the Card when it goes to sleep then you would have this problem.

Also you say SDHC cards, but WM5 A12 doesn't normally work with SDHC unless you have added the SDHC driver, which will allow you to use up to 4gig.

JakeRich · 01-06-09, 08:55 AM

Moved to GPS forum for better exposure.

Xealot · 01-06-09, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by fordtaurus

No, no program is trying to connect to the internet.

GPS program and data are both on SD card. I tried to install program in the device and left data on SD card, same thing.

I even tried to install program on CF card, same result. Weird.

I have the same problem. I'm running wm6.1 and Tom Tom 7 would crash every time I would turn the Axim off for a long period of time. Sometimes if it's quick, it would recover, but after maybe 10 minutes, it would not wake up at all and I would have to soft reset. I thought it was a bug in TT7 so I uninstalled it and put on TT 6 and it's a little better, but it crashed completely again yesterday while it was off for more than 10 minutes (that's a rough estimate). I never had that problem when I was running wm2003se.

kcallahan · 01-06-09, 02:31 PM

Which GPS receiver are you using? I assume it's BT? If so, it might be an issue of BT not connecting and causing the GPS program to crash. Just a thought.

fordtaurus · 01-06-09, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by Box

There are a couple of possible oddities with your post.

Are you sure you have WM5 A12?
A12 usually fixes the problem I'm thinking of but it may help.
Try the Fake server trick found in this thread.
If the Axim is losing the Card when it goes to sleep then you would have this problem.

Also you say SDHC cards, but WM5 A12 doesn't normally work with SDHC unless you have added the SDHC driver, which will allow you to use up to 4gig.

Thanks.

Yes, I have already applied the fake server trick and installed SDHC driver.

Originally Posted by kcallahan

Which GPS receiver are you using? I assume it's BT? If so, it might be an issue of BT not connecting and causing the GPS program to crash. Just a thought.

Yes, it's BT receiver. Any other GPS solution?

kcallahan · 01-07-09, 06:27 AM

My GPS is a CF card and the program (iGuidance) is an SD card. There are times when I turn it on the program will start and then lock up after a few minutes. I do a soft reset and it works fine. When I checked with the GPS program company they said it might be the amount of memory available. I haven't been able to pin mine down 'cause I don't use the GPS a lot. But, you might want to do a memory cleanup and see if that helps. Just a thought.