#193 Never Gets GPS Fix on JSR-179 Compatible Phone

[Anonymous]

Originally created by: jed.h...@gmail.com

I considered posting this on the Google Group, but figured there was a good chance it would
eventually turn into an open issue. So here goes:

I'm attempting to get MTE working on a Motorola i425. The i425 is MIDP 2.0 and CLDC 1.1 along
with JSR-179 compatible. Here's what I've done so far:

* Loaded the app into the phone.
* Launched it and enabled "Use JSR 179" under the development menu
* Chose the JSR-179 API device under the GPS menu
* Exited the menu and pressed the start/stop button. The status changes to recording, but the
phone never gets a GPS fix (left it outside with a clear view of the sky for 30+ minutes).

I checked the Log from the developer menu and found an exception from
Controller.searchDevices regarding no Bluetooth found. The i425 does not have Bluetooth. Since
I'm using the internal GPS, I'm assuming that MTE should work regardless? Is it possible that the
bluetooth exception is short circuiting the app's use of the JSR-179 API?

Also, I tested Instamapper on the phone (instamapper.com) and was able to get it to work. Out of
curiosity (I'm not a J2ME dev), I compared the permissions in the JAD files of the Instamapper
app and MTE. I saw that MTE was not requesting permission to
javax.microedition.io.Connector.http, javax.microedition.location.Location, or
javax.microedition.io.Connector.socket while the Instamapper app was, so I modified MTE's JAD
thus:

MIDlet-1:
MobileTrailExplorer,/images/explorer.png,com.substanceofcode.tracker.MobileTrailExplorerMidl
et
MIDlet-Description: Application for recording trails using GPS device.
MIDlet-Icon: /images/explorer.png
MIDlet-Info-URL: http://www.substanceofcode.com
MIDlet-Jar-Size: 247655
MIDlet-Jar-URL: MobileTrailExplorer.jar
MIDlet-Name: MobileTrailExplorer
MIDlet-Permissions: javax.microedition.io.Connector.file.write,
javax.microedition.io.Connector.file.read, javax.microedition.io.Connector.http,
javax.microedition.location.Location, javax.microedition.io.Connector.socket
MIDlet-Permissions-Opt: javax.microedition.io.Connector.bluetooth.client
MIDlet-Vendor: Tommi Laukkanen
MIDlet-Version: 1.14
MicroEdition-Configuration: CLDC-1.1
MicroEdition-Profile: MIDP-2.0

Then reloaded the app. Unfortunately, it's still not working.

I really appreciate any help you can lend. I'm building a cool showcase app with MTE at
http://drinkcrackcoffee.com (currently stuck with Instamapper's app which only posts GPS
coords every 1-3 minutes).

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: jed.h...@gmail.com

Oops, forgot to add that I'm using MTE 1.14, though I guess that could be gathered from the MIDlet.

If someone has a link to a JAD/JAR of the latest trunk, I'd love to give it a try. I could also build it myself, but I'm
not a Java dev and so it would take much longer than someone throwing me a bone :)

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: gdjo...@gmail.com

You can get nightly builds from: http://law.hostsen.net/mte/nightly/

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: danny.de...@gmail.com

hi, the nightly builds seem to have stopped end of july...  is there another link from which a more recent nightly
build can be downloaded?

thanks, d.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: peter.ru...@googlemail.com

can confirm this, slecting the internal gps is hopeless....

it wont ever get a position!

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: LindbomJ...@gmail.com

I can just agree to the above. I can't get the internal GPS working, following the steps from the users guide. I can see that the GPS gets a fix from the satellite icon on the phone, but MTE does not seems to read it.

Any clues?? Thanks!