Comments on: O2 XDA Exec, TomTom Navigator 5 and Windows Mobile 5 compatibility issues fixed!

By: Thomas Anderson

Thomas Anderson — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:47:12 +0000

The COM port could not be created. Please check your settings and try again - Solution: http://yopablo.blogspot.es/

By: Julian T

Julian T — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:07:35 +0000

On the whole I’m a real fan of Microsoft, but oh dear - perhaps the team who produced Windows Mobile should find a different jobs?

This is just a mess, musical Com ports and registry changes are not how software should be designed. How did this ever get past bug testing?

My set up is bog standard, Qtec 9000, Tom Tom N and bluetooth GPS. Will it work…no chance. Even with all the great advice here TT can’t see the GPS.

1 Can we have somthing that tells us if a Bluetooth device is connected, like wireless.

2 Just set the Com ports, some sort of auto detect…

3 Set the software in stone and don’t allow the vendor to mess with it. All smartphones or PDA’s should run the same thing. Would you let a vendor remove random parts of Visa, perhaps ‘Add or Remove programs’ - no chance.

The huge amount of discussion here on what should ‘just work’ is a poor reflection on Microsoft.

By: peter

peter — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:40:57 +0000

Hi Ivor I have an XDA Orbit and TT5 works fine on com port 4. I picked up ‘different gps receiver’ and all ok. the reason why I’m here is looking for some software to locate gps position quicker, now is about 2min till is right signal. can anyone advice some?
thanks

By: Lewis

Lewis — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:14:04 +0000

Ivor, it will be a limitation within the TomTom software not being able to interface with the internal GPS. This is exactly the same with the Nokia N95 which has an internal GPS but even the latest version of TomTom 6.0 cannot interface with the internal GPS and as such still requires the use of an external Bluetooth GPS.

There is probably no answer to your question I’m afraid.

By: Ivor

Ivor — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:11:40 +0000

I have an XDA Orbit and TomTom Nav 5. The tomTom will not work - I have tried all different com port settings to try to get it to pick up the inbuilt gps receiver but with no success. Can anyone help??

By: Maggie

Maggie — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:09:37 +0000

I was having the same problem with TomTom6 on the XDA Exec (not particularly user friendly) and spent hours tearing my hair out… found your site which sorted everything. I saw Justin’s post re flight mode which was my mistake (though I still don’t think I would have gotten the Com In and Com Out stuff right). Thanks, saved my day!

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:09:24 +0000

Orange M600 - cannot edit registry to enable GPS icon … but not necessary: TomTom 5.2 upgrade seems to sort out ports and enable port 7 which is one of only two offered to GPS BT unit. So maybe better not to hack around in registry (in case it screws something up and invalidates warranty) but try upgrading instead.

By: Dean

Dean — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 23:36:27 +0000

You rock =)

Works great for TomTom 6 aswell - on Qtek 9000.

Thanks.
Dean

By: James

James — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:12:51 +0000

Thanks very much - worked a treat on my Orange M5000 (jasjar) as well, Might be clear to point out that GPS icon is not there until you’ve made the reg fix.

By: jena

jena — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:56:40 +0000

Hi same problems with my exec..
anyone know how to delete the dword??? it just says access denied read only file etc

reply to jena:rubbish:@triple-k.co.uk (don\’t want you getting spammed too much jena - Lewis )