Verizon wireless - GPS for VX4400 like VX6000?

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GPS for VX4400 like VX6000?

no*spam

2005-07-27, 5:48 pm

I've read posts that claim you can get Lat/Lon read back with a VX6000
as follows:

"...the commands:
Meno > 0 >000000 > 2 > 6 > 2 change to 922 > ok
while in that menu, 5 > 5 > turn off > ok > Clear
Also: 1 > turn on > ok
Also: 4
Wait for it to start up, then get out of the menu by pressing END
Now dial 922 > send

You will hear a weird sound/beeping noise. Just wait, it should say "GPS
started" or something like that on your phone. After a couple seconds it
will show you your longitude and latitude."

Can this work with the VX4400 as well? If not, what changes would you
suggest?
-JM

IMHO IIRC

2005-07-28, 11:48 pm

In news:pqRFe.7223$S72.349@trndny06,
no*spam < omitsgmomit@omitvenu
e1omit.comomit> typed:
> I've read posts that claim you can get Lat/Lon read back with a VX6000
> as follows:
>
> "...the commands:
> Meno > 0 >000000 > 2 > 6 > 2 change to 922 > ok
> while in that menu, 5 > 5 > turn off > ok > Clear
> Also: 1 > turn on > ok
> Also: 4
> Wait for it to start up, then get out of the menu by pressing END
> Now dial 922 > send
>
> You will hear a weird sound/beeping noise. Just wait, it should say
> "GPS started" or something like that on your phone. After a couple
> seconds it will show you your longitude and latitude."
>
> Can this work with the VX4400 as well? If not, what changes would you
> suggest?
> -JM

Here is a way to get gps coordinates of a LG VX4400 cell phone's position.

Make sure the phone is enabled to use the GPS function, not just the E911
function.
Go To Menu
Settings [8]
Change Location [8] to Location On
Press end to clear out back to the start screen

Go To Menu -> 0
Service Code -> 000000
Go To Field Tests [2]

Go To gpsOne [6]
Change gpsOne Test Screen [2] to on.
Change Test Num [4] to 922

Go To Setting [4]
Modify the settings by changing:
transport type [3] to DBM
lock status [4] to off
test mode [5] to off
sample count [6] to 1

Press end to clear out back to the start screen

Press 922 then SEND. Some gibberish will start coming out of the phone.
Stay on the line and the Longitude and Latitude coordinates will be
displayed on the screen.

Patrick Donnelly

2005-07-29, 5:48 pm

IMHO IIRC wrote:
>
> In news:pqRFe.7223$S72.349@trndny06,
> no*spam < omitsgmomit@omitvenu
e1omit.comomit> typed:
>
>
>
>
>
> Here is a way to get gps coordinates of a LG VX4400 cell phone's position.
>
> Make sure the phone is enabled to use the GPS function, not just the E911
> function.
> Go To Menu
> Settings [8]
> Change Location [8] to Location On
> Press end to clear out back to the start screen
>
> Go To Menu -> 0
> Service Code -> 000000
> Go To Field Tests [2]
>
> Go To gpsOne [6]
> Change gpsOne Test Screen [2] to on.
> Change Test Num [4] to 922
>
> Go To Setting [4]
> Modify the settings by changing:
> transport type [3] to DBM
> lock status [4] to off
> test mode [5] to off
> sample count [6] to 1
>
> Press end to clear out back to the start screen
>
> Press 922 then SEND. Some gibberish will start coming out of the phone.
> Stay on the line and the Longitude and Latitude coordinates will be
> displayed on the screen.
>
>
>
I tried it. It works, but the accuracy is lousy. I tried it twice. It
was off over 4 miles 1 time, 3 miles the second time and the 2 points
were over 6 miles apart. I hope that if I have to call 911, they can
pinpoint me better than that!

2005-07-29, 5:48 pm

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 17:35:15 GMT, Patrick Donnelly
< Nospampdonnell@north
net.org> wrote:

>IMHO IIRC wrote:
>I tried it. It works, but the accuracy is lousy. I tried it twice. It
>was off over 4 miles 1 time, 3 miles the second time and the 2 points
>were over 6 miles apart. I hope that if I have to call 911, they can
>pinpoint me better than that!

It might be off intentionally. Some if not all GPS Sat's. are controlled by
the government and since 911 they have been set to not give accurate
information for security reasons.

Wayne Farmer

2005-07-29, 11:48 pm

"IMHO IIRC" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:mEfGe.32652$fV.25975@okepread06...
>
> In news:pqRFe.7223$S72.349@trndny06,
> no*spam < omitsgmomit@omitvenu
e1omit.comomit> typed:
>
>
>
> Here is a way to get gps coordinates of a LG VX4400 cell phone's position.
>
> Make sure the phone is enabled to use the GPS function, not just the E911
> function.
> Go To Menu
> Settings [8]
> Change Location [8] to Location On
> Press end to clear out back to the start screen
>
> Go To Menu -> 0
> Service Code -> 000000
> Go To Field Tests [2]
>
> Go To gpsOne [6]
> Change gpsOne Test Screen [2] to on.
> Change Test Num [4] to 922
>
> Go To Setting [4]
> Modify the settings by changing:
> transport type [3] to DBM
> lock status [4] to off
> test mode [5] to off
> sample count [6] to 1
>
> Press end to clear out back to the start screen
>
> Press 922 then SEND. Some gibberish will start coming out of the phone.
> Stay on the line and the Longitude and Latitude coordinates will be
> displayed on the screen.

"Some gibberish", indeed. I tried the above on my LG VX4400 in southwest
Virginia and was surprised to hear the 911 dispatcher answer! I apologized
to the dispatcher and hung up. (Yes, the coordinates did display on the
screen, and they were accurate.)

My advice: don't try the above, or you may find a police officer coming to
your door to investigate why you called 911 and then hung up the phone.

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IMHO IIRC

2005-07-29, 11:48 pm

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Wayne Farmer < usenet@endymionsyste
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> "IMHO IIRC" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:mEfGe.32652$fV.25975@okepread06...
>
> "Some gibberish", indeed. I tried the above on my LG VX4400 in
> southwest
> Virginia and was surprised to hear the 911 dispatcher answer! I
> apologized
> to the dispatcher and hung up. (Yes, the coordinates did display on
> the
> screen, and they were accurate.)
>
> My advice: don't try the above, or you may find a police officer
> coming to
> your door to investigate why you called 911 and then hung up the
> phone.
>
>
>
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I forgot to mention that in there a few areas you will get 911.

Sparky

2005-08-01, 11:48 pm

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:48:16 -0400, rg < replyingroup@invalid
.com> wrote:

& #91;snip]
>
>
>It might be off intentionally. Some if not all GPS Sat's. are controlled by
>the government and since 911 they have been set to not give accurate
>information for security reasons.
>

Not true. All of the GPS satellites are controlled by the U.S. but Selective
Availability (SA) has been off since during the Clinton administration. The
military can turn it on whenever they chose for tactical reasons but right now
I can get a GPS fix (using a real GPS receiver) accurate to within 16 feet.

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Sandy A. Nicolaysen

2005-08-03, 2:48 am

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 17:29:28 -0400, "Wayne Farmer"
< usenet@endymionsyste
ms.com> wrote:

<a lot snipped for brevity>

>"Some gibberish", indeed. I tried the above on my LG VX4400 in southwest
>Virginia and was surprised to hear the 911 dispatcher answer! I apologized
>to the dispatcher and hung up. (Yes, the coordinates did display on the
>screen, and they were accurate.)
>
>My advice: don't try the above, or you may find a police officer coming to
>your door to investigate why you called 911 and then hung up the phone.
>
Yes, this happens when you try to get GPS info from a non-Verizon
roaming partner. Happened to me in Williamsburg VA a month ago.

One way to avoid this is to make sure you are really communicating
with a Verizon tower. That info is also available in the hidden menu.

Now the trick question is how to turn the GPS function OFF! Even the
911 stuff. I haven't found a way to shut off someone (government)
tracking my location via my phone. Of course I could turn it off. :)

- Sandy

no*spam

2005-08-03, 5:48 pm

You as the ultimate question, how to get location info only when WE want
it. I think Qualcomm's U.S. Patent No. 6,754,583 (if that is the one
that controls here) says that they actually DO use real GPS data, or
fragments of it, coming from your phone to be combined with GPS data at
the tower. Go to www.uspto.gov and look it up. If you're interested, do
a search at the patent office site: AN/qualcomm AND SPEC/((latitude) AND
(longitude)) to see some 34 other patents which may be relevant (I
haven't checked them out). Does anyone see patent numbers (7-digit,
probably beginning with 6)on their phone or inside on the parts?

If someone could find the link to the qualcomm VX**** chipset data
sheets, and a flowchart of the VX**** firmware, we just might have some
fun here!

Sandy A. Nicolaysen wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 17:29:28 -0400, "Wayne Farmer"
> < usenet@endymionsyste
ms.com> wrote:
>
> <a lot snipped for brevity>
>
>
> Yes, this happens when you try to get GPS info from a non-Verizon
> roaming partner. Happened to me in Williamsburg VA a month ago.
>
> One way to avoid this is to make sure you are really communicating
> with a Verizon tower. That info is also available in the hidden menu.
>
> Now the trick question is how to turn the GPS function OFF! Even the
> 911 stuff. I haven't found a way to shut off someone (government)
> tracking my location via my phone. Of course I could turn it off. :)
>
> - Sandy
>

Dr.Bot

2006-01-24, 2:48 am

I tried this on the vx6000. It gave me the lat/lon, but it also
connected me to a radio call-in sports show (or sports conference call)
on audio.

So what else does dialing 923 do?

I hate this phone. I spent two hours getting the wap browser to work
today. The final solution was manually entering the ip addresses and
ports.

:flamemad:

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David S

2006-01-25, 2:48 am

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:06:00 -0600, Dr.Bot
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>I hate this phone. I spent two hours getting the wap browser to work
>today. The final solution was manually entering the ip addresses and
>ports.

If you're trying to use a free WAP service instead of paying for Verizon's
Mobile Web, that's what you have to do, although it shouldn't have taken
you two hours.

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Dr.Bot

2006-01-25, 5:48 pm

I am paying! And it happenned again. Today the ips and port numbers
all got reset to zero. Honest, I didn't mess with the menu.

Anyone know what's going on with me getting a radio station upon
dialing 923? The message I get is "connecting to GPS One network"
The first time it displayed the lat/lon, but now it just goes to the
radio show. I do have a "last lat/lon" in the service menu.

David S Wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:06:00 -0600, Dr.Bot
> <Dr.Bot.224fiy@nospam.cellphoneforums.net> chose to add this to the
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> equation of life, the universe, and everything:
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> If you're trying to use a free WAP service instead of paying for
> Verizon's
> Mobile Web, that's what you have to do, although it shouldn't have
> taken
> you two hours.
>
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David S

2006-01-28, 2:48 am

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:36:44 -0600, Dr.Bot
<Dr.Bot.2270kz@nospam.cellphoneforums.net> chose to add this to the great
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>David S Wrote:
>
>I am paying! And it happenned again. Today the ips and port numbers
>all got reset to zero. Honest, I didn't mess with the menu.

In that case, take it to a full service VZW store and have them fix it.

>Anyone know what's going on with me getting a radio station upon
>dialing 923? The message I get is "connecting to GPS One network"
>The first time it displayed the lat/lon, but now it just goes to the
>radio show. I do have a "last lat/lon" in the service menu.

Can't help you there. I have read that the number you dial under those
circumstances *might* connect you to the local 911 center and if it does,
you should apologize to them and not do it any more.

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