Using phone as sat nav

[Waynefb]

Hi,

I bought a cheap, but up-to-date (ish) chinese phone (Cubot GT95), partly as I wanted more space & RAM to run it as a Sat Nav. It seems like a fairly capable phone.

However, using Google Maps, I get the error message 'No GPS Hardware - Turn-by-turn navigation is only available on devices with GPS Hardware.'

How can I get round this?

Is there really something missing that will stop it working as a sat nav? (It can find my location no problem most of the time in other programmes eg weather.) Or is it a google glitch? Or do I need to do some downloading of clever bits of software???

Many many thanks in advance for any help anyone can give. I really want to make sat nav work on this.

Cheers,

Wayne

[MI5]

Does it have A-GPS and GLONASS....?

[aldaweb]

Have you turned on GPS in the settings?

Note that GPS depletes the battery rapidly so you need to keep it plugged in to a power adapter if in car.

[Waynefb]

I'm sorry, I don't know.

[Waynefb]

I've given permission for apps to have access to my location. That's all I could find.

[Bambino]

Go to Settings, then Location Access. If your phone is equipped with GPS you should see a box to tick to turn it on. If you're using it for Sat Nav, make sure you untick it after you're finished, as it will use up your battery very quickly.

[Anonymous]

According to the listing on Amazon I found, it does have GPS hardware. May be worth trying an alternative mapping app, such as Waze or CoPilot and see if you have any luck with those (note that the free CoPilot won't do navigation, but it should get a GPS fix if the phone supports it).

[Waynefb]

Hi folks & thanks for your help so far.

All the spec listings I could find say that it has 'A-GPS', but not GONASS. Is that something I can/should download?

I can't find anything in the settings that mentions GPS, but, the phone easily tracks my location (in Google Maps, Weather forecasts etc) so doesn't that mean that it must have GPS??

In 'location access' it has two headings only: 'access to my location' (with tick box) and 'wifi and mobile network location' (with tick box).

I've seen some apps called gps test or similar - are those the kinds of things that can see the internals of my phone??

Much confused.

[MI5]

Your phone will use WiFi and cell data to track your location so doesn't necessarily need GPS for some apps.
If you have GPS as an option (I would think you do have) you should see an option to tick the box to turn it on when you pull down from the top of the screen to access the notification panel.
I asked about GLONASS as I'm not sure if GMaps needs this for TbT or not?

[MI5]

According to this http://www.devicespecifications.com/en/model/e4c82dd5 you do have GPS and GLONASS so you should be good to go - You just need to find the GPS switch to turn it on now