14-08-2014 21:36
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
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15-08-2014 22:53
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14-08-2014 21:41
14-08-2014 21:48
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.
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15-08-2014 10:17
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15-08-2014 12:41
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).
15-08-2014 20:15
15-08-2014 20:15
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.
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