Here's a good problem for you. Got tom tom mobile on the n70 which seems to work fine when not connected to GPS, i.e. browsing maps etc.
If i turn the phone on hook up the bluetooth gps receiver ( a generic one not a tom tom one) tom tom does for a while work fine, then after x amount of minutes, guess a number between 5 and 60, usually when i'm cruising down the motorwayand not really needing it, it looses the connection to the GPS reciever. If i exit tom tom and go back in no joy, if i turn off the device and turn it back on no joy. The only ways i have found to get it back are to turn the bluetooth on the phone off then on and to reboot the phone. This is the only thing connected to the phone via bluetooth.
Has anyone else come across this problem? The gps i can send back but i wonder if it's a software problem and not actually a hardware problem at all??
Any hints/advice would be very greatfully recieved otherwise soon both gps and phone will be departing the car via the window at high speed.
Cheers
Rich
EXACTLY the same problem here, had tomtom working fine with my GPS reciever in a 6600 6630 7610 and sice getting my n70 last week have had nothing but problems with it, i really need it too as im in hong kong at the moment on the way to sydney and as i have the australia maps was hoping to use it there to save having to use maps. My brother in law text me to say that he has spoke to tomtom about this and they say there is a un resolved problem with the bluetooth on the n70 that is causing the problem. Pleanty of people on here say they are having no problems using tomtom with the N70 so come on guys let us know what we are doing wrong i need to get this working asap!
Mines working fine.... 5 hour trip up north (till the battery died) and only two drops, with (almost) instant reconnections!!
Mines a TT GPS Receiver... maybe thats the issue?
right thats a starting point, i have used all the same equipment with all previous phones same GPS and memory card and no problems! typical ehy just when you need it dam thing breaks!
I have also experienced that problem, but it doesn't click all the time! However when I have the connection it doesn't loose the signal. I have more success connecting the gps before the devices have managed to pair.
In other words, try starting tomtom before devices pairing.
If there is a ingeneer out there he could possible use the taskspy program on the phone to see if there are active tasks that can block something?
I'm using a evermore bt700 gps.
Come on guys, we must solve this one🙄
In every other way the phone works fine. Anyone who has tried a bluetooth headset while navigating with tomtom?
i usualy connect to my GPS reciever automaticaly once that is up and working i connect to my nokia bt car kit and this used to work fine with my older phones, i thought perhaps connecting to the car kit was causing the problem so i stopped doing this but the problem remains.
One thing i have noticed is that when turning tomtom on every time it comes up and asks what device to use for the GPS were as my 6630 does not do this it just connects to it, and yes its set to make auto connections to te GPS reciever.
I have a feeling that tomtm will need to make another BT driver and maybe i have a older version of the driver? I am using v1.20
That was interesting... How do you know what bt driver you have? Anyone knows where to upgrade such a driver in phone?:redface:
Hi,
I have been searching the web for ages then finally found your posting. I am having the exact same issue as you are, only mine freezes for a few minutes then states no gps devices and i have to reboot. It does it all the time and is totally not useable.
Please please if you find a solution i would be grateful for the informtaion as it is really annoying me, I just sold my 7610 and it worked perfectly - didnt crash or loose it once in months of constant use.
I hope there is a solution out there or i will have to revert back to a 7610
Kind regards
My TTM5 dont work AT ALL on my N70...... If im lucky enough for the bluetooth not to cut off at random, it freezes my phone and when you try and go back to the phone using the menu key the screen is all white with only the options from the power key, forcing a reboot!! Ive given up using it! The 7610 is much more reliable so i use that for sat nav instead! (until someone can fix this annoying problem) 😡 :icon13:
Hi all,
Thanks for all the replies, glad to know i'm not the only one struggling.
Interesting to see the differenet problems people are having. Jamo i also have the same problem (although less regualrly) with the software freezing and appearing to do nothing. I have however found that if you press the menu button and leave it for a couple of minsthe phone will come back to life. One thing to save constantly turning the phone on and off, you can just switch bluetooth on and off and in my experience this seems to have the same effect.
What version of software are people running (check by pressing *#0000#). i have 2.0536.02 i wonder if people who have it working have a dfiferent version.
I rung Nokia yesterday (another rant there, but will stick with this one now), they apparently have no record of any of these faults, so people ring Nokia ans lets all moan at them lots so they actually do something about it. They suggested i upgrade the firmwaree, but they were unable to tell me what the latest version is , anyone know?
I will ring Nokia again now and shout at them some more for being useless...
Any news on the BT driver thing, this error to me feels like the connection is freezing rather than dropping.
Rich
HELP, any users who have tomtom mobile working properly on the N70
This freezing / loosing the gps problem is really pissing me off. I really rely on using tomtom mobile and at the moment it is completely useless to me as it is always freezing.
I have now called Nokia twice regarding this problem both times explaining in detail and stating it works perfectly on older Nokia models in my experience the 7610.
I have basically receieved no support at all and I get the impression they just dont care! I have now sent an email in and will just see what happens with that.
Please other people experiencing this problem email into nokia or call them, maybe only after they get several complaints will they decide to address the issue. I really dont want to go back to the 7610 but soon if this doesnt get resolved my N70 will end up in very small pieces put into an envelope and sent back to nokia!
I agree with other posts and believe this to be a bluetooth problem - Nokia really havent bothered to test this new bluetooth technology before releasing the N70 with it, Id rather have V1 and it to be working!
how do you guys get tom tom onto the mobile??? i tried all sorts of ways with no luck. keep getting a silly cannot execute application message when trying to access the files from my mmc. i can read other files such as videos etc...???
why???
anyone able to tell me what security settings to have on the phone to get this thing to work i would appreciate it.
This one was buggin me since I got my N70 this week.
However, a trip over to Pocket GPS World forum found the answer.
You need to let TomTom pair the bluetooth receiver rather than allowing the phone to manage the pairing. I simply deleted my phone-gps pairing and fired up the bluetooth gps (tomtom mkII), waited until it had a fix then started up tomtom mobile. It instantly asked for the passkey and then all was merry!
Try it for yourself.
Gavin
gavc_uk wrote:This one was buggin me since I got my N70 this week.However, a trip over to Pocket GPS World forum found the answer.
You need to let TomTom pair the bluetooth receiver rather than allowing the phone to manage the pairing. I simply deleted my phone-gps pairing and fired up the bluetooth gps (tomtom mkII), waited until it had a fix then started up tomtom mobile. It instantly asked for the passkey and then all was merry!
Try it for yourself.
Gavin
Which is exactly what I said way back when this all started somewhere else on the forum (not this thread).
Let TT do the work and it'll work fine...
Hi,
Thanks for your responses, yes it was my add on pocketgps that received that response.
please let me know if you have had tomtom running on the n70 for a long period of time without a crash more than an hour or so?
I have tried this and yes you are correct it does enable a connection with tomtom to the gps however after a random amount of time tomtom will freeze and then state no gps! This is still the same problem, I will then have to restart the phone and go all over again.
It is random sometimes after as little as a few minutes without the crash then as long as 20 minutes but it does still happen all the time. This soultion is not a fix, well not for me anyway, i still think it is a fault within the bluetooth of the Nokia N70 as it worked perfect on my older 7610 and NEVER crashed or froze once.
Please any more ideas or response from nokia will be much appreciated. I have now callled and emailed them many times still waiting for a solution. maybe a firmware or bluetooth update will be necesarry
I have the same problem, only had the N70 a few days & is the first time I have used a GPS. Have a BT77 gps device & can only get it to work with lots of pairing/un-pairing/restarting not been able to find a solid solution for getting it to work.
I have the same problem, only had the N70 a few days & is the first time I have used a GPS. Have a BT77 gps device & can only get it to work with lots of pairing/un-pairing/restarting not been able to find a solid solution for getting it to work.
I think that might be your problem, I had a BT77 GPS, it was TERRIBLE, just sold it and waiting for a TomTom BT GPS MkII to arrive, as most people on here who seem to have it working use a proper tom tom bluetooth gps.
swat47 wrote:I think that might be your problem, I had a BT77 GPS, it was TERRIBLE, just sold it and waiting for a TomTom BT GPS MkII to arrive, as most people on here who seem to have it working use a proper tom tom bluetooth gps.
I got the BT77 whilst doing my research for a GPD devicem heard lots of reports it worked very well, none of which were with the N70 though.
I got the BT77 whilst doing my research for a GPD devicem heard lots of reports it worked very well, none of which were with the N70 though.
Yes, Dont get me wrong, it IS a good device. I had it working PERFECTLY with my old 7610 and my mates 3230. The N70 for some reason, seems to hate it! Ive read all the posts/threads on this website and ive come to the conclusion that Tom Tom only works on the N70 with a Tom Tom GPS MkII. Does anyone else have any ideas/conclusions?
Yeah, works with TT GPS Mk 1 as well!!!
I have N70 with the BT gps and dont have any problems........Not used it on a long run yet but so far so good......
Spoke to some nice technical chap at a 3rd party repair centre (seeing as the manufacturers don't seem to know what the latest version of their software is!) They told me i am running the latest version of the software 2.0536.0.2. I asked if this a problem he had come across, he told me no, but then quickly let on that he hadn't had one in at all!
Nokia seem utterly useless in being able/willing to do anything about this. I have a bt77 gps receiver, but before i trade up will be interested to know if anyone has had this problem running the tom tom unit. I might even stick a poll up... If i can work it out!
Spoke to some nice technical chap at a 3rd party repair centre (seeing as the manufacturers don't seem to know what the latest version of their software is!) They told me i am running the latest version of the software 2.0536.0.2. I asked if this a problem he had come across, he told me no, but then quickly let on that he hadn't had one in at all!
Nokia seem utterly useless in being able/willing to do anything about this. I have a bt77 gps receiver, but before i trade up will be interested to know if anyone has had this problem running the tom tom unit. I might even stick a poll up... If i can work it out!
LOL! Well...... I think the poll speaks for itself! We have found our problem. Most(not all) BT77 Units have connection problems with the N70
A rutine checking of tomtom website shows me that a new mobile 5 update is announced!!! This is version 5.20 and runs with bt-driver 1.21.
http://tomtom.com/support/product.php?ID=50&Language=1&FID=3571
Have anyone tried this? On the new compability list it says that it now covers n90, but n70 is not listed. While were on it. Perhaps someone has gotten a crack for the new update as well😉
Hi,
I also have the BT-77 and N70. My GPS connection lasts usually between 1 and 20 mins, usually cutting off after around 5 mins. Strange thing i noticed is when i turned of POI and changed to 2D map the connection lasted an hour. Is it just the phone's struggling?
Can anyone confirm, who had problems with a BT-77, that buying an official tom tom gps reciever fixed all issues and no connections lost over a long distance? If so i may just bung my BT-77 up for auction and buy the official tom tom one. Otherwise has anyone had any success with the new patch, does it help?
thanks
Richard
Hey,
I have the N70 and use it (try and use it lol) with a Globalsat BT 338 gps unit, this is a great unit 1 of the latest and worked perfectly on my 7610.
I do have the same issue as you a connection can last between 5 mins - upto an hour, i really dont see it can be the phone struggling as it is more powerful then my 7610 and the application does run way way faster.
I still strongly believe it is a bluetooth fault, I am gonna try and get the update to tomtom and try that and see how it goes, i will report back my findings.
It does seem strange that a tomtom gps unit works fine, can people please confirm this, extensive use? with no freezes gps loss?
I really do rate the gps unit i have as one of the best and am reluctant to sell and buy a tomtom one of there is an alternative.
jamo9000 wrote:Hey,I have the N70 and use it (try and use it lol) with a Globalsat BT 338 gps unit, this is a great unit 1 of the latest and worked perfectly on my 7610.
I do have the same issue as you a connection can last between 5 mins - upto an hour, i really dont see it can be the phone struggling as it is more powerful then my 7610 and the application does run way way faster.
I still strongly believe it is a bluetooth fault, I am gonna try and get the update to tomtom and try that and see how it goes, i will report back my findings.
It does seem strange that a tomtom gps unit works fine, can people please confirm this, extensive use? with no freezes gps loss?
I really do rate the gps unit i have as one of the best and am reluctant to sell and buy a tomtom one of there is an alternative.
I have the same unit and haven't encountered a single drop out. Very strange.
jayd,
Please confirm all information, tomtom mobile version gps driver etc
and also when did you get your N70 is it from a Network and please check the firmware to do this type *#0000#
mine is V 2.0536.0.2
Please provide as much information as possible.
It might just be the phone and i need to get the firmware upgraded, I know the gps unit is sweet and im sure the software is stable I always thought it was the phone!
Have you had it running for long duration and never lost the gps - not the signal the actual bluetooth connection from the phone to the gps.
I really want to get this problem nailed!
Regards
Jamie
Hi,
Just another thought on this issue. Is anyone having this problem with the genuine TomTom Mobile 5 software or with an "eBay" version?
I bought what I thought was a genuine copy with the TomTom Wireless GPS Mk II bluetooth receiver off eBay and although the reciever is genuine, the software came on a DVD and is obviously a copy.
I experienced exactly the same issues as described elsewhere on this thread with the connection being lost anywhere between 5 minutes and 1 hour. I also have the Nokia GPS reciever and found exactly the same problem but when I borrowed a Nokia 6630 from a friend, the software worked perfectly with bothGPS receivers.
I contacted the Vodafone Store that I bought the N70 from about this and they replaced the handset. I let TomTom pair the Nokia GPS reciever and although I have only tried it on one long journey it worked perfectly for nearly 2 hours until the battery ran out. I don't know what firmware the first phone was running, but my current phone is V2.0536.0.2 12-09-05 RM-84.
I was intending to buy a genuine version of TomTom Mobile 5 as I don't believe in used pirate software but if this problem occurs with genuine software as well, I will think again.
As an alternative, I have heard very good reports about a Sat-Nav software application from Navicore, which is especially designed for Symbian mobile phones. Apparently they are releasing a new version early next year with full seven digit postcode searches and the full Western Europe DVD costs about �170 so it is cheaper than TomTom as well. Check out www.navicore.co.uk for more details.
Regards,
Scott