i730 and GPS: Phone reboots after a minute of NMEA out

I finally got the serial cable for the i730 phone and got it to work
with MapPoint. It usually takes about 2 minutes to find a signal,
which is fine, but after around 60 seconds of working, the phone
deterministically reboots and starts up again, forcing me to set NMEA
Out to ON again and wait another 2 minutes for 60 seconds of NMEA
output.

Is there a solution to this? I scoured this forum and saw a few posts
about it being a software problem but I haven't heard if anyone had a
solution (or if it was the same problem).

Any ideas anyone? I'm going to find a nearby Nextel retailer and ask
them about it; maybe they have a software patch.

Thanks!

Mike

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There's a software problem on ALL the new GPS phones. A fix has not been
done as yet but Motorola is promising new software soon. The only units that
are working are the i88's and i58sr's.

Hope this helps.

Mike Markley

"Mike Shafer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I finally got the serial cable for the i730 phone and got it to work
> with MapPoint. It usually takes about 2 minutes to find a signal,
> which is fine, but after around 60 seconds of working, the phone
> deterministically reboots and starts up again, forcing me to set NMEA
> Out to ON again and wait another 2 minutes for 60 seconds of NMEA
> output.
>
> Is there a solution to this? I scoured this forum and saw a few posts
> about it being a software problem but I haven't heard if anyone had a
> solution (or if it was the same problem).
>
> Any ideas anyone? I'm going to find a nearby Nextel retailer and ask
> them about it; maybe they have a software patch.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike

There's a software problem on ALL the new GPS phones. A fix has not been
done as yet but Motorola is promising new software soon. The only units that
are working are the i88's and i58sr's.

Hope this helps.

Mike Markley

"Mike Shafer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I finally got the serial cable for the i730 phone and got it to work
> with MapPoint. It usually takes about 2 minutes to find a signal,
> which is fine, but after around 60 seconds of working, the phone
> deterministically reboots and starts up again, forcing me to set NMEA
> Out to ON again and wait another 2 minutes for 60 seconds of NMEA
> output.
>
> Is there a solution to this? I scoured this forum and saw a few posts
> about it being a software problem but I haven't heard if anyone had a
> solution (or if it was the same problem).
>
> Any ideas anyone? I'm going to find a nearby Nextel retailer and ask
> them about it; maybe they have a software patch.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike

There is a fix.....software .08 is out........and IU has .09......................i am using .08 and it cured the GPS issue


On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 04:36:36 GMT, "Mike Markley" <[email protected]> wrote:

>There's a software problem on ALL the new GPS phones. A fix has not been
>done as yet but Motorola is promising new software soon. The only units that
>are working are the i88's and i58sr's.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Mike Markley
>
>"Mike Shafer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> I finally got the serial cable for the i730 phone and got it to work
>> with MapPoint. It usually takes about 2 minutes to find a signal,
>> which is fine, but after around 60 seconds of working, the phone
>> deterministically reboots and starts up again, forcing me to set NMEA
>> Out to ON again and wait another 2 minutes for 60 seconds of NMEA
>> output.
>>
>> Is there a solution to this? I scoured this forum and saw a few posts
>> about it being a software problem but I haven't heard if anyone had a
>> solution (or if it was the same problem).
>>
>> Any ideas anyone? I'm going to find a nearby Nextel retailer and ask
>> them about it; maybe they have a software patch.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Mike
>

IU??? Please elaborate?



"Z" <[email protected]> wrote in message news[email protected]...
> There is a fix.....software .08 is out........and IU has .09......................i am using .08 and it cured the GPS issue
>
>
> On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 04:36:36 GMT, "Mike Markley" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >There's a software problem on ALL the new GPS phones. A fix has not been
> >done as yet but Motorola is promising new software soon. The only units that
> >are working are the i88's and i58sr's.
> >
> >Hope this helps.
> >
> >Mike Markley
> >
> >"Mike Shafer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> I finally got the serial cable for the i730 phone and got it to work
> >> with MapPoint. It usually takes about 2 minutes to find a signal,
> >> which is fine, but after around 60 seconds of working, the phone
> >> deterministically reboots and starts up again, forcing me to set NMEA
> >> Out to ON again and wait another 2 minutes for 60 seconds of NMEA
> >> output.
> >>
> >> Is there a solution to this? I scoured this forum and saw a few posts
> >> about it being a software problem but I haven't heard if anyone had a
> >> solution (or if it was the same problem).
> >>
> >> Any ideas anyone? I'm going to find a nearby Nextel retailer and ask
> >> them about it; maybe they have a software patch.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Mike
> >
>

How does one update the software? Is there some on-board feature that
will do this? Can I do it with a USB cable? Or should I just head over
to a Nextel store and have them do it? Please advise.