Comments on: Using Blackberry Curve 8310 GPS with Google Maps

By: Matthias Zeller

Matthias Zeller — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:27:01 +0000

Make sure you have a clear view to the sky. Buildings can make satellite connection for GPS difficult.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:53:10 +0000

I have a Blackberry 8310 Curve. My GPS has been working but now it won’t pin point my location. When I try to pinpoint my location, it can only get within 2400 meters. I have tried to Refresh GPS and have took battery out but no luck. Please help..

By: danibidisi

danibidisi — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:06:07 +0000

hi matthias,
i’ve red all of comment in ur blog, it’s good to share the problem….as clear as the sky, but my 8310 is still couldn’t get any single satellite….i’ve try to refresh gps on the menu,i take the battery down to refresh….still the same condition, i’ve use google map 3.02…is there any chance to me to use the gps? is it possible that the gps chip broken?

By: David

David — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:14:06 +0000

I have a blackberry curve from my work. When I go to options/advanced options/GPS I don’t have a refresh GPS option. I only get GPS data source and GPS services. Is my company blocking this or am I missing something.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:28:04 +0000

Thanks so much for this info, worked like a charm first time up. I’m moving to Boston this month and am told that 1) I HAVE to have GPS and 2) Google maps are the most accurate for this city. The fact that I also don’t have to pay for TelNav is outstanding!!!

By: Vijish

Vijish — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:32:35 +0000

Matthias,

Thank you for the solution you provided for enabling the GPS with google maps. I’d been trawling the Net for a solution until i stumbled on your blog. I have a BB 8900 and as India is not covered by BB Maps(wonder why, considering we are one of the largest mobile using population in the world) i had to download and use google maps. I was not able to find a way of marrying the two- inbuilt GPS and google maps…until i followed your suggestion. Contrary to the guys above who are receiving AGPS data, i’m getting accurate positioning in both modes – while indoors, the margin of error is 700metres while i’m outside, it’s ~4 metres. Hence, my conclusion is that your method works perfectly and the BB obtains AGPS data only when GPS is not available. Thanks a lot for this solution.

By: Danilo

Danilo — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:35:00 +0000

Hi Matthias,

I’ve a question and I hope that you can solve the problem. I’ve bought a new Blackberry 8310 (first blackberry) in a seller from UK and I live in Ireland, and when a make a call from my list of contacts, they call for the same number with a different prefix.

By: John

John — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:24:01 +0000

Thank you so much. I just went into options on my BB8310 and went to GPS and updated(refreshed) the satellites. It worked like a charm. I live on a small st in a town 1/8 of a mi from the ocean. The blue dot follows me around like a shadow.

By: Edmundo Castro

Edmundo Castro — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:35:34 +0000

Does anybody have the .jad for Blackberry Google Maps V. 2.3.1 that they can email me at eddiendawood “AT” yahoo “DOT.com”?

By: John

John — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:27:22 +0000

Thank you so much for this! It helped tons!