I’ve Officially Given Up on the Dash 3G GPS
- T-Mobile Dash 3G — First Impressions
- T-Mobile Dash 3G: Closer Look at the GPS
- Dash 3G Camera – Not Bad At All
- T-Mobile Dash 3G — Another Short GPS Update
- T-Mobile Dash 3G – Ongoing Update #1
- I’ve Officially Given Up on the Dash 3G GPS
- Dash 3G GPS Help?
- Updated List of My Windows Mobile Software
- Another Dash 3G Update – Upgrading the Radio
- The T-Mobile Dash 3G Summary Post
- T-Mobile Signal Strength and Bad SIMs
The other day I wanted to track my progress on a walk across Boston. I started near Government Center and walked 2.5 miles down Boylston Street past Fenway Park to the Green Line stop at Fenway. Never mind that it took 9 minutes to get an initial GPS lock, but even on an open street the phone lost GPS signal 9 times in 2.5 miles. It would drop to 0 satellites on the display and take anywhere from 30 seconds to 5 minutes to get a fix back.
That’s just horrible.
The ext day I broke out my OnCourse Bluetooth GPS. It typically gets a fix in less than 15 seconds and never loses a signal. So I’ve gone back to carrying an extra GPS receiver because the built-in one is simply garbage.
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Does anyone know if after upgrading to t-mobile’s newer version of their software for the Dash 3G if the tethering will now be disabled?
This is the upgrade – Mobile Dash Software (Version 1.22.531.8) – Link: http://dl.htc.com/ruudownload/t-mobileUS/DeviceDownloads.aspx?pid=dash.
I just spoke to t-mobile tech support and was told they are no longer supporting tethering and it will not work on any of there 3G phones.
All I can say is that that I haven’t been asked to acknowledge any changes to the Terms of Service on the web or via e-mail and I suspect they would have had to let people know about this. I’m still running Ookba’s 3volution ROM so I don’t know what the new official ROM does or doesn’t support. I would certainly run this by some of the message boards or search there for info. I will certainly look tonight.
I do know that earlier this year T-Mobile pulled all tethering apps for Android and was officially declaring that tethering wasn’t supported for the MyTouch 3G. Perhaps the T-Mobile rep you spoke to forgot about us lowly Windows Mobile users and our old, grandfathered data plans.
OTOH, I suppose with Verizon getting aggressive about tethering, T-Mobile might have decided to follow suit if they think they’re killing their margins with the new unlimited plans.