Hi, On Sun, 27 Apr 2014 13:07:37 Chris Walker wrote: > Is it possible to disable the onboard GPS sensor and use a bluetooth > unit instead? > > If I look at the location side of the phone, it doesn't offer that > option whereas the Nokia N900 does. Is it possible to do it via some > code perhaps? > > In case you're wondering why I might want to do such a thing, the > answer is heat. The phone seems to run much warmer when using Android > code and I have installed Sygic maps. I had those on the N900 and liked > their operation but that phone also ran very hot and would lose comms > from the inbuilt GPS when it did so. Hence I'd like to avoid the same > problem this time around.
Sailfish OS uses Geoclue1 positioning stack. It is possible to add the necessary components to provide an external Bluetooth GPS source. I suggest looking into gpsd and the geoclue-gpsd provider. Cheers, -- Aaron McCarthy _______________________________________________ SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list
