Firmware 2.1-update1
Kernel 2.3.29
Phone is rooted
I haven't tried to use Google Maps since I rooted, until now. After I rooted and got rid of a bunch of bloatware, I did screw up and disabled a few apps I shouldn't have messed with. A few of them were things such as Google Talk and some other things......that I 'thought' were useless, but found out quickly I couldn't even DL apps from the Market without some of them.
I got that straight, and now I have found the only thing that doesn't work is nav. I can enter the address, and the driving directions come up in text. I can also see an overall map, with the directions outlined. When I click to change teh screen to navigation mode.....it gets stuck on "getting driving directions".
I've done a little research and tried a few things. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Google Maps, I have tried GPS Booster (tried the lite version for free), and GPS Booster failed, I have made sure all of my settings were correct for GPS......
When I first open Maps, where it gives your GPS location.....the pinpointed area it shows me in is about 0.75-1.0 miles away from where I actually am. So I am wondering if it isn't going off my phone position itself, instead of GPS.....
Anyone have any tips or things to try? I am out of things I have found to do.....
you could always just odin back to stock, then re-root, and see if that does the trick.
Download Gps Test from the market, enable VZW and Google location services, turn on GPS and run Gps test. If you able to get a lock with that Nav should get a lock as well.
If it still hangs on "getting driving directions" youve prob got app problems.
I don't think there's anything wrong with the app - pretty sure it just says "getting driving directions" until it gets a GPS lock, so make sure you're locked in the GPS Status app before trying the navigation.
ziggy484 said:
you could always just odin back to stock, then re-root, and see if that does the trick.
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I'm hoping for a much simpler solution.
AlgorithmX said:
Download Gps Test from the market, enable VZW and Google location services, turn on GPS and run Gps test. If you able to get a lock with that Nav should get a lock as well.
If it still hangs on "getting driving directions" youve prob got app problems.
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Downloaded two different free GPS testers.....neither will lock a location.
burlingtonbob said:
I don't think there's anything wrong with the app - pretty sure it just says "getting driving directions" until it gets a GPS lock, so make sure you're locked in the GPS Status app before trying the navigation.
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Ya....
I'd also like to also reiterate that after I rooted and deleted a bunch of bloatware, I did accidentally deactivate several things. I didn't actually delete ANYTHING, I simply renamed the extensions of everything from ".apk" to ".bak". Are there any critical apps I could have killed that aren't blatantly obvious by their names? I think I have all the Google stuff, and any of the voice things returned to normal. In fact I had to do that just to get the market to work....
Here are apps I have disabled:
BluetoothOPP
CarHome
CityID_1.0.27_vzn.sch.i500_12118_release
DeskHome
Dlna
Final_Schi500_3.9.3.3_07262010
I500_MyVerizon_05202010
InfoAlarm
MobileAP
MobileClientUpdate
TtsService
vnav_4.7.0.258_i500_rel_PROD-signed
Update:
I changed the last app I listed above back to .apk, and noticed that there were some changes for the better.
vnav_4.7.0.258_i500_rel_PROD-signed
When I opened Maps, I pulled up the directions like normal.....then switched it to navigate on the map. What I noticed was that the map showed up in the background.....and it was actually plotted my exact location. The map was still grayed out, and it still shows "getting driving directions".
I also ran GPS tester.....and it now shows lots of info on the display, but I am still trying to figure out how the fark to work it.
Ok, GPS tester plots within 20 feet of me.......but I can't get Maps to get into Nav mode still.
ttt
Anyone?
Anyone?
Tts is text to speach.. you need that for spoken directions.
Just a thought, but why not change all of the not so obvious ones back to apk's, and just see what happens.
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Reinstall back to stock than test. One step at a time. Stock than test root test etc ...
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cseeley said:
Tts is text to speach.. you need that for spoken directions.
Just a thought, but why not change all of the not so obvious ones back to apk's, and just see what happens.
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Did a scan of it, I'll probably go do it again here shortly...since I still haven't solved this.
onemotodroid said:
Reinstall back to stock than test. One step at a time. Stock than test root test etc ...
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I was hoping to avoid reloading to stock, especially since this app worked fine since rooting.
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Hi
I was fed up with my vibrant being as slow as a three legged dog so I phoned for a replacement. I agreed to try a hard reset first and now it flies!!
Only thing I notice is that google maps now just shows a blue dot and not an arrow with my direction (not that it ever got the direction correct anyway!)
Has any one else found this? I now also don't have google navigation. When I go onto the market, it say my google maps is up to date. How do I get this all back?
Confused about this one...
Did you do a hard reset from with the settings menu or from the bootup menu?
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IIRC the version of Maps that comes in the stock ROM doesn't do that. There should be an upgrade to Maps through the Market that adds the compass functionality. Same with Navigation...I thought I remembered having to download it the first time I used it.
I thought it always had the compass, but I remember having to download the navigation.
Trouble is market place says i have the latest version and there is no uninstall option for maps either...
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I thought it always had the compass, but I remember having to download the navigation.
Trouble is market place says i have the latest version and there is no uninstall option for maps either...
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Weird. If you hit the Menu button in the Market and then go to Downloads it doesn't say there's an update available? I did a factory reset not too long ago, and I didn't get the compass headings in Maps until I installed an update for it.
no, no updates available, mentions the 3d navigation on the app screen in market place. the uninstall is grey out...
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no, no updates available, mentions the 3d navigation on the app screen in market place. the uninstall is grey out...
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What version of Maps do you have (Menu --> More --> About)? I have 4.4.0 (#4414) gmm-android-tmobile-us. I have the compass heading functionality.
I don't know if this is normal, but when I go to downloads in the marketplace, all my apps are listed as installed even though they have been wiped from the phone after the reset.
Is that normal?
dex1701 said:
What version of Maps do you have (Menu --> More --> About)? I have 4.4.0 (#4414) gmm-android-tmobile-us. I have the compass heading functionality.
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I have 4.0.0 (4046). So not the latest then.
You need to do a hard reset from Settings> Privacy> Data Reset. If you do it from the boot up menu it causing the market issue and some other issues too. It doesn't actually do a complete reset. I made the same mistake. Once you do the full reset you will be able to update Google Maps through the Marketplace.
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Thanks, will I lose text messages by doing that and phone numbers stored on the phone?
I was surprised that they were still there after the hard reset.
That is how you know it didn't do the job! You will lose everything and your phone will be just how it was when you first took it out of the box after doing the master reset. Your contacts should be saved to your google account and will automatically download once you sign back in. Unless you did not sync your contacts with google.
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That is how you know it didn't do the job! You will lose everything and your phone will be just how it was when you first took it out of the box after doing the master reset. Your contacts should be saved to your google account and will automatically download once you sign back in. Unless you did not sync your contacts with google.
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Maps is back up to date now, thanks for the pointers. Just doing the hardware reset really got rid of the lag problems, shame I had to erase all data as well just to get maps up to date.
That other reset also causes other problems down the road, best to do the full blown reset now before you get too much on the phone and have even more pain with a reset later! Glad it worked though.
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I noticed that the Google Maps Live wallpaper is no longer part of the options on Froyo.
Does anyone know how to get it on there or any news about it?
This happened on an update.zip upgrade from DI18 to EB13 on multiple phones.
Also looking for it
I'm also looking for it. Please update if you find it.
In the meantime, you can use this alternative:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=700786
Also, in this thread people are also looking for this wallpaper.
Thanks for the links. I tried the one you suggested and it just force closes everyone I try to load it. Oh well, the quest continues.
Thanks again for the help.
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crap, they just got Google Maps Live Wallpaper working right. Was finally tracking live.
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crap, they just got Google Maps Live Wallpaper working right. Was finally tracking live.
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Who is "they" and how do I activate this on my phone? I have never been able to find out how even though once in a while I come across a reference to "Google Maps Live Wallpaper" on the interwebz. Can't find it on the market. Can't find it as an option in Google Maps. Can't find in in my wallpaper picker.
Any further explanation would be appreciated.
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Who is "they" and how do I activate this on my phone? I have never been able to find out how even though once in a while I come across a reference to "Google Maps Live Wallpaper" on the interwebz. Can't find it on the market. Can't find it as an option in Google Maps. Can't find in in my wallpaper picker.
Any further explanation would be appreciated.
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'They' would be GOOGLE (thought that was obvious, but maybe not). Your phone and Android version must support 'live wallpapers'. I think it started at 2.2. If it does, when you go to WALLPAPERS from home screen there will be a LIVE WALLPAPERS choice.
Until a recent GOOGLE MAPS update, if you have GOOGLE MAPS installed, MAPS would appear on the WALLPAPER/LIVE WALLPAPERS list. It started appearing there many iterations of G Maps ago.
I got all excited today when another update for G Maps popped up, thinking maybe they had accidentally left it off the last one and were updating to fix... no such luck.
I am back to using Advanced Map, which does a FORCE CLOSE everytime you boot phone, but after that works fine.
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'They' would be GOOGLE (thought that was obvious, but maybe not). Your phone and Android version must support 'live wallpapers'. I think it started at 2.2. If it does, when you go to WALLPAPERS from home screen there will be a LIVE WALLPAPERS choice.
Until a recent GOOGLE MAPS update, if you have GOOGLE MAPS installed, MAPS would appear on the WALLPAPER/LIVE WALLPAPERS list. It started appearing there many iterations of G Maps ago.
I got all excited today when another update for G Maps popped up, thinking maybe they had accidentally left it off the last one and were updating to fix... no such luck.
I am back to using Advanced Map, which does a FORCE CLOSE everytime you boot phone, but after that works fine.
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Can you not roll back the update in the application manager?
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I am trying to get older version now. Will check the 'roll back' angle, but found website with them.
http://www.freewarelovers.com/android/app/google-maps#old_versions
6.0.1 didn't do it, trying 5.8.0 next
I just tried the "uninstall updates" method. It only went back 1 version, and did not restore the wallpaper function.
They mustve removed it a few versions back.
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OK, now I am wondering WTF. 5.8.0 no go either and it was working on my phone just a few days ago.
I just got a 'certified like new' warranty replacement and am running GB where my old phone was still on FROYO. I am starting to suspect that may have something to do with this.
I did manage to restore my fascinate to state it was before warranty exchange, Blackhole 4.4, a Froyo rom. Goolge maps was 6.xxx and the wallpaper was woring. Am now back on GB rom and it is not on available list of love wallpapers...
i just don't get it.
I do alot of off road where there is no wifi or 3g/4g. I need a nice app where I can download sat images and maybe even layer them with terrain. I won't be able to download on the road nor the trail. I tryed to use "maps". But I couldn't seem to get the maps. I always know where in goin(area) the next day. So I can download them ahead of time... I tried a couple diff apps. But most where paved roads. Nothing with sat. Memory space is not a problem. Planing on doing a seperate SD card just for this. Any help will be great. Thank you.
You looking for something like this?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.crittermap.backcountrynavigator.license&hl=en. They do have a demo version
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i played with that one before. Its nice for sure. But I can't get it to give me roads too. I want Google maps to work offline. That would be great.
You should be able to cache Google Maps offline. I believe it is a Beta labs feature for maps where you can designate an area for offline use while you are still connected to a data network.
beta labs?
I think there are several off line GPS programs, including Waze and something called ZANavi. I think there are others as well, but if you search for offline GPS, there are quite a few, including Google's June 2011 announcement of offline maps, which has not apparently come to fruition yet.
good luck.
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You should be able to cache Google Maps offline. I believe it is a Beta labs feature for maps where you can designate an area for offline use while you are still connected to a data network.
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I dont think you can pre-cache the terrain or satellite overlay though. At least it doesnt work on mine.
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I dont think you can pre-cache the terrain or satellite overlay though. At least it doesnt work on mine.
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Me too..... sucks cause I like "maps"
this is the only one i can find..
i tried it long long ago and did not work right with my tablet.. .Check Amazon app market for a trial downlaod.. it might be the solution ..if its now honeycomb/tablet supported
GOOD Luck
oops I forgot the link http://www.gaiagps.com/
you can load maps from many locations I got it from amazon asdi said above.. Just tried to load it and it comes up..but i have no maps d/loaded
tile cache for google maps
Ive been playing around with the google maps some more......even though the pre-cached maps with terrain overlays doesnt work well I did discover a way to do it.
First go to the grounds area you want cached and choose the layer that works best for you.
Next zoom to your desired scale and the view will slowly come to focus. When it does it seems to automatically cache that tile area. Problem is you will have to slowly scroll to each section of the landscape you want cached pausing until in focus. Hopefully its not too large of an area. It does seem to work and stores the info even after restart.
i have been caching tiles like you said all night.(in between my bf3 battles) It seems to keep them on there. i shut off wifi, and rebooted. still there. But for how long. I hope its there for good. i love that app.
Hello,
I have posted this in previous forums with other devices but I figured since this is a new device for me maybe I would get different responses. Does anyone else seem to notice that the directional arrow between Google maps old vs. new is off by about 15°? It's very annoying to me and I hoped it would be different with a new device (coming from Nexus 4) but same result. I have an old version of Google maps not connected to the Play Store but would like to use the new one. Any thoughts, workarounds, setting tweaks, etc?
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Yes! It's really frustrating! I don't have a G2 either, it seems google really messed it up.
Edit: Do you have an issue with the maps not as accurate as before either? Let me explain a little:
The other day I was driving and the maps needed me to get in the right lane because it separates from the rest of the road. I did so but it thought I didn't get over, and started to reroute and show me still on the main road. It never used to have an issue with it or similar things until the latest update.
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Yes! It's really frustrating! I don't have a G2 either, it seems google really messed it up.
Edit: Do you have an issue with the maps not as accurate as before either? Let me explain a little:
The other day I was driving and the maps needed me to get in the right lane because it separates from the rest of the road. I did so but it thought I didn't get over, and started to reroute and show me still on the main road. It never used to have an issue with it or similar things until the latest update.
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I've noticed those discrepancies too. I can just use the old version of maps but if I do that and I click a maps link, like in Google search for example, it says there's no application to open this item. Because the version of maps is one someone kinda hacked to automatically not be detected by Google Play for the upgrade. So it's kind of a trade off. Convenience vs. Accuracy.
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Can someone please install HERE WeGo app?
Mine is always force closing after trying to log in. Also navigation does not work, app force closes...
I've cleared data and cache and also reinstalled it many times without success.
Yea I had to uninstall the app yesterday after sending a crash report. I'll install it some other time whenever it's fixed!
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Not sure about the app in question but my Maps app with navigation works perfectly.
Maps
is there a voice navigation map in ths phone
AlainJude said:
is there a voice navigation map in ths phone
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Google Maps support voice navigation. I'm not sure if it is better or worse than other apps, but it is there.
Same here, fortunately I have bought Sygic in 2014
Oh wonder....
Here was answering on the App-Feedback after the app force closed:
"Thank you for reaching out, we are sorry to hear that you had problems with HERE Maps. We are aware of the issue you are describing and our developers are already looking into it. We will get back to you in case we have some further questions on your case."
Then we have to wait......
schickel said:
Can someone please install HERE WeGo app?
Mine is always force closing after trying to log in. Also navigation does not work, app force closes...
I've cleared data and cache and also reinstalled it many times without success.
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Hi Schickel,
I have (had) the same issue, and it finally works now, I installed a bunch of different navigation apps to try them , downloaded their maps to finally think about just fully restart my phone and HERE worked!!
I don't know what is the exact reason that made Here WeGo to fully (navigation, sign in and map downloads) work again but here is my guess to maybe help you.
Force HERE WeGo to stop
Delete cache
Delete files
Uninstall HERE WeGo
Restart the Xperia XZ Premium
Install HERE WeGo and don't start the app
Go to
Settings >Storage & memory>Advanced>Keep Cache
Select HERE WeGo
Close everything
Restart phone
Start Here WeGo
It worked for me and I'm happy to use my favorite Navigation App again, hope it will work for you also.
Cheers.
SillyCrez said:
Hi Schickel,
I have (had) the same issue, and it finally works now, I installed a bunch of different navigation apps to try them , downloaded their maps to finally think about just fully restart my phone and HERE worked!!
I don't know what is the exact reason that made Here WeGo to fully (navigation, sign in and map downloads) work again but here is my guess to maybe help you.
Force HERE WeGo to stop
Delete cache
Delete files
Uninstall HERE WeGo
Restart the Xperia XZ Premium
Install HERE WeGo and don't start the app
Go to
Settings >Storage & memory>Advanced>Keep Cache
Select HERE WeGo
Close everything
Restart phone
Start Here WeGo
It worked for me and I'm happy to use my favorite Navigation App again, hope it will work for you also.
Cheers.
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Thank you for the hint.
I'm happy that you can now use HERE.
But for me your hints are not working. After fill in my credentials for my HERE account the app force closes again.
So my hope is that HERE will fix this problem in the near future.
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schickel said:
Thank you for the hint.
I'm happy that you can now use HERE.
But for me your hints are not working. After fill in my credentials for my HERE account the app force closes again.
So my hope is that HERE will fix this problem in the near future.
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Sorry to read that
here are more "hints" about how i was using my phone before it worked
it was only the 4th or 5th full phone restart since i bought it ( i rarely reboot)
HERE worked again "after" installing different navigation apps, don't know if that did something (it will be weird), but i will uninstall them one by one and get back to you if HERE crashes again or not.
When HERE worked, i start the app by hazard just to test it again, it was a fresh install, wasn't signed in and no map downloaded, i went straight to navigation and it was my surprise to see that screen scrolling without crash, i tried a route and it worked, i was outside and not connected to any wifi antenna.
i then signed in without problem, and downloaded a map.
I remember also that after fresh HERE installation and before first launch, i went to app settings to manually authorize HERE to access Position and Storage.
SillyCrez said:
Sorry to read that
here are more "hints" about how i was using my phone before it worked
it was only the 4th or 5th full phone restart since i bought it ( i rarely reboot)
HERE worked again "after" installing different navigation apps, don't know if that did something (it will be weird), but i will uninstall them one by one and get back to you if HERE crashes again or not.
When HERE worked, i start the app by hazard just to test it again, it was a fresh install, wasn't signed in and no map downloaded, i went straight to navigation and it was my surprise to see that screen scrolling without crash, i tried a route and it worked, i was outside and not connected to any wifi antenna.
i then signed in without problem, and downloaded a map.
I remember also that after fresh HERE installation and before first launch, i went to app settings to manually authorize HERE to access Position and Storage.
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I've tested around many options with different navi apps. And nothing helps.
Now I'm back back to Navigon. It also uses maps from HERE and it have one good feature what HERE not have: planning a route with layovers.
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Now I've got the firmware upgrade to 45.0.A.5.1. But this also doesn't fix my problem.
I give it up for now
schickel said:
I've tested around many options with different navi apps. And nothing helps.
Now I'm back back to Navigon. It also uses maps from HERE and it have one good feature what HERE not have: planning a route with layovers.
EDIT:
Now I've got the firmware upgrade to 45.0.A.5.1. But this also doesn't fix my problem.
I give it up for now
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Hi,
Just in case, HERE released an update on the Google play store, hope it will fix your problem, at least it didn't bring any new bug on my phone.
SillyCrez said:
Hi,
Just in case, HERE released an update on the Google play store, hope it will fix your problem, at least it didn't bring any new bug on my phone.
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No, it's the same. But now it doesn't start.
I've installed an older version from February 2017 2.0.11260. With this version HereWeGo works normally....
have you tried contacting the devs about the issue?
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have you tried contacting the devs about the issue?
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Of course... 3 weeks ago they told me, that his issue is a known bug and there are working on it. After this statement there was 2 updates, but without a working fix.
So I try out older versions and they are working normally.
Use older version help
I need to use older version 2.0.11036 newer than that it keep crashing
Did someone test new version from 2.8.2017 2.0.11608?
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Did someone test new version from 2.8.2017 2.0.11608?
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Still crashes on build 45.0.A.7.120.
The new update of 31 august (2.0.11608) seems to have solved the problem, it work for me !