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Hey all,
For anyone with Bell vibrant version, do any of you have the problem with the "Google Maps Navigation is not yet available for your location" popping up when you open the app? Obviously this is not true since it's fully available here in Canada, not to mention the fact that it worked fine for me before. On my previous JG9 firmware it worked fine, but it seems to have sort of fudged up after the JH2 update. Now it shows that message, turn-by-turn nav is not available and only gives you the option of showing you directions.
Not that I use navigation much, but how should I go about in fixing this problem? any settings or caches I can clear to make it work again?
yes, same error, the fix is to install a new version from Android market
but it is better to use a decent GPS software like CoPilot, IGo, or anything of that quality.
Thanks for the info. I don't think I use GPS enough to buy a better app for it though, but I'll remember it as reference. I'll download the new version of stock for now.
AllGamer said:
yes, same error, the fix is to install a new version from Android market
but it is better to use a decent GPS software like CoPilot, IGo, or anything of that quality.
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Google Maps Navigation suddenly stopped working for me on Friday 20th (southern Ontario). Current version is 4.4.0. No update available yet.
It has happened right in the middle of a long weekend trip. It's good I had my old reliable Garmin with me...
I got my phone less than a week ago. Installed Google Maps 4.4 right away. It's worked perfectly since. I'm on whatever firmware the phone came with.
I'm having the same problem on two different phones.
It comes and goes. Restarting the phone usually helps as a temporary fix.
@AllGamer: Google's Navigation may not have some advanced features but I find it far superior to both my Magellan and TomTom.
created a FAQ that answer some of the questions regarding the "Navigator"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=763887
@hoomanb yes, i do like the google navigator, but it's not quite perfect yet, and as you said neither is TomTom
every one of those apps have something i like and dislike
currently using CoPilot, is almost great, but is also missing something i like from TomTom & Google Maps
if they could just combine all 3 of them together...
I've tested some offline navigation apps...
What are your experience?
These are my new results (2011-09-27):
OK: iGo is running in small resolution 800 x 360, GPS o.k.
OK: CoPILOT life is running in full screen resolution (but it is not very stable, when sounds are enabled) GPS o.k., no TTS on A500!
OK: Sygic 11.2 is running in full screen, with GPS o.k. and TTS!
Not OK: Navigon select 3.6 or older is not running, because the Acer has no IMEI No.
OK: Navigon 3.6 is running, but no menu functions are reachable.
i have copilot working.... but that was "annoying" to say the least.
it was constantly freezing during downloading of the maps (somehow my $4.99 US map purchase gave me access to the $19.99 mapset for north america, so that's a plus)
after disabling the startup sounds, the annoying button feedback sounds, and using the text to speech voice option, it seems to be more stable.
I use Navigation. Just cache the area - I have quite a bit of the state cached and have been using it pretty reliably.
Though an offline navigation app would be ideal, at least Navigation is stable.
gammaRascal said:
I use Navigation. Just cache the area - I have quite a bit of the state cached and have been using it pretty reliably.
Though an offline navigation app would be ideal, at least Navigation is stable.
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Navigation or Navigon?
Google Navigation.
co-pilot
can you please let me know how you got co-pilot to work.it will not run long enough for me to even get to settings
thanks in advance
erica renee
erica_renee said:
can you please let me know how you got co-pilot to work.it will not run long enough for me to even get to settings
thanks in advance
erica renee
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Sheer persistance...
When starting up, I took it SLOW...no quickly tapping on options or flying though menus. No multitasking either. When it's downloading maps, I just let it be.
This was all after a few hours of trying
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co-pilot working great
thanks used it all day today works great love co-pilot thenthe delorme on my laptop.Tested it today even got fix almost instantly.in parking garage downtown at hospital.Wish the blood test i had done was less painful.
Erica renee
geeky girls do android too
Glad it worked out.
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how do you cache the area?
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I use Navigation. Just cache the area - I have quite a bit of the state cached and have been using it pretty reliably.
Though an offline navigation app would be ideal, at least Navigation is stable.
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how do you cache the area?
Basically navigate around when connected to WIFI. Navigation will stream the info from Goolge maps and cache the tiles it loads. I'm sure there is a limit to how much it can cache but, for the most part, it works.
Just be aware that there are several levels of tiles - zoomed in, zoomed out. If you cache zoomed out tiles, it doesn't necessarily mean when you zoom in, the info will be available (when not connected to WIFI and being solely dependent on cached data) so cache zoomed in tiles. The ones that have all the side street names showing.
cache google nav
to cache the local maps on google nav.open maps not nav go into the setting at the top right of the screen in the drop down.will be cache settings.I also noticed if you are offline and trying to use nav.Open maps first hit the my location icon. when it finds you .hot the settings then directions then n
google nav will open with a fix.just opeening nav sometimes looks for date and i/guess not the cache files of g maps
if this makes no sense please do not hang the blonde chic
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I use sygic from applanet it s full screen and works fine
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I using NavDroid app (~$7).
uses OpenMap.
Not as good, as Google Map, but works completely offline.
Co-Pilot was crashing on me all the time.
I tried
SYGIC AURA
IGO MYWAY
COPILOT
none worked....quite anonying.
sygic gps works great
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhwyrPGJpak
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GPS App
Mapdroyd Works great and is completely free available on the market. Once installed it will give you the option of what maps you would like to download and install, no internet required while navigating around.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhwyrPGJpak
without rooting
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i don't get it, how?
pixiejoe said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhwyrPGJpak
without rooting
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sygic looks more tablet friendly than copilot, but copilot does exactly what i need it to do, get me and my a500 from point a to b.
At me nothing works
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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.
hi Guys,
i have strange problem with google maps ... it won't start the gps!
the gps works fine - tested with gps test
how can i fix this? ... i've tried all google location settings, nothing changes ... it will use the network to locate me, but not the gps ...
the gps-location icon in the notification bar won't appear when i start google maps ...
how can i fix this? any ideas? thank you!
i am on nf4
jean2323 said:
hi Guys,
i have strange problem with google maps ... it won't start the gps!
the gps works fine - tested with gps test
how can i fix this? ... i've tried all google location settings, nothing changes ... it will use the network to locate me, but not the gps ...
the gps-location icon in the notification bar won't appear when i start google maps ...
how can i fix this? any ideas? thank you!
i am on nf4
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I'm having the same problem. GPS Status & Toolbox, GPS Status Test & Fix and GPS Test all get a fix, accurate to 10 metres. When I open Google Maps, it just constantly says waiting for location. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling Google Maps, and now the GPS icon doesn't even come up in the status bar (it did show up before the uninstall/reinstall but it still wouldn't get a fix). Does anyone have any ideas?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...+play&pcampaignid=APPU_RYS7U77vILKM7AbBjICACg
i've uninstalled the updates, now gps starts when i open google maps ...
but i only get the location given by the network or wifi.
the gps icon in the notification bar blinks ... finds the location fast enough (the location is accurate if checked in other applications) ... but this location is not shown in google maps:
if in location settings/mode i check 'gps only' ... the gps locks the correct position, but it is not shown on the map ...
if i chose 'high accuracy' .... maps will show the position of given by the network (which is not accurate)
any ideas? thank you!
btw google earth too fails to start the gps and to find an accurate position - it will get the position given by the network ... so it's a google thing - i guess!
another funny thing:
in maps i get the location using the network (which is not accurate), but if i switch to navigation - i get the location by gps (more accurate)!
so it uses the gps just for navigation .... what is this?
I figured out my problem: Google Play Services and Privacy Guard. Google Play Services needs location access as well as Maps.
Click thanks if I helped you
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HI i have a eonon HU and would like to install offline maps app what is everyone using?
I would like to have Sygic, but it doesnt seem to work properly on this head unit.
Here maps is the alternative
tariqkhan.co.uk said:
I would like to have Sygic, but it doesnt seem to work properly on this head unit.
Here maps is the alternative
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Sygic works just fine on my head-unit?
I use Here maps from nokia, really cool in offline navigation.
Supr said:
Sygic works just fine on my head-unit?
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I have a Eonon head unit and every time I try running Sygic, all the settings reset and it tries to redownload data, so not really usable for me.
I have an Eonon GA2114 and Sygic works fine for me although I also find that it can start messing things up once connected to the internet sometimes.
The way I have it set up is all the maps are saved on my SD card so I dont use any data and you can then use an app to block Sygic access to the internet to avoid it messing anything up.
dc5daft said:
I have an Eonon GA2114 and Sygic works fine for me
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Really? I have the exact same unit!
I really don't understand what the issue is then?
Have you made any MODS that are worth bragging about?
If you haven't change the dpi yet; that is one MOD you need to do. I'm sure you've realised that the available screen space is not good. This gives you a 1024x768 type resolution, but you will need to override this for certain builtin apps like the Radio for example.
I must have updated my post just after you quoted me haha, I added some extra info
I've not really got any special mods although at the moment I'm working on using Tasker and AutoRemote to have any SMS messages from my phone displayed on the headunit and also an option to reply.
I'll need to give that a go! What do you mean by having to override it for the builtin apps?
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I must have updated my post just after you quoted me haha, I added some extra info
I've not really got any special mods although at the moment I'm working on using Tasker and AutoRemote to have any SMS messages from my phone displayed on the headunit and also an option to reply.
I'll need to give that a go! What do you mean by having to override it for the builtin apps?
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I didn't realise you have updated the post, I always have internet in the car so that must be causing issues; I did try reinstalling a few time, but got tired of downloading all the required files/map every time I reinstall.
Here maps is the best alternative that I've found, but I just stick to Google Maps as it as free traffic info too.
Built-in apps don't seem to be developed to cater for larger screens/resolution. So, the layout goes a bit messy, overcame this by using Xposed framework to apply the higher dpi setting to those particular apps (no more than 5)
tariqkhan.co.uk said:
I have a Eonon head unit and every time I try running Sygic, all the settings reset and it tries to redownload data, so not really usable for me.
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dc5daft said:
I have an Eonon GA2114 and Sygic works fine for me although I also find that it can start messing things up once connected to the internet sometimes.
The way I have it set up is all the maps are saved on my SD card so I dont use any data and you can then use an app to block Sygic access to the internet to avoid it messing anything up.
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If youre using Xposed; try changing your IMEI into the same as your phone IMEI for example, I think this would solve the problem for you two both as Sygic checks over internet your IMEI for a valid (phone) IMEI. I had the same problem, but Sygic works perfect for me now. See the post below for the details. Good luck!
i.draskovic said:
I have found solution how to make Sygic to work on ours devices.
It is wery easy and it finaly works for me, and I would like to share it with others. You can make it in two steps.
First of all you have to install rooted ROM. I have install update_4_4_4_RK3066_1024X600_7_MAL_14_05_2015.rar
You can find rooted rom for your device on this link https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BxmzvLRI7-eNeVA2SWkwM1pLZ28&usp=sharing#listv
When you done you have to install Xposed IMEI Changer. You can find it at Google Play Store and start the app. Xposed Installer will prompt up and you have to give permissions to IMEI Changer and to install Framework if you did not already.
Than yo have to open IMEI changer and copy IMEI code from your smartphone. (I have HTC M7 and IMEI code you can find in Settings-Info-Tlefon identity.
After that you have to reboot device and open IMEI changer to see is it new IMEI applied.
If it is, than you have to go to Google Play Store, install Sygic and download maps.
Result you can see on attached image.
I hope that it will work for others.
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How do you find Google maps data wise, does it use a lot? I had really liked the look of the live traffic feature of Sygic but I would need to be online obviously and that would mess up my maps etc. I had thought about using just Google Maps for traffic as well since its free but worried about how much data it would use with the navigation of it always on (suppose I could download an offline section but think they are quite small areas )
Thanks for that, will need to give it a go
Supr said:
If youre using Xposed; try changing your IMEI into the same as your phone IMEI for example, I think this would solve the problem for you two both as Sygic checks over internet your IMEI for a valid (phone) IMEI. I had the same problem, but Sygic works perfect for me now. See the post below for the details. Good luck!
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I've installed IMEI Changer and this works great; a little silly that the orginal IMEI number doesn't even follow the correct format which was maybe the cause of the internet linking issues.
Will try reinstalling Sygic later and hopefully would have made a difference.
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dc5daft said:
How do you find Google maps data wise, does it use a lot? I had really liked the look of the live traffic feature of Sygic but I would need to be online obviously and that would mess up my maps etc. I had thought about using just Google Maps for traffic as well since its free but worried about how much data it would use with the navigation of it always on (suppose I could download an offline section but think they are quite small areas )
Thanks for that, will need to give it a go
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I have unlimited data so have never really looked into data usage; but I can say that it is not only traffic data you will be receiving but it would also be download map tiles. Downloading offline map data for Google is OK, I have tried it, but as you have already mentioned; you can only download small areas and these do expire after a month (I believe?).
My main issue with Google Maps is the non-existence of speed camera detection, which is why I used to use Sygic. It is now a trade off between traffic/cameras?!?!?!?!?
I have a GA2114 as well. However I can't download the HERE offline maps. It just says waiting to download and then says it's slow. Any issues with you guys? I'm running the latest Malaysk ROM.
luniz7 said:
I have a GA2114 as well. However I can't download the HERE offline maps. It just says waiting to download and then says it's slow. Any issues with you guys? I'm running the latest Malaysk ROM.
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Nope, although I am using the stock ROM.
Have you tried downloading the map/data on a PC then moving to the appropriate location on your head unit?
tariqkhan.co.uk said:
Nope, although I am using the stock ROM.
Have you tried downloading the map/data on a PC then moving to the appropriate location on your head unit?
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I have not. I was not aware that I could download the map data on a pc and it would work in android. I could try it though.
luniz7 said:
I have not. I was not aware that I could download the map data on a pc and it would work in android. I could try it though.
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Yep, there is a Sygic Map Downloader application that someone has created. Very simple to use and you can choose the required maps and it will download it with the required data.
You shouldn't have a problem finding this application if you look in the usual/common places people go for downloads.
If you have trouble finding it though, give me a shout and I can point you in the right direction via a pm.
Off line navigation
tariqkhan.co.uk said:
I would like to have Sygic, but it doesnt seem to work properly on this head unit.
Here maps is the alternative
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I have the AG2114. I use Copilot and it works wonderfully. I bought the usa full version for I think $9.95.
I prefer Sygic and I have got it working. Just change your system IMEI number to match you phone. Works a treat. Sygic also warns of speed cameras, sharp bends, speeding and all sorts vocally.
tariqkhan.co.uk said:
Built-in apps don't seem to be developed to cater for larger screens/resolution. So, the layout goes a bit messy, overcame this by using Xposed framework to apply the higher dpi setting to those particular apps (no more than 5)
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Would you be so kind as to say for which apps you've changed the dpi and what you've changed it to and how? Which Xposed module? AppOps or something else? I've noticed several things that are just way too large to fit properly and even Nova launcher can barely change anything which was a first.
Also, if you have a custom recovery, which one?
I've only rooted, put Viper4Android, Xposed and IMEI Changer on so far. As for navigation Waze seems a popular option for those not dead set on Sygic like I am since I have world wide license already and a major reason I bought this damn thing in the first place (GA5153F). Bummer is that if one goes for the Car Navigation app over the regular one it's bye bye Snoop Dog directions but overwise it seems better laid out. Now I'm tearing my hair out trying to get the E1750 3G modem to work. There's not even a Mobile Networks setting in the menu. Maybe this kinda stuff is why people flock to custom roms which I might at a later date but I digress...
Sygic seems to work on mine but no voices it's not muted