Has someone offline / offboard GPS navigation working? Which app?
Google Maps Navigation is not bad, but it needs an online connection, which is bad. I have an unlimited data plan, but GPS + 3G running at the same time drains a lot of battery, which is small and weak anyway. Therefore I am looking for an offline navigation software.
CoPilot it tells me that I do not have enough space, but I cleared my internal storage, 52 MB available, should be sufficient. Still doesn't work, it's also not listed in the list of compatible phones.
Navigion looks quite promising but to get it installed it seams I need a sd-card bigger then 2 GB, I guess like 4 GB.
Did you get some of these working?
I use Navigon Mobile Navigator ver. 3.6.1 and i´m very satisfied with it. the maps were stored on the sd card!
sigic aura also works...
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I see a lot of talk about the memory and how much is available. but I was wondering about installation of apps-
1, Where are they installed to?
2. How much room is there for them?
3. Is this shared with the RAM memory?
I'm keen to upgrade to an Android phone, but if the app storage is small then this would put me off.
So far app storage for me has not been a problem and I have been downloading a few. I have 102MB still free. Not sure how much was there to begin with though...
The memory for app storage is separate from the RAM - like it should be on WiMo and Symbian handsets.
If you root the Hero you can store apps on the SD card, though I have not done this.
I think unless you go on a download frenzy, you will be fine.
Most apps will allow storage of their cache / data on the SD in their settings menu - such as FeedR (RSS feed app), Twidroid (Twitter app) etc.
it really is nothing to worry about...i had to test a magic for my work a few months ago and one of the tests was to fill the internal memory and then try and use the phone...they'd had issues with windows mobile obviously....and it took over 130 apps installed before it got anywhere near full and still it worked fine for standard use.
seriously, unless you are installing EVERYTHING, then you'll be fine!
That puts my mind at rest. Thank you.
If you do run out of memory, you could always root it. Not that im advocating that or anything ;P
I have just got a used x10 mini off ebay, network unlocked.
I then proceeded to update it from 1.6 to 2.1 using the sony software, then rooted it with superoneclick.
What I am looking at doing is trying to get Copilot Live installed on the phone, so I can use satnav without the data charges (I'm on PAYG)
The problem is, that CoPilot Live and the map packs are going to be large in size, and my internal memory is tiny
I do have a 2Gb micro sd card for it, but I don't think you can install apps directly to it on 2.1 (I can't see sony ever updating the x10 mini ever again tbh)
Ok, my question is, following the 'apps 2 sd' guide on phones on 2.1 and below (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804574), if I did this, would I be able to install Copilot Live and it's map packs directly to the 2Gb sd card?
Cheers
I'm pretty sure copilot saves maps to your sd anyway so that shouldnt be a problem
As for that method for apps2sd I don't know because I haven't done it
I'm pretty sure copilot saves maps to your sd anyway so that shouldnt be a problem
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That would be ideal as I'm sure the actual Copliot Live app would fit on my internal memory, and I really do bot want to mess around partioning sd cards etc just to get apps 2 sd to work.
Does anyone with Coplitot Live installed confirm this?
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100% positive. It's no way that navigation could install data on internal memory. Apk installs @internal memory. Downloaded data go to sd.
Okay, installed apk to sd card, installed with astro.
Copilot then downloaded the maps and voice I chose straight to the sd card using wifi.
But, now I have a bit of a strange problem. When I choose to enter a destination, it opens an onscreen keyboard like usual, and if I try and type 'Lane', it does 'jkl a mn de'.
Basically, it is not cycling through the letters properly, printing a letter every time I touch the screen (hope that makes sense )
Does anyone know how to remedy this, kinda renders Copilot useless if I can't write in proper destinations!
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EDIT: Seems they have fixed the problem in the latest CoPilot Live version. Must have been a weird SE 2.1 keyboard bug.
Will wait till a newer version of CoPilot appears on the bay then...
I had the same problem with copilot and the default keyboard. I downloaded Anysoftkeyboard free from the market. Its a software qwerty keyboard. I'm pretty happy with it.
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Being something of a gps fanatic, I'd like to store all or most of the openstreetmaps data on my Jetstream. Unfortunately the available storage is pretty limited, and not nearly enough for my needs. Although the tablet accepts a 32 gb external sd card, I've found not way to access maps stored on this card - they must be stored on the internal storage card to be available to MapDroid.
Does anyone know how to fool MapDroid into thinking the external storage is internal, or to change settings so it will use the external storage?
I am not familiar with MapDroid, so I went searching for it since it isn't in the Play Market. I found an app by that name but it appears very limited in features. Did you mean MapDroyd (which *is* in the Play Market)?
By the way, being a GPS fanatic, have you tried OruxMaps? I use that and it does allow storing maps to /sdcard2/whatever or anywhere else you want.
mwoliver,
Yes, it is Mapdroyd, not Mapdroid - sorry about mispelling. Mapdroyd is pretty impressive in many ways, but it is based on openstreetmaps that is open/volunteer source. Its coverage does not include Africa, the Middle East, China, etc - really limited to Europe, N/S America, and all the maps and the app are free. In many ways it's better for browsing maps than the name-brands such as CoPilot, and it does use satellite location data. Has no search or driving directions, so is limited.
I had enough space on my Jetstream internal sd card, so I was able to install all the maps with a bit of space left over (about 5 gb), but I'd prefer using the external card, so I left a message with Mapdroyd but haven't received any answer so far.
I've looked at OruxMaps but my impression is the maps are user-created, chiefly from topo maps, which I'd rather not get involved in.
Yeah, I went ahead and tried MapDroyd after posting the previous comment and indeed there doesn't appear to be a way to choose your storage location.
If you haven't looked at OruxMaps lately, you might want to have another try. It can retrieve map tiles from lots of locations (including openstreetmaps) and store them locally. Once stored, you can switch between map sources at will and it will load maps from cache. It's been useful to me, anyway.
Good luck with MapDroyd devs, hope they can help you out.
I found another map system by the same company, NavDroyd, meaning it has navigation capabilities. Very similar to MapDroyd but more info in each map, so that it is not compatable with MapDroyd maps. It also has option to install maps on the ext. sd card. Free map downloads, like MapDroyd, once you install NavDroyd - not free, the app costs about $6 from google store. I purchased it because it's the cheapest by far, with such geographic coverage, of the commercial gps nav programs such as CoPilot. Probably not as accurate as these com. pgms. but ok for me.
Hi,
Does anyone know a good MAps app alternative? For some reason the app is always turned on and I see 2 to 3 of them turned on in my MemoryBooster app, kind of annoying. I usually have to freeze it in Titanium Pro, but sometimes I do need navigation.
Don't use the damn memory boosters. Every time you kill a task, you waste some 0.5% of battery, because it restarts shortly afterwards. This is THE WAY ANDROID WORKS. Don't touch it because you don't know what you're doing. It's not good ole' Symbian once again where you HAD to free up RAM. Here you should never, ever try to free up RAM. When it's needed, the system will do it for you, because it knows WAY more about apps than you do on a technical level.
really? So our phone comes with 600MB of ram for running apps, according to the Systems UI, How much MB free should I always be having so that the phone does not lag?
Rules of Android memory management:
1) You don't think about memory management
2) You DON'T think about memory management
The system will do it for you and make sure you have minimal possible lag.
And in addition, memory that is being used by an application doesn't necessarily use more battery than it otherwise would.
As K900 mentioned, it is indeed better to just let it be, Android will manage everything.
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Don't use the damn memory boosters. Every time you kill a task, you waste some 0.5% of battery, because it restarts shortly afterwards. This is THE WAY ANDROID WORKS. Don't touch it because you don't know what you're doing. It's not good ole' Symbian once again where you HAD to free up RAM. Here you should never, ever try to free up RAM. When it's needed, the system will do it for you, because it knows WAY more about apps than you do on a technical level.
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Then how do you explain I was able to increase my battery life from around 12 hours to more than 24 just by force clossing crap?
You just need to know which apps autorestart and which ones don't. There are some known memory and battery hog apps that everyone should manually close, sorry but Android memory management just makes sure to have available memory, doesn't care about battery life.
0.5% of battery because of a restar? seriously?
To OP I also have maps frozen most of the time. I like Ndrive for GPS navigation. Sygic is decent, i tried it sometime, so is route 66. Waze is a completely free alternative, but depending on where you live map can need work to be useful, and also eats lots of battery and data when running.
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Then how do you explain I was able to increase my battery life from around 12 hours to more than 24 just by force clossing crap?
You just need to know which apps autorestart and which ones don't. There are some known memory and battery hog apps that everyone should manually close, sorry but Android memory management just makes sure to have available memory, doesn't care about battery life.
0.5% of battery because of a restar? seriously?
To OP I also have maps frozen most of the time. I like Ndrive for GPS navigation. Sygic is decent, i tried it sometime, so is route 66. Waze is a completely free alternative, but depending on where you live map can need work to be useful, and also eats lots of battery and data when running.
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Don't use crappy apps.
kalte said:
Then how do you explain I was able to increase my battery life from around 12 hours to more than 24 just by force clossing crap?
You just need to know which apps autorestart and which ones don't. There are some known memory and battery hog apps that everyone should manually close, sorry but Android memory management just makes sure to have available memory, doesn't care about battery life.
0.5% of battery because of a restar? seriously?
To OP I also have maps frozen most of the time. I like Ndrive for GPS navigation. Sygic is decent, i tried it sometime, so is route 66. Waze is a completely free alternative, but depending on where you live map can need work to be useful, and also eats lots of battery and data when running.
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As i said before, memory that is in use or isn't makes no difference for the battery life at all. I don't use any task killers or so, and my phone lasts nearly 3 days.
Most of the time, it requires more battery to run a task killer than to leave the apps open.
Also, some apps will remain in the memory to make sure that they will start up faster the next time you open them. Having to completely re-open an app probably requires your cpu to work a little, using some of your battery.
All in all, i don't believe that killing apps manually makes any difference.
On topic, you could try Copilot. I used it for a while and it works pretty well imo. I'm not sure how it deals with the memory though.
The desire x is my business mobile, so i dont want to mess with it in case any problems and i get charged for the phone. to be honest i struggle, its terrible device compared to my personal phone.
I need maps to navigate around, the connection in London drops when im close to destination, i blame this on the tall buildings blocking signal but not sure if 100% the reason. i was told may help to download a map program and use this way, but there is no storage free, and i have only 2 small apps required for work.
Is there a way to delete apps like chrome and facebook / twitter which came pre-installed but i cant remove them.
I tried adding a sd card but it wont allow me to move apsp to sd card. ( so failing the deletion of apps, can i roll back the rom to a older version?
pretty weird that the data partition is full, when there are only 2 apps installed.
are you storing all your company-mail on your phone or something like that??
whatever, as first step you can try to locate the storage-hog by using a storage analyser like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobile_infographics_tools.mydrive&hl=de
i have downlaoded the program but not sure what i am lookign for?
can i remove the android APK files? surely once program isntalled i no longer need these?
A takes 591mb
O takes 127mb
App storage is taking 2.51Gb of 2.91 available.
Apps = 704Mb
other = 1.82Mb
Available - 408Mb but when i download the map program it requires me to download a large file for offline maps. plus i have this space as i deleted a few photos which were for work but old. so when i take photos this space decreases further.
the only apps i can uninstall are the two apps (about 40Mb each for work, plus i have pocket locker and now this analyser which have small footprints).