Does Google Map work? - Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE

Ever since I got my EVO LTE on Thursday evening I have not once gotten Google Maps to work. I've tried it on my home network and cell network, but it freezes soon after opening it, doesn't download any map images, and eventually crashes. I have not done anything special to my phone. I have left it as stock to make sure any issues cannot be related to what I hacked on it. I've even powered down and restarted a few times to make sure.
Has anyone gotten Google Maps to work?

Mine works. First time it asks to do an update so make sure to go the market and do an update.

I did an update as soon as I got my phone. Still gets stuck and eventually crashes. I heard someone had problems and they had to get an exchange. I don't want to have to get an exchange, but then again, my Google Wallet hasn't worked. Maybe the two issues could be related?

You should try clearing the app data if you haven't already. Does the GPS work for any other apps?

How do I clean up app data? Where is that? On the sd card?

My Google maps has been forceclosing on my tablet and original EVO'S for a little over a week since the last update.
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Antebios said:
How do I clean up app data? Where is that? On the sd card?
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Go into Settings -> Apps
Find Maps either under Downloaded or All
Clear Data

I cleared the data like you said. I launched Google Maps and it stared to work better and was more responsive. It zoomed into my neighbor hood (it never got that far). But, now it's stuck again. It almost worked. I'm on local wi-fi and it is not downloading any maps.

I finally had a reason to use Google maps today to try it out. It seemed to work fine and was pretty quick on locking onto a GPS signal.
It didn't suffer the map blanking out issue which my photon was doing before I traded it in. That was annoying, nothing like coming up on a turn and having the map go blank so you then miss the turn because you weren't sure where it was. Grrrrrr
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Antebios said:
I cleared the data like you said. I launched Google Maps and it stared to work better and was more responsive. It zoomed into my neighbor hood (it never got that far). But, now it's stuck again. It almost worked. I'm on local wi-fi and it is not downloading any maps.
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I posted earlier, and then decided to look at your location on your profile man. I'm in Houston also, all six of my android devises are having the same issue. I think it might be our are not sure though, just a thought.
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no pienso que no trabaja, es todo mentira.

Cris rojas said:
no pienso que no trabaja, es todo mentira.
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???
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Not related good news: My Google Wallet works fine. Got myself a free breakfast this morning. But, still Google Maps is still crapping out. I paid $200 for a new phone, so I want everything to work. Who do I complain to? Sprint or Google?

Cris rojas said:
no pienso que no trabaja, es todo mentira.
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sslbaron said:
???
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Google translate says ' I do not think that does not work, it is all lies'. Your welcome Chris rojas.
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WOO-HOO! Google Maps just got updated a short while ago today! I updated and now Google Maps is working like a champ!!! Thanks Google!
Now I can finally say that my HTC EVO 4G LTE works 100%. I've tested every feature and they work beautifully!

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Problems with the Market? FIX! (mostly)

SO I and MANY others have been experiencing a "regional restriction" set by either HTC, or the Market on the Flyer, which doesn't exist on any other device (that I know of). I was browsing my Pulse feeds, and came along an article reviewing this app. I thought I'd give it a shot, and sure enough, some of the apps I couldn't install on my Flyer were INSTALLED! I sent the apk's from my phone (EVO 4G) to myself in GMail, and BAMM! I only tried a few, but now have Google Voice, Bank of America, and more on my Flyer! I thought I'd share, since the problem is pretty wide spread, as I've read on MULTIPLE forums... Hopes this alleviates some frustration!
=IP IHI II IL=
Did the same to update Facebook on my Flyer Wi-Fi
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IP IHI II IL said:
SO I and MANY others have been experiencing a "regional restriction" set by either HTC, or the Market on the Flyer, which doesn't exist on any other device (that I know of). I was browsing my Pulse feeds, and came along an article reviewing this app. I thought I'd give it a shot, and sure enough, some of the apps I couldn't install on my Flyer were INSTALLED! I sent the apk's from my phone (EVO 4G) to myself in GMail, and BAMM! I only tried a few, but now have Google Voice, Bank of America, and more on my Flyer! I thought I'd share, since the problem is pretty wide spread, as I've read on MULTIPLE forums... Hopes this alleviates some frustration!
=IP IHI II IL=
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Now if that would work with Netflix, I would be very happy. I'm going to try it, but think there are other limitations.
kat3k said:
Now if that would work with Netflix, I would be very happy. I'm going to try it, but think there are other limitations.
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Just sent, and installed Netflix on my Flyer, and opened it to at least the login screen (I owe them money, so I'm not logging in...lol)
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Now if that would work with Netflix, I would be very happy. I'm going to try it, but think there are other limitations.
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Really strange...I'm in the US and got Netflix no problem...But I can't get Google Voice app nor Bank of America.
Woah ... Now I don't see Netflix in the market. I mean I did before, I installed it. I thought it would be listed with an orange "Installed" beneath it...Maybe it was temporarily there by some random chance and I snagged it??
Launching Netflix it asks me if I want to update, there's a new version. I say ok and it can't find the file to update. So it's definitely gone now and I can't update...But I can hit cancel and use it like normal.
mfauveau said:
Did the same to update Facebook on my Flyer Wi-Fi
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What is up with that restriction? I've been getting the same problem for NFS SHIFT. Can't find gvoice on the market.
And the most annoying one. Is the YouTube videos only playing the first 20 secs of each video. I tried factory reset but nothing.
I got my flyer from ebay, I wonder if there's a way to check this restriction you are talking about.
Btw I downloaded the Google voice apk and it worked. NFS (which I already purchased) won't work even after installing the apk.
I used the app that is linked in the first post to email the .apk for every useful app from my old Droid x and my Evo 4g phones. Without exception, they all work on my HTC EVO View.
When I called HTC about the Bluetooth Hands Free profile not being available on the EVO View / Flyer, I brought-up my frustration about apps that work on the device not being available on the market. He blamed the problem on Google and Sprint. He said HTC had nothing to do with restricting availability of apps.
frh1 said:
I used the app that is linked in the first post to email the .apk for every useful app from my old Droid x and my Evo 4g phones. Without exception, they all work on my HTC EVO View.
When I called HTC about the Bluetooth Hands Free profile not being available on the EVO View / Flyer, I brought-up my frustration about apps that work on the device not being available on the market. He blamed the problem on Google and Sprint. He said HTC had nothing to do with restricting availability of apps.
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I wonder if I have an European flyer which has different market ? Google voice is US only, makes sense to exclude it from the UK market. Maybe that's the case ? Is there a way to check?
Also same thing with video restrictions due to location including YouTube won't play on my flyer. Im almost positive that's what's going on, I got it on eBay, so it could be anything, even Asian.
ernestosilva123 said:
I wonder if I have an European flyer which has different market ? Google voice is US only, makes sense to exclude it from the UK market. Maybe that's the case ? Is there a way to check?
Also same thing with video restrictions due to location including YouTube won't play on my flyer. Im almost positive that's what's going on, I got it on eBay, so it could be anything, even Asian.
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I sideloaded the google voice .apk, then added the EVO View's number to my Google Voice account. The Google Voice inbox Widget works fine and keeps me from having to fool around with my phone while driving. I doubt if it would work with the Flyer, since it does not have a phone number.
Tried to correct spelling, wound-up double posting. If a moderator could delete this one, I would appreciate it.

Question about Telenav Navigation App

I tried to use the Telenav app and it says downloading files for first time users, then the screen just goes white. But if I open The Google Maps app and put in a destination, I get to select if i want to use Telenav or Google Maps. If I select Telenav, it seems to work fine. But as soon as I hit menu and exit navigation...it takes me right back to a white screen.
Have anyone else encountered this issue and if so is it a fix for it?
It works perfectly fine on my Shift and my wife's OG Evo
Honestly I've never even launched Telenav, I use Gmaps Navigation pretty heavily though. Can Telenav do anything that Gmaps Nav can't?
exhilaration said:
Honestly I've never even launched Telenav, I use Gmaps Navigation pretty heavily though. Can Telenav do anything that Gmaps Nav can't?
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I always use GMaps but wanted to give Telenav a try.
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I contacted TeleNav support today and they said they became aware of the 'white screen' issue about 3 hours ago today. This is apparently related to a software version number, I'm not sure what version though.
I have the HTC EVO 4G 3D from Sprint:
Software version: 1.13.651.7
Android version: 2.3.3
TeleNav support said they are working on a fix for this and it should be within the next 3 days.
I've always used maps until I switched to Sprint last month. Telenav is just more accurate to me, more reliable. I use Google for the maps, but telnav for navigation
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navymoss35 said:
I've always used maps until I switched to Sprint last month. Telenav is just more accurate to me, more reliable. I use Google for the maps, but telnav for navigation
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Really? It seems to work slower in smartphones them dumbphones, i used to like it on Samsung instinct but on android it seems to take too long to load
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d

Market totally crap?

So my market has been abysmal recently. Most of the time downloads fail and now when I try to install something I click install and it just gets stuck on loading. Already rebooted and cleared data.
Why is this happening and is there amy way to fix?
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sgtmedeiros said:
So my market has been abysmal recently. Most of the time downloads fail and now when I try to install something I click install and it just gets stuck on loading. Already rebooted and cleared data.
Why is this happening and is there amy way to fix?
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Factory reset usually fixes it but um try finding an apk to the old market and pushing it to /system/app. Maybe thatll help
I'm going to have to do that. This sucks
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clearing cache works for me but its a pita. With the amount of complaints going on you would think it'd be fixed by now. At least I can see all my apps.
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I've found that uninstalling updates from the application manager fixes all of my 3.1.5 woes. It will eventually update back to current release, but until the market is updated again, this is the best fix i've found.
Also, if you have more than one GMail account on your phone, go to 'my apps' and make sure you've got your main acct. set as the market acct.
My apps, menu button, accounts
Pew! Pew! Pew! From my Mo-Pho!
http://android-gz.com
Market is working fine for me.
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I have same issue as op. Clearing cache and data seems to fix it for a while.
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I have same issue as op. Clearing cache and data seems to fix it for a while.
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same here. I clear it all the time and the uncheck admob, just because. My market hangs all the time and sometimes will not show my apps installed.
Has this been strictly on wifi? I'm having the same symptoms in the market but I've narrowed it down to my wifi being garbage and not holding a connection for any app.
I'm still having the problem today - and on the Sprint network, not WiFi. Other apps work fine, just Market sucks.
Same issue here. Market hangs & won't update apps sometimes. Other times shows an update available but there won't be. Really annoying.
Yep, I've been having market issues since the new market. It really is a pain.
The new market blows chunks, I pushed the old one back. It works well and shows what it needs to show.
I installed the new 3.2.0 market on my Flyer (gotta have root, and the Photon not rooted(yet)). And I haven't had a single problem. It's pretty freakin' sweet. I have I'll post the link in a sec...
Edit: BAMM!
http://theultralinx.com/2011/10/android-market-3-2-0-download.html?utm_source=pulsenews&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UltralinxAndroid+%28UltraLinx+%7C+Android%29
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http://android-gz.com.com
i thought it was me, not understanding whats going on, my phone freezes, then restarts, for the hell of it, apps to be uploaded disapear, apps installed arent working, they dont show in the app menu, but do in the "running applications" menu
all kinds or things happen, randomly...
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i thought it was me, not understanding whats going on, my phone freezes, then restarts, for the hell of it, apps to be uploaded disapear, apps installed arent working, they dont show in the app menu, but do in the "running applications" menu
all kinds or things happen, randomly...
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Same here. To fix my problem, I used titanium backup to freeze the marketupdater.apk and then uninstalled the market updates from the applications menu. Now I am on the old market and all is well. I am wondering if the new market (version 3.2) fixes all these problems??

Problem with Google maps. Anyone

My Google maps navigation seems to to get stuck in loop and repeats the last set of directions over and over the list directions are right just the voice part. I'm on team perfection rom. I've cleared the cache and all but it just keeps happening maybe its from this last Update. Anyone else?
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Mine has been working well after the update. Try clearing the data then uninstall, reboot, and reinstall.
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nthknd said:
My Google maps navigation seems to to get stuck in loop and repeats the last set of directions over and over the list directions are right just the voice part. I'm on team perfection rom. I've cleared the cache and all but it just keeps happening maybe its from this last Update. Anyone else?
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Same issue here. Running Only1 base. I have to clear app data every week or it gets stuck repeating the route from the state I was previously working in. The map directions are accurate, but the voice keeps saying to turn on a road from the previous week. Over and over and over again. Crazy.
rsfinsrq said:
Same issue here. Running Only1 base. I have to clear app data every week or it gets stuck repeating the route from the state I was previously working in. The map directions are accurate, but the voice keeps saying to turn on a road from the previous week. Over and over and over again. Crazy.
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Yep it also happen on my skyrocket running the collective rom. Wtf
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Why don't you guys use a NAV app that doesn't need data connection? I've been using CoPilot Live Premium and haven't had any problems whatsoever.
Same here
Hi!... same happening here.. Happened with Epsilon ROM... then with WanamLite 12.0 it worked ok for a few days, then it started repeating the route over and over again =((
No solution for this??
moreaup said:
Hi!... same happening here.. Happened with Epsilon ROM... then with WanamLite 12.0 it worked ok for a few days, then it started repeating the route over and over again =((
No solution for this??
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Same problem, Galaxy Nexus VZW on JellyBean, was having the issue on ICS as well. Did an uninstall/clear cache...worked for a while, and then started repeating again. Only thing that fixes it temporarily is clearing the app's data.
Happens to me once a week. Go to applications in settings, force stop maps, clear data, and reopen maps/nav. Problem solved. Its getting very annoying though, to do this once or twice a week.
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Same problem
This is my same problem and my location never picks up anymore..this is why I'm trying to go back to gingerbread cuz I never had a problem with maps
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I had the same problem on the Team Perfection ROM, in addition to it not using my Ivona TTS voice or speaking street names. Clearing cache and data didn't help, neither did an uninstall and reinstall from Play. What DID work however, was installing an older version apk I found (which kept FC for some reason), and then updating that version from Play. (Sorry, I don't recall which version it was, but I downloaded it from Aptoide.) After that, everything worked perfectly again. I noticed other people complaining about the same problem in Play's comments section. Really strange, but at least it works again for me.
Settings > Language & input > text to speech output.
Changing this to Pico TTS fixed it for me.
This has been happening on my phone (Verizon Galaxy Nexus on 4.1.1 JB AOKP build 2) on and off for a few months now, it first started happening right before android 4.1 Jellybean was officially announced. *It was at that precise time that the voice for Google Maps Navigation changed to be the same voice that Google Now uses in Jellybean. I remember there was a period of time where I would hear both voices like they hadn't finished converting all of the speech over to the new voice. It's been ever since then but this problem has been happening, I have noticed the clearing cache seems to sometimes stop it from happening only to return again randomly.
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Protonus said:
This has been happening on my phone (Verizon Galaxy Nexus on 4.1.1 JB AOKP build 2) on and off for a few months now, it first started happening right before android 4.1 Jellybean was officially announced. *It was at that precise time that the voice for Google Maps Navigation changed to be the same voice that Google Now uses in Jellybean. I remember there was a period of time where I would hear both voices like they hadn't finished converting all of the speech over to the new voice. It's been ever since then but this problem has been happening, I have noticed the clearing cache seems to sometimes stop it from happening only to return again randomly.
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Looks like this might be the solution, going to try it will report back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26802275&postcount=373
Any updates?
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Any updates?
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Yup, the fix i posted above has worked since I did it.
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Yup, the fix i posted above has worked since I did it.
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I tried that but latter I got the same error. I am guessing that something is corrupting my data, either an app or faulty hardware.
did you uninstall any app by any chance?
Maps issue
Does anyone here know why my stock map flickers and cause force close in stock navigation. I'm on a custom rom and was wondering if it was the rom or the stock map app. Can anyone help, because I love using google map and navigation.
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Does anyone here know why my stock map flickers and cause force close in stock navigation. I'm on a custom rom and was wondering if it was the rom or the stock map app. Can anyone help, because I love using google map and navigation.
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what rom and kernel are you currently using?..The flicker is a issue with some roms..editing the maxlayer overlay build prop helped with alot of people.
Did anybody think to post what version of google maps your using, without it any fix or info is almost useless because it might work for one version but not another (ex// im on 6.14.1 but someone else may not if not updated or running old GApps

Google Latitude Widget gone

Hiya Google Latitude has stopped working propperly and now my widget is gone too. When I go to the Widgets it is not there anymore.
Has anyone had the same problem?
Im on a International Galaxy S3 with LG8 and CSC BTU.
Thanks
Jess
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Hiya Google Latitude has stopped working propperly and now my widget is gone too. When I go to the Widgets it is not there anymore.
Has anyone had the same problem?
Im on a International Galaxy S3 with LG8 and CSC BTU.
Thanks
Jess
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Yep, there was a google maps update this morning for me and the widget is gone
it's mistakes like these that I think makes people annoyed at google.
Somewhere in project management they screwed up. Meanwhile they'll bring this back a few weeks later.
I know its so annoying as I use it a lot.
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Have you checked the settings Google moved stuff on the maps before .
jje
Yes I did I tried all sorts of things and its definitely gone.
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Is there any reference as to why its gone?
I found this link - remove the underscore
ht_tps://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/maps/latitude/_6FrYJf57MI%5B1-25%5D
No I have been reading online but nothing so far. If I find anything I will share it here.
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I have been finding more and more people with the same problem. Hopefully Google will pick up on it.
pick up or release the source
sprognut said:
I have been finding more and more people with the same problem. Hopefully Google will pick up on it.
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I left them a message and asked for releasing the source code that we can program our own widget... lets see.
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I left them a message and asked for releasing the source code that we can program our own widget... lets see.
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They won't be releasing the source code for Maps, it's their own proprietary software. Though there are plenty of API's to hook into maps and lattitude so I doubt it will be long before there are numerous widgets in the Play Store.
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I have been finding more and more people with the same problem. Hopefully Google will pick up on it.
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I don't think the removal of the widget is something Google missed, it's more than likely been removed intentionally.
Edit: It's likely been removed dude to the fact that Lattitude and nearby friends as linked into Google Now, which notifies automatically and has a card. Moving the feature to be an integral part of the OS rather than just sitting in an optional application.
Where did you get this information from? Is it just a guess, as I can not find a "friends" or any kind of Latitude-related card in google now?
If you want it badly enough you could just uninstall the recent maps update, I tried it and could get the widget back.
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If you want it badly enough you could just uninstall the recent maps update, I tried it and could get the widget back.
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This worked for me, uninstall then reboot, latitude widget back and auto updates off for maps.
Any chance they will put it back in next release?
Try this
Here is a post from the Verizon forum. I haven't checked it on my phone yet so hopefully this is accurate:
Found it. The shortcut is gone and I can't find any other actual evidence of it but if you go into Google Maps and click the icon in the upper left corner it brings down a menu and latitude is on there.
My Latitude icon is missing as well, but there is a Latitude layer on Google Maps. My friends are still there, its just less convenient to get to.
Yep I think the widget is gone forever and ever lol I have gotten used to using latitude through the maps now
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Well according to this post from an google emplyoee, It does seem the widget being gone is a fact, and only worth mentioning via a one line edit.
God they just don't care. And google now isn't something I can get on my ole Orig Evo I believe...
h**p://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/maps/_6FrYJf57MI
Apparently I count as a new users still have a few years. Guess I don't post enough. Replace the * with t for the URL
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Any chance they will put it back in next release?
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Although I wi**** come back...But I don't think so...
Stupid thoughts from google

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