For those who miss easy access to Bing Maps on WP8, I found this great little app that allows direct access to Bing Maps (not website but the app on the phone):
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/maps/9e8f8fc5-da17-4b7f-80f3-2dc334de8dac
Works a treat on my 820
Excellent return of Bing.
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It messes with Nokia Drive. Nokia Drive does not get any access to GPS and basically screws itself in giving out directions.
chikoo said:
Excellent return of Bing.
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It messes with Nokia Drive. Nokia Drive does not get any access to GPS and basically screws itself in giving out directions.
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Nokia Drive+ beta found GPS for me just fine. Was Bing maps still running in the background? Or do you mean Drive+ can't run in the background with bing maps in foreground?
What do you mean it messes with Nokia drive, from Bing maps, you tap directions and it opens Nokia maps with directions
schettj said:
Nokia Drive+ beta found GPS for me just fine. Was Bing maps still running in the background? Or do you mean Drive+ can't run in the background with bing maps in foreground?
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I installed this App. Loved it.
Then wifey sent me an address on my text message. I clicked on the address, then "drive". It did not work.
so I undid my last action viz. uninstall Maps app and then Drive worked fine.
chikoo said:
I installed this App. Loved it.
Then wifey sent me an address on my text message. I clicked on the address, then "drive". It did not work.
so I undid my last action viz. uninstall Maps app and then Drive worked fine.
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Weird. Working for me. Now if I could just get mp3s to play from websites I'd be happy.
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I am using CKDroid 1.6b2
Today I updated my Maps app, but I can't get Navigation working
Also Buzz can display the layers but it fails publishing my own Buzz.
Anyone got this working?
I already read about Buzz that I may need to go to gmail using a browser.
I can live with that, but the Navigation would be very nice to have and Maps 3.3.1 just lacks some of the nice features compared to Maps 4
Hi,
I'm also on CKDroid 1.6 b2, in the UK.
Navigation works almost perfectly (except for the speech), but you need to remove the official Google Maps app and install the hacked version and the Nav Enabler, there's info on this here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5394164&postcount=134
(which is also linked from the FAQ on the CKDroid 1.5 page)
Buzz just appeared for me today when I went to google mail in the phone browser, it's just a new little icon in the menu at the top of the page, I didn't have to do anything to get it working. It's still not there in my desktop browser though, and they are rolling it out slowly, so if it's not there for you now, you might just have to wait for it to appear?
Thanks, but I don't want the old version of Maps
I want the most recent.
BTW I got Buzz working but not nav (yet)
Now I am flashing Vanillain instead... just for fun..
err, well then you'll have to wait until Google release it officially, you can't have the latest Maps and have Nav working outside USA as Google don't want you to, simple as that.
cant we have 2 maps installed? old and new?
kmoon said:
I am using CKDroid 1.6b2
Today I updated my Maps app, but I can't get Navigation working
Also Buzz can display the layers but it fails publishing my own Buzz.
Anyone got this working?
I already read about Buzz that I may need to go to gmail using a browser.
I can live with that, but the Navigation would be very nice to have and Maps 3.3.1 just lacks some of the nice features compared to Maps 4
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just tried buzz using ckdroid 1.6b2 and it worked after posting my first buzz using the browser,after that the maps app accepted my buzz
Ok when i had my iPhone my google maps was on point with my location, now with the HD2 my location is off around 5000 Meters.... is ther anyway or another app to use that will give accurate location on maps?
google maps
got to menu , settings ; select Use GPS, it takes about 30 secs. to 1 min. on your to right corner you will see that is seeking for satellites if you get more then 3 it will ready around 30-20 meters
Other question concerning google maps
android, palm pre and even iphone os. google maps got an update and now can navigate like a normal navigation software
saying left, right and so on
i heard nothing about the winmo version, someone know, when we will get this?
Jur1nator said:
Other question concerning google maps
android, palm pre and even iphone os. google maps got an update and now can navigate like a normal navigation software
saying left, right and so on
i heard nothing about the winmo version, someone know, when we will get this?
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No clue, but I would be surprised if we do not get it ....
Bing has it ...
no voice directions, but the new version has voice search
What applications are you getting to work for the vtab?
I can get yahoo messenger to work but cant download the plugins for video
I cant get the buttons to show up for skype.
Trillian says its loading and signs me out of yahoo but doesnt finish.
I use trillian with google, facebook, and msn with no issues. I also use the new google voice+sprint for texting/chat.
madiom said:
I use trillian with google, facebook, and msn with no issues. I also use the new google voice+sprint for texting/chat.
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How did you get Google voice working? When I install it, I go through the setup process, and when I get to the section about setting up voicemail (which obviously won't work) I get an error.
I believe the choices on the error are "cancel" (which let's you try again, to no avail obviously) or "skip". When I press skip, it just dumps me back to the same page of the setup I'm on (voicemail), but both the back and forward buttons are greyed out...
Now, the funny thing is that Google Voice is now running! If I get a text, it pops up in the notification bar. But if I want to go into Google Voice manually and write a text, I can't because I can't get past the setup process...very annoying.
I also use Google Voice on a real phone (HTC Magic on t-Mobile) using the same Google account....would that make a difference?
someone did a mod to the voice .apk, I don't remember which forum I got it from. I will put it on my dropbox and post the link here in a few. The modified .apk allows you to skip the phone settings part where you got stuck.
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I didn't think I would find it this quick on my computer. I uninstalled google voice then reinstalled using this one and it works like a champ
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15199943/googlevoice.apk
madiom said:
someone did a mod to the voice .apk, I don't remember which forum I got it from. I will put it on my dropbox and post the link here in a few. The modified .apk allows you to skip the phone settings part where you got stuck.
update:
I didn't think I would find it this quick on my computer. I uninstalled google voice then reinstalled using this one and it works like a champ
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15199943/googlevoice.apk
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Thanks, that worked perfectly! I wasn't able to uninstall the old version (said it was a system app, not uninstallable), so I installed the new one right on top of the old one, no trouble.
You can also just upgrade to the current Google Voice in the market. The skip button works fine in it.
K J Rad said:
You can also just upgrade to the current Google Voice in the market. The skip button works fine in it.
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sweet, then I'll pull my super secret dropbox version off.
I didn't realize google maps has an offline mode now. I tried it recently but it won't ever finish a search when you type in a destination. I think it's trying to get my location first?
Is there a workaround?
Hmm no replies. Actually I had google maps launched previously before I went offline. I just tried to launch it now and it times out saying this application requires a working network connection.
Then how is one supposed to use google maps offline mode?!
You must run Google maps once with a network connection after it is upgraded to re-cache maps. It only caches maps, not any place or other data.
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Ok maybe I was premature in trying this feature. But now the latest version of google maps says it has offline mode. I chose an area and downloaded. The area I chose was somehwhat big, my city and immediately surrounding cities. All the street names are there but yet it's still not searchable. I thought maybe it doesn't have the address numbers but even searching by intersections doesn't work.
So the offline mode is just a simple map to look at?!
Yes.
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Hey all, this is my first post on this forum. I bought a Dell Venue 7 for a tablet install into my vehicle to replace the radio. The tablet is in and everything is working but the navigation! When I try to input my route, google maps just sits in a constant "searching for location" state! I've searched this site and googled a ton and can't return any solution. I've checked the location services and tried my luck with some apps promising to fix gps location service, but no luck. The tablet is stock 4.4. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Test your GPS : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest&hl=de
I tested it using the app. It is only able to see one satellite at best. I downloaded "tetherGPS" and it is able to lock onto the position, but it won't display real-time position. It won't track it, I mean. Really irritating when trying to navigate because it won't track past my front door!
zilver31 said:
I tested it using the app. It is only able to see one satellite at best. I downloaded "tetherGPS" and it is able to lock onto the position, but it won't display real-time position. It won't track it, I mean. Really irritating when trying to navigate because it won't track past my front door!
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I have a Dell Venue 8 and gps work fine. I think you need internet to use google map. If you want to use in your car without internet then you need to download free or paid offline navigation app. BTW, I use Sygic offline map and it work very good.
droidnext said:
I have a Dell Venue 8 and gps work fine. I think you need internet to use google map. If you want to use in your car without internet then you need to download free or paid offline navigation app. BTW, I use Sygic offline map and it work very good.
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Same here Google maps suck! Install sygic for your region.
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