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Google Maps 4 - Upgrade or not? And how?

Hi there
Have just noticed that Google Maps 4.00 is out and I was wondering if anyone would be able to advise if updating to this new version is advised?
If it is I would then be interested to understand what would be the best way, ie, uninstall previous verison/install new, install new over top of old, etc.
As a matter of interest and on this subject I cannot seem to find a way to uninstall the current version of GM that cam installed on my device as standard, ie, from HTC, and if we are talking an over the top install then how would one revert back to the original version if one is not happy with the new.
I would of course take a full back up of my device before the install of the new but I was wondering if there is a simpler way given that the downlaod is in fact a .CAB...?
Thanks in advance for any objective thoughts or guidance provided.
Regards
Balders

Baldrick1 said:
Hi there
Have just noticed that Google Maps 4.00 is out and I was wondering if anyone would be able to advise if updating to this new version is advised?
If it is I would then be interested to understand what would be the best way, ie, uninstall previous verison/install new, install new over top of old, etc.
As a matter of interest and on this subject I cannot seem to find a way to uninstall the current version of GM that cam installed on my device as standard, ie, from HTC, and if we are talking an over the top install then how would one revert back to the original version if one is not happy with the new.
I would of course take a full back up of my device before the install of the new but I was wondering if there is a simpler way given that the downlaod is in fact a .CAB...?
Thanks in advance for any objective thoughts or guidance provided.
Regards
Balders
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If GM was cooked into your ROM, you cannot uninstall it.
Just install over it and if you don't like it, uninstall and it will revert back to the cooked in version.
If you've backed up your device you've got nothing to lose.

Hi Bruce
Might have known that it would be you with the first response...do you ever sleep? You appear to be tireless!
Thanks for the reply. As I have a stock HTC ROM I am assuming that GM was officially 'cooked' on the ROM. Not sure what the version is but it must be pre v3.3 as that was released after I got my device.
Will give the v4 install a try as I understand that recent releases are more functional (makes sense) given that I should be able to revert.
Cheers
Balders

Hi Bruce
Just one further question...and please excuse my ignornce if it shows but I presume that the version of GM that came with the device is effectively installed to the device?
If that is the case do I need to install the newer version to the device as well or can I install it to the storage card (I assume that repsonses will be slower if I can/do) instead or will that just confuse things, ie, effectively having 2 versions of the same app installed?
Tell me if I blathering on this point...but thought it wise to ask. One learns so much asking (and nice knowledgable people responding).
Cheers
Balders

Baldrick1 said:
Hi Bruce
Just one further question...and please excuse my ignornce if it shows but I presume that the version of GM that came with the device is effectively installed to the device?
If that is the case do I need to install the newer version to the device as well or can I install it to the storage card (I assume that repsonses will be slower if I can/do) instead or will that just confuse things, ie, effectively having 2 versions of the same app installed?
Tell me if I blathering on this point...but thought it wise to ask. One learns so much asking (and nice knowledgable people responding).
Cheers
Balders
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Yes, I sleep, I just monitor the forums while I'm at work. It gives my brain a rest...
Generally there is no such thing as a stupid question, except the one that is asked twice...
Defintely install to your device as anything that access GPS functionality can be severely impacted by installing to storage card.
GPS software is different because it installs to your device but stores the databases on the storage card.
All GM data is online.
Also multiple versions will confuse your system.

When you install the v4 cab, it automatically removes the older version. And it asks if settings and places (or star marked or whatever it's called) should be saved.
So just go ahead.

Bruce Inman said:
Yes, I sleep, I just monitor the forums while I'm at work. It gives my brain a rest...
Generally there is no such thing as a stupid question, except the one that is asked twice...
Defintely install to your device as anything that access GPS functionality can be severely impacted by installing to storage card.
GPS software is different because it installs to your device but stores the databases on the storage card.
All GM data is online.
Also multiple versions will confuse your system.
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Glad to hear that you do sleep...and know what you mean about needing to give the brain a rest at work.
Thanks for the response. Will go ahead with a device install.
Cheers
Balders
@cpedersen - thanks for your input too. Much obliged.

So did you successfully install v4?
How is it compared to the older version?

Hi, can anybody point me to a GM 4 upgrade link or a .cab..., I tried the official way but keeps telling me that my "M850" is not compatible. Thank you

InformationTechnology said:
So did you successfully install v4?
How is it compared to the older version?
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no sattelite view in google map4.test on Topaz.

sualc said:
Hi, can anybody point me to a GM 4 upgrade link or a .cab..., I tried the official way but keeps telling me that my "M850" is not compatible. Thank you
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http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-google-maps-mobile-v1-2-0-13.html

fighter7139 said:
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-google-maps-mobile-v1-2-0-13.html
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Thank you!

Sattelite view is still available.
Menu||Layers||Sattelite

Hi,
Have installed the latest version(4.0) of GM on my unit and it works allright. Latitude integration has been included for google buzz. Also starred items on your maps on your google account show up here is you sign in there

Have installed GM Mobile 4.1 on my Topaz (Touch Diamond2 T5362). Downloaded via IE Mobile, because using Opera 10 Mobile the device was not recognised correctly.
Particularly like the (new) Voice Search: is even localised to recognise our accent which is important as our local enunciation is allegedly somewhat indistinct.

What else is new in GM 4 ?

ice2x01 said:
What else is new in GM 4 ?
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Voice search. Works pretty well too.

huyster said:
Voice search. Works pretty well too.
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does the voice search work in diamond2? mine doesn't work although there is a sentence telling you something like to keep pressing (the button to make call) for voice search, i tried many times, nothing comes out!

lookgod88 said:
does the voice search work in diamond2? mine doesn't work although there is a sentence telling you something like to keep pressing (the button to make call) for voice search, i tried many times, nothing comes out!
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Works as advertised on my Diamond2; press call button (don't hold down), say search word(s), bingo.

XDAndroid Gingerbread Public Test Build（from south cape）

hello guys , @xdandroid has updated this on twitter , it is a test build.
here is the original link:
http://southcape.org/2011/02/11/xdandroid-gingerbread-public-test-build/

Here link for Russia
http://xdandroid.at.ua/news/pervyj_publichnyj_bild_android_gingerbread/2011-02-12-19

why when im boot to this ginderbread before the "A N D R O I D" i see the black screen and all...

Try new rootfs

tnx man now it boooooot!!!)))

LENINred,не за что
sorry for russian,i said "No thanks at all"

unable to boot
Doesn't passes the roofs loading. It says I should unzip it (of course it is...)
Topaz100 latest everything. I think I did nothing wrong.

sampainho said:
Doesn't passes the roofs loading. It says I should unzip it (of course it is...)
Topaz100 latest everything. I think I did nothing wrong.
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Did you renamed the "rootfs_xxxxxx" to just "rootfs"?

ReWind402 said:
Did you renamed the "rootfs_xxxxxx" to just "rootfs"?
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Yes I did. Will try to gather everything again and see how it goes...

Can someone make video of gingerbread running on topaz?

3D is buggy, but 2.3 seems faster and nicer...

I cannot install this! :-(
Every time I run Haret it'll go to "android..." and than I get a black screen. updated rootffs as well...
what files do you use? The files provided in andboot from XDAndroid?
please help... would like to test

Is the keyboard really small for anyone else?
I mean it works surprisingly well, but on my Pure it so damn tiny

Very impressive!
Corwen said:
Is the keyboard really small for anyone else?
I mean it works surprisingly well, but on my Pure it so damn tiny
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Keyboard super tiny as well! Topa100 here! A slow on Angry Birds, but ran fantastically!
Looking forward to see it running from phone memory instead of memory card!!!

Hi,
I hope, it's the same Version I'm trying actually, so here's my feedback:
TOPA100, Gingerbread Release GBX0A dated 12/02, no overclocking
1st impression: running very fast and very stable, no problems with basic functions
problems after detailed check:
1) GSM/3G signal reception is weak in comparison to FRX04 (cannot receive a 3G sig at a place where I usually have one under FRX04 or WiMo)
2) GPS not working
positive things to mention:
1) faster than FRX04
2) wakeup is working stable
3) switching on/off WiFi (have to activate it in WiMo first, of course) works stable even after 12-14 hours
4) Camera not working, but the app doesn't crash in photo mode
5) with a for me "normal" kind of usage (longer standby periods, checking SMS/MMS around every hour, receiving email every 30 minutes, some WiFi action, testing some apps, one or two calls) I have a battery duration time of somewhere between 18 and 24 hours
Conclusion for the devs: why not switching over to Gingerbread?
Cheers
Zap

Good system
Zaphod_b_1 +1
I have the same comments.
I installed FLash 10.1 . It doesn't crash the browser like in froyo. but nothing displays.
The sensor doesn't work so most games and the landscape mode won't work.

Anyone else having issues with no sdcard showing up even though it's mounted on /sdcard? Tried symlinking it to /months/sdcard without any luck.

NervGaz said:
Anyone else having issues with no sdcard showing up even though it's mounted on /sdcard? Tried symlinking it to /months/sdcard without any luck.
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SD card is still working for me
Have you got the latest rootfts?

Double checked and updated kernel and rootfs, sdcard mounts but settings show free space and total as unavailable and various apps say there's no sdcard whereas some find it without a problem.

NervGaz said:
Double checked and updated kernel and rootfs, sdcard mounts but settings show free space and total as unavailable and various apps say there's no sdcard whereas some find it without a problem.
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I'm pretty sure the problem is that we're running it off the SD card, so it recognizes that as the phone and then can't find another source, as there isn't one.
Some apps work for me and some don't

[Q] PowerAmp - problem post 4g upgrade

Since the upgrade to 4g and os v3.2.2, PowerAmp no longer finds my external sd card (mnt/external1). It only seems to find folders in the mnt/sdcard (internal mem) directory. Worked fine before the upgrade, and I really don't want to go back to the stock player.
Anyone else experiencing this, or any ideas for a potential fix?

for me, poweramp never "found" my external1. i could not set external1 as an option to scan or set as the default folder. What i was doing, was, pressing the Library, then albums, and all the stuff on my external1, would show up. There is a beta for version 2 out now, and it cant find anything at all. I signed up to their forum and posted about this, but not only didnt i get a response, the administrators never approved my posts. its been about a week now. So until Poweramp fixes this issue, or until HivePlayer fix the tracklist problem, i will be using the stockplayer.

Thanks - I hate that it isn't working... PA is a great player, and I don't think stock will play my flac files.

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for me, poweramp never "found" my external1. i could not set external1 as an option to scan or set as the default folder. What i was doing, was, pressing the Library, then albums, and all the stuff on my external1, would show up. There is a beta for version 2 out now, and it cant find anything at all. I signed up to their forum and posted about this, but not only didnt i get a response, the administrators never approved my posts. its been about a week now. So until Poweramp fixes this issue, or until HivePlayer fix the tracklist problem, i will be using the stockplayer.
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got an update from dev that external card support will be added with the 2.0 beta (v2)... not sure when it will be avail, but keep watch on powerampapp.com in forum section

Pics Not visible in DCIM folder(HELP!!!)

Folks,
Need help urgently
I am having issues with accessing pictures in my DCIM folder. They show up fine on the phone in the gallery and the path location of the pictures shows that they are the DCIM--> Camera folder, but while plugging the phone through USB, I can't see any of the pictures in the folder..If I take a current picture I'll be able to see that, but all my old pictures I'm unable to see them, even though they appear fine in the phone through gallery..
I've tried installing different ROM's to see if there was an issue with the ROM, but I don't think that's the case.
Could someone please help

harryrasul said:
Folks,
Need help urgently
I am having issues with accessing pictures in my DCIM folder. They show up fine on the phone in the gallery and the path location of the pictures shows that they are the DCIM--> Camera folder, but while plugging the phone through USB, I can't see any of the pictures in the folder..If I take a current picture I'll be able to see that, but all my old pictures I'm unable to see them, even though they appear fine in the phone through gallery..
I've tried installing different ROM's to see if there was an issue with the ROM, but I don't think that's the case.
Could someone please help
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What Rom are you using? Are they on internal or external card?

ThaiDai said:
What Rom are you using? Are they on internal or external card?
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I am using PARANOIDANDROID 3.10 and the pictures are on the internal card.. it's really weird.. the folder doesn't show most of the pics especially old, but they are all there in the gallery..

harryrasul said:
I am using PARANOIDANDROID 3.10 and the pictures are on the internal card.. it's really weird.. the folder doesn't show most of the pics especially old, but they are all there in the gallery..
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1. Search in the Paranoid thread if en error like this happened before
2. Safe the pics and other import files on the ext sd card and from sd card safe them to a PC
3. Check if you have the same problem with your ext sd card
4. After the backup format your internal card and try again
5. Install a stock Rom and try
Good luck

harryrasul said:
Folks,
Need help urgently
I am having issues with accessing pictures in my DCIM folder. They show up fine on the phone in the gallery and the path location of the pictures shows that they are the DCIM--> Camera folder, but while plugging the phone through USB, I can't see any of the pictures in the folder..If I take a current picture I'll be able to see that, but all my old pictures I'm unable to see them, even though they appear fine in the phone through gallery..
I've tried installing different ROM's to see if there was an issue with the ROM, but I don't think that's the case.
Could someone please help
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Ive had that problem before;
They do get saved in dcim.
However mtp is the buggy protocol that doesnt rescan the folder properly.
Switching to ums (mass storage) fixes this.
Search the paranoid thread for the apk that allows you to switch to ums.
Goodluck.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app

This the app will help you https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.zatta.USB_switch
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2

abhinav quietly brilliant said:
This the app will help you https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.zatta.USB_switch
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2
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I dont think that one works any longer;
I think it was galactus that came up with a post with a link to an apk that switches to ums perfectly.
As said before search the pa3 thread in android dev.
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Dear All,
I know that this thread is old, however the issue is still relevant today for those with older phones and I wanted to share my solution for those that need help.
I had the same issue on my partner's phone where the pictures were seen when looking through the Android phone's file manager but when connecting to a PC, the files were not seen when looking through either MS File Explorer or another file manager (Directory Opus). This meant that we could not copy the pictures from the phone to the PC by plugging the phone into the PC using a USB cable (including ensuring that the mode of connecting was for file transfer or MTP as opposed to 'charging only').
I found this website and Anthropostar's notification that the code could be buggy which led me to try other solutions,.
The solution found that worked was using the software called MyPhoneExplorer (which I have used before for synchronizing contacts). I appreciate that there were issues on the past with this software and the way the person generated income, however all adware is now removed from the software and I recommend trying the software and if you find it useful then donate out of politeness as the developer has request financial help politely. Using the software I was able to connect to the phone in question, locate the files and then my partner has transferred nearly all the files over to the PC. There is an issue with 4 files, which I need to look at today, but the bulk of the 9GB pictures was moved.
I hope that this solution helps others as my partner's phone was not Samsung but another make called One+.
Best of luck.

If you have a sim card in your tablet or phone the pictures will be saved to that and not to the DCIM folder in phone memory.

Photos not showing up after taking pictures

ok i searched this issue but found nothing useful or helpful to fix this but every picture i take seems to dissappear after a few minutes and all i get is a gray triangle with an ! mark inside it for all pictures taken by the camera. anyone else have this issue?
im on bady boyz rom
rooted s-offed
h/k m8

No body is having issues with pictures not displaying correctly?? Im on ViperONEM8 rom but it did this on the stock rom and badboyz as well. must not be rom related but i dont know so sum one have any ideas what the issue is? thanks

Have you tried changing the storage location? Also, are you restoring your gallery each time you try a new ROM? You could have the folder hidden on accident and as you restore the gallery that folder becomes hidden again. See if you cannot find the photos another way, for example: Quickpic or ES File Browser.

ThrowingKs said:
Have you tried changing the storage location? Also, are you restoring your gallery each time you try a new ROM? You could have the folder hidden on accident and as you restore the gallery that folder becomes hidden again. See if you cannot find the photos another way, for example: Quickpic or ES File Browser.
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thank you for helping.
unfortunately yes i did try changing the storage location, in the camera app i changed it to ext sdcard & phone storage both same issue. also i used the Xposed module "Downloads2SD" & "Pictures2SD" both to change the location but still same issue. as for restoring my gallery, no i dont restore it at all when installing new rom. unless somehow it automatically restores from my google account but i dont think it does.
I also have used Root Browser & ES File Explorer to look in every directory on phone and sdcard for the pictures and they cant be found anywhere.
thanks again for replying and trying to help appreciate it much. any other ideas tho?

Original T said:
thank you for helping.
unfortunately yes i did try changing the storage location, in the camera app i changed it to ext sdcard & phone storage both same issue. also i used the Xposed module "Downloads2SD" & "Pictures2SD" both to change the location but still same issue. as for restoring my gallery, no i dont restore it at all when installing new rom. unless somehow it automatically restores from my google account but i dont think it does.
I also have used Root Browser & ES File Explorer to look in every directory on phone and sdcard for the pictures and they cant be found anywhere.
thanks again for replying and trying to help appreciate it much. any other ideas tho?
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What happens when you use a different camera app? If that doesn't work either I would suggest an RUU. If an RUU doesn't work I would suggest returning the phone.

ThrowingKs said:
What happens when you use a different camera app? If that doesn't work either I would suggest an RUU. If an RUU doesn't work I would suggest returning the phone.
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still not working with other camera apps. im gonna try RUUing once and see if it still does it. i took a few pics today and all seemed fine until i went to view them later on then they were just displaying the gray triangle thing.. one pic was there and viewed fine one sec then the next its just like the others. i just looked in the gallery now and it shows the previews of these pics but i tap to open them and get the triangle again. its weird & really frustrating i took tons of great pics over the time with this phone and lost them all from this, except of course the stupid test shots ive taken of my wall or whatever pointless shots.. they seem to stay fine its just the important ones that wont.. aarrrghhh gonna RUU right now.
here is a screenshot of what displays for the pictures.. View attachment 2782818

come on isnt anybody having issues with pictures similiar at all?!
pictures i take sometimes show with parts of it having a section thats gray.. usually more then 50% of the pic is that way otherwise there is no pic just a black screen with the ! as shown in previous post here. can anyone please help me. ive lost a lot of important good pics due to this.
you all have always helped me with any issues ive had.. thanks for all that. and thanks for your help with this.

Original T said:
come on isnt anybody having issues with pictures similiar at all?!
pictures i take sometimes show with parts of it having a section thats gray.. usually more then 50% of the pic is that way otherwise there is no pic just a black screen with the ! as shown in previous post here. can anyone please help me. ive lost a lot of important good pics due to this.
you all have always helped me with any issues ive had.. thanks for all that. and thanks for your help with this.
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I am having the same issue i moved all my pictures to the external storage card to free up space but now the pics are in limbo i cant find them i just have the triangle where they use to be. the same thing holds true for apps

im beginning to suspect that KK write protection with the external sdcard is the culprit for this but im on viperonem8 and have tried the fixes i found that are suppose to fix the write protection issue and still having same issues. so anyone have any working fixes at all please let us know thanks

gscarborough said:
I am having the same issue i moved all my pictures to the external storage card to free up space but now the pics are in limbo i cant find them i just have the triangle where they use to be. the same thing holds true for apps
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I am having the exact same issue and it is frustrating as hell. Especially when I get a great picture, then I go to show someone and it is ****ING GONE.. The only way that I can seem to save them if is when I take them, I immediately share them. After doing extensive research, I have narrowed it down to 2 possible issues.
1) The SD card is somehow corrupted, I purchased a 64GB SD card from eBay and I just recently read about an SD card scandal that was going on which could be the culprit. To test this, I am first going to try with a smaller card that I know works. If that doesn't work, I am going to have the pictures stored on the phone and see if that keeps them.
2) This problem really started to show itself after I downloaded an app called OneGallery, I don't really know if that has anything to do with it, or if it is completely coincidence. If replacing the SD card doesn't work, deleting this app will be the next step.
I love the phone too much to just turn it in or swap it out.
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