Here it is the long awaited Sherpa app v1.0
Works perfect on phone with cy3.6.81
Get it while its HOT!!!
thanks saw the other one earlier wasn't able to download it at work
Thanks been waiting for this really cool app but when you click on something all I get is a blank screen on Cy 3681.
PlatinumMOTO said:
Thanks been waiting for this really cool app but when you click on something all I get is a blank screen on Cy 3681.
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Yup same thing on hero lol. I'm guessing it is still a beta version
A Quick Note About Sherpa
With Cyanogen already including Sherpa in his latest experimental build, there have been a few issues that have arisen. I feel that, because of these issues, any devs who are considering adding Sherpa to their builds should make users aware of these issues. If you are such a dev, feel free to add the following list to your first post. Also, you should make it clear that this version of Sherpa is pre-release.
If you wish to add Sherpa to your builds, you can download the .apk here: http://gynecologistcobra.net/apps/Sherpa.apk
Major Issues
Do not open the keyboard while Sherpa is running. It may cause it to crash.
Sherpa does not work properly on non-US devices. In the worst cases, it will fail to connect to the server. Even if it does connect, it may not be able to discover your surroundings.
Sherpa may fail to launch completely.
Sherpa requires GPS to be active to auto-locate you.
Sherpa may turn on your Wi-Fi while it is running.
Minor issues
Auto-rotate does not work in Sherpa.
It also sometimes just won't start, freezing up while trying to acquire the GPU. Awesome app though
cyanogen said:
It also sometimes just won't start, freezing up while trying to acquire the GPU. Awesome app though
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Well, it was designed for the Magic, which has more RAM, ergo it can freeze on start up.
bolmedias said:
Sherpa may require GPS to be activated in order to locate you.
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It definitely requires GPS for auto-locate to work. I've also seen it turn on my wifi connection.
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It definitely requires GPS for auto-locate to work. I've also seen it turn on my wifi connection.
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Actually, now that you mention it, I have seen the 'Open Wi-Fi Networks' notification flash up while I was running Sherpa. While my WiFi was turned off.
I think this is definitely a pre-release. If you watch logcat, there are hundreds of exceptions being thrown.
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Actually, now that you mention it, I have seen the 'Open Wi-Fi Networks' notification flash up while I was running Sherpa. While my WiFi was turned off.
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Possibly using skyhook wireless wifi geolocation service for poor gps visibility situations?
Thanks. This is working on cy 3.6.81 with no problems for me
Good stuff on the bugs list but im thinkin the sherpa app that got leaked was a beta version and there will be plenty of bugs, so don't hold your breathe yet but i guess wait till the official once releases.
PlatinumMOTO said:
Thanks been waiting for this really cool app but when you click on something all I get is a blank screen on Cy 3681.
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I am using Cy3.6.8.1 and have NO problems what so ever.
alritewhadeva said:
Yup same thing on hero lol. I'm guessing it is still a beta version
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Its NOT beta, I have NOT tested it on a Hero Rom, however I have GPS on and on wifi so maybe make sure you have GPS on.
Look at the screenshots:
johnnylicious said:
Good stuff on the bugs list but im thinkin the sherpa app that got leaked was a beta version and there will be plenty of bugs, so don't hold your breathe yet but i guess wait till the official once releases.
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Good to see you've calmed down a bit from JAC's thread, Johnny
We know it's a prerelease version. However, people may want to start putting it in their builds, like Cyan has done, so there should be a bugs list.
Lakers3408 said:
I am using Cy3.6.8.1 and have NO problems what so ever.
Its NOT beta, I have NOT tested it on a Hero Rom, however I have GPS on and on wifi so maybe make sure you have GPS on.
Look at the screenshots:
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Thats wierd...I always get a blank screen when I press a place.
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Thats wierd...I always get a blank screen when I press a place.
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That is weird, it does take a few seconds to show, maybe it takes longer on Hero since it is a slower ROM.
After playing around with this app.. I must say its definitely one of the best "places" type app out there. I have noticed a couple things that havent been mentioned. First off, i havent had any fc even after opening the keyboard. The app screen doesnt rotate but is still functional for me in landscape.
I assume this app you can set your location manually via zipcode, city, etc. I would imagine that this also picks up via GPS.
On the bottom where it tells me my location, it is set for my home. GPS isnt picking me up elsewhere, as i am not at home. When i search by zip it works fine.
I also tried to go to google maps and lock on gps there.. but no go so far.
Like i said, i know there will be some small bugs considering this app isnt meant for the g1 Anyone else experience the GPS not locking your current location?
My GPS is off. On google maps I get the correct location but in Sherpa it thinks I'm at home, not at work.
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My GPS is off. On google maps I get the correct location but in Sherpa it thinks I'm at home, not at work.
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Yeah.. I hear you. If i have my gps enabled and go the the Menu in Sherpa, select Go to Location. There is a "Use Current location" Then the little circle to the left of you displayed location with "think" for a couple seconds and stay at the same location... I dont even know how it picked up that location.
If my gps in not enabled then the circle with "think" for as long as you let it.
Related
yesterday i was thinking that a year ago, the iPhone updated its operating system to support this, then I started checking that it was just a system setting on android, its just that there was no interface to change it... I couldn't believe that nobody has done it before.
I wrote it this morning and I just made it available in the market for free.
Here's more info http://bit.ly/kOoRW
Enjoy!
P.S. If you really like it, please support me by checking out my other apps, Bedside and MusicSleep. Or go in my site and donate. Thanks
Woah, hadn't ever thought of that. Thanks! *installs*
AdrianK said:
Woah, hadn't ever thought of that. Thanks! *installs*
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i know, i was really surprised nobody did
What about adding a checkbox to keep BlueTooth on? You should be able to do that as well.
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What about adding a checkbox to keep BlueTooth on? You should be able to do that as well.
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Thats correct, and I am currently testing the new version with this new "feature" and it will be on the market soon.
crackertc said:
Thats correct, and I am currently testing the new version with this new "feature" and it will be on the market soon.
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Awesome! Can't wait to try it out.
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Awesome! Can't wait to try it out.
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Yeah, it's gonna have to wait till tomorrow though, it works perfect, I have it on my phone, but tonight I decided to stay at my gf's and didn't bring my computer, tried extracting the apk from my phone to upload but the signing doesn't match, so, I will upload it tomorrow for you guys. Sorry!
Would it be possible to add an option to turn WiFi on while the airplane mode is enabled? That would be great because then one could avoid turning airplane mode off and on again for just enabling WiFi.
Very good idea. Do you have the source available? Once you get an alpha version, let us devs knows so we can incorporate this into the roms. The perfect operating system is coming soon
fantastic app- saw it last night- downloaded...used heaps already. I had thought of this app but being a total dunce at programming i waited for someone else to do it- funnily enough 2 days ago i was just about to post on here asking if anyone knew of an app that did this!!
thanks heaps- will buy another app to support.... musicsleep i reckon- good for getting kids to sleep
Johnassel said:
Would it be possible to add an option to turn WiFi on while the airplane mode is enabled? That would be great because then one could avoid turning airplane mode off and on again for just enabling WiFi.
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I could probably add a shortcut to the wifi configuration settings. You can't do this from the phone settings directly since it gets disabled. HOWEVER, if you add an AnyCut (or BetterCut) shortcut to Wifi Settings directly, they will work fine and you will be able to turn on/off and configure wifi while in airplane mode.
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Very good idea. Do you have the source available? Once you get an alpha version, let us devs knows so we can incorporate this into the roms. The perfect operating system is coming soon
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It's EXTREMELY easy to enable this, I think the only "problems" you might run into will be changing the android settings so it doesn't disable the checkboxes for wireless when airplane mode is activated but I will provide the source code later on today when I get home, let me upload it to github and let's figure a way to enable this on the system to be used in a rom.
MontAlbert said:
fantastic app- saw it last night- downloaded...used heaps already. I had thought of this app but being a total dunce at programming i waited for someone else to do it- funnily enough 2 days ago i was just about to post on here asking if anyone knew of an app that did this!!
thanks heaps- will buy another app to support.... musicsleep i reckon- good for getting kids to sleep
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Awesome! Yes, I never needed it before, so I never researched, but I remember seeing it on the iPhone (after OS 2.0) when I had the 1st gen iphone, I remember using it when I was browsing and didn't want to get interrupted, but I'm sure people have other uses.
thank you very much for your support!
The bluetooth option is not working very well, I'm starting to think it is a problem with the android os itself, well see.
Also, we might be getting native support for this soon.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3289
Open sourced.
http://github.com/velazcod/Airplane-Mode-Wifi-Enabler/tree/master
That version includes bluetooth support, however, it doesn't work.
Enjoy, hopefully we get this enabled in custom roms. All you guys have to do is that in the Settings.System.AIRPLANE_MODE_RADIOS, make the default values to 'cellphone, bluetooth' instead of 'cellphone,bluetooth,wifi'. Those are the radios that will be turned off when Airplane Mode is enabled, so if you remove a value from that csv list and that value's radio should stay on.
As you can see, wifi works fine, but bluetooth and cellphone do not, they keep turning off without the ability to be turned on after setting airplane mode.
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Very good idea. Do you have the source available? Once you get an alpha version, let us devs knows so we can incorporate this into the roms. The perfect operating system is coming soon
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I'm trying to request all devs to do this.
Hey all,
I am by no means a dev, but I have had some interesting revelations on the Sprint TV app. I've been messing with the apk and found I can run the app if I delete the check_wifi.lua file. If I try to edit it, it will crash. I tried changing the ip address it checks for wifi, but it won't install if I do that.
I think it'd be an easy thing to do, but I know very little about all this. Any thoughts?
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Hey all,
I am by no means a dev, but I have had some interesting revelations on the Sprint TV app. I've been messing with the apk and found I can run the app if I delete the check_wifi.lua file. If I try to edit it, it will crash. I tried changing the ip address it checks for wifi, but it won't install if I do that.
I think it'd be an easy thing to do, but I know very little about all this. Any thoughts?
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Im pretty sure you have to sign it if you alter it
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Im pretty sure you have to sign it if you alter it
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All I did was open it in notepad and changed the last number in the ip address to a 0 so that it would fail to see wifi is on. Since I honestly don't know what signing it is, perhaps this is best left out of my hands.
I got it to work by switching back and forth between it and other apps. Now it has been working every time i launch it.
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I got it to work by switching back and forth between it and other apps. Now it has been working every time i launch it.
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On Wifi or just in general?
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On Wifi or just in general?
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in general. I didn't notice wifi in the title until now
Ok, I have been able to active Wifi while Sprint TV is running, but it still doesn't get a channel listing.
sprint tv started working for me tonight over 3G. No idea why. Only show I was able to watch was The View. Go figure.
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sprint tv started working for me tonight over 3G. No idea why. Only show I was able to watch was The View. Go figure.
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more than I can watch. i can't even get a listing
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more than I can watch. i can't even get a listing
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same here.
tekkitan said:
more than I can watch. i can't even get a listing
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same here.
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i read somewhere that you needed to get the TV widget on your screen also
even with that i couldnt get it to work ... so after several frustrating reboots
I FINALLY GOT A LISTING!!
at first, it was telling me that i needed to subscribe to every damn channel i tried to watch
but when i went to the subscriptions menu, i saw that i was already subscribed to everything
some more reboots later everything loaded and i could watch channels
now the whole Wifi thing could probably get fixed by some baksmali/smali edits ... im still trying to get a grasp on how to do this so cant help with that yet :\
My tv app works over 3g now.
My tv started working once i hit 3g in my area no reboot
mines working also
mine just started worrking all of sudden too ! so I installed on my wifes mt3g also worked after a while by itself ?! I had widget on at that time anyways if you dont get it to work try again its really well worth it !
cm 4.1.11.1
no theme
to people who got this working, are yall on 3G?
Yup it looks like you have to be on 3G for the TV app to work.
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to people who got this working, are yall on 3G?
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Yes, just about all streaming video needs either wifi or 3g.
AH GRR! that is lame.. ya are so lucky!
Ive been able to stream over Edge. I dont have 3g in my area yet. I also had issues at first with anything loading but after waiting like everyone else i got listings and eventually i was able to watch the office on edge. Def not worth the wait but progress.
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i read somewhere that you needed to get the TV widget on your screen also
even with that i couldnt get it to work ... so after several frustrating reboots
I FINALLY GOT A LISTING!!
at first, it was telling me that i needed to subscribe to every damn channel i tried to watch
but when i went to the subscriptions menu, i saw that i was already subscribed to everything
some more reboots later everything loaded and i could watch channels
now the whole Wifi thing could probably get fixed by some baksmali/smali edits ... im still trying to get a grasp on how to do this so cant help with that yet :\
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my sprint tv also shows that i have subscriptions. but when i go to all channels to try to watch those channels listed in my subscriptions it still asks me to subscribe and buy.
??? help??? i've only been able to watch one channel for free and its the sprint exclusive stuff.
How can I see a list of installed programs (and potentially remove them) even those in the ROM?
I installed that SD Mount fix application, but I see no icon for it, and it doesn't seem to work... I did power down my phone and restart it.
Task manager? Is there one without installing it? I know there is one that's suppose to be bound to a hardware key, but we can't get to it...
Sorry I'm a noob... any good sites for learning about android?
I found in Settings the app list...
But still, SD Share is installed but I have no icon for it anywhere that I can find. Can anyone help?
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I found in Settings the app list...
But still, SD Share is installed but I have no icon for it anywhere that I can find. Can anyone help?
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sd share? check in your widgets section
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I found in Settings the app list...
But still, SD Share is installed but I have no icon for it anywhere that I can find. Can anyone help?
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Still no icon anywhere for SD Share or whatever... this is what I'm getting in Windows device manager when I look:
http://imgur.com/eF2Db.png
If I try to click on the removable drive it says IO error...
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sd share? check in your widgets section
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Where is that? lol, totally new to android...
Found it, added it. Clicked on it. Reconnected, waited. Still no damn accessible drive on my PC... Is Windows 7 causing the issue? Maybe the face I installed the Google USB v3 driver?
Spoke too soon, it finally showed up... Thanks... I'm retarded.
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Spoke too soon, it finally showed up... Thanks... I'm retarded.
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haha automount is floating around here somewhere. i prefer that. does what it says. and yeah it usually takes a minute for the sdcard to show up. im on windows7 aswell
Hi everyone, still having some issues. I hope you can help...
First of all, I seem to be stuck in airplane mode. WHen I got to settings wireless controls it's not checked, but long hold down the red key shows it's on. I have no airplane mode icon in the top portion of my screen.
Secondly, and this is how it got started, the Facebook application wouldn't upload a picture... it went to 80% the first time I tried it, then I killed it, and tried again and never got passed 0%. It was at this point I decided to try to turn off and back on the data and got stuck in the mode I'm in...
Should I upgrade to 3.42.50 radio, I'm on .30. Using Alltel phone on VZW network...
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Hi everyone, still having some issues. I hope you can help...
First of all, I seem to be stuck in airplane mode. WHen I got to settings wireless controls it's not checked, but long hold down the red key shows it's on. I have no airplane mode icon in the top portion of my screen.
Secondly, and this is how it got started, the Facebook application wouldn't upload a picture... it went to 80% the first time I tried it, then I killed it, and tried again and never got passed 0%. It was at this point I decided to try to turn off and back on the data and got stuck in the mode I'm in...
Should I upgrade to 3.42.50 radio, I'm on .30. Using Alltel phone on VZW network...
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you could try that and start with a fresh data and see if that helps
I can't get the damn Vogue radio 3.42.50 radio only to flash. It gives me an error saying command not supported or something to that effect...
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I can't get the damn Vogue radio 3.42.50 radio only to flash. It gives me an error saying command not supported or something to that effect...
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how are you trying to flash it
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how are you trying to flash it
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Using the ROMUpdateUtility... I said f'it though and flashed the Bell ROM that had it included, didn't let customizations run then flashed back to Android...
I really can't decide between the two common resolutions... Does everything work correctly in the lower one, maybe a bit of clipping and it's clearer? Hard to decide...
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Using the ROMUpdateUtility... I said f'it though and flashed the Bell ROM that had it included, didn't let customizations run then flashed back to Android...
I really can't decide between the two common resolutions... Does everything work correctly in the lower one, maybe a bit of clipping and it's clearer? Hard to decide...
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your internet probably wont work in android cause you have to let it provision in wm first. 240x320 looks crystal clear but nothing fits right. 320x480 is a tad fuzzy but its not that bad. plus everything fits right. 320x428 is right in the middle. its pretty clear but most of the stuff fit. i use 320x480 cause i cant stand the fact that nothing fits in the other resolutions
My internet is working fine...I'm curious if I'm getting RevA EVDO though, it seems a bit slower than it was in WinMo...
Do I need to setup an APN? I noticed the two listed are TMobile and Tellus... Maybe this would speed up my internet? Anyone know?
My Windows Mobile was setup on alltel... [email protected] or whatever...
I tried to Google Alltel APN setup and came up blank...
Hello, after doing more research, I read that CDMA carriers don't require APN settings. Is this true? Should I just delete out all the APNs in the Settings on my Touch (Alltel/Verizon)?
Also, can someone tell me about the network operators screen? Do I ever need to use it. When I go into it, it says 'Searching...' but never completes. I have to back out.
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Hello, after doing more research, I read that CDMA carriers don't require APN settings. Is this true? Should I just delete out all the APNs in the Settings on my Touch (Alltel/Verizon)?
Also, can someone tell me about the network operators screen? Do I ever need to use it. When I go into it, it says 'Searching...' but never completes. I have to back out.
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just leave the apn's. and yes it always says searching and never goes anywhere lol
i wanted a navigaton app which doesnt wifi or internet, something like co-pilot, i was looking for something that is really good, price is not a problem
Co-pilot
Co-pilot is now out for android:
Should be in the market now.
Cy
AFAIK the two choices are Co-pilot and Ndrive.
i have co-pilot it works well and fast acquiring sats after 2.2 beta6 was installed only thing i dont like is it doesnt show the speed you are going.
miss my tom tom on my iphone(not worth going back though LOL)
There is also Mapdroyd and NavDroyd.
i use navigon on mine
could try OSMAnd
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i use navigon on mine
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Where did you get Navigon? I didn't think it was out yet...
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i have co-pilot it works well and fast acquiring sats after 2.2 beta6 was installed only thing i dont like is it doesnt show the speed you are going.
miss my tom tom on my iphone(not worth going back though LOL)
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CoPilot will show the speed you are going. You have to touch the bottom near the distance and a menu of choices will pop up choose Speed and Distance and there you go....
So these apps work with a data plan or something? Isn't that what he was asking?
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So these apps work with a data plan or something? Isn't that what he was asking?
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The question was that doesnt require wifi or data plan...and co-pilot would be my recommendation.
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So these apps work with a data plan or something? Isn't that what he was asking?
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I think he wanted a GPS progrma that doesnt use data or internet, Copilot is a good choice and their recent v8 supports froyo.
Ya know, for $4.99, you're actually getting a lot for your money if you get Copilot.
Take a look:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/copilot-live-usa/com.alk.copilot.market.usa
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http://www.alk.com/copilot/android/default.asp
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are you sure its a gps app? it shows me a system check app on my captivate
^ I used navigation on my iphone. Didn't know it was available for android. It was a good app from what I remember.
Copilot needs work, if you can get a good install then good but I had serious issues. I actually needed to reflash. I wouldn't recommend it.
The maps are huge and take too long to download. But the problem was that when I turned the screen off it killed the download. I don't have any auto task killer or aggressive minfree settings so that shouldn't have happened. Once the download failed then the app would force close. I cleared data and installed them re installed. Then it broke my gps, so I cleared data and uninstalled again but gps was still broke, a factory reset fixed it but I used clockwork recovery for that and it wiped my cellular data settings so I had no 3g. It was a big mess over a crappy app.
I'm trying navdroyd now. It already seems way better.
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CoPilot will show the speed you are going. You have to touch the bottom near the distance and a menu of choices will pop up choose Speed and Distance and there you go....
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thanks it works just like you said I am very happy with co pilot now
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^ I used navigation on my iphone. Didn't know it was available for android. It was a good app from what I remember.
Copilot needs work, if you can get a good install then good but I had serious issues. I actually needed to reflash. I wouldn't recommend it.
The maps are huge and take too long to download. But the problem was that when I turned the screen off it killed the download. I don't have any auto task killer or aggressive minfree settings so that shouldn't have happened. Once the download failed then the app would force close. I cleared data and installed them re installed. Then it broke my gps, so I cleared data and uninstalled again but gps was still broke, a factory reset fixed it but I used clockwork recovery for that and it wiped my cellular data settings so I had no 3g. It was a big mess over a crappy app.
I'm trying navdroyd now. It already seems way better.
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I have absolutely no idea what you're experiencing. Ofcourse the maps are huge, more than 1GB, as the whole point of a GPS app is to have all the maps on your SD card. Took me minutes to d'load the maps from ALK's website.
Been using CoPilot since my Windows Mobile days and its great (i miss TomTom though). Installs like any other app and has a nice big "exit" button when you're done with it.
Excellent app.
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I have absolutely no idea what you're experiencing. Ofcourse the maps are huge, more than 1GB, as the whole point of a GPS app is to have all the maps on your SD card. Took me minutes to d'load the maps from ALK's website.
Been using CoPilot since my Windows Mobile days and its great (i miss TomTom though). Installs like any other app and has a nice big "exit" button when you're done with it.
Excellent app.
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It looks like a great app if it works and It appears to have potential on android but I'm not the only one who had problems. Read there comments in the market. I used the app to download the maps over wifi and when the screen went off it stopped the transfer. At that point the app would force close. After starting from scratch I got it installed by putting the phone on charge and setting it to never sleep with usb plugged in. but even with a fresh install otherwise working it caused an error with the gps. I have a similar problem with certain lbs test mode settings where the gps turns off on its own with a navigation app still running. Not every captivate experiences this but at least one other member had the same problem but his happened all the time and want related to any app or setting. Some apps don't agree with my gps some do. My tracks tracks me perfectly, but co pilot works for a minute and the gps turns off, and the error shows up in maps as well but only after installing co pilot. It doesn't affect my tracks. Doing a factory reset fixed it. I tried it again same results. Then I read the comments and others are saying it crashed there phones. It seems pc download is the way to go, some are reporting that fixed there problems. Also some are reporting problems with 3rd party keyboards causeing install problems. So maybe set to stock android if you have it (i do) instead of swype.
Btw my gps performance is quite accurate and had been since stock jf6. I get faster locks with jf7 and now with leaked ji6 froyo it is as good as any other device I have used. My gps problem seems to be atypical. I never had the complaints of poor accuracy or inability to get a lock but there is some issue that I do have that only few others are experiencing. It isn't intermittent, but only shows after running certain apps, and/or settings.
I hope the op doesn't have problems with copilot but I tried it too many times and had big problems. I think I can get it to work but decided if it doesn't then I don't want to go through the trouble to fix it yet again. Navdroyd on the other hand works flawlessly for me but looks a bit dated and the address search is not that good.
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So these apps work with a data plan or something? Isn't that what he was asking?
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I believe so...
Navigation software with its own maps:
Sygic Mobile Maps (I use it, love it)
IGo
nDrive
Navigon Mobile Navigator
CoPilot
revjwb32 said:
i have co-pilot it works well and fast acquiring sats after 2.2 beta6 was installed only thing i dont like is it doesnt show the speed you are going.
miss my tom tom on my iphone(not worth going back though LOL)
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U can make it display the speed. I got mine showing eta and speed by clicking on the bottom bar while navigating and hit customize.
Edit- Just noticed this was already posted. Sorry.
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Due to a pretty high demand of people that have been PMing me about my GPS I would like to write up this short help guide that works for me and many other people that have tried these settings.
1. I would like to point everyone to this thread, the Solder fix did wonders on my phone and many others that have done it, it REALLY Does work and it REALLY does work well. If you know someone that can, or if you can solder yourself, DO IT, you will be very happy with the out come.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878970
I Take no credit for the above fix as it put together by a few people, it really helped many people to get their GPS working properly, the solder step only added to it.
2. This is a step by step guide to MY settings that work on any rom that does not have a broken GPS kernel and always has great results.
A. Head to the Market and download SGS Tools, or search XDA for it.
B. Tuen off your GPS and Wireless Networks
C. Open SGS tools and click on Secret Codes
D. Click on GPS- Test and Settings (LBSTestMode)
E. Click on Application Settings, Change Operation mode to MS BASED
F. Go back one menu and click on SULP/CP Settings and change server to supl.google.com Port number 7576
G. Go back to the main GPS test menu and click Delete GPS Data
H. Reboot
I. Once fully rebooted, turn on your GPS ONLY, do not check use wireless networks.
J. Go outside, REALLY GO OUTSIDE, dont be lazy if you want this to work, Start up maps, or Nav and give it 3-5 minutes, you should have strong lock.
K. If you STILL CANNOT Get a lock, proceed to the next steps...
L. Head to the Markget and down load GPS Status
M. Open the app, click options, click tools, hit manage A-GPS state and hit download.
N. Let the app sit, WHILE YOU ARE OUTSIDE, you should now see a lock within a few minutes or so...
Anytime there after if you cannot get a lock, open GPS Status and redownload the A-GPS State and it should see a lock everytime. These are the settings I have been using for months and they work flawlessly on any rom I have been onm, as long as the Kernel allows it. Give it a shot, even if you dont apply the solder fix (But I cant stress enough to give it a go, it sounds a lot scarier then it really is and it will do wonders for your phone. Feel free to PM if you have any other questions and I will do my best to help
I think solder fix is not required for GPS devices after Oct 2010.
Anyways, what's difference in results for MS BASED and MS ASSISTED ?
neobuddy89 said:
I think solder fix is not required for GPS devices after Oct 2010.
Anyways, what's difference in results for MS BASED and MS ASSISTED ?
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thats what i want to know too
THis is what Google/ Wiki turned up
Standalone - The handset has no connection to the network, and uses only the GPS satellite signals it can currently receive to try to establish a location.
MS Based - The handset is connected to the network, and uses the GPS signals and a location signal from the network.
MS Assisted - The handset is connected to the network, uses GPS signals and a location signal, then relays its 'fix' to the server. Which then uses the signal strength from the phone to the network towers to further plot the user's position. Users can still maintain voice communication in this scenario, but not 'Internet/Network service', (i.e. Web browser, IM, streaming TV etc.)
MS Assisted/Hybrid - Same as above, but network functionality remains. Normally only in areas with exceptional coverage.
Great work Sols and Wood!!
Just in case anyone was looking for SGS Tools because I am not seeing it in the market. There is an SGS Toolbox in there but that is slightly different that this one. Do yourself a favor if you use GPS. Use Sol's settings and it will drastically improve your locks. I tend to drive on some backward country roads that don't have names, but rather numbers and the GPS always gets me right to the front door of my destination.
If you download the apk, click the thanks button. This isn't in the market anymore, fyi.
Thanks Woodrube, your the man!
Thanks Woodrube for popping in this app
Woodrube said:
Just in case anyone was looking for SGS Tools because I am not seeing it in the market. There is an SGS Toolbox in there but that is slightly different that this one. Do yourself a favor if you use GPS. Use Sol's settings and it will drastically improve your locks. I tend to drive on some backward country roads that don't have names, but rather numbers and the GPS always gets me right to the front door of my destination.
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Thanks Woodrube for popping in this app, when I am at the market after I download my paid apps (87), it is hard to remember all of the free apps that I need to download as well.
I'll give this a try when I get home tonight. I can get GPS locks on Froyo, but on GB or ICS roms it takes a long time to connect, if at all. Sometimes I have to reboot the phone (not really practical) and it'll give me a lock instantly.
Shame sgstools fc's when trying to access secret codes part for GPS.
I also tried to access lbstestmode settings from the old dialer numbers options but doesn't work for ICS.
Shame.... Would love to take a look at this.
Globespy said:
Shame sgstools fc's when trying to access secret codes part for GPS.
I also tried to access lbstestmode settings from the old dialer numbers options but doesn't work for ICS.
Shame.... Would love to take a look at this.
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Yup, FCs when hitting the GPS part of secret codes. Using ExROM
Globespy said:
Shame sgstools fc's when trying to access secret codes part for GPS.
I also tried to access lbstestmode settings from the old dialer numbers options but doesn't work for ICS.
Shame.... Would love to take a look at this.
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Same here, running ICZ.
SGStools doesn't work for ICS ROMs. Never had and probably never will. Need to use something like AngryGPS or the like.
any suggestions on getting this to work on ics?
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I'll test that when I get home, I just want to test it because I want faster locks. Last night I was testing the gps on paranoid 2.5.0 with Devil kernel 1.7.5 I these are my results. Again I need to know if I do this will lock the sats faster. Thanks in advance for this info!
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