Hi Experts,
just a simple question as to Google Maps Navigation:
I'm running still CY 4.0.4 and Google maps already shows me routing form A to B during a ride supported by GPS.
Is this the already and everywhere discussed and beloved - by Google announced - navigating functionality ... (and how did it come on my G1 then ???) - or what is still wanted in addition to let the G1 become a "real" navigator ????
I thought (reading all the heated discussions) that the whole world is still waiting (particulary in Germany for example) for Google navigation to become reality ...?
Regards
well if you go to the market you can install the new version of google maps (which you may have done) which has the navigation feature
Navigation is available for the G1, but it is US only right now. I believe there is a work around in the development section. You might check there if you are in Germany.
get yourself updated to latest cyanogenmod dude.
to answer the OPs original query - The "navigation" your seeing is the default google maps one where it shows you how to get from A to B using the GPS. The one everyone is raving about at the moment is an addition to that which enables voice navigation and the maps to be viewed from a different angle (i.e it now acts like your standard sat nav / TOMTOM device). having tried it out its pretty crap to be honest - the voice commands arent very clear and is quite robotic.
i disagree, for a beta its pretty damn good, only a few times has it even mispronounced road names. its had my location pinpointed really well and updates the route well when you go a different route. it shows gas stations and food on the roads as well as banks. and it has alternate route choices as well. im very impressed with this beta launch and cant wait til they begin to integrate other stuff. ie: id love to see gas buddy so you can see the prices of the stations before you pull off.
only thing i wish it did is for voice search to respond to the "navigate to"command like it does on the droid.
Hi just wanted to know if the Hd 7 has navigation like turn by turn with voice like google android..
I went to maps but it only seems to show direction to destination.
no turn by turn and no navigation , unless i am not doing something, I really like this feature in the android phones so hope they do it on windows
I do have a htc hero so dont tell me go by an android phone
The only one I know if is TeleNav, and its $10 a month.
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Hi just wanted to know if the Hd 7 has navigation like turn by turn with voice like google android..
I went to maps but it only seems to show direction to destination.
no turn by turn and no navigation , unless i am not doing something, I really like this feature in the android phones so hope they do it on windows
I do have a htc hero so dont tell me go by an android phone
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The only app so far that I have seen that does verbal turn by turn navigation is the TeleNav app, but I really don't want to pay $10 a month for that, and I still have a regual GPS in the car for now, although it does need new maps it work for the time being.
As for turn by turn without verbal cues there are a few ways to accomplish this, one is Bing maps, it will give you turn by turn directions. Also you can create tiles for internet sites like Mapquest, and Google Maps, just open the site in your browser and go to the get directions page, then what I have done is zoom into the logo on the page with the name and in the lower right corner tap the three dots and a menu will appear that gives you the option to "pin to start" which then creates a tile on your start page that links directly to that page and the image on the tile is the zoomed image of the webpage's title where you zoomed in.
Hopefully in the coming months there will be more option for navigation apps, and verbal turn by turn, the OS is still very new and everyday there seem to be many new apps. Time and patience will tell.
T-Mobile / Telekom has Navigon select for free
Sorry first smartphone, so this may be a basic question. I have read alot on maps and navigation on smart phones, in that google maps and navigation that came on my galaxy s needs a data connection to use it as you are navigating along, as it doesn't download maps but just caches them, is this still correct or can i use it as a stand alone sat nav. Thanks
I just did a little experimenting and yes it appears that Maps needs you to have a data connection in order to load additional maps. Remember that the GPS just gives your location, but you get the maps that allow that location to make sense from your data connection to Google.
There are likely GPS applications for sale in the market that allow your phone to behave more like a stand along SatNav.
Thanks for the prompt reply. Anybody have any experiance of any GPS apps i can use, so i can use my galaxy s as a stand alone GPs device. Am leaning towards copilot at the mo.
Co pilot + 1
jje
I have used both Sygic Aura and Co-Pilot both of which I believe offer a trial.
Aura is graphically better cheaper and has a built in traffic option. However I find it unstable an buggy on my heavily hacked SGS that has more than 400apps on it.
Co-pilot is far more stable less buggy but not as pretty or as easy to use
personally I still live in hope of an android version of tomtom frankly for me it's the one thing left that would even make me consider an next gen iphone. #
anyway I hope this helps
Hi everyone, just got my N3 last night and I am pretty excited about it.
I am a long time Mac Rumors member and my past phones have been ...... JB 3g, JB 3gs, JB 4, JB 4s
I am very upset with the tiny screens on my iphones and I refuse to wait another year for the 6 to come out.
So now I am a 1st time Android user and what to really check out the Android scene.
What are the first things I should do with the phone, what should I install right away? (different keyboards, apps, etc)
Is there a thread around here with tutes instructing how to transfer my contacts etc?
I surely will appreciate all replies, so thanks in advance. I really wanna get the very MOST out of this device.
edit: does Google Play offer any rebates/coupons/freebies for newly purchased devices?
Hey I would use smart switch to get your things from iPhone to your new phone but that is after you have it activated
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Hi everyone, just got my N3 last night and I am pretty excited about it.
I am a long time Mac Rumors member and my past phones have been ...... JB 3g, JB 3gs, JB 4, JB 4s
I am very upset with the tiny screens on my iphones and I refuse to wait another year for the 6 to come out.
So now I am a 1st time Android user and what to really check out the Android scene.
My N3 arrived Wednesday evening, and it's STILL not activated, (and its killing me).
The reason being, I wanna know if there is anything I should do BEFORE I call ATT and activate it.
(I do NOT want to close any windows, so is there is anything you folks recommend I do before I activate it)?
Once activated, what are the first things I should do with the phone, what should I install right away?
Is there a thread around here with tutes instructing how to transfer my contacts etc?
I surely will appreciate all replies, so thanks in advance. I really wanna get the very MOST out of this device.
edit: does Google Play offer any rebates/coupons/freebies for newly purchased devices?
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What do you mean by call ATT and activate it? All you have to do is put your SIM card in and it is ready to go with a few account setups. After that it is up to you except for rooting and modding. Cant be done right now without voiding your warranty.
First thing you do is scratch off the att emblem since they locked the bootloader
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Once activated, what are the first things I should do with the phone, what should I install right away?
Is there a thread around here with tutes instructing how to transfer my contacts etc?
I surely will appreciate all replies, so thanks in advance. I really wanna get the very MOST out of this device.
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Hello?
Looking for some help here. This keyboard is way different than iphone, is it something you get used to, or should I install something else?
Please tell me what are some of the things I should change/install right away, (there's got to be some "must haves" no?)
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Hello?
Looking for some help here. This keyboard is way different than iphone, is it something you get used to, or should I install something else?
Please tell me what are some of the things I should change/install right away, (there's got to be some "must haves" no?)
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For the keyboard, i prefer the google keyboard over the samsung one. It provides functionality similar to the iphone and is easy to switch between the iphone and android if you use them both in daily life.
As for apps, here is a small list of apps i like to have on all of my devices.
GOOGLE CHROME. Its much better than the built in browser and is able to synchronize with my desktop browsers favorites, etc.
Skype: Perfect for if you are travelling over seas at all with your device.
Google Hangouts: A good replacement for the built in SMS app.
Facebook & Twitter: If you need an explanation, you shouldn't be useing these apps.
Battery Doctor by KS Mobile: Simple app, but is helpful to save battery life and know exactly how much you have left.
Google Music: I have most of my library stored on google so it makes my life easy to have this.
Google Books: The book equivalent of my music library. Syncronizes what i have read across devices and browsers.
Kindle for Android: For the ebooks you buy on amazon.
Google Keep: Great for taking quick notes and having them on all your devices.
Dropbox: Great cloud file storage. Comes with free storage and you can pay to get more.
Google Drive: Google version of dropbox.
MX Player: This video player will play any video format you throw at it.
Google Maps: A must have for all smartphone users.
Zedge: While its quality has gone down a fair bit from what it once was, its still a great place to find ringtones and notification sounds for your android device.
GPS Status: Great for calibrating your devices sensors and ensuring that it works properly.
Now for the ROOT ONLY apps.
Titanium backup
SuperSU
Triangle Away
Hopefully this is a useful list to get you started. I have all these plus many more installed on my devices, and I find I use them all fairly regularly.
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Skype: Perfect for if you are travelling over seas at all with your device.
Google Hangouts: A good replacement for the built in SMS app.
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I prefer Hangouts to Skype because Hangouts features free video multi-chat.
But I use Google Voice for SMS because it provides free unlimited texting. Hangouts insists on using the phone's native number rather than your Google Voice number, so you have to pay extra for a text plan or for individual messages.
Doesn't anyone else have any advice for a first time Android user?
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Doesn't anyone else have any advice for a first time Android user?
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If your new to android I'd stay away from root for a while.
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XiphoneUzer said:
Hello?
Looking for some help here. This keyboard is way different than iphone, is it something you get used to, or should I install something else?
Please tell me what are some of the things I should change/install right away, (there's got to be some "must haves" no?)
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I feel like for every-day typical phone use cases, there aren't that many gaps that stand out as needing to be filled by a third party app. You'll probably need a new music player, the defaults are crapola - but I can't be much help here; I keep my music as folders full of MP3 files (like God intended!) and play with Music Folder Player, and shun the dirty S&M ("sync and manage") apps.
There's a big list of stuff that I did when I first got the phone to get it to where I'm happy with it, but all of this was root required stuff. There are apps that come pre-loaded on android devices and can't be removed or disabled without root. Also, customizing stuff that can't be customized without root. I couldn't abide by some of the not-changable-without-root defaults. Getting rid of the "screen turns on so you can unlock it when you hit the home key" behavior is probably the most glaring example for me; my ass* was unlocking it constantly - but coming from iPhone, you probably view that as the Right Thing for home button to do.
I think most people use a custom keyboard. Swiftkey and Swype are the most popular. The phone comes with Swype, but it's an ancient version with limited support for changing the dictionary, you want the newest one.
I use Hangouts for gchat, but not for SMS. I actually prefer default app for SMS..
Settings:
Pull down status bar, long press on wifi, WiFi -> menu -> advanced settings, uncheck auto connect to AT&T hotspots (unless they don't suck where you are. Around here, they often don't have internet behind them, and just break your connectivity for the 30 seconds or so it takes for the phone to connect to them, determine that the wifi is no good, and fall back to 4G. At least this phone does that; Original note would just sit there like a fool trying to use non-functional wifi... I've also yet to find a hotspot that performs better than the 4G does. But I live in a city, so the situation may be different elsewhere).
Pull down status bar, long press on GPS. Uncheck "Use wireless networks" - on newer versions of android, this drains battery while idle; the damned thing wakes the phone periodically to check the networks around it - if the phone is nearly idle, this can halve battery life (!!!)
Pull down status bar, swipe to the left along the options at the top (woah, did you know you could do that?), tap multiwindow to enable multiwindow (this was a headline feature for the note 3, but comes disabled by default). If I long-press back button, that makes the multiwindow tab hide or unhide (once it's enabled), but I don't remember if I had to do something to get this behavior.
General must-have things:
AppOps Starter (to kill permissions from apps that request permissions you don't want to give them)
Battery Monitor Widget (gives you a realtime readout of battery usage)
ES File Explorer
If you want to pretty-ize clock + weather widgets:
DigiClock
Eye in Sky
If you work in IT or have need of these (if you aren't sure what these mean, you don't need them ):
ConnectBot (telnet/ssh client)
AndFTP (ftp/sftp client, supports scp if you pay)
RDP Client (remote desktop and VNC client)
FEAT VPN (OpenVPN client)
Hacker's Keyboard (you'll tear your hair out trying to use swype/swiftkey for terminal sessions or RDP)
If you want to root the phone:
Root it, then immediately install titanium backup and "freeze" AT&T software update, so it won't update your phone (breaking root) while you're not looking
Titanium Backup - freeze all the useless bloatware that AT&T and Samsung included (there's a list of what apps you can freeze here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmzC8GFarItSdGpOZzBfWlR4MC03aDMyZ1BDUFNqU0E - not my work)
Root Explorer
Pen Window Manager for adding apps to the pen window feature
Xposed Framework
Wanam - general huge amount of customization, including selecting apps for multiwindow.
Keyboard Manager (almost a necessity if you use ConnectBot/RDP frequently - keyboards designed for messaging and such are garbage for doing administration of non-phone systems, while hacker's keyboard is garbage for messaging and everyday phone stuff)
Terminal Emulator (gives you a command prompt on phone. Doesn't require root, but there are very few use cases for terminal on android that don't also need root)
*Well, I keep it in my front pocket, so technically it wasn't my /ass/ unlocking the phone....
This is my first venture into an Android head unit. I went this route because I believe I can make this work in place of many different devices.
My car is an 84 FB RX7.
The main points are; I can keep the majority of my music here, along with some other media. I am also working on building the ls engine to take the place of the rotary. I am using megasquirt which will use Tunerstudio. I am hoping to be able to run tunerstudio from the headunit. I also, for now, am not going to be tethered to my phone for data, nor will I have a 3/4g dongle. Money is going other places right now. I'm not what you'd call an audiophile, but I do want the best I can get from my budget setup.
I need some advice and some help. I am still working on the install and a lot of other stuff on the car right now, however, I did power the head unit up to do some testing. I am completely unsatisfied with the layout of the home screen, and it doesn't appear to be able to be changed in typical android fashion. It seems as though the clock, radio/music display, and the shortcut buttons are fixed and I can't see how to remove or add to them. How would I go about changing the layout and/or using a different skin? How would I change the apps the shortcut defaults to?
Another issue I'm having is that everytime I open google maps, the app crashes. FWIW I do not have a map card in place. How would I go about loading a map card? I do have a spare 8gb card. Nav isn't a huge deal, but I would like to have it work if I need it. I do go out of town occasionally for events in this car. I just cannot tolerate having a shortcut on my homescreen that doesn't work and that I cannot change.
Apps:
The preloaded music player isn't terrible actually. I don't think. What are other good options that either have their own EQ or will utilize the default EG without having to go back to home, and going to the eq independently?
What other apps should I be looking at?
Do you still have GA2154 and your thoughts and opinions? Can it be rooted?
I still use mine time to time. I ordered a new head unit and I should have it on Monday. Is there any firmware update for this unit?