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You can now use Google Maps offline !! Awesum

So you can now download multiple map areas when your at home on WiFi before you go out and they stay there so you dont need data to use maps.
Just do the following:
1. Make sure you have the latest version 5.7
2. When in Google Maps, press menu
3. Then choose: more > labs > and select "Download Map Area"
4. Go back to the map and center where you want to download.
5. Hold down your finger in the center of the map untill the address pops up.
6. Press the address bubble and the standard menu will popup only now you can select "Download Map Area" which will download 10sq Miles of map around that address, you can keep doing it until you have the whole of NZ if you want, its awesum!
Try it out, works great.
Orginal post from Google

Wow, superrrr...

Yeah its really wonderful.....
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Thats great but its not exactly proper sat nav is it.
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rkanwar said:
Thats great but its not exactly proper sat nav is it.
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Proper sat nav? Are you in the navy or something lol what else do you want?
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Lol no what im saying is for example i live in birmingham...and for example i want to go to manchester i still require a data connection to navigate?
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Why would you want to go to Manchester? Its a dive.
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rkanwar said:
Lol no what im saying is for example i live in birmingham...and for example i want to go to manchester i still require a data connection to navigate?
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I have no idea where that is but no you don't you just need to download the map and then turn gps on... All you need is gps.
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Thanks but it will take me a day to download the whole of UK. Hopefully Brut will crack it and make it downlaod at least 100sq miles at a time then it will be easier.

I don't know why google don't make Maps Loader to allow us to get the maps for countries we want and then use only GPS to use maps like in Nokia Maps it will be so good to have all country map in offline mode

I agree so much easier
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I still don't get how it works to be honest
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It will download a 10mile radius of map data and it enables you to travel offline if needed ( in case of a kink in data connection ).
I constantly travel, so what I did was download 10+ 10mile radius so I would have no issue when travelling through deadzones ( which is EVERYWHERE.....thanks AT&T )

sheanzyy said:
It will download a 10mile radius of map data and it enables you to travel offline if needed ( in case of a kink in data connection ).
I constantly travel, so what I did was download 10+ 10mile radius so I would have no issue when travelling through deadzones ( which is EVERYWHERE.....thanks AT&T )
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How would you download 10+10 mile radius?
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MohamedYousri said:
I don't know why google don't make Maps Loader to allow us to get the maps for countries we want and then use only GPS to use maps like in Nokia Maps it will be so good to have all country map in offline mode
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Would be pretty cool. I'm sure they will sometime, they will have to keep up
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rkanwar said:
Thats great but its not exactly proper sat nav is it.
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No, it's not. It won't help you if you need to reroute to another destination you didn't pre-download. I've been using CoPilot since 2009 while waiting for Google to catch up... no problems yet. I guess free isn't always better.

The only thing i like is that google picks up gps almost instantly...wheres as sygic 3 takes ages
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thx thats gr8

This is good news but still way behind what Nokia offers. Hope they will catch up soon...

this is awesome thanks

Best Live TV app for SGN

Can somebody guide please...
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Filmon
Live British national channels plus many more

georgios73 said:
Filmon
Live British national channels plus many more
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Second that its pretty good

For india
NextGtv
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Hey Dr.Ketan, can u upload the APK? I am not able to d/l from the US. Says not available in ur country.

Will upload tomorrow, m on mobile now, if possible just pm me, so i may not forget
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itismadhan said:
Hey Dr.Ketan, can u upload the APK? I am not able to d/l from the US. Says not available in ur country.
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Here is the file u wanted....

Quality is very very poor.
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rahool_26 said:
Quality is very very poor.
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News channel's scrolling headlines are eaay to read.. What else we need on the go??? BTW am using hsdpa+ so here no problem in viewing normal mode. Did you check the resolution switch icon on screen? It may help you..

TVCatchup Beta app (UK only I think)
http://tvcatchup.com/android.html
On My note when I start it in landscape it crashes, so I start the stream in portrait then once it is streaming I rotate the screen to landscape and it works great.

I'am from switzerland, so i don's know if this apps also are avalable in other countrys. I use "Teleboy tv" and "Zatoo". Very good and continous streaming frames!

rahool_26 said:
Quality is very very poor.
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I think it is acceptable
One good thing is consistency of this app.
I have tried lot application, but usually it stops working in few days, while nextGtv never dissatisfy me in that term.

georgios73 said:
Filmon
Live British national channels plus many more
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Thanks, just downloaded now and it works well.
Darius said:
TVCatchup Beta app (UK only I think)
http://tvcatchup.com/android.html
On My note when I start it in landscape it crashes, so I start the stream in portrait then once it is streaming I rotate the screen to landscape and it works great.
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Will also test this, cheers.

is SPB TV considered a live TV app?
if it is, you might try to consider this as well

priyanv said:
Here is the file u wanted....
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Just downloaded and tried installing. It seemed to be extracting and installing fine but in the end displayed the message not installed, oddly enough with a big green checkmark in front of it (like you might expect with a successful install). Anyone know what might have gone wrong? I have installing non-market apps enabled.
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Just get it from market n try
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priyanv said:
Here is the file u wanted....
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I tried that file. It says not installed for some reason. Unable to install it
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Would also love it if some one could suggest a great app for the US. would be fine if it's just for sports
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I find the image freezes after a few seconds on Wifi, with 3G it's a bit better but a bit disappointing becaase the quality is excellent.
Does anyone else have this problem ?

[Q] Social feeds integration

I have been using HTC alot and samsung too, both fones could easily integrate social info in contacts and other sections of fone... since "Z" is premium class product i fail to understand why this is so poor... i am having lot of issues and have to link contacts manually.... is someone else facing same issue or is it me...and also the dedicated app to collate the info from feeds in one. "Social life" when i click on it..it goes to market and says your device is not compatible with this application?
And here it is shown working
http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_z-review-887p10.php

My socialife worked fine up until yesterday but now the feed doesn't update. I can still post from it though.
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AntonyStark said:
My socialife worked fine up until yesterday but now the feed doesn't update. I can still post from it though.
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mine doesn't since day one.... says phone not supported (when it takes me to play store)
see this
http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/120214

That thread says it's kinda working again now.
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It's not working for me from day one.
It's same that "Socialife" is introduce with "Z" and play store says, it's not compatible.

Playstore not working

Hi! all. My playstore is not working. When i launch playstore, it doesn't load anything just the dark grey background with the message "No Connection RETRY". When i click retry, the screen just flash white quickly & return to the same screen. I tried to randomly search for an app but nothing comes out. I noticed that the option "My Apps" is also missing. Any idea how to fix this?

is it rooted?

sahinz said:
is it rooted?
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yes, its rooted.
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Make sure when you launch it you have fully working data connection or wifi.
If it doesn't work, settings> apps >all> Google play store and clear cache and data. And try again.
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LitoNi said:
Make sure when you launch it you have fully working data connection or wifi.
If it doesn't work, settings> apps >all> Google play store and clear cache and data. And try again.
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yup. i confirmed theres data connection cause internet, emails are working. clear cache & data too
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Uninstall the the play store updates? Or try finding a play store apk and go from there? If not
Then do a full wipe and repair with Sony update service. So odd that only this app is having issues.
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Download it from PlayStation website, i did that, and install it by transfering APK file to your phone, than run it.
Of course, before that delete existing app.

Wahad said:
Download it from PlayStation website, i did that, and install it by transfering APK file to your phone, than run it.
Of course, before that delete existing app.
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its android playstore that is having issues nothing to do with playstation. playstore is a system app i can't delete it even after i rooted the phone
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A new play store apk was uploaded some where in one of the xda forums two weeks ago. Head over there and see if you can get that one installed. May fix the problem.
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Did you disable background data for it? It might complain if that is turned off.

Are you from Belgium?

anyone can offer some help? i had to repair the firmware & install everything all over again to get it to work. Now another xperia Z is having the same issue.

wolvie77 said:
anyone can offer some help? i had to repair the firmware & install everything all over again to get it to work. Now another xperia Z is having the same issue.
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Have you installed any hacking mods installed that are connected to in-app purchases? If so, please remove them!

wolvie77 said:
anyone can offer some help? i had to repair the firmware & install everything all over again to get it to work. Now another xperia Z is having the same issue.
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try this New Google Play Store

solved the problem. thx everyone
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wolvie77 said:
solved the problem. thx everyone
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How?! I'm having this very problem right now

GearFaces.com needs your help!!

Hi Im Martin from GearFaces.com and I need your help.
How can you help me?
Well we know some of the watchfaces work and some of them don't.
Please help me test which ones work and post them here in this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2742335
So I can make a seperate section for the Gear2 on GearFaces.
Thank you in advance!
Martin Founder GearFaces.com
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I have the watch styler installed, but when i try to create a new face it crashes, and when i try to load a theme from the website(ive tried multiple ones) it gets stuck at @downloading@ 20%
Any ideas how to fix this ? im very excited to be able to use this app

I downloaded from the play store and made a few but gear manager doesn't recognize the app
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Can someone please help me get watch styler working? I have a gear 2 neo and vzw gs5. Thanks.
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Using Multi-Watch from the Samsung market, and all themes now work- digital, analog and combos
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i downloaded mulit-watch but says that it cannot find any wsthemes in the download directory???? nor can it find images like backgrounds from my phone? ideas?

sum1one said:
i downloaded mulit-watch but says that it cannot find any wsthemes in the download directory???? nor can it find images like backgrounds from my phone? ideas?
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You have to download them and put them on the watch first
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thank you! i got it now. now with the new update can do it either way

There seems to be a new version on the Samsung App Store for Watch Styler for Gear, which works for the Neo
and I was able to load a Digital/Analog face (Raptor Chrono) which is really cool

I'm having troubles with most the digital faces
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I downloaded mw and the digital ones are working
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