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[XAP] LG ScanSearch (patched for all models)

Hey everyone
Saw a few people were looking for a patched version of the ScanSearch application that ships with LG phones (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=912217). I popped open reflector and modified it enough that it now launches on my non LG device.
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Cheers

Oh, just so you know, you will have to use this tool to install it. You will need to tick the "Replace assembly signatures" and "Remove DRM" options for it to work correctly.

now thats a great app, thanks

Here are links to:
ScanSearch
Toolbox
Photo Stylist
LooknType
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10623038&postcount=34
All apps I have tested yesterday on my OMNIA 7.
Deploy them with Xap Deployer V1.4 and mark the checkboxes...

Can you patch Panorama Shot too?

hm, it always direcing to east is bad..but otherwise its a great app...perhaps you can fix the issue of it always facing east?

Yes in scan search, compass does not work on hd2 hd7. stays in one direction.

Should be possible to make some kind of bridge that intercepts the calls to the non-existent LG driver and return it meaningful compass data, right? I don't quite have the knowledge to do it myself, but if you can mess with it enough so that it doesn't check if it's on an LG phone, it should be possible to direct it at a different DLL...

I don't get it, it's missing all the features but one.
The app can also scan CDs, books, movie posters, bar codes, etc. and none of that is here. It should have a list of icons on the left hand side to toggle between these, yet when installed on HD7 and Focus, it's all gone (I have LG Quantum too, so I can compare).

malatesta said:
I don't get it, it's missing all the features but one.
The app can also scan CDs, books, movie posters, bar codes, etc. and none of that is here. It should have a list of icons on the left hand side to toggle between these, yet when installed on HD7 and Focus, it's all gone (I have LG Quantum too, so I can compare).
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This functionality might have been implemented in an update? The only XAP I got to patch was the v1.0.0.0 ripped from the ROM. If you have a newer XAP, and post it, I'll be all to happy to update my site and post.
Strike that, I did patch the latest version. Will look into it.
Patched it, download from the same URL as before. It was a carrier check, meaning that only certain US Carriers could access those features. Now granted all devices the same supportedFeatures value.
If someone has a way of getting the orientation of other devices, I'm happy to give it a go, see if I can tweak it to a degree.

doesnt work, additional features are still not available for barcodes etc.

won't install on my focus

There's a Samsung Compass Homebrew library out there, which might be usable for this app with a bit of hacking. I've never tried it, though. Download the source for the "Functional Webserver" and it's in there.

as there is a htc compass app out now there, too.
someone interested in making a scansearch app with support for all devices?

ScanSearch is nice... Panorama shot is man oh man... so much better. I would say of the bunch its is the best... Also I get a manifest error...

ryotgz said:
won't install on my focus
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Mine either now it appears - Resign File with valid WP manifest...

jessiethe3rd said:
ScanSearch is nice... Panorama shot is man oh man... so much better. I would say of the bunch its is the best... Also I get a manifest error...
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yeah panorama shot is awesome app
why is none else able to code such thing...

wheres the files?

Works on my Dell Venue Pro....
Thanks : D
Edit: it loads, but it lok like it hasn't got access to the compass, because moving the phone does not move the compass in the scansearch app...

A-to-B (GPS turn by turn Navigation - FREE!!!)[MOD EDIT: READ MY POST!]

Just found this on the marketplace and I have to say... pretty awesome. This is what WP7 was missing. Although its clearly in the beta stage it is pretty good for a V 1.0.
A-to-B is a Turn-by-Turn application built to demonstrate some of the capabilities of the ArcGIS API for Windows Phone. Warning: The application is meant for demonstration purposes only! Do not rely solely on the suggested routes or instructions given by this application. Features: - Turn-by-turn routing. Sound notification when a turn is coming up. - Add often used destinations as favorites. - List of recent destinations. - "3D view" when in navigation mode with easy accessible "zoom in/out" buttons. - 2D Map for browsing the map supporting pinching, panning etc, and pick new destination by touch'n'hold on the map. - Easy accessible "Recalculate" button if you go off the route and need a new route from your current location (because of service restrictions, the app is not allowed to do this automatically). - Routes all over US (support for Europe coming in a future version). - Worldwide map (detail may vary).
You can read more about and get the marketplace download link here

Nice find I'll have to check it out.

And so I just did. I've been playing with this for an hour not bad, not bad at all I'm going to have it set up in the car on the way into work. I'll post how it does on the highway. But it gave the correct route that I take. But I want to see how it does when I'm actually driving.

Morton you made one very nice app wit a few minor tweeks this thing will rock well done dir well worth the effort
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Sorry about typos walking and texting-bad
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Here's hoping for a UK map!

finally...very good

awesome find I can almost retire my Tilt2
Keep it coming guys, honestly I don't research the app market because I can get all reviews and such here at XDA

This indeed looks fantastic. One question though:
Which map is it actually using? This one has the outlines of every single house or building in my neighborhood and it is VERY accurate. I really like it.
Will it support pinch to zoom?

Partial support in the UK
Hi all
I have installed this on my phone in the UK as a trial. It works and in map mode I reasonable moving 3D map like any normal Sat-Nav. There is no car/arrow on the road to indicate precisely where I am, but the basic mechanics. It can't find any addresses in the UK so I guess that's not yet supported on the server side, but this application clearly has huge potential.
I think whoever gets there first with a fully functioning turn-by-turn sat nav in the marketplace is clearly on to a massive winner.
Cheers
andrew-in-woking

On US 95 in MA I, had an arrow up showing my car. it had all the off ramps and had my destination pegged down perfect. Also there is a speed indicator I was doing 70 mph, it had me doing 71 I can handle that. Like said before, it could use a few tweaks here and there. But overall this Nav app is darn good.

It was pretty nice and accurate getting me to work this morning, but it couldn't figure out my home address. Kept on sending me to weird parts of town.

jabtano said:
...I was doing 70 mph, it had me doing 71 I can handle that.
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Maybe this sounds stupid, but how do you know you were doing 70mph? Using your car's speedometer? In which case, have you had it manually recalibrated? Usually a car's speedometer is not accurate (though it normally shows that you're going faster than you actually are).
I'm going to download this now, though I'd be interested in maps of UK and Australia, so I'm not sure how useful it will be to me yet.
Casey

Please release this for the UK - awesome stuff!!!!!

Casey_boy said:
Maybe this sounds stupid, but how do you know you were doing 70mph? Using your car's speedometer? In which case, have you had it manually recalibrated? Usually a car's speedometer is not accurate (though it normally shows that you're going faster than you actually are).
I'm going to download this now, though I'd be interested in maps of UK and Australia, so I'm not sure how useful it will be to me yet.
Casey
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Yes using my cars speedometer, and no I have not had it calibrated.

Hi all, it really looks amazing.. Is there any way I can see how it works when i am in Europe? I just want to see something like preview - e. g. select two destinations in USA and than see how it goes. Thanks

Fact of the day! - Generally, Sat-Nav's register a more accurate Speed than the average Car's Speedometer. Speedometer's are configured at manufacturing to register a faster speed than what the car is actually going, this is to compensate for Tyre wear and other wear-and-tear happenings that all cars suffer from over time.

What I have noticed about this so far as that if I'm zoomed in relatively close.. not SUPER close mind you, but maybe 2 or 3 zoom levels back from the closest zoom, that it doesnt actually register the map, says map data not yet available... shows the route the of the road... the path but not the surround streets, weird. This only happens in certain area's of the city I live in too, not all over. Its like the map data just isnt there which I find odd. Its not like its loading a satelite photo so I dont know why it would do this. I tried xmaps from the marketplace the other day and it didnt have this problem. Id understand if it was a satelite image as you cant zoom in close to those sometimes, I used to have that issue in google maps where you would zoom in and it would just say you were too close.
Otherwise I LOVE this thing and am so happy I found it in the market the other day. Just an awesome APP

andrew-in-woking said:
There is no car/arrow on the road to indicate precisely where I am, but the basic mechanics.
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I noticed the Arrow is there, but hidden by the info at the bottom of the screen. Hopefully, an adjustment will fix that.
Also, Morten Nielsen's other App 'GuidePost' is pretty cool too!

Finally! Free TbT voice nav on WP7!
Guys, WP7 looks to become the leader of smartphones. The system is the best there is and now the features are appearing...albeit slowly.

Bing Maps going nowhere

With iOS6 and Apple's new 3D maps and Android's free turn by turn navigation which will also go 3D later this year why do we Windows Phone users get stuck with this lame tap to turn when you hear the ding B.S? Wow MS, really? Its now what? 2012? To me it seems that MS is going backwards instead of forward with their thinking; I mean remember turn by turn navigation on Windows Mobile?

sinister1 said:
With iOS6 and Apple's new 3D maps and Android's free turn by turn navigation which will also go 3D later this year why do we Windows Phone users get stuck with this lame tap to turn when you hear the ding B.S? Wow MS, really? Its now what? 2012? To me it seems that MS is going backwards instead of forward with their thinking; I mean remember turn by turn navigation on Windows Mobile?
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My Windows Phone 7 device came with free turn by turn navigation. It's called Nokia drive.

sitizenx said:
My Windows Phone 7 device came with free turn by turn navigation. It's called Nokia drive.
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Yes, because you have a Nokia....

sitizenx said:
My Windows Phone 7 device came with free turn by turn navigation. It's called Nokia drive.
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Yeah, Nokia Drive is great but I have an HTC Trophy and it comes intergrated with Bing Maps; I can install Nokia Drive on it but it's not the same as it being intergated.

sinister1 said:
Yeah, Nokia Drive is great but I have an HTC Trophy and it comes intergrated with Bing Maps; I can install Nokia Drive on it but it's not the same as it being intergated.
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Helllllllo fragmentation. Of apps, this time.
Catchy thread title. I heard someone say " I binged you" and they both laughed sarcasticly.

ohgood said:
Helllllllo fragmentation. Of apps, this time.
Catchy thread title. I heard someone say " I binged you" and they both laughed sarcasticly.
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??? ?????

I guess what I meant to say is that Bing Maps needs to have built in turn by turn navigation already. How much does the platform need to mature? I understood when Windows Phone came out but now we have had NoDo, Mango and Tango and still the same BS.Dear Lord please let this be fixed on the next OS verson.

Maybe they have the thinking that they already provided the platform, time to collect money rather than support

barclays said:
Maybe they have the thinking that they already provided the platform, time to collect money rather than support
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For them to charge would not make sense and they would loose sales since both Android and Apple offer the function for free!

Well, Apple took atleast 5 years for this and windows will take another 2 years

Can anyone illuminate to me the big deal behind 3d maps vs. street view?

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Can anyone illuminate to me the big deal behind 3d maps vs. street view?
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NO.... simple answer.... Long answer. 3D is computer animated or simulated images that give the idea of 3D of buildings, while street view show idiots crashing their bikes.... I mean pictures of the road from a 360 degree prospective.... well from ever 15 or so degrees that is.
Also to rebuttal the original post
Windows 8 or WP8 should, guess I should caveat that word, have "hands free turn by turn" thanks to licensing that didn't make it to the table prior to Mango and i guess Tango. Note "should" but these are all idea that were set forth with Mango that seemed rushed.

lsguntu said:
Well, Apple took atleast 5 years for this and windows will take another 2 years
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LL you may be right. I guess I'm just bitter because having to wait for the ding to tap on the screen for the next directions while driving; it's actually driving me nuts. I mean don't get me wrong, Bing Maps is a very good app and I will just be happy with actual trun by turn navigation like in the old WM days and there is no need for 3D and all that other icandy stuff.

...why don't you use one of the many alternatives with turn-by-turn navigation or voice navigation? Is $ 1.99 too much for you...?

I definitely understand the OP. Having to tap is kind of pointless. Although, I recently had my brother try WP again coming back from Android and he liked the fact that it didn't read each direction out loud unless he acted upon the screen. He says, "Why the hell do I NEED it to tell me to turn when I'm following the map?" He says it gives him the option of hearing it or not. I do have Nokia Drive though and that's Bing maps should be like. Although, the maps and navigation on Android are two separate entities from what I remember?

FTC said:
...why don't you use one of the many alternatives with turn-by-turn navigation or voice navigation? Is $ 1.99 too much for you...?
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No, it's not too much; I guess I didn't make my self clear but the alternatives are seprate apps and not intergated. I would like to have Bing maps working like it use to on Windows Mobile where you just told it to look for and address and that was it; it would guide you all the way with out having to hold the phone in our hand like a retard watiting for the next ding or beep to tap on the screen while driving. Do you know what I mean? Just one app not two or three apps, that seems to fragmented to me.

I don't trust Bing navigation. 2 times it led me to the wrong street at the back of someone's house. It expects me to climb up the hill, climb in from the back wall like a thief.
Garmin GPS gives the right directions.

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NO.... simple answer.... Long answer. 3D is computer animated or simulated images that give the idea of 3D of buildings, while street view show idiots crashing their bikes.... I mean pictures of the road from a 360 degree prospective.... well from ever 15 or so degrees that is.
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Thanks, but that's not what I was asking. I know what 3D maps are. What I want to know is why putting them in the mobile OS is handier than using street view (or in Bing's case Street Slide). Is it just a case of giving more options?

I agree. This is actually what stopped me the most from picking a Titan, and what actually holds some friends of mine from dropping their androids. Also, even in Nokia Maps we still don't have the option to avoid highways and things like that, which kinda sucks.
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Bing Maps "best bits" are going to be incorporated into Nokia Maps, which will be replacing Bing Maps entirely, even on non-Nokia devices.

Help with a navigation/gps app!

Hello...what I am looking for is a navigation app that will allow me to use 100% customized routes. Allow me to explain: I am a motorcycle rider & I like to take long motorcycle trips (500 miles a day sometimes) OFF the beaten path. I don't want to ride main streets & major highways. Those are boring! I want to be able to customize a route 100% with nothing but back roads & have that on my device for turn by turn navigation.
I can design such a route on my PC using Google Maps but there seems to be no way to import that route into maps or navigation on my device.
So does anyone know of an app that will import my 100% customized routes onto my device, or an app that will allow me to design 100% customized routes right on my device?
I know I used 100% a lot, but I'm really trying to stress that I don't want any route suggestions from the app itself!
Thanks in advance!

*bump*

I was under the impression if you saved your route to "my maps" in Google Maps you could access it from your phone...
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Sounds like you could use the"Dual Sport Map App" I think a search on the play store for dual sport maps and or craftycoder will bring it up. (Sorry for no links,I'm new and not allowed yet)
While it sounds like it may be for off road use only ,it isn't.
A lot of people use it to cruise the way out of the way places and they even share their routes on the web site the developer made. You can also use that website to map out your own routes then load them to your phone.The site address is dualsportmaps DOT com
Some think the App is expensive at $20,however it was well worth it for me just for functionality,and he is giving a lot of support to the backroad bombing community.
I started using it when I wanted all the functions of the high end motorcycle GPS units but didn't want to spend the $600+ entry fee.
So I got a large screen android device, a blue tooth head set, a bar mount and that App.It has been working great.
In case you haven't come across it yet, there is a forum for riders like you(advrider DOT com) and the developer of the App maintains a thread there for extra support.
A google search for site:advrider DOT com 691537 should bring you right to it if you know what to do with the "DOT"
Hope this helps

Oruxmaps is pretty sweet and it is free. You have to create your own maps (did mine with maps from google maps) and stitch them together but for free I consider it worth the time. Here is the link: google play oruxmaps

orlzzt said:
I was under the impression if you saved your route to "my maps" in Google Maps you could access it from your phone...
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This has been working...thanks!

droid newb said:
This has been working...thanks!
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Have you used any other apps/methods? I don't have a Bike (yet) but I feel like driving the same kinda routes with my WRX, I want curvey roads to push my suspension modes.
Rocking cm9.1

zman519 said:
Have you used any other apps/methods? I don't have a Bike (yet) but I feel like driving the same kinda routes with my WRX, I want curvey roads to push my suspension modes.
Rocking cm9.1
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No I have not. Still searching for something better, but the method I'm using works.

Google maps now with "compass"

Hi guys,
I'm not sure if this was there before, but today I updated google maps and figured out, that the map is now rotating if I move the watch, almost like it's using a compass. As far as I'm informed the watch does not have a compass sensor.
I think that is really some nice addition though I have to see how this works when I use it during navigation.

Cool. can you link photos or even a vid of this working please?

Just wondering, don't you have this feature available at your watch? The Google maps update from December, 4th (9.18.1) has to be installed on your phone. You can toggle the compass mode by clicking on the small compass symbol which will change from northbound to rotating or vice versa.
The compass symbol is only there if you pressed the "locate me" button before, so your location is highlighted by a blue dot in the center of the map. If you start to scroll the map, the compass symbol changes to the "locate me" symbol and the orientation of the map freezes.
That's also the reason why I have some concerns about screenshots as I do not want to post my location by screenshots in forums.

foo said:
Just wondering, don't you have this feature available at your watch? The Google maps update from December, 4th (9.18.1) has to be installed on your phone. You can toggle the compass mode by clicking on the small compass symbol which will change from northbound to rotating or vice versa.
The compass symbol is only there if you pressed the "locate me" button before, so your location is highlighted by a blue dot in the center of the map. If you start to scroll the map, the compass symbol changes to the "locate me" symbol and the orientation of the map freezes.
That's also the reason why I have some concerns about screenshots as I do not want to post my location by screenshots in forums.
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its not a compass dear.. it move using accelerometer.. are you sure it point north to north ?

Mahdy89 said:
its not a compass dear.. it move using accelerometer.. are you sure it point north to north ?
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No it does not point to the geographic north, your observation is correct, it's not a real compass.

I believe, google maps changes by accelerometer, and position of when the map was drawn.
Huawei watch with it's 6 axis accelerometer can work as a compass, and there are already apps to use it as such.

Compass apps
rusty.gh said:
I believe, google maps changes by accelerometer, and position of when the map was drawn.
Huawei watch with it's 6 axis accelerometer can work as a compass, and there are already apps to use it as such.
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Really? Which apps are they? Thanks.

Hanger4life said:
Really? Which apps are they? Thanks.
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Escape Watch Face is one I use.
Compass for wear I haven't tried yet.
3D Compass for Wear is cool!

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Escape Watch Face is one I use.
Compass for wear I haven't tried yet.
3D Compass for Wear is cool!
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Compass for wear so far shows up,but no function. Even after a restart.

Hanger4life said:
Compass for wear so far shows up,but no function. Even after a restart.
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On the ones I got working you need to hold your arm out to your side and do a wide figure eight a few times to get it to calibrate.

Escape face is sick as hell. Thanks. Compass works!

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On the ones I got working you need to hold your arm out to your side and do a wide figure eight a few times to get it to calibrate.
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dear its not a real compass.. its dosent point north to north.. it move using 5 axis accelerometer

foo said:
Hi guys,
I'm not sure if this was there before, but today I updated google maps and figured out, that the map is now rotating if I move the watch, almost like it's using a compass. As far as I'm informed the watch does not have a compass sensor.
I think that is really some nice addition though I have to see how this works when I use it during navigation.
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Just looking at HW with rotating Google Map...
Strange thing is that while turning the watch the map rotates in the same direction as watch but faster. This is wrong imo. It should move in the counter-direction, basically keeping map locked to earth. I see no use for the rotating map as it is working now...
Any other ideas about this?