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[Q] GPS app with PREINSTALLED maps?

Is there a GPS app that has downloadable maps so you can use the GPS without a data plan?
I tried IGOMYWAY but it doesn't work for some reason.
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CoPilot V8 works wonderfully. Problem solved! I highly recommend Copilot. Gives a nice 3D view, has a tolerable fembot voice for directions, has POI's, and doesn't disconnect from GPS signals.

It'd make sense for there to be someway, but I have no idea if there is. HTC Sense advertises that you can do it with their software, however I never figured out how that exactly worked for the 2-3 weeks that I used a Sense-based ROM.

Sounds like you're talking about a navigation app. A GPS app can be just about anything, like GPS Status & Toolbox, geocaching, jogging loggers, etc.
Navigon and CoPilot are a couple. Some on here have said CoPilot is pretty good (although I haven't tried myself), and its reasonably priced at $5 for the USA maps.

Yes. I basically want a Garmin or a TomTom equivalent on my G2. Since Garmin and TomTom don't need a data plan to work, I don't see why there shouldn't be an app that does the same.

IGO Navigator works on my Bell Desire Z.

Back in the g1 days I used copilot. Its really good. I would recommend it
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wasn't there a modification for maps made by someone where the map cache is saved onto the SD card?
i think it was brute or something like that

Alright. So I got CoPilot and it doesn't work. I have the maps and everything. It is just that the program can't detect satellites. That is the same problem I had for IGO navigator.
BUT from another post, a person (I think it was redpoint) told me to download GPS status, and if that program can detect satellites then your GPS should work.
Well, I did what he said, and it did indeed detect satellites, and even detected
Then how come IGO AND Copilot doesn't work for me?
I am actually prepared to go out and buy a Garmin 265T

yea
i'm gonna follow this thread cause i'm in the same boat. it's ridiculous that you could be out in a clear open area that just gets no cell service and yet you can't get gps service. do i really need to go buy a freaking gps when my phone should be able to handle it?

Polarbear:
Try Igo navigator and CoPilot. They work without data. They work for other people. They don't work for me though. They might work for you.
I began too many sentences with "they".

lil-devil said:
wasn't there a modification for maps made by someone where the map cache is saved onto the SD card?
i think it was brute or something like that
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Ya, Brut.all made a modified GMaps that cached maps and nav worked overseas. Its in the G1 development section.
Edit: here's the url. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=630887
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You might also try aura. Can be found in market and has a free 7 day trial. Worked list fine on my g2 when I tried it.
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ill try co pilot on my g2 today. I have used it since by g1 days.
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I agree aura (or however you spell it) is probably gonna be your best bet
* I'm just sayin......

Aura looks pretty dopesauce. I have CoPilot working though so I'm happy.
Aura mite lag mah phone.

M using aura and its awesome for me....no lag watsoever...no data...no wifi...just uses gps signals and stored maps....
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Bigt2003 said:
Ya, Brut.all made a modified GMaps that cached maps and nav worked overseas. Its in the G1 development section.
Edit: here's the url. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=630887
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How long does it take all y'all to lock on to GPS signal using your various navigation apps?

I know you can save maps with Locus Free (in the market.) It gives you a choice of a bunch of maps. I'm not sure if you its exactly what you are looking for but its worth a shot.
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ONAVO EXTEND: Get up to 5x more out of your data plan!

I have this in my guide post but thought it needed its own post. If you have a capped data plan then you definetely need to check this out.
It has basically turned my 4GB plan into a 20GB plan!
The SuperUser's Guide: How To Extend Your Data Plan
Onavo Extend lets you get more out of your data plan, so you can do more web browsing and apps, consume more music, video and photos on 3G without breaking your data cap.
After you install Onavo Extend you can go back to using your phone or tablet as before. In the background, data usage from all apps and web browsing is compressed so that you do more with your Android’s mobile data month after month. And, if you travel abroad with your phone, the money you save could be substantial.
IF YOU'VE INSTALLED A CUSTOM ROM:
Some ROMs and kernels are missing important networking support that Android 4.0 APIs, and Onavo Extend, rely on.
If you've received a message saying your version of Android is unsupported, or if the application always says "service paused", please contact us via the "Feedback" menu item so we can help.
Trying a different ROM or kernel should help as well

Be sure to post your results! Be sure to include which ROM you are using!

Woow !! i download the app now & i'll report back later
i've only 1GB Data plan & i can't use youtube because it take a lot of my data,, i wish this could save me more money

Sry bro , but i find it hard to belive
i'll wait for feedback

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Sry bro , but i find it hard to belive
i'll wait for feedback
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no worries, it works though. Look at it this way, what do you have to lose?
I have verified it is working for me with 3rd party data trackers, and Verizon's own data tracker.
The great thing about it is you can turn it on and off. It also turns itself off when you are on wifi.
After running it for a week while I was on vacation and used very little wifi I definitely noticed a difference. I watched a Netflix episode of IT crowd, and few YouTube videos and saved over 1MB of data.
I have used it with news apps, Facebook, twitter, Netflix, YouTube, radarscope, weather bug, instagram, and mms pics.
The only issue I ran into was on the local news 9 app. Some images appeared as black boxes. If I adjust the photo quality to higher the images appear just fine though.
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Thanks for bringing this up - looks good, will try it out!
Good review here, showing how it works and stuff:
http://android.appstorm.net/how-to/internet/how-to-double-your-data-plan-for-free-with-onavo-extend/
edit: @Dakota - forgive me if this is the same information in your Superuser guide - I cant check as the guide appears to be blocked on my work comp

may save you data, but I wouldn't trust any app that you have to give full access to your network traffic. Looks like spyware to me.

Dakota0206 said:
I watched a Netflix episode of IT crowd, and few YouTube videos and barely used 1MB of data.
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1 Megabyte?
I'm sorry, but i'm calling bull**** on that. There's no way on this planet that anything would compress a half hour episode down to that little.
I'm sure it probably works to some degree and compresses the data in a similar way to opera mini and skyfire and various other browsers that use proxies to compress stuff, but i think you may have read it wrong to come up with 1MB!

MinecraftZombi.es said:
1 Megabyte?
I'm sorry, but i'm calling bull**** on that. There's no way on this planet that anything would compress a half hour episode down to that little.
I'm sure it probably works to some degree and compresses the data in a similar way to opera mini and skyfire and various other browsers that use proxies to compress stuff, but i think you may have read it wrong to come up with 1MB!
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I agree, and even if it was why would a company provide such powerful servers that can do this sort of compression for free? There are only two ways the company could support themselves. 1. Advertisements 2. Sell user data like google does. I don't care about either so I'm downloading it.

I got a 10GB plan so no need for me but just out of curiosity has this worked for anyone?

JJbdoggg said:
I agree, and even if it was why would a company provide such powerful servers that can do this sort of compression for free? There are only two ways the company could support themselves. 1. Advertisements 2. Sell user data like google does. I don't care about either so I'm downloading it.
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I do agree on this.
As o2 is giving 1GB of allowance, I will give it a try though.

MinecraftZombi.es said:
1 Megabyte?
I'm sorry, but i'm calling bull**** on that. There's no way on this planet that anything would compress a half hour episode down to that little.
I'm sure it probably works to some degree and compresses the data in a similar way to opera mini and skyfire and various other browsers that use proxies to compress stuff, but i think you may have read it wrong to come up with 1MB!
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meant to say saved over 1MB data.

Dakota0206 said:
meant to say saved over 1MB data.
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Well, if you meant to say that you saved over 1 MB, that calls to question how you know this. Did the Onavo app tell you? Did you check the size of the netflix episode and compare your usage? Or some other way?
Also, a netflix episode could range from like 50 (if cropped for small screens/resolutions) to several hundred megs. Saving 1 MB in such a setting is hardly 5x the data, and shouldn't really be worth your time.
Now, I've come across this app before, and there are always people who like it and claim it works. What these people fail to ask themselves is HOW (the hell) it could work. If you think about it, about the only stuff on the web that isn't already pretty heavily compressed are html/text files. And they make up a really tiny part of your overall usage.
Also, compressing stuff is very cpu intensive. Unless ONAVO has a huge server farm somewhere, which processes every bit sent to and from every one of its users (not likely), the compression happens on the fly on each device. Even if that would work, it would really strain the cpu and drain the battery in no time.
Therefore, to quote a wise man, I wouldn't touch this app with a ten foot pole.
Sorry for the long post/rant.

No ones forcing you to try it. But its actually using amazons EC2 stack. Opera browser uses this same thing to save data usage.
Lol do you think this is some conspiracy theory? Onavo doesn't save any data, except if you want email compressed and then its asks for your permission.
Ya on video it didn't save a ton. But it didnt slow down the streaming either. Where I have noticed the most saving is text based apps like tapatalk and news apps.
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Will effect does this have on battery life?
Better? Worsen? No difference?

Dakota0206 said:
No ones forcing you to try it. But its actually using amazons EC2 stack. Opera browser uses this same thing to save data usage.
Lol do you think this is some conspiracy theory? Onavo doesn't save any data, except if you want email compressed and then its asks for your permission.
Ya on video it didn't save a ton. But it didnt slow down the streaming either. Where I have noticed the most saving is text based apps like tapatalk and news apps.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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Well, I should have checked how it actually says it works, mea culpa. Still, the fact holds that 5x savings is a pipe dream in real usage and savings are marginal at best. But if you wanna use it, knock yourself out.

http://www.opera.com/browser/turbo/
use opera instead.

guys..this app is really saved data..it's saved me over 150mb in just a view days !"
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twistedh said:
http://www.opera.com/browser/turbo/
use opera instead.
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Last I checked opera only compresses data for one app..... opera.
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-juanito- said:
guys..this app is really saved data..it's saved me over 150mb in just a view days !"
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How much data would you have used? .. to get an idea on percentage savings.
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TomTom for Android

http://m.engadget.com/2012/08/29/tomtom-android/
Can't for this its the one thing I miss from ios... TomTom just works.... And works brilliantly
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DTMHibbert10 said:
http://m.engadget.com/2012/08/29/tomtom-android/
Can't for this its the one thing I miss from ios... TomTom just works.... And works brilliantly
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Meh,
Google navigation is the bomb, more features and always up to date.
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It'll just be another paid subscription navigation app. Can't beat the free ones like Waze and Navigation

Caching cards works great on GMaps for offline use

gee2012 said:
Caching cards works great on GMaps for offline use
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Is there a way for automatic caching? I tried to save tiles manually, but the maximum size per tile of (was it 70 mb?) makes that task a tedious one as first I need hundreds of tiles for Germany alone and secondly I have to wait for the tile to fully download before I select the next. I gave up after 5 tiles and had merely the bigger Frankfurt area covered.

HotteX said:
Is there a way for automatic caching? I tried to save tiles manually, but the maximum size per tile of (was it 70 mb?) makes that task a tedious one as first I need hundreds of tiles for Germany alone and secondly I have to wait for the tile to fully download before I select the next. I gave up after 5 tiles and had merely the bigger Frankfurt area covered.
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There are quite a few good ones I have no idea which ones are the best but I think OziExplorer isn't too bad. But getting into the custom maps thing I found quite daunting.

Which SatNav App works best for Xperia Z?

Used to use Tomtom on my old IPhone but have heard it is very buggy on Android so wondered if any XZ users have feedback on the best SatNav App available for the XZ?
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tonylee2000 said:
Used to use Tomtom on my old IPhone but have heard it is very buggy on Android so wondered if any XZ users have feedback on the best SatNav App available for the XZ?
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google navigation.....its free and probably more accurate than anything else.

Google navigation.
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G1_enthusiast said:
google navigation.....its free and probably more accurate than anything else.
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rofl and im driving my car every day over the middle of a lake.
id say use anything but google crap. sygic, copilot, navigon, tom tom, igo

indycar said:
rofl and im driving my car every day over the middle of a lake.
id say use anything but google crap. sygic, copilot, navigon, tom tom, igo
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Its probaly your phone syncing with GPS, Google map have never lead me wrong since the beginning when it came out, I travel 5000 miles one time and it never lead me wrong.

Yeah that's interesting, Google maps is the best for me. Copilot utilizes Google maps by the way
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Yes Google maps navigation is been dead spot on if u have Ur gps turned of then of course Ur location isn't as spot on but with gps on the Google navigation is like very good. Didn't find anything better then Google navigation.
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I use google maps and Sygic when going to another country.
Copilot is also OK

Interesting feedback. I tried out Google Maps and, unless I am using it wrong, found it heavily dependant on having a good data signal in order to calculate a route. I want something that I can download and use offline as data signal is patchy where I am.
I used Co-Pilot a few years ago and it was ok but had a few instances where it simply failed to find a location.
Surprised Tomtom has not got it together for Android.
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Well yes Google needs data to work. Is not a offline navigation tool. In that case just buy a navigation system or upgrade Ur data plan. U r better off buying a offline navigation then using one on Ur phone. Because downloading the maps can cost a lot of memory and most of the time real navigation system that is offline are better then offline smartphone once. As for online once Google maps is great and free.
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I use Sygic and I'm happy with it :good:

tonylee2000 said:
Interesting feedback. I tried out Google Maps and, unless I am using it wrong, found it heavily dependant on having a good data signal in order to calculate a route. I want something that I can download and use offline as data signal is patchy where I am.
I used Co-Pilot a few years ago and it was ok but had a few instances where it simply failed to find a location.
Surprised Tomtom has not got it together for Android.
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I believe u can preload the map, but Waze is also another popular free one...I dont believe in paying for GPS now a day thats just dumb

G1_enthusiast said:
I believe u can preload the map, but Waze is also another popular free one...I dont believe in paying for GPS now a day thats just dumb
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Yep you can preload the map but it still needs internet to calculate the route...

I am using Sygic mapmyindia version, works perfect.
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Google Maps and Sygic

I use Sygic as drive on the continent a lot.
Got it on offer a couple of years ago (about £25 for UK & Europe) so it was a bit of a bargain and used it many many times.
I also use google navigation while at home sometimes as it's just easier to google search then plot a route to somewhere.
Phil

DoubleYouPee said:
Yep you can preload the map but it still needs internet to calculate the route...
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You can load up the map and the route, and save it offline. It will then work without any data connection (and supposedly can make adjustments within reason without connection, but I have never tried this and heard it is only being tested).

[FEEDBACK][APP] Trying to make the perfect Wear app for runners!

Hello XDA!
I'm been working nonstop on the wear extension for my app, Runbit! When Google announced that Google Maps will show the map on the watch I started to working on my own solution. Now I really interesting in what you think needs improving or stuff you think will make the app better!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.soderstrom.runbit
Ps. Don't worry about the IN-APP I'll made a timer so you can always test it for some minutes and the first mode Collect stars is always free!
Questions:
- What do you think about the layout on the watch, any suggestion?
- Are the object on the map and the map itself visible when running, walking?
Thanks!
http://runbit.se

Cool man. My wife is a runner. I bet she would like it. Sometimes she says her runs are boring

red5pade said:
Cool man. My wife is a runner. I bet she would like it. Sometimes she says her runs are boring
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Great, Can't wait for the feedback

great app. this app is loyal to battery life?

eldar4uk said:
great app. this app is loyal to battery life?
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I was able to record a 8h run with Runbit. The app uses your GPS on best precision and internet connection for the placement of the objects so it's pretty heavy to run. I've tried optimised it as much as possible using RAM caching, disabled user input on the map (increase battery a lot) and increased the time between updating objects.