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So my friend and I will be going on a road trip soon across the great USA. Buffalo to Yosemite.
I have my Dinc and he just got an Asus Transformer and a Droid X2. We are obviously going to have a nice set up in our car with all this fancy tech. But we were wondering what the best apps were for such a road trip. We will be using Navigation, Pandora, My Tracks.
What would be the best real time weather application? Any other suggestions as to what we should use? Thanks in advance everyone!
Also, all our devices are rooted.
Weather Bug Elite is solid imo. Enjoy the ride!
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I just got back from a long road trip and the one app i used the most was 'GasBuddy'. Saved me some money. Also 'Yelp' for places to eat with good reviews.
Urbanspoon is a good one too
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Games will be of most importance! I will be checking those out.
That Gas Buddy app seems awesome so far. And it is quite accurate. We will be using that one!
See if you can still find the speed trap/traffic camera app.
Flight Control is an addictive game as well.
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Dont forget about trapster it shows where cops hide....
MapDroyd - - just in case you find yourself in a no-signal area and want to know where you are. Unlike most mapping software, MapDroyd stores the map data locally (load the desired region(s) before the trip), and can use your GPS sensor.
hi all,i usually walk trought mountains,my passion is metal detecting and I need an app where I set my starting point and track my "travel" around and show me the way where i was been so i don't search 2 same times in the same place..is there a properly app?please help
Hi my hobby amd passion it's metal detecting tooooo!!! I use locus pro, it's simple and great just put a widget on yoir screen and push it to start recording your track. Good luck and happy finds
i cannot get a better suggestion!
thanks and good luck you too
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is there something that allow me to view my track in real time?
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Google Maps
Hi!!?Doesnt google maps that come along with the phone do that job correctly?I hv used it several times to find my way n it's rather precise with just several metres displacement.Otherwise it shows when u r turning or moving in real time. But u need a clear sky for gps to lock on!!
anto989 said:
is there something that allow me to view my track in real time?
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Install My Tracks (it's a Google app). Works great, you don't need 3g service for it to work and can load GPX track files from your SD card.
OruxMaps is a more comprehensive alternative you can try as well.
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Just discovered that the sports card on Google now is working in the UK..
Yup it does. Is there any other cards apart from the weather in the UK?
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I get local places and traffic
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I get just the weather. Do you have to activate them some how by like using navigation for the traffic etc
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androidjedi said:
Just discovered that the sports card on Google now is working in the UK..
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Sports has worked for quite a while now.
... A Month now - old news I'm afraid.
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Google Calendar events with locations produce cards also ("You need to set off in 10 minutes to arrive by 7pm" etc. etc.)
Also if you set your places in location settings then you will automatically get traffic for work and home destinations etc.
It often gives me suggestions for traffic at places I have stopped at and also after I have searched for places in maps and in chrome.
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I've installed an app called Market access, same as market enabler but ad free. I've set my sim code to 310380 AT&T in the US. I currently reside in China where there are no paid apps. However, when I opened the Play Store, there was only Apps ( however paid ones too ) ,no music, movie or books section unlike how I remembered the last time I returned to the US. Am I doing anything wrong?
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Isn't market enabler ad free as well?
You need to use proxy app and the proxy server should be located in USA. You can use DroidVPN from the market, and you will get the full market, then you can disable the proxy app, however, you would need to re-enable it once you reboot the phone or delete the cache.
Even if my phone has the sim emulated to the A US carrier, must I have a US Ip to access books and music in the store. Somehow I do have paid apps on the store but no music, books or movies. Can anyone explain this?
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vanillapuff said:
Even if my phone has the sim emulated to the A US carrier, must I have a US Ip to access books and music in the store. Somehow I do have paid apps on the store but no music, books or movies. Can anyone explain this?
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Even with market enabler I had just apps. Even on the old Xperia Play.
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vanillapuff said:
Even if my phone has the sim emulated to the A US carrier, must I have a US Ip to access books and music in the store. Somehow I do have paid apps on the store but no music, books or movies. Can anyone explain this?
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Yes, you do need to have an IP address of USA to have: Music, Books, Video and Devices to appear to you. The only thing that is not controlled by IP and is only controlled by the carried ID are apps.
All other Google CONTENT is controled by IP address.
Regards,
Santroph.
Thanks a lot! Cleared up my mind.
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But still if you want to actually purchase any books, musics, movies, etc., you will need a US-based credit card. Except for apps, from my experiences apps can be purchases with any credit card.
Also, you will have to stay in the US IP in order to actually read the books, or the movies, (not sure about songs) that you just bought. If you try to open the book with a China IP or HK IP in my case, it will show the book cannot be read...
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But still if you want to actually purchase any books, musics, movies, etc., you will need a US-based credit card. Except for apps, from my experiences apps can be purchases with any credit card.
Also, you will have to stay in the US IP in order to actually read the books, or the movies, (not sure about songs) that you just bought. If you try to open the book with a China IP or HK IP in my case, it will show the book cannot be read...
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If I purchase a book to read on my holidays I would not be able to read it unless i stay in the US? :banghead:
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dbosman said:
If I purchase a book to read on my holidays I would not be able to read it unless i stay in the US? :banghead:
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If you want to read a book bought through the play store you can do this from anywhere if you have selected to keep it on the device, did this yesterday when I was in Hungary for the day (only apps available in the play store there). Not sure about books you own in the cloud as I had selected to keep the book I was reading on the device ( a Nexus 7 in this case) because I wanted to be able to read it without a network connection.
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But still if you want to actually purchase any books, musics, movies, etc., you will need a US-based credit card. Except for apps, from my experiences apps can be purchases with any credit card.
Also, you will have to stay in the US IP in order to actually read the books, or the movies, (not sure about songs) that you just bought. If you try to open the book with a China IP or HK IP in my case, it will show the book cannot be read...
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I found a work around for the ip
Install the app 'orbot' and offcourse dont forget to adjust the settings as needed.
I just tried it with the 'pandora music' app and it worked like a charm
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Thx, works great. Nice work around, user still wins
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dbosman said:
I found a work around for the ip
Install the app 'orbot' and offcourse dont forget to adjust the settings as needed.
I just tried it with the 'pandora music' app and it worked like a charm
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What settings did you use to make everything work?
I have two incredibles Verizon branded. What can I do with them? I use att now. So reactivating them isn't really on the to do list. I've looked into rooting and flashing and seems a bit more complex than with my Samsung captivate. If there is something really neat I could use it for it might be worth the trouble. Ideas? Anyone wanna help a fella out?
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MOD EDIT: This isn't the marketplace, if you want to sell them then post in the marketplace and not in any of these forums. Thanks
You could use them as an mp3 player, use wifi only and play games and surf the net, or download a gps app that stores the maps locally since you don't have service on them.
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I know the GPS is much better than on the cappy I use now so there is a wonderful idea. I wonder if I could use it for data logging on my motorcycle. Like as a accurate speedometer (with delay for changes in speed) a way to log top speed and as a HD video recorder. Do you have any suggestion as to which GPS nav software to use?
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BluGuy said:
You could use them as an mp3 player, use wifi only and play games and surf the net, or download a gps app that stores the maps locally since you don't have service on them.
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I would do this, and use it as a dev phone for testing (or learning how to compile, if you don't know how) ROMs.
phoenixfriend said:
I know the GPS is much better than on the cappy I use now so there is a wonderful idea. I wonder if I could use it for data logging on my motorcycle. Like as a accurate speedometer (with delay for changes in speed) a way to log top speed and as a HD video recorder. Do you have any suggestion as to which GPS nav software to use?
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The only navigation app I know off the top of my head that store maps locally is navigon. I have never used it and I see mixed reviews for it.
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As I have 0 programming knowledge for computers at this time and with God's good grace starting school for it in the winter quarter it does interest me however I fear by the time I am proficient enough the development of this phone and thereby this thread will be long dead. I do want to root the phone and perhaps install a ROM that removes everything but the core of what it needs to operate and a very few apps. As I have two I could use one for GPS/MP3 duty for the motorcycle. So all I'd need is the basic operating system wifi a MP3 downloaded and a good local GPS software. I would think that the GPS software alone would take quite a bit of space.
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BluGuy said:
The only navigation app I know off the top of my head that store maps locally is navigon. I have never used it and I see mixed reviews for it.
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CoPilot GPS stores its maps on your sdcard (North America maps take up about 1.3 Gb) and does a mostly acceptible job of navigating without using mobile data. The free version is a bit crippled, but what do you expect for free? Street address searches and POI searches also work well even without mobile data, ideal for a non-activated phone.
Another app I use sometimes is Navfree USA. It uses Open Street Maps, so they can be hit or miss. Also, searching by street addresses is mostly broken (Open Street Maps doesn't seem to handle postal codes well). Maps are downloaded state-by-state.
So what can be removed without destroying the os? I need only GPS functions bluetooth WiFi and audio.
Perhaps gmail and the play store. Unless I can use the play store without gmail. Is there a ROM I can flash that is already slimmed way down.
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phoenixfriend said:
So what can be removed without destroying the os? I need only GPS functions bluetooth WiFi and audio.
Perhaps gmail and the play store. Unless I can use the play store without gmail. Is there a ROM I can flash that is already slimmed way down.
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cm7 or Pons cm10
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phoenixfriend said:
So what can be removed without destroying the os? I need only GPS functions bluetooth WiFi and audio.
Perhaps gmail and the play store. Unless I can use the play store without gmail. Is there a ROM I can flash that is already slimmed way down.
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I probably wouldn't remove to much. This is what I am going to do to this phone when my contract runs out with Verizon and I switch to sprint. I'm going to run cm7, which has already been suggested and use the wifi only script which can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1217038
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Yes but if I'm going to use this as a GPS with navigation and a MP3 player and dash cam on a motorcycle ill need all the free space I can get.
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Moved to Q&A and edited OP. Please post in the correct section when asking questions and also do not post with the intention of trying to sell, we have the marketplace for that.
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Sorry about that.
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phoenixfriend said:
Yes but if I'm going to use this as a GPS with navigation and a MP3 player and dash cam on a motorcycle ill need all the free space I can get.
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Removing any system apps or parts of the os won't get you anymore space for storage since those are in the system partition.
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Will it get me more speed? Like running through 6 inches of water as opposed to 4 feet.
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phoenixfriend said:
I know the GPS is much better than on the cappy I use now so there is a wonderful idea. I wonder if I could use it for data logging on my motorcycle. Like as a accurate speedometer (with delay for changes in speed) a way to log top speed and as a HD video recorder. Do you have any suggestion as to which GPS nav software to use?
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I don't know how much you may hit the track on your motorcycle, but here are a few suggestions that you can find on the play store.
http://trackmaster.trackaroo.com/welcome
http://www.racerender.com/RR2/Features.html
and a review of those
http://www.motoiq.com/magazine_articles/id/2623/tested-trackmaster-by-trackaroo.aspx
Looks like an app I may pay for. Even if im not on a track it will still help as there are a few places on my commute I tend to open up and ride hard. Makes my ride home quicker. Seems it could also be used to log top speed and 1/4 mile times. So a lot of useful features.
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