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I don't know if someone already posted this but i thought i post it anyway. I searched for a easy 2 use GPS Application with good maps and free.
I found this.
http://www.amazegps.com/welcome.php?language=international
I installed it and it worked really good for me. It found all the directions i was searching for and it worked also really good on the street. The "GUI" is easy 2 understand and simple to use.
Check it Out and Have fun with it.
Has anyone tried this? Sounds almost too good to be true?!
Well ive isntalled it, it works,
going to test on the way home this eve and ill post later......
Bloke
Same - It looks like it's a bit like Google Maps, and runs by downloading images. Not sure about voices.. we'll see!
Ive tryed it and it works really good
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nhudgell said:
Has anyone tried this? Sounds almost too good to be true?!
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Hi
I tried alot of stuff and i have to say honestly that this is the best thing if you dont wanna pay for it.
I tried , tom tom, Navigon and others. But im not willing to pay 300 Swiss franks in my case for something i can get free.
Have fun with it
I tried it out today, seemed to work, finds locations well in the database..
But It got me lost on my first try
Will try it again though, looks promising for a free solutions.
Bloke
I used it as my primary navigation on my N95 8GB and currently use it on my Diamond2. Works great. They are working on a version so you can download maps offline. Because now it downloads the route through your connection. Using the arrow mode its very / unnoticeable data amount, but using maps might add up a little.
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I used it as my primary navigation on my N95 8GB and currently use it on my Diamond2. Works great. They are working on a version so you can download maps offline. Because now it downloads the route through your connection. Using the arrow mode its very / unnoticeable data amount, but using maps might add up a little.
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Thanks for that information. I tried it yesterday to drive 2 my parents in another city and it worked really perfect.
But the idea its really good. Good to know.
Regards
bloke said:
I tried it out today, seemed to work, finds locations well in the database..
But It got me lost on my first try
Will try it again though, looks promising for a free solutions.
Bloke
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What you mean by "But It got me lost on my first try" ?
Regards
"There is no such thing as a free lunch."
So it needs to be connected to GPRS on the move?
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What you mean by "But It got me lost on my first try" ?
Regards
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I got lost, it took me to the wrong place, then kept recalculating, I think it was slow to update...
Ive been recently updating my rom to 6.5 and it didnt work initially,
Now ive reinstalled it so will try this evening ;-)
Bloke
Can the route, once setup (ie start and destination input and a route plotted), be altered??
I'd like to set waypoints, and then adjust the route around known traffic spots, or along roads I particularly want to go one, then have the instructions fed to me by voice.
Google maps on the web allows this - but not the google-mobile version, and I know it's possible on the "paid for" navigation softwares.
malsing maps
tell me if someone got malsing map for this software. where i can download malsing maps?
Tried it again this afternoon , goin from slough to Egham, and worked really well, you need to change the view to the map with arrows option to get a good idea of where you are going, arrows alone done really work too well,
But as a free option, this is pretty good ;-)
Bloke
It works good with my HTC6800, but when i use it for my HD, after exit the program, the system always error.... then i need to restart it, but if i use the HOME key to exit, then press the right corner to exit, its good...
I have downloaded this software and it looks to be working, yet to use on the open road,
Which WM6 version did you go for?
Communication Problem!
Has anyone who lives in Asia try this? It shows "communication problem" after I launches it. Help Please
Anybody have this working with a hoot?
Neither mine or my wifes works very well. Always seems to be about a town behind or can't find anything local. Both are stock rooted. Nothing fancy.
I thre in a 3rd party check in that does considerably better, but still doesn't always figure out where we are.
Thoughts? A search and Google search yields nothing.
Its probably finding your location either by towers or switchboards.
make sure your gps is on and do it from outside the location. even great gps units get whacky locations when you use them indoors
If it's not GPS and it's by cell towers, you may want to try the fix here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448015
I'll never understand why people "check in" on Facebook.
Check in and 4square are sofa king stoopid. It's like saying, "hey! I'm not home. Go break into my house. Isn't it cool that you all know where I am at all times on FB?" Screw that noise, yo.
At all times? Are you checking in all day long? It's a useful tool if you're meeting up with people somewhere, especially for bar-hopping, and you can restrict who sees your checkins, so I don't see any issues with home security.
Mine always thought I was at work no matter where I went. I installed GPS status and reset the aGPS data. Then I had the app download the aGPS data. Since then it has been working great.
Worked perfect for me inside a club.
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At all times? Are you checking in all day long? It's a useful tool if you're meeting up with people somewhere, especially for bar-hopping, and you can restrict who sees your checkins, so I don't see any issues with home security.
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No. I don't check in at all. Some of my goofball friends use those apps and check in every damn place they go. It's annoying. As if everyone wants to know that they are at Starbucks, DSW, or every time they go to Lifetime Fitness. I met a buddy for breakfast this morning and he tagged me with his stoopid check in. It was super ghey-ish. I guess I just don't get it or that twitter crap.
If I want people to meet me someplace, I'll call, text or email them. I don't have to tell everybody on FB where I am, as if I'm fishing for someone random fool to hang out with or bragging about my exploits 24/7.
I probably sound like a pompous ass or a Debbie downer. My bad.
Glad this thread was here for you to vent your dislike of a feature.. Hope you feel better.
Anyway, glad I am not alone in seeing a huge lag in the GPS. If I am tagging the location of a picture, I'll be damned, but I get the same thing - last known location was the previous town or yep.. Work.
Looks like unless I keep GPS alive at all times, it never locks or gives me the correct ballpark to even search for my location by name.
Ok. So we're "ghey" and "stoopid" because we have different likes. Got it.
Thankfully, the world isn't entirely like you.
Yer a great help...
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Ok. So we're "ghey" and "stoopid" because we have different likes. Got it.
Thankfully, the world isn't entirely like you.
Yer a great help...
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You missed my closing disclaimer. My apologies for hijacking the thread. Carry on.
So, from the lock screen a quick swipe up will launch Google Now. Anyone check it out yet?
I've been a pretty heavy Google products user for years, so there's a lot of info in there for me. I added my home and my work address, so it already shows me quite a bit of info when I start up.
1. Start it up and it's showing me today's weather - perfect, thank you =)
2. Showing me directions to work. Working from home, but my Gcal does say I should be in the office - thanks for that =)
3. Showing me something about a hospital nearby. Ok, not sure why but you're right, I haven't had a checkup in a while so I might be due.
4. Showing me a nearby restaurant, but as it's 2:30am - it's closed. Google Places knows what time they open, so hopefully they'll be smarter about stuff like that in the future.
How about your thoughts?
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So, from the lock screen a quick swipe up will launch Google Now. Anyone check it out yet?
I've been a pretty heavy Google products user for years, so there's a lot of info in there for me. I added my home and my work address, so it already shows me quite a bit of info when I start up.
1. Start it up and it's showing me today's weather - perfect, thank you =)
2. Showing me directions to work. Working from home, but my Gcal does say I should be in the office - thanks for that =)
3. Showing me something about a hospital nearby. Ok, not sure why but you're right, I haven't had a checkup in a while so I might be due.
4. Showing me a nearby restaurant, but as it's 2:30am - it's closed. Google Places knows what time they open, so hopefully they'll be smarter about stuff like that in the future.
How about your thoughts?
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I like it. Pretty accurate and going to be a great selling point to battle siri at verizon when customers brag about siri.. (if the vzw EVER gets a ota for JB that is..) At least i can demo it on my phone until the vzw gets it.
Yea mine shows me nothing
Yes, I really like Google Now, it's great. But since one hour ago, mine doesn't update anymore, it only shows "no connection". Maybe Google switched it off?
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I just found out that I can't even deactivate the cards in the app beause of a network error... But everything else including normal search works.
Really looks like Google switched it off...
Weird... working perfectly for me. Updating in real time and everything, all commands work too...
If you swipe up from the soft keys you can launch now. Same from the lock screen.
Launching is no problem, and some hours ago it worked perfectly. But now it can't connect to Google servers anymore... No matter if I use WiFi or 3G.
Maybe I'll try to wipe cache and dalvik-cache, it probably could help.
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OK, that helped. First I just deleted the app-data, but it still didn't work. Then I wiped cache and dalvik cache within CWM-Recovery and now I could set Google Now up again.
For some reason Now isn't showing me anything else than the next calendar event. Not even weather. Is the whole service just in the USA? It's weird because if I search for "weather in my city" it shows it correctly as a card in search so why won't it show it automatically eventhough it's enabled?
I am not getting anything. Weather, but I have to open Google now
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Syvere said:
For some reason Now isn't showing me anything else than the next calendar event. Not even weather. Is the whole service just in the USA? It's weird because if I search for "weather in my city" it shows it correctly as a card in search so why won't it show it automatically eventhough it's enabled?
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Its worldwide. Works perfectly in singapore and even tells me the public transport times here.
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Google now looks amazing , so fast
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Off for me currently in UK.
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works for me in malaysia but only for weather. doesn't show notification for anything else
I can't get the weather to show up in the notification bar, any tips?
Creeps me the hell out. Will never enable it.
do not work in Japan
Shaquiel Harris said:
I like it. Pretty accurate and going to be a great selling point to battle siri at verizon when customers brag about siri.. (if the vzw EVER gets a ota for JB that is..) At least i can demo it on my phone until the vzw gets it.
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Say it with me now: IT JUST WORKS :laugh:
I can't wait to knock the smugness out of the iFans I know on the Fourth.
CADude said:
Creeps me the hell out. Will never enable it.
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You can completely customize what can be shown and what priority to show information. Not sure how that is creepy.
CADude said:
Creeps me the hell out. Will never enable it.
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Though it really doesn't matter whether you use it or not, they already know this from all the other things you use you phone for. This way you at least know how well they know you
would it be possible to extract the google now apk?
so i could try to install it on my gs3
Can someone confirm if this works on att note 4?
Yes, there is even a pamphlet in the box to have you download and use the app.
I use SoftCard with it.
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Can someone confirm if this works on att note 4?
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Yes! Matter of fact, there is a place in the NFC settings to choose what your default tap to pay service is. Whether it is Google Wallet or SoftCard.
Used Google Wallet last night on mine.
Thanks hope all are enjoying there new toy note 4
So i setup Google Wallet on my Note 4, it was working fine on my 3. Went to Home Depot to get some things and it was declined. When i went to find out why, this is the reason it gave:
There was an issue processing your transaction. For your security, you must bring your device online at least once every 24 hours.
A quick google search yielded a single result and no answers. Anyone else seen this or have any clues?
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So i setup Google Wallet on my Note 4, it was working fine on my 3. Went to Home Depot to get some things and it was declined. When i went to find out why, this is the reason it gave:
There was an issue processing your transaction. For your security, you must bring your device online at least once every 24 hours.
A quick google search yielded a single result and no answers. Anyone else seen this or have any clues?
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I don't think my device (or very many devices) are off line for 24 hours. Interesting. Maybe try it again after 24 hours.
cloudraker said:
So i setup Google Wallet on my Note 4, it was working fine on my 3. Went to Home Depot to get some things and it was declined. When i went to find out why, this is the reason it gave:
There was an issue processing your transaction. For your security, you must bring your device online at least once every 24 hours.
A quick google search yielded a single result and no answers. Anyone else seen this or have any clues?
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Was your google wallet set up for 24 hours? Just wondering if it needs to be loaded for a period of time before allowing purchases as a small safety measure against identity theft or something.
I wished Google Wallet worked for my Note 3, at least the NFC.
I just use Google wallet in a grocery store works flawlessly.. Am happy
I'm glad Google removed that ridiculous restriction that only Wallet works on certain certified Android devices. Using Wallet on my Note 4 ... works like a charm at CVS, Walgreens and my local grocery store in Nor Calif.
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Was your google wallet set up for 24 hours? Just wondering if it needs to be loaded for a period of time before allowing purchases as a small safety measure against identity theft or something.
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I don't think my device (or very many devices) are off line for 24 hours. Interesting. Maybe try it again after 24 hours.
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It hadnt been setup on the new device for 24 hours yet, more like about 20. Im not sure if thats what its stating or not. And my device is also almost always online in some fashion. I just wish i was in an area where more places were set up for contactless payments. I havent been anywhere since saturday that takes it so i cant even see if its working now.
cloudraker said:
So i setup Google Wallet on my Note 4, it was working fine on my 3. Went to Home Depot to get some things and it was declined. When i went to find out why, this is the reason it gave:
There was an issue processing your transaction. For your security, you must bring your device online at least once every 24 hours.
A quick google search yielded a single result and no answers. Anyone else seen this or have any clues?
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Galaxy S3 with Wallet App
I had the same problem (and same message) at Home Depot today when it had worked at Home Depot before. I chatted with a Google Wallet specialist and he said that the device that has to be online every 24 hrs was the Wallet App not the phone the app was on. If this is true Google Wallet app may be unusable, however, he looked into why it was declined and told me to do the following:
Geet H 2:00 PM
Thank you for the details.
Thank you for waiting.
I would request you to clear data (Settings > Apps > Wallet > Clear data) and then sign into Wallet again. This should fix the issue.
We will see the next time I try Wallet App
Same error here (on a OnePlus One). Doesn't make any feasible sense that you should have go open the app atleast once every 24 hours. I work at a winn Dixie and we just put up signs saying we accept apple pay so I figured I'd try wallet. Got this error the 2 separate times I tried and thought maybe it was just the error it throws back if the place doesn't accept wallet but I thought it was odd that it would recognize it if that were the case. I did it at self checkout but as soon as it gives an error and declines it makes a loud noise and the register calls for an employee so I didn't feel like looking like a jackass so I just quickly canceled it and used my card both times. Just found out we have a coke machine in my apartment complex and figured I'd try it. Same error. But since I'm alone and outside I tried it again and it worked. No clue what's going on. Way to make apple pay continue to look smoother Google.
6 months later I'm still having this same issue. Anyone get a working solution since the last post?
No problems using Google Wallet with NFC on this phone.
Note Google now owns softcard and they are disabling the app to support google wallet.
Been using Google wallet all over Disney World without any issues. Never had an issue with Google Wallet except home depot, which doesn't appear to accept it even though it shows tap and pay should work on the credit card machine.
Wallet needs a data connection once a day. It claims the app doesn't need to be loaded.
Today is one of the days per year that I have a full Saturday without my family around to bug me. As I sit here wasting my day trying to figure out how to "have it all", I have to "vent". I don't understand why this is so difficult. It's not about the money, I would write a check with several zeros if someone could find a solution for me. All I want, is a phone that Google and Apple can't track, but is still functional for my needs.
LineageOS with Micro is ALMOST that solution. But, every day something doesn't work like it should. I need to be able to schedule texts and send MMS messages that don't sacrafice quality. What do you user for that? Google Messages. Well, I don't want to sign into Google so none of those features work. In fact, even if I do sign in, none of those features work. Ok, I'll try Textra. Nope. Won't work with MicroG because it "needs google service". I have tried around a dozen messaging apps, but either they don't schedule texts or they don't send MMS.
I drive 1,000s of miles for work in different vehicles in unfamiliar areas. I listen to many podcasts and take lots of phone calls on the road. So, given the amount of travel and variation of vehicles I drive, having a physcial GPS or using a phone mount isn't practical. Using my phone as a handheld GPS isn't smart. What's left? Android Auto. Ok, I've tried using a separate phone for Android Auto, but then phone calls don't come through. I've almost crashed trying to juggle those.
What am I working on today? I've been using Brave Browser, but I also use 1password. 1password functionality is broken on 90% of the sites I visit on Brave, so I downloaded Firefox. 1password works great, but my corporate security app routes everything from Firefox through itself, and breaks everything. It doesn't happen with Brave and I can't delete my work app. So Brave wins that battle.
So I thought -- why don't I just install LinesageOS with gapps, create a brand new google account to login with, and never use that google ID anywhere else. But after some research and asking on different message boards, THAT doesn't work either.
At this point, how does someone in my shoes not just say f#*k it, you win Google/Apple, and go back to a stock OS?
faknit said:
have to "vent"
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Kinda know this feeling.
faknit said:
want, is a phone that Google and Apple can't track
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How about Librem? Or at least iodeOS?
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Google Messages
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Why in the 1st place?
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What's left? Android Auto
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Well, other than that, perhaps Osmand?
faknit said:
you win Google/Apple, and go back to a stock OS?
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NO WAY, over my dad's cat!
I do understand and share your frustration but giving up is not a good choice here.
Sometimes less is more, I don't use MicroG at all and people keep pestering me since years to get Whatsapp, Signal, Threema, Telegram, Slack, Discord and all that ****. Nah, stop being stupid and just keep using email, SMS or jabber.
Unless another Noah posts free tickets for Ark 2 on whatsapp, I am perfectly fine, I guess
A little late on my reply! Figured I'd still throw this out there.
I can't use Librem & iodeOS because of work requirements. I have to use their applications for email/messaging etc. Unfortunately the apps also detect/block Custom ROMs so I have no choice but to root so I can use magisk.
Literally the only reason I want Google Messages (which, for what I want requires chat features enabled) is to schedule messages without losing other functionality. QKSMS works great, but you can't share videos. Several others that are recommended won't work without Google services. There was one that worked really well but crashed every couple hours and would only work after uninstalling.
Android Auto, I could care less which application I use TBH, but nothing else will do what I need. I need the map to display on the cars screen so I'm not staring at my phone. A second phone isn't an option because 1. I'd lose it 2. Work won't pay for a phone because they suck and I can't afford 2 plans. Same excuses for a dedicated GPS. A phone mount is difficult because of the sheer variety of vehicles I drive, and I usually don't know what I'll be driving. So I'd have to take several styles of mount on every trip.
All that said --- I vented and I feel better. I'm just dealing with the problems.
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Work won't pay for a phone because they suck and I can't afford 2 plans
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That sounds familiar. A previous company insisted on iphone which I despised but I tried anyway for a month, ever since I hate everything crapple even more
But wait, can't solve issue 1... issue 2: Hotspot on company phone? Muahahahaaa