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[Q] Phone tracking options

What are my options for tracking my family members locations? Does Google Maps have this feature? Maybe HTC Locations?
The idea here is leaving GPS on so the family can view a map with our locations on it. Naturally, all people being tracked are ok with it.

Try glympse or glimpse ..
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Maybe Latitude?
Also there is Family Locator app in market, so you may want to try it.

Latitude is probably the easiest, it will only update when you want so battery drain should be minimum.
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looking for a Offline GPS Navigation app that uses Google Maps

Hello All !
i'm looking for an application that uses google maps in tracking .
I've Tried a bunch of apps , but some don't do tracking and some that do tracking won't use google maps and other that track and use google maps , won't do it offline !
any hint appreciated

any one ?!

try Sygic

Thank you for you reply , but Sygic has its own Map and is not using maps of google I think.

It uses TomTom's maps. They're the best in my country
I think that there aren't any gps navigator with google maps...

Did you find any ? I am also looking for the same...
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for me the best is ndrive

jughead101 said:
Did you find any ? I am also looking for the same...
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nope , I haven't found any yet and I don't think if there is any

ishockzz said:
for me the best is ndrive
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i like ndrive to,

Jelly Bean Outside US new restrictions?

So I have been using 4.1 on my Gnex for the past couple of days (Outside the US).
Installed Play Movies and Google Earth from US market using market enabler.
I am unable to see or open these apps even though they are installed on my phone.
I even got an update for play books.
The open links in the play store have disappeared and the apps are not shown in the drawer either.
I can confirm they are installed and the issue only affects 'US Play store only' apps.
Highly disappointed, anyone else facing this issue and any solutions?

This is not an ussue..
Where do u live ? I live in Brazil and google cannot sell books here yet, so the app doesnt work
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Everything working fine in UK

I'm in India, i understand not being able to use services not available in the country. But i'm not able to see or open the app. Even Google earth seems to be affected by the issue.

manas_a said:
I'm in India, i understand not being able to use services not available in the country. But i'm not able to see or open the app. Even Google earth seems to be affected by the issue.
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Yea same here...
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cymru said:
Everything working fine in UK
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Everything's fine in Canada.
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all good in Venezuela south America
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manas_a said:
I'm in India, i understand not being able to use services not available in the country. But i'm not able to see or open the app. Even Google earth seems to be affected by the issue.
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I am in India too, and I managed to install the Play Books and Play Movies app through the Google Play website. I was also able to install Google earth.
In Play Books and Movies, if you click the market button, it just takes you to the apps store and not to the respective app sections though..

Found a fix!
Not sure why none of you are facing this issue but I tried stock 4.1 and awesomebeats.
Anyway I noticed the apps that were invisible in the drawer were highlighted blue in titanium backup. I selected the "Defrost" option for each in titanium and those apps are now available. Thanks for the replies guys.

Navigation with offline Google Maps?

Is there anyway to use Navigation/GPS with the offline google maps?
Since google has released maps to be downloaded for offline use, its been really useful. But I find that I couldn't use the navigation function, I could only look at the map. Is there anyway I can use just GPS to do the navigation with the downloaded maps and not need to use 3G or wifi?

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Nothing yet
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Nothing yet
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http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2012/06/download-google-maps-browse-maps-offline/

No you can't use Navigation/Directions/routing functions of any sort while offline. Google Maps relies on it's servers to provide it with routing data. Use HTC Locations or Navfree if you want offline navigation. Can't comment on whether this will be possible sometime in the future with Google Maps. Maybe they'll do something like they did with the offline voice recognition engine in Jelly Bean.
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What to do.

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.
Thanks
AvRS

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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