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dietcoke · 11-28-2007, 02:59 PM

My Google Maps is screwing with my moto s9's.

I am listening to Tenacious D Pick of destiny, decided to pop open Google Maps. My headset would disconnect, connect, disconnect, in a loop. Quit google maps and all is well again.

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rickylix · 11-28-2007, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBigNewt

This sounds like something I want (Tmob 8100). 2 questions: I already have Google Maps, so I just install it and don't remove the existing version first? Can this use tower triangulation to locate me (I don't use a GPS puck)?

i installed it directly over the previous 1.6 version. It will ask if you want to overwrite..which i did..still no issues at all..
and yes..tower triangulation works..locates you immediately once you are connected...

plchan · 11-28-2007, 03:15 PM

I have 8700g 4.2.x OS on TMobile. I installed the new version of google maps but the "My Location" does not work.

audit · 11-28-2007, 03:23 PM

I think it's just too buggy to use right now, I just pushed out the link http://www.google.com/gmm/apps/v1.6....00_v4_2_L1.jad to everyone over the BES until I see more people without issues running it. So far a LOT of curve users are having issues and that's what we primarily use here are 8310's. Locations are just too far off to be useful.

richard371 · 11-28-2007, 03:25 PM

Thats because you are inside so they will be far off. it will use satellites outdoors.

ImportSport · 11-28-2007, 03:26 PM

This is excellent. Gmaps found it's way back up to the main screen of my 8130.

John Clark · 11-28-2007, 03:28 PM

I loaded on my 8320 and, without my BT GPS, it gives my location to "within 5000 meters." It's got me located about 2-3 miles from my location. When I drove around town it stayed in the same location then would bump 2-3 miles to another spot. Doesn't look like it comes anywhere close to doing as well as a GPS but it's neat. It will make searches easier as, at least, it will show you in the right town.

However, the rest of the app has been working smooth. The only gripe I have is the Bluetooth nagging prompt if your bluetooth is turned off. Every 5 seconds is a bit much.

Also, I noticed hitting the "Esc" key does NOT close the app anymore. You have to do Menu >Exit. If you hit escape to go do something else the app continues to run and you will very likely hit your battery pretty hard.

bulldoggy · 11-28-2007, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by audit

I think it's just too buggy to use right now, I just pushed out the link http://www.google.com/gmm/apps/v1.6....00_v4_2_L1.jad to everyone over the BES until I see more people without issues running it. So far a LOT of curve users are having issues and that's what we primarily use here are 8310's. Locations are just too far off to be useful.

#1 - It's still beta.
#2 - See YouTube video which says it will get better the more you use it AND it's beta.

audit · 11-28-2007, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by richard371

Thats because you are inside so they will be far off. it will use satellites outdoors.

I was outside for an hour and it still didn't pick me up using the satellites outside. I have 4 guys that are not inside a building at all and they all give me the same feedback as I'm seeing.

John Clark · 11-28-2007, 03:34 PM

Audit,
Are you picking up satelite info? If you go to Options >Advanced Options >GPS do you have lat/long info there?

As soon as I connected my BT GPS the location jumped right to my exact location. It should do the same with the internal GPS.

camaro322hp · 11-28-2007, 03:38 PM

OK, am I missing something?

In the Help menu, under "Pan Around", does it not say that the 7 key pans left?

And then, under "Highway Traffic", does it not say that the 7 key requests traffic?

So which is it, Google? My 7 key pans left. What does your 7 key do?

This has to be a mistake, right?

audit · 11-28-2007, 03:40 PM

JC,

yes I'm getting satellite info just fine, my GPS is working great and Telenav is working great also. I've been playing with this thing all damn day and it's only hit my exact location within 10 meters 1 time and then I had to reboot my BB after removing another app that I wasn't using and since then it's back to 800 meters only.

dimab · 11-28-2007, 03:54 PM

just installed OTA on my 8130 on Verizon's network, no problems.
location was a bit off, but otherwise fine.

daphne · 11-28-2007, 04:11 PM

Ok, I installed it with no problems, but it has My Location about 8.5 miles off!

The screen says "approximate location within 5000 meters", which is a little over 3 miles. Surely they can do better than that!!

John Clark · 11-28-2007, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by audit

JC,

yes I'm getting satellite info just fine, my GPS is working great and Telenav is working great also. I've been playing with this thing all damn day and it's only hit my exact location within 10 meters 1 time and then I had to reboot my BB after removing another app that I wasn't using and since then it's back to 800 meters only.

Yeah, something isn't quite right. It should pinpoint with GPS pretty well.

I'm not too impressed with the triangulation but it does narrow down when I turn on GPS.

audit · 11-28-2007, 04:14 PM

I'd kill for the Zip of this install to have on the BES. Googles site is so damn slow that I can't try it with the 8800's

Does anyone have a copy of the 1.6.4 BES files? The best I had on the server was 1.6.2

plchan · 11-28-2007, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by audit

I think it's just too buggy to use right now, I just pushed out the link http://www.google.com/gmm/apps/v1.6....00_v4_2_L1.jad to everyone over the BES until I see more people without issues running it. So far a LOT of curve users are having issues and that's what we primarily use here are 8310's. Locations are just too far off to be useful.

I wonder what exactly are the "lot of curve users are having issues". What kind of issues are they?

I might try to push back to the 1.6.4. Anyone has the 1.6.4 for 8700g 4.2.x OS?

FightingDevil · 11-28-2007, 04:43 PM

8700c and when I hit 'z' the traffic pops up. They've also changed the directions, 3 used to move me up a step, but now it's 6.

As for the triangulation, it's working pretty good for me. It says within 1700 meters and it's only off by a couple of hunded feet. Not bad!!

I'm definately liking it!!

whsbuss · 11-28-2007, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by John Clark

Yeah, something isn't quite right. It should pinpoint with GPS pretty well.

I'm not too impressed with the triangulation but it does narrow down when I turn on GPS.

I agree. But for us VZW users at least we can get local searches now. Before we had nothing!

audit · 11-28-2007, 04:46 PM

All of these are personal 8310's that people have purchased. Our company doesn't supply regular users with BB's. Even the Exec's are having issues with theirs. Each one was purchased at different times, different stores, etc.

Any 8310 has issues with it not using the built in GPS, mine used it 1 time and that was it. I'm the only one that's in the office now and everyone else is out driving to or from clients or on their way home, when I asked everyone over BBM, they all have said that non of them have zero'd in on them yet. The people I'm asking are not the average user either. I've personally trained each one and they know what they are doing before they call me with a issue.

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