[vsangolli]

i downloaded this google maps through my BB 8520 using my wifi internet. i installed it. later it says this:

"network unavailable: this app requires a data conection, n some BB devices require reconfig to work properly. plz visit Google Maps on ur comp for more info"

my wifi internet is switched on, still it says that network unavailable, plz need URGENT HELP
thank you

[vsangolli]

i went to google maps/gmm n directly it made me download a file called "maps" this file had no extension like .exe or .txt
what next?
thank you

[MidnightDraven]

do you have a data plan? a BLACKBERRY data plan?
you cant get google maps to work without one.

[vsangolli]

ok i got to know. i dont have a data plan, so these apps wont work on wifi internet. damn it!!!! lol!!!!
hey thanks man for the support and info

[enezar]

Originally Posted by vsangolli

ok i got to know. i dont have a data plan, so these apps wont work on wifi internet. damn it!!!! lol!!!!
hey thanks man for the support and info

My Google Apps just stopped working ?????

[wpociengel]

it starts to load and then I have the same message show up.

I do have a data plan, and I am connected to wifi right now. I received the same message when trying to connect over the phone via the t-mobile edge network. But I do NOT have a BB specific plan. are all of my apps going to require a BB specific plan to get on the network?

[Doomsayer]

I've got tha 8520 and I can't even get tha thing to find my location. What's tha deal? Only thing I can do is scroll around randomly n zoom in n out

[Doomsayer]

There's no option for me to select a gps source in tha options menu that have anything to do w it?

[Noodle22]

Doomsayer, the 8520 does not have gps, so you can only scroll through the maps, it will not find you.

And as for blackberry specific data plans, some apps do require them, ie googlemaps.

[symon_say]

Originally Posted by Noodle22

Doomsayer, the 8520 does not have gps, so you can only scroll through the maps, it will not find you.

And as for blackberry specific data plans, some apps do require them, ie googlemaps.

This isn't true i can "find" my location in google maps, it use the antennas near you to point you, is not acurate, cause my home is 2 blocks away from where i actually live, but it gets you close.

[zerog46]

It might use Cellular triangulation.

[Noodle22]

But the 8520 does not have GPS. I have a twitter acct that posts my location when I put something up from where my cell phone is around, but this phone does not have GPS. As the above said, most likely it's cellular triangulation with what you are using.

What I said about the 8520 not having GPS is true. Ask anyone here. Or http://www.blackberry.com.

[symon_say]

Originally Posted by Noodle22

But the 8520 does not have GPS. I have a twitter acct that posts my location when I put something up from where my cell phone is around, but this phone does not have GPS. As the above said, most likely it's cellular triangulation with what you are using.

What I said about the 8520 not having GPS is true. Ask anyone here. Or Smartphones, Cell Phones & Smart Phones at BlackBerry.com.

I know that's true, you're completly right, i say that the "it will not find you" part isn't true.

[Noodle22]

The it will not find you was referring to the map he was using in the 8520, I have it on mine as well, the preloaded one, were you can just scroll around and stuff.

Sorry for not being clearer