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Google Maps error

I searched to see if anyone posted and they didnt.
I go to www.google.com/gmm and it says "sorry, google maps does not work on your htc touchdual".....
Anyway to get google maps on my touch pro?????

Came pre-installed on mine. Are you sure you don't already have it?

bersca said:
Came pre-installed on mine. Are you sure you don't already have it?
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DAMN! Im 110% its not on mine
I dont have any GPS software on my device, that sucks!
Anyway I can get a copy from your device?????
THANKS!

I have a better idea. Why don't you check out this thread chock-full-o applications for the Diamond. Scroll down and you'll find Google Maps and you may find other things that interest you as well. As the Diamond is very similar to the Touch Pro it should work. I got my iGo nav software up and running by reading a thread posted in the Diamond forum. So if you don't find what you're looking for over here, try over there. You may also want to try Windows Live Search. I believe the url is wls.live.com which you can download directly via your s...l...o...w... EDGE connection. Let us know how it works out.

bersca said:
I have a better idea. Why don't you check out this thread chock-full-o applications for the Diamond. Scroll down and you'll find Google Maps and you may find other things that interest you as well. As the Diamond is very similar to the Touch Pro it should work. I got my iGo nav software up and running by reading a thread posted in the Diamond forum. So if you don't find what you're looking for over here, try over there. You may also want to try Windows Live Search. I believe the url is wls.live.com which you can download directly via your s...l...o...w... EDGE connection. Let us know how it works out.
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thank you!!!!
i got it on my device but it will not show my location, it says looking for satelite.
tnx again

Also, if you're trying to download from www.google.com/gmm, make sure you use pocket IE. if you go to that website using opera, it identifies itself as a desktop browser and hence you get the error.

GlobalM3 said:
thank you!!!!
i got it on my device but it will not show my location, it says looking for satelite.
tnx again
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If you haven't already then try doing this:
1) Run QuickGPS and download latest satellite data.
2) In Google Maps select Menu->Use GPS.
Be patient the first time, it will take longer than usual to acquire a signal the first time you use it. QuickGPS should help to acquire a signal faster. If you are having trouble then make sure you are outside or close to a window with a direct view of the sky to test it, but it will probably work in the interior of your home too.

Ok so I used Internet Explorer as suggested on the board and was able to load it with no problem.
Thanks again and hope this post helps someone else.

TOMTOM home now works with Touch Pro

Hi,
Just thought i'd share the news that tomtom home now works and syncs with the touch pro, so start buying your maps!!!!
Download the latest version from Tomtom

thanks for the tip!
but I can't seem to get any mapshare updates....
will play with my settings to see if that might do the trick

I also have problems to get MapShare updates. It tells me that my maps are up to date. I don't believe this. ;-)

i get the same also, and all the tweeks suggested in the kaiser forum dont work.

now it works!
i've updated my version of Tomton to 7.451, and now tomtom Home automaticly updates my map.

dirkmeissner said:
I also have problems to get MapShare updates. It tells me that my maps are up to date. I don't believe this. ;-)
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Sounds to me like you haven't enabled map sharing in TomTom on your phone. I had the same until I did that, and now it works fine.

i've upgraded to the latest version, and have enabled map share in both tomtom home and on the device. I still can not get map share to update.

I'm not sure then. The only difference between what I said and just enabling map corrections was that I reported one (I have been living in my current house for >4 years and TomTom still don't have it as a valid address. I have reported it several times through MapShare and it still doesn't appear as valid).

Ok, i will give that a try - my estate sill has roads that don't exist and although they have been reported many times, have still not been corrected. The 7.25 maps still don't seem that upto date for my area!
Have you / are you using tomtom traffic. I enabled the month trial, and it appears to update ok, but i never see any traffic information on the traffic map. The update symbol changes to green after an update, therefore indicating that it has downloaded data. On the liscence screen, it reports that traffic is enabled upto 22/10/08.

Thx it works fine. I had 65000 changes for my 6.8 Europacard.

Xtreme XL said:
now it works!
i've updated my version of Tomton to 7.451, and now tomtom Home automaticly updates my map.
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...where did you get the latest TT Version?
Are you using the version 7 of the maps?

cyron_at said:
...where did you get the latest TT Version?
Are you using the version 7 of the maps?
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It can be found a few posts below this one. however if you cant search, heres the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427744

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427744&page=2
post #19
yes, i'm using west & central europe 2GB 7.25.1981 and it works just fine

How did you guys manage to get Home 2.4.. to sync with navigator 7? Is navigator installed on the phone or storage card?
Mine is installed on the storage card and Home 2.4 can't seem to find it.

DonDie said:
How did you guys manage to get Home 2.4.. to sync with navigator 7? Is navigator installed on the phone or storage card?
Mine is installed on the storage card and Home 2.4 can't seem to find it.
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mine is installed on the phones memory. only the map is on the storage card.
no problems here with TT Home 2.4

You need to make sure that tomtom app is installed within programs. Depending on what cab you have used, it may have installed the application under a strange (german i think) folder name.

Xtreme XL said:
now it works!
i've updated my version of Tomton to 7.451, and now tomtom Home automaticly updates my map.
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Hi - what else is different about 7.451 vs 7.450? - searched but I can't find anything.

kc1 said:
Hi - what else is different about 7.451 vs 7.450? - searched but I can't find anything.
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no id!
the only thing thats different is that the 7.451 allows you to use Mapshare with Tomtom Home.
I don't have a clu what else could be different (did not find any other changes so far)

Xtreme XL said:
no id!
the only thing thats different is that the 7.451 allows you to use Mapshare with Tomtom Home.
I don't have a clu what else could be different (did not find any other changes so far)
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umm, still hasn't allowed me to get mapshare working with 7.25 maps.

ardsar said:
umm, still hasn't allowed me to get mapshare working with 7.25 maps.
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I basicly tried every setting in Tomtom and in Tomtom Home, and suddenly it all worked.
perhaps a stupid question, but did you allready try to mess with the settings in TTH/extra/mapshare prefferences..... and what does it say in the bottom right corner: After this update ...Mb??
just press OK and let the update run
hope it helps!

Moving TomTom to Raphael

Evening guys.
Ok, think I have sealed my own fate to some extent here, but hoping there might be a solution.
I had a Kaiser which I installed TomTom 7 on using the hack whereby you buy the maps for the GO 720 and trick the Home app into thinking that it is a 720 (before the diamond maps were available - what can I say, I'm impatient! ;-) )
Anyway, predictably, I've now got my TP and have installed the tomtom 7 cab onto the device. However, it tells me that activation failed. I would go to the ttcodes.com website, but for some reason I can't find the damned product code for the maps on my tt account page (it says "product code , " instead of a number??!).
All I want to do is "unactivate" the maps somehow and then do an OTA refresh with my new product/device code. Is this possible?
To be honest, I'm a bit fed up with TomTom these days. I've spent literally hundreds of pounds on them over the past few years and upgrading on PDA is always either incredibly difficult or lags behind the TomTom hardware. If I can't get this sorted, I might just cut my losses and give ALK a new customer...
Cheers guys
squiggs

what version of Tomtom did you install?? 7.450 or 7.451

To change is easy however you can only change your device once in 6 month period. in tt find your product code - press the satellitestrength button followed by pressing on version number. In this list you will find your product code. Goto tomtom web site, log into your account and goto change my device at the bottom of the screen you can type in your new device product code. once done, you then need to download your map to tom tom home as the activation code will be different within the file. Sync your tp and all should work.
let me know if map share and traffic work. I can not get these to work.

@ Xtreme - installed 7.451
@ Ardsar - THanks, but the problem is, I can't get that far. It asks me to choose a map, so I choose my UK & Ireland map and it throws up the activation error.
Thoughts?
cheers

squiggs1982;2704762 said:
@ Ardsar - THanks, but the problem is, I can't get that far. It asks me to choose a map, so I choose my UK & Ireland map and it throws up the activation error.
Thoughts?
cheers
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copy the ttnavigator.BIF from the root of your memorycard to your pc and open it with Notepad.
now you can read your devicecode
have you contacted TomTom already with this problem?

also delete your map - it should then let you download a free city map if you havnt done so yet.

Aha!
I've deleted the map and downloaded the freebie. Will work on work on it from both angles.
Haven't contacted TomTom yet (was hoping to avoid the pain!) but will do if I can't get anywhere.
Will let you know how I get on.
Thanks
Squiggs

Arrgh! It now shows the map for download on TomTom home but says "This item does not work on your device. Therefore it cannot be installed".
It obviously realises that it's not a 720 but that's what the map's for.

Have you vchanged your code on tomtom website? The map on your pc is prob still for your old device. Goto my maps on tomtom web site and re download. (move your old map to an area outside of tomtom home just incase it goes wrong. usually found under my docs/tomtom/downloads (or similar)

Hi again guys,
Ok - checked the tomtom website and compared to the product code that's on my account website, but they are already the same? I can only assume that TomTom home synchronises the two?
TomTom home still says "This item does not work on your device. Therefore it cannot be installed".
Any thoughts? I'm thinking that even if I speak to TomTom, they'll just say I shouldn't have bought the 720 map for the Kaiser and just to buy new maps? Seems to be the way they normally work. :-(
EDIT: I should note that there is no trace of my UK map on the device. Just the fresh TT install and my free download map of my area that I got last night.

squiggs1982 said:
Hi again guys,
Ok - checked the tomtom website and compared to the product code that's on my account website, but they are already the same? I can only assume that TomTom home synchronises the two?
TomTom home still says "This item does not work on your device. Therefore it cannot be installed".
Any thoughts? I'm thinking that even if I speak to TomTom, they'll just say I shouldn't have bought the 720 map for the Kaiser and just to buy new maps? Seems to be the way they normally work. :-(
EDIT: I should note that there is no trace of my UK map on the device. Just the fresh TT install and my free download map of my area that I got last night.
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Just a thought - did you delete your maps from tomtom home and your pc? If not i suggest you try backing them up to CD or something, remove them and try again. I'm not sure at what point the activation code is generated - ie when you install or download. Failing this, i guess x20 maps are not compatible.
Unfortunately, if you contact tomtom, they will just tell you to go away as version 7 is not released and supported in the UK. Sorry mate, i dont know what else to suggest. I used 710 maps on my kaiser which worked fine, i guess the x20 version maps are just to different.

Delete mapname.meta.dct and reactivate or generate a new .meta.dct by using a tt8_keygen.

ardsar said:
Just a thought - did you delete your maps from tomtom home and your pc? If not i suggest you try backing them up to CD or something, remove them and try again. I'm not sure at what point the activation code is generated - ie when you install or download. Failing this, i guess x20 maps are not compatible.
Unfortunately, if you contact tomtom, they will just tell you to go away as version 7 is not released and supported in the UK. Sorry mate, i dont know what else to suggest. I used 710 maps on my kaiser which worked fine, i guess the x20 version maps are just to different.
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Thanks ardsar. Tried all that I'm afraid. Think it's time to walk to ALK. Ho hum :-(

squiggs1982 said:
Thanks ardsar. Tried all that I'm afraid. Think it's time to walk to ALK. Ho hum :-(
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Guess you have a choice to either buy the correct maps or move to ALK. I have Navigator live 7 (touch diamond edition) and i was not that impressed by it. Scrolling around the map is very very slow compared to tomtom, and the traffic module is not user friendly at all and requires intervention whilst driving!. Also they use navteq for their mapping data however the latest map is about 9 - 12 months out of date, although some of the road changes that have happened in my area are more up to date. From what i understand, tomtom will be releasing version 7 at some time so you may want to hang it there. Somehow, traffic started working last night, so i am happy now!

htc pro gps problem

hi i have a htc pro1 and i have a problem with my gps I tested every ting in the net like changing rom and radios changing settings like com ports , baud rate ,
downloading data from quick gps ,fixing settings form advanced config , trying to get a fix with gps test and the programs i used are igo and google map in the igo
it looks like it finds the receiver but never fins a Satellite and in the blue circle
where it should have a red dots with satellites there is noting and in google maps say seeking gps satellite and that is as far as it go .Every test that i make i make it outside at clean sky and still noting happens .
excuse me for the bad English and Thanks in advance

Have you tried the hotfix thats on the HTC site?
Hotfix for resolving difficulties finding or locating a position when using GPS for HTC Touch Pro(For GSM versions only)
If it is difficult to find or locate a position when using GPS, please download this hotfix to solve the problem.
Date : 2009-05-25
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Grr
i cant post urls yet -_-
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O well, its on the HTC dot com support site

Spypiet said:
Have you tried the hotfix thats on the HTC site?
Grr
i cant post urls yet -_-
O well, its on the HTC dot com support site
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i tried it but sad
"invalid update tool
this update utility cannot be used for your PDA phone .please get newer update utility"
i ting this is because i'm with TAELROM_v5.23683_30AUG2010

Try this topic
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Doh! It isnt even a outside link -_-''
In other words,
Try the TAEL topic
[ROM][PRO|FUZE][23138|21914][17SEP10] TAEL ROM v5.23138/21914 • FAST|STABLE|TWEAKED
Since 30 august there has been some new updates of the TAEL rom. But it can never hurt to ask your question there.

worth a shot
try downloading quickgps update from wi-fi as opposed to using your carriers data service. sounds improbable but has had a noticeable impact on my phones ability to obtain a GPS lock.

I had exactly the same problem as OP and HTC GPS Test was the only thing needed.
It is very important to select "Clear memory" and run the test before choosing Cold start mode under the clear sky. Give it some time to find all the satellites and get Mode2 lock.

Can I install/use Garmin Streetpilot GPS without 3G/EDGE?

Hi:
I am kind of regret that I got the HTC Windows 7 phone. Now I can't use any of the old apps like spacetime, tomtom from my windows 6.5 mobile since I won't be able to install the cabs on the Windows 7 phone. This sucks so bad. How could Microsoft do this?
I see that Garmin came out with a Garmin Streetpilot GPS in the market place for $38.99.
I don't want to buy it until I know what I am buying.
Will I be able to use the Garmin Streetpilot GSPS on my HtC surround 7 phone if I don't have 3G/Edge? I don't want to pay $50 for a data plan every month.
Can I download the maps and everything else via wifi and GPS will work on the road since I can't connect to the internet on the road with wifi?
Thanks

No, you cannot download any maps upfront.

Wow. Now I really regretting getting the windows 7 phone. Even if I buy the Garmin Streetpilot, I can't use it if I don't have a data plan for 3G or Edge.
According to this link: blog.gsmarena.com/garmin-streetpilot-now-available-for-windows-phone-7-priced-at-39-99/, it seems you can download maps for your route in advance. i just want to know if you can do it with wifi only when available.
Unfortunately, the application does not come with the maps built-in and they are downloaded on an on-demand basis. But you can download the maps for your route in advance before heading out and if required the application will download the rest over 3G, Wi-Fi or EDGE.
Thanks

Or you can use Navigon

hey,
bud you can you use navigon v3 for you wp7....trust me theres no data charges and you can download any map...just google it....its pretty good!!

Google is not needed - just search xda wp7 forums ("Software development"). All googled info came from here, XDA

This link will help you

Thanks. I have a HTC Surround 7 which is already unlocked when I bought it.
It seems I also need to jailbreak the phone as well inorder to install apps not in the Marketplace. It seems scary since I may damage my phone and cannot use it anymore.
nick0007 said:
hey,
bud you can you use navigon v3 for you wp7....trust me theres no data charges and you can download any map...just google it....its pretty good!!
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Hi:
I follow the link to install Navigon 3 on wp7.0, I did not add maps or do anything.
I just launch Navigon select afterwards, it started to download some 2GB files from the internet and I don't know what. after the install. I started it again and it says "The use of navigon select' was free of charge for 2 years. This period has expired."
I thought it was free?
Any idea why?
Thanks
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This link will help you
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You didn't read the directions. It is a hacked version. You need the Android maps & Data files. I just uploaded the data file that work with USA maps in the Navigon 3.0 thread. You need to "find" the maps on your own as discussion of wares is not allowed on XDA. You need to disable data/wifi on the device & run a special server that the creator included with the modified XAP. For more & full instructions, read the thread.

I need the North America Maps. From this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919612
I need to extract the ipa file to get the maps. How do I do that? What tool?
Thanks

Thanks. I live in Canada and I need Canada maps for Navigon v3. I don't know where to get it.
Any links?

wingchan said:
Thanks. I live in Canada and I need Canada maps for Navigon v3. I don't know where to get it.
Any links?
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We can not post links for the maps here, as it's considered warez & warez are against XDA terms of service. You'll have to "find" them on your own. Some people have posted hints in different threads. Just look around...