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I have a limited data plan, so I can't use one of the GPS programs for maps and directions without going over my limit.
Does anyone know of a map and direction app that I could do the same as Google Maps, Live Search, etc., without the data usage?
Thanks.
tomtom, garmin and tons of other gps programs have their own maps and dont use the internet
yes, there are several ones: tomtom, igo, navigon navigator only for example.
they all use lokal maps on your sd card
drjim said:
I have a limited data plan, so I can't use one of the GPS programs for maps and directions without going over my limit.
Does anyone know of a map and direction app that I could do the same as Google Maps, Live Search, etc., without the data usage?
Thanks.
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Bear in mind that navigation software that features live traffic updates etc. use the Internet for that, so you'll need to make sure you turn all those features off.
or....
Get a decent data plan. T-mobile, for instance, will do you 1GB per month fof £7.50. I use the internet heavily on my phone and I've never hit the limit.
If you can't afford £7.50 per month, why the heck have you got a £500 internet-enabled phone!?
Rudegar said:
tomtom, garmin and tons of other gps programs have their own maps and dont use the internet
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where can i get any of these gps? havent found nothing yet
thanks
http://www.tomtom.com/
more hits here
http://www.google.dk/search?source=ig&hl=da&rlz=&q=pocketpc+gps&btnG=Google-søgning&meta=lr=
wendee said:
where can i get any of these gps? havent found nothing yet
thanks
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Google is your friend
No so difficult to type the program names and find the right website.
I get the impression he was asking where could he get them without paying.
GPS Software
It is amazing what you can find online if you look. You are right though Google is a close friend of mine.
You might check out this tip from pocketnow. I haven't tried it out myself, but plan to sooner or later.
I Recommend Sygic Aura , looks great , runs smooth as well
You can download it free and trial it for 7 days.
When you first run the app you download (via wifi) your needed maps to your Memory/SD Card
http://www.sygic.com/index.php/en/how-to-buy.html
Navigon seems to be pretty good. You can get it for free in some cases if your SIM ID is one recognised as being eligible (Telstra AU works to get the Australia/NZ version). Otherwise it's 50 euro or somesuch.
the standard one seems to work perfectly
I am using Co Pilot Live. Its amazing..
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I am using Co Pilot Live. Its amazing..
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CoPilot is really great )
The new maps 5.0 are is far away the best
Yes, the new Google Maps Navigation with maps 5.0 is awesome. I have a fairly new (last year) standalone Navigon Device in my car, but the Google Nav beats it hands down.
Except, of course, when you leave your service area or otherwise lose your data connection, at which point Google Nav simply stops working altogether.
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Except, of course, when you leave your service area or otherwise lose your data connection, at which point Google Nav simply stops working altogether.
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Not any more. Since that last update it caches quite a bit, I think. Drove to my parents in the mountains of eastern Switzerland over Christmas and never once had it stop working, even though there's some pretty decent sized areas without good coverage along the way.
Hrm. I'll have to give it another test, then. I had abysmal luck with it, but that was before the 5.0 release.
I thought you cannot get the new navigation (direction) when you are offline with map 5.0. I like cache feature but I would like offline navigation, especially when I travel Canada where I have to pay roaming if I want to use data.
I use Navigon and its great with all maps on SD. It also integrates google search as a bonus, and its free in Aus and NZ for Gtab and Galaxy S.
Question about Google Navigation cache:
If you set it to cache in settings and then plan a route ie, at home using wifi, does that mean you can turn off data in your car and it will still navigate that route?
Do you think it will soon be possible to DL (cache?) a whole town or city?, or even Country? If so it will make all other Navigation software practically obsolete.
I played with this a little today. There doesn't appear to be any way to control the cache size or behavior in the settings (other than clearing it), but I set up both a short and a long route and then simulated a disconnect and kept browsing. To my surprise, even the detail maps that I had previously inspected were retained, though of course any area I hadn't previously examined closely remained blurry when I passed over it. Out of curiosity, I turned the satellite layer on and even got a few tiles of that out of the cache.
Pre-caching map-only (non-satellite) view for an entire city at fine detail is perfectly possible, and a long-distance overview (I tried an east coast to west coast route) will also stay in cache, as long as you're careful to let every on-screen tile load at the desired zoom level before swiping onward. I'm not sure how much satellite data you can shoehorn in before it starts dropping things, though. I need to keep playing with it.
check out waze its a sochial gps and free
its only as good as the users make it but in areas where there are allot of users its very good
www.waze.com or market
PS works also on other platforms not just android
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I played with this a little today. There doesn't appear to be any way to control the cache size or behavior in the settings (other than clearing it), but I set up both a short and a long route and then simulated a disconnect and kept browsing. To my surprise, even the detail maps that I had previously inspected were retained, though of course any area I hadn't previously examined closely remained blurry when I passed over it. Out of curiosity, I turned the satellite layer on and even got a few tiles of that out of the cache.
Pre-caching map-only (non-satellite) view for an entire city at fine detail is perfectly possible, and a long-distance overview (I tried an east coast to west coast route) will also stay in cache, as long as you're careful to let every on-screen tile load at the desired zoom level before swiping onward. I'm not sure how much satellite data you can shoehorn in before it starts dropping things, though. I need to keep playing with it.
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So your saying aslong as you dont clear the cache any maps that youve seen will stay there?
What a tedious task tho to browse an entire state lol
Well, obviously you can't grow beyond your available space (which is forced to be the internal sdcard and cannot be moved to the external sdcard), and I suspect Google Maps will start trimming much earlier than that, but I'm currently caching 109MB worth of map images on Google Maps, and everything I've looked at so far has stuck.
It would indeed be quite tedious to manually browse an entire state, but I'm guessing it would be somewhat less so to browse in detail just the towns around a planned route. It may be possible to use Mobile Atlas Creator to pre-cache tiles on a desktop computer and then transfer them to the sdcard, but I'd have to spend some time investigating it.
The Google Maps cache is stored in /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.apps.maps/cache, and has filenames somewhat like "cache_vts_GMM.6".
As a followup to this, after more testing it appears that the cache size is locked at 120MB. Once I get up to that point, it deletes out 5-10MB. I *think* it's preferentially culling satellite imagery over maps, but I'm not absolutely sure. To be safe, if you're prepping for a long trip, do your browsing with all layers turned off.
I am in Finland, and my tabs Google Maps Navigation is not yet available in this location. Very disappointing.
I have downloaded Waze, but found that there aren't enough user's over here as yet, so the roads are non-existent. Also the map editing program is rubbish, and I haven't figured out how I can get the updated information onto my Tab?
Found a few other so called free one's on the android market, one called NDrive, but first it want's to install a huge amount of data and then they want me to buy the maps (which probably is another horrendous amount of data).
I am really disappointed though that the Google Maps Navigation doesn't work. That was one thing why I bought the tab, as I don't have a sat nav in my car. Does anyone know of any solutions?
You should try Copilot - works really good on Tab. Also Aura works well, but Copilot has better routing.
In fact it works great on Galaxy Tab, eventuali though so dos google navigator
Because simply put, the $11 geocaching app is kinda crap. I'd like to have an overlay on the stock 'maps' app that'll show me the nearby ones, so I can do more than one at a time. Kind of a pain in the arse to do it their way.
www(DOT)geocaching(DOT)com/map/default(DOT)aspx?lat=47.12304&lng=-122.3156
They have a google map available, even. They're not opposed to google integration, they're just a little bastardly about everything.
Help?
c:geo is the answer, it's in the market.
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Because simply put, the $11 geocaching app is kinda crap. I'd like to have an overlay on the stock 'maps' app that'll show me the nearby ones, so I can do more than one at a time. Kind of a pain in the arse to do it their way.
www(DOT)geocaching(DOT)com/map/default(DOT)aspx?lat=47.12304&lng=-122.3156
They have a google map available, even. They're not opposed to google integration, they're just a little bastardly about everything.
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c:geo has some uses, but IMO it's too slow to load data (online or GPX) and its main usefulness is if you're caching in an area which you don't already have a Pocket Query for, or for a brand new just published cache you don't have a PQ for.. So for those times I keep it on hand.
My actual caching program is GeOrg. It's $6 but it's well worth it. It's fast as lightning loading GPX, it doesn't slow down when you have 500 or even 1500 entries in a database, you can have many databases to separate out data, and it has great tools built into it, great Maps integration to navigate inside the client, compass is great, and it also has great integration with Google Maps to navigate using the old school 2d overview or using Google Navigator.
FYI for my usage, I tend to make a database per PQ because then I know which to load based on where I am and there's less to scroll through, but you could as easily load all of your PQs into the same DB. I went somewhere over a weekend and loaded up 2300 caches in one DB and there was no noticeable slowdown.
AND... If you load your PQs into bcaching, there is a connector there which you can use to access, so if you really want online on the fly without having GPX on the device you can do it that way OR if you can compile yourself, he provides a completely ready to compile project for a connector directly to geocaching.org to load data directly from their databases, but he won't provide it in binary/apk form to comply with their rules. Either way is still faster than c:geo
And you can of course log or create field notes in the app. There are also some useful solvers built in, you can create waypoints, do offsets (waypoint projection), store databases in internal storage or on SD card, etc.. He also has plans to support Bluetooth GPS directly in his app in the future, but I've found Bluetooth GPS Provider works great for that for increased accuracy and sensitivity vs the internal GPS in my Nexus One.
BTW, I use Tasker to get PQ's onto my phone, but you could do it any number of ways. You could save them from email or whatever works best for you. I've had a system for about 5 years where all of my PQ's arrive at my server and are digested and placed into one central zip file so I download that one file for my "local area" and that's what I typically import when I update the database when going out caching, and I have a larger zip file which contains all the other PQ's that I update when I go to one of those locations. GeOrg can update directly from the zip, or you can point it right at a gpx.
If you're at all serious about Geocaching, GeOrg is the way to go.
If you don't have a premium membership I'd also suggest to use "c:geo" - its free and not that slow as it sounds in khaytsus' post and it provides all the important features, but more userfriendly (my opinion) than "geOrg".
I use it mostly for paperless caching even with parallel use of my Oregon device for exact navigation. But i don't have a pm and the original gc-app is crap (just my opinion, too).
c:geo has an builtin compass as well and uses the google maps client/navigator for map and navigation. It can store caches including notes and waypoints offline, can calculate waypoints ("waypoint projection") and log founds online.
The most awesome feature is the "livemap": it shows the immediate environs around your position with all known caches - with their types and if they're deactivated or not. This map follows your movements, which is interesting for caching tours by car or bike...
The author of the app is providing fixes very fast, sometimes maybe too often, but everytime when it's necessary.
I've tried "Columbus" as well, but it didn't fit my needs and i've found it not as clear as c:geo. But it's worth to try it, too...
so... it has a localized map of geocaches in your surrounding area that'll respond to basic 'zoom' commands, so I can just wander around while bored and do some caches?
...Looking at it, yes. Yes it does. God I love you guys.
I don't have a premium account. Would that prevent the awesomeness that it is from working?
I ask because I'm a tool and I bought the $11 geocaching app thinking it'd add a layer on maps...
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My actual caching program is GeOrg. It's $6 but it's well worth it.
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Totally agree. GeOrg is the best.
sorry man can't help u
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If you don't have a premium membership I'd also suggest to use "c:geo" - its free and not that slow as it sounds in khaytsus' post and it provides all the important features, but more userfriendly (my opinion) than "geOrg".
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It's free, and in this scenario, so is Geocaching.org, since you don't have a premium membership. Way to leach.
mcfisch said:
c:geo has an builtin compass as well and uses the google maps client/navigator for map and navigation. It can store caches including notes and waypoints offline, can calculate waypoints ("waypoint projection") and log founds online.
The most awesome feature is the "livemap": it shows the immediate environs around your position with all known caches - with their types and if they're deactivated or not. This map follows your movements, which is interesting for caching tours by car or bike...
The author of the app is providing fixes very fast, sometimes maybe too often, but everytime when it's necessary.
I've tried "Columbus" as well, but it didn't fit my needs and i've found it not as clear as c:geo. But it's worth to try it, too...
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All that applies to GeOrg, as I already said But it's much faster. You can not compare the speed at which GeOrg imports GPX vs c:geo importing GPX. Nor can you compare the speed at which GeOrg loads details vs the c:geo load details for nearby caches. Live map functionality is pretty similar, the only difference is that GeOrg doesn't directly provide a feed from geocaching.org since it violates their Terms of Service. They do directly provide a bcaching feed which is pretty much the same. Personally I am a Premium Member so I have GPX and can load up the local caches and go in seconds.
For people who also use GSAK there is a new free app: GDAK on the market.
GeoTag
I noticed that this is an old thread, but for people who are still interested:
I use GeoTag which I took off my SE X10i Mini, a bit of searching will lead you to it.
It looks like google maps with minature versions of your geotagged images overlayed and you can select them to view in gallery
Works good for me but each to thier own!!! )
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It's free, and in this scenario, so is Geocaching.org, since you don't have a premium membership. Way to leach.
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Perhaps people want to participate in this hobby without paying a membership. Why should one website have a monopoly on an international hobby?
You don't have to pay!
Just as a note, because it was not mentioned yet...
Did anyone try the combination c:geo and Locus? Perfect for offline caching!!!
Cheers
berkley said:
Just as a note, because it was not mentioned yet...
Did anyone try the combination c:geo and Locus? Perfect for offline caching!!!
Cheers
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Agreed. Nothing beats C:GEO. The responsiveness of the dev is amazing. Best app on the market, hands down.
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Agreed. Nothing beats C:GEO. The responsiveness of the dev is amazing. Best app on the market, hands down.
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He has to be responsive, he's scraping data and Geocaching.com breaks that every time they update...
Shame that loading GPX data into c:geo wasn't more responsive.
I'll stick with GeOrg, it's extremely fast, flexible, has a LOT more tools for hunting and placing caches built into it, and as I've already mentioned can do On The Fly caching just like c:Geo if you really want that.
GeOrg will also use Locus maps.
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GeOrg will also use Locus maps.
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Is that using precached tiles with the Custom Tiilepack map type? Yeah I forgot to mention that, although I use BackCountry Navigator.. Topo and OSM maps, I can't get the sat tiles to view properly, I suspect because they're 512 pixels rather than 256 but not sure.
I need to pester the GeOrg dev about that.
Just discovered this which may be handy to know:
In the newer Google Maps there is not an option to save a map for offline viewing however the following sneaky tip works around this.
Zoom up to an area of search for it.
Once there, search 'okay maps'
You soon get a notification upon completion.
I first did it zoomed close to my street and it cached in seconds. I then zoomed out so could see the whole of London, it took a minute or two compared to the seconds and now it has stored a lot of it, all streets, for offline viewing in case I'm underground and not viewed that area before. It doesn't cache as much detail as the 3D buildings view. Interestingly though, I tried seeing if zooming out on the whole of the UK and trying the trick would store it all for offline viewing but it states it's too large. Tried London to Brighton but again too large. Seems it'll do all of London at the least, which is great enough. I guess that just means that you can cache maybe cities at a time and still equate to having a lot of map data stored for offline. Maps cache size is only taking up 37.2mb too which is nice.
Hope that's of use!
Credits go to this original source:
http://lifehacker.com/how-to-cache-offline-maps-in-the-new-google-maps-for-an-729295083
Where you can find saved maps or can you?
this is an old trick...
and by the way, no need to use this okay maps trick to cache the maps...
zoom the area that you want to cache, select the search box, scroll down the window... the last entry will allow you to cache the map.
o m g. this is almost 2 years old.
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So, a Maps update was released to the play store with "better offline support". Now, i've tried it, and - correct me if i'm wrong - it seems to be the same **** as before. You can only select a tiny part of the map, and i don't know if this has changed now, but with older versions of google maps using navigation, it was still using a huge amount of data, even though i downloaded that part of the map first.
I would really like to use Google Maps as my car nav, for its usability and design, but is there STILL no way to actually DOWNLOAD the maps of a whole country, and then NOT have it use data when i'm driving?
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So, a Maps update was released to the play store with "better offline support". Now, i've tried it, and - correct me if i'm wrong - it seems to be the same **** as before. You can only select a tiny part of the map, and i don't know if this has changed now, but with older versions of google maps using navigation, it was still using a huge amount of data, even though i downloaded that part of the map first.
I would really like to use Google Maps as my car nav, for its usability and design, but is there STILL no way to actually DOWNLOAD the maps of a whole country, and then NOT have it use data when i'm driving?
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First, questions go in the Q&A Section.
Second, I believe the issue is that routes are not calculated on the device. It is my understanding that your position and your destination are sent to Google's servers where a route (or several route options) are calculated using several algorithms. Additionally, without using your connection to Google's servers, you'd never be aware of traffic incidents that would affect your choice of route. Total offline navigation may come in the future, but I don't believe it's really possible now.
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but is there STILL no way to actually DOWNLOAD the maps of a whole country, and then NOT have it use data when i'm driving?
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On Google Maps? No.
Should it be possible to do that? Yes. Nokia does it. Does Nokia Maps (when offline) have the level of detail that Google Maps (online) has? No. Also, it takes somewhere between 2-3 GB of storage on Nokia maps.
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First, questions go in the Q&A Section.
Second, I believe the issue is that routes are not calculated on the device. It is my understanding that your position and your destination are sent to Google's servers where a route (or several route options) are calculated using several algorithms. Additionally, without using your connection to Google's servers, you'd never be aware of traffic incidents that would affect your choice of route. Total offline navigation may come in the future, but I don't believe it's really possible now.
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Well i am using an external app that is doing exactly that - navigation without ANY data usage and the possibility to download whole countries - obviously without any real-time traffic information then. I don't like the looks of it as much as Google Maps, but at least you can use it as a nav. Traffic information is something that would barely use any data anyway, and if the calculation of the routes actually goes through Google's servers (and you're unable to deactivate this), then this is simply bad design and it renders the whole Google Maps Navigation virtually useless. If you're crossing your country's border and don't want to activate Roaming, the navigation stops, simply because it needs a connection (for whatever). If you're on a low data plan, you can't use it either, because it's just burning through those MBs, even if you did use the cumbersome offline map selection to pre-download some small area.
I just don't get how this is meant to be used.
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Well i am using an external app that is doing exactly that - navigation without ANY data usage and the possibility to download whole countries - obviously without any real-time traffic information then. I don't like the looks of it as much as Google Maps, but at least you can use it as a nav. Traffic information is something that would barely use any data anyway, and if the calculation of the routes actually goes through Google's servers (and you're unable to deactivate this), then this is simply bad design and it renders the whole Google Maps Navigation virtually useless. If you're crossing your country's border and don't want to activate Roaming, the navigation stops, simply because it needs a connection (for whatever). If you're on a low data plan, you can't use it either, because it's just burning through those MBs, even if you did use the cumbersome offline map selection to pre-download some small area.
I just don't get how this is meant to be used.
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Ever tried to give your phone voice commands without internet? Generally speaking, Google services require an internet connection. It's kind of what their whole business is built on. It's far from ideal but it's the nature of the beast.
If you require offline turn by turn navigation just use the 3rd party apps such as the one you're already using.
Are you sure it's using a lot of data? I have a N7 2013 Wifi version. I used tethering with my N5 to use google maps on the tablet and it uses 5 mbs during 20 min of driving. I also think most of that was used when I first turned it on to find location. Considering every time you refresh facebook it uses about 1 mb, I don't think that's a lot at all and low data plans should be able to handle it.
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Are you sure it's using a lot of data? I have a N7 2013 Wifi version. I used tethering with my N5 to use google maps on the tablet and it uses 5 mbs during 20 min of driving. I also think most of that was used when I first turned it on to find location. Considering every time you refresh facebook it uses about 1 mb, I don't think that's a lot at all and low data plans should be able to handle it.
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Well i have 250 MB a month, so if it's using 5 MB for no apparent reason every time i try to use the navigation, then this is too much.
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Well i have 250 MB a month, so if it's using 5 MB for no apparent reason every time i try to use the navigation, then this is too much.
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lol, i use a minimum of 400mb data per day. in reality, 5mb data isnt very much, barely any actually. maybe its time to upgrade your plan? or maybe a smartphone isnt right for you?
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lol, i use a minimum of 400mb data per day. in reality, 5mb data isnt very much, barely any actually. maybe its time to upgrade your plan? or maybe a smartphone isnt right for you?
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Who cares? And how is 5 mb data for no reason not much, when i'm on a 250 mb plan? Maybe thinking before typing isn't right for you?
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Who cares? And how is 5 mb data for no reason not much, when i'm on a 250 mb plan? Maybe thinking before typing isn't right for you?
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if you have a 250mb data plan, your smartphone is useless most the time unless you are always around wifi. and still, 5mb data is not much, regardless of what your data plan allows. again, upgrade your data plan, or understand that your tiny allotment of data is tiny. it doesnt make the 5mb data used seem more than it is, 5mb is still 5mb, regardless of how much data you are allowed to use. 5mb is not much data.
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if you have a 250mb data plan, your smartphone is useless most the time unless you are always around wifi. and still, 5mb data is not much, regardless of what your data plan allows. again, upgrade your data plan, or understand that your tiny allotment of data is tiny. it doesnt make the 5mb data used seem more than it is, 5mb is still 5mb, regardless of how much data you are allowed to use. 5mb is not much data.
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Are you actually serious right now? If you're on a plan with 4 GB a month, 5 MB is not a lot of data. If you're on a plan with 250 MB a month, 5 MB is a lot of data.
If you are a billionaire, 10000$ is not a lot of money. If you work at McDonalds, 10000$ is a lot of money.
Also, my smartphone is "useless" most of the time because i'm not using a lot of data? It's useless because things like WhatsApp, mails, news, and so on don't use a lot of data? Could you please stop posting in my thread?
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Are you actually serious right now? If you're on a plan with 4 GB a month, 5 MB is not a lot of data. If you're on a plan with 250 MB a month, 5 MB is a lot of data.
If you are a billionaire, 10000$ is not a lot of money. If you work at McDonalds, 10000$ is a lot of money.
Also, my smartphone is "useless" most of the time because i'm not using a lot of data? It's useless because things like WhatsApp, mails, news, and so on don't use a lot of data? Could you please stop posting in my thread?
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it doesnt matter how much data you are allowed, 5mb is not much. just because your data plan is tiny, it doesnt make 5mb seem any bigger than it is. yes, you can use a "dumbphone" for your apparent smartphone use. and the answer to your question is no, i post wherever i feel like it.
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it doesnt matter how much data you are allowed, 5mb is not much. just because your data plan is tiny, it doesnt make 5mb seem any bigger than it is. yes, you can use a "dumbphone" for your apparent smartphone use. and the answer to your question is no, i post wherever i feel like it.
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k.
jb91 said:
So, a Maps update was released to the play store with "better offline support". Now, i've tried it, and - correct me if i'm wrong - it seems to be the same **** as before. You can only select a tiny part of the map, and i don't know if this has changed now, but with older versions of google maps using navigation, it was still using a huge amount of data, even though i downloaded that part of the map first.
I would really like to use Google Maps as my car nav, for its usability and design, but is there STILL no way to actually DOWNLOAD the maps of a whole country, and then NOT have it use data when i'm driving?
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I'm sorry Google doesn't cater to your specific want.
I love Maps and use it all the time and it works wonderful for me. You should probably use something else as it sounds like this app is not for you.
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I'm sorry Google doesn't cater to your specific want.
I love Maps and use it all the time and it works wonderful for me. You should probably use something else as it sounds like this app is not for you.
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I like the app too. Since i don't use Facebook or anything data-heavy when i'm outside (aka away from wifi), my low data plan works fine, except for Google Maps navigation. That's why i am using another navigation app that's 100% usable offline, even though i would prefer Google Maps.
maps generally IS a huge data hog. with your data allotment for your plan, it sounds like maps isnt right for your use(even though you like to use it). unfortunately, it is what it is. maybe in the future itll use much less data, or will be made to be more useful when offline, but for now its a beast that demands to be fed by data.
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Well i have 250 MB a month, so if it's using 5 MB for no apparent reason every time i try to use the navigation, then this is too much.
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But it's not for "no apparent reason". You're using 5 mb in order to use your navigation, just like you will use 5 mb to check your email a couple of times.
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But it's not for "no apparent reason". You're using 5 mb in order to use your navigation, just like you will use 5 mb to check your email a couple of times.
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what exactly justifies 5 mb for a quick navigation through an area that i've pre-downloaded before?
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what exactly justifies 5 mb for a quick navigation through an area that i've pre-downloaded before?
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if you predownload a large area, it doesnt grab the detail. main roads/highways it would get, but the smaller roads and such remain for your data connection to grab when theres a need for them.