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[Vibrant General] Alex9090:
By David Meyer

In a boon to those about to head off for their summer holidays, Google is to make it possible for people to use its mobile Maps app without a cellular data connection.

Google Maps already had this feature, at least on Android, as a Labs add-on. However, that required a tricky procedure whereby the user had to select a centre point around which a limited area would be pre-cached. On Wednesday the company said it was making the offline capability official and easier to use.

"Offline Google Maps for Android are coming in the next few weeks," Google Maps engineering chief Brian McClendon wrote in a a blog post. "Users will be able to take maps offline from more than 100 countries. This means that the next time you are on the subway, or don't have a data connection, you can still use our maps."

The announcement also contained several other updates for the mapping app. For those who want to use Google Maps while hiking, Google is to send 'Street View Trekkers' to photograph wilderness areas that can only be accessed by foot.

The company is also extending its Map Maker feedback-and-corrections service to South Africa and Egypt, with Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland all set to get access in the next few weeks.

The moves come as a rival system, OpenStreetMap, continues to gain traction, partly through its use by Apple. OpenStreetMap is, as the name suggests, open source, and it has always been built on user contributions and edits.

On Wednesday Google also announced an update to its Google Earth virtual globe. While it has been possible for the last six years to create 3D models of specific buildings, the company will soon add entire metropolitan areas in three dimensions, as demonstrated in a video.

"This is possible thanks to a combination of our new imagery rendering techniques and computer vision that let us automatically create 3D cityscapes, complete with buildings, terrain and even landscaping, from 45-degree aerial imagery," McClendon wrote. "By the end of the year we aim to have 3D coverage for metropolitan areas with a combined population of 300 million people."
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
Thats great news! So does this mean that I can be home, connected to WIFI and download the maps for my area, and then just go out with no data/wifi and I will be able to use the navigation feature as a GPS?
[Vibrant General] Woody:
My question is where is this offline map going to be stored; Sdcard, cache,...(That's right!! I used a semi-colon)

I don't use maps on my phone at all. Have actually uninstalled the apk, because it was always running in the background eating battery. I do keep it on my tablet but that is bc it is wifi and when asleep it doesn't use data which doesn't use battery.
[Vibrant General] yosup:
( ... heard there was a Zen party going on in here ... :D )

I've used the offline maps Labs addon in the past, but it was only limited to 10 download points. Forgot how large the download radius was, but it was only ok (not wood inducing). I'm curious to see whether this will truly allow you to download offline data all the way down to street level view (as purported in an article I read).

I use Locus Pro on my Tab, and I've used it to download tiles from Google Maps as a source. It's limited to downloading 10,000 tiles per day (from Google), which sounds like a lot but really isn't esp. if you're saving multiple zoom levels per target area. Adds up real quick. Not sure the number of tiles I've downloaded thus far, but it's about 250 MB worth of sd card space. Lol.

I'm curious to see what Google brings us. Any offline map is always handy anyhoo. :D
[Vibrant General] Insomaniac10:
I remember trying an app that did something like this, and the maps took up ENORMOUS amounts of memory. i guess this wouldnt be an issue for someone who is nice to their sdcard, but for someone like me who is always tinkering on 90%+ full...im good with the way it is now. but hey, its a good option....options are always a plus.
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
What I can't wait for is the new Maps that Apple is planning on showing, i think its next week?

Apparently, 3D etc. etc. Nothing that Google doesn't have.

I love how google just plans their maps event before Apples and Apple was the first one to plan it in the beginning (this sentence makes no sense i just re-read it -.-)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] david_hume:
I used nat3mil's method at youtube and managed to root and get S-Off. Worked like a charm. Took an hour to figure out the method and then attempt. Currently using Nit's Ultimatekangbang build and lovin it.
[General Questions and Answers] damocle83:
Hi I'm damocle have a great galaxy5 (i5500) italian,but have problem.

With CM7.2 latest ver. my Sim toolkit don't work. I use Postemobile and i need STK. Can Help me? Thanks!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slapheady:
Is there anyway to move the combined / menu bar (whatever it's called!) from the bottom of the Xoom to the top? Being a lefty, I seem to keep hitting back or home by accident when using it!

Currently using CM9, but am willing to try different ROMs if necessary (have tried EOS, but that didn't do it either).
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yosterwp:
I remember a while back that user "runandhide05" used to have a flashable zip that moved the combo bar(?) to the top of the screen for EOS roms. However, I think it is no longer available.

Even if you look for it, I think it was for the older EOS nightlies, and probably wouldn't work with the newer ones.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMorpheus2000:
Hi Comm

Since Link2SD is used all over the Android community I am dragging this out to here...

The HTC phone from my girlfriend is affected in the same way. Maybe there went something wrong with the last release of Link2SD!?

Br Morph

Gesendet von meinem GT-S5830 mit Tapatalk
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jiffer1991:
The main issue with apps like linktosd or app2sd is that they are moving apps wich cannot be moved (not in every case)

So if an app wich normaly needs to be on ur internal storage makes some requests it will be allowed to to store some data on ur internal storage

i know this sucks but cus of that reason i bought an phone with 1 gb internal sorage so it works
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syztemlord:
Hi,

Just got my S3 yesterday and loving it. One thing I don't like though is the green android smileys when texting. Is there a way to get other types on the phone?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
Yes. Just edit the framework-res.apk and change the images

tapatalked from galaxy s3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syztemlord:
Thanks that's great!
[Galaxy S III General] night_reader:
I know this is one app we can try: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=739530#

But it can't disable switching while do tethering. Can we have this flexible function that we can customize from Settings menu?

I noticed our SGSIII can switch off and on WIFI when the screen on and off. It's good if our SGSIII already have the function what I want and it good enough to now what we do when the screen off, it will not switch to 2G when we do tethering and downloading.
[Galaxy S III General] xos84292:
GS2 / note / s3

If network idle, it 's will auto down to 3G umts or HPDPA to keep the battery life.

1 hour with auto sync-> 1-1.5%

2g can save battery ?i think not so much with network online.
[Galaxy S III General] swent:
As I remember correctly AOKP has this feature under their powersaving settings. From what I can tell from my I9000 I always lost mobile data connection entirely when turning screen back on... took 10-60 seconds to get an active 3G data connection again. That kinda really pissed me off cuz it is very likely you need your internet connection when pulling the phone out and turning the screen on ... and in that case having no connection really sucks.

So I never used that option (besides using manual 2G limitation if wanted).
[Galaxy S III General] night_reader:
Thanks for the info. My home town just have 2G connection. I think it's better if it directly connected via 2G, rather than the phone continuously searching 3G line.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] James72:
Hello Guys, I have three big problems in my Touch Pro 2. I have not had probems with Build 21xxx COM2, and everything was perfect graphically. After searching far and wide on the forum, I found nothing, and that is why I ask it your own help. These graphics options, or rather of "centering" for example, the keyboard by pressing FN + SYM, I facing this error:

I prefer Opera 9.7 since installing version 10, I am facing an error like "no OperaL.exe where find". Look what a mistake:

I installed SPB Weather improvisamenteho and saw this:

What about Weather forecast data? When I probe to download other cities, comes out "error connection while weather data download"

Guys, I'm desperate, can anyone help me? PLEASEEEEEEEEEEE
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] arrrghhh:
Please don't post questions in the development section.

Moved to General.

Edit - looked over you post, I'd reflash whatever ROM you're on (also something good to state in the future. "COM2", is that a ROM?)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] James72:
Com2 is the Branch, to example Build 21916 is COM 2 or WM 6.5

The problems are with COM 3 alias WM 6.5.3
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] arrrghhh:
Yes, but what ROM...?

If this is some custom kitchen, you're on your own...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] James72:
I've Cooked in Os Kitchen, with Build 23153.

Well, everyone is welcome!
[Galaxy S III General] galilio:
[Lidroid ROM] Lidroid ROM or 9300 based on ZSALED

Everyone, who has I9000/I9100/I9220 or other sgs phones, must know Lidroid. As soon as samsung released I9300, lidroid has released his first version for I9300.

Here are the features.

1, Rooted. Integrated the latest su, superuser and re explorer.

2, Customizable 15 toggle buttons of status bar, setup with LidroidParts. please ref the thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1289896

3, Disable launching S-Voice by double-click Home-key so that Hone-key can reponse faster. You can enable it by check 'Launch S Voice' in S-Voice settings.

4, Provider two keyguards samsung-keyguard and android-keyguard. You can switch them by a widget named LockSwitcher, you can find it in "Apps"->"WIDGETS" maybe at the last one or two pages.

5, Remove sms and mms records from call records.

6, Support call recording.

7, Support phone NO. location(only for China).

8, Auto update phone NO. location database.

9, Support auto ip dial.(only for China).

10, Untethered camera, you can take a phone even when low battery life or calling.

11, Integrated LidroidToolbox which include batch install/uninstall/forbid/backup/restore packages, flip mute, auto start management, auto airplane mode switcher, screen shoot and barcode scanner.

12, Integrated One-key-lock. Lock the screen by a single tape.

13, Integrated Market from lidroid.com find more game.

Download: http://dl.lidroid.com/i9300/official/lidroid-official-i9300-v1.0.rar

CWM-Recovery: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1112749&stc=1&d=1339066533

Anyone who can upload this the mediafire or others will appreciated.

Use odin to flash, you can find odin in the rar package.

If you want install CWM Recovery, flash CWM package alone. choose the package at PDA in odin.

Hope you guys enjoy.
[Galaxy S III General] Gadgetz:
The contact screen and notification menu are sexy. Good job
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Is this in right section?

Sent from Rooted debloated stock Galaxy S3 OG I9300
[Galaxy S III General] Gadgetz:
Nope...should be in the Dev section
[Galaxy S III General] salada2k:
A moderator moved it here, you can only post in the dev section if you made the ROM personally, galilio did not make this, Lidroid did, therefore it belongs in General.
[Galaxy S III General] jake:
Lulz del plz
[General Questions and Answers] Lekert:
well i wasn't sure about the problem its nither the galaxy s2 problem or the roms

so recently i installed the version of Resurrection ICS ROM v2.0 for Galaxy S2 i9100

on my phone before i had a 2.3.3 android version rooted phone so after i did so the rom itself didn't make any problems but whenever try to play gameloft hd games it just crushes without a reason i tried reinstalling or any other type of this games but they neither crush on the start of the menu or after playing for 2 mins or less in this games so my question is is there a way to fix that I'm now really good with android i only got my galaxy s2 recently or maybe its because i installed this version before unrooting the phone but normal games do work on him and there's no other major problems besides this 1

my phone details are:

Model number: gt-i9100

android version: 4.0.4

Baseband Version:i9100jhkg2

kernel version : 3.032-siyah-v3.2.6+gm@gm-mint #139

Build Numer : IMM76I_RR

Mod version : Resurrection remix ics v2.0 by westcrip 4.0.4

i hope i gave a understandable post and details thanks in advance

Edit:

oh and i forgot to add how i get this rom i used cwrm and installed through .zip files
[General Questions and Answers] TammamT:
same problem please help

every thing was working well before upgrading to ver 2.0

games are crashing graphics problem in almost every game.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] IlBella95:
I use Gingermod 3.0 new update and I have a problem with message app: when i receive a message and i have screen blocked, when i unblock e go to read the messages they aren't in.order! There's first the answer and second the question! Someone has this problem? How to solve it?

Inviato dal mio Galaxy Next usando Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] deepsht:
sorry dude, no problem with that..

i suggest to reflash it again.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] IlBella95:
I've tried but nothing! Now i'm using kittenlinux Cyanogenmod 7.2

Inviato dal mio Galaxy Next usando Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] galaxy mini:
Make a clean install, means wipe everything before and after flash!! I use gingermod for a while and never had such problems!!
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] IlBella95:
Boh! Now i'm good with my ROM :)

Inviato dal mio Galaxy Next usando Tapatalk 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Decepticaons:
AS I am doing research about flashing methods, and which is the easiest and best i keep seeing people asking about whether or not it increase the flash counter or ROM counter. What is the big deal?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Ends:
Sammy can see it. Voids warranty
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] liquidzoo:
Which, I believe, only matters if you need to send the phone in for service.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xcrazydx:
Right, but there is a flash counter reset now anyways. I've never tripped the counter in all my flashing though
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Ends:
Yeah, its for returns. doesn't effect OTA's
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Ends:
I've tripped my counter once. Not a fan of ODIN. Only good to me is to flash recovery. After that there's no fear of tripping. As long as your using CWM
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xcrazydx:
Mostly true, sometimes cm kernels trip the counter
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Decepticaons:
Thanks everyone, very helpful
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captaindyson:
Hello guys,

after finding the over the air system update yesterday for the wildfire i downloaded it without a hitch. But then tried to intall it, it shut down, booted into CWM ran some scripts and then said:

"E:Can't mount SDCARD:download/OTA_Buzz_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2_22_405_7-2_22_405_1_release_2264007l58p3md822or7um.zip

Installation aborted."

so then i tried to install the .zip from sd card directly through CWM and it then says:

"installing: download/OTA_Buzz_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2_22_405_7-2_22_405_1_release_2264007l58p3md822or7um.zip

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

E:failed to verify whole-file signature

E:signature verification failed

Installation aborted."

Any help on how to get this working? has anyone even had this update for i have found no posts at all about it in the forums? :confused: Is it even a necessary update?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Phone Details:

BUZZ PVT SHIP S-OFF

HBOOT-6.01.1002

Kernel: Jakobs OC kernel 4.1

Rom: Stock Sense

Recovery: Revolutionary CWM v4.0.1.4 (according to the recovery) and CWM 5.0.2.0 (according to ROM mannager)

Rooted with combination of :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1145035

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14693680

P.S. Where is the "thanks" button for thanking the authours of posts, cant find it anywhere.:p
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olu.danNY:
If you have Superuser installed, you are rooted. Therefore, you are can't install official Updates anymore except you want to loose your root access... Enjoy!

--EDIT--

I can see you are rooted and even with S-OFF (Loads of power there). What are you still doing with a Stock ROM?!!! (Just kidding)... There are loads of great ROMS out there like Cyanogen... Go try one except you love stock ROMs that much.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captaindyson:
Cheers

Thanks for your help :D so i should just delete the file?

and i was thinking about new ROMs, and cyanogen seems the most popular, but with all the positives with it no-one has mentioned the down sides of it.

What are the downsides and how can they be fixed (apps, extra downloads)?

Is Cyanogen realy a better UI than sense of is it just faster?

Oh and what do you mean by there being loads of power in S-OFF?

So many questions :p lol
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olu.danNY:
Yes... Please delete the OTA file.

Cyanogen is popular because of their expoits. The Android world rates them high.

Why you see positives and little or no negatives is because there are no negatives IMHO. They are open. You see their ChangeLogs. They tell you what works and what does not and even tell you like everybody else to flash at your risk. They have Stable and Nightly Builds. You have choice... Stay here and be safe (Stable) or be more adventurous (Nightly)... LOL

Extra downloads?.. Nope... Custom ROMS are known for their smaller sizes. I am yet to see one Custom ROM upto or beyond 100MB. All of 'em bloatwares are removed leaving it clean and slim. Plus much more powerful (Out of the box - Talking bout "dev tools" and actual useful apps pre-installed).

UI? Well... I personally detest Sense... It is ugly and fuggly (To me)... There are loads of launchers for Android. For CM7, ADW Launcher comes with it out of the box. For Erwin's CM9 (ICS 4.0.4 for Wildy), it comes the Trebuchet Launcher. And yes... Faster!

I hope this helps.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captaindyson:
Thanks again, sorry i'm a bit of a noob with all this :L

just a few more questions:

Does flashing a new ROM delete your user dta and files like apps etc.?

How do you backup your current rom incase you want to revert back to your previous ROM (in my case sense)?
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasimk32:
Yes to flash a new ROM you need to wipe all your data from clockworkmod recovery.You can backup all your data and apps through an app called Titanium backup.It is available on the play store.You can restore your data and apps once you flash a new ROM.

Or else you can backup your whole ROM through clockworkmod recovery.All you need to do is to get into recovery then scroll down to backup and restore and then hit backup from there,this will backup your whole ROM with data on your SD card.

All the best! :)
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olu.danNY:
For you to flash a new Custom ROM, you'd have wipe data/factory reset (This deletes all your apps and other changes made to the system), wipe cache partition and wipe Dalvik cache (See this in advanced menu) in Recovery in order to enable the new ROM install and run smoothly. When you are updating a ROM to a higher version (eg CM v7.1 to CMv7.2), you'd only wipe cache partition and wipe Dalvik cache in Recovery meaning you'd see all your apps intact in the new update.

You can do a Nandroid before flashing a new ROM (Recommended). Just click on Backup/Restore option. You can do this using CWM giving you the ability to properly name your backup. Enter Rom Manager and click on Backup Current Rom.

Another great tool is Titanium Backup. You can use this to Backup your apps+data to restore to later.

Hope it helps.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lemming999:
I have the same setup as the OP:

Phone Details:

BUZZ PVT SHIP S-OFF

HBOOT-6.01.1002

Rom: Stock Sense

Recovery: Revolutionary CWM v4.0.1.4

except I have the stock kernel (he has Jakobs kernel).

If I want to keep the stock ROM and install the update in the OP how do I go about this.

Which of the following causes the install of this update to fail:

- Root

- S-OFF

- presence of SuperUser

- presence of CWM recovery

I would like to keep as many of the above as possible while ensuring that the update goes through, but am prepared to part with all of them.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captaindyson:
Hey, since my original posts i am now a lot more clued up on these things :victory: i believe that it is the fact that it is rooted and possibly S-OFF, but i would not exchange root or s-off for the update if i were you, it is just not worth it, if you want an improvement i would recommend taking the leap into the world of custom ROMs (especially cyanogenmod of which i am now on version 7.2 RC3), or at least begin an updated overclock kernel, i started with an overclock as you may see in my prev posts, and it makes worlds of difference to the wildfire, improving performance and battery if managed correctly. Hope i have been of help :highfive:
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lemming999:
Thanks captaindyson,

I have now installed CM7.2 and while I like the speed, it is not as mature as the stock ROM. I liked the info on the standard Froyo Sense screen.

The CM is a bit clunky e.g. a couple of the themes that I have tried, would not install properly on the Wildfire ; Maps and Play Store had to be installed manually.

I have only had t for a day so I will see what else is missing and probably discover some more good features as well.

I would have liked to install that HTC upgrade to see what features, speed and stability it brought with it. I might go back to HTC stock and see. I can always downgrade, root etc to get back to a custom ROM. Still curious to know, for sure, what is blocking that upgrade.

Cheers
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usaff22:
Probably the recovery blocked the upgrade. If you want the latest Sense, you can use RemPuzzle or another Sense ROM. The update did not bing noticeable updates; most are buried deep in the system.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hazou:
Yep cwm blocks it. Because on some phones, official ota updates for stock rom can break the rom or bricks the device to no recoverable. The new cwm 6 has the feature to install official ota updates. But it wont work at the moment for our device.

Hazou
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dynamic_4444:
In my when I open play store it gives an server error what to do??

Im on stok gb..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] charismakid:
Are you trying to open play store using wifi ???
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dynamic_4444:
Yup....i always opn on wifi...:confused:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sravan242:
try installing playstore again from net.. if it shows problem again then it might be problem with wifi..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] charismakid:
Try opening with your carriers data plan . If it still does not work than its problem with the playstore apk and if it works than its problem from the wifi ...!!!:)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] shprakash:
try to push this file by using root explorer

system\app

n give a proper permission....

and reboot..