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[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] MasK:
Maps 6.14.4 download

Just noticed the new Maps being pushed into my PlayStore.

Just in case... for those who needs the old Maps 6.14.4, you can get it from below:

http://www.imraneo.com/trash/maps/

:fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] proper69:
bout time we had an update to a fancier ui! thank you for the apk!
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Mubz_C:
Got the update for the new maps via the play store in the UK.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] sway40:
Yes I've noticed this too, I installed for a few hours and what you know it's the new maps draining it. Won't let phone sleep at all.

tappin from the N e x u s 4
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Zaihanzainal:
scrap that... found out i only can save maps for certain places.... =/
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] noodles2224:
Mines isn't draining..

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] WibblyW:
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[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] AppReviewBros:
Definitely an improvement when compared to the old maps. Good job, Google!
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Zaihanzainal:
Switch off your location sync stuff and greenify it... Mine isn't draining...
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] sway40:
Well I uninstalled it and reinstalled it, it worked. I guess it was from installing the one from the link in this thread and then updating normally when it pushed, and it wasn't playing nice.

tappin from the N e x u s 4
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Codrea:
Well it is like interface in iphone, I can't believe it apple user got this update first. I am familiar with this interface cause I am using ipad but I prefer the old one.

But it looks like it's better in performance cause I often miss my location in old version. I hope it will as good as google map in iphone.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Kyle C:
I noticed this is as well. I think it's beautiful, it's just annoying that the competition got this ui update like 6 months before us.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] deanr1977:
I get parsing error when trying to install???? Anyone know why or have a different download link? Running on s3 on 4.1.2

sent from Tapatalk2 via my Supermodded S3 using UltimaRom v13 & running Boeffla v2.12 beta7 kernel
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] username8611:
Has anyone in the us got this from the play store?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] d_phekt:
Yep. I got the update yesterday morning.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] FatherD:
Got the update through the play store.. What an absolute crock! Navigation is all but broken, binning out to route selection whenever an incoming call interrupts it! All sorts of features and options are now GONE!.. Unmistakeably crap! Back to the previous version *happy bunny*

More thoughts : it now looks like the iOs version.. I hope theirs works better!

form is for fapplers - gumption is for googlers!
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] username8611:
And Minnesota too, what the hell. You're the next state over and got it yesterday, but I still haven't seen a thing lol
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] gotzaDroid:
I still haven't yet, I had to side load it from here. Both my N4 and N7 show the 6.x.x as the most current in the play store despite the updated date being a day ago.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] username8611:
I was gonna wait for the official for the whole ooooooo ahhhhhh brand new feeling but I'm probably just going to grab this copy
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] sohamssd:
I can't find the option to explore:eek::p

Am I an idiot? :confused::p
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] MidtownHD:
The one I posted is for api 17 (4.2+), you should find one that's api 16 or universal. Or its a bad download :'
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] alex7171:
Really nice! Thanks for the update :)

Enviado desde mi Nexus 4 usando Tapatalk 4 Beta
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Travel_Mate:
Looks like Google are idiots or I'm an idiot like you too. Now seriously I'm searching also for this information and looks like "explore" is country/city dependent. In my town I can't find explore, but when I move the map to another country explore is available. Stupid in my opinion, "places" used to work here.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] jean019:
You're right.

And I have big flickering issue with nav 7 and my device in landscape mode

If anyone has a solution?

Thanks
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] FatherD:
The only known cure.. settings > apps > maps.. Uninstall updates!

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A general note : hit the play store and rate maps *poor.. Then Uninstall update to get back to the previous version, don't forget to stop it from auto updating. Hopefully Google will then do something if they have the loss of ranking and the least updated app on the play store!
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] italia0101:
Fair enough your not a big fan of the update, I for one have no issues.... I'm not sure your "general note" to deal with problems is at all good.... Just rate the app poor :thumbdown:

You don't think Google will fix things without you rating it poor? Little bit childish imo, you have the option to go back like you said if you don't like it, take a breath, relax.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] FatherD:
I'm quite relaxed, thanks, and very happy to be back with the previous version. How would they know anything was wrong without feedback.. they released it with confidence! no!?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] jean019:
Thanks,

In fact that's what I did but I want to know if some else has the same flickering issue, or if it comes from my device.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] FatherD:
I didn't get time to test it in landscape mode, it didn't stutter for me in portrait. Was your data connection good at the time, perhaps if it wasn't it could have contributed. I hope Goo sort out another update, I did like the look of it, but function had to come first with such an app! Hope you're now naving smoothly again!
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] italia0101:
Well there are a few ways you can give feedback without going as extreme as poor feedbacm which imo is a little extreme... None the less each to their own, :)
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] jean019:
The connection is good, everything is working with Nav 6

But with nav 7, the screen is flickering, there's a lot of refreshing issue.

This plus the lack of functionality makes this nav 7 a real sh**.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] FatherD:
Yep.. definitely, the worst thing for me was the stripping down of Navigation.. I relied on the nav to contact so much for my business, if that simplicity doesn't return I will stay in the old version!
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] sohamssd:
The gyro view in street view literally sucks. Earlier it was really fluid and felt like you were really there but its now laggy and horrible. They also removed the pegman.

However, the UI is really beautiful. But I can't find the "explore" option anywhere.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] blinde:
I assume that maps updates normally via play store when updates are available if I install this from OP's link?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] oneguy77:
Somehow not getting the update on my nexus 4 , not sure if everyone got it from playstore
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Omer Slomovic:
Cool !!

Great ui . really like it ...
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] blinde:
No I did not get it from Playstore because it got bored of waiting. I installed it from OP's link. That's why I was asking about those updates.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Zaihanzainal:
Yeap... Please post updates here if any... I'm from Singapore and play store still shows v6....
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] MasK:
From SG as well. Got my updates a couple of days ago. Don't worry, it'll eventually come..
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Codrea:
Hey Guys today I am on the taxi and I try latest google maps from playstore on my Nexus 4 and google maps on ipad 2

But it's surprise me that google maps on ipad 2 give a better performance, faster gps lock. Gps lock in my Nexus 4 is slow although I am using agps and sometimes it little faster and slower show my current location.

Come on google this is your maps and this is nexus device. I can't believe google maps on android is worse than in ipad 2. I dont know if this is hardware limitation but to see googlr apps performance better in ipad than nexus is just rubbish
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] albundy2010:
1. My gps locks just fine.

2. The app ( google maps) has nothing to do with the gps lock. It asks for gps location no different than any other app that uses it.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] snapper.fishes:
It might have something to do with the size of the antenna. The iPad is a few times bigger than the Nexus 4, hence the GPS antenna might also be proportionally bigger, which will make a huge difference when capturing GPS signal. For a fair comparison you should use something of similar size instead, e.g. a Nexus 10.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] kalipedia:
I can't seem to find an answer anywhere so I'm trying here. Living in NYC, I often used Google Maps to just zoom into a block where I find myself (or where I'm going) and checking out the local businesses, restaurants, cafes, bars to quickly see what's around. Now I zoom in and almost nothing gets identified. For instance, zoomed in to a 6 block area in front of Lincoln Center (from 60th to 66th sts), basically no useful info pops up. There are a ton of restaurants right there that would just show up if I zoomed in with the old maps. Even zooming in to a one block area doesn't show them anymore. Now I have to click on Search, then Explore, then Eat, etc. Or, I can search for restaurants, but that screws things up because many bars also serve food and they are excluded from such searches. It's deeply irritating! I just want the "What's nearby" feature, but if you Search for 'What's nearby" it uses mid-town manhattan (i.e. where the placemarker for NEW YORK CITY is) as the center point.

Am I missing something simple?? Please let me know. Otherwise, this update is not cool at all!
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] lazer155:
That's how the updated version works and the reason why I downgraded back to 6.14.4.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] cobyman7035:
i like the newer look on this gmaps! looks good on desktop, havint tried mobile new version

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when the new nexus7 comes out, that might be a better comparison, u cant compare tablets to to phones
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] kalipedia:
Damn - I was really holding out hope there was some hidden easy way to do this. Now to find the old apk...
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] ihatelolcats:
6.14.4 gives me a parse error on 4.3

any way around that?
[Windows 8 General] NexusF:
So, I've been trying to install the drivers for a generic rk29 rockship tablet. I had to go to adbdriver installer as a last resort. Yet, not even this helps. It says that it's incompatible with my x64 windows 8. picture attached. Any help is appreciated.
[Windows 8 General] GoodDayToDie:
You can try running the installer in Compatibility Mode (right-click the file, go to Properties, set Compatibility Mode for Win7). That might work. Or it might not. Or it might bluescreen. But there's at least a chance it would work.
[Windows 8 General] SixSixSevenSeven:
A bit misleading that it says xp/vista/7/8 x86 and x64 and then errors on x64.

I would try what gooddaytodie suggested and then contact the manufacturer to complain.

Or get virtualbox, install Linux within and use adb through that but that is an absolute faff to go through for 1 driver. You don't tend to need device specific adb drivers under Linux, just the adb itself.
[Windows 8 General] vaibhav1:
I am install manually with disable signature process and its working on my Windows 8.1
[Windows 8 General] GoodDayToDie:
Ah, completely unsigned driver. Good times... (not). Hope you trust the source.
[Windows 8 General] the_scotsman:
I used the HTC drivers. I just extracted the files from the installer and installed the driver manually through device manager.
[Windows 8 General] SixSixSevenSeven:
Oh so fun....

Needed to disable the driver enforcement to install my stellaris launchpad on windows 8 which is entirely contrary to texas instruments installation instructions but I do not appear to be the only one that had to do that.
[Windows 8 General] Breadcrust:
Can someone please send me a Google Drive link to the drivers they downloaded. My archives are claiming they're corrupted.
[General Questions and Answers] Stonkey:
Hey everyone! I'm completely new at both Linux and Android. So this is probably a terrible question, but I can't seem to find a direct answer anywhere on the forum.

I have Linux Deploy on my Droid 2. When I start the setup for a distro (so far it has happened with every one I've tried), it finishes making a file system (ext3), and moves on to mounting partitions, where it fails.

Do I need to partition my sd card somehow? I'm not really even sure what questions to ask or how to proceed.
[General Questions and Answers] vianorth:
Try booting a linux live cd with gparted such as the Ubuntu installer.

You should be able to see if the filesystem was created successfully and if the install files were copied over.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nightfox11:
awesome new update 7.0 guys it looks incredible ! :D

don't forget to hit the thanks button! :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] hepi_hape:
Wiow version 7.!

Still waiting in play store for change log.

Btw, thx for share :beer:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] snkrfrkr127:
Thanks for the update. It looks so much better
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] fuego77:
Feels more fluid and things render faster. Way better UI. Thanks bud
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] nightfox11:
yep it looks so clean!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] byron1985:
Thanks for this much cleaner look. Looks similar to the iOS Google maps
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] donutkidd:
This in deed looks incredible
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ScottBroker:
How do you navigate with this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] donutkidd:
All you do is type in your destination, select the car at the bottom right then choose which route you want to take. The navigate button should also pop up at the bottom right
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] dayrew:
Love the new look! Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] farru503:
I think this is something of what we gonna see in next android os

My S4 is on steroids!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] hella356:
Thanks, some good improvements, but with no simple way to cache maps and no way at all (that I can find) to add the Zoom Buttons, I've reverted back to the previous version. Hopefully these issues will be addressed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] starnostar:
Im pretty sure this is common knowledge at this point... but disable location aware and location history in google location settings and get much much better battery life.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] vlad2277:
This new update is junk

They removed my places, which gives a lot of useful info. Some stuff is still in app, but only some, and it's spread all over.

Removed offline maps feature. If course you can still somewhat save what you see on screen, but come on guys, the real feature us gone. Once you save you screen maps for offline use, there's no way to pick and choose to delete them later.

Plus removed a lot of other useful things.

Navigation has been changed, and not for the better. It's not separate app, but it's within maps now.

Some part are indeed better and more fluid,

BUT OVERALL, IT'S LIKE TAKING ONE STEP FORWARD, WHILE TAKING THREE STEPS BACK IN GOOGLE MAPS DEVELOPMENT !!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] elesbb:
This is beta yo. You can't even get this version on the play store.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Soldier 2.0:
For those of you who are missing the zoom buttons. Double tap the screen, but hold the second tap and slide finger up or down. One handed zoom!

Sent from my SGH-M919 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] vlad2277:
Obviously you don't understand what I've said, or just didn't read

This version is all over the web.

I know exactly what I'm talking about.

It was available on aptoid, almost after it was released into the wild

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This feature was there for very long time, nothing new
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] elesbb:
You are complaining about a beta.. something that everyone knows is clearly not perfect. So by writing in all caps that this release was three steps backwards, was nothing but pointless. Im just trying to let you know that this isnt how its gonna be forever. In my eyes, this was a great step forward and a very promising lead in the right direction.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] vlad2277:
No, that's not entirely true

I was not complaining, but constitutional the facts.

I've tried nothing apps, old & new version, side by side on 2 phones.

And according to official Google post in blog about this new release, Google itself clearly states that things I've "complained" about, are gone from app.

And as soon as version 7 came out, majority of reviews on play store, reflect the same very negative opinion.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] tholmes8291:
I keep getting the "problem parsing" error. Little help?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] elesbb:
Just download from Google play. It updated to 7.0.1 anyhow. Lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] vlad2277:
You sure?

It's version 7.0.0

PS.

OK found 7.0.1 but not on play store

Basically same BS, offline was perfect

Was able to select maps, then could delete later

Now you blindly save whatever is on screen, and never delete again. They think device memory is like junkyard, limitless !
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] elesbb:
I got mine from play store lol. Heck it even gave me a notification. And I think the maps are deleted when you leave Google maps. But yes a more controllable way of handling cached maps would be nice. But I noticed they are no longer "downloaded" maps but "cached" maps..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] hella356:
I found an APK of v6.9 and reinstalled that. The Zoom Buttons are far easier to use than the double-tap-slide gestures and the online cache is way easier. If Google reincorporates these features (and other Lab features) into upgraded versions beyond 7, I'll give it a go, but for now the older version is much more usable for me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] elesbb:
Here is Google maps v6.14.3 with a little something extra :P
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] aznmode:
I'm still not getting the update on the play store...dang it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] therealgiblet:
What, a virus?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] elesbb:
Lol cause I have time to do that. Plus that's just stupid. I have nothing to gain by writing a virus.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] therealgiblet:
Sorry. I was only being facetious. Downloaded your modded apk but not tried it yet.

Cheers
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jaytee84:
Tried to pushed on my phone but didn't show up after reboot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] elesbb:
Lol i figured as much :P but wasn't sure.

Just install it like a regular apk no pushing to system directory or anything like that is needed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] kevinrubio1:
It's on the market :p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] aznmode:
I don't see it on mine yet but I'm on stock rooted rom with CWM recovery.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] kevinrubio1:
I'm on stock rom rooted w/ cwm recovery too. It was in update apps!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] aznmode:
Not for me. I even uninstalled maps and when I updated from the play store it's still V6.xx
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] kevinrubio1:
That's weird. Look at my screenshot
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] thrawnis:
My AT&T Galaxy S4 is having the exact same issue. It is stuck on v6.x and can't seem to install v7.x at all. It never says that the version is out of date. The latest firmware/baseband is installed and the phone is rooted but running the factory Samsung ROM.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] elesbb:
For those like you and yourself, try clearing data for Google play store as well as uninstall Google maps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] thrawnis:
Thanks for the suggestion. I cleared the app data, cleared the Play Store app data, uninstalled Maps, then reinstalled Maps. No dice! Still stuck on the old Maps v6.x app.

Other apps are updating properly (as far as I can tell).

Any other suggestions?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] kevinrubio1:
That's weird, maybe the update hasn't reached you yet lol =P that would be even more weird! But do you have a modded play store? Since people modded it so that can get apps that were meant fur other devices or apps from another country
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] thrawnis:
ALL apps have been purchased/downloaded legally through either the Google Play Store and Amazon App Store and not been modified in any way. No side-loading either.

Google did say they were doing a slow rollout but it's been over a week (I think)! Seems like they would have only needed a few days for the rollout.

I'm new to Android (former iOS user of 4+ years) so I'm just now learning all the ins and outs of the Android world.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] aznmode:
Already tried this before and even tried uninstalling Google play update. No go. I'm on stock rooted no mods with cwm
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] aznmode:
Finally got the update on the play store. Sweet. Backed up my old version just in case.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Lanchon:
this is junk IMHO.

i have apps of mine that generate map intents like this "...?q=lat,long (Label and Date of the Place Here)" which used to place a marker with the text on the map. now all the apps are broken with error "cannot find lat,long (Label and Date of the Place Here)".

also i could make permanent the marker AND the label by starring it after the ?q=... query. i have hundreds of those markers on my world map! now the new app not only cant resolve the queries, but all the markers with labels DISAPPEARED from the map!!! thats right, the new android maps does not even show your favorite places that it cant parse because of a label, which was totally legal before.

the desktop version of maps still shows all my favorites, so at least it seems my favorites werent deleted by this piece of junk.

i never expected an update to break so much functionality. i didnt back up the app. i need to go back.

EDIT: found the previous apk...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2360010
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] aznmode:
Is it just me or this new map is very choppy on the s4. Haven't tried it on my note 2 yet but it's really obvious when u pan around the map.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] whytechapel_x:
Working fine for me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] WhiskeySlx:
I love the streamlined look, but... it seems they removed the ability to check alternate routes after you've already started navigating. :(

I have a 46mi commute to work, with a lot of options for routes - so I used this a lot. I'd always start-off w/ the main route, then when I hit traffic on the highway, I'd see how the alternate ways are looking.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jonathanml86:
Hey all,

Long time iOS user, and I have recently jumped ship to the android realm. I just bought a 32 GB Galaxy S 4 from At&t, and I have already rooted my phone.

I am just now learning about roms and somewhat understanding it. I would like to to simply load a Rom onto my device that will eliminate the bloatware, and give my phone the best performance. Any input or referencing would be greatly appreciated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] nakedninja42:
Start here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2301762 :laugh::good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] scott14719:
I'll save you some time and suggest you go to the development section, read the threads about the ROMs that interest you, and try some for yourself. Favorite, best, fastest, etc... are all subjective and as such, these types of threads are not allowed. All of the ROMs are good in their own way.

If you are looking for specific break-downs of ROMs (stock, international, CM, etc...) there are threads in the "General sections that list them as such. good luck with you reading and learning.

Oh, and questions belong in the "Q & A" section.
[HTC One X] ashutoshsinghy2k:
I have 53 application installed my phone. If I make a nandroid backup of ROM will it include all of the installed applications