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[G1 Android Development] paarsand:
Hello!

First i have to thank you for an amazing mod.

Navigation works flawlessly in Norway.

I on the other hand do have a major issue with the app.

Some times when i launch the "navigation" shortcut (about 1 out of 5 times) i get a force close.

It seems like its related to when it loads my recent navigatons, because the animation in the bottom with that spinning thing just stops. And i have to exit the app, resulting in a force close.

It hangs there forever, i've tried to wait for it.

After a FC, the app will not launch correctly until i reboot my phone.

It FC's everytime until i reboot.

Is there a fix for this?

I'm running a Galaxy spica with Android 2.1
[G1 Android Development] henriquesp:
Hi All,

just to add to the lines, I absolutely love brut.all gMaps mod.

I'm using Navigation in Brazil with the Nexus's car dock and it pretty much works perfectly most of the time.

I just have a couple of questions, and I'm sorry if someone has already asked this.

Is there a way to enable Maps/Navigation brut to be started by other apps that link to maps/navi (like Nexus's Car Home app or the Chrome2Phone app), without having to uninstall the standard gMaps/Navi app?

Also, if anyone has a set of cached Maps for Brazil that they could share, I'd appreciate. I've tried to use gMapMaker but it's not very intuitive...

Thanks a lot,

Henrique.
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
No. Just like the normal Google Maps Navigation, it requires 1.6. That's not something that can be "fixed". It's like asking if a computer will work in a house without electricity.

If you read the text beside the checkbox, it asks you if you WANT to see it again. Leave it unchecked, and it won't show up in the future.
[G1 Android Development] NinjaMarkness:
Very fast!! thanks man
[G1 Android Development] ramiawad99:
Please help, "data connection lost" all the time

Hi,

I've tried to search this thread for an answer but i couldn't.

I always get a "data connection lost" message when ever i choose a destination in the navigation, it never continues to the navigation and the msg just keeps repeating every 1 or 2 mins. Even that i have a valid connection to internet over 3G and Wifi.

Also when i'm in the map window and choose a destination, it always shows "no route found".

I have a rooted Milestone (2.1 with stock-ROM). Please help.

Thanks.
[G1 Android Development] Mehumummo:
Navigation eats more battery than my car can give, not very nice feature on long trip.

What could I do?
[G1 Android Development] FernandoMiguel:
never had any trouble with my car.

battery does get slighty charged.
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
I've had this issue. There seems to be a feature that prevents charging when the phone is too hot. I was driving yesterday, and it was discharging while in the official dock, and it was really warm. Then the sun went down, the phone cooled off, and it started charging.

I was using Google Maps Navigation, as well as streaming music over bluetooth.
[G1 Android Development] marsevern:
This is happening for em too. I live in Hawaii, but it shows me in Seattle. It seems like the coordinates are getting shifted somehow, as it shows the same uncertainty radius and direction as the regular Google Maps.
[G1 Android Development] seanlau56:
can it save maps in the sd card. if so how to save, eg i want to save malaysia map so that i can use later for navigation . I have a nexus one, so want to use the GPS instead for navigation (like garmin app)any solution/advise?

BTW

I have a nexus one and am looking for maps,poi, etc for southeast asia- malaysia and singapore (IGO R3 version) latest map update. please send me a link or email me at craigsoon@gmail.com.
[G1 Android Development] zanglang:
If you have to do offline navigation with POIs, you'll probably have to try installing Motonav (which has slightly dated 2009 maps, but has TTS), or Papago M6 (which supports Malfreemaps, but seems to be a pain to install on the N1...).
[G1 Android Development] pascanu:
I had the same problem with my G1, turned out my charger was only 500 mA. Bought an original HTC charger 2A, solved the problem.

For my Desire I'm using a Samsung charger 1A, works OK.

P.S. Heat might also be a problem as others have pointed out.
[G1 Android Development] seanlau56:
can you send a link to the malaysia map
[G1 Android Development] leslie222:
Brut.all is a genius

Hi Brut.all.......thanks again!!! Just wondering if you are close to any more breakthroughs/updates????? Your work really rocks......fantastic and i cant wait for the next major update.
[G1 Android Development] sauudmir:
i've been using the droid explorer and now when i remount using the sdk it says adb server is out date . killing...
[G1 Android Development] Mehumummo:
Mine seems to be 1000mA, should this be enought?

Also, shop assistant told me that they do have more powerful chargers but those are mentioned for navigators so those would be bad for my phone.

I was little confused about that and some other things that she told me about another products and dunno if she can really be trusted :P
[G1 Android Development] JonasDroid:
If the ampere (A or mA) of the charger is too high high it will shorten your battery life dramatically
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
From my experience, it's all about the heat. It seems that when the phone gets too hot (in direct sunlight, screen on, GPS on, cell radio on, charging, etc.), it shuts down whatever it needs to, in order to cool down. In most cases, the first thing to be disabled is the charging circuitry. I think the official Nexus One car dock has a 2A charger, and I know from experience that a 1A charger is more than sufficient.

Please go take an electronics course before scaring people with statements like that.

The voltage must match. For all these phones that have USB connectors, that means you need a 5V charger.

The current needs to be at least the operating current of the device. My Nexus One came with a 1A charger, which chargers it really quickly. I could use a 2A charger, or a 200A charger. Either would work (although the 200A charger would be very large).

One sentence summary: a charger that can supply a higher current is not going to hurt your device (or battery), but may speed up charging.
[G1 Android Development] lucasjohny:
hi I'm using galaxy s I'm very sure that after install this apps, my phone become laggy when go to market place or others service which related to google, any solution. is work great on singapore navigation.
[G1 Android Development] JonasDroid:
I study industrial engineering, and I just got an exam about battery's (not littium but they all use chemical reactions to produce electricity.) So with all do respect, I know quite a bit about the process of battery charging and draining.

Charging battery's with high current (Ampere) will raise the temp of the battery, and higher temperature isn't good for the battery (It's not dramatically bad but not good either).

In each cyclus of a battery some ions/electrons can't be returned to there original state (so your battery loses capacity). Normally that's just a small part (but after a year or 2 you will notice that the capacity isn't as good as it used to be). Since charging (and draining) is an exotherm process (it gives off heat) it reacts better at lower temperatures. So if you want to keep your capacity as high as possible for as long as possible,then you would want to keep the temp of the reaction as low as possible so it can get rid off the heat, so you would want a lower current to charge it, but then it takes more time to charge so you want it somewhere in between.

It's not as simple as I describe here but believe me it is true. A week or 2 ago there was an article (I believe on Engadget) that showed some test with different chargers and they had that same conclusion. (Can't find it otherwise I would post a link)

BTW: the battery does go in safety when the temp is too high but when u would charge it on exactly that limit the capacity would drop amazingly after some cycluses. And a 200A charger, don't think you'll be able to charge it more then a sec before the phone would go in to safety. I wouldn't be surprised if it would blow cause your putting in an intense amount of energy the ions could be reacting with other components(I don't know the components so I could be wrong about that last part)

Sorry for the bad English but it isn't easy to explain this kind off things in English
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
The charging circuitry is inside the device. Anything you connect to it just supplies power, but does not actual charge the battery.

The charging circuitry manages the actual charge process of the battery, and definitely contains limiters to prevent charging too fast. It likely contains a temperature-based charge limiter, so that if the battery gets too warm, it lowers the charge current.

However, supplying the phone with unlimited current will let the charge circuitry decide how fast to charge the battery. Supplying the phone with 50mA limits the charge to 50mA.

If you look at the Nexus One specs:

It takes what it can get. I would guess it charges even faster from the 2A car dock, although maybe not quite at 2A.

Regardless, connecting an infinite power source to your phone will not hurt it (as long as it's 5V). Connecting it directly to the battery, however, is another issue.
[G1 Android Development] seanlau56:
Can you email me the any/all available GPS software(english version for android), malaysia map and poi to seanlau56@yahoo.com or send/post a link. need it urgently, thanks
[G1 Android Development] kendling:
Can't get my location when enable faking option, How can I fix this?
[G1 Android Development] zanglang:
This forum prohibits discussing or linking to warez, but if you check the Lowyat forums Android section you should find a few threads for all 3 items you wanted. :P
[G1 Android Development] neXib:
If I somehow am able to download tiles for caching google maps, is that just the map view? Will I still need 3G for the navigation? Would be nice to cache everything, and just use 3G for extra info.
[G1 Android Development] Pickle.Lally:
From an American recently transplanted to Poland, I can't say dziękuję bardzo enough. :)
[G1 Android Development] vairavanpl:
That awesome dude. it works like a charm. Thank you
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
For now, the cache does not work for Navigation.

3G is not necessary for anything, but some form of internet connection is.
[G1 Android Development] arbrandes:
Hi folks,

First of all, thanks brut for the excellent mod. It has saved my life more than once already. ;)

Now, for the problem: 4.3.0.4305-brut14 force closes on launch every single time I try to run it. Tried downloading from 2 of the mirrors with the same results.

[edit] One of the symptoms is that after installation (I always use "adb install"), Maps [brut] does not have an icon. It may be pertinent that whenever I upgrade GM [brut], I have to uninstall it first, otherwise my phone reboots on its own.[/edit]

I'm on a rooted but otherwise stock Milestone 2.0, with original Google Maps removed as per instructions on the first post. 4.2.0.4210-brut13 works perfectly. Any clues?
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
Relevant entries in logcat would be useful for debugging purposes.
[G1 Android Development] neXib:
I'm thinking roaduse, so no wifi really. Any idea how much data traffic vector maps use? Even our "unlimited" dataplan has a montly cap :rolleyes:

Was kinda hoping to use this as a GPS this weekend, guess that's out of the question. But can use the maps as a guide either way I guess.
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
The vector map is useless in its current state.

That being said, if Google Maps Navigation, in its current state, causes you to go over a cap on an "unlimited" plan, then something is seriously wrong with your carrier. I would be very surprised if Nav used more than 50MB in a month, unless you were intentionally trying to use data.
[G1 Android Development] colin.jones:
I'm sorry you are talking nonsense! Listen to Canadiancow...

The current rating of a charger (and indeed any power source irrespective of any "charging circuitry") simply indicates the maximum current it is capable of delivering. It does NOT "force" that current into a device! As cc said, as long as the voltage is correct, then you are perfectly fine, even if the charger was rated at 200A, 2kA, etc etc.

In fact, for the purposes of understanding, you can think of the voltage as the "forcing" agent. As long as the voltage is right, then only the correct amount of current will enter the device (this is basic I=V/R). If you were to increase the voltage, more current will be forced into the device - that's when "charging circuitry" becomes relevant. If there is none, then more current flows in, and potentially heats up the device and maybe damages it. A current regulator circuit could cap this to a point, but if you keep increasing the voltage, eventually this will blow as well.

The only thing to be aware of is if the charger is rated _lower_ than what the device needs. In this case, the voltage will still cause the same (too great for the charger) amount of current to flow, or at least try to. And this could potentially overload the charger - it will do nothing whatsoever to the device. And this is only if the charger, itself, doesn't have current regulation.

In short, the current rating has absolutely no role to play in device or battery safety... none whatsoever! No, not even slightly.
[G1 Android Development] glidester:
App Permissions

Can anyone explain why the app requires permissions to:

* directly call phone numbers

* read & write contact data

* record audio

The last one "record audio" is most concerning to me but I don't see why it should need any of these permissions.

I'd like to install this app but call me paranoid I've been put off by this.

Perhaps the developer can explain?
[G1 Android Development] bemymonkey:
Just guessing, but:

Feature of Google Maps AFAIR

Enable navigating to contacts and saving addresses/coords to contacts...

Voice recognition for nav?

Like I said, just guessing, but it seems pretty logical to me...
[G1 Android Development] glidester:
Ok, thanks for the info, your probably right. Just couldn't think of those connections with maps at the time :)
[G1 Android Development] FernandoMiguel:
when i press END Call button to send screen to sleep, the navigation route is lost.

i dont recall this happening in earlier versions.
[G1 Android Development] danishh:
can someone confirm/correct me on this? I'm a canadian user.

1. brut would allow me to cache maps tiles for offline use on my sd card.

2. brut does not yet allow caching of navigation tiles or navigation routes. In order to use brut navigation, i'd have to be connected.
[G1 Android Development] vincom2:
Hi brut.all,

I used nav today for the first time in a long while (brut14), and noticed that the hanging for ambiguous locations problem is still present.

W/System.err(24100): at J.b.a(Unknown Source)
W/System.err(24100): at J.b.e(Unknown Source)
W/System.err(24100): at brut.gmm.Entry.onNaviResponse(Entry.java:81)
W/System.err(24100): at n.s.a(Unknown Source)
W/System.err(24100): at P.p.a(Unknown Source)
W/System.err(24100): at P.p.a(Unknown Source)
W/System.err(24100): at P.n.run(Unknown Source)
W/System.err(24100): at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1096)
D/GpsLocationProvider( 146): TTFF: 13544
W/System.err(24100): java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
W/System.err(24100): at J.b.a(Unknown Source)
W/System.err(24100): at J.b.e(Unknown Source)
W/System.err(24100): at brut.gmm.Entry.onNaviResponse(Entry.java:81)
W/System.err(24100): at n.s.a(Unknown Source)
W/System.err(24100): at P.p.a(Unknown Source)
W/System.err(24100): at P.p.a(Unknown Source)
W/System.err(24100): at P.n.run(Unknown Source)
W/System.err(24100): at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1096)
E/MapsNavigation(24100): DirectionsRequest: Handling request failed
E/MapsNavigation(24100): java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
E/MapsNavigation(24100): at J.b.a(Unknown Source)
E/MapsNavigation(24100): at J.b.e(Unknown Source)
E/MapsNavigation(24100): at brut.gmm.Entry.onNaviResponse(Entry.java:81)
E/MapsNavigation(24100): at n.s.a(Unknown Source)
E/MapsNavigation(24100): at P.p.a(Unknown Source)
E/MapsNavigation(24100): at P.p.a(Unknown Source)
E/MapsNavigation(24100): at P.n.run(Unknown Source)
E/MapsNavigation(24100): at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1096)
W/System.err(24100): java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
W/System.err(24100): at J.b.a(Unknown Source)
W/System.err(24100): at J.b.e(Unknown Source)
W/System.err(24100): at brut.gmm.Entry.onNaviResponse(Entry.java:81)
W/System.err(24100): at n.s.a(Unknown Source)
W/System.err(24100): at P.p.a(Unknown Source)
W/System.err(24100): at P.p.a(Unknown Source)
W/System.err(24100): at P.n.run(Unknown Source)
W/System.err(24100): at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1096)
W/System.err(24100): java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
W/System.err(24100): at J.b.a(Unknown Source)
W/System.err(24100): at J.b.e(Unknown Source)
W/System.err(24100): at brut.gmm.Entry.onNaviResponse(Entry.java:81)

Not sure if this provides any new information that might be useful to you, but just thought I'd report it.
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
I have a Nexus One, so there's no "end call" button, but the power button (which turns off the screen) does not cause the route to be lost for me.

1. Correct.

2. Correct.
[G1 Android Development] acidblade:
I wish navi can be cache. it will be great for great aussie topology.
[G1 Android Development] amjad_2020:
Thank you so much :D
[G1 Android Development] sunwee:
i installed the latest brut, and have all the necessary text-to-speech files in my phone (for eg, google translate's speaking portion works)

but i can't get any voice navigation. is there anything else i miss out?
[G1 Android Development] Zoide_:
Hi,

I tried your Python script with the following variables:

SOURCE = "mapnik"

DEST = "mapnik new"

EXT = ".png"

I downloaded tiles using Mobile Atlas Creator 1.7 from Google Maps zoom levels 17-19. Fix.py is in the same directory as my tiles, which reside in a directory that I renamed to "mapnik".

When I run the script, I get:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "fix.py", line 10, in <module>

dstZoom = str(int(zoom) + 1)

ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'Google Maps'

Do you know what could be wrong?

Thanks
[G1 Android Development] Zoide_:
I think I know what was wrong :P I was one directory too high. I think it's working now :)
[G1 Android Development] Sjoerdos:
Does the map tiles caching work for navigation too? So e.g. i view my route on my home wifi, and later on on the road the map tiles can be read from my sd card?
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
One time, I stopped getting sound, and it took me a while to realize it had muted itself. Is there an icon that looks muted on the screen? Have you tried increasing the volume?

Rtfm. Seriously.
[G1 Android Development] marinosa:
To Mod. Top Man. Many thanks
[G1 Android Development] amagee:
seems broken again

Brut was working fantastically for me for a while, but as of today I'm back to getting "No route found / Navigation to your destination is not available" when I hit "Navigate". Could it be a 2.2 thing? I recently upgraded to that. Or has google plugged another loophole? I'm in Australia.
[G1 Android Development] ramiawad99:
"Data connection lost" each time !?

I've tried to search this thread for an answer but i couldn't.

I always get a "data connection lost" message when ever i choose a destination in the navigation, it never continues to the navigation. Even that i have a valid connection to internet over 3G and Wifi.

Also when i'm in the map window and choose a destination, it always shows "no route found".

I have a rooted Milestone (2.1 with stock-ROM). Please help.

Thanks.
[G1 Android Development] sunwee:
yes i realise the mute button. but it's on. and i can actually "control" the volume bar up and down...just no sound.

anyway i reinstall several times the google speech synthesis package until it work again. something must have broke during earlier installations.

thanks anyway.
[G1 Android Development] fericus:
offline navigation?

great job so far, well done!!!

I've got 1 question though

I know you are working on caching map tiles to sd card however I must admit it is not working perfectly fine on my Xperia X10

I was wondering if you could let me know if you are planning to do some serious improvment and launch your app with complete offline navigation option.

I am going on holiday ni 2 weeks and I will be travelling across Europe by car.

I really dont want to think about my mobile bill if I need to use online navigation. however I'd love to use google maps (brut modified obviously) as a source.

Do you think you might drop us a newer version of your fantastic app which works in, lets say, Flight Mode?

Pozdr

Milek
[G1 Android Development] tatsit:
this is a great mod for users that are not in USA

however, is this compatible with chrometophone? i've uninstalled the original map and installed latest version of brut map. i've tried pushing map directions using chrometophone, but it keeps crashing. anyone having the same problem?
[G1 Android Development] tcnineteen:
I have to say this modified version really helped me a lot!

I flashed a custom ROM several days ago, and it included brut13 Google Maps in it. However, the app was modified, so I couldn't installed the new brut14 even I deleted it from /system/app/ (it's really weird). The original Google Maps can be installed from Market though, and it showed two Maps in All Programs. When I felt so disappointed, I found this post. It was installed properly and replaced the old version. Thanks Brut.all and squrl!

(I've tried to decompile the apk and find res/values*/strings.xml , but I couldn't find it...)
[G1 Android Development] squrl:
Glad you've found it useful! :)

How did you decompile the apk? If you want to edit strings.xml files, you must not only extract the APK, you must use apktool, which will decompile the resources.arsc file, inside which are these files stored.
[G1 Android Development] carcassudo:
hi i'm from brazil

except for the google fault about the voice,it works great here, with my nexus one.

thanks
[G1 Android Development] Zoide_:
Wait, so there is no voice navigation with Brut Maps on the Nexus One? :confused: