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[G1 Android Development] endolith:
So I installed the stockified version, and I am able to store maps for offline use, which is great, but when I go into My Tracks, it doesn't use the cached tiles. Am I misunderstanding how this works? Is there an offline version of My Tracks that will access the same set of tiles?
[G1 Android Development] Zoide_:
I installed SVOX today on my NexusOne running the latest CyanogenMod 6.1 nightly. I then bought the female US English voice in the Market (you can use a program called "Market Access" if paid apps don't show up in your country). After downloading the voice pack, you open it and it extracts the necessary files. Then you go into the main Android Settings -> Voice input & output -> Text-to-speech settings. You enable "Always use my settings" and change the "Default Engine" to "Svox Classic TTS".

After that, I was able to use the latest brut Maps Navigation with the new voice. I didn't have to use the stockified version or anything like that.

Now, I don't know whether the navigation instructions would be magically translated to another language if I were to install a different language pack. That would be very cool, but I'm not willing to spend more money to try it out :P

You could always try buying the language pack and uninstall it for a refund within 24 hours if it doesn't work.
[G1 Android Development] edulmartins:
Voice Navegation works in Brazilian Portuguese

I try this in my Hero with cm nigthly and works fine, but I won't to see turn symbols.

Instructions:

1. Install SVOX Classic Text To Speech Engine

2. Install SVOX Brazilian Portuguese

3. Uncheck "Force navigation locale en_US" in BrutMod.

Is there a solution to see again the turn symbols without the "Force navigation locale en_US" option checked?

Thanks,

Eduardo
[G1 Android Development] perlu:
Works nice with SVOX/Swedish too on Desire. Really hope for the turn symbols on any locale in brut17!
[G1 Android Development] baldahin:
Hi!

Is it possible to change maps images language (locale) independently of system language settings?

i'd like to have english system language but maps in my native language.
[G1 Android Development] tiagobt:
Zoide_, edulmartins and perlu,

I've already bought the Brazilian Portuguese language pack and I've installed it following the instructions you guys posted. However, the new voice still doesn't work in Google Navigator (Brut).

I'm suspecting I can't get it to work because I'm using Android 2.1. Are you guys using Android 2.2? Anyway, I should probably install an Android 2.2 ROM and see if it works.

Thanks for the help,

Tiago
[G1 Android Development] lionel126:
long time no see update
[G1 Android Development] defranco:
Hi Tiago,

Same problem here: Installed SVox Classic, bought Brazilian Portuguese on Milestone 2.1 and it is not working on brut16 - the only phrase she says during navigation is "Siga Em Frente" (go forward).

Maybe is a Android 2.1 or Motorola Milestone related problem.
[G1 Android Development] anotherkind:
forgive me first and i searched several pages and found no useful information for my puzzled points which is:

what's the differnce between Z/Y/X and Z/X/Y? i mean X,Y,Z stand for...? and how to judge that my folder structure is Y/X or X/Y(now i'm using Brut Google Maps 4.4.0.4414-brut16)?

could someone give me a hand about my puzzled points?

Many many many thanks!
[G1 Android Development] Zoide_:
Hi Tiago,

I am using Cyanogenmod 6.1 nightlies (Android 2.2), but I don't know if this is making the difference.
[G1 Android Development] perlu:
I'm also using Froyo 2.2 (unrooted). Don't know if that's the reason. Made no changes except unchecking force US locale in brut settings.
[G1 Android Development] coradux:
It seems that 3 things are just urban legend on Samsung Galaxy S: brut17, working applanet and official Froyo.
[G1 Android Development] blufox88:
I thyink something happened with mine..It worked fine the first time but now it keeps saying connection lost(GPS and data), sometimes it just continues then stays on "getting driving directions"..

-Samsung Galaxy S
[G1 Android Development] reapur:
Ah, thank you.

I read the directions on that post 50 times but my brain just didn't distinguish brutgm from the brut dev gm, I just didn't even notice the diff.

cheers
[G1 Android Development] endolith:
Do I understand correctly that this version will re-use my existing AndNav2 tiles? Is the path customizable? I have 2 GB of pre-cached tiles for AndNav2 in a path like /sdcard/andnav2/tiles/googlemaps/0/0/0.png.andnav, and it would be great if both apps could share the same files.
[G1 Android Development] brenopoubel:
Once i have flashed, how can i unistall the brut?
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-in-google-maps-for-android-updated.html

GM4.6 was just relased :-) Let's hope I will find some time to mod it ;-P
[G1 Android Development] endolith:
Too bad we can't donate free time through PayPal :)
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
I don't think I've looked at any of the vector stuff in a few versions. I wonder how it's coming along.
[G1 Android Development] chicofiebru:
Hey man...don't forget about us, we luv ya :)
[G1 Android Development] Anksta:
Brut.all,

Any chance you could share your repository and/or your patches so that others can help you release newer versions or at least continue your work. I totally understand that it's hard to keep up with the break neck speed that Google has been putting out the updates at.

Thanks.
[G1 Android Development] mayurh:
google maps 4.6 is out

anyone know when the brut version will be out?

can the brut version install to sd card and save maps there too?
[G1 Android Development] Henrik_Nyberg:
The man himself (Brut.all) wrote in post 1710

Lets just hope he has some spare time and that his work done with 4.50 and 4.51 (way to work around the protection) is not in vain.

But as always it's better just to stick around and keep our fingers crossed that this wonderful product will continue!

The post above about releasing his hacks could also be a good idea if anyone else have more time on their hands then the creator himself.
[G1 Android Development] henriquesp:
And Navigation was officially released to Brasil.

And Speech-to-Text in portuguese too. :)

It even worked with maps 4.5.1.

Apparently, there hasn't been an official release announcement yet, though.

They just announced it in Google Developers Day Brazil.
[G1 Android Development] reapur:
OK, I installed the brutdev version, but now it feels oddly like everything that I had cached is no longer valid. like even my neighborhood has to download!

I checked the SD card and all the folders are there.

Did I miss a step for preserving my previously cached tiles?

cheers

edit: oh wait, maybe I need to copy them to tiles-dev... I'll test around
[G1 Android Development] chris...:
There is still no navigation in the offical Australian version, bring it on

brut16 is great
[G1 Android Development] reapur:
OK, I give up.

Are brutmaps and brutdev not compatible with each other?

So I had been using brutmaps for a while. I have something like 27,000 tiles cached.

I just installed brutdev because I want to use mobile atlas maps.

the devmaps create their own tiles folder "tiles-dev".

So at first I just copied everything I had in the old "tiles" folder into "tiles-dev" but that didn't work.

I dug around and discovered the brutdev creates all the tiles with the .png.andnav extension.

Okay, so after a little shell magic in linux:

find . -type f -not -name "*.*" -exec mv "{}" "{}".png.andnav \;

and voila, all my old tiles now have the .png.andnav extension.

Now I have all my 27000+ tiles in "tiles-dev" and with the .png.andnav extension, I thought I was done.

I fired up brutmaps and put the phone in airplane mode, and none of the cached data worked.

Read and write to SD card are both enabled.

So now I have tried copying my tiles to "brut-dev" both with and without the .png.andnav extension, to no avail

so Brut.all what am I missing? can't the two versions read the tiles created by the other one? Is there avenue of troubleshooting that I'm missing?

thanks for your help
[G1 Android Development] dogstar55:
i installed brut maps, the navigation works, but no voice???

Also the maps are not caching, i cant find a cache folder on the sd card??
[G1 Android Development] reapur:
in the brut settings, make sure you check the read and save cache data to sd card.
[G1 Android Development] dogstar55:
i cant even see the settings menu in brut maps. where should i be looking?

Only options i have when doing menu->more is Clear map, Starred Items, Labs, Help, Terms, Privacy & notices, About.

No other options :(
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
Seems you don't use my mod.
[G1 Android Development] dogstar55:
I have to be using your rom, because the navigation works, just no voice or caching.

I will uninstall and download again and re-install. Lets see what happens.
[G1 Android Development] dogstar55:
Worked. Must have had an early version or some other version. Thanks for the great app. Appreciate the hard work.
[G1 Android Development] reapur:
Brut I see you're on, wanna help me out :==>>
[G1 Android Development] enlothien:
Any chance u be updating to 4.6
[G1 Android Development] Zubairw:
Should I be waiting for burt 17?
[G1 Android Development] chris...:
wait for???? brut16 works, use it. When brut17 is done upgrade to that
[G1 Android Development] satanix:
+1
[G1 Android Development] quasio:
Great app! didn't see this bug listed,

but i'm finding whenever i go into brut navigation(Samsung Captivate in Australia), my system volume turns straight to 100%.

Just a slight annoyance, i have to manually go through the settings after the drive is done to turn it off again.
[G1 Android Development] nodiaque:
Does it work with latest google map 4.6?
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
GM4.6 contains API level 9 (next version of Android, not released yet) images - many icons and buttons was redesigned, e.g. attached one. Seems we have samples of how Gingerbread will look like :-)
[G1 Android Development] baseballfanz:
look what i found

http://www.symbiantalk.net/showthread.php?58675-Google-Maps-4.6.0.4686-Mod
[G1 Android Development] hotaru:
that's not gonna happen, spammer.
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
Hiapk's port of my mod - you could use it, it probably works perfectly ok :-)
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...Google-Maps-4.6.0.4686-Mod&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk

Links to file: http://www.filesonic.com/file/28999997 , http://hotfile.com/dl/79891742/a469ba8/Maps_4.6.0_Mod.apk.html
[G1 Android Development] baseballfanz:
Thank you. I was hesitance to try it since it wasn't from you but I'll give it a shot now
[G1 Android Development] :No-Frost::
I will whait for your mod... I've never heard anything about Hiapk, so I will whait a little bit more =)...
[G1 Android Development] baseballfanz:
Just installed the hiapk's version. I think it's a fake:mad:

All it did was overwrite what I had already and work the same as regular Maps
[G1 Android Development] craigacgomez:
Been using the hiapk version of brut maps version 4.6 for a whole day now and it works great... navigation in India without any problems... but u need to uninstall and remove the official maps app b4 using this...

2 thumbs up for hiapk team for the port to 4.6

2 thumbs up for brut for the great hack
[G1 Android Development] baseballfanz:
OK, I'll try uninstall 1st than install hiapk version, thanks for infos
[G1 Android Development] baseballfanz:
You have a link to where you got your apk file from?

The one I got just not working for me, even when uninstall original app
[G1 Android Development] enlothien:
Same here brut no offense to hiapk but I rather wait for urs brut as I have always been using urs. Its a trust thingy.
[G1 Android Development] coradux:
Sorry to inform you but hiapk's version works. It says that you don't need root but I wasn't able to install it. I've rooted phone, removed maps.apk from system/app, installed hiapk's version. First time I had duplicate icons for maps, latitude, navigation and places. rebooted and everything ok. I've renamed hiapk's version to maps.apk and copied to system/app. Removed root, done factory reset have reinstalled everything but with modified version of google maps. Now everything works ok and every program I use is using the modified version like is the original one.
[G1 Android Development] reapur:
For those using the hiapk's version, any reason to use it over Brut's?

I don't feel like rooting right now I have too many things customized.

Cheers
[G1 Android Development] XlAfbk:
does hiapk's version support offline navigation or how should we understand this?

"canadiancow for starting a brainstorm; an idea to use maps directions as backend for navigation; great Nav Launcher app; helping and support"
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
This is a copy&paste of first post in thread your're in.
[G1 Android Development] coradux:
Hiapk's version is identical to brut16 (it has brut mode in menu), the only difference is it uses maps 4.6.
[G1 Android Development] XlAfbk:
oops, been so long that I actually read the first page, just reading the new posts only nowadays :-[
[G1 Android Development] baseballfanz:
Thank you. I'll try this method when I get home later
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
Your question has nothing to do with my awesomeness ;)
[G1 Android Development] chris...:
Works for me
[G1 Android Development] BryanChung:
I can't seem to get it to work.

1. Removed Maps.apk from /system/app

2. Tried to install Maps_4.6.0_Mod.apk but it failed... so...

3. Rename Maps_4.6.0_Mod.apk to Maps.apk

4. Put Maps.apk to /system/app

5. Reboot

6. No "Maps" app found at all. =(
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
I renamed the drawable-*-v9 folders to -v8 in 4.6.0, and it looks pretty snazzy. It's clearly meant to be used on a device with Gingerbread, but even on Froyo, it's a big change. And I like it.
[G1 Android Development] hotaru:
any chance you could post some screenshots of what it looks like?
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
The only thing I've really noticed is the layers dialog.

I know there are other changes, but they're not nearly as noticeable.

I'm surprised this is even in Google Maps. This should be OS level.
[G1 Android Development] mayurh:
if this other person could do it

im sure brut can also

i dont want to root my phone so i'l wait for bruts mod:)
[G1 Android Development] windoze.net:
Technically installation of hiapk's mod doesn't need a rooted phone, but this mod is using same name as original Google Map app, with different code signature. That's why you cannot install it unless you remove original one. well, removal of pre-installed app does need a rooted phone.

Google still hasn't got license to run any map services in China, there are a lot of Android on the Chinese market *without* pre-installed Google Map app, in this case, you can install hiapk mod without root.

PS. Hiapk.com is a popular android forum in China, most users there are using Chinese android phones, w/o Google Map.
[G1 Android Development] windandrain:
Agreed.

All default Google Apps such as Gmail, Maps, and so on have been removed from all the Android phones sold in China. So no need to root for them when installing the mod-maps app.:D
[G1 Android Development] coradux:
I've first managed to install moded apk and after I did a factory format.
[G1 Android Development] coradux:
As long as nobobody seems kind enough to show us how to do that we will try to do this by ourselves. I also don't like to have to root my phone but it was the only way I could manage to have this mod working.
[G1 Android Development] sunstorm:
Can somebody help to mirror hiapk's maps? I'm having trouble d/l it from the file sites.
[G1 Android Development] possebom:
do :

adb uninstall com.google.android.apps.maps

and try install again.
[G1 Android Development] lucasjohny:
hi brut copy and paste only work with factory reset. really hope yo version will be up soon
[G1 Android Development] lucasjohny:
Google maps 4.6 hiapk version download link

http://www.google.com/m/url?client=...QQFjAB&usg=AFQjCNHKjEqRZvXDp36gDU87tE08PJXTIw

How to install

1.Use titanium backup pro wipe data for maps .apk

2. Use titanium backup pro to uninstall maps.apk

3. Open market uninstall maps update

4. Install the hiapk version. Then reboot

Ps: if u install this version u can't get update direct from market. But is able to reverse the installation using the same step only u must backup yo original maps.apk
[G1 Android Development] sunstorm:
Thanks buddy!
[G1 Android Development] hfishwick:
very very thanks compadre, now i can use google maps to navigate here in Chile. muchas gracias!!
[G1 Android Development] prana_Sky:
New Update maps

Fantastic work on brut maps great to have, been using it for a while now. Was wondering if you are going to post an update soon seeing google has updated some new features on the maps would be great to have on brut. Thanks
[G1 Android Development] reapur:
amen, I'm waiting for brut's update, hopefully a brutdev update also :) :)
[G1 Android Development] BlueEyes99:
okay so i am looking for an offline navigation software for ages and this one using google maps looks very good. just a quick question, how does it work? does the app have an option to download all the maps before you start the navigation? i currently live in germany and plan on going to canada for vacation. i wont have a data connection with my phone in canada, is the app still usefull for me?
[G1 Android Development] endolith:
No.

If you use this version you can pre-download them all with a computer, though: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7854423#post7854423

Not even Wi-Fi?
[G1 Android Development] :No-Frost::
The maps can be loaded from the SD (there is an option for it)... But navigation won't work without data connection.
[G1 Android Development] BryanChung:
Oh. I'm not going to factory reset my phone just for this.
[G1 Android Development] asianguy:
Saving bookmark/favorite location on offline map

Hi,

I noticed that while the brut version can bookmark locations in offline maps - this ONLY works if you have a data connection.

Is there any way to bookmark locations in offline maps when there is no data connection?!

Thanks.
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
Do you mean "starred places"? They're stored on server side, so you need data connection to modify them.
[G1 Android Development] Henrik_Nyberg:
Mirror of file

Here is a mirror for the hacked google maps:

http://www.nyckelby.com/Maps_4.6.0_Mod.apk

I take no responsibility for the application itself, however it's the same as posted on the original site.

Henrik
[G1 Android Development] PhoenixFx:
How can I install this ?

When I replaced Maps.apk under "/system/app" folder with this one, google maps force closes. Afterwards when I rebooted the phone all icons related to Google maps : Maps, Latitude, Places and Navigation disappeared. Luckily I had backed up the original Maps.apk. so I could restore from that.

Then I deleted the maps.apk and tried to install the moded apk, but the installation fails. Trying to upgrade existing 4.6 also fails. Only the original 4.6.0 Maps.apk works. :confused: Any ideas ??

P.S: Galaxy S on Froyo.
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
I had a problem with location faking (both China fix and I'm in USA debug option) - it was working in navigation and other places, but not on the main map. Then I found GM binds itself directly to com.google.android.location.internal.ILocationListener O_o Google, why...? What's wrong with LocationManager.requestLocationUpdates() which you have created by yourself? That means GM may not work on some exotic devices.
[G1 Android Development] gerritv.smit:
HTC Desire - CyanogenMod 6.x Rooted, Can't Install Brut Google Maps

Hi,

I have downloaded the APK file but got a different check sum, so I downloaded the file from all the other file share sites , but couldn't download from main one.

All gave the same check sum as the first download which is different from the one at the download link.

I proceeded with installation seeing that it is the same on all the sites I downloaded from. I uploaded the file to my phone and then with Astro opened the file with application manager, but it says that it couldn't open the file as a APK file.

Please help.

Thank you in advance.

Gerrit.
[G1 Android Development] jongi:
is there a specific version for rooted devices? if so, is the voice part better on that version?
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
No, it isn't.
[G1 Android Development] bunu:
I remember when I tried rev4 that it wouldn't even do navigation right (I live in the USA BTW) and rev6 is much better but it always says unnamed street even though the voice by voice instructions say the actual street name.
[G1 Android Development] 5m00v3r:
hi brut whats up here?!? does no one read today? it´s strange for me ^^

btw i´m testing sygic right now but the first issue is that i cant chang the song without crashing sygic :-)

rev6 is great for me and the issues that where talked about today are allready known for weeks :-)

but who needs to read if he can just write ^^

EDIT: okay i hate sygic :-) as i said evereytime i try to skip a song it turns of and than i´ve got to turn it on again

and much more sad for me is that it can´t handle my contacts it takes up to 20 sec to load my contacts and than it doesn´t find the adresses

I´ll stay on rev6 and uninstall sygic now
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
The first instruction always seems to come out (from my testing). After that, it's hit and miss.

The unnamed road is always there, but you sometimes get the voice (although always delayed).

I think I know why the voice is delayed though. The modified version is pulling the data from the normal directions provider, not the navigation provider. The directions you get associate a turn with the actual point of turn. So when you get to that point, it calls it out. This means it doesn't say anything until you're in the intersection. My guess is the navigation provider moves them back a bit so that you get advance notice.

The unnamed road is probably because the directions don't include a field like "Next Street: Main St. E.", but Navigation is expecting it. I was looking through the app the other day, and clearly the street name is there (it's in the status bar notification), so it should be possible to fix this issue, but it's really difficult.

I generally use it just for the map and the distance to my next turn, so it works fine for me.
[G1 Android Development] eldis:
CarDock to start brut maps?

Hi,

Has anyone tried to modify CarDock.apk (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=582828&page=3) to start brut version (no-root) of maps or navigation? That'd be really helpful for rootless users of Milestone in Europe.
[G1 Android Development] Brut.all:
I guess it would be easy thing to do, but... I don't think it is a good idea to modify every single app which depends on GM, to work with my version :-/

Any ideas? Maybe some simple "proxy" with original package name, so it will be easy to install my GM, but you will need root and some hacking to get other apps working with it?
[G1 Android Development] canadiancow:
I don't think Google did a good job of writing the Car Dock app. Think of all the users outside the USA who may have paid for some other navigation software. There should be a standard intent (like for email, SMS, etc.) that you can broadcast for navigation. It shouldn't rely on package names.

Edit: I just watched the video of apktool 1.0. Would there be much benefit in completely reverse engineering Google Maps (or at least the relevant parts) into Java? It would be a lot easier to work with.