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[Desire Android Development] snakevenom:
works Great!

Works great! thanks for the Mod squrl! the only thing not working is voice search though
[Desire Android Development] NChief:
Tanks! :)

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[Desire Android Development] wedjohn57:
Great work, but i wonder is that possible to change package name to "com.google.android.apps.maps" instead of "brut.googlemaps" ???

reason to change: brut.googlemaps doesn't work in chrometophone :P
[Desire Android Development] trion:
chrometophone asks what application you want to use when you send it something from google maps to your phone.

So no problem here.

Maybe you selected to allways use the normal google maps?
[Desire Android Development] wedjohn57:
no, the chrometophone is having bug on this. it default to com.google.android.apps.maps. you can check the bug filed as below.

http://code.google.com/p/chrometophone/issues/detail?id=129#c0
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
Does it work in stock 4.3 Maps?

Have that planned for 4.4 ;)
[Desire Android Development] wedjohn57:
Hi, I had help you do the mod. i replaced the AndroidManifest.xml with the original GM . Tested, work greatly. :p

Download link
[Desire Android Development] mikbe:
This worked like a charm with Google Car Home. Thanks!
[Desire Android Development] trion:
Strange, i use brut version, because can't install the normal, flashed a rom without google maps over a rom witch had google maps and now can't install the normal version.

But when i send some route with chrome2phone it asks if i want to open it with my browser or googlemaps brut. and it works normaly.
[Desire Android Development] mobilkungen78:
i first flashed this one and then i had to install maps.brut...i wouldnt work if i didnt..and then navipanel separately..and now it works flawlessly

thanx m8
[Desire Android Development] wedjohn57:
may i know which version of chrometophone and brut you using?
[Desire Android Development] chinchs:
I'm trying to apply the zip via open recovery but it fails "E:Could not find the update-binary." anyone knows how to avoid this? Thanks!
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
Which recovery are you using? The stock? I recommend clockworkmod recovery by Koush, you can either flash it permanently to your Desire using unrEVOked, or use it with the fake-flash method.
[Desire Android Development] crasher:
Brut has a new version 4.4, brut15 out. Can you, by any chance, modify it for the Car Panel again?
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
I'm a bit busy ATM, but have that planned fot tomorrow ;)
[Desire Android Development] mikbe:
Great news :)
[Desire Android Development] kmetek:
indeed great news.
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
Version 4.4.0 (brut16) up! Check first post :)
[Desire Android Development] kingofthebraves:
Hi I'm from the Philippines and never did get Brut's maps to work over here!

Is it supposed to work?

Also tried installing this package but it doesnt show up in my app list, how am I supposed to install this? Thanks
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
I really don't know, if it works in Philipphines, I suggest you ask in the Brut maps main thread, as this thread is far less frequented.

As for the installation, the packages are in update.zip format, so just flash one of them in recovery menu. There shouldn't be any problems though (installation-wise at least), as I tested all three versions before I uploaded them.
[Desire Android Development] draco82:
Nice work, bro...

I'm using modaco r7 wip....

Facing fc when tap into an address in the footprint...can you check on that...

thanks...your works really helps a lot during my driving journey~~
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
Thanks for the info, will look into it.
[Desire Android Development] pascanu:
Had the same problem. Had to wipe cache, dalvik-cache and then install the zip and it worked.
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
If you're using Footprints, download squrl_maps_navipanel_footprints-b16.zip md5sum: c84aaf6c878b182b2f8b3d419415aaaf. First post updated.
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
Odexed ROM by any chance?
[Desire Android Development] dmb77:
@francais du forum: a quoi sert ce mod ?? avoir google maps en cache ?

@frenchies: what serves this mod ? have google maps in cache ?
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
This is just a little bit customised version of Maps [brut], which main purpose is to enable navigation in countries without official nav support from Google. And yes, brut maps allows you to save/read maps from SD card cache.
[Desire Android Development] draco82:
Bro, thanks for the update, fast responsive...appreciate

notice another problem...i think it has been posted by another user in page 2..

Once i flash the file using rom manager(no wipe), i found that i lost the original maps and brut maps which i need to install back brut to make it work...

It last only once, and i need to reinstall brut maps every time i reboot my phone...

any idea of it? Mind to look into it? Billion thanks...
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
Sorry but I don't really understand the problem. This mod was intended to REPLACE stock Maps from the very beginning. If you want to have stock maps AND brut maps side-by-side, then this mod isn't going to work for you, 'cause as I said, stock Maps are deleted and replaced by my stock-like version of brut maps.

Or this isn't the issue? If so, please describe what's happening, how can I reproduce it and what behavior are you expecting instead. Thanks!
[Desire Android Development] draco82:
Yes, i understand that the stock maps will be deleted (i dont mind it to be deleted as well:D.....

Sorry if i cant explain it well and details

Scenario is like this, after i flash, i found that no maps, places, and navigation in my phone (both original and brut), non of them exist in all apps...

I have only the car panel....

When i get into the car panel, it wont respond when i click on navigation or view map...just nothing happen...

they works when i reinstall the brut maps....

Everytime i boot my phone, it happens again~~...

Thanks~~
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
Is your ROM odexed?

Try to erase dalvik-cache after you install the update. If you don't know how to do it, PM me. Thanks.
[Desire Android Development] pascanu:
Yes, indeed.(check my signature for details).
[Desire Android Development] pascanu:
Has anybody had any success in using Chrome2phone with this mod? If I send a map link to my phone and click on the notification I get nothing happens. Is it because the mod doesn't support it or is it the ROM?
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
Try to wipe dalvik-cache.

EDIT: sorry, I see now that you already did and managed to sort it out. Did you, by any chance, found out if it was the cache, or the dalvik-cache that was causing the issue or did you wipe them both at the same time?

Read the first post please.
[Desire Android Development] ivarson_swe:
I would suggest that you try and change the package name and its perms ans targetclasses to google's instead.

Its much more convinient to make this mod instead of messing with all the related software that uses maps..

I've accomplished this with apktool so its not a bug..

If you want, you can PM me or something and i'll share the decoded Maps-app from brut that I've successfully modded

edit: clearly, changing the pkg-name also means that users have to remove original Maps, but thats exactly what i want.. no doublets
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
That was my original idea. Maybe I've missed something, but after changing the package name in the AndroidManifest.xml, I wasn't able to recompile the apk. If you care to help, please PM me. Thanks.
[Desire Android Development] ivarson_swe:
its not sufficent to just change the package-name in AndroidManifest.. you have to dive through several files.. are u on a linux-box?
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
WinXP, but I have Ubuntu in VMware player fired up all day. I suggest we move to PMs with our coversation, so we don't spam here. I also sent you my IM details if that's what you prefer.
[Desire Android Development] draco82:
Receive my reply?

Squrl, wish you able to solve the problem together with ivarson_swe...

waiting for your next release....
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
I hope so, it would be much slicker solution than to mess around with Car Panel, etc... Regarding your reply, nope, I didn't recieve anything.
[Desire Android Development] gianton:
Thanks very much for the app.

Can anyone please explain how can I save/cache my maps to the SD?

My data plan is not unlimited so would prefer to save my maps to SD card at home on my wifi.
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
Open up Maps, press menu, select More, select Brut Mod and tick "Read map from cache" and "Save map to cache".
[Desire Android Development] pascanu:
Wiped both, don't know which one is it but I'm pretty sure it's dalvik-cache. If it's important to you I can do a test and report back. Please PM me if you want me to.

Read the first post again. Understood what I was reading this time :-) Thanks.
[Desire Android Development] gianton:
Thanks for your fast reply!
[Desire Android Development] ivarson_swe:
Sorry OP for spamming your thread, didn't have those IM's and will soon be of the computer...

however here are two links

1. the extracted brut maps 4.4 rev 16, the apktool project that is..

hxxp://ivarson.org/upload/android/brutmaps16.zip

2. The ready-to-use APK-file by me (result of that project)

This file has google maps' packagename, although I've removed brut's postfix in apps and widget-names, also made read/write cache on SD active by default..

Brut's watermarked icons and other is untouched..

Note that Ive only altered the text- and widgetnames on swedish and english,

haven't bothered with all other languages..

hxxp://ivarson.org/upload/android/maps16.apk
[Desire Android Development] irenedakota:
The ChromeToPhone extension is open source, and looking at the code it looks dead simple to recompile it with a different package name (Look here: http://code.google.com/p/chrometoph...roid/apps/chrometophone/C2DMReceiver.java#126).

I don't have the right things installed, so somebody who does in fact have their computer setup to compile Android apps should see if this is all that needs to change.
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
Yeah, that would be no problem, as I already modded Car Panel, Car Home and Footprints to call a different package, but I think reverting the brut package name to stock is a much more correct approach. We won't be needing any other modded apps then. I've intended to mod the brut maps this way from the very beginning but I didnẗ succeed. Now with a helping hand offered by ivarson_swe I think the proper version of the mod will be up soon :)
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
Ok, we're home. The road was long and rocky though :D Now rebuilt from scratch, package name changed, no need for modded additional apps now. Stock apps like Car Panel/Home, Footprints works, Chrometophone works...

Need some testing done before I make the files available for download. If you want to test it right now, PM me (include which version you have installed now).

If everything goes well, downloads will be up tomorrow morning. For those of you, who installed previous versions of the mod, I'll provide fix packages, which will (along with the proper Maps mod) revert Car Panel/Home and Footprint to their stock versions.
[Desire Android Development] wedjohn57:
oh great~waiting this for so long.

Great work!!! thanks
[Desire Android Development] draco82:
Great to hear that, will keep an eye on your thread for further update....

Is it possible to work under r8 WIP modaco? haha! Latest update from Paul~~

asking too much:p:p

Will help you to try out after you put it on....:):)
[Desire Android Development] kuailan:
Can not run??

Hi,

I have problem running the modified car panel or navi panel. I have tried flash all the four version but still the same issue. Every time I reboot the phone, and run the car panel, I cant seem to run the navigation tab. It seem the brut map navigation is not running. I have checked the app and it disappear from application list. I have to reinstall the original brut map 4.4 and it will work again. However if I reboot, I will loose the application again and thus cant run through the modified car panel?? Can anyone help??? Thanks.
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
As I wrote in the answer to the PM you sent me, did you, by any chance, had brut maps installed prior to installing my version of the mod?
[Desire Android Development] kuailan:
Good question. Can't remember. Assuming if I had is there a work around the problem?
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
If you had brut maps installed prior to installation of my mod, you must unistall them and then reflash my mod. If you want to undo my mod, just send me what version have you installed and I'll send you a flashable fix within few minutes. And please don't duplicate your posts via PMs, I'll have to answer twice and it makes it confusing for the others, thanks.
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
New version up, check the first post!
[Desire Android Development] ivarson_swe:
nice going... I provided a link to your thread from my original thread over att swedroid.se
[Desire Android Development] kaares:
I can't get this maps to appear on my phone no matter what I do. Tried wipe cache and dalvik-cache too.

I did a logcat and this line looks interesting:
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
Thanks! That's something I can work with. Will look into it.
[Desire Android Development] fallos:
should i install it over my original maps?
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
The update-script is written to do that automatically. In fact, you MUST install it over the stock app, cause the package name is now same as it is in the stock app.
[Desire Android Development] pascanu:
I get "Oops! 404" error on all links in the first post. Is it only me or is Dropbox having problems. Mirrors anybody!?
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
It's on purpose, as I am fixing the installation bug right now. I'll add some info to the OP.
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
Everyone not seeing the apps icons please try to flash this and please report back.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7800630/brut/maps_fix-b16.zip
[Desire Android Development] kaares:
That worked. Everything seems to function fine.

Did a logcat anyway, error is gone there too.
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
Funny. I tried it on my phone an now I don't see the icons :D
[Desire Android Development] pascanu:
Everything works PERFECT for me too! Icons, navigation, Chrome to Phone, everything. Thank you squrl (and brut.all, of course!)
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
No maps related errors in debug monitor at all? I can't even install the fixed version with package manager error "Package com.google.android.apps.maps has no signatures that match those in shared user com.google.android.apps.maps; ignoring!". Weird. Wondering how it can work for you...
[Desire Android Development] kaares:
In the fixed I get unknown permission, but a lot of things get that.
[Desire Android Development] kaares:
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7321519

Check out post 538 and the answer in 539.

Do we need the meta-inf folder from a untouched maps.apk, and put that in the modified one?
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
Tried that even before you posted it, but thanks any way. Unfortunatelly, it didn't work. I'm still looking into it together with ivarson_swe.
[Desire Android Development] pascanu:
Beats me. Downloaded from the first post (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7800630/brut/squrl_maps-brut16.zip), flashed (I already had the previous version working after clearing caches) and that's pretty much all. Sometimes you don't need to know what you're doing, you just need to be lucky. :rolleyes:
[Desire Android Development] kaares:
It could be me being tired, but:

I deleted

from line 2 of AndroidManifest.xml, then rebuildt the apk. Got the unfixed version to work that way.
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
Tried that too, but for me it resulted in being unable to launch maps/navigation from Car Panel app...
[Desire Android Development] draco82:
Bro, tried your latest update in modaco r8 wip rom...

works like charm~~~ footprint works, latitude works, places works, navigation works..

WOW~!!

you are my hero, dude!!
[Desire Android Development] r47z:
works great with stock froyo rooted, no wipe done. just flashed only. thank you! no more duplicate apps!
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
draco82 & r47z: may I know which version you have flashed?

squrl_maps-brut16.zip or maps_fix-b16.zip? Thanks!
[Desire Android Development] draco82:
i flash the squrl_maps-brut16.zip from your 1st post

One tiny bug notice, when i press back in the maps, it will quit maps and go into car panel then exit from car panel directly~~

no problem with navigation or footprint, they will stay in car panel when i press back~~

yes footprint also after get into the maps...
[Desire Android Development] kaares:
I get that too, it exits carpanel when coming back from maps and footprints. Back from navigation works fine.
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
I have found the reason, why some of you we're unable to install the app. It's because some stock-maps related data are still present on the phone. It results in signature verification failure because the mod uses the same shared uid as the stock app and hence the certificate which is used to sign the mod doesn't match the certificate of the stock Maps. The package gets ignored then.

I have wiped everything, baked a fresh MCR r8 ROM and now everything is working flawlessly. So if you are experiencing the install issue, I suggest you backup your apps + their settings via Titanium backup (but don't include Maps in that backup), wipe /data, /cache & dalvik cache and then restore your backup. Or if you don't mind, you can just wipe & reinstall your ROM without Maps baked in and flash the mod afterwards.

I will update all the packages with the fixed version of the mod, downloads will be back soon.
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
Tried that with the fixed version of the mod and didn't experince such behavior. Everything works fine.

EDIT: scratch that. it still exits the car panel. will look into it, though it has fairly low priority for me as I don't use the car panel.
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
First post updated, downloads back up!
[Desire Android Development] kaares:
Great stuff :)

I poked around some more. I tried an old version of the CarPanel, and that worked perfectly. There might possibly a bug in the new one. I got the other carpanel from here If anyone is interested. There are two versions there, one unmodded like you need for this map, or a modded version for use with the original maps[brut].
[Desire Android Development] wedjohn57:
failed to install squrl_maps-brut16.zip, but able to install ivarson version. any idea?
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
No offense, but how about reading the thread? http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7629187&postcount=80

AFAIK, ivarson haven't changed the shared UID, that's why you are able to install his version.
[Desire Android Development] wedjohn57:
ok thanks for info.
[Desire Android Development] rassha:
voice actions

Great mod, work fine, but does no work with latest google actions. It says:

"In order ot use this feature, download the latest Google Maps from the Android Market.

Or, you may be in a unsupported region for this actions"
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
Maybe it needs version 4.4.0 specifically, this is 4.4.0-brut16. When I have some time, I'll take a look.

EDIT: just tried voice search for "map of gas stations in prague" an it loaded up the Maps with search results without any problem...
[Desire Android Development] Ewox:
I have a strange problem.

First I installed it and it never showed up in the appdrawer.

Did a full wipe of the phone (factory reset and wipe of sd-ext(a2sd+))

Installed again and now it was working, nice.

Rebooted the phone and now CarHome and Maps are gone from the appdrawer again WTF???

Do I need to reinstall my ROM and Maps every time I want to use Maps?

Edit:

I were able to add Maps as a shortcut on the homescreen. I wonder why it doesn't show in the drawer....
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
Haha, you almost certainly don't :)

Have you installed the latest version of the mod? Have you used the stock Maps app prior to installing the mod? What ROM are you using?

If you could get me the logcat of the first boot after you have installed the mod, it would be very useful.

EDIT: according to this post on MoDaCo, I'd say this issue has nothing to do with my mod...
[Desire Android Development] dieselboy:
Hi I love this feature!

Is there a way to download a set of maps in a folder rather than viewing the place in Google and letting the feature cache as you view?

Is the cache device dependant or can I transfer the cache to another device so it also has the cache? I'm looking for a quicker way to cache. Thanks!
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
Create .map file on www.mapcacher.com, then load it up into gMapmaker ;)
[Desire Android Development] Ewox:
Sorry for the delay.

I found a setting in LauncherPro to "hide apps" from the drawer. In there i found Maps to be checkt. Uncheckt Maps and now it works :D
[Desire Android Development] racker79:
Hi All,

sorry for this basic question.

Uninstall brute maps

copy the maps_fix-b16.zip to the root on the sdcard and rename it to update.zip

use the recovery manager to flush this update.

Does this work with a stock FRF91 on a N1?
[Desire Android Development] jastonas:
I guess this works with opendesire 4.0.4...?
[Desire Android Development] SkyWalker1726:
Yes it does work with OpenDesire 4.0.XX
[Desire Android Development] hackm0d:
Confirmed to work fine on Nexus One with CyanogenMod-6 too.

Thank you for this! :)
[Desire Android Development] blurp76:
Can we hope in a brutification/stockification of the latest version 4.5.0?
[Desire Android Development] stingerpl:
And then what? How do I put it on sdcard? The data seem to be in different format, that those cached by brut maps :/
[Desire Android Development] r47z:
anyone know if i can use this with 2.10 update that already have the maps 4.4.0 included?
[Desire Android Development] K900:
Yeah
[Desire Android Development] r4zv4n:
Hi squrl, any news on releasing a 4.5.0 version, that doesn't need the workaround in post #80? Thanks :)
[Desire Android Development] brenopoubel:
GREAT WORK MANNNNNNNN.

But come on, where's 4.5.1 Version ?

Thanks.
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
I will try to figure out what caches do we need to wipe/what files to delete for the mod to work without this dirty "workaround". But I may need some help/testers...

Ask brut.all :) I don't have neither the source code for the mod nor the programming knowledge on how to compile his modifications into a newer version of the app. So new version will be released when brut.all releases his modified Maps 4.5.1.
[Desire Android Development] doncerdo:
Hi squrl, i love your app thanx for developing it! I have two questions.

1. I wanted to update to 2.2.1 on my nexus one, but as I started the official update i got an error due to a wrong google maps file. This was cause by using your mod. I had to revert back to stock to install the update. So, for future updates, is there a way to uninstall your mod to avoid this issue?

2. There is a new car home app, would it be possible that you could update your mod to the new version of car home?

Thanks!
[Desire Android Development] squrl:
I am not the developer of Brut mod, I only changed a few things in it to make it behave & look like the stock Maps. Just for the record.

Delete Maps.apk from /system/app folder, wipe caches (both dalvik & /cache partition), delete any residual maps-related files & folders from data/data and try again. It *should* work.

That's unnecessary, the lastest version of the mod will work with the new car panel as it is, without any modifications.

You're welcome :)
[Desire Android Development] mmaacc:
Hmmm...if there'd be a brut 4.5 maps I would release an update of my ROM, thats the only reason to hold me, and the otherwise annoying update messages, back. Actually there is no real reason to upgrade, other than annoying messages LOL