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[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] rokkett:
I pitted Sprint nav vs. Google nav vs. a TomTom on a recent road trip. The Google route was much shorter - and faster - than the routes that Sprint and the TomTom tried to take me on. Google was much better at telling me where to turn, Sprint would tell me to turn too late. The Sprint traffic checker has saved me several times in the past, so I hope to see Google improve on that. The TomTom wins on being only dependant on the GPS sats. One thing I would like to see from Google is music and nav integration - I was starting the music app, then launching Google nav and play the audio via the car stereo - an option to run the audio player automatically in Google Nav would be sweet....
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Greenfieldan:
Speaking of which, before I had Sprint GPS/A sprint data plan my family would use various GPS's to find where we were going on long trips. We put EVERYTHING against TomTom and every single one of them gave a shorter, more reliable route. TomTom navigation is crap :\. Just throwing that out there :D
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] h3nG:
I actually never had that issue with the Sprint Navigation.

Two things about Sprint Navigation I prefer over Google Maps Nav:

1. Speech of address is very clear not robotic sounding.

2. Traffic seems to be more accurate the few times I've used it.

3. Navigation / map layout seems to be visually cleaner overall.

That said, I experienced a few problems like my GPS dropping out and it loops on "Signal lost" crap. Also the overall program is very bulky and slow.

Google Maps is definitely better and less buggy.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] konnector:
I drive from Little Rock to my sisters in Tampa and drive via Pine Bluff and down through SE Arkansas to highway 20. I could never get Sprint Nav to route that way, it always tried to route through Atlanta.

My youngest daughter has an off brand GPS that has no problem with that route.

When I tested Google Nav it routed the way I wanted with ease.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Riptide9:
It looks like the title of this thread needs to be changed to

"Sprint Nav Beat Down!!" :D
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] trukenx:
google ftw hands down

Been using it since the g1.... and the features here beats a $600 dedicated GPS system I mean where would you get turn by turn street view directions... I go downtown every state I go to party that has been amazing

Funny story.... last time I was in Texas forth worth... the cab driver had to use the street view turn by turn feature to find the place I was going to because his GPS system was having problems navigating to it it was funny he actually took down his very expensive GPS receiver and mounted mine and that was when I still had the G1.... and this wasn't for more cab fair either because we already agreed on a price before I got in the cab... I always do that

So on the EVO... SMOOTH AS BUTTER.... you can't even compare both navigation softwares
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] xmastawong:
I used sprint nav on my instinct.i can't tell you how many times I wanted to throw out out of the window.it always takes me to the general area but when it came time to take me to end of my route it would go crazy with uturns and makes the pinging noise. I almost didn't get the evo because of it.good thing google had one.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] wuclan48:
I've used the sprint nav because the map is cleaner but it is absolutely correct that it is slow and I've missed exits because if it. I may give google another shot.

Sent from the void...
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] misterzeno:
Sprint nav is too slow, the version of Google maps on this phone works I never use Sprint Nav.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] nullkill:
I hate Sprint Nav! If I miss a turn I miss five more by the time it updates!! It takes for ever to load. The biggest thing though is when I'm streaming music sprint nav just comes over the top and I can't hear ****. Oh and it comes on too late to make the F$%ING turn! Google pauses your music gives the directions in time to make the turn and then resumes the music.

LONG LIVE GOOGLE NAV
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JKGoodrich:
Google Nav seems to work much better than Sprint. Smoother screen movement and way shorter load times.

Only a couple of things missing from Google:

- Option for a new route to avoid traffic/traffic checking along the way.

- Add an ETA to the screen (maybe I am missing it)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JG-1:
Google hands down!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] sancmat:
Option 3

Personaly I'm more of a fan of Copilot Live more then either. And it's only $20 (extra $20 per year for gas prices and traffic)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] morpheus6d9:
gnav ftw........
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dahauss:
I have used SPRINT NAV FOR YEARS but recently got an EVO and tried GOOGLE. I like googles maps better.. what I dont like is howyou have to switch screens to see the traffic.. I use the maps that look real.. I also wish it would speak traffic like my GARMIN does "Traffic Alert - Slow traffic in 2 miles" or "traffic alert - accident in 1 mile" and then I can press to see the traffic and even reroute..

I also WISH sprint nav had a louder and better voice. SPRINT NAV is nice and loud and so is my garmin.

Does anyone know how to make the voice louder in google/

anyone thing google will fix these things??
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] heythatsghetto:
I used sprint nav to go to a cabin up north in minnesota a couple years ago. I had been there once before and I noticed it was taking me on a different route than normal... I didnt worry though, seemed to be going the right direction. Two hours later after driving 45 miles without the slightest sign of civilization, "your destination is on the left." Puzzled, I could have sworn that was a state forest on my left... "make a legal u turn." Some hours later I eventually found the cabin WITHOUT the help of sprint nav... Turns out it brought me to some state forest, 50 miles from my destination. Google user ever since.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] simplicity baby:
google nav was completely off when I tried it recently...said I was 1/4mi farther than I was, yet when I tried sprint nav immediately after it was dead on? maybe cuz I am in HI, its not locating me correctly? (****, u can't get lost here...it only takes ~4hrs to drive around entire island lol). I prefer sprint telenav compared 2 google nav, but they both can't pronounce Hawaiian street names 4 ****

btw, can someone explain 2 me why we have interstate highways here when Hawaii is in the middle of the Pacific? lmao
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dahauss:
Today I tested google vs sprint navigation. Sprint was dead on with directions and google had me talking a whole bunch of side streets to get to same place. Also it appeared sprint kept checking for traffic and would adjust the route and google never did.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] khalidabuu:
i use both, google hands down much faster than sprint but ive had miscalculated routes with google so i still use sprint for accuracy plus thats my baby she hasnt steered me wrong yet although google one time took me on some route that went through the boonies i swear i was terrified i just kept thinking about the texas chainsaw massacre i should had known better when i saw the dirt roads.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] polo79:
Google recently bought a company that specializes in smooth flowing and more human "computer voice" so hopefully we will see an update soon.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] nonpointtruth:
I've only ever used Google Nav on my most recent trips to Daytona.. Never tried Sprint Nav.. Can't really compare the two equally.. Maybe next time I go down there, I'll try Sprint just to give a fair comparison.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dahauss:
I'm actually now using copilot live. Much better then both. Even able to load custom poi files.

anyone else use it?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] CCallahan:
+1 Google Nav
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] SchmediumTux:
I use Google. I work for a third party dealer, and even our address hasn't changed in Sprint nav. since we moved in Feb. 2010. Google Nav FTW!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] SteelH:
Sprint nav doesn't like tampa bro. LOL. I was on the crosstown and asked for clearwater, it tried to dump on to platt st downtown. Not even close.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] aburgthing:
OMG this is classic LMAO with tears in my eyes!!!!!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] wallaceb:
i always use the Google Navigation

why...

1.) the sprint navigation app is from sprint and i consider it bloatware

2.) google navigation supports 3D

3.) Google Navagation allows for both foot and mass transit directions on top of the driving directions

4.) google navagation allows for caching of map data

5.) it is from google ;)

6.) many other reasons.....
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] albe070:
I used to use sprint nav went I had my bb.. I even used it when I had gotten my evo. But after I tryed google nav I never went back to sprnt nav. I felt like google nav had more options and looked nicer lol
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] amorse2183:
I've used them both, and while I prefer google when I already know where I'm going, sprint's search is easier. I don't like the voice on google, but it's not the end of the world.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Greenfieldan:
I use google maps...I hate being told directions. I just like seeing where I am andd where I need to turn.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dahauss:
ive been playing with COPILOT LIVE 8 but today had all kinds of issues... it couldnt find my dstination on a couple of routes where my GARMIN GPS did.. its missing POI's and the maps are OLD. also it tell me I am at my destination when I am NEAR it.. I dont want that.. I sent my concerns to COPILOT SUPPORT IN HOPES that they will fix. IF they do fix all my issues, this will me one hell of a less then $10 app.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Tre Lawrence:
I actually prefer Sprint Nav, but I have been using Gmaps quite a lot recently.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] SayWhat10:
where can i find google navigation? is it free?

i put sprint navigation on my CM7, it told me to do an upgrade, and put telenav on it,but its a trial for 30days

sprint navigation isnt free anymore?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] snowboarda42:
Google navigation comes with google maps. Look in the market, its free.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] prboy1969:
Sprint Nav was good for a time. But it's not quite up to Google Nav. Especially not at this point in the game. Last time I used Sprint Nav was about two years ago. Drove me F@$&ing crazy. Was crazy slow to update. Ended up driving past my exit. So for me it's Google Maps/Nav all the way.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] bignibb:
Navigon is what I use and it takes a dump on both of the others, its in the market but not free
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] SantinoInc:
The new Sprint navigation app looks nice but I haven't really given it a full test run. One thing I noticed is that it keeps saying "downloading files for first time use" even though it's not my first time launching the app.

Google Nav has been working really well for me...besides when my GPS wants to lose signal due to CM7. But that isn't Google's fault.
[Desire General] Beaverman20:
seems that the opendesire froyo update broke Setcpu... anyone else having this problem?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortedloop:
I've read complaints of GPS and G-Sensors being out of whack, but didn't see anything on forum about compass calibration.

I noticed on my i9000 yesterday that while tracking myself on Google maps, that the compass should me pointing about 20 degrees to the right of the direction I was actually driving. In aviation, we call that crabbing, and it's normal based on wind, but not in a car.

I turned the direction my phone was pointing and the heading on the vehicle in the map started tracking properly. I guess my phone needs a little compass calibration.

Any idea where to this from? I'll dig around in the debug settings when I get some time, but hoping others might have found it already.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larryccf:
there are some free compass apps on android market that will display an actuall compass on your screen - and those will have a calibration tool you use when setting the compass up
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomtor:
No need for a special command.

Just turn the device 180 degrees and backwards two or three times in any program which uses the compass and it will be calibrated.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
I'm a pilot too and I actually purchased a magnetic compass for my car and noticed the same thing. Haven't tested the phone's compass in my car though.

Are you forgetting some planes have Compass Deviation Cards to compensate for errors caused by the aircraft itself perhaps? Remember, cars have a significant amount of electronics, and a magnet in the alternator that can affect the direction of the compass (the magnetic flux created by the car is actually what triggers traffic light changes, so it probably isn't miniscule).

Btw, not sure crabbing is the correct term here (normally crabbing is isolated to wind I think). Correct me if I'm wrong (I'm still PPL).

Not sure about google maps, but I have noticed my hardware GPS (Navman's and that other rubbish which will be collectors items soon) actually use track, rather than heading.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zipolly:
compass

I have a galaxy s and so does my daughter we both have a compass app from android market installed on our phones , both phones will not display the correct direction i have also tried a friends galaxy and his is exactly the same .

I have a xperia X10 and that displays correct directions with the same compass installed so i can only assume it is the phone at fault , i love the phone but this is annoying and i wonder if it is related to the gps problems this phone appears to have ?.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
good old fashioned magnetic compasses don't work in my car, regardless of where i install them

it will always point EAST, very annoying, good thing it doesn't affect my GPS or my SGS i've yet to test the compass mode inside the car.

As i've taken it for granted no compass will work inside my car, as it has speakers every where and metals all around.

before there was such thing as a GPS, i used to be a good old scout and used maps + compasses to find my ways when driving in unknown streets
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortedloop:
No, you're correct about crabbing...it's the term I learned for landing with a cross-wind and yawing into the wind to maintain your track to the runway. It's just what came to mind looking at the vehicle indicator and the roadway, it looked like a plane landing on a runway and that's what popped to mind.

Thanks to everyone else about the compass app in the market, I'll check it out.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
Probably best to grab a real compass and compare to your phones one.. Then you'll know for sure.

But for GPS apps, track makes more sense because especially whilst driving, the phone has no way of knowing if it is pointed towards the front of your car.

(Btw, for non-pilots, when I say track, I refer to the direction you are actually going, rather than where you are pointed towards).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdh_heydari:
I'm a electronic engineer, A compass actually show where the magnetic field is more effective as North (and South) but what does make the differ is electronic compasses are more sensetive and may effected by a little change in magnetic field (for example holding a little ironic screw around it) so it may show wrong direction based on your country (and sometimes region). so the manufactors calibrate it on an avarage in order to make it working all around the world. but if it is not satisfying go to a service center they calibrate it for you!:)

(if you're geeky one you can do it on service menu yourself but it takes time to do a good calibration!;))
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sircm4x:
HI, mdh_heydari

ok, but how to calibrate? even if it is time consuming and difficult. What is the procedure in SGS I9000?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdh_heydari:
There are 2 ways, the best one is some little fixes in android kernel and the other one is making mods for famous navigation softwares like Google Maps.
[Android Software Development] joeyweaver:
I need a widget that displays the currently playing info (album art, artist, title) from whatever audio app is currently playing. For example is Pandora is playing it shows the album art, artist, and song that is playing or if DoubleTwist is playing, it shows the album art, artist, and song that is playing.

Is this even possible? Anyone up for the challenge? I'd be willing to put up some development money...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] learnandroid:
Is it possible to use my internet of my computer is plugged into for my phone? i have no wifi. I have no 3g coverage and EDGE is just slow. I don't want to use my phone as a modem, just the opposite.

Any ideas?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ddotpatel:
Im sure i've heard people mention apps that can do this,.... Unfortunately my sieve of a brain cant remember.... But the search terms you need are "android reverse tethering".... Google is your friend,... GOOD LUCK.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ddotpatel:
... maybe "connectify" ???
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] druidamix:
Hi,

It's possible to use voice recognition (voice search of google) to search apps, contacts, etc without Internet?

I don't have a data plan, I don't want it either. Therefore, it's annoying you only can use it with wifi.

Sorry for my English.

Thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ¿GotJazz?:
druidamix - Yes, Google voice recognition is only possible when you have an internet connection. Google sends your voice clip up to their servers for analysis, and then they send the results back down to your phone.

¿GJ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dancat:
i did not found a way to use google voice recognition without internet access, but there are several Market Applications that can do this. I have tried Choice Dialer with some success.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sergmarin:
Is it possible to change somehow the tint of luminescence display? Make it more warm or cold. Display in my SGS has a very cold shade, a lot of blue. I would like to add a little red to align white.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mengsuan:
It's a characteristic of AMOLED screen. As you use it longer, the blue tint will start reducing.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Case_:
Though that doesn't change the fact that the possibility to change or affect white point and/or gamma of the display would sometimes come quite handy. The color temperature of Galaxy's display is indeed quite high, yet it is so good picture-wise that this becomes an issue (ie. when viewing photos).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] exstarosta:
Just open any movie with the stock video player. Go to Settings and then Colour Tone. It will affect the whole system.you have 3 options warmer, normal and colder. Hope this will help
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Case_:
That's a great tip, thanks! Even though it's most likely just a bug :)

So you obviously can alter the display's color temperature system wide somehow. I wonder if this could be made into an app with customizable warmth settings... Too bad I'm not a programmer...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Case_:
And speaking of the devil...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=745248
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Luiz.:
Where did i you find it? When I play video created by camera in default player I don't see there any setting or color tone setup...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] vcespon:
Menu - settings - 3º option

It appears blank on my phone, but leads you to temperature settings

The screen has a blue reflection when off. I also tested it playing the same video on the phone and on my laptop (300 nits LED screen) and the video on the phone was defintely more green-blue.

This is more noticeable on low brightness setting, try it on Kindle app, test settings, you have a slider for brightness. You'll see how low brightness leads to a blue-green tint, not neutral gray.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rocketpaul:
if some one could could develop an app for the sgs that does this i would pay.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Wummi:
settings menu is only available if you start the videoplayer app and select a video to play within.

if you start a video from the gallery, there is no option
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SamsungVibrant:
Is the galaxy s i9000 different in this respect from the samsung vibrant. My vibrant does allow me to adjust color tone in the video player, but IT DOES NOT change the color tone of the WHOLE SYSTEM. Once I exit out of the player, everything is back to blue. Also the warm tone in the video player looks fake, just applies red on top of the blue, looks weird.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Big-O-Devil:
Hey all my Q. Is I am switching my 4g SD card to a 32g SD card and I was wondering if I just copy and past and everything stays the same or do I have to do something else when I switch my SD card...

Thanks. In advance
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorbisloth:
You can just copy and paste everything from the old to the new and it should work fine. The only thing I can think of that might be a problem is if you are using an EXT partition for apps2sd. You probably won't be able to copy that data over.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Big-O-Devil:
Yeah that what I was thinking. .. o well I will try it out.. hey thanks for your help...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vincent Law:
Unfortunately, I updated to the OTA today (rooted version) to discover that all the quirks I had with CM6 RC1 exist in the official HTC 2.2 ROM as well. ANY solutions to these would be greatly appreciated:

1. Audio quality over streaming (Think Pandora or Slacker) is greatly reduced. I believe I read this being due to a different decoder being used now? Is there any way to fix this?

2. You cannot listen to music and use GPS+voice prompts. As soon as the GPS software talks, the music completely pauses, and will not resume. On 2.1, it would simply mute the music while it talked. This is ridiculously annoying! Any hope for fixing this? It doesn't seem to matter what sort of music, be it the actual music app, Pandora, etc.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrDSL:
Try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=737111
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vincent Law:
Unfortunately that seems to break a lot of other stuff, like the video camera and some video playback. And I can't seem to find any info on the other problem either :/
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sohr:
So HTC still has not fixed the crappy decoder issue?

That would seem to me to be a HUGE issue-- apps like Pandora/Slacker/Last.fm are one of the main drawing points of a device like this.

I am on the leaked 2.2, and Pandora sounds fine to my ears, but Slacker and Yahoo Music sound worse then music you hear when being put on hold in a conference call.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
I was directed here http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9569 yesterday when I brought up the same issue on a different thread. Looks like it actually kicked in at the last OTA, not this one. Before the 1.47 ota, the audio would go right back to playing pandora after nav told you to take a left.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r546:
Yeah, it is a huge issue. I use streaming radio at least an hour a day. It's one of the top reasons I give people for owning the device. I'm really disappointed in Google and their apparent lack of QC for letting this type of bug through. Whether or not these apps can do something to fix it, no point OS update (2.1 -> 2.2, e.g.) should break existing functionality in this way. It's really embarrassing.