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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UnSkilleD:
i have Navigon Mobile Navigator for Android running with firmware JM7..

it's running smooth and fast and the gps seems to be very accurate ;-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaman:
I've tried them all and my personal favorite is NDrive... has easy-to-use maps with POIs...

Google Navigation is what I use if I'm in my own country, but otherwise, I need offline navigation, hence the need for a GPS program.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] araje:
I am currently trying NDrive as well. It looks impressive so far. I am using the 7 day trial maps for INDIA and they seem to be really well done with great coverage.

I do have some questions for NDrive users

1. I am not able to get spoken street names in voice guidance. Does Ndrive support it.

2. Hows the update frequency for Maps. Is it too expensive to upgrade

3. Hows the lane assistance feature working for you. Any feedback.

Thanks.

For now, I am using Google Navigation in India using [Brut] method. Works quite well, and it also pronounces indian names :) very well. The only problem is the voice directions are long so u really need to pay attention to listen to them. Thats the only minor pain point. However, u need working Edge/3G connection for this and thats why I am evaluating Ndrive.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dgxshpe:
The best app for Andorid Navigation in Romania is now MOTONAV.

It has the max map covering.

In other apps that i tried i didn't find all the cities from Romania.

So .. to make an top for Navigation apps for Android regarding Romania :

1 Motonav - maps : 9 , speed : 4 , accuracy : 7 , gps finding : 7

2 Sygic - maps : 6 , speed : 7 , accuracy : 6 , gps finding : 4

3 Navigon - maps: 4 , speed : 8 , accuracy : 9 , gps finding : 8

4 Ndrive - maps: 4 , speed : 7 , accuracy : 6 , gps finding : 6

1 - worst 10 - best

Testing device : Samsung Galaxy S - Android ver. 2.1 res 800 X 480
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yelp:
Check your PM. I did a 20 km test around Constanta using Motonav and the latest Romania map from TopMap 2010.03 , the phone did ok. It fixed a gps signal in a couple of seconds (the test was performed at night) and the Motonav only stuck once when I was driving and I tried to chance the view from 3d+ to 2d. However, I restarted Motonav and it did great. I'll have to do more testing to see if my phone has GPS troubles like others do. So far so good :-) Hopefully iGO My Way will release their software with a proper resolution for Galaxy S because it has way many other options.

I also rooted the phone and applied the lag fix. The phone does work much faster now, though it didn't had any lag before... but the apps respond almost instantly.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betoNL:
Yes, that's a con of the iGo software...it's heavy....but the gs can have it!

For me accuracy/graphics/coverage, are the most important factors....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betoNL:
By the way you can simulate route in Motonav:

1) Choose destination and when it's ready press "go" (that means start navigation)

2) Then press Menu and the press "my route"; press then "more options" and choose "simulation"

Yep..it's long-winded but the option is there..now let me see how I get that itinerary...

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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yelp:
I saw the route simulation after...it's ok, but again, you can't do a really fast route simulation like you can in iGO My Way. Still , I hope that iGO releases the proper version for Galaxy S and other devices who use this huge resolution. Other than that, I love my new phone :-) I was in doubt wether to choose Nexus One or Desire before that
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betoNL:
I dont know wich one of the 3 is better...but those 2 looked UGLY next to GS Lol

And the 4" screen for me is just perfect (bigger than desire and smaller than htc hd2)

Already forgot the lack of camera flash and proper (good) voice dialing
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VeenK:
Hi,

This is my experience so far (this is a copy of a post of mine on another website of which I am not allowed to publish its name)

And today:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skyworxx:
I tried NDrive and have to say it's not bad, but the interface is crap. At least the menu is crap, while you're navigating it's still not brilliant, but sufficient.

No TTS though.

But I think it's worth the $30-$40 for the map in case you need to navigate without having internet access prior to departure.

I prefer Google Navigation, it just IS 10 times better than NDrive (if you have mobile internet).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gonsa:
why not make a poll in the first post for people to vote?

Tomtom

CoPilot

Ndrive

iGO

Sygic

Garmin

Other
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] v205:
Australia

What are the good nav apps for Australia?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
I've tried Ndrive (there is a 7 day trial), there was no Text To Speech.

Now going to try Google Maps/Navigation (the hacked version)..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
be my guest, any one can make a poll

suggestion though, make the poll Multi selectable

and TomTom / Garmin are not available for Android yet, so it would not be a valid vote, it should only include Apps that are currently available for Android and working with our phone
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
there is a NAVFone as well just picked it up from another topic

http://www.asiagis.com.sg/agis2/info_samsung.php

there is also the free Open Source one that no one has mentioned

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Android (there are several listed there try which ever works best for you)

http://www.openstreetmap.org/
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ickyboo:
I believe copilot is the best as there isn't many apps that have australia maps
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gonsa:
I couldn't create one..:confused:

good would be the creator of the first post to edit it and make one there.

or another member create a new thread with the poll.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betoNL:
Nav N Go got many software variatons: iGo8, iGo Amigo, iGo primo, iGo Motonav and more....

They are all very popular and all use the same maps, voices, data .etc.

The iGo variation that is working fine in the GS is -Motonav 480x800 - and of course its Australian map got good coverage as well:

http://www.navngo.com/pages/global/eng/maps_map_coverage

By the way ,why you think CoPilot is the best ?

I am curious cause lots of users here talk about CoPilot and NDrive and they are not even in my top 3...

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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betoNL:
I think that he suggested that OP here could add a poll to this thread....

I prefer discussions with good argumentation....Depending on the Topic, a Poll is not always objective....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
DON'T use copilot in Australia. I used to own the PC version Aussie version, and the vendor screwed me so badly (Windows 7 was out, and they kept saying I simply had to downgrade to XP for Copilot to work properly).

I'm going to give Google Maps[brut] a proper try.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seby79:
I have the same problem...the same error message, but I don't know how that person was able to copy the folder into the main memory of the phone because I am not able to do that. Beside my external SD card, the phone has an internal SD memory and the main memory, the only memory where I can copy / paste, except the external SD card, is the internal SD...I cannot copy anything on the main memory.

I don't know if the problem is because my phone is not rooted and is locked on a specific network!?!

Any help will be appreciated.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gohann001:
Sygic

I have Sygic running on my Galaxy and it works like a charm!!

Works fine for me and has very much options. :D:D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omaga:
I tried the Sygic navigation (with Navteq maps) too and its not bad att all, easy to use, seems that the navteq map are more accurate in some point. When i look at the navteq map around my work its accurate and the Tele Atlas map isnt= has never been. The same I saw in Navigon app witch use Navteq maps too
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kunacs:
The motonav is the best because it fits the screen, and it has igo maps what has far the best maps in Romania, in street nr. latitude. (Stie drumurile de munte din Oltenia pana in Maramures)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seby79:
Thanks ''kunacs'' for the reply, check your private inbox, I sent u a message ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeesKaas:
im voting for Google Maps (if you have good signal) and Copilot live (for offline GPS)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betoNL:
Did you try iGo motonav or sygic or navigon? I tried Copilot once, but already forgot it...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jark99:
Co pilot wins! Hand s down best gps navigation app. Its worth the $20 :) your won't regret it
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prasad:
Guys, which would be the best navigation app for use in India ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
This is what i posted earlier.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prasad:
Think a poll should be added to this topic...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seby79:
I have just fixed the problem and I was able to install and start the Motonav application on my Samsung device :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duijnpeter:
There are several navigation programs that works well on your Galaxy. I have Navigon but CoPilot seems to be the latest... So you can choose....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Edon s galaxy:
Hello

hi I was woundering where did you get motonav can you send me the download liml or somthing

Igot a i9000 and I cant find igo to download
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Compintuit:
I'm very interested in this topic. I have yet to find a single application which can do half of what I want. You see, not only do I need to be offline, but I have no data on my plan. So far, I've found apps which will display a map (in tiles) offline, and plot me on them. I'm just looking for a few more functions - I want to be able to search for locations, and have point of interest data searchable, preferably categorized. It's not that I wouldn't pay if I could trust that an app would do these things, its just that being underaged, there is no way for me to pay except crappy prepaid cards with horrible prices. So that means I really need something free.

Voice, route plotting - those things I don't really need. Has anyone found an app that offers what I want? I'll sure keep looking, but I've been through more than a dozen so far. I'm not optimistic. Perhaps there is a sub-20$ offline map app that offeres what I seek?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betoNL:
A Dozen? Wich ones?

And I understand you are not interested in turn-by-turn voice guided car navigation?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stepsch:
I tested some (in Germany):

Sygic - not worth the time. Installed, first route inaccurate, deinstalled.

NDrive - not worth the time. Installed, first route inaccurate, deinstalled.

CoPilot Live - really GREAT GPS, fast and accurate, but all the rest seems to be laggy or instable, sometimes frozen. Horrible voice, horrible translation, reads "PLZ" (=Postleitzahl / Zip Code) as "plst" ...:rolleyes: Keyboard (doesn't matter which kind of): when you want to type FRANKFURT its FRAFRKKKFURFURFUTT or something like that. Useless... only pain and wasted time.

Navigon seems to be the best package until now, most features available, all is working, GPS accuracy is ok, IF it finds the satellites. :D ( GPS needs some time... :rolleyes: )

Btw: Navigon needs most internal storage. Above 20MB or so.

Lil bit disappointed, that we can have all kind of teenage bloat- and spyware for so called social networks (WTF needs such cr*p) - but some prof. & well designed features like navigation seem to be not available.

I will try iGo next. Was the best working compromise on my Win mobile. If that doesn't work well I will buy a simple TomTom or Medion. That will work for sure.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betoNL:
Nice... I thought this thread was dead.....but it was just dorment...

I live in Holland and I am just back from a trip to Germany where I was using solely iGo MyWay 8.4.2.

It went perfect all the way, also in the center of the very busy Hamburg...

Until a while ago I was using iGo Motonav which is less smooth on my sgs than the 8.4.2 version (iGo MyWay/Amigo

I have a couple of standalone gps devices and have been testing in the last 3 years all kind of car navigation software like Destinator, Tomtom, Route66, Miomap (when it was Nav'n'Go = iGo) iGo , Sygic and Garmin.

The best ones, with the best approach to the Teleatlas and Navteq cartography AND with the best overall COVERAGE are iGo and Garmin.

AFAIK, there is no Garmin for Android yet.

But never mind, cause my favourite remains iGo, specially after I got this version (8.4.2 800x480) which is a little smoother on my sgs than the iGo Motonav 480x800 as I already mentioned

Of course in order to avoid problems, you have to make sure you got the most up-to-date maps. Nav-n-Go's (iGo) coverage in countries like Holland and Germany is just outstanding...

Enjoy
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El Mono:
This is one of the more significant additions to every smartphone I get. I've tried four onboard solutions (CoPilot, Navigon, Sygic and Destinator). They all have their pluses and minuses but I think CoPilot is the most "polished" product by far. Yet Navigon is probably my favorite.

As far as Google Navigator goes (offboard), I like it but it seems to exacerbate the problems I have with GPS on my Galaxy S periodically. So I avoid it's use.

El Mono
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karl999999:
navit

and nobody mentioned Navit, its also opensource and offline navigation
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betoNL:
Heey....Tks for the tip

Gonna try it tomorrow!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betoNL:
Still downloading the Benelux map...

It doesnt look like it's VOICE-guided (turn-by-turn).

If it's not, that's not interesting for me, and that would be the reason nobody mentioned Navit before..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azuresystem:
aura for sure, only one working on 2.3 and is on par or better than navigon which is quite imba in 2.2
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betoNL:
?????

Free app (voice guided, 3D etc)., with free maps !!!

What's the catch?? Really....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betoNL:
OOPs....not really free.....7 days trial....

And it's using tomtom maps which are not better than Nav'n'Go (iGo)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nucleic acid:
I tested navigon 3.5.3 and i am on a docrom js3 with bujp5 modem. So far its working nearly perfect. On some very rare occasions, the position-arrow jumps for a second. But that happens only sometimes when i drive out of a long tunnel. The q3 2010 maps do not have as many adresses stored than the google-nav. Everything else hits just my sweetspot for a navigation software. Btw, i also tried sygic aura. It didnt last long on my phone^^ cause the screen is heavily overloaded and the exaggerated 3d topography is annoying if you are driving in mountaineaus environment. Lol, if the real road runs exactly along the valley, aura is showing you the road running on the mountainside!

So i am happy with navigon for now, but occasionally i will try another software like iGo in future.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betoNL:
Well, Navigon is lighter and less RAM hungry than iGo...

But iGo's coverage and approach to the carthografy is just waaayy better..

I will test Aura tomorrow...my guess is that you can disable 3d like in iGo....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nucleic acid:
sure you can disable it...but that didn't change my already made decision to kick it from the phone. it also lagged a little bit and in contrast, navigon just feels a little snappier^^

i'm courious what you think about aura.

gn,

nucleic acid
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stepsch:
So, now, tried iGo for the last 600 km. First I was wondering why GPS was always a lil bit weak and didn't found so much satellite as before. Caused by this iGo was also a lil bit slow and inaccurate, always some meters behind.

But the reason was: that car has metal coated windows to avoid too much heat inside. And this metal coat seems to decrease GPS connect.

In the next car iGo worked like a charme. Not that modern stylish view as some others have. Just a pretty good usability and accuracy. Nothing that redirects you by too much (useless) info on the screen. So quite well.

Need a gps mouse with bluetooth in the other car. The Samsung GPS is in trouble with that kind of window.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betoNL:
Stability problems, low snr values,etc. have nothing to do with the software you are using, but with the hadware.

Sure many domestic gps apps are optimized and do some filtering, but if the internal gps is not performing well, for whatever reason (environment, mal-function, etc) no app will perform miracles.

Also if your sgs is lagging due the poor memory management or the fyle system or whatever reason, a RAM hungry app like iGo will get less responsive, with some hick-ups and even eventually crash.

iGo is also highly configurable, meaning you can activate the 3D+ feature, provided you got, next to an up-to-date map, the right buildings, elevations and DEM files.

But enabling the 3d+ feature will make iGo even more RAM hungry.

By the way.....that AURA app is looking very good....quite complete, lots of details and features, but very smooth.....

I am impressed.....more tests tomorrow.....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betoNL:
I would recommend the Nokia bluetooth gps receiver:

It's cheap, great battery performance and got a sifstarIII chipset,

See my first video (signature)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stepsch:
Thanks a lot!

Would like to ask you to take an eye on the age of the maps when testing Aura. Heared that the maps are from Q3 2009 (not verified, only hearsay).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] betoNL:
Sure, no problem.

Today I was only playing with the Aura features.

Tomorrow I will do some driving.

We got a bunch of new roundbouts and roads modifications here in Groningen...

iGo got all of them covered( 2010.09 map)....Tomorrow I will check if Aura got the same coverage..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nucleic acid:
a friend of mine uses this one with his SGS: QSTARZ BT-Q818X

this is a "beast" of a tiny gps receiver!! extreme accuracy and long batterylife. it also has the most advanced gps-chip, the MTK II built in!

he uses bluetooth gps provider app with this thing and it works flawlessly.

we both tested it and i can confirm this top performance.

edit: what the heck, i just ordered mine right now ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MizGarfield:
Where are the updates? I am very interested in the outcome of your tests. More info please.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miro666:
This is my pick navigation aplication:

http://www.oruxmaps.com/index_en.html

Regards
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dastaudi:
no gps software works!

hey! i hope not to mix up my personal interest with the topics, but I didn't manage to install neither navigon, nor did sygic work, nor copilot, the only one was andnav.

either the applications crashed or they did get no gps lock. before you ask me, the signal of my gps is very good and on google maps I am getting a pretty fast, stable gps lock.

has anyone any clue what the reason could be? does google block commercial gps software in some form on android?

thank you, david
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yanleites:
Igo 9 search error

Hi.

I am using Igo 9 for android - Galaxy S 800x480, it works great, but the problem is that when I am searching city or street the search line appears in the middle of the screen and I don't see all letters.

How can I fix it ?

Thank you
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EwOkie:
Use iGo....all the way! here in the UK
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] HeavyComponent:
Is there an app that can lock other Apps or basically anything that I want to lock?

For example, I want to lock my media (videos and pictures). I don't want my girl in that part of my phone. :p

Let me know

Sent from HTC HD2 using XDA app.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mr_billionaire:
uhh ohhhh, someone got some pr0ns haha,

but im not sure of anyway to lock media, the only way i can think is to just set a password (Dots, Numbers, or Words) for the entire phone.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] HeavyComponent:
Definitely not pornos! Unless you consider recordings of other females I've messed with pornos. That's why I said I want to keep it away from my girl.

Sent from HTC HD2 using XDA app.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Johnsel:
You're an ass lol

How about not storing that stuff on you phone? :P

now for some seriousness
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Sichroteph:
create a file called .nomedia into your phone folder and gallery wont show it.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] random_username_:
yeah, basically any folder with a dot in front off it wont be found by the android media/photo scanner
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] longobongo:
ESstrongs file explorer has an addon type thing called es security manager that allows you to set a password on any application
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] undaboss:
Yea there is VideoVault and PhotoVault to lock pics and videos and App Safe for apps
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dbiggss:
App lock from the market will also allow you to pick specific apps that you Can lock if you want to
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] geon106:
Hey guys,

I've put Android on my HD2 and it works great. Except, whenever I make a phone call i cannot hear the other person and they cannot hear me.

I thought it may be due to the Radio ROM and was going to flash another to try and fix it but Data works fine? The web works great on it so surely the radio must be okay?

I'm using:

HSPL3

EnergyROM by NRGZ28

Leo_RADIO_2.12.50.02_2

Desire V5 Froyostone

Sound works okay in general, when i dial numbers the speaker works, just on calls. SMS works okay

Even though i'm having a slight niggle i would like to also use this thread to thank everyone here for their hard work on porting Android to HD2 :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ej2095:
I got to ask BUT are you running the CLRCAD program beofer you run Haret to boot into android?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] geon106:
The WinMo build i've flashed loads to a home screen with a Launch Android button, I assumed it was scripted to run CLRCAD first, but i'm not sure?

I'll restart the device back into WinMo and see if i can manually launch Android rather than the button on the cooked rom

***Additional Info***

I restarted the device and forgot to remove the memory card so booted straight to Android and hey presto, sound works great

I think on first boot it must not launch CLRCAD but after that it does. I feel a bit n00bish now haha but thanks :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] qingcai:
Try other build of win mobile Rom, i have same problem when I using energy Rom