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[7 Mozart General] paulf707:
Orange Maps is herer

Yep, my Mozart picked up an update yesterday, and I installed it an tried it.

My thoughts so far:

1. Seems fine - navigation works OK. Free on Panther (with live traffic and camera alerts for 2.50 a month - which I haven't tried yet)

2. Navigation voice seemd a little quiet - but that is probably tied to overall issue of WP7 volumes all controlled from one volume control (I really want to be able to set system volumes and ring volumes differently)

3. Day / Night view is not switched automatically (but it's an icon on the main screen so no major issue)

4. You have to turn off WiFi before you can use it - I woul like to be able to do my searching and set up my favorites etc on a fast WiFi connection (as I struggle to get a good data signal indoors).

5. The screen stays on whilst navigating (which is good), but as soon as you drive past your destination it stops navigating (and then your phone turns off depending on your settings), so if you miss your destination you will have to stop and start up the app again to find your way back

6. Not sure how it will deal with multi tasking issues (what happens if a call comes in whilst you are driving?). I set up a route at home, and tried turning off the phone (putting it to sleep pressing the top button). I turned it back on, clicked on Orange Maps and it popped up syaing 'do you want to conitnue your route' - which was great. I turned it off again, and then when I got in the truck (about 10 mins later), I clicked on Orange Maps and it just started up with a blank location screen. Luckily it has a histroy of recent searches / places, so it wasn't more than about 4 clicks to get it going again (but it had to re-download the route, which was a pain).

7. The 'spoken road names' (text to speach) is a nice feature, but the street names (presumably downloaded from the Orange servers) are of a much lower audio quality than the general directions, which sounds a little wierd. Also, I don't think it does all names (it didnt' seem to on my test journey last night) - but it wasn't just major roads. To be honest, I think it did the first 5 or 6 road names and then stopped....

Overall I'm pleased, it's turn by turn Sat Nav for free (on my contract), which is more than I've had for the last few months (I've had to use Bing Maps in a couple of emergencies, and you can use it in the truck if you have to, but it's just not the same as proper sat nav.

I'll be looking forward to see what MS bring out next year for Bing Maps, and see how it compares, but for now, I guess this is all we've got.

Has anyone tried the extra live traffic and speed camera updates yet? Do you know if you have to committ to paying this for a number of months, or can you just turn it on and off as required??
[7 Mozart General] ZeeShh:
I haven't got the notification yet. in which category you found the orange maps application on market place? cheers...
[7 Mozart General] paulf707:
Mine had some problem in Marketplace this mornng (said something like it hadn't succesfully downloaded, but failed to download it again - even though it worked fine last night!)

So I uninstalled it, and then just went into Marketplace and did a search for Orange Maps (and it came up straight away).

As a side note, when I reinstalled it, I didn't have to re-enter my personal info and choose my plan etc - so I'm guessing that even when apps are uninstalled, some user data can be left behind (registry perhaps?)
[7 Mozart General] drsqueggy:
I'm excited to use this! I'm on Dolphin though so I have to wait until the end of the month to change to Panther, I don't want to pay £5 to use this!
[7 Mozart General] andrew-in-woking:
Search for "Orange Maps"

Hi ZeeShh

If you do a search for "Orange Maps" from phone, it should come up. Just open the marketplace and then tap the search button.

Cheers

andrew-in-woking
[7 Mozart General] idonxda:
same here, no notifications and search culdn't find anything in the marketplace, i am using vodafone sim, culd this be an reason?

hard to believe that orange maps are live as i went through website an it says coming soon.....
[7 Mozart General] ZeeShh:
Hi Andrew, thanks for the guide but nothing came up in market place search. I even tried with "orange" word alone.

I am out of country at the moment and using local SIM; would this be a reason like idonxda is facing?
[7 Mozart General] paulf707:
Hi

I can confirm it is live.

idonxda - even if you could download it you wouldn't be able to use it on a vodafone sim - they have locked it to Orange only (you can't even use via Wifi - even on an Orange phone).

Zeesh - i would guess that roaming abroad will mean you're using another carrier, and so again the 'Orange Lock' would prevent you using it.

However, I'm surprised that this is preventing you from finding it in the Marketplace. I was doubting myself so I just checked on my phone again.

Open Marketplace, hit search, type 'Orange Maps' and it comes up.

Browse through to Applications, Navigation, Free and it'a about the 15th one down the list on my phone.

And there's another review dated today so other people have found it!

I wonder if they are able to 'sim lock' (i.e. operator lock) items in Marketplace??
[7 Mozart General] omniauser7:
Got a few questions..

1. It says unlimited use of orange maps with my panther plan, so does that mean my 750mb internet usage would't be affected?

2. Are the maps offline by default or it downloads everytime it says 'downloading route'?

3. I use up around 500 mb easily in 15-20 days & monitor it for the remaining days. So if i use the maps for say 6-7 miles, how much data it will use? I can't find any info on data usage specific to maps, if there is any?
[7 Mozart General] idonxda:
Zeesh - i would guess that roaming abroad will mean you're using another carrier, and so again the 'Orange Lock' would prevent you using it.

However, I'm surprised that this is preventing you from finding it in the Marketplace. I was doubting myself so I just checked on my phone again.

Open Marketplace, hit search, type 'Orange Maps' and it comes up.

Browse through to Applications, Navigation, Free and it'a about the 15th one down the list on my phone.

And there's another review dated today so other people have found it!

I wonder if they are able to 'sim lock' (i.e. operator lock) items in Marketplace??

Hi thnaks Paul, finally I cud find with a trick- I installed the pre installed apps then restarted phone and researched then I was able to find it and tried it with Orange sim card. But funny things if i try to search on marketplace again i canot find, i think there is something either may be related to to the Orange sim.
[7 Mozart General] andrew-in-woking:
Ask Orange

Hi omniauser7

I think you need to direct those questions to Orange.

Cheers

andrew-in-woking
[7 Mozart General] paulf707:
I'm fairly sure the maps are downloaded each time.

I'm not sure about data usage, I don't monitor mine (I thought the Panther plans were true 'unlimited' data usage?)
[7 Mozart General] ZeeShh:
Ok, I'm back in UK, put the orange SIM in my phone and got the Orange Maps updated, installed. thanks to all out there.

However, Since I'm not on Panther plan so it was not able to use the maps straight away; called Orange help desk and they told me either I've to be on Panther or with existing package I can get the subscription for £2.50 per month with unlimited orange maps usage and with traffic updates etc. I got it subscribed for additional £2.50 per month.

However what customer care representative was not sure that with this unlimited subscription the orange maps data usage will be from my 1GB internet bundle or will it be out of it? I did not ask further on this and will check my next bill for confirmation or I'm sure I'll get the answer on this forum quickly ;)

cheers...
[7 Mozart General] zoomee:
hey guys,

The one reason we (in our organisation) don't use orange maps is that it downloads maps every single time and takes it out of your internet useage. Cheaper to go buy a proper sat nav unit, or software in the long run.
[7 Mozart General] Fozzy Bear:
Even if you're not on panther you can get 7 days free trial of pro version. Make sure it's for you :)
[7 Mozart General] abrabr:
Can't upgrade app

Is anyone else getting the following problem?

My Marketplace shows an update required for Orange Maps, I select the app, click update, then I allow the access to location, then I get the following message:

"Can't get this information at the moment. Check again in a little while."

I have had this for a few days now. Also, if I search for the app in the marketplace it does not show, either searching by name or looking under Navigation>Free.

I have an Orange UK SIM but I have switched the SD card for a 16GB one so I wonder if that is somehow linked to this problem.
[7 Mozart General] idonxda:
try uninstall it fully and the search and install again by using 3g but noi wifi....
[7 Mozart General] abrabr:
Just tried that but still can't find the app. I suspect the problem is that my Live ID is tied to the US so I am tied to the US Marketplace. And that cannot be changed.
[7 Mozart General] Infuriated-Germ:
I suspect you are correct as I have the same problem being tied to the US marketplace. I have been arguing WLID migration with XBOX support and tho they cannot provide a specific date, the migration process (which only extends to 12 new countries) will be extended to all countries later this year (they reckon around Q3 sometime).
[7 Mozart General] Richard Fantom:
Download over wifi

I bought an Orange PAYG SIM card and having installed this I was able to see the update in Marketplace and download it over Wifi. Of course the app can not be used over wifi, only from the Orange servers, but it is useful to download the software without using the data allowance.
[7 Mozart General] Infuriated-Germ:
I just got off the phone with Orange Customer Services and they insisted that Orange Maps Navigation is not available on the HTC Mozart yet.

I tried to explain other Orange Mozart users have reported to download and use it but she stated she's unsure how they managed to do that when HTC have not made it available yet. She was also unable to provide an expected "launch date" and tried to convince to me use Bing Maps instead.

Can anyone confirm they have recently (i.e last couple days) downloaded, installed and used it successfully on Orange UK Mozart ?
[7 Mozart General] breakbystealth:
I have benn using it on my mozart for weeks and it works fine, im even using the speed camara updates to. Im gonna call orange now and will report back as if its not out for the phone they cant charge me for using the update which costs £2.50 per month( get the maps for free due to tariff).:)
[7 Mozart General] breakbystealth:
Right after speaking to orange they have told me that orange maps is up and running on the mozart. I think the guy seem puzzled when i told him others are reporting that orange are giving differant advise on this but he said its working and will not cost for a few months? Hope this helps.
[7 Mozart General] Infuriated-Germ:
Thanks for checking up buddy.

It sounded extremely dodgy and sounded like they were simply flogging me off and therefore will raise a complaint.

I noticed that the girl I spoke to was probably from a call centre based abroad. Did you happen the catch the guys first name ?

-----------------------------

Since above, I have spoken to a proper customer service agent at Orange and he confirmed it's a problem with the Windows Live ID not being localised to the UK
[7 Mozart General] smoothcrooner:
Same here.
[7 Mozart General] Mogreen:
It's only for users in UK????? Not in France.......;????
[7 Mozart General] andrew-in-woking:
Part of your contract

Hi Mogreen

Orange Maps is part of your Orange contract. I have it as part of my Orange UK contract. You will have to discuss it with Orange to find out if the software is available through them in France.

Cheers

andrew-in-woking
[7 Mozart General] Mogreen:
Thank,

I know is part of my contract !!Orange is French carrier Operator but they didn't implement it for the moment !!!Strange you are in UK and yu have it. but I m not surprise this is a french way......
[7 Mozart General] breakbystealth:
Mine is offering me the standard or pay version every time i use it before it loads up? Is anyone else getting this or is it just me.
[7 Mozart General] andrew-in-woking:
Nope

Hi all

Nope, I don't get this problem. Orange maps is hideously unreliable though.

Cheers

andrew-in-woking
[7 Mozart General] breakbystealth:
Think i may need to give orange a ring about this one.
[7 Mozart General] breakbystealth:
.......... and yes its very second rate and im shocked they can charge for this.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] scheel78:
Help Please....I have a cellcom (CDMA) branded hero rooted, amon recovery s-off. I flashed a sprint radio and now my phones hangs on boot screen. I am able to get back into recovery. I flashed every cdma hero radio i can find. I tried to flash the sprint and cellular south update via pc(usb) but it hangs up about half way thru. I cannot find any cellcom radios or updates to return to stock. Any ideas????
[Hero CDMA Android Development] xBryan:
do you have a nanadroid back up?

I have cellcom to, but why would you flash a sprint radio lol?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] scheel78:
yeah i made a nandroid backup but i get an error when i try to restore. i flashed a sprint radio because i was trying to do an esn repair but that's a diiferent subject.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dean.d:
You need to flash an official update from your carrier to get the radio back. Good thing is your is not bricked. If it was, it would not cut on at all. Just flash the update from your carrier and re-root. Keep your nandroid so you can restore it later and save time. If you need help finding an update let me know. You should find one from the htc site. That is where I get cellular south updates.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] xDragod:
Here you go: Cellcom Hero

Click the December 15 button and follow the instructions. Hope you get it fixed. You'll have to root your phone again once you are back into stock 2.1.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] scheel78:
Thanks for the link. I was searching all over for a cellcom update. I flashed the update and everything is fixed. Thank you everyone for your ideas.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dean.d:
Well merry christmas:D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] xDragod:
Glad it worked out for you. :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
If I may chime in on this, the radio (as long as it's for cdma if you have a cdma hero or gsm for gsm heros) itself is generic. Be it from cellular south, sprint, or any other carrier's ruu it should work fine as long as it's for your correct radio in the phone (i.e. cdma or gsm). Sure it wasn't just a bad flash and you got lucky?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lamar720:
I have 3 files on my sd card that needs to be pushed to my EXT3. These files are from my old sd card.

Files are

app

app-private

dalvik-cache

They are currently on my fat32 partition of my new sd card.

What commands do I use in adb to push these files to EXT3 ?

Can you give the commands for terminal as well because with my new sdcard I can't boot into the Rom

For some reason also with my new sd card I can't boot into the rom even after a nanoid restore and reflash of the rom.
[Nook Color General] ffonsok:
Sorry if this has been asked before. I searched and couldn't find anything.

I bought the Nook Color today and it seems great, but I would love to get rid of the typical android phone dock that auto-installed with launcherpro when I downloaded it from the marketplace. The one with phone, SMS, email.

I haven't gotten side-loading apps to work yet on my Mac, but i'm going to work on it tonight.
[Nook Color General] EugeneKay:
The settings for that Dock will be specific to LauncherPro.

I personally use ADW.Launcher, which has an option to totally disable the Dock, or to make it be a single button to open the Apps Drawer.
[Nook Color General] ffonsok:
Thank you. I'll try using it. I basically just want the cleanest dock ever with a few things on it, and then a side page with my apps
[Nook Color General] neozen21:
Try Zeam. It works the best.. You can configure the dock entirely.
[Nook Color General] Pinesal:
Launcher pro has an advantage in that you can set the grid to 10x10 where in ADW or Zeam the max is 8X8. 10x10 works way better on the nook.
[Nook Color General] captfoss:
Actually, I fnd that 8x8 works best for launcher pro. 10x10 makes the widgets too small and overflow their their layouts if they were coded in dips rather than px, which most were...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kassapis:
Hi all

I recently downloaded and installed the OTA froyo update and now my Desire won't boot, instead it gets to the white screen with green HTC logo and loops constantly. I can't enter recovery either as I get a red exclamation mark inside a triangle.

Can any one help with this?

Thanks :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
just download the lates desire ruu from http://shipped-roms.com/ and flash it from fastboot :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] Nissan350:
This rom is just simply stunning. Any devs willing to port it to our G2's/Desire Z's?

Even a metamorph would be nice!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=793471
[G2 and Desire Z General] xl DIGITAL lx:
Would like that too, but wrong section!
[G2 and Desire Z General] shady503403:
yeah looks like a sense rom i would be willing to give a shot if this got ported..
[G2 and Desire Z General] PanCubano:
Getting it to boot involves flashing a compatible kernel, editing the build.prop and changing libs, right?

After that, its just bug testing I think.
[G2 and Desire Z General] KiNG OMaR:
That rom actually looks like something I'd like to try... I was never much of a sense fan but I think I wouldn't mind this :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] The Great NY:
Looks similar to villains rom
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davwman:
I started this thread In hope of finding what is killing some of our batteries more than others.

List:

Rom?

Kernel?

Modem?

Auto rotate on/off?

I found turning off auto rotate improved battery significantly in assonance, axura and cronexus. I monitored it in task manager app using battery monitor and read the log file saved to sd.

Anyone want to help?
[Streak 5 General] treylemkn:
Steve,

First, I want to thank you for all of your work you have down on Steakdroid Froyo. It's fantastic. i love it. I use it. As do most of the XDA streak community.

I've donated to you...and I hope more people will do the same because without a doubt...the streak would not be the phone/tablet it currently is without all of your hard work.

I would love to see Gingerbread ported to the streak. So this is a formal request for a Gingerstreak rom.

I most definitely will be donating to see a gingerbread rom running on our streaks.

I ask the Streak community to sound off on this post. Show your support for Steve and a gingerbread rom!

Cheers everyone!

Trey
[Streak 5 General] chrisrotolo:
+2, it's coming guys,

don't worry.
[Streak 5 General] aonavy:
you two go away!!! Hes still working on the Miui port. :)
[Streak 5 General] Spleisher:
I'll drink (and paypal) to that! Here here!
[Streak 5 General] otakonxxx:
I dont care if its another froyo update,miui or cynogenmod from steve ill dowlpad and run them all
[Streak 5 General] Joat79:
I'll sound off to that!!! It might be sooner than we think too, since they just released the Gingerbread Source Code today! Post is over at Engadget.
[Streak 5 General] Fazziebear:
Too right.....this has breathed new life into my streak don't spoil it please lol jk

But seriously Steve don't forget us MIUI suckers :P
[Streak 5 General] treylemkn:
Haha...I hear you guys. I'm all for a working MIUI rom too. And I would definitely donate to see a working one. From what I've read on that post...it's far from being ready for everyday use. But one can hope!
[Streak 5 General] dellwole:
I would be surprised if it isn't ported over by feb 2011..just need to be patient
[Streak 5 General] dellwole:
Oh btw someone posted he has miui working on his streak
[Streak 5 General] NightSidew1nd3r:
I really do not think it is required to a ask djsteve to make a gingerbread rom. I am sure tjat he is aware how much gingerbread would be wanted. But the man has so much on his plate alrwady. Miui, cyanogen mod. He will make one eventually but there is no need to pester him.
[Streak 5 General] Johnston411:
steve tweeted yesterday that he's got it booting but with lots of stuff to fix

http://twitter.com/DMonsterProd
[Streak 5 General] Einhasad:
+1 for the "Gingerstreak" Rom as well. Or a fully working Cyanogen. Thats awesome as well. That would be better then MIUI.:D
[Streak 5 General] DJ_Steve:
gingerbread will come but personally from playing with it on nexus one its NOT actually all that much different to froyo, theirs no spectacular new features or anything
[Streak 5 General] The Jack of Clubs:
its pretty and its the latest software version. how many people can say they have a gingerbread phone yet, and how many of those people have it on a 5" screen?
[Streak 5 General] chrisrotolo:
native video call support?

ext4?.. is that even anyactually fatster than froyo?

android green UI....:(

oh yeah and.... running gingerstreak before gAyT&T even releases b0rked 2.2 .......PRICELESS.
[Streak 5 General] DJ_Steve:
LOL im still looiking at it, looks like cyanogen is working of hacking the sources to allow older drivers to work iwth it
[Streak 5 General] Fazziebear:
Lol, Steve mate swype =crazy typing. I suffered from the swype too long. However the ginger one on your rom ain't too bad. But android is begging for a good keyboard.

Isn't the fancy keyboard. (I forget the name but it has fantastic algorithms) in gingerbread?

Edit: I mean blindtype and that's prob in honeycomb
[Streak 5 General] Fazziebear:
Was that not Steves alpha?....very nice. Just need the beta now Steve! ;)
[Streak 5 General] peppi.nl:
This keyboard layout looks promising:

Thumb keyboard.
[Streak 5 General] talltubatom:
Is anyone else running the 2.3 keyboard? I like it better than 2.2 but my money is still on Swype, I don't think there is a faster way to input text on a touch screen.
[Streak 5 General] treylemkn:
Hands down this is the best keyboard out there. Tried them all.

http://www.dexilog.com/smartkeyboard/
[Streak 5 General] shoman24v:
The changes are mainly within the OS....

http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.3-highlights.html

Sent from my Sprint Galaxy Tab
[Streak 5 General] DJ_Steve:
Yea and one of the changes causes huge problems as google have xhanges the entire graphocs frameworks to such a point that froyo drivers wont work which basicly cripples t he os and makes it unusable at min
[Streak 5 General] paz101:
So what does that mean in the hopes of developing a port?

-that its unfeasible to do

-or that it will take a vast about of time and effort as you would have to rewrite the entire code from scratch in order to get a working port?
[Streak 5 General] charactervsself:
I'd be happy if just the text selection was brought into StreakDroid, tbh.
[Streak 5 General] lufc:
Moving to General:)
[Streak 5 General] CGI_Ram:
++ on the continued development and $ support
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aschneid:
I have an EVO that has S-OFF. I was going to try the steps listed here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=755035

To update to the latest OTA...basically so I don't have to run an RUU and lose all of my settings. I run a fully stock ROM, just rooted and some bloatware removed. I'd like the newest ROM for the Blockbuster app and some of the fixes that people have been reporting.

There's some discussion about the current recoveries not working correctly with the 2.10 partitions. See here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=829045

Any information surrounding this and whether Clockwork and Amon-Ra are going to release updated official versions?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nuggyunlimited:
Like in evo development and its two versions you can flash and not loose root but read before you flash

Swyped from Eva running Myn's RLS4!