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[G Tablet Themes and Apps] nonissan:
Are there any apps that load full maps onto my gtab so I don't need to have a data connection to use my bt gps for navigation? As it is now, I believe Google navigation requires either wifi or tethering to work...
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] rayden25:
Co-pilot in market.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] myndwire:
or you can find a version of motonav (basically igo 8.x) and maps from mobilism.org -- best 3d nav software out there that only requires gps, no data. map sets are ~1-2gb and you can get every single state and pretty much any country in the world now (teleatlas/navteq, mixed or whatever).

sort of tough for newbies to get really into customization, but i was huge into this on my past 2 mio devices, so if you need a hand drop me a line on here, no prob.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] nonissan:
Thanks. I just dl'd co-pilot, but it says my trial is over, even though I entered my market order id.

I'll try motonav on my other machine and compare.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] Sprdtyf350:
I use Co-Pilot. It is in the market, and if you want it for here in the good old USA it only costs $4.99..

Not as refined as a Garmin but it works. There is also NDrive. More expensive, more refined, I have never used it though..
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] Sprdtyf350:
I went round and round with Co-Pilot about that. I had it on my phone and had de-activated it but it would not activate on my G tablet. They sent me a link to download directly from them. It worked with my registration info after that.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] M 5hizzle:
How hard would it be to get Google navigation setup with an external GPS unit? I'll probably be picking up a GTablet soon, and am wondering how hard it would be to setup it as a navigator. Could it be done (if so, how easily) by hooking it up with a GPS unit? (Yea, it already does what I want the tablet to do, but its 3+ years old and slooooow to run haha). That or I could use the GPS on my phone once I get it running (HTC Vogue).
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] Sprdtyf350:
It is not hard to make GPS work with an external unit. Using Google Navigation though requires an internet connection since Google does not store the maps on your device. So you can use an external GPS receiver, and tether your phone for data. Or, there are ways to use the GPS in your phone and tether too. I have not tried it but hear it can be done.

BTW, I still have an ancient HTC Vogue that I run Android on too...
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] M 5hizzle:
Yeah, my vogue has a slow data connection so I haven't bothered with any data-intense apps obviously like Google Nav. Guess I would need to get a different program on the Tab to hook up with the GPS unit itself. Any suggestions (preferable free ones haha?)

And w00t for another VogueDroider on here haha!
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] Sprdtyf350:
I would prefer to use Google nav because it works really well. The Vogue does not have wifi though and I have not found a way to tether it using bluetooth. So I use a program called Co-Pilot. It is only $4.99 in the market for the US version but it can be a pain to get activated on the G tablet. ALK who makes the program sent me a link to a non market version that did install with my registration info. It works ok, but not as well as Google nav. Seems to be missing plenty of addresses that are not new and should be there. They do have a way to let them know what is missing but I don't know how often they update.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] aamon17:
CoPilot

Yes. I use CoPilot USA,$4.99 from the Market. You can download any or all US State maps for offline use. I use my DroidX as my BT receiver and it works like a charm. . . . I, too had trouble with activation. Had to send an email & call support Toni get it resolved.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] nonissan:
Do you still have the link by any chance? I've tried 3 times on 2 gtabs, and each time it gives me error 703, my trial is over (even though I never took a trial).
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] Sprdtyf350:
Sent you a PM
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] Mod57:
Sprdtyf350, I am having the same problem could you please share the link with me too.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] Sprdtyf350:
PM sent.

I don't know if it is supposed to be a link for everyone or not or I would just post it.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] anjenaire:
No Joy with CoPilot

I purchased CoPilot through the Google Market place ($4.99 for USA) but no joy in installing it. Same 703 errors. Finally got through to someone in tech support (emails went unanswered) but their advice (basically wipe program and start again while downloading the maps separately onto my PC and then into the g-tablet) still resulted in errors. Since the holiday is coming up, this will probably not get solved in time for next weeks vacation/test run.

Oh well. For five bucks I wasn't expecting a lot and my MIO unit is still operational. Just hoping for some text to speech voice turns from my g-tablet. I will poke again after the holidays. Seems like a combination of the date not resetting or hard coded in the downloaded apk or authentification not getting out (since it is a wifi only machine; the program is expecting the telephone).

Unless anyone has any other suggestions?
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] anjenaire:
success install after rom uprade

I installed latest ROM upgrade (3.1.1) and was able to get co-pilot installed and working. Combination of wiping user data and alk receiving gapps sales information.

No luck with John or Lisa. Anyone with hints for getting the voice portion working.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WrlsFanatic:
So I actually pay for - or rather my company does - tethering for my EVO. If I flash the stock deodexed ROM, why can I not use the 4G tethering built into the ROM? Should I be able to? My account might just be provisioned wrong, but I wanted to see if I should expect that to work if I'm paying for it.

Thanks in advance for any answers!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aph:
Hot Spot won't work (it disconnects from 4G and goes to 3G) but you can tether with the free Wifi Tether or the paid PDANet.

I think (not sure) that PDANet requires a cable, but in my testing it's faster than Wifi Tether for 4G. Even if you get 10 MBit down on 4G, you will only get about 3-4 MBit when tethering. It's a known issue with Wifi Tether and the dev is working on it (last I checked; it may be resolved in the RC1).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaliciousOne:
Sent from hell using XDA app
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WrlsFanatic:
Thanks for the response.

So even if I'm paying for the hotspot and using an odexed stock HTC ROM, it won't tether 4G? That's ridiculous.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] verse187:
That's us kinda stupid you can use your 4g on hotspot
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aph:
Correct. It's bull****. :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cruise350:
If you aren't using the hacked version of the sprint hot spot and you are paying for the tethering hot spot service than yes hot spot should give you 4g if it is available in your area. It is only the hacked version of hot spot that won't do 4g. If you pay for hot spot and its defaulting to 3g than either the rom you are using has the hack installed or your account isn't set up right, call sprint.
[Nexus One General] haukenvik:
I´ve just come back from a two month expedition on Borneo. But when i got back to civilization and turned on my trusty N1 I quickly realized that my battery performance has dropped significantly. Before I usually had one day of heavy use (including Wifi, 3G, tethering and GPS usage), but now I only have about 7 hours standby with everything except GSM turned off. Which renders the phone useless for my (normal) use. The phone actually consumes so much power that the battery level drops while charging. The only way to charge it up is to turn the phone completely off.

I flashed the RoDrIgUeZsTyLe™ MIUIMOD -ROM before I left for my trip, so I thought maybe that was the problem (some bug i the kernel or something), so i flashed back to CM6 with no success. I have also tried a new battery.

Anyone knows what can be the cause?

All help is deeply appreciated --- I miss my good old N1!:(

I accidentally placed this in the wrong section - can anybody move it to Q&A?
[Nexus One General] RogerPodacter:
Try the battery app in my sig to pull your battery values, then post in that thread and one of us can help you see what's happening with your battery.
[Nexus One General] MitchRapp:
maybe the charger is the problem?

Just throwing it out there... I've seen it happen for Laptop users...
[Nexus One General] haukenvik:
Voltage (mV): 4035.84

Current (mA): -464.98

Temp (C): 30.2

Percent: 90

Batt age: 94

Full40(mAh): 1452

Min Chg Curr(mA):80

Min Chg Volt(mV): 4099

Empty Curr (mA):200.0

Empty Volt (mV): 3.426

Capacity(mAh):1273

Aged Capa(mAh): 1393

BTW...I have also tried several different chargers without any success.
[Nexus One General] Fulvio Minichini:
Hi,

I had similar problems with my rooted N1 with stock Froyo.

The problem for me was a radio image older than regular. Baseband version should be something _4.06 or higher.

You can check this information in Settings ->About Phone

Sent from my Nexus One
[Nexus One General] haukenvik:
I got 32.41.00.32U_5.08.00.04 so it doesn't seem to be old, but I'll try to update the radio anyway with a custom stock rom from modaco. Will let you guys know if it helps:)

Update: I'm now back at *****_4.06****. No change :(
[Nexus One General] GlenH:
My first thought is: what level of power did you leave your battery with before you went away?

Lithium batteries are permanently damaged if the voltage drops below a certain level. Leakage will mean that any battery left for a while will lose charge.

Therefore, if you leave a battery with close to zero power left for a long time, leakage can mean the charge level drops below the critical minimum level and the cells become damaged.

As such, it is recommended to never store lithium batteries with below 40% charge, and to store them in a cool environment, since leakage is faster at higher temperatures.
[Nexus One General] haukenvik:
Yeah, that was my first thought too, since I forgot to turn it off before I left (the phone was stored in a room with AC at least). However, I have now gotten a new battery and it doesn't help...

I have tried to check if there are any programs that are running in the background that draw unnecessary power, but i cant find any ---at least not with system panel. The cpu-load also seem to be normal.
[Nexus One General] haukenvik:
Anyone got some ideas?
[Nexus One General] kam187:
Thats really wierd... The only thing you can do is reflash the radio and flash it to stock. Then use the new battery and charge it overnight - so it overcharges slightly. Let it totally drain till the phone turns off, and repeat a coupla of times. Ignore the levels reported by the phone.

See if it starts to behave normally after that. If not you either have another dud battery or there's something wrong with the charging circuit in your phone.

If you have a friend with an N1, you could try charging your respective batteries in your phones, then swap batteries. See how much time each phone lasts
[Nexus One General] haukenvik:
Thanks for the tip.

I'll try that before I buy a new cellphone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NOFSBIGE:
How can I change my product code back to normal??
[Galaxy Tab General] imranmcse:
I recently bought new tab, it is getting charged normally when plugged in power socket. But when i plug it in laptop USB port or any PC port, it would not charge instead I can transfer data etc. I am using the original USB cable which came in box. Does any one has faced same issue?
[Galaxy Tab General] tj1984:
charging

Samsung have engineered it so you have to even use their mains charger. Car chargers and wall chargers have to be Samsung tab brand. Not sure but there is talk of AVUSB charge cable being released. Pretty sure this has already been covered.
[Galaxy Tab General] plasmathrower:
Turn off the screen and wifi and data network and it will charge very slowly over usb.
[Galaxy Tab General] seven2099:
The fact of the matter is the tablet requires more/not the right amount of power that your USB port can deliver.

We always here all these theories about why.. but here is the simple and only reason why.

To keep the techinical stuff short and simple, Li-Poly and other batteries have a predetermined lifetime and one of the determining factors to how long they last is the rate of charge (charge rate) time and the exact amount of mHa capacity of the battery.

This is NOT a Samsung marketing scheme as it is exactly the same reason the iPad cannot be charged through USB.

I'll give you a quick example:

If you buy rechargable batteries, Ni-Mh that state they can be charged at 2500mHa (capacity/rate) and you charge them on a 15 minute charger that delivers the right amount of power (1.2 volts) and not the correct rate (lets say they are rated for 2500 and you use a charger thats rated for more) this causes the battery life to be deminished drasitcally.

If you charge the same 2500mha batteries with a lower rating charger, they will take a lot longer to charge completely since it is at a slow mHa, but also this slower charging will provide a longer battery life.

Therefore their charger (and this is the reason why you must use their charger or any charger with the same mHa rating) is made to provide the optimal amount of charge rate (mHa) giving you the best battery life vs charge time.

In conclusion the Tabs hardware will limit the rate of charge through USB in order to:

a) Not overload the power on your USB, given that all this varies according to each system configuration (although it should not! but reality is.. it does)

and

b) In order to not improperly charge your tab, reducing your battery life.

I know the technical parts are vaguely/poorly explained but I work with Li-Po and other types so this is the simplest way to explain all this without causing too much confusion.

Hope this made sense :)

Cheers
[Galaxy Tab General] schmolch:
Not true.

Samsung is using standard chargers that are wired to identify themselves as high current chargers. A non Samsung charger / external battery will likely have the same wiring because this wiring is part of the usb-specification.

The Tab will even charge from your usb-port but only slowly and if you turn off the screen since usb-ports only have 500mA (the charger has 2A).

So all the Tab does is check for this high-power-wiring. If it detects it it shows you the charge-icon, if it doesn't it assumes a usb-connection to your computer and does not pretend to charge (even if it does).
[Galaxy Tab General] Suleeto:
Interesting! So then a generic car cig lighter accessory with a standard USB port on it should charge it as a high output conection, right?
[Galaxy Tab General] ywk69:
I am able to charge my Tab using usb connection to my PC by turning the device off. Same with an Energizer XP8000 external battery. Leaving the device on will take a long time to charge or not at all if you are using it while charging.
[General Questions and Answers] brandork:
I have replacement batteries for my milestone so that when I run out of juice i simply swap batteries and this has been working perfectly for the past 6 months.

Yesterday when i swapped the batteries is when things started going wrong. it was working perfectly fine but then i put the new battery in and it got stuck at the boot logo. So i yanked the battery and tried to turn it on again but this time it would not turn on at all. I tried plugging it into the wall charger and nothing happens the motorola m wont come up and the charger led dosent turn on

I've tried all the basic check the battery connectors make sure its fully charge and what not but this thing just will not turn on. Anyone have any suggestions?

PS. Its a rooted milestone and my cousin gave it to me as a gift so i dont have warranty options here i need to try and figure something out any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
[Nexus S General] allen099:
I've noticed that on my NS, I don't have to actually touch the screen to tap keys. I can keep my finger slightly hovering over the glass and it still recognizes my input. Sometimes it actually causes me to mistype at a higher rate than other phones.

Are you guys seeing this too?
[Nexus S General] SphericalPuma:
Glad to see I'm not the only one who's experienced this....I thought I was going crazy. It's sporadic at best, but when it happens it is annoying. I can't say for sure what causes it, but I'd love to hear other people's opinions.
[Nexus S General] Lakewell:
I've been getting this as well.
[Nexus S General] IDtheTarget:
same here. Guess they have the capacitance set a bit too high..... :)
[Nexus S General] dudeimgeorge:
yup, me too. infact. my home button gets phatom long pressed and the light is off on it...have to power it off/ turn the screen off and on muliple times. that insanity has occured about 4 times thought.
[Nexus S General] allen099:
Thanks for the replies. I went back into Best Buy and tried their demo phone. So either it's supposed to be this way or they messed up a whole batch of phones. I wish I could remember whether the vibrant did this or not, but it's not standing out.
[Nexus S General] kjy112:
Sometimes touchscreen nonresponsive too. This is not relating to partial outer border touching either.
[Nexus S General] allen099:
I believe Engadget did mention did this during their review @ http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/10/nexus-s-review/.

Their exact quote: "One other thing of note -- we noticed a few missed or latent presses on the touchscreen which occasionally led to stuttery behavior or an opened item that we didn't mean to tap. It's hard to say if this was a software or hardware issue (and we know that sometimes Android devices can be particularly finicky when syncing). It wasn't a deal-breaker by any means, but we saw the issue rear its head a handful of times, and felt it was worth mentioning."
[Nexus S General] nagasumi:
it's nothing ,, the Samsung galaxy S does that too D:
[Nexus S General] jroid:
that happens due to the static on your finger.
[Nexus S General] michele72:
Hi

I opened a thread (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=879872) because I definitely have a problem on the back capacitive button, just wondering how many people are affected?

In fact I have seen this in four devices now, it looks that there is a batch of defective Nexus S phones out there affected by this problem?
[Nexus S General] nxt:
It's normal. My Nexus One is like that too. It's magic.
[Nexus S General] gogol:
So, it is normal to have un-responsive back button after some times?

Damn ... this is bad. I hope I can cope with it. I really hate hardware problem.

And still could not understand why Google cannot fix it.

Last time from HTC ...

And now from Samsung ...

*Still waiting Nexus S from UK*
[Nexus S General] nxt:
There's a thread for the back button, that's a real issue. Some people have the Back button issue, some the Home button issue. Both of those buttons are on the outer edge of the phone, so something may be messed up when the phone was being assembled.
[Droid X General] twinriches:
I just noticed that me and my wife's phone have market version 2.2.7 were not rooted I thought the new version was 2.2.6????
[Droid X General] tylerfalks:
Yes I have this version as well I noticed it yesterday so im assunig that everyone got it even though my cousin has the same phone as me and he doesn't yet so im not sure
[Droid X General] leandrebean:
I want to update to apex 1.31 how do I install without losing data and current applications? I have DX already rooted.
[Droid X General] zwade01:
Titanium Backup from the market will restore apps + data. But there may be problems when changing from 2.3.15 or .320 to .340 when restoring data.
[Droid X General] kdkinc:
As suggested Titanium is a excellent tool for back ups so isn't Google restore for Market programs.

When or if you restore with Titanium and can restore "old" data & settings which will cause issues. I use it as a safety net also to restore my game scores , levels and favorites . Google does the rest in 5-10 minutes depending on amount of programs you have.
[Droid X General] leandrebean:
Thanks I will try both titanium and google hopefully no lose, and backup my whole system before I do it.
[Droid X General] shdwboy:
I use my back up pro. There is a 30 day trial also. Its always worked for me and does exactly what your wanting to do.
[Droid X General] kdkinc:
Great tool, a must have, worth the few bucks as a backup of a backup ,

One time my SD crapped out my online backup through Backup Pro saved my butt.:eek::eek:
[Droid X General] D3fault121:
Titanium pro has dropbox sync which is really nice for your backups just in case you end up needing to reformat your sd card.
[Nexus S Android Development] robot_agenda:
Yes this would be a great addition!
[Nexus S Android Development] IDtheTarget:
It's a bit of work, and it's not T-Mobile UMA, but it does a decent job for me:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=877879
[Nexus S Android Development] krohnjw:
I had this going on my N1 - not really why I am looking for this (although a working solution for some things). It's a nice idea, but it uses a different phone number.

AT&T had a very nice network extender for the few times a year I am in areas with poor to no coverage. T-Mobile does not. The UMA/GAN wifi calling appears to be their answer, but it's available only on a few, select phones. If this could get ported over that would be resolved.

From the videos of Kineto demoing the SW they were running it on a Vibrant, so the hardware should be fine (assuming we have a proper APK and libraries).
[Nexus S Android Development] ritcereal:
Once I get some time I plan on looking into this. With a quick glance at the error it appears to be a library issue...though I'm not certain until I tear apart the apk!
[Nexus S Android Development] krohnjw:
Uploaded the APK and libraries taken from the N1 port.

I am leaning towards a missing library as well hopefully - I am going to dig into it tonight hopefully and see if I can get anywhere with it.
[Nexus S Android Development] b84cops:
if anyone could get this app figured out, i would greatly appreciate the effort!

i have no cell coverage at my house. i have used uma for years, but just upgraded to the nexus s thinking it would have this app. now, i see it only works on the g2 and mt4. ugh...
[Nexus S Android Development] robot_agenda:
agree on all parts.

looks like i will have to switch sims when i get home with nexus 1 until this can be resolved. sip calling does not work at all for me.
[Nexus S Android Development] opus1one1:
Thanks for tackling this krohnjw.

It's a little frustrating when people think that VOIP is the same thing.

Wifi Calling (UMA) effectively lets your phone act as if it were on its native network anywhere in the world, as long as you have a wifi signal. This is a godsend to those of us who travel internationally (or in places with poor reception).

Once this reaches N1 level stability, I'll probably switch over to the Nexus S.
[Nexus S Android Development] krohnjw:
Not looking great so far. Out of curiosity I fired it up in a few AVDs.

On the stock 2.2 AVD it loads fine and brings up the tutorial / connect prompt (clearly missing the needed libs for it to work though).

On the 2.3 AVD it FC with the same error >.> This leads me to believe that enough was changed in 2.3 with respect to AudioRecord that this may not work in its current incarnation.

I hope this isn't what we are running up against with changes from 2.2 - 2.3

In case anyone was wondering - pushing older versions of libmedia.so doesn't help anything :) It just results in a non booting device.
[Nexus S Android Development] Anderdroid:
In this case wait for G2 to get Gingerbread? Hehe.
[Nexus S Android Development] krohnjw:
I am guessing that will be awhile…

Unless someone else sees something I am missing I am quickly running out of ideas
[Nexus S Android Development] b84cops:
well crap... i was really hoping for this to be able to work. hoping so much that i would actually pay for that app!