Google Maps Navigation


Howto Enable Navigation outside US?

!!! UPDATE !!!

See this post for new hack because old hack doesn't work anymore => http://www.2030.tk/new-maps-navigation-hack

Thx to brut.all (and the others in this thread) from XDA, there is a possibility that you can get Navigation outside of US.
Please see this thread on XDA for more information and the modified Maps.apk.

Here is a short command summary that shows what I had to do to get it working:
$mkdir backup
$adb remount
$adb pull /system/build.trout.prop backup/
$sed '/ro.build.fingerprint/
c\ro.build.fingerprint=verizon/voles/sholes/sholes:2.0/ESD20/17572:user/ota-rel-keys,release-keys'
backup/build.trout.prop > build.trout.prop
$adb push build.trout.prop /system

If you have Google Maps not under system installed: (if the commands say that files don't exists, you may have it installed in the system)
$adb shell rm /system/sd/app/com.google.android.apps.maps.apk
$adb shell rm /system/sd/dalvik-cache/data@app@com.google.android.apps.maps.apk@classes.dex
$adb shell rm /system/sd/dalvik-cache/system@framework@com.google.android.maps.jar@classes.dex

If you have Google Maps installed as System application:
$adb shell rm /system/app/Maps.apk
$adb shell rm system@app@Maps.apk@classes.dex
$adb shell rm system@framework@com.google.android.maps.jar@classes.dex

Install the new Maps.apk from XDA Thread:
$adb uninstall com.google.android.apps.maps
$adb install Maps.apk

Finally reboot the system
$adb shell reboot

For some it is working like this but for me it didn't work without an additional step
Install "Google Voice" trough Market and uninstall it after install finished

Howto use Navigation now

Just create a shortcut on the Desktop with the entry "Directions" (for German locale it is "Route") and select the Turn-by-Turn checkbox.

Until now, this is the only way you can navigate but the xda-devs are working on it.

Another solution is my NavStarter app: http://2030.tk/link/navstarter

Screenshots

Android navhack1 Android navhack2 Android navhack3 Android navhack4

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German Maps Language file for Brut Maps English

Hello,

I'm on an HTC Hero Villain 5.3 ROM(english locale) with brut maps 4.1.0 (4126) installed. Everything is working fine. Only thing missing - of course - a german language file, that would make Google Navigation talk in German to me instead of English. German street names, sound not really understandable in english speech synthesis.

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As you say you are using a

As you say you are using a rom with english locale set... of course maps is on english too.
If you set the phone locale to german it will read german.

Didn't work for me...

I tried everything to the letter and instead got 3.2.0 installed again. I downloaded Maps.apk from the myhangoutonline link.

So I deleted everything again as above, and uninstalled maps.

Then I went to the market and because I had the correct trout.prop settings it let me install 3.2.1 from the market.

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What wasn't working?

What wasn't working?
this post was for Market version 3.2.0 (before google posted 3.2.1 to the market), so it all worked.

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