Navigation Google Maps outside the U.S.

The Google Navigation is a free browser that can do one thing or the Tomtom or Garmin could do so soon, show the path using the photo's own way. This has a browser that uses Street View, the idea is so good that a few hours after the announcement, the shares of both have had falls absurd, 16% (Garmin) and 21% (TomTom).

But Google has caught using the Navigation function in Google Maps Android to anyone outside the U.S., anything that the people at XDA can not solve. They put two versions available for those who want to test this super system, a who has access to Root and another for those without such access.

maps3.3.1-by-directions-no-root-2.apk (2.27 MB) or maps3.3.1-by-directions-root-2.apk (2.27 MB) ( Tip of the android-hilfe.de )

To install the root is more complicated because you need to uninstall and then install the Maps that changed with the commands:

adb remount

adb shell find / system / data-name \ * google \ maps.apk * \ *-o-name-delete Maps.apk

adb uninstall com.google.android.apps.maps

adb install-r-directions maps3.3.1-by-root-2.apk

adb reboot

A version-root installs in one second but the Maps folder (com.google.android.apps.m4ps) or they changed the maps by m4ps. So I installed it this way usually keep updating the maps and the first time they called the Navigation function he asked me to decide what I would use, then scored to remember and always use the m4ps.

Nav Launcher

Navigation ready after we have released Nav Launcher install which is available at the Market, is a simple screen with options to find a destination. Contacts appear only in your Google contacts who have registered address.

Another way to use it directly within the Navigation Maps, where it was possible to construct a route now we can also ask to use the Navigation on Rota.

But things are difficult, in my tests it did not work in Portuguese, but it worked in English and German. Another problem is that Street View is not yet available either here or in Germany and in Brazil, so you can use it only on the map with satellite photos.

I still want to test it some more because without Street View it seems weaker than the CoPilot Live, which despite being expensive has the maps offline.