Google Maps Navigation outside the U.S.
The Google Navigation is a free browser that can do something that neither Tomtom or Garmin managed to do so soon, to show the path using the photos of the path itself. 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 absurd drops of 16% (Garmin) and 21% (TomTom).
But Google has locked using the Navigation function in Google Maps on Android for anyone outside the U.S., nothing that the people at XDA can not solve. They put two versions available for those who want to try this super system, one for those who have root access and another for those without such access.
maps3.3.1-directions-by-the-root-2.apk (2.27 MB) or maps3.3.1-by-directions-root-2.apk (2.27 MB) ( the android-Tip hilfe.de )
To install the root is more complicated because you must 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
Since the version-root installs in one second but this Maps folder (com.google.android.apps.m4ps) or they changed the maps by m4ps. I installed it this way so often keep updating the Maps and the first time I called the Navigation function he asked me to decide what I would use, then store and use marked for always m4ps.
Nav Launcher
Ready after we have released Navigation Nav Launcher install which is available in Market, is a simple screen with options to find a destination. Contacts appear only in your Google contacts that have registered address.
Another way to use it directly within the Navigation Maps, where it was now possible to set up a route can also ask to use the Navigation Route.
But not all flowers, 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.
Still want to test it some more because without Street View he seems weaker than CoPilot Live, which despite being expensive has the maps offline.
PS
People! get the latest version 4.0 of the navigation maps for Brazil. Just install:
For those who have root, http://ul.to/cle2zs/maps4.0.0-1.6-brut3.apk
For those who do not have root access, http://ul.to/al55qq/maps4.0.0-1.6-brut3-nonroot.apk (4.0.0)
It's better than the version previously available ... 3.3.0.1. Now you can do the "pinch and zoom" (zoom with multi touch) and also save as a favorite!
