Google Maps Mobile without internet? - Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General

Hey guys,
Just been trying to work this out.. I downloaded the app and using activesync internet managed to browse around without any issues..
During this time i am watching my phone through Explorer on my PC trying to see where the data is going. I browsed up 3MB of maps yet couldnt see where it was going..
i was thinking if i could find where the files were going maybe i could move them elsewhere or restrict google maps access in removing them at the end..
there is also this write up which could help..
http://uselessdiaries.blogspot.com/2008/03/download-free-maps-from-google-maps.html
Surely if anyone can work this out it has to be the guys here

update:
Seems all its cache sits here:
\Application Data\GoogleMaps
Though appears to be limited to 2MB.. Which is no fun.. So seems if we can remove the 2mb limit on the cache we might be in business

Sage said:
update:
Seems all its cache sits here:
\Application Data\GoogleMaps
Though appears to be limited to 2MB.. Which is no fun.. So seems if we can remove the 2mb limit on the cache we might be in business
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Would be cool, if it works! Unfortunately I think, I can't help bc I'm not good at this development stuff...

I tried digging through the registry a little bit and didn't see any settings for Google Maps there, I also didn't see any sort of ini file in the program folder itself. Unfortunately those are about the only ideas I have for this, though I would love to see a much larger cache pan out.

settings for google maps also in \Application Data\GoogleMaps\ but they are decrypted

I'd also like to have more cache...

I don't know why Google doesn't let us put the cache on the Storage Card by default.
It would be amazing...
(sorry my bad english)

maybe some editing of the exe will allow it to look for the cache in storage card, and possible removing the cache size limit

Why don't you use virtualearthmobile then?
It does almost the same thing, and with a few modifications would be perfect. Part of the code is open source I believe, check jason fuller's blog on msdn if you want.

hmm i took a peak at that site couldnt see anything related to google maps

Did someone find a way how to remove the cache size limit since April?

Google Navigator
There is a stand-alone application based on Google Maps called Google Navigator that could be found on pdafun.net
The problem is that it is not free.

Hi.
I used Google Navigato a lot in the past summer. I have to say even the free version works great. It is awsome. This is how I wanted Google Maps to work on my PDA. If you do not need gps navigation I can only recomend the programm. It works perfectly if you live in a big city and find your way around.

Look at
http://www.terracrosser.com/

xplode said:
maybe some editing of the exe will allow it to look for the cache in storage card, and possible removing the cache size limit
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motion seconded and approved. Anyone who can actually provide the hack? How encrypted could thei settings be? Maybe it's only encoded?

xplode said:
maybe some editing of the exe will allow it to look for the cache in storage card, and possible removing the cache size limit
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motion seconded and approved. Anyone who can actually provide the hack? How encrypted could their settings be? Maybe it's only encoded?

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System running on low storage?

Since i've had my Wizard, i've installed just about every single app on the storage card, but for some reason now when installing apps i keep getting a storage error, and that there is not enough space. My storage memoery say it has about 6mb free, which i guess is low, but i dont undertsand why this would be filling up?
I have tried to run a search on the large files, but these file are on the storage card? so i dont understand why the phone would complaining about this?
anyway to resolve this?
with some apps, you say to put it on the card but it still put some files on the PPc too, sorry there is no way around this, they just have to run part of it from the PPC
Don't forget that messages, attatchments and PIE cache take up space on the onboard storage, by default.
Thanks, i cleared the PIE cache which has made a big difference. Is there no software available that will tell us which apps are taking up so much space?
ump001 said:
Thanks, i cleared the PIE cache which has made a big difference. Is there no software available that will tell us which apps are taking up so much space?
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If you look here. This tweak program will let you store the IE cache on your storage card.
Also, in your email settings you can tell it to store attatchments on the storage card too.
ump001 said:
Thanks, i cleared the PIE cache which has made a big difference. Is there no software available that will tell us which apps are taking up so much space?
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I like stevenk68's reg cab myself. It's the very first thing I install on all my phones.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=46321&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=
Steven
chow

AAAHHH!! Where's my memory?

Ugh! I bought a 4gb storage card. Every application I download, I save to this card yet. I'm down to 3MB of system storage memory. What can I do about this? I'm sick of clearing my storage once a month to be able to use this phone without the memory error popping up. Does anyone have any suggestions? Is there somethin I can do in my registry? I already have my emails and internet temporary files going to my storage card. What else can I do?
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1. Try another ROM-Are you still using the original rom it came with?
2. Make sure all you apps are closed - They usually just hide out open in the background.
3. Oxios Hibernate - I'm sure you can find a copy around here someplace. [Here ya go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=374029]
4. Could be a memory leak. Certain programs have this effect on WM devices. {See 1.}
Also, remember that text messages take up room too. If you visit alot of websites, be sure to clear that also. I just cleared those 2 myself and I got like 5-6 MB free from just that.
clear temp storage even if it is on your card, it couldn't hurt. also delete keyboards that you installed unless you actually use them a lot because they take up a lot of room. move your ring tones to the SD card as they will still show up. update to the newest official ROM if you don't want to go to a custom, you'll get more memory with the new ROM but not much.
wyldstallyns2589 said:
...you'll get more memory with the new ROM but not much.
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That is very untrue. I rarely run out of memory with Just2Clean.
how is that untrue? i'm on the new stock rom and there is more available memory for storage and program than the stock rom i was on previously.
wyldstallyns2589 said:
how is that untrue? i'm on the new stock rom and there is more available memory for storage and program than the stock rom i was on previously.
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Sorry I misread your post but I thought you meant a new ROM in general not the Latest T-Mobile Update. Which is still way under performing compared to what the cooks generate here.
oh yeah, i had open tough 5.2 for like a day and it had so much more room after all my stuff was installed, it was insane, but it had some problems that i couldn't deal with so i went back to stock.
What sorta probs?
I found that most of/all the default apps on the Wing are total crap. I use very few applications. I just get my email, browse with opera mini, play solitaire, and listen to mp3's. Any more than that I expect the device to have issues to a degree. It only has a 201mhz processor it can't be expected to do much more.
it would scroll through lists randomly which was pretty annoying. you can't use jivetalk (now beejiveIM) on it. and there were issues with the original dialpad such as being damn ugly, fixed it with a skin but then it does it's scrolling thing when i'm trying to dial a number and then won't let me hit anymore numbers and i have to go out of the dialpad and go back in.
LesiRockGoddess said:
Ugh! I bought a 4gb storage card. Every application I download, I save to this card yet. I'm down to 3MB of system storage memory. What can I do about this? I'm sick of clearing my storage once a month to be able to use this phone without the memory error popping up. Does anyone have any suggestions? Is there somethin I can do in my registry? I already have my emails and internet temporary files going to my storage card. What else can I do?
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slow down, take a breath....
what rom are you running ???
try installing the cab file for moving IE storage to Storage Card.
on your messages settings save all attatchments to storage card.
there is a solution but you have to let us know whats going on!!!!
robpet2, i happened to stumble on the cab link you have, 'plenty of cabs'. Is there a way to get a quick explaination of some of theme? or possible screen shots? thanks
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robpet2, i happened to stumble on the cab link you have, 'plenty of cabs'. Is there a way to get a quick explaination of some of theme? or possible screen shots? thanks
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haha... thats a good one.. cant do screenshots for all of them, just type in the name of the cab file in google with .cab at the end and do a search, they should all come up with descriptions.
I don't know what ROM I'm runnin. I don't even know what a ROM is. I look around these forums but no one explains, they just say use xyz cab. *shrugs* I'm totally lost
a rom is essentially the operating system that you use on your phone.
If you don't know what rom you're using, you're probably using the T-Mobile stock rom. We highly recommend flashing a custom rom from that POS.
To do that, you will need to use USPL or you will need to HardSPL your phone. Bear in mind that T-Mobile won't help you if they find a custom rom on your phone, but you can just flash back to the original before sending it in.
Read the USPL and HardSPL threads before taking any action
Thanx, Fzzym. You've given me somewhere to begin
LesiRockGoddess said:
Thanx, Fzzym. You've given me somewhere to begin
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and on your storage memory issue...delete your old mail and text/picture messages then empty your email and text and mms deleted items. also google maps installs and stores its cache in storage memory even if you tell it to install on your card. those are the 2 biggest apps that eat away at my storage memory, although with the open touch 4 lite rom, i usually have 21mb free.
LesiRockGoddess said:
Ugh! I bought a 4gb storage card. Every application I download, I save to this card yet. I'm down to 3MB of system storage memory. What can I do about this? I'm sick of clearing my storage once a month to be able to use this phone without the memory error popping up. Does anyone have any suggestions? Is there somethin I can do in my registry? I already have my emails and internet temporary files going to my storage card. What else can I do?
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It seems to me that you are experiencing the memory issues that every new T-Mobile Wing is faced with. It has to do with the default Page Pool size.
The easiest way around this problem is to do an upgrade of the new T-mobile software. You can find this at:
http://member.htc.com/RuuDownload/T-mobileUS/Filedownload.aspx?pid=wing
or you can change the pagepool size manually following the instructions at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=313263
Good Luck

Google maps Cache file

hi,
can we manage to do something to keep the images downloaded on google maps in a cache file on the pda?
this way we can access them the offline like we do with google earth
thx
take a look @ http://terracrosser.com/
i've seen terracrosser
the thing in terracrosser is that u have to load maps it needs lots of work
if we can save ggogle maps cach to use it offline it would be much easier and user friendly...
what do u think?
jokove said:
the thing in terracrosser is that u have to load maps it needs lots of work
if we can save ggogle maps cach to use it offline it would be much easier and user friendly...
what do u think?
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having google maps cache for when you don't have reception or gps would be a nice feature you might wanna put in a request to google the developers there might be able to implement it
or you can use gpsVP (freeware). it uses google maps and saves the maps on your phone. has a desktop version too, so you can download the maps to your phone from your desktop, and you wont have to use airtime to download them when you are on your way.
the program has some nice features like tracking, waypoints, traffic density etc..
on my phone I need to have GPSProxy runnşng for gpsVP to work. GPSProxy is a neat little freeware program too...
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or you can use gpsVP (freeware). it uses google maps and saves the maps on your phone. has a desktop version too, so you can download the maps to your phone from your desktop, and you wont have to use airtime to download them when you are on your way.
the program has some nice features like tracking, waypoints, traffic density etc..
on my phone I need to have GPSProxy runnşng for gpsVP to work. GPSProxy is a neat little freeware program too...
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nice hmm wonder if this will work even though i don't have an gps i'll have to test this out.
looks like a nice program doesn't look like it will work well with out a gps
i have an HTC WIZARD
How do you get the Google maps onto the GPSVP software?
Hope you guys can help
Terracrosser is Perfect !
It works very well on my Diamond
Thank you for this topic and information
VEM
There's also virtualearthmobile, but development has stopped i believe
Tracky is another that uses and caches google maps. It is not free, and the shareware is basically useless. It only runs for 15 minutes at a time, and resets the cache upon closing.
I found it a while ago on Aximsite.
Can the google cache file be moved to the storage card to conserve space?
it's no use of finding a way to move it to storagecard since basically u cannot use it without internet connection...
I don't understand what you mean by that.
jokove said:
it's no use of finding a way to move it to storagecard since basically u cannot use it without internet connection...
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hm, 30 MB free memory on my device and 3 GB free mem on storage card - I´d love to move the cache to the storage card
but apparently there is no way
I guess that having things stored locally is against the very concept of what Google aims to achieve... I don't think they'll ever release a version where the maps can be stored locally... it must all be drawn 'live' from the web... eventually perhaps data connections will be free though
I think that must be possible to use google maps offline, you can find a lot of manuals on the net to do this with the iphone.
Use other programs with dowloaded maps from google?? Yes...but what about the gsm location? This is really importat to me becouse I don't have gps in my htc touch.
Using google maps offline? anybody knows how to do it??
If the iphone can...
Cheers
I think the point of storing the cache on the storage card is not so much being able to use GoogleMaps offline, but more so to conserve the device storage space and use the larger storage card space. Similar to how Windows Mobile Live Search can store the cache on the storage card. I would be interested in this as well.
hambola said:
I think the point of storing the cache on the storage card is not so much being able to use GoogleMaps offline, but more so to conserve the device storage space and use the larger storage card space. Similar to how Windows Mobile Live Search can store the cache on the storage card. I would be interested in this as well.
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Exactly, my wing is running low.
kunteper said:
or you can use gpsVP (freeware). it uses google maps and saves the maps on your phone. has a desktop version too, so you can download the maps to your phone from your desktop, and you wont have to use airtime to download them when you are on your way.
the program has some nice features like tracking, waypoints, traffic density etc..
on my phone I need to have GPSProxy runnşng for gpsVP to work. GPSProxy is a neat little freeware program too...
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Sorry for posting in this thread after it has been started for such a long time, but how do you go about using gpsvp?
I manage to download both google maps and gpsvp on my handphone (X1), but I have no idea what's the next step.
Would anyone kindly teach me? Thank you.

Google Maps Cache

Has anyone found a way to force Google Maps to retain its cache?
I would like to be able to pre-load maps for locations outside my home data zone prior to traveling to the area where I do not have a "all you can eat" data connection.
I am currently in Japan having just arrived from Australia. Before leaving Australia I loaded up the google maps for where I am in Tokyo. When I arrived here I fired up Google maps and when it moved itself from the last fix in Australia to current location in Japan it came up with blank maps. Nothing in the cache. Even though 12 hours earlier when I last had Google Maps running I had been browsing this very location in great detail.
Because I do not have cost effective data connection in Japan I found a work around was to connect my Diamond via activesync to my laptop which is on broadband and get the maps again.
But preferable to me would be to find a way to prevent Google Maps flushing away maps.
Would backing up the file "cache-GLM.dat" and the others in \Application Data\GoogleMaps immediately after loading new maps and later on re instating this backup have the effect of keeping desired maps accessible without a data connection?
I also notice that \Application Data\GoogleMaps\cache-GLM.dat file size seems to be limited to 1.99mb and does not get larger when I browse new areas. So it seems to have a first on first off overwrite loop like a data recorder. Another possible fix to my problem, could be finding a way to increase this cache limit somehow. Say to 20mb. That way maps would not need to be overwritten so soon. Had a look and could not find anything obvious in the registry to set this.
Does anyone else desire this sort of feature in Google Maps where you can pre load maps when you have a data conx and use them again without losing them when you subsequently travel to the new area?
ver 2.2.0.16
yeah i would like to see that.. absolutely. Getting expensive to download the same maps over and over again
I agree, it would be nice to keep the cache for one week.
It would save a lot of roaming charges.
You could use the Microsoft Live Search Maps. This give you the option to set the amount of cache that you want and saves the map on the internal storage.
kiran999 said:
You could use the Microsoft Live Search Maps. This give you the option to set the amount of cache that you want and saves the map on the internal storage.
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is ms live search maps a wm application?
yep http://livesearchmobile.com/
kiran999 said:
You could use the Microsoft Live Search Maps. This give you the option to set the amount of cache that you want and saves the map on the internal storage.
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Thanks for the suggestion. Just loaded it up and got it working. However even with max cache size set and internal storage it is seemingly not retaining all the maps. I just zoomed in to max zoom to get some maps where I am in japan. Then disconnected from activesync/internet, restarted MLS Maps and only some of the zoom levels were retained. So not a total solution. But an improvement perhaps. Interface is not as eloquent either. But thnx for the suggestion.
There's mgmaps but don't know if anyway has it working on the Diamond yet.
Hi,
is it possible to change the Path of the GoogleMaps Chache to the Internal Storage?
thnx...
google maps 4.0 doesn't seem to have a size limit
My cache size is over 24mb and growing. I would like to disable the no data connection warning also. please keep posting
say goodbye to google maps
try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=581474

HD2 system memory cache cleaner

Hi,
is there any program or utility that will clear all the HD2 cache items that typically fill up the system memory - things like Google Maps cache etc? I have seen some HD2 Sense icon cache cleaners but can't seem to see anything that will flush all cache and temp directories to retreive much needed system space.
Regards,
Matt
Nocombneeded said:
Hi,
is there any program or utility that will clear all the HD2 cache items that typically fill up the system memory - things like Google Maps cache etc? I have seen some HD2 Sense icon cache cleaners but can't seem to see anything that will flush all cache and temp directories to retreive much needed system space.
Regards,
Matt
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Hey
Memaid is a great app, this will do what you want + more, but it not cheap $25
http://www.dinarsoft.com/memmaid/ - worth it tho!
for something simpler & free take a look at cleartemp http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-cleartemp.html
hope this helps
Tip: may not apply to you, but also take a look in your "volatile" folder (My Device/Application Data/Volatile), this can sometimes fill up after installing apps, its safe to delete the contents of this folder.
I also use Clean RAM
http://www.htcaddicts.com/?id=110
It's free.
Thanks for your advice and taking the time to reply, I'll look into these and see which one suits me best.
a folder to clean that rarely ever gets a mention is
windows/opera9/profile/download
which is where things like mp3's end up if you choose 'open' instead of 'save'
Another great app for total maintenance is SKTools. Try the trial version first to see if you like it as it is not free. The free trial only ids 6 things, you clean them then rescan again and get 6 more. So, you can use that to see what you find and clean.
http://www.skkvsoftware.com/?sktools/m_feat.html
I use it weekly and it does a good job.
Excellent, SKTools does the job I need it to! Thanks for all your help!

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