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Excessive Downloads

Hi All,
I have an issue with my N1 which for two days in a row downloaded in excess of 300MB each day. Fortunatly I discovered the issue by accident when I installed NetCounter. This occured on the orignal locked ROM with the OTA update installed. I have since installed Cyanogen stable and I can see the download counter increasing by about 10MB per hour. Can anyone give me any pointers on how to pinpoint the cause as I am currently in flight mode as I will very shortly be over my monthly cap within the first week! Does anyone know of an app that gives a breakdown of which processes are using what percentage of downloaded data??
Cheers
Ben

bummer Put the phone in airplane mode when not in use until someone can fiqure it out

I already have it in flight mode but obviously I cannot just walk around with it like that forever...

autostarts will help stop this you can get it in the market

Well I have a few ideas as to what may be causing it, but i'm not sure how to turn it off.
My understanding is that when using gmail, android's e-mail system works a lot like RIM's blackberries.
The phone checks with the server every few seconds to see if there are any new messages, and automatically downloads it when there is one.
There are several features in android that work similarly, so you wind up with three or four items on the phone checking the server every second.
so even if each time it checks with the server is 3 KB, if it checks the server every second of every day and you multiply it out you wind up with around 250mb of usage per day.
That's why T-mobile removed the 1GB limit from the G1 data plan
I'm sure there is a way to adjust the settings so that it does not sync as often, but e-mail won't perform as well if you do.

While you're waiting for a better solution you can easily disable/enable data by downloading APNDroid or Toggle Data from the market.
You can put a widget on your homescreen to turn on/off data with a single tap.
Wifi will still be enabled, so if you're on a wifi network, you won't lose access to that, but it will prevent your phone from using the cell network data when you don't want it to.

veive said:
Well I have a few ideas as to what may be causing it, but i'm not sure how to turn it off.
My understanding is that when using gmail, android's e-mail system works a lot like RIM's blackberries.
The phone checks with the server every few seconds to see if there are any new messages, and automatically downloads it when there is one.
There are several features in android that work similarly, so you wind up with three or four items on the phone checking the server every second.
so even if each time it checks with the server is 3 KB, if it checks the server every second of every day and you multiply it out you wind up with around 250mb of usage per day.
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It can't possibly work like that. I've got two exchange accounts plus gmail all being sync'd 24 hours a day, and my daily usage would be lucky to exceed 10MB. I've done nothing special - just provided the credentials required.
Push email (as used by Blackberry and by the N1's exchange integration) specifically doesn't poll. It registers itself with the server and waits for the server to notify of new mail.

Thanks for the advice guys!
I have just installed toggle data which will give me more control over when the phone connects to the net. This is a good temporary solution but not a complete fix. I am quite surprised about this occurring give my magic used on average 300-400 per month with everything turned on and using the browser every day. Does anyone know of an app that will record detailed internet connection info? Something that I can at least pin point the sites\Ip's that gets the most traffic from the phone so I can work backwards from there?

Lol at the idea regarding gmail and imac =P
gmail uses very little, it only downloads when new mail comes in and even then mail traffic is tiny you might use like 5mb a day if your getting heaps of emails aye

I'll bet cash money that this has to do with an app you installed, plain and simple.

@uansari1: If I was giving advice I would have said the exact same thing. All apps are installed from the market and none are anything that really jump out as likely contenders other then possibly eBuddy. Even this app I removed my hotmail account from the app and have not used over one of the days that I saw the spike in data useage.
The net result from this is I have set alerts on netcounter for 30MB per day, I would strongly suggest others do the same with cap plans otherwise it could get expensive...!
ASTRO
Barcode Scanner
BBC News
Bluetooth File Transfer
Compass
Digital Rain
Compass
Digital Rain
eBuddy
Finance
Flashlight
Fountain LiveWallpaper
Google Sky Map
MedalsCount
NetCounter
Note Pad
OI File Manager
Port Scanner
SMS Popup
Stocks
Toggle Data
TPG Usage Meter

dial *#*#4636#*#*
go into battery history
change the first drop down to "network usage" and see which apps are using the most.
-Anthony

@trinode!
Thankyou so much for that tip you posted! That is the exact breakdown that I was looking for. Unfortunatly I have flashed to cyanogen's latest and greatest an hour ago so the history no longer covers the time period where I was seeing the excessive downloads. I will be certain to use this if\when I see the download meter going nuts for no reason for more then a short period of time. It would be handy if this info was easier to access for the masses, like an app or shortcut but now I know I will be sure to use it!
Many Thanks!
Ben

bpmorris said:
Hi All,
I have an issue with my N1 which for two days in a row downloaded in excess of 300MB each day. Fortunatly I discovered the issue by accident when I installed NetCounter. This occured on the orignal locked ROM with the OTA update installed. I have since installed Cyanogen stable and I can see the download counter increasing by about 10MB per hour. Can anyone give me any pointers on how to pinpoint the cause as I am currently in flight mode as I will very shortly be over my monthly cap within the first week! Does anyone know of an app that gives a breakdown of which processes are using what percentage of downloaded data??
Cheers
Ben
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Install AnyCut from Market and create a shortcut to "Battery History".
Then check your Network Usage. This shows ALL network usage by all applications, and you can set view to A) Since last unplugged B) Since boot C) All time.
Post your results when you get it and then we can clearly see what's going on.
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[Q] MSCHAPv2, PEAP, eduroam issues

Hello everyone.
Following two days of googling and several hours spent doing so I am this close to selling my brand new Iconia A500 and getting an iPad - this is how desperate I am.
The problem is as follows: my school uses eduroam, a wifi using WPA-EAP PEAP MSCHAPv2 authentication protocols. I am using Acer Iconia A500 tablet sporting the original Honeycomb OS, rooted. When I try to connect to the network, it stucks on Connecting and eventually it gives up.
What I've done:
I've set the network settings to what they should be (PEAP, MSCHAPv2, my username and password, no certificates), didn't work.
I've downloaded server certificates (CESNET CA root, personal, 3), installed them and tried using those to no avail.
I've downloaded Wifi Advanced Configuration Editor and tried setting the proper setting in it, didn't help.
I've manually edited my wpa_supplicant.conf according to this post, didn't help.
I've downloaded and tried using Full Wifi (I think that's what it was called) which should allow me to set settings as well, didn't help.
I've done a factory reset.
I've checked for firmware updates.
I've contacted the IT guy that should be in charge of this network. His reply was that "His Desire Z connected simply by setting the PEAP, MSCHAPv2, name and pwd and that I should google around". Obviously, this didn't help at all.
I've read the topics offered to me by xda after typing in the title of this thread, nothing in them helped me.
I've installed terminal emulator, remounted system partition as r/w (took me several tries and programs) and copied over a new wpa_supplicant that I edited according to eduroam support site (disregard that you don't understand the language), along with the .pem certificate. Didn't work.
Right now I have no more ideas as to what should I do.
Apparently this is a problem some Android phones have, some don't. I would like to add I can connect on my laptop using Win XP without a problem and that my friend using iPad connects without the slightest hitch as well, so the network is most probably fine - I've even tested it in two different institutions (eduroam is a pan-university service, so each faculty has connection) - this to eliminate that it's a problem with the AP or somesuch.
One thing I noticed is, that when I set the Phase 2 authentication to MSCHAPv2in the wifi settings (regular Android interface) for this network (eduroam), click save and then reopen them again, the Phase 2 authentication is set to None. This was worrying, but using Wifi Advanced Configuration Editor I've checked that in THERE the eduroam network DOES have Phase 2 auth. set to MSCHAPv2. What is doesn't show is the password, but I assume this is for security reasons (doesn't even show the usual "dots" that replace the characters).
I would be extremely grateful to anyone who would help me solve this problem. Knowledge that I'll use the college wifi convinced me to buy the wifi only version of the device and not being able to use it (regardless of that I can use it on my home wifi and in caffees and such) is really a deal-breaker for me. Being a student and this the only student network spread through my whole country (several cities I visit) makes being unable to use it almost a good enough reason to sell the device - which I would hate to do, because other than this I've found no issue with it and am loving both the looks and the performance it offers.
Thank you all for reading and I'm looking forward to your wise advices.
liveangelic

I' m having the same issues with my Asus Transformer here at Stuttgart, just to share...
Have you found anything yet?

Oh, and my Desire also easily connected, like your IT guys's phone.
It must be something related to Honeycomb.

First, promise you won't laugh.
... done?
I thought the password was different and kept in typing it wrong, time after time after time.
/facepalm

Ok, not laughing... I guess... hehehehe
So, no problem witht the connection at all, just the password?
Since you have made a lot of changes and stuff before entering the correct password (so it is hard to know if any of them really helped), which one of the actions you took do you think would be a good try? I have already installed the certificates, and used the Advanced Config Editor app.
Ok, I'm laughing now, but I promisse it's about something else... heheheh...

Well, apparently, it was none of the changes I made, it was just the password. I know this, because I've factory-reset it just before trying out the correct password, without doing any other changes.
As for the changes: downloading, installing and setting up the certificates is indeed a neccessity. I don't think installing extra apps helped at all. What I think might be quite helpful is editing the wpa_supplicant.conf, so I would look into that if I were you and if you're stuck otherwise.
Either way, good luck

This used to work for me when my tablet was on 3.0.1. When I got the 3.1 update, it no longer works. Level 2 support just scratched their head and opened a bug for me. Since I use my tablet at work, I'm looking to downgrade to 3.0.1.

eswalker said:
This used to work for me when my tablet was on 3.0.1. When I got the 3.1 update, it no longer works. Level 2 support just scratched their head and opened a bug for me. Since I use my tablet at work, I'm looking to downgrade to 3.0.1.
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any results? I've lost work connection with both secure PEAP and fully open - but I can connect at home with WPA2 this is the newest patch on Acer's site dated 7/19/11 "connect WiFi unsuccessfully" patch (which doesn't work still, sigh...)

Oh, happy day!
I don`t know if any of you are still suffering with this issue, but... after months of frustration, I finally got my eduroam connection working:
With some ideas from here and here, for me it's working as the image below (taken from the second link):
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The only thing different from the image above, is that I needed to select the Phase 2 Authentication as MSCHPv2 (in the image is set as "none"). Otherwise, it's working here in Stuttgart.
I hope it helps anyone!

Reverse USB Tethering on G3 - A solution ! (?)

It has been acknowledged by many that Reverse USB Tethering is an essential feature missing in the Android OS, atleast natively. Several processes have been attempted but none of them is sure-shot and certainly not noob friendly.
However, while browsing through random sites i came across
Code:
[URL="http://www.codeproject.com/kb/android/usbportforwarding.aspx?fid=1625023&df=90&mpp=10&sort=Position&tid=3900438"]THIS LINK[/URL]
which "seemed" to be an easy solution. I did attempt it but was unsuccessful. I expect the advanced users to have a bit more insight into this and they would like to post their views after attempting it
P.S. - Please remember that we are talking only about sharing a PC internet connection via USB to an Android mobile aka REVERSE USB TETHERING so please do not mix this with "Conventional" USB Tethering

Yeah it is pointless you can easily use wifi
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..the point of this is to get your computer's internet connection to your mobile, It's very useful for people who haven't got wifi at home or a packet data plan..

Visualise this -
Someone has a old desktop PC at work or home which doesnt have a wi-fi card. What it does have is a hi-speed unlimited LAN connection. On the other hand he only has a G3 with no 3G or Wi-fi access. Only a barely sustainable 2G data connection.
Now u see the usefulness of this project ? Not everyone is lucky enough to have a wi-fi hotspot near them or create an ad-hoc wifi with the above configutation

Downloading applications for your phone can be pretty tricky without any internet connection, or it can be pretty expensive if you have to pay for the data you receive. Whilist you can find some apk's from the net, you need to have access to market to get the more 'unknown' apps that no-one has uploaded to the web.
I myself was looking for a solution like this for a long time, but then I bought myself a 256kb\s data plan which costs 5€\month

Yeah, like I said, some apps are in the web, but rarely those not-so-popular ones. That's why market is essential, and this reverse usb-tethering a perfect solution for some users..

To expand on Thom47's views suppose i have to update Google Maps, can you imagine the time it would take over a conventional 2G network where data connection keeps dropping often ? You could argue that updated Google Maps app can be downloaded and pushed to phone for replacing the outdated version. But in this case Google Maps was just an example.
And where i live, Wireless Routers cost atleast $20 or more (not sure about the exchange rate). Kinda pointless to install one if its needed only for a phone. Considering that i already have access to a decent LAN a USB cable seems to be the most viable option...

Tianhe said:
To expand on Thom47's views suppose i have to update Google Maps, can you imagine the time it would take over a conventional 2G network where data connection keeps dropping often ? You could argue that updated Google Maps app can be downloaded and pushed to phone for replacing the outdated version. But in this case Google Maps was just an example.
And where i live, Wireless Routers cost atleast $20 or more (not sure about the exchange rate). Kinda pointless to install one if its needed only for a phone. Considering that i already have access to a decent LAN a USB cable seems to be the most viable option...
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just get any cheap wifi router
netgears is cheap and works fine
u can always use ur PC even w/o te wifi card in it by a cable
wifi is much more better and freedom u will gain plenty of other options like SSH file sharing etc which u wont have in reverse tethering
u would be only saving 1200-1300 Rs (INR) by that which if u buy saving ur pocket money will pay u back sooner than later
i had similar problem earlier now i wonder why to turn on the PC

Hi,
If you can use linux, this can be done easily.
http://www.linuxreaders.com/2011/03/android-access-internet-from-computer-via-usb.html

As usual, u miss my point.....
AFAIK, its not decreed anywhere that u have to use your cell only when u r sitting next to a PC. I could update the files / programs and use it elsewhere too. Do you know the size of Swype beta full language file ? Have u ever tried to download it via 2G ? Regarding the consideration of buying a cheaper phone we can also tie a string to two empty match boxes for communication and that would be much cheaper. Unfortunately it wouldnt serve my purpose. I just wanted a way to update my apps / programs quickly once a day or week so that I could use them later. Its not like I wanna use my cell to download stock ROMs or even larger files. There are other numerous examples I could give but it isnt gonna change either of our viewpoints.
@dpthakar - thank you for your suggestion. Did know bout the linux solution but its supposed to run only on Win 7. I prefer my Win XP PC but I will probably have to run it in VM if all else fails.

clarkov some people needs it because you can update your android apps and surf the android market using that shared pc connetion.
what else dohhh !!!!!!
and btw instead of writing pointless replies on this thread .. all those writing it should stop .. and let the other figure out a way to do this reverse connection.

clarkkov said:
but it's pointless ...
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clarkkov said:
I still think it's pointless,...
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clarkkov said:
If this is the case you should have opted for ...
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clarkkov said:
You may want to see it on your phone for number of crazy reasons, but it's impractical and useless ...
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clarkkov said:
But Google and their buddies don't want you to use their android device like that - this is my point!
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Dear clarkkov
Are you a control freak?
you don't like Reverse USB Tethering on G3?
It's OK with us please go and read some other post in this big big forum!
Dear friend when people are saying that they need this, it just means they need it.
And I have to remind you that Reverse USB Tethering on G3 doesn't require your agreement!
If it's possible, it will be done.
Good Luck

clarkkov said:
And what is your problem with me, do I know you?!
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The same as you have with "Reverse USB Tethering "!
clarkkov said:
If you have read my whole posts and actually thought them trough you would understand my point
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I do!
You said it's pointless. believe me your opinion is OK with me.
you said what you think so let the people decide what they want or they don't.
clarkkov said:
or maybe you're just plain stupid (in a lack of appropriate word).
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clarkkov said:
Tethering of any sort is *disabled* - on purpose, on every smartphone on any major carrier!
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You can't prove that but Ok I would say that you're right and it's on purpose disabled.
You didn't get the concept of this topic?
If it wasn't disabled there was no need to start this topic!
clarkkov said:
, Im stating the reasons why this process isn't supported and why it never will be.
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Why it's not supported is not of our concern!
And I have to remind you that it's already done!
clarkkov said:
pressing 5 lines of code while establishing a half brewed connection.
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OK with us, any problem with you?

We're wanting to use reverse USB tethering here, and we've proved our point and usefulness of this many times, so that there should be no question whether It's good or not, yet you still can't accept it and have to tell how It's pointless and how we must get a wifi router. Right.

I second that !
Even I have an unlimited broadband plan for my system and i dont have a wifi router so would like to share it with my mobile!
Got any working ideas?

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I thought you already left this topic and took your developing skills with you?

I use my phone to download maby thing like a hole ROM,MOVIES,And many other thing not using 3g or wigfi just using 2g. Many time i use my phone to use internet on my pc.
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clarkov who needs you?? revise your attitude first ..

You didn't develop anything in the first place and you're ignoring the fact the reverse USB tethering is useful, if you don't have a router. Also how is he falsely accusing you when you said yourself that you're leaving. He just wants justification of a false statement. Nuff said leave
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Track N Remote Control your G-Note online - Free Service by Samsung

Track Your Galaxy Note online with samsung server.
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Since I am using this service from day one, but i have never read a word regarding this on XDA forum. so writing a guide who are not aware to this service.
Priorly with SGS i have tried, but was not available to my country(india), but this time with Note we are lucky.
To activate this service
First Go here
http://samsungdive.com
and register your account(free)
- Now on mobile go to setting-Location n security - Find My mobile
1.check SIM card change alert
2.click on alert msg recipient - Now login with credential, you have register on above mentioned samsung site. - and add recipient mobile number (your other number / family number) on which you will get notification, if SIM will changed.
3.check Remote control
Now when you visit samsungdive.com n login, you will see your register device there, (see Image above)
Click on your device.
You will see this
Now you can track your mobile. It have all function which available with many costly applications on market like
-tracking on map (to check location)
-Ring mobile (to find device in nearby location)
-Forward msgs
-call logs
-wipe out device etc
Hope it will be useful to G-Note user.

I didn't know about this! Thanks!

Samsung Dive is an excellent tool.
it also helps with few other things.
The other day i misplaced my note under my desk and i went online and made it ring( it rings even in silent mode )

Sounds great! I will have to check this out. I have been using SeekDroid since it came out, but this might be a more fool proof way, since I have had issues with Seekdroid while running practice tests. Thanks!

Doesn't seem to work in the US. Saying my ZIP is not enough digits and I don't see the setting on the phone menu to "find my mobile."
Edit: nevermind, deleted the optional address information. Still not working yet...added +10000000000 (0's are my phone number) since I'm in the US....
Edit 2: I previously had a SGSII on my Samsung account. Perhaps it's trying to locate that device (hehe, the new owner is probably panicking).
How can I delete that device and add my Note?
Edit 3: Nevermind, figured out how to add the Note here:
https://v2.samsungdive.com/help/guideRemoteControls.do
Doesn't say how to delete a device I no longer own though....

thanks for this
Although find my mobile worked fine with me "lock mobile" and "ring mobile" didn't although it is showing as succeeded on the web
any idea?

ericshmerick said:
Doesn't seem to work in the US. Saying my ZIP is not enough digits and I don't see the setting on the phone menu to "find my mobile."
Edit: nevermind, deleted the optional address information. Still not working yet...added +10000000000 (0's are my phone number) since I'm in the US....
Edit 2: I previously had a SGSII on my Samsung account. Perhaps it's trying to locate that device (hehe, the new owner is probably panicking).
How can I delete that device and add my Note?
Edit 3: Nevermind, figured out how to add the Note here:
https://v2.samsungdive.com/help/guideRemoteControls.do
Doesn't say how to delete a device I no longer own though....
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I think if u signout of samsung dive account in your phone , it dissappears.
Not so sure. will test it.

drgopoos said:
I think if u signout of samsung dive account in your phone , it dissappears.
Not so sure. will test it.
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The FAQ says to delete (disable) the feature on your phone before selling it.
I factory reset it so it had to be disabled as the phone re-formatted.
Oh well. Works on my Note but I hope I don't wipe some guy's SGSII that I sold it to lol.

this is a really good tool, i played around with it for a while and its an asset

guys lock screen and all is working for you ?
any specific apk should be installed?
what ROM are you using ?

Thank you very much! It's working like a charm

THANK YOU!!
I saw this in the settings and wondered from where on the net one can control it.
@ArticCat: Are your phone's data/wifi enabled? 'Cause it needs to communicate with the servers.

Noooooo
No no no no nooooooooo, definitley not, couldnt bear the thought of knowing i was been tracked at any moment, dont like the idea of that software, like the people upstairs dont already have their beady eyes on us, how do we know samsung wouldnt make this info available to the government for some corrupt scheme. big no from me...

graemeg said:
No no no no nooooooooo, definitley not, couldnt bear the thought of knowing i was been tracked at any moment, dont like the idea of that software, like the people upstairs dont already have their beady eyes on us, how do we know samsung wouldnt make this info available to the government for some corrupt scheme. big no from me...
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Tinfoilhat and all, but any and all cell companies know where you are 24x7. Hint: they could give two ****s.
I, on the other hand, want to wipe my phone if I lose it, so I'm in. Samsung can watch me drive around all they want but I'd be willing to bet they have better things to do, like make Touchwiz more bloated and the like.

ericshmerick said:
Tinfoilhat and all, but any and all cell companies know where you are 24x7. Hint: they could give two ****s.
I, on the other hand, want to wipe my phone if I lose it, so I'm in. Samsung can watch me drive around all they want but I'd be willing to bet they have better things to do, like make Touchwiz more bloated and the like.
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ericshmerick said:
Tinfoilhat and all, but any and all cell companies know where you are 24x7. Hint: they could give two ****s.
I, on the other hand, want to wipe my phone if I lose it, so I'm in. Samsung can watch me drive around all they want but I'd be willing to bet they have better things to do, like make Touchwiz more bloated and the like.
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To continue on his point, I trust Samsung more than the guy who accidentally/purposefully acquires my phone with all my personal info on it. WIPE WIPE WIPE!

Works great, I had this with my galaxy s and now the note ;-)
And it works very good, I am in sweden.
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Thanks!
But does this affect battery life in anyway?
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Thanks! This looks awesome. I will try this once I get back home from work.
Thanked & Rated 5 Stars...

Got it to work in USA. Thanks for posting this.

Let's take this offline: Google Maps for Android gets a revamp

By David Meyer
In a boon to those about to head off for their summer holidays, Google is to make it possible for people to use its mobile Maps app without a cellular data connection.
Google Maps already had this feature, at least on Android, as a Labs add-on. However, that required a tricky procedure whereby the user had to select a centre point around which a limited area would be pre-cached. On Wednesday the company said it was making the offline capability official and easier to use.
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"Offline Google Maps for Android are coming in the next few weeks," Google Maps engineering chief Brian McClendon wrote in a a blog post. "Users will be able to take maps offline from more than 100 countries. This means that the next time you are on the subway, or don't have a data connection, you can still use our maps."
The announcement also contained several other updates for the mapping app. For those who want to use Google Maps while hiking, Google is to send 'Street View Trekkers' to photograph wilderness areas that can only be accessed by foot.
The company is also extending its Map Maker feedback-and-corrections service to South Africa and Egypt, with Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland all set to get access in the next few weeks.
The moves come as a rival system, OpenStreetMap, continues to gain traction, partly through its use by Apple. OpenStreetMap is, as the name suggests, open source, and it has always been built on user contributions and edits.
On Wednesday Google also announced an update to its Google Earth virtual globe. While it has been possible for the last six years to create 3D models of specific buildings, the company will soon add entire metropolitan areas in three dimensions, as demonstrated in a video.
"This is possible thanks to a combination of our new imagery rendering techniques and computer vision that let us automatically create 3D cityscapes, complete with buildings, terrain and even landscaping, from 45-degree aerial imagery," McClendon wrote. "By the end of the year we aim to have 3D coverage for metropolitan areas with a combined population of 300 million people."

Thats great news! So does this mean that I can be home, connected to WIFI and download the maps for my area, and then just go out with no data/wifi and I will be able to use the navigation feature as a GPS?

My question is where is this offline map going to be stored; Sdcard, cache,...(That's right!! I used a semi-colon)
I don't use maps on my phone at all. Have actually uninstalled the apk, because it was always running in the background eating battery. I do keep it on my tablet but that is bc it is wifi and when asleep it doesn't use data which doesn't use battery.

( ... heard there was a Zen party going on in here ... )
I've used the offline maps Labs addon in the past, but it was only limited to 10 download points. Forgot how large the download radius was, but it was only ok (not wood inducing). I'm curious to see whether this will truly allow you to download offline data all the way down to street level view (as purported in an article I read).
I use Locus Pro on my Tab, and I've used it to download tiles from Google Maps as a source. It's limited to downloading 10,000 tiles per day (from Google), which sounds like a lot but really isn't esp. if you're saving multiple zoom levels per target area. Adds up real quick. Not sure the number of tiles I've downloaded thus far, but it's about 250 MB worth of sd card space. Lol.
I'm curious to see what Google brings us. Any offline map is always handy anyhoo.

Woodrube said:
My question is where is this offline map going to be stored; Sdcard, cache,...(That's right!! I used a semi-colon)
I don't use maps on my phone at all. Have actually uninstalled the apk, because it was always running in the background eating battery. I do keep it on my tablet but that is bc it is wifi and when asleep it doesn't use data which doesn't use battery.
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I remember trying an app that did something like this, and the maps took up ENORMOUS amounts of memory. i guess this wouldnt be an issue for someone who is nice to their sdcard, but for someone like me who is always tinkering on 90%+ full...im good with the way it is now. but hey, its a good option....options are always a plus.

What I can't wait for is the new Maps that Apple is planning on showing, i think its next week?
Apparently, 3D etc. etc. Nothing that Google doesn't have.
I love how google just plans their maps event before Apples and Apple was the first one to plan it in the beginning (this sentence makes no sense i just re-read it -.-)