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Is it me or the google navigation is missing from this phone ?

I have it, separate launcher icon and all

vikramdhani said:
Is it me or the google navigation is missing from this phone ?
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Mine was missing too. However, once I updated Google Maps, and rebooted the phone, there it was!

slobatch said:
Mine was missing too. However, once I updated Google Maps, and rebooted the phone, there it was!
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Yup. Run an update and you should be good.
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And it kicks ass btw!

sorry for my ignorance, but what is google navigation and how do you reboot the phone?

go into the market application search for google maps, or just hit menu, downloads.. you will see theres an update. Update it. Then go into the launcher (applications menu) and search for navigation. Have fun. Its turn by turn directions from google maps, and acts pretty much just like a real car GPS.

MirasHD2 said:
sorry for my ignorance, but what is google navigation and how do you reboot the phone?
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It's like having a GPS receiver. If you've ever used VZ Navigator for Verizon or anything like that. It basically gives you turn-by-turn directions without having to pay for it. Pretty nice feature IMO. O yeah and it's free.
O yeah and rebooting your phone all you do is hold down the top home key for a while and it will launch a screen that asks you if you want to power off or reboot.

thanks for the quick response. I will try out the navigation app. Now I pressed the home key and it only has options for power off the phone. oh well maybe if i power off and on the phone it's the same as rebooting.

take a look at your manual, the home key has a little home on it. Either way that has nothing to do with what you need to do, you need to go to your application market and find google maps and update it, no reboot should be necessary

yeah correct once i updated the google maps,navigation have updated it

Google Maps w/out Latitude

is there anyway or anywhere to get google maps on the shift without the latitude app? i just hate seeing it in my app list! i never use it and i don't see available to freeze in titanium. is it just part of maps?

Yeah latitude, places, and navigation are all part of maps.

Ok. My problem is that while trying to upgrade to a newer version of Google Maps (5.6), I had to uninstall my older version (5.2) using Titanium Backup app. But I did not know that removing Google Maps would also remove Navigation, Places & Latitude. Now all of them are gone from my phone and the new package of Google Maps (version 5.6, size 6.39MB) is also NOT INSTALLING on the phone! So what is the remedy left now? Can I download Google Maps from the Market to install it on my phone?

You should be able to just dl maps from the market to get everything back, and I'm pretty sure if u try to get rid of latitude ,or any of the others, google maps just keeps force closing
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Stuke00 said:
Yeah latitude, places, and navigation are all part of maps.
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damn. oh well, that's what i figured. thanks for the reply!

[Q] Google Maps Draining Battery

Hi, I've noticed that Google Maps is taking up a significant portion of my battery (around 75%), whereas the screen only takes up around 8%. I've tried disabling all the location services stuff and it's still at the high percentage, even after reboots. How can I lower how much battery Google Maps is taking? Thanks!

Same for me. I don't know why Google maps is taking so much battery life...
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Use an app called Greenify - it'll hibernate Maps very well to the point it never wakes hardly at all. Be careful with Greenify though, if you add apps to it that require Push notifications then you may never receive your notifications.

akira02rex said:
Use an app called Greenify - it'll hibernate Maps very well to the point it never wakes hardly at all. Be careful with Greenify though, if you add apps to it that require Push notifications then you may never receive your notifications.
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Its telling me it can't do system apps? Therefore it won't hibernate maps. Whats going on here?
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Bjray said:
Its telling me it can't do system apps? Therefore it won't hibernate maps. Whats going on here?
Sent from my Galaxy S4
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Doh.. I used it on my galaxy nexus... haven't yet installed it on my S4 and forgot that Maps was pre-installed.. Shame shame samsung.
If you're rooted then you can just delete maps from system then install it from the play store.

akira02rex said:
Doh.. I used it on my galaxy nexus... haven't yet installed it on my S4 and forgot that Maps was pre-installed.. Shame shame samsung.
If you're rooted then you can just delete maps from system then install it from the play store.
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Hmm.... How about if I uninstall it via titanium backup and reinstall it via the play store? Would it work then?
Sent from my Galaxy S4

Bjray said:
Hmm.... How about if I uninstall it via titanium backup and reinstall it via the play store? Would it work then?
Sent from my Galaxy S4
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Apparently you're rooted then LOL. Yes, that will work.

akira02rex said:
Apparently you're rooted then LOL. Yes, that will work.
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Yeah... Don't know what I was thinking, of course it'll work.
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I'm new to Android, so I don't want to root my phone... are there any alternative solutions? I believe the problem with google maps first appeared after I tried out either WatchOn or S Health. Any opinions/advice?

infinity314 said:
I'm new to Android, so I don't want to root my phone... are there any alternative solutions? I believe the problem with google maps first appeared after I tried out either WatchOn or S Health. Any opinions/advice?
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You can disable it which wilp remove it from your app drawer and disable the app...and then if you do need it you can re enable it...this is all done from settings>application manager than all the way to the right where it shows all apps
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Solution to s4 battery drain by google maps
infinity314 said:
Hi, I've noticed that Google Maps is taking up a significant portion of my battery (around 75%), whereas the screen only takes up around 8%. I've tried disabling all the location services stuff and it's still at the high percentage, even after reboots. How can I lower how much battery Google Maps is taking? Thanks!
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I had the same problem! You can now fix this without rooting your phone.
Open maps\settings\location settings\location reporting, and select do not update your location. Also, uncheck latitiude location sharing and check ins if you don't use them.
Just a tip, ensure your GPS is turned off.
Hope this should improve your battery life.

Google map
i am in the same situation. Even, i don not know how to get out of this application of google map

Maps closing during navigation

Google maps regularly closes during navigation, it's not a force close, it just disappears. I have made sure it's protected, I have tried clearing data and cache of Google maps. The version is 9.16.2. I'm on B200, on the GRA-L09.
Does this happen to anyone else?

beardedwonder said:
Google maps regularly closes during navigation, it's not a force close, it just disappears. I have made sure it's protected, I have tried clearing data and cache of Google maps. The version is 9.16.2. I'm on B200, on the GRA-L09.
Does this happen to anyone else?
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I confirm the problem
no idea how to solve it
lenny

lenny76 said:
I confirm the problem
no idea how to solve it
lenny
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Are you on B200?

I'm having the same problem on B170. Very frustrating.

beardedwonder said:
Are you on B200?
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yes i'm on b200

Please delete

I have this problem too (i'm on b200). Maps doesn't appear in the protected app list.
Note that similar issues occurred for background apps (wallpaper auto changer, calendar widget, etc.) and i've fixed them using performance mode in power saving settings instead of smart/intelligent.

MapsD (NimaGL2 Default Edition).apk
I am on b200 aswell and gad the same problem.
I need maps and google navigation at work so this wasnt acceptable for me.
I rooted my mobile and deinstalleted google maps completly.
Then iinstalled maps in the version 6.14 ,which I prefer much more.
I installes by this app ( MapsD (NimaGL2 Default Edition).apk ).
Since then no crash or closing anymore

lg-user45 said:
I am on b200 aswell and gad the same problem.
I need maps and google navigation at work so this wasnt acceptable for me.
I rooted my mobile and deinstalleted google maps completly.
Then iinstalled maps in the version 6.14 ,which I prefer much more.
I installes by this app ( MapsD (NimaGL2 Default Edition).apk ).
Since then no crash or closing anymore
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I have flashed the fromfuture but haven't had the opportunity to test the navigation properly yet. I will report back. If it doesn't help I will try the solution suggested above.

I still have the same problem with the fromfuture rom. Not really sure what to do, I may have to roll back to an earlier rom and just live with that.
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Read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63910892&postcount=36

Hi, I have solved this problem turning on the gps... With B200

couldn't install system update

i understand this is because my rom is not official? though im not sure of it, because i remember it is official...
anyways, how do i make this message disappear? it shows all the time
thanks

Press the notification for a few seconds and then hide it or disable it

Disable google services framework dude it just keep wasting internet speed for useless thing, because you used the custom rom and the google thinggy wanna update your firmware to latest one with that app so just disable it and you good to go

e4zy said:
Disable google services framework dude it just keep wasting internet speed for useless thing, because you used the custom rom and the google thinggy wanna update your firmware to latest one with that app so just disable it and you good to go
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can't do that via installed apps or play store view
do you have other ways ?

arik100 said:
can't do that via installed apps or play store view
do you have other ways ?
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Use disable service.apk search in the google and disable update service in google play service
It work for me

e4zy said:
Use disable service.apk search in the google and disable update service in google play service
It work for me
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it doesn't affect other services?

arik100 said:
it doesn't affect other services?
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It wont