Talking GPS - Droid Eris Themes and Apps

Is there a good talking GPS app for the Eris?

I'm guessing you have 1.5 installed because otherwise I'm guessing you would know about 2.1 having navigate which is very nice, but then I've never had a gps system so I have nothing to compare navigate to.

t2noob said:
I'm guessing you have 1.5 installed because otherwise I'm guessing you would know about 2.1 having navigate which is very nice, but then I've never had a gps system so I have nothing to compare navigate to.
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To be honest I'm not sure if it's 1.5 or 2.1. I'm not tech savvy at all. How do I tell which one it is? I have Google Maps on mine.

If you don't know which one you have then you still have 1.5, the only way to have 2.1 is to install a leaked or rooted version ..... but if you are not up to that VZW does claim that 2.1 for the Eris will be officially out "soon" at which point Google Maps adds Navigation with Voice....

rvpartsguy said:
If you don't know which one you have then you still have 1.5, the only way to have 2.1 is to install a leaked or rooted version ..... but if you are not up to that VZW does claim that 2.1 for the Eris will be officially out "soon" at which point Google Maps adds Navigation with Voice....
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Thank you very much. When the 2.1 comes out will I have to get Verizon to upgrade the software for me?

No your phone will receive an over the air update and simply ask you to go ahead and install it. Then you will have 2.1 and google navigation.

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Original Tmobile Aim, Msn Application

Does anyone have them so that I can install them? It didnt come with thedude's cupcake
From what I seen , I think the cupcake update removes the "IM" messenger and just has google talk
Cupcake doesn't remove it, thedude, anf jf's and h's builds of 1.5 are made from the adp version of 1.5, so you lose the t-mobile apps (aim, msn, favefive, amazon store).
The only ones of those I ever used was the fave 5, and I just installed anycut and made myself direct dialers on one of the screens, its faster anyways
tego10122 said:
Does anyone have them so that I can install them? It didnt come with thedude's cupcake
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I doubt you will find it and I suggest that anyone who has it to not post it as it's closed source software.
If you want it that bad then maybe you should go back to RC builds.
You could always wait for T-Mobile's official builds.
Then again, you're going to get much better battery life if the MyFaves app isn't continuously polling the T-Mobile servers for updates.
I just want the "im" app , cause I have Thedude's cupcake with app to sd.
tego10122 said:
I just want the "im" app , cause I have Thedude's cupcake with app to sd.
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If you use a 3rd party IM client it won't use up messages, meaning you can probably save money on your phone bill by ditching them.
Even if you did get the IM app from the RC33 build or whatever it probably wouldn't work. When Haykuro's 1.5 builds were coming out the IM app didn't work at all. There are several third party IM apps that work just as well. Use Market until the official T-Mo rom is released.
Here ya go, its an early beta of Hi AIM modded by me.
When is the tmobile cupcake rom going to be released?
Soon™
(filler)
no need to get out of topic, I bet everyone sees that question everywhere
but back to topic....yea that's wat I ment lyingit not that "cupcake removed it" lol, and there's I think any other apps for other messengers are better that the stock ones. but that's my opinion
joeydsmith said:
Here ya go, its an early beta of Hi AIM modded by me.
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did an adb install and got an error:
Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES]
any ideas?
you must not have root? or havent turned on programs from unknown sources in options... try putting on your sd card, and installing using appinstaller.
No I have the same prob. Runnin lucidrem mod of jf 1.5 and I've been installing non market apps fine till I got this. So any resolutions to this?

Search By Voice & Donut

Hi,
I've got a UK Vodafone Magic and just received the OTA Donut update today. However it seems to have broken the Google Search By Voice app, as I just seem to get a Force Close everytime I try to use it.
I've tried uninstalling it and re-installing it but it still doesn't work.
Anybody got any ideas?
Cheers
Mark
Same problem here mate! I've been playing around with donut for the last 3 days, but voice search is completely broken (not even there to be more precise). Just hope google provide us with a fix in the near future.
Guys ,
theirs an updated version of Google search by voice on the market and it is now donut compatible
Is there any way of getting Search by voice if it doesn't list on market? I'm on vodafone.nl and according to google themselves, voice dial/voice search is not available in my country.. which is a tad awkward due to laws regarding phoning while driving...
Seeing I can't find a working root guide for 1.6 using MarketEnabler is out of the question unless I roll back to 1.5, which in turn doesn't have the new search capabilities....
Xaroth said:
Is there any way of getting Search by voice if it doesn't list on market? I'm on vodafone.nl and according to google themselves, voice dial/voice search is not available in my country.. which is a tad awkward due to laws regarding phoning while driving...
Seeing I can't find a working root guide for 1.6 using MarketEnabler is out of the question unless I roll back to 1.5, which in turn doesn't have the new search capabilities....
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I can't help you with rooting a 1.6 phone, as I rooted at 1.5, but you certainly can root and then flash a 1.6 ROM. That is how I got Donut as my carrier still has not released it.

how to get older version of market apps?

Today i downloaded the newest version of Babbler for Android. i use Babble as my main facebook app because the official one is still lacking a bit. i do infact use the widget that comes with the official app though because its very nice. the newest version of babbler is pretty lame and a lot of the functions dont work as well as they did on the last version. is there anyway to revert back? i looked at the developers website but i couldnt find anything useful there. any help would be great!
More than likely if you weren't able to make a back up of the older version your out of luck. IMO the best thing to do is let the developer of the app know what problems you're having with it. Most of the android app devs are pretty quick to respond to issues with their apps. If it affects you it probably affects others.
Make a comment in the market or even better if available send them an email with as many details as possible.
go to the website cyanogen provided for the adp 1.6 image and download the 1.5 image
im not trying to go from donut back to cupcake. i am using a hero rom so im on cupcake by default. i want to downgrade to an older version of an application (babbler).

New Market, New Google Voice

So aTrackDog is now showing:
Google Voice 0.2.8 installed, 0.3.0 new
Market 1.66 installed, 1.71 new
Think both of these are on the Nexus One? Anyone able to share some info on them?
cigar3tte said:
So aTrackDog is now showing:
Google Voice 0.2.8 installed, 0.3.0 new
Market 1.66 installed, 1.71 new
Think both of these are on the Nexus One? Anyone able to share some info on them?
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They are indeed. The build.prop in the Flan dump lists the device as Nexus One. I've got GV from that dump installed on my G1 currently. No noticeable difference. I couldn't the market to install though. Was complaining about some certificates...
Edit: Didn't know the new GV took over your VM. What else does it do?
Here's the apps deodexed for the Nexus One: http://android-devs.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=87
I was able to install the Google Voice app on Eugenes 2.2 Eclair rom, it's got some added features (takes over your carriers voicemail automatically instead of having to manually do it).
I think the added functionality may only be for 2.0 ROMS but I'm not entirely sure.
a lot of them don't work.
i would just wait till they get released in market. has happened for both the new maps as well as facebook.. only time will tell though

[Q] Most Stable ROM for G1, that can run oogle Navigation?

Hi, all!
I have a Dream/ G1 with Android 2.2.1 (Froyo). This was the latest stable ROM before Cyanogenmod stopped supporting this device (update-cm-6.1.0-DS-signed.zip).
I've recently started to find that Google Navigation 'freezes', whilst following a route. It seems that the voice commands/ directions continue to work, but the map freezes. I find the app really useful and need to get another 10 months out of my G1 before I can get a replacement.
Can anyone recommend a stable ROM that can run 'Navigation'? I don't care about most of the features, as long as it makes calls, sends (and receives) texts, pulls down my Gmail and runs Navigation...... I guess the problem could actually be with 'the 'Navigation' app, so maybe I need to try to identify when this problem started and then regress to an old version and not allow updates...hmmm (thinking aloud).
I've moved as many apps as I can to the SDCard, in order to free-up space.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Many thanks,
Chris.
I think CM6 is the only ROM that has the navigation app...Of course CM7 does too, but it's unsupported for your device. And a lot of the unofficial Gingerbread ROMs that also have the navigation app are very unstable.
Thanks, xda<3. Looks like I may have to dig the TomTom out, again.
Chris.
Try biffmod. It's like cm6 but stripped down and optimized specifically for the g1.
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Good call, flipmatthew. Looks interesting, i'll investigate further.
Cheers,
Chris.
chris_debian said:
Good call, flipmatthew. Looks interesting, i'll investigate further.
Cheers,
Chris.
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if you want stable try a ezterry rom, im currently runniing ezgingerbread(link on my signature)and i havent had one single force close.
Thanks maximo360, I'll have a look at that link now. Biffmod looks interesting, but at the moment, the /swap partition thing looks a bit daunting. I've created a seperate post about the Biffmod installation. As I say, I'll have a look at your link.
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
cheers,
Chris.
I had a look at the link. Interestingly it talks about Google Maps being very resource intensive and to use 4.7. This could be the root of my Google Navigation problem.
Before I test another ROM, is it possible to download the 4.7 version of Maps and just use this instead of the currently installed one, i.e., downgrade? I guess if it's possible, I'll just not allow automatic updating of Maps.
### Just notice the reference to Brut maps, based on 4.6. I'll see if this is on Market.
Thanks,
Chris.
chris_debian said:
I had a look at the link. Interestingly it talks about Google Maps being very resource intensive and to use 4.7. This could be the root of my Google Navigation problem.
Before I test another ROM, is it possible to download the 4.7 version of Maps and just use this instead of the currently installed one, i.e., downgrade? I guess if it's possible, I'll just not allow automatic updating of Maps.
### Just notice the reference to Brut maps, based on 4.6. I'll see if this is on Market.
Thanks,
Chris.
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yes u can downgrade i think that is discussed in the thread or just post a reply asking for the most stable navigation app that they used.
Brut Maps downloaded and seems to work. Will need to do a longish journey to prove it properly. Suspect it will be fine, as I used to run this before Google maps, without any issues.
Cheers,
Chris.
Brut Maps is far more stable on my G1 than the native Navigation app; I've been using it for a couple years now.
I guess the downside of Brut is that as a static APK, it may not get map updates. If this is the case, I can live with it.
Cheers,
Chris.
Froyo by Lazslo with Igo-myway working fine for me hier in EU . Is not necessary to have data plan or messing with google maps.
If you are alright with upgrading to Gingerbread, use COS-DS by Roalex. It's a great ROM. Stable, fast, and just great
I looked at installing EzGingerbrea, but due to complications upgrading Radio and Spl, I think I may have to stick with the latest (quite old) Froyo ROM. Thanks for the suggestion. I just don't want to install the Android Dev (SDK, I think) software on my Linux box.
Cheers,
Chris
chris_debian said:
I looked at installing EzGingerbrea, but due to complications upgrading Radio and Spl, I think I may have to stick with the latest (quite old) Froyo ROM. Thanks for the suggestion. I just don't want to install the Android Dev (SDK, I think) software on my Linux box.
Cheers,
Chris
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Well ... with your radio/spl combo it should be possible to install EzGingerbread on your phone. Not that I would suggest to do so, because you will have about 14MB less RAM, which is noticable on our phones, but principally it should run .
What sort of complications? And you shouldn't have to install anything onto your computer... unless of course, those are the complications you were talking about :/ (Sidenote, linux = awesome, what distro are you using? I love ubuntu myself...)
And no problem for the suggestion, let me know if you decide to upgrade. Gingerbread, while probably SLIGHTLY slower than Froyo, it brings so much wonderfulness with it :] haha
-Doogle
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DoogleDood said:
Sidenote, linux = awesome, what distro are you using? I love ubuntu myself..
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Slightly off-topic, but I generally prefer Debian based distros, but in the last 12 years of having a Windows free house, I've tried most of them, and particularly like Arch linux. Ubuntu seems to be heading in a direction I don't like, but if I ever use a Ubuntu-type distro, it's always Xubuntu, as it's lighter but still has a feature rich desktop.
Cheers,
Chris.
samandiriel said:
Brut Maps is far more stable on my G1 than the native Navigation app; I've been using it for a couple years now.
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I'm now using Brut Maps (which is what I was using here in the UK, before Navigation was properly available). Things seem much more stable, now.
Cheers,
Chris.

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