[Disregard] multitouch distinct files are already present - update to maps 5.x

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Moderator, please close this thread.

EDIT - Update:
This is a non-discovery. Reports are that rotation is working for many people with NookieFroyo 0.6.7 (and later when they come?), out of the box. Not sure why it wasn't for me; but you will definitely want to test it and make sure you have Google Maps 5.1.0 or later... before proceeding with anything below.


I am using this on NookieFroyo... not sure if it works on Honeycomb or stock-rooted.

I took the same file I used to fix multitouch on Google Maps on my Nexus One and it worked!
You can find the file and instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...touch+distinct

Obviously 100% of credit to rori~ because I merely tried it on a different device and am reposting.

You will need a working ADB setup. Other than that it should be a straightforward push (I think a script is even included). I didn't try the update.zip method (the Nexus One partitions layout is different, so I wasn't sure it would work).

You may have to remount a different way than the included script says. This is what worked for me:

adb shell mount -o rw,remount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /system

It seems pretty good on mine; but I would suggest doing an ADB pull of the existing, original file so that you can push it back if this breaks anything. I can't provide support and I'm not responsible if this breaks anything. Good luck!

What does this do?
This actually enables independent multiple finger tracking within Android... a feature not enabled by default because hardware that does not fully support it will report input with a lot of glitches.

The best test to see if it is working is it allows you to rotate Google Maps by twisting two fingers, circularly, in opposite directions.

I am curious though, if this will make multi-touch keyboards more effective?

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Will test this out soon. Sounds awesomely fun.

Originally Posted by ZaneChua

Will test this out soon. Sounds awesomely fun.

Please try to do rotation before you apply this. Some people seem to say that the rotation is working out of the box... so I need some testers...
I tried pushing back the old permissions file that I had and it made rotation stop working; but I want to know how it goes for other please.

Thanks

I know on my Eclair version, the rotation by default is not working; so i will be able to try this and see what i get.

Originally Posted by bt1980

Please try to do rotation before you apply this. Some people seem to say that the rotation is working out of the box... so I need some testers...
I tried pushing back the old permissions file that I had and it made rotation stop working; but I want to know how it goes for other please.

Thanks

Not sure about previous versions, but I'm running the internal CWM flashable nookie froyo and it has the multitouch distinct xml file already. For whatever reason I'm still unable to get either the two finger slide or the rotation to work in maps... but then I never had any luck with the nexus one version either.

Originally Posted by MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com

Not sure about previous versions, but I'm running the internal CWM flashable nookie froyo and it has the multitouch distinct xml file already. For whatever reason I'm still unable to get either the two finger slide or the rotation to work in maps... but then I never had any luck with the nexus one version either.

Have you checked Application Settings to make sure you are using Maps 5.1.0?

Originally Posted by bt1980

Have you checked Application Settings to make sure you are using Maps 5.1.0?

Good call. I had assumed that would include the latest maps and it wasn't showing up for me in the market due to the location services bit. I now have working rotation et al.