[ROM] Navigation add-on for any 1.6 Rom! Market fixed!! 11/19/09!!

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theomajigga

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Sep 26, 2009
263
6
Hudson, WI
!!THIS NAVIGATION IS !!ONLY!! FOR THE USA!!
!!Paid apps work!!


Facebook has now been removed!!

Release Name:update_navigation.zip
Release Version:FINAL
MD5 Sum:N/A (verified working)
Credits:See below
Base Firmware:1.6
Radio Required:N/A
SPL Required:N/A
Partition Layout:N/A
Wipe Required:N
Special instructions:See below
Download:See attachment or, 4shared link

Hey guys,

After a longs day of work, I got it.

Put together a recovery flash-able zip file to add the new Google navigation.

REQS:

1. Dream or Sapphire/Magic/Mt3G
2. 1.6 Rom as a minimum
3. Custom recovery either Amon's or Cyanogen's
4. A brain
5. The download at the end of the post

STEPS:

1. Download this for most Donut builds (Cyanogen based). (also attached now :) )
2. Place in the root of your sdcard
3. Reboot in recovery
3. Select chose update.zip (or rename the downloaded file to update.zip)
4. Select update_navigation.zip
5. Reboot

Extended steps:

If "Navigate" doesn't show up the first time:

1. Go to settings
2. Click on applications
3. Click on Manage applications
4. scroll to apps
5. click on Maps
6. Clear data

OR

1. Install Google Voice
2. Uninstall Google Voice
3. Reinstall Google Voice

****MOST IMPORTANT PART****

Thanks:

Cyanogen and Amon for their recovery images.
followinginsanity for his updates to build props
community for helping test and get it goooinnggggg!!
clyde8 for the better build string
Brut.al for the (possible) navigation out of USA!

Donation shout-outs:

Suma Software Inc

If you actually feel like donating to my trip fund go ahead and click here!!



!THANKS!

AND ENJOY​

Q&A

Q: Navigation is not showing up!
A: you must first "get directions" for the option to show up, it is in that pane
A: MAKE SURE YOU ENABLE GPS!!!

Q: Why was facebook removed??
A: it caused to many issues, and the market one works fine.

Q: What is the latest changes??
A: I removed the build.prop file completely in hopes that it will work without it, did for me... you tell me :)

Q: What took so long?!?!
A: I had H1N1, b|0W me.

Q: Does this work with AOSP?
A: doesn't look like it, at least not so far, I did adjust some build props right from them but never got any feedback to let it out to the masses.

Q: Does this break CM-Updater?
A: No, it shouldn't.

Q: Do i need to reflash this every time?
A: if you want navigation, yes. Every update reverts the build props back to the old ones.

Q: Does this work outside of the USA?
A: Yes. BUT BUT BUT BUT BUT BUT BUT BUT BUT YOU MUST FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS EXACTLY!
1. First navigate between 2 USA addresses (just enter them in to get the navigate option to show up)
2. Make a shortcut on your home screen with the address you want to navigate to.
3. Make sure turn by turn is checked.
4 click it nub.
5. drive to the location
6. brag "o mai android is wai b3tt3r thian UR ip0ne."
7. hope to god it brings you back home, otherwise buy a map.

If your paid apps are not working, either wait until midnight, for caches to clear, or flash from scratch...
IE: recovery - rooted cyano - Cyano update - navi update
(p.s not responsible if you drive over a bridge following the GPS, that's stupidity)
(p.p.s don't brick your shaz and blame me or anyone else for that matter, you blew it)
 

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nick8197

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Mar 9, 2009
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Im on a dream/g1

Im using dwang with theme

do you think it will work I havent done it yet
 

alexjzim

Senior Member
Mar 10, 2009
360
60
Long Island
will test as soon as my slow internet loads

how exactly does this one work? meaning what exactly does it change? does it still affect the build.prop and build.trout.prop, or will it work on its on?
 

mrnv45

Senior Member
Sep 14, 2009
675
15
unfortunatley yes, it still edits the buildprops and what not....

it should work on anything 1.6+ by anyone.....


i think :)

i tried one...not this one.. but what happen is that handcent dosent locate contacts.. due to those builds being moved..and handcent is a popular sms app so im waiting for someone to flash this then run handcent!
 

theomajigga

Senior Member
Sep 26, 2009
263
6
Hudson, WI
i tried one...not this one.. but what happen is that handcent dosent locate contacts.. due to those builds being moved..and handcent is a popular sms app so im waiting for someone to flash this then run handcent!

I'm going to look into that becuase i use handcent also...

this is just for the community, and me once i get that build stuf figured out...
 

alexjzim

Senior Member
Mar 10, 2009
360
60
Long Island
unfortunatley yes, it still edits the buildprops and what not....

it should work on anything 1.6+ by anyone.....


i think :)

alright. i just wanted to see if we could have gotten that nice looking facebook app working alongside this. got a couple ideas.., give it a try when im done with my honors stuff. pretty behind. staying on XDA all night :D
 
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i tried one...not this one.. but what happen is that handcent dosent locate contacts.. due to those builds being moved..and handcent is a popular sms app so im waiting for someone to flash this then run handcent!

I had the exact same problem, I just pushed the old build.prop and build.trout.prop back to my phone and reboot and now handcent shows the right info and navigate is still there. Here's to hoping it stays!
 

theomajigga

Senior Member
Sep 26, 2009
263
6
Hudson, WI
I had the exact same problem, I just pushed the old build.prop and build.trout.prop back to my phone and reboot and now handcent shows the right info and navigate is still there. Here's to hoping it stays!

rumor has it that nav will disappear though with the old buildprops back on...


P.S @ 50 download i'm cutting it off, want to make sure its working properly,

after some feedback i'll put it back up!
 

followinginsanity

Senior Member
Feb 12, 2008
328
59
Hampton
alright i see the prob i think. as far as build props anyway. the only thing that needs to be changed is this line

ro.build.fingerprint=verizon/voles/sholes/sholes:2.0/ESD20/17572:user/ota-rel-keys,release-keys


the rest can stay the same.

this should play nice with other apps, and allow the new facebook as well.

edit: in this line would need to be modded in build.trout.prop for the dream and build.sapphire.prop for the sapphire
also note that you can mod the line in both and leave them in the update. cyan's roms use all 3 build props. but reads from the trout or sapphire depending on which phone it is installed on, since his roms can work on both.
 
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theomajigga

Senior Member
Sep 26, 2009
263
6
Hudson, WI
alright i see the prob i think. as far as build props anyway. the only thing that needs to be changed is this line

ro.build.fingerprint=verizon/voles/sholes/sholes:2.0/ESD20/17572:user/ota-rel-keys,release-keys


the rest can stay the same.

this should play nice with other apps, and allow the new facebook as well.

Made the change to the file. waiting for my test... :)
 

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    Try this procedure. Something happens as the clock rolls over midnight that causes Market and Navigation to recognize the changes to the fingerprint.

    1. Make sure Market and other google apps are not running in the background
    2. Go to your time and date settings. Set the time to 11:59 PM and quickly exit to your home screen
    3. Wait until your phone reaches 12:01 without doing anything
    4. Check if Nav works
    5. Change your phone time back to normal.

    That sounds like about correct. Something changes, somewhere. And simply changing the fingerprint line is not enough. I think your trick would work (cant test it, already got it going). Or sometimes I think a couple of reboots or installing Gvoice does the job.

    Your solution seems like the best way to trigger the correct reading of the fingerprint. It should be mentioned somewhere, maybe the OP.