Google Maps 6.14.4 APK Won't Install on Note 3

[dmw_4814]

I have an APK for Google Maps (6.14.4) that I want to install on my AT&T Note 3, but it won't install. It was somehow "signed" or otherwise modified to fool the Play Store into thinking it is the latest version or something, as the Play Store never offers to update it. I had trouble installing it (it just says app not installed when I try) when I first rooted my phone, but I somehow, after I froze some apps (but I can't remember which ones), got it to install before. However, I un-rooted my phone because it was defective, and I had to exchange it. That hasn't happened yet; long story, so I re-rooted and I'm again attempting to reinstall it.

Anybody know why it won't install?

All other APK's I try to install, including other Google Map 6.14.4 APK's, install fine, but I want this one so I can leave update all aps over Wi-Fi automatically selected, without worrying that Maps is going to be updated to that current HORRIBLE version!

Thanks,

Dennis

 

[dmw_4814]

Buehler? Anyone? Class? Anyone?

Little help here, please?!

 

[dmw_4814]

By the way, I took that PIECE OF JUNK Note 3 (I had MEGA problems with it!) back to AT&T and exchanged it for an LG Optimus G Pro (and, so far, I really like that phone).

My "re-signed" Google Maps 6.14.4 STILL won't install on my new Optimus G Pro, but another version of Google Maps 6.14.4 DOES install without any problem.

I want to use the "re-signed" version of Maps so I can allow all my apps to auto-update when I'm home and on my Wi-Fi connection, and not have to worry about Maps being updated to that new, horrible version!

Anyone know why this is?

 

[dmw_4814]

Never mind. I figured it out & got it installed.

 

[ekerbuddyeker]

Can you post the apk. I can't stand the new version either. Slower, less clear, missing features etc... What was once my mot important app is now something I don't like to use or trust.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using xda app-developers app

 

[DrAzzy]

I'd like to second that request for the magic maps APK that has the old version of maps but doesn't prompt to update... The new maps app is so hard to work with.

Also, what was your solution for how to install it correctly?

 

[dmw_4814]

I'd like to second that request for the magic maps APK that has the old version of maps but doesn't prompt to update... The new maps app is so hard to work with.

Also, what was your solution for how to install it correctly?

O.K., I'm going to try to do this; I've never uploaded & posted a file to the forums here. If all goes well, it should appear below, I guess. You'll need to un-zip or un-pack it and get the apk out of it; I used 7-Zip to create it.

Here are the steps I followed to finally get it to install (I think you're going to need to be rooted in order to do this, and you'll need Titanium Backup downloaded and installed from the Market):

1. In Titanium Backup, select Maps and make a backup.
2. Select Maps and wipe data, then uninstall.
3. Select Street View and wipe data, then uninstall.
4. Install Google Maps 6.14.4.apk (I just e-mailed the apk to myself, opened the e-mail, clicked on the attachment, it fetched the attachment and then started the install automatically).
5. Go to market, and reinstall street view (if you want Street View).

If, after successfully installing it, you keep getting a "login failed" message when opening maps, just go into Titanium Backup, select maps, and choose restore data only (from the backup you made of the previous version, which you deleted; your backup will still be there). At least, that's what I did to solve that problem.

After you install this version, you can leave "Auto-update apps" checked in Google Play, and it'll never update maps!

By the way, I noticed a week or two ago that the maps look slightly different than they used to; main streets are no longer colored in yellow (I kinda wish they still were; Interstate highways now seem to be the only roads colored, in orange), and the view seems zoomed in slightly, with much more detail (more secondary roads showing on the map). Google must've updated their map data. All in all, it's a pretty good update (I just wish main, non-highway roads were still highlighted in yellow), and this version is still WAY better than the current version (which BLOWS BIG TIME!!)!

Any questions/problems, feel free to ask.

 

[Quickvic30]

O.K., I'm going to try to do this; I've never uploaded & posted a file to the forums here. If all goes well, it should appear below, I guess. You'll need to un-zip or un-pack it and get the apk out of it; I used 7-Zip to create it.

Here are the steps I followed to finally get it to install (I think you're going to need to be rooted in order to do this, and you'll need Titanium Backup downloaded and installed from the Market):

1. In Titanium Backup, select Maps and make a backup.
2. Select Maps and wipe data, then uninstall.
3. Select Street View and wipe data, then uninstall.
4. Install Google Maps 6.14.4.apk (I just e-mailed the apk to myself, opened the e-mail, clicked on the attachment, it fetched the attachment and then started the install automatically).
5. Go to market, and reinstall street view (if you want Street View).

If, after successfully installing it, you keep getting a "login failed" message when opening maps, just go into Titanium Backup, select maps, and choose restore data only (from the backup you made of the previous version, which you deleted; your backup will still be there). At least, that's what I did to solve that problem.

After you install this version, you can leave "Auto-update apps" checked in Google Play, and it'll never update maps!

By the way, I noticed a week or two ago that the maps look slightly different than they used to; main streets are no longer colored in yellow (I kinda wish they still were; Interstate highways now seem to be the only roads colored, in orange), and the view seems zoomed in slightly, with much more detail (more secondary roads showing on the map). Google must've updated their map data. All in all, it's a pretty good update (I just wish main, non-highway roads were still highlighted in yellow), and this version is still WAY better than the current version (which BLOWS BIG TIME!!)!

Any questions/problems, feel free to ask.

It didn't work for me, I think you zipped it up wrong. All you have to do is right click on the file and send it to a compressed (zipped) folder then link that to zipped folder on here. Thanks for the attemp though :good:

 

[dmw_4814]

It didn't work for me, I think you zipped it up wrong. All you have to do is right click on the file and send it to a compressed (zipped) folder then link that to zipped folder on here. Thanks for the attemp though :good:

Here, try this. If it still doesn't work, just PM me with your e-mail address, and I'll e-mail it to you.