Comments on: xGPS Brings Turn-by-Turn Directions to iPhone Via Jailbreak

By: Dionte

Dionte — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:53:10 +0000

I wonder if they will release this in the app store when 3.0 comes out

By: MikeC

MikeC — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:18:32 +0000

I know I am late tu this thread but I can't find it by searching cydia or under changes. Has it been removed?

By: pentatonic145

pentatonic145 — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:45:30 +0000

Antenna melting? What a dirty lie! That is such a bunch of superstitious, undocumented bullcrap

By: pentatonic145

pentatonic145 — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:44:47 +0000

@ SteveT - Hah - that's funny - try to throw some FUD at people who may be hesitant about jailbreaking...Let me just say that the people who write the jailbreak software and develop the apps for Cydia know the iPhone better than Apple itself - power management improves...and you can gain more granular control over power management and every other aspect of the device. If I'm going to pay $500 for a piece of equipment, then I expect it to perform to it's full potential and there is NO OTHER WAY to get the full iPhone experience than by jailbreaking. Apple is stupid - they can kiss my butt - I can't believe they don't offer a tbt GPS solution in the app store, or a wireless modem tether, or any other number of things you can only get via jailbreak. Oh well - doesn't bother me - I have put my jailbroken phone through it's paces again and again and I am SO glad I jailbroke it.

By: Dominic

Dominic — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:25:09 +0000

@SteveT: If your company wasn't such a money hording evil bunch, I might be prepared to beleive you... but my phone has been jailbroken since I bought it, works fine... @Steve: At first I thought you worked for Apple, then I realised there is no way Apple would have someone as stupid as you in their employ. In fact I doubt you could even get a job in Mc Donalds... Then I realised, you probably don't even have an iPhone, because if you did, there is no way that you would be happy with the way Apple limits its potential just coz they want even more of your money!

By: Corey

Corey — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:31:53 +0000

Woah, hold on. Sending more power to your antennae than it is designed to withstand can overheat it and cause it to melt?! YOU DON'T SAY!

By: Uncle Pauly

Uncle Pauly — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:12:13 +0000

Hey lame apple guy. I heard that this guy did a jailbreak on his iphone and it exploded in his pants pocket castrating him. Oh wait that is you with no balls.

By: SteveT

SteveT — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:44:51 +0000

For those of you who don't know what your talking about, I work for apple as an iPhone tech support agent, and the jailbreak does much more than "add two apps to your home screen". The thing that normally permanently wrecks your phone when it is jailbroken are things that change power management on the device. For example there are things you can download to your phone that claim to boost reception. They do this by routing more power to the antennae. Which can actually cause the antennae to overheat and melt. Yes, I said melt. This is why jailbreaking your phone voids your a warranty with apple.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:04:16 +0000

Same here. Can't compute using your query. But, as the note originally said. Turn by turn expected feb 20th, so I'm not bothered by the fact that it's not working yet. On another story I read about this, it was ver 1.2 beta that the story writer was testing which included it. The version loaded on Cydia now is 1.1. So, I think we just wait patiently folks. If this is a free app, that will give us TbT directions, I can wait. Heck, we already waited this long (no thanks to Apple).

By: Rman0712

Rman0712 — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:31:09 +0000

@Chris: I also get the “No driving directions can be computed using your query” error. I have reinstalled xgps twice and still no dice. Maybe it will be fixed when the update comes, along with voice navigation.

By: Michael R

Michael R — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:34:04 +0000

She was being sarcastic "silly boy" ..... You remind us in almost every comment that you're old...... time to start acting like it buddy

Anyone actually have this app installed ? Without it crashing ?

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:15:17 +0000

So anyways, back to the situation at hand, is anyone getting an error that says "No driving directions can be computed using your query"?? Any address I try gives me this error and it is annoying - anyone else have this happen or better yet know what to do?

By: Johnny Boy Gomes

Johnny Boy Gomes — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:48:20 +0000

No worries, Jeremy....you probably should have with my pottymouth . I was only doing it to defend Ana's honor, I promise. Ok, I'm done. Thanks for the info btw.

By: Jeremy Sikora

Jeremy Sikora — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:35:41 +0000

@Kyle, look at the bottom of the post.

By: kyle matthews

kyle matthews — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:34:41 +0000

Not a single link to the source of the original story eh?

By: iDutch

iDutch — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:27:21 +0000

Lol people Steve's jailbroken too, he's just playing everybody...

By: Jeremy Sikora

Jeremy Sikora — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:26:37 +0000

@Johnny, that was not directed at one person. discussing the post is fine but when personal attacks start to take place its not fair to other readers who have to read through all of the garbage posts.

Thanks for understanding.

By: Johnny Boy Gomes

Johnny Boy Gomes — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:23:42 +0000

Will do...." I didn't mean to start a fight and ruin your black panther party"

By: Jeremy Sikora

Jeremy Sikora — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:50:22 +0000

Please stop with all of the personal insults. It's getting old. Please stay on topic or we will just kill the comments.

Thanks.

By: Johnny Boy Gomes

Johnny Boy Gomes — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:48:47 +0000

I just noticed you were called a tool first, so I will concede that to you...please accept my sincerest apologies. With that being said....Your mother's c@nt.

By: Johnny Boy Gomes

Johnny Boy Gomes — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:39:56 +0000

So you read " Steve, this is a forum for those of us that" then just quit. Liar. You were aware that you were insulted later in the post so don't give me your I'm above all this nonsense attitude, you did read and felt the need to respond. You are not above those of us that disagree with you; you started this by insulting posters by calling them tools. People who do a little " tinkering" instead of just taking the words of others that couldn't figure out how to restore their machines are not sage or informed, they are just pussies with a limited mind for troubleshooting.

Ps. Don't feel sorry for me, I can afford another iPhone if I take this one past the point of no return, bitch

Pps: johnny boy gomes is a bad ass ok school surfer it you must know.... Just keep on playin it safe, limpdick....

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:03:46 +0000

@Johnny Boy: I read the first ten words of your comment and don't need to read anymore. I made a comment answering the blog question. I was attacked and called names for defending an argument I didn't start. If that's beyond the realm of your thought process, that's your problem not mine. Whatever you went on to say, you're incorrect and I feel sorry for you. But, your name suits you well.

@Ana: Ahh, I see... it's okay for YOU to make assumptions? You're defeated... again.

By: Johnny Boy Gomes

Johnny Boy Gomes — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:51:34 +0000

Steve...this is a forum for those of us that ENJOY "tinkering" with this great piece of technology. You demonstrate your ignorance in regards to jailbreaking by making statements that imply there is some sort of risk In doing so. I myself have restored my phone numerous times for many reasons. How plainly can I put this..:..you sir are a know-it-all c@nt. Right now, I wish there was a jailbroken application that would result in you losing a pet in a housefire. Stop trashing people pn this thread and go engage in an activity that will result in your heart failing, ok?

By: Ana

Ana — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:43:10 +0000

I read the "argument" and you both made silly assumptions so i guess you both are on the same boat. If I were to guess your age based on your ridiculous, rude and biased comments(and most are) i'd say you were about.....14....15 max...you need to reevaluate your yourself silly boy.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:20:04 +0000

@Jarett: I never said having any apps was geek worthy. You can't read. Therefore, that makes you the tool. Sorry to make an fool of you. You asked for it.

@Brooks: I never said jailbreaking was "complicated." I answered the blog's question of whether this app would convince people to jailbreak. I said "no" because of the horror stories I've read. That's not the same as thinking it's complicated, and by the looks of your sentence structures and grammar, I can assure you I'm much brighter than you are. Perhaps reading people's comments here are too complicated for you (and others). Sorry to make a complete fool out of you too, moron.

@Ana: Brad made a ridiculous assumption about non-jailbreakers, so I made a ridiculous assumption about jailbreakers. Guess you can't read either. If you had read my original post correctly, you'd clearly see Brad Zimmerman started an argument that neither he, nor the rest of you, can comprehend or finish. Sorry you don't have a clue. Part of being young and dumb, I guess.

Next!

By: Ana

Ana — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:47:59 +0000

I don't know why people are so concerned on whether others jailbreak or not it's so silly. Steve has no business commenting on jailbreaking or making unfounded assumptions about the people who do.......since clearly has no clue what he's talking about.

By: Brooks

Brooks — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:17:25 +0000

Steve your a moron, all jailbreaking does is install 2 icons on your homescreen. Its not complicated at all. Basically 2 super powered app stores at that. I've never had to restore because of a problem. Plus if you don't like it, you have you can have your same boring phone back within 2 minutes. SBSettings is worth it alone.

By: iamse7en

iamse7en — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:12:30 +0000

Sad that this comment thread has turned into a "Should I Jailbreak" fight.

WIthout question, the benefits outweigh the costs, but a cost is the possible time lost when you don't know what you're doing. Therefore, if you know what you're doing, you should jailbreak. If you don't, you still should, but probably won't.

By: Allday314

Allday314 — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:07:01 +0000

Am i the only one having the app crash on start up. And do we need anything external to use this app on the iphone 3G

By: jarett

jarett — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:42:21 +0000

@ Steve

So when exactly did mms and video recording become geek worthy activies. U sir are a tool.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:30:36 +0000

@Brad Zimmerman:

Wrong. I've never used IE in my life. Jailbreakers are, in my mind, the same sort of people who have broken down cars in their garages for years (which had no problems to begin wirh) because they're tinkerers. That's for not keeping your ridiculous analogies to yourself. Your comment provokes such a response.

Not everyone who refuses to jailbreak is "afraid" to. Some of us just don't need (or want) the added features... or the geekdom.

By: AF

AF — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:17:22 +0000

Okay - this pushed me over the edge. I'm now jailbroken!

By: Allday314

Allday314 — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:45:53 +0000

Am I the only one having a problem with this crashing before it starts up?

By: Brad Zimmerman

Brad Zimmerman — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:37:57 +0000

People who are afraid of jailbreaking are, in my mind, the same sort who are afraid of using Firefox because "IE is what came with my computer!".

I prefer the control, the "fill in the gaps" apps, the ability to look under the hood.

By: Frti

Frti — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:21:08 +0000

i can´t find it in cydia too (

By: Cheebahawk

Cheebahawk — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:12:37 +0000

Duh, u guys do realize that the voice turn by turn will not be released until 2/20th right?

So there is no reason to go gaga over it now... Funny how the article acts as if though the voice turn by turn is available now.

ETA IS 2/20.

By: iDutch

iDutch — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:58:56 +0000

@Dean, if your latest changes show Jan.20 there's something wrong (no clue what), cause it should show February 11. It's listed as xGPS Try refreshing it or something like that.

By: Dean Shareski

Dean Shareski — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:37:16 +0000

@iDutch latest changes are Jan.20 but I'm still not seeing it there. I'm looking for xgps is it listed under a different name?

By: Jeffdc5

Jeffdc5 — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:36:44 +0000

@jeremy same here my iPhone has always been jailbroken and my girl's iPhone never had an issue I always wait for the latest pwnage tool and 20 minutes later fun fun fun. Any issues with jb is user error

By: Ana

Ana — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:31:44 +0000

Maps is great and I use it quite often...this is all that it was missing and what I've been waiting for <3

Thanks for letting us know! because to be honest I rarely check cydia so I probably wouldn't have known for a while.

By: iDutch

iDutch — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:08:18 +0000

It saves the maps in ~/User/Library. The files are called xGPSdirections.db and xGPSmap.db

By: Jeremy Sikora

Jeremy Sikora — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:06:28 +0000

@Jeffdc5, I can honestly say I have NEVER had a single iPhone get permanently messed up from a simple jailbreak. And I've unlocked/jailbroke a LOT of phones. If something goes wrong from a jailbreak, 99% of the time you can put it back to it's normal state without issue. If you need help on the forums you can find me there. Bad Ash

By: Jeffdc5

Jeffdc5 — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:03:37 +0000

Steve would you like to share some of the horror stories?

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:52:43 +0000

I still won't jailwreck. Too many horror stories.

By: Jeremy Sikora

Jeremy Sikora — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:30:03 +0000

@Bebef, this works perfectly fine. If you are saying it's not proper due to the fact that it simply uses Google Maps well then I guess you'd be correct. But it works fine for me.

By: iDutch

iDutch — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:29:11 +0000

Just look in changes in cydia, and it should be there.

By: Bebef

Bebef — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:26:39 +0000

Hold your horses! This is only something that might be mistaken for a proper turn-by-turn navigation app trough a very superficial view.

It is far far away from usability yet. If you like, you can read more on my blog. But don't jailbreak your device for this software only, it absolutely ain't worth the effort (yet?)

By: carlos

carlos — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:25:03 +0000

i can't find it on cydia either, is there any specific name for it?

By: Dean Shareski

Dean Shareski — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:22:21 +0000

I can't find it in Cydia.

By: Wesley

Wesley — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:18:54 +0000

Wow, the iPhone is connected to the car radio using a tape/3.5mm jack adapter. Thats a nice technology contrast... haha

By: dloveprod

dloveprod — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:17:05 +0000

Now I'm considering jailbreaking, if only I could get my phone to complete a backup

By: xFiifteen

xFiifteen — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:14:31 +0000

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By: xFiifteen

xFiifteen — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:13:02 +0000

@ iDutch

I had the same question, iThink they're saved to the phone.

By: iDutch

iDutch — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:53:45 +0000

Yeah i saw this yesterday, it's great! But where are the downloaded mas saved?