Comments on: xGPS 1.2 For Jailbroken iPhones Now Available http://www.imore.com/2009/03/04/xgps-12-jailbroken-iphones/ More of everything iPhone and iPad Sat, 26 May 2012 18:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hans http://www.imore.com/2009/03/04/xgps-12-jailbroken-iphones/comment-page-1/#comment-130515 Hans Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:47:12 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7338#comment-130515 <p>I read xGPS 1.3 is available. Anyone know where? When will xGPS 2.0 from the iTunes Appstore be available? Thanks.</p> I read xGPS 1.3 is available. Anyone know where? When will xGPS 2.0 from the iTunes Appstore be available? Thanks.

]]> By: Styler http://www.imore.com/2009/03/04/xgps-12-jailbroken-iphones/comment-page-1/#comment-63476 Styler Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:36:33 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7338#comment-63476 <p>Hi,</p> <p>I've been using XGPS 1.2.7 on my Iphone 3G Ver 3.0 for the lat 2-3 days. I have downloaded maps of my City in all zoom levels and transferred them to my Iphone. I am in New Delhi. The XGPS works well. I get driving instructions from Current Position to a searched place.</p> <p>I've looked all over and can't find the following :</p> <ol> <li><p>How do i bookmark my current position ? It seems you can bookmark only the Points available in Search. I haven't figured out how to bookmark anything.</p></li> <li><p>How do I set my current position as Home ??? In Settings-Driving Directions - Home Address You can either Search or use a location from the Address Book Address.</p></li> </ol> <p>My current position outside my house is shown perfectly on the map. Now how do I bookmark this and make this my Home Address I might be dumb, cause i've looked all over and can't seem to find any way to do this.</p> <p>I tried to save my current position to my Name Entry in the Phone Book in the default Maps App in the Iphone 3G After this In XGPS when I set the Home Address by choosing my Name in Phonebook, the home address points to the Cellular Tower near me, not my house.</p> <p>Any help will be appreciated. Thanks to the developers of XGPS for the wonderful Application.</p> <p>Styler.</p> Hi,

I've been using XGPS 1.2.7 on my Iphone 3G Ver 3.0 for the lat 2-3 days. I have downloaded maps of my City in all zoom levels and transferred them to my Iphone. I am in New Delhi. The XGPS works well. I get driving instructions from Current Position to a searched place.

I've looked all over and can't find the following :

  1. How do i bookmark my current position ? It seems you can bookmark only the Points available in Search. I haven't figured out how to bookmark anything.

  2. How do I set my current position as Home ??? In Settings-Driving Directions - Home Address You can either Search or use a location from the Address Book Address.

My current position outside my house is shown perfectly on the map. Now how do I bookmark this and make this my Home Address I might be dumb, cause i've looked all over and can't seem to find any way to do this.

I tried to save my current position to my Name Entry in the Phone Book in the default Maps App in the Iphone 3G After this In XGPS when I set the Home Address by choosing my Name in Phonebook, the home address points to the Cellular Tower near me, not my house.

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks to the developers of XGPS for the wonderful Application.

Styler.

]]> By: John Lewis http://www.imore.com/2009/03/04/xgps-12-jailbroken-iphones/comment-page-1/#comment-35375 John Lewis Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:04:50 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7338#comment-35375 <p>Nice blog design, just wondering where you got it, I'm jealous.</p> Nice blog design, just wondering where you got it, I'm jealous.

]]> By: issie http://www.imore.com/2009/03/04/xgps-12-jailbroken-iphones/comment-page-1/#comment-34543 issie Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:17:34 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7338#comment-34543 <p>The application is a good first effort. But the Gps world has moved on from the Mapopolis days and that's what this program reminds me of. My advice to anyone is to get yourself a dedicated $40.00 Windows CE type GPS and put ie TomTom, IGO or Garmin on it.</p> <p>Please still help the author by posting feedbacks.</p> The application is a good first effort. But the Gps world has moved on from the Mapopolis days and that's what this program reminds me of. My advice to anyone is to get yourself a dedicated $40.00 Windows CE type GPS and put ie TomTom, IGO or Garmin on it.

Please still help the author by posting feedbacks.

]]> By: Druce http://www.imore.com/2009/03/04/xgps-12-jailbroken-iphones/comment-page-1/#comment-34411 Druce Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:35:55 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7338#comment-34411 <p>All in all, it is a good first effort. My favorite bug is that the text to speach does not always translate abbreviations the way it should. For example St. Becomes "saint", not "street", and NE isn't "northeast" it becomes "Nebraska". This makes it difficult when you are instructed to turn in 150 meters on "132rd saint Nebraska" instead of "132nd street northeast". </p> <p>I actually love the bug. It gives it personality!</p> All in all, it is a good first effort. My favorite bug is that the text to speach does not always translate abbreviations the way it should. For example St. Becomes "saint", not "street", and NE isn't "northeast" it becomes "Nebraska". This makes it difficult when you are instructed to turn in 150 meters on "132rd saint Nebraska" instead of "132nd street northeast".

I actually love the bug. It gives it personality!

]]> By: Ana http://www.imore.com/2009/03/04/xgps-12-jailbroken-iphones/comment-page-1/#comment-34159 Ana Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:23:42 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7338#comment-34159 <p>Defects and all...it gets the job done and definitely beats having to stare down to know where to turn next.</p> <p>A pleasant voice would be nice too.</p> Defects and all...it gets the job done and definitely beats having to stare down to know where to turn next.

A pleasant voice would be nice too.

]]> By: Tunnelrunner http://www.imore.com/2009/03/04/xgps-12-jailbroken-iphones/comment-page-1/#comment-34141 Tunnelrunner Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:23:55 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7338#comment-34141 <p>No, you're right. I've changed my mind. I'll get right on the jailbreaking.</p> No, you're right. I've changed my mind. I'll get right on the jailbreaking.

]]> By: iBamse http://www.imore.com/2009/03/04/xgps-12-jailbroken-iphones/comment-page-1/#comment-34117 iBamse Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:33:26 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7338#comment-34117 <p>Risk? Effort?</p> Risk? Effort?

]]> By: Tunnelrunner http://www.imore.com/2009/03/04/xgps-12-jailbroken-iphones/comment-page-1/#comment-34115 Tunnelrunner Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:18:41 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7338#comment-34115 <p>Just the problems that I've been reading about in the forums. I can't give you specific examples off the top of my head since I've never tried it. IMO, it's just not worth the effort; the phone is awesome already and it's always being upraded. But whatever works for you; you want to jailbreak your phone, go for it. I choose not to, so I won't.</p> Just the problems that I've been reading about in the forums. I can't give you specific examples off the top of my head since I've never tried it. IMO, it's just not worth the effort; the phone is awesome already and it's always being upraded. But whatever works for you; you want to jailbreak your phone, go for it. I choose not to, so I won't.

]]> By: christomapher http://www.imore.com/2009/03/04/xgps-12-jailbroken-iphones/comment-page-1/#comment-34108 christomapher Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:00:21 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7338#comment-34108 <p>There's a risk when you Jailbreak? Tell me, that's the risk? If your phone bricks (which is very unlikely), you connect it to iTunes and you're back in business.</p> There's a risk when you Jailbreak? Tell me, that's the risk? If your phone bricks (which is very unlikely), you connect it to iTunes and you're back in business.

]]> By: Tunnelrunner http://www.imore.com/2009/03/04/xgps-12-jailbroken-iphones/comment-page-1/#comment-34102 Tunnelrunner Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:57:04 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7338#comment-34102 <p>It's cool but still not worth the risk (IMHO) of jailbreaking. I'm hopeful that G-Map will continue to make significant upgrades, if their past history is any indication.</p> It's cool but still not worth the risk (IMHO) of jailbreaking. I'm hopeful that G-Map will continue to make significant upgrades, if their past history is any indication.

]]> By: Topper http://www.imore.com/2009/03/04/xgps-12-jailbroken-iphones/comment-page-1/#comment-34094 Topper Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:28:06 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7338#comment-34094 <p>@Ion Nedelus:</p> <p>They're asking for feedback from the users. Just visit their website. The link to their blog is hyperlinked above. :-) http://xgpsdev.xwaves.net/</p> @Ion Nedelus:

They're asking for feedback from the users. Just visit their website. The link to their blog is hyperlinked above. :-) http://xgpsdev.xwaves.net/

]]> By: Ion Nedelus http://www.imore.com/2009/03/04/xgps-12-jailbroken-iphones/comment-page-1/#comment-34093 Ion Nedelus Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:09:05 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7338#comment-34093 <p>I’ve just updated my IPhone to xGPS 1.2.0 Indeed , I can see the improvements but…. Unfortunately , I’m living in Romania , where Google has the most poor map from Europe .With previous version , I could use the maps imported from GMDL program (Google combined with Open Street) , maps to the limit of decency . But now I see those maps are notsupported anymore by version 1.2</p> <p>WHAT TO DO then ?</p> I’ve just updated my IPhone to xGPS 1.2.0 Indeed , I can see the improvements but…. Unfortunately , I’m living in Romania , where Google has the most poor map from Europe .With previous version , I could use the maps imported from GMDL program (Google combined with Open Street) , maps to the limit of decency . But now I see those maps are notsupported anymore by version 1.2

WHAT TO DO then ?

]]> By: 500CardGame http://www.imore.com/2009/03/04/xgps-12-jailbroken-iphones/comment-page-1/#comment-34091 500CardGame Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:07:04 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7338#comment-34091 <p>mmm... not so sure... let me get the info and I'll post it</p> mmm... not so sure... let me get the info and I'll post it

]]> By: coolbell http://www.imore.com/2009/03/04/xgps-12-jailbroken-iphones/comment-page-1/#comment-34089 coolbell Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:34:52 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7338#comment-34089 <p>If i wanted to get this for my ipod touch.. where can i get one of those GPS modules that was shown in the video.. anyone know??</p> <p>Thanks in advance!</p> If i wanted to get this for my ipod touch.. where can i get one of those GPS modules that was shown in the video.. anyone know??

Thanks in advance!

]]> By: Christopher Vitek http://www.imore.com/2009/03/04/xgps-12-jailbroken-iphones/comment-page-1/#comment-34086 Christopher Vitek Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:12:04 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7338#comment-34086 <p>I tried it but I couldn't get it to calculate a route.</p> I tried it but I couldn't get it to calculate a route.

]]> By: 100FreeGames http://www.imore.com/2009/03/04/xgps-12-jailbroken-iphones/comment-page-1/#comment-34084 100FreeGames Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:08:18 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7338#comment-34084 <p>lol, when you recive the call... ask for directions =)</p> lol, when you recive the call... ask for directions =)

]]> By: Steve http://www.imore.com/2009/03/04/xgps-12-jailbroken-iphones/comment-page-1/#comment-34083 Steve Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:06:47 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7338#comment-34083 <p>Another GPS is the last thing that would sway me to jailbreak. I prefer my GPS be separate from my phone, anyway. I don't need to be interupted with phone calls if I'm lost and trying to find my way. :roll:</p> Another GPS is the last thing that would sway me to jailbreak. I prefer my GPS be separate from my phone, anyway. I don't need to be interupted with phone calls if I'm lost and trying to find my way. :roll:

]]> By: Rey http://www.imore.com/2009/03/04/xgps-12-jailbroken-iphones/comment-page-1/#comment-34077 Rey Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:43:01 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7338#comment-34077 <p>My only knock is the lack of transition from search to directions as mentioned. Otherwise amazing update (added by Mobile using <a href="http://mippin.com/?ref=commentposting" rel="nofollow">Mippin</a>)</p> My only knock is the lack of transition from search to directions as mentioned. Otherwise amazing update (added by Mobile using Mippin)

]]> By: Bill Taroli http://www.imore.com/2009/03/04/xgps-12-jailbroken-iphones/comment-page-1/#comment-34069 Bill Taroli Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:07:08 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=7338#comment-34069 <p>I saw and upgraded to this release yesterday. It does still have some annoying bugs and behaviors. You can search for locations using a really handy interface, but can't do anything else -- like transition to getting directions to a found location from there. You can't search properly for items in the drections view... it either has to be in your contacts list or you must enter a specific address. At least the "current location" starting point bug is gone. :)</p> <p>All that aside, I used it for some driving I was doing between known locations, so I wasn't really relying upon it to get me anywhere but testing to see how well it performed. And on this measure it actually does fairly well. A few observations:</p> <ul> <li><p>the map rotation is a bit odd, though not especially distracting</p></li> <li><p>it's nice that I can see where I am on the map, or on the route, but having a direction indicator would perhaps make it a bit less disorienting</p></li> <li><p>despite having English and "miles" scale selected, the voice propts still gave meters as the distance reported.</p></li> <li><p>it detected my divergence from the route fairly quickly, but seemed slow to recalculate new directions in some cases. In others it was fairly quick... perhaps a signal of network impact to performance.</p></li> </ul> <p>Overall, I say this ia a fine effort... especially considering it's free! I'm very much looking forward to what will come next from this development. If it's this good pretty much out of the gate it will be a very nice app indeed after a few more cycles.</p> <p>I hate to get on my soapbox, but where are all the commercial developers and Apple on this? I feel as if Apple is willingly lagging on delivering quality software and (AppStore-capable) SDK offerings to developers... and to customers' detriment. More than a few times I've heard people wow at certain applications (Cycorder is another that comes to mind) only to have to tell them they can't get these from the AppStore and must jailbreak to get this functionality.</p> I saw and upgraded to this release yesterday. It does still have some annoying bugs and behaviors. You can search for locations using a really handy interface, but can't do anything else -- like transition to getting directions to a found location from there. You can't search properly for items in the drections view... it either has to be in your contacts list or you must enter a specific address. At least the "current location" starting point bug is gone. :)

All that aside, I used it for some driving I was doing between known locations, so I wasn't really relying upon it to get me anywhere but testing to see how well it performed. And on this measure it actually does fairly well. A few observations:

  • the map rotation is a bit odd, though not especially distracting

  • it's nice that I can see where I am on the map, or on the route, but having a direction indicator would perhaps make it a bit less disorienting

  • despite having English and "miles" scale selected, the voice propts still gave meters as the distance reported.

  • it detected my divergence from the route fairly quickly, but seemed slow to recalculate new directions in some cases. In others it was fairly quick... perhaps a signal of network impact to performance.

Overall, I say this ia a fine effort... especially considering it's free! I'm very much looking forward to what will come next from this development. If it's this good pretty much out of the gate it will be a very nice app indeed after a few more cycles.

I hate to get on my soapbox, but where are all the commercial developers and Apple on this? I feel as if Apple is willingly lagging on delivering quality software and (AppStore-capable) SDK offerings to developers... and to customers' detriment. More than a few times I've heard people wow at certain applications (Cycorder is another that comes to mind) only to have to tell them they can't get these from the AppStore and must jailbreak to get this functionality.

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