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post Oct 22 2010, 06:56 PM

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Something to ask about Papago from a newbie. In the navigation screen, what is the 5 circles/bubbles that turn grey & green ? GPS satellite signal strength ? hmm.gif

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post Oct 25 2010, 12:21 PM

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QUOTE(angelflames @ Oct 22 2010, 08:52 PM)
green bubble indicate how near you are to the junction. 1 green bubble = around 400m, 5 green bubbles = right infront of you
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Is it ? sweat.gif I read through Papago user guide PDF, and can't find any info on this. Perhaps you can share where to get info or learn more on this ?

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post Oct 26 2010, 10:25 AM

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Try delete the file, and re-download again ? Maybe the file corrupted during download.
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post Oct 26 2010, 01:47 PM

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I assume you are using Papago for MY & SG, which only comes with MY & SG map. If you are in other country, e.g. Hong Kong, then you will need the HK map, i.e. Papago for HK.

Check the appstore.
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post Oct 26 2010, 03:58 PM

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Oh, outside KL only.

(1) Check General -> Settings -> Location Services is ON

(2) Ensure you are at outside open area with no trees/roof/tall building blocking. It may take some time to lock satellites, especially if Cellular Data is OFF, as this disabled the so called Assisted-GPS.
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post Nov 9 2010, 03:50 PM

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Me too using PPG 7.1 with MFM (100415). Never crash/hang before (touch wood).

This week just upgrade the map to 4th Nov 2010. Doing testing now. No crash/hang also.

Very fast lock satellite if in outside open air, a few seconds only.

Previously using Nokia with GMXT + MFM also.

Comparison:
(1) Still prefer GMXT graphical user interface
(2) PPG is better in the sense of giving more voice/oral direction before reach a junction/split road. e..g Keep Left.
(3) Split view with PPG

Other than that, both brings me to the destination.
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post Nov 19 2010, 11:57 AM

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QUOTE(Boy96 @ Nov 19 2010, 01:34 AM)
cause your car dont have V-Kool, try cold boot without A-GPS turned on and with V-Kool tinted cars
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That is not GPS device problem already. Smart-Tag (Touch'nGo) will not work either.

This is due to V-Kool is too good a product, that it blocks out most of the infrared radio spectrum, which includes the range for mobile phones and smart-tag devices.

That is why you may see people wind-down their car windows and holding the smart-tag outside their windows when passing toll plaza tongue.gif You may need to do that with your GPS device. Good luck on current rainy days sweat.gif

Or, cut a hole on the V-Kool .
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post Nov 22 2010, 01:51 PM

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QUOTE(GUESS @ Nov 22 2010, 01:19 PM)
hi bro any recomendation for car charger to use for iphone 4?
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I'm looking for one also. My friend is using a 1A output car charger, but seems like it can't charge full when using GPS navigation.

I'm thinking if a 2A output (for iPads) will kill iPhone4 or not hmm.gif

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post May 30 2011, 11:57 AM

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QUOTE(Dorano @ May 28 2011, 08:00 AM)
Hi all

Has anyone tried Waze on their iPhone/iPad before? It's a GPS-based traffic application. Really really cool. As I am driving, it tells me which roads have bad traffic or have road blocks, as reported by other "Wazers". And if I am driving and my car slows down ono the highway, it asks me if I am in bad traffic. So if I said yes, it will broadcast to other "Wazers" taking the same road. Nice!

However, I noticed that it uses up a lot of battery life.

Also, does anyone know how much bandwidth it uses up? I noticed that my data usage has increased a lot and I might even bust my 1 GB limit. Ouch! I hope Maxis doesn't charge me extra for the usage. cry.gif
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I've used Waze. The only advantage is the traffic reporting, provided enough members within the area/route you want to go. Also, it does auto-reporting when traffic is jam/slow.

DO NOT depend on it for routing/GPS direction. The roads/maps are messy as no one maintain it.

Also, since the LCD screen is always on, it'll suck up the battery quite fast, similiar like Papago.
It will also use some data bandwidth for the reporting. I estimate for every hour, it takes up 0.5-1MB, excluding the map-sync (which I do at home through WiFi)
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post Aug 11 2011, 11:40 AM

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As of today, Garmin for iPhone only has maps for US. The maps are not downloaded, and must use data-plan to download as you move.

There are no maps for other countries yet. You can't download MFM/MSM map into it.

We have to wait for the next release of Garmin for iPhone.
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post Aug 15 2011, 10:36 AM

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Summary:

No data plan = using A-GPS is chargeable (data plan) = need longer time (may take few minutes) to lock satellite and also must be in open area facing the sky, no tall buildings, roof, trees to block.

Data plan = can use A-GPS = locks in seconds and also can detect location even inside most buildings.

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There is one time, my experience of using without A-GPS from KLCC to Bukit Bintang (play play),
Jln Ampang -> Tun Razak -> Jln Bukit Bintang
it still not yet lock the satellites when I reach destination doh.gif

Sometimes it locks faster though.
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post Aug 17 2011, 10:30 AM

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QUOTE(blur_goofy @ Aug 17 2011, 09:07 AM)
question: on papago

my installed papago doesnt seem to be able to guide me. it can lock my location really quick but once i start driving, it will not guide/navigae. i wonder what happened?
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Did you set/tell the device where you want to go (destination/POI) ?
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post Aug 17 2011, 06:48 PM

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QUOTE(Optiplex330 @ Aug 17 2011, 01:22 PM)
GPS need to find the position of satellite. Then do calculation as to where you are. If you keep moving, you are making things more difficult. It's like shooting a stationary target vs a moving target. Which is easier?

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Without A-GPS:

Sometimes when I'm moving around the same area as stated above in a car, I can get lock in 2-5 minutes.

Sometimes I stand in the middle of open football field (don't ask me why I'm there), without moving, no building/trees/etc., minimal or no clouds, it still needs 2-5 minutes.
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post Aug 26 2011, 03:05 PM

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QUOTE(irmond @ Aug 26 2011, 02:28 PM)
Actually what's wrong with using google map given on the iphone?
they are always 90% accurate for me.
they only thing, there's no girl voice saying 'turn left' nor 'rerouting'
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Also, google map (or if you use nokia ovi maps on nokia phones) need to download the map constantly using data-plan. That will use up a lot of the quota.

Also, google map POI is not as extensive as MFM inside Papago.
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post Oct 11 2011, 04:11 PM

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Waze map are useless. Waze is only good for traffic updates/reporting, especially during peak hours.

Google map is useless, unless you have unlimited data plan and at good coverage area (3G/HSDPA), otherwise loading of the map will be slow.

For offline maps, the best is to stick with Papago, Sygic, etc.
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post Feb 8 2012, 12:39 PM

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QUOTE(mohdanwar @ Feb 7 2012, 05:31 PM)
is waze sucking data? if yes i wont use it
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Of course it sucks data. Otherwise, how can it communicate with Internet to get updates/alerts from other road users ? By call ? By SMS ?
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post Feb 10 2012, 07:55 PM

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QUOTE(jackyyong @ Feb 10 2012, 09:55 AM)
From my experience, Waze uses very minimal data. On my recent trip back to hometown, I turned on Waze all through the trip to check whether there is any traffic jam in the highways. By the end of the trip (about 1.5 hours), I used barely 5 MB of data. If you can afford 5 MB of data, Waze is a great tool to use!!  rclxms.gif

I also recently installed Garmin Streetpilot, the US version. This is the "map-on-board" version. You can actually download the Malaysia map into it using iExplorer or other file viewer. I prefer the Garmin map compared to the Papago version. So in this poll, I'll vote for "Other - Garmin Streetpilot"
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Did you try with MFM Custom POI ?
Which one should we use ?
(i) Nuvi (.wav)
(ii) Garmin (.mp3)
(iii) MobileXT (Boh-Sia)

Also, which folder to put ?
(i) /private/var/mobile/Applications/xxxxx/Library/sdcard/Garmin/POI
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(ii) /private/var/mobile/Applications/xxxxx/garmin-nav.app/storage-usa/POI



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post Feb 13 2012, 04:46 PM

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For this Garmin, I'm trying to :
(1) Don't know which exact folder to put Custom POI. Still trying out.
(2) Support JCV (JunCtion View) ?
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post Mar 2 2012, 02:22 PM

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QUOTE(EmperorScorpion @ Mar 2 2012, 06:27 AM)
Guys what is the best gps navigator now ?
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There is no best. Each individual may have difference preference.

My preference for navigation (not in order):
- Papago
- Sygic
- Garmin Onboard

Preference for traffic report:
- Waze
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post Mar 5 2012, 11:22 AM

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QUOTE(DarkNite @ Mar 3 2012, 01:56 PM)
Any screen shots or mini review?
Does it recognized gmapsupp.img?
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Yes, the iPhone Garmin Onboard does recognize gmapsupp.img
Use MFM compile as GarminXT map.
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