How To: Install Google Navigation on Your Donut Phone
November 13, 2009 in Featured
!NO NEED TO DO THIS PROCEDURE!
GOOGLE HAS RELEASED NAVIGATION FOR ALL DONUT PHONES, GOTO THE MARKET AND SEARCH FOR IT THEN JUST CLICK INSTALL!
Want the new Google Navigation app on your phone? Here you go.
Thanks XDA-Developers Community!
Thanks Theomajigga!
Thanks Eric!
I. Before you begin (READ THIS)
1. You MUST have rooted your phone and have a custom recovery image and custom ROM.
2. You MUST have a custom ROM based on Donut! So no 1.5 based ROMs!
II. Install Google Navigation
1. Download this file:
Thanks Joshua for the Mirror Links!
2. Rename the file to update.zip (make sure it isn’t accidentally named update.zip.zip)
3. Save the file to your SD card NOT in any folders, just on the SD card itself.
4. Turn off the phone.
5. Turn the phone back on by holding down home and power to get to recovery mode.
6. Select Apply Update and wait for it to finish.
7. Reboot the phone by holding down home and power.
8. Goto Settings on the Phone, then Applications, then Manage Applications
9. Click on Maps then click Clear Data.
10. Click on Market next, and click clear Data
11. Goto Settings >Date & Time
12. Uncheck Automatic and set the time to 11:59pm
13. Hit Home then do NOT PUSH ANYTHING until the time gets to 12:01am
14. Then goto Settings >Date & Time.
15. Check Automatic back on.
16. Go into the Market and download Google Voice (if you already have it, uninstall it then reinstall it from the Market).
17. Turn the phone off.
18. Turn it back on into recovery mode by holding down Home and Power
19. Click clear Dalvik cache (if it is there, if not ignore this step).
20. Click reboot.
III. Change Your Prop Files Back
1. Download the .zip file and unzip it to your computer.
Thanks Eric!
2. Once the contents are unzipped, take the build.trout.prop and then build.sapphire.prop files and save them to the root of your SD card (not in any folder on your SD card).
3. Download Terminal from the Market if you don’t already have it and open it.
4. Type the following, hitting enter at the end of each line:
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cp /sdcard/build.trout.prop /system
cp /sdcard/build.sapphire.prop /system
reboot
5. After your phone reboots you are all set! Open the app and give it a whirl!
young3g said on November 24, 2009
Finally Google Maps Navigation update is available for all 1.6 devices. No more hassle, yeah !
Dave said on November 24, 2009
No need to root for Google Navigation, they just released it last night for 1.6!!!!!
cris said on November 25, 2009
Hey unlockr, so I keep trying 2 dwnload the google maps app update frm the market and when the app is installing it says “package was not signed correctly” and dosnt finish the download…any ideas of what is going on ?
hvrobel said on November 26, 2009
I have the same problem as cris.
hvrobel said on November 26, 2009
NM answered my/cris’ question. They updated the app. No need to this. I have to go back and fix it now though
Dizzy49 said on November 26, 2009
I get the same error as cris. Tried downloading it several times over the past two days.
TheUnlockr said on November 26, 2009
Dizzy49,
This procedure is obsolete now. Just goto the Market and download the navigation program on your Donut phone (if you have an HTC Hero on 1.5, you will have to wait until HTC releases the 1.6 update).
Operative5639 said on November 26, 2009
T-Mobile G1
black
Rooted 1.6 rom
Cant find on the market whats it called
Operative5639 said on November 26, 2009
Found it ^_^ never mind
cris said on November 27, 2009
Hey guys still no answer can’t dwnload frm market, checked xdadev website and still couldn’t find anything…please help cris.gr87@gmail.com if anyone can help thanks !
kyle2blue said on December 2, 2009
won’t let me download update. keeps saying not compatible
kyle2blue said on December 2, 2009
i have a g1 with cyanogen 4.2.6
TheUnlockr said on December 2, 2009
Hello Kyle2Blue,
Its unnecessary anyway, read the bold writing at the top.
Just download the actual program from the Market, Google released it.
eric said on December 2, 2009
you still need the build.props.. to be able to run this.. off market.. it only detects the builds.
Dizzy49 said on December 2, 2009
Well since most people who have rooted their phone are still unable to install the new version of Google Maps on to their phone, maybe this How-To should be updated to help us out.
I have a G1 with 1.6 rooted. No other ROM, just rooted 1.6
kyle2blue said on December 2, 2009
I tried,
it keeps saying installation unsuccessful.
kyle2blue said on December 2, 2009
getting the stupid package not signed thing….
eric said on December 7, 2009
heres the link to original post…
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583123
i updated from market with ease… yet i did do the steps i posted above b4 hand..
the signing for the build.probs are key cause thats what tricks your phone into thinkin u are running a droid….with android 2.0…
so im not sure what else to do since i havent had that prob.. i just recommend goin this route then upgranding map in market.. thats just my opinion.. to each his own tho!
Skinner said on December 8, 2009
I downloaded this in the UK and it worked fine, but now it says navigation to your destination is not available
greg said on December 22, 2009
i already have the navigation beta but i cannot install updates from google maps 3.3.1 it says installation error the package file was not signed correctly
greg said on December 22, 2009
what should i do??
JC said on January 8, 2010
3.3.1 will not install to rooted phones. The ‘Package file was not signed correctly’ message prohibits the installation after download. Can anyone from the unlockr help out with this? Thanks!!!