xGPS updated - Turn by Turn Voice Guidance Now Included

[lostprophet894]

Or so the update claims.

I'm currently downloading now, but I'm at work so it'll be a while before I can test it out.

Hope to get some feedback from those who've tried it!

[eplchamps0304]

Or so the update claims.

I'm currently downloading now, but I'm at work so it'll be a while before I can test it out.

Hope to get some feedback from those who've tried it!

I thought the update was delayed another 2 days.

[lostprophet894]

I must be on some VIP list then...

[eplchamps0304]

WOW its here. Finally TBT with voice. Boo you apple.

[Rayfire]

Ugghh... this one will definitely lure me to jb
How well does the TBT work eplchamps? Can you
do a test run?

[lostprophet894]

Ugghh... this one will definitely lure me to jb
How well does the TBT work eplchamps? Can you
do a test run?

This is what I'm wondering. I've had xGPS on my phone for the past month eating up space (completely worthless app up until now) waiting for this update.

I hope it's worth it!!

[nfl46]

1.2 kicks a$$!!!!!!!!

Apple should be ashamed of themselves for not giving us Turn by Turn! But luckily we got it now...!

:rolleyes:

[Four20]

no one has tested it yet?

[Gix1k]

Mine is coming down now :D

[eplchamps0304]

This is what I'm wondering. I've had xGPS on my phone for the past month eating up space (completely worthless app up until now) waiting for this update.

I hope it's worth it!!

No, the old one wasnt worthless to me because I dont have a data plan on my iphone. It was difficult to use but it worked, most of the time. Im still setting up the new one.

[KidStallyn]

If you have 3G, do you need the Dongle....or will it work with the native GPS??? That's something I can't find an answer to on thier blog or product site....

[lostprophet894]

1.2 kicks a$$!!!!!!!!

Apple should be ashamed of themselves for not giving us Turn by Turn! But luckily we got it now...!

:rolleyes:

So you're saying it works as it should?

How's the voice quality? Have they improved the accuracy of the speedometer? Any bugs/defects you've noticed yet?

Come on man!! I'm dying here!

[lostprophet894]

If you have 3G, do you need the Dongle....or will it work with the native GPS??? That's something I can't find an answer to on thier blog or product site....

It's doing a decent job of locating me using the iPhone GPS.

[Gix1k]

The address find is far better. Found driving directions first try. I have not gotten any voice yet though.

[Gix1k]

My signal is poor even outside and I am getting no voice.

[lostprophet894]

My signal is poor even outside and I am getting no voice.

Did you enable it in the settings? You also have to select "English" in the language menu to get any voice prompts.

[Gix1k]

Did you enable it in the settings? You also have to select "English" in the language menu to get any voice prompts.


Yes, I turned it on. I am on English, too. Oddly enough, I had version 1.1 installed....removed it. I just installed 1.2 when this thread showed up, but when I went to the maps, it was at my home on the map....my street rather. How did it retain that data?

[lostprophet894]

Yes, I turned it on. I am on English, too. Oddly enough, I had version 1.1 installed....removed it. I just installed 1.2 when this thread showed up, but when I went to the maps, it was at my home on the map....my street rather. How did it retain that data?

That's actually a good question cuz when I started mine up after the update it said all of my downloaded maps and saved data were incompatible with the new version.

[Gix1k]

That's actually a good question cuz when I started mine up after the update it said all of my downloaded maps and saved data were incompatible with the new version.


Ya, I got those messages, too.

[jimmy83]

Does it work in the UK?

[PYR0M310N]

Does it work in the UK?

Yes, it works everywhere there is google maps.

[Vandam500]

I see it supports google maps, nice. One question though, do we have to download the maps manually or can we just put in a address?

[JohnsonVision]

Has anyone had a chance to try out the driving directions in the car...I have read on a number of forums some not hearing the voice guidance and the re-routing doesnt happen if you go the wrong way, the directions just disappear.

Anyone have any input?

Once I hop in the car in about an hour I will post my impressions as well.

[rubdom]

No voice for me yet. Has anyone got this working?

[CarlyLyon]

i really need a good gps is this the one i should get????

thanks ahead of time

[jimmy83]

Why the biggy over 'Voice Guidance'? Cant you use the tom tom kinda software guidance, where is shows your with arrows which way to head?:confused:

[UFMatt]

i really need a good gps is this the one i should get????

thanks ahead of time

Well it is free so you could always just delete it off if you don't like it. I got it to work fine, with voice, earlier in the day.

[badgerman]

Can u add poi's like spped cams?

Can u have 2d mode or is it just helicopter view from above?

[rendez2k]

I think that 'robo' voice might drive me mad after a while but so far all working well! Need to give it a proper test next time I'm out and about.

[jcde7ago]

I think that 'robo' voice might drive me mad after a while but so far all working well! Need to give it a proper test next time I'm out and about.

So you can confirm that voice navigation is indeed fully functional?

[rendez2k]

Well, not done a full trip but added a start and end address and the voice worked!

[Vandam500]

Just went from my college to home (Around 22 miles) with xGPS 1.2:p I can indeed confirm that the Voice turn by turn works. It found my location right away and as soon as I was on the way home I heard a small beeping noise and then this funny sounding robotic voice saying "In 330 meters turn right onto Memorial College Avenue". The robotic voice is funny but can become a little annoying after a while.

Pros:
1-True Voice by Voice Turn

2- The menu system looks great

3- Love the Route Manager

4- Displays MPH (Pretty accurate)

5- Accurate directions

Cons

1- I believe it should say stuff like "Continue on 85 North for 5 miles" or things like that.

2- Robotic voice can be annoying/difficult to understand

3- Uses meters for voice commands (Miles is alot better in my opinion).

4- Seems to display Wrong Way when I am going the right way

Here is a screen so you can see what the interface looks like while driving. Note- Don't ask how I took it:p

[Vandam500]

Can u add poi's like spped cams?

Can u have 2d mode or is it just helicopter view from above?

Does not have 2D:( Wish they add it though,would be great!

[cualexander]

I tried this out. Garmin doesn't have anything to worry about yet, but for a free simple GPS route voice guidance it works great! I just took a short trip to the Wendy's down the road, but it alerted me to all the turns by beeping and telling me the distance. I had it hooked into my car's audio. I didn't test whether if I played ipod songs if it would interrupt them to tell or not, but that would be sweet if so. Only thing I didn't like it is always tells you the distance in meters so 1080 meters, eh, doesn't really mean much to me. Maybe its just me. I can see when it gets down to less than 500 meters, but anything over that, I want the miles equivalent for. Also the text to speech engine isn't anything as good as professional GPS. It mispronounces a lot and sounds really robotic.

The map display works great, it auto rotates when you turn. The speedometer was spot on. Beats the socks off of Google maps. And the price can't be beat. I could definitely use this to find where I needed to go. I will say I'm in a 3G area, and I didn't download the maps prior to my journey but the phone kept up. I don't know how it would perform in EDGE.

The thing that doesn't work for me is the search feature. It finds things alright, but only in my local area, and when I click a result nothing happens. I can get around this by manually creating a route and you can use the search there, but just searching and expecting it to plot a route to automatically doesn't work unless I've missed something.

For free, and being just released it is pretty sweet at the moment. It can only get better from this point.

[CocoaPuffs]

This app in its simplistic form is worthy of praise. No longer do I have to scroll the map while I drive to figure out where I am going. My only wish is to have the option to just "beep" for notification of upcoming turns. I think I'll do fine without the robot :).

[Gix1k]

App is good. As another person said....it displays wrong way when I am going the right way. The voice is annoying. I went the wrong way to see how long it took to reroute.....lets just say i'd have to pull over to make sure I got where I was going. Too long to reroute. I like the purple circle every place I am to exit or turn. All in all...decent app. I still need Apple to do there thing because I need to find something on google, hit directions and have it tell me how to get there.

[lostprophet894]

Well from what I've read thus far it seems Xwaves is looking to make.... well, waves.

I realize that the software is nothing in comparison to that of traditional GPS providers like TomTom, Garmin, etc, but think about all of the iPhone 3G (jailbroken) owners who are going to see this and veer away from buying a real GPS device. The 3G crowd is anything but small. And like somebody mentioned above, the only way to go from here is up.

[KidStallyn]

So you're saying it works as it should?

How's the voice quality? Have they improved the accuracy of the speedometer? Any bugs/defects you've noticed yet?

Come on man!! I'm dying here!

I would say that for a free app it's excellent. The speed jumps around quite a bit, and when you're stopped at a stoplight, it really jumps around, and in some cases turned my arrow going the opposite direction. It was also off by about a tenth of a mile on the final turn into my work. Whew....Good thing I knew where i was going.....or I would have ended up in a field... LOL

I'm sure, over time they will refine it, but for now it's actually in a good state.

[bbplayer5]

Well the one on the app store is smart enough to know where the roads are. It keeps you locked onto the road at all times... Too bad it doesnt talk or do landscape mode!

[lostprophet894]

Well the one on the app store is smart enough to know where the roads are. It keeps you locked onto the road at all times... Too bad it doesnt talk or do landscape mode!

Which app is this? I didn't know there was one in the crap st--, ahem... app store.

Does it progress through the directions as you do? I'm not really concerned about the voice as I can never hear mine over my music anyway.

[JohnsonVision]

So I used xGPS on the way home from work and it worked pretty well. A short musical notification could be herad along with a robotic voice informing me of how close I was to an upcoming turn and told me where to exit. For those not hearing the voice I would make sure that you phone is not on silent and the ringer is turned all the way up. I used a car adapter and could hear the voice thru my speakers.

I for one think that is a very good plus over the standard maps app. It obvioulsy isnt perfect and I dont have any experience with a garmin/tom tom, but it surely doesnt compare to a built nav system which most cars have anyway.

I have g-map west from the app store and the positive with that app is that the maps are all pre-downloaded, however it takes about a gig of memory for some maps I will never use. One huge mistep for g-map is that it isn't integrated with your contacts and the POI search is pretty weak. It has 3 different views which is nice, but no landscape. I think it is just as accurate as xgps, meaning the dot or arrow doesn't move along the route as smoothly. They both kind of skip along the road.

Everyone has been really looking forward to voice guidance and now it's proven it can be done(who knows what David Pogue was talking about when he said the 3G gps antenna couldn't handle turn by turn). It is huge step forward and if you use xgps, the maps app and g-map all together, I dont see how you can get lost. :)

[lostprophet894]

So I used xGPS on the way home from work and it worked pretty well. A short musical notification could be herad along with a robotic voice informing me of how close I was to an upcoming turn and told me where to exit. For those not hearing the voice I would make sure that you phone is not on silent and the ringer is turned all the way up. I used a car adapter and could hear the voice thru my speakers.

I for one think that is a very good plus over the standard maps app. It obvioulsy isnt perfect and I dont have any experience with a garmin/tom tom, but it surely doesnt compare to a built nav system which most cars have anyway.

I have g-map west from the app store and the positive with that app is that the maps are all pre-downloaded, however it takes about a gig of memory for some maps I will never use. One huge mistep for g-map is that it isn't integrated with your contacts and the POI search is pretty weak. It has 3 different views which is nice, but no landscape. I think it is just as accurate as xgps, meaning the dot or arrow doesn't move along the route as smoothly. They both kind of skip along the road.

Everyone has been really looking forward to voice guidance and now it's proven it can be done(who knows what David Pogue was talking about when he said the 3G gps antenna couldn't handle turn by turn). It is huge step forward and if you use xgps, the maps app and g-map all together, I dont see how you can get lost. :)

Since when?

Not everybody lives in Beverly Hills. ;)

[JohnsonVision]

Since when?

Not everybody lives in Beverly Hills. ;)

I dont live in Beverly Hills...but I do live in Southern California. :D

[CocoaPuffs]

The obvious problem with this app is with the iPhone hardware itself, the strength of GPS chip and the battery life. If xWaves decides to make the GPS location service even more sensitive (perhaps they're already at max), they have to do it at the cost of higher battery consumption. Hence to reduce the "wrong way" issue most of you are experiencing is really the issue with hardware, which xWaves cannot do anything about.

Also for calculation of route, they are utilizing Google due to the fact this isn't like a 3 gig application. But I think they do save the route everytime you use it, so you can actually do so in the offline mode. However, if you need to re-route the direction, you will have to rely on the 3G connection, which is understandable to be slow.

There are several small areas for this to be improved, but overall, I think this is about as close to final product as it can be in terms of essentials.

[Tokiopop]

Sweet! My parents have been dying to use my phone as a Sat Nav for ages :p

I hope they make some improvements though, and change meters to miles! :D

[KidStallyn]

Sweet! My parents have been dying to use my phone as a Sat Nav for ages :p

I hope they make some improvements though, and change meters to miles! :D

In the settings you can change the display from meters to miles. The voice (which can be turned off), is always in meters. Again, for a free app, I think they did a very good job, and it will only get better IMHO.

[Tokiopop]

In the settings you can change the display from meters to miles. The voice (which can be turned off), is always in meters. Again, for a free app, I think they did a very good job, and it will only get better IMHO.

I meant the voice saying miles ;)

[marcmarcdv]

I have an coulpe of question?

1. is there an way we can turn up the voice direction? as it is very low?

2. which one do i using under the gps?
Xgps module
Iphone 3g gps
Igpsd
Igps360
Fake Gps

Which one do i using? an which one DOESNT NOT USE AN 3G CONNTECED?

thank you

[CocoaPuffs]

I have an coulpe of question?

1. is there an way we can turn up the voice direction? as it is very low?

2. which one do i using under the gps?
Xgps module
Iphone 3g gps
Igpsd
Igps360
Fake Gps

Which one do i using? an which one DOESNT NOT USE AN 3G CONNTECED?

thank you
1. Not natively from the app itself.

2. iPhone 3G GPS, unless you have another external GPS output.

[jimmy83]

So you need 3G for this to work? If so, why can't you use GPRS isnt that what tom tom and other sat navs use? As you usually get GPRS 99% of the time :confused:

[CocoaPuffs]

So you need 3G for this to work? If so, why can't you use GPRS isnt that what tom tom and other sat navs use? As you usually get GPRS 99% of the time :confused:

I don't think you understand what GPS Navigation is. It uses GPS chips to sync with various satelites to identify location using longitude and latitude.

3G and GPRS is mobile data service are used to download various information such as map and route information. Hence without GPS chip, you can only "estimate" your location base on closest cell phone towers, which defeats the purpose of this app.

Reason why we are referring to 3G iPhone only, because 3G iPhone has GPS chip, and first generation doesn't. However, you can buy an external GPS addon to enable usage of this app.

[jcde7ago]

Well, color me impressed....I tested it just now actually, driving back from my local BART train station (for the Bay Area folks out there) to my house. I used the "Route Manager" and tapped the "Go Home" feature, which computed a route to my house from my current location.

I have to say, it did an excellent job mapping out the fastest possible route, which was the way I normally take home, and it even course-corrected when I took a little side-street instead of its suggested route. The voice guidance worked, chiming and notifying you of incoming turns/arrivals. The only caveat I had was that when your position/dot on the route deviated a little, the big "Wrong Way" flashing red box would pop up...if you tapped it, it would try to course-correct, but leaving it alone will eventually cause it to go away because you never actually left the route you were on anyways. This might have more to do with the Google Maps usage though, because even in the standard Maps app, it's not always accurate to the down to the foot, and even with full 3G reception (which I have where I live) your "dot" would sometimes be a little bit to the left/right of where you were actually at. This is obviously a very fixable issue.

I really, really think this app will convince many people to finally jailbreak, and rightfully so. A big thanks to the developers of xGPS, you guys have provided us with something big and for free at that, and something that can only get better over time. Sometimes I think the jailbroken community doesn't know how good it's got it. :D

[UFMatt]

I can also attest to this app's goodness as I used it to "navigate" the way home from my g/f's earlier...gave me the correct fastest route, the arrow moved very accurately with where I was, only thing is the speedometer is still a little wacky but whatever I have one on my truck.

[dlamin517]

I can also attest to this app's goodness as I used it to "navigate" the way home from my g/f's earlier...gave me the correct fastest route, the arrow moved very accurately with where I was, only thing is the speedometer is still a little wacky but whatever I have one on my truck.

ya im not a fan of the speedometer on that thing. its very enticing to look at that for your speed instead of the real one haha. its also a little off so it gives you the wrong idea. so i turned it off

[geekmommy4]

I'm glad that some of you are having better luck with the mapping. I tried it out several times today and every time, it took back roads instead of the highway and one time tried to take me through a neighborhood that doesn't allow through traffic. It never once recalculated the route, even though I have it set to recalculate. I know that the routing problem is Google Maps. I went straight to Google Maps and it gave me the same crazy directions.

I look forward to Google Map's routing improvements and recalculating improvements from this app. It's a terrific start and is incredible when it works! We've waited a long time for this and I give kudos to the developers!

[PYR0M310N]

Gave it a go on the way into college this morning.

I was quite impressed by it, but there were a few things which make it not very usable for me at the moment.
You can't have the ipod on at the same time, as they both use the same volume controls, and the ipod is far louder than the voice commands. Also, if you get a text or a call while your driving, the voice commands just seemed to stop although the dot kept following on the map.

Very promising though!

[UFMatt]

You can't have the ipod on at the same time, as they both use the same volume controls, and the ipod is far louder than the voice commands.

Ah yes I meant to say this also, with the ipod playing in my car the gps didn't dim the sound of my music like it does when you receive a call or text, you could barely hear it in the background.

[Gix1k]

It still is far behind actual TbT's...The one on my Instinct was incredible. I could search for any place in the country. It would locate it, give phone number and address. I hit "drive to" and it would take me there. That's TbT to me. This xGPS is good, but only if you have the address in its entirety...zip in all.

[jacobsen1]

yeah, I noticed the needed zip today as well. Plus the "Wrong Way" box is annoying, especially when it's on 2 lines with one of the words cut off...

but my biggest issue? It wanted me to turn left where it was a right turn? What's up with that? It had it right on the map, it had the names right even, but it was saying "turn left onto blah blah st in 100 meters" when it was a right turn? Anyone else see/hear this? I'm going to test it again on the way home and see if it's backwards both ways at that corner or what.

[KidStallyn]

Has anyone had a chance to try out the driving directions in the car...I have read on a number of forums some not hearing the voice guidance and the re-routing doesnt happen if you go the wrong way, the directions just disappear.

Anyone have any input?

Once I hop in the car in about an hour I will post my impressions as well.

Re-Routing doesn't occur. Well at least in my case. I plotted my route to home from work, and it took me in a much less efficient and longer way. Once I left the route, the "WrongnWay" started flashing.....and flashing.....then finally faster and faster until it was non-stop. Never once during the entire drive home did it re-route like a typical GPS will. Finally, once I got back on the path, the "WrongnWay" went away, and voice directions came back. Interestingly, I had my iPhone plugged into my car via the USB to the Ford Sync system. I was playing music the whole time, and when the voice directions came in, you could barely here them over the stereo. A nice feature would be to pause the song playing, and then give the voice command, then restart the song. That way it would be audible.

[Gix1k]

Plus the "Wrong Way" box is annoying, especially when it's on 2 lines with one of the words cut off...


You mean you hate seeing

Wrongw
ay!


:D:D




but my biggest issue? It wanted me to turn left where it was a right turn? What's up with that? It had it right on the map, it had the names right even, but it was saying "turn left onto blah blah st in 100 meters" when it was a right turn? Anyone else see/hear this? I'm going to test it again on the way home and see if it's backwards both ways at that corner or what.


Mine has a tendency to be upside down..The locator on the screen is coming towards me, holding it in my hand, so I think that is what makes it have you turn left when it's a right. It F'd up!


Re-Routing doesn't occur.

You have to turn it on....the reroute that is. I did and it works, but takes to long to recalculate. I have 3 miles down the road before it redid the route.

[KidStallyn]

You mean you hate seeing

Wrongw
ay!


:D:D

Mine Says:

Wrongn
Way!

[fuzion11]

Has anyone else tried xgps in the Toronto area yet?

[geekmommy4]

I'm glad that some of you are having better luck with the mapping. I tried it out several times today and every time, it took back roads instead of the highway and one time tried to take me through a neighborhood that doesn't allow through traffic. It never once recalculated the route, even though I have it set to recalculate. I know that the routing problem is Google Maps. I went straight to Google Maps and it gave me the same crazy directions.

I look forward to Google Map's routing improvements and recalculating improvements from this app. It's a terrific start and is incredible when it works! We've waited a long time for this and I give kudos to the developers!

Update: Mine didn't re-route yesterday, but on the same path today, it did. Not sure what made the difference.

[fuzion11]

I can't seem to get the voice to work.

I have set my lanuage to English. I have enabled voice guidance.

ANy other ideas guys?

[Gix1k]

I can't seem to get the voice to work.

I have set my lanuage to English. I have enabled voice guidance.

ANy other ideas guys?


If you are sitting somewhere waiting for it, not gonna happen. You have to be in the actual route to make the robot talk.

[fuzion11]

thanks guys!

[JohnsonVision]

It still is far behind actual TbT's...The one on my Instinct was incredible. I could search for any place in the country. It would locate it, give phone number and address. I hit "drive to" and it would take me there. That's TbT to me. This xGPS is good, but only if you have the address in its entirety...zip in all.

I have tried a number of times for driving directions without the zip and it's calculated the directions with no problem. I have even just typed in a city name, no state and it calculated the directions.

[Gix1k]

I have tried a number of times for driving directions without the zip and it's calculated the directions with no problem. I have even just typed in a city name, no state and it calculated the directions.

Hmmm, 1.1 made me...maybe it's changed for 1.2

[fuzion11]

I have a question...........

I just tried it on my way home from work and it worked pretty darn good.

The voice is annoying as hell, but I can deal with it. lol

My question is I didn't download any sort of maps or anything and it still was able to take me from work to home, perfectly.

Did this work because I was over the 3g network? and if that's the case and I choose to use the 3g network every time, does that mean I wouldn't have to download any maps before driving?

Why would someone want to download a map for? Just so they can use XGPS when offline? Or out of 3g network coverage area??

Please advise.

Thanks

[jcde7ago]

I have a question...........

I just tried it on my way home from work and it worked pretty darn good.

The voice is annoying as hell, but I can deal with it. lol

My question is I didn't download any sort of maps or anything and it still was able to take me from work to home, perfectly.

Did this work because I was over the 3g network? and if that's the case and I choose to use the 3g network every time, does that mean I wouldn't have to download any maps before driving?

Why would someone want to download a map for? Just so they can use XGPS when offline? Or out of 3g network coverage area??

Please advise.

Thanks

Yes, if you have 3G + good coverage, you will not need to download any maps, but your map loading will be entirely dependent how strong your 3G reception is.

Downloading of maps is done primarily if you have to travel somewhere that lacks good 3G reception, as this way you will be able to use the "Offline" mode and calculate routes without the need for a cellular data connection.

Whatever the case, xGPS downloads any maps that you use anyways..so if you check your downloaded maps, it should be relatively small (a couple megs) if you've test driven it like me over a distance of only a few miles. I hope they implement a "stream only" option though, as I do not want the maps stored on my phone automatically, taking up space.

[jimmy83]

Didnt really work for me earlier tried it here in the UK, shame looks really promising

[legaleye3000]

Edge should be fine for this, right? Telenav works perfectly on a Blackberry running on Edge and Telenav doesn't install any maps when you install the program.

Someone please correct if wrong...

[CocoaPuffs]

Edge should be fine for this, right? Telenav works perfectly on a Blackberry running on Edge and Telenav doesn't install any maps when you install the program.

Someone please correct if wrong...
It doesn't matter if it's Edge or 3G, you just need to have a GPS chip built-in or external.

[The Admiral]

i took XGPS out for a spin this evening on a short trip to wal-mart to pick up some ammunition.

with careful choice of music, you can hear MC hawking over the ipod. with the CD master of "in rainbows", for example, i could barely hear that XGPS was saying anything at all. but with the MFSL CD master of "dark side of the moon", MC hawking came through loud and clear.

the other thing about using XGPS is that you should not greet the "wrong way" indicator with the same urgency as you would in mario kart.

[willhart]

Man for a free app this thing is amazing. It did do turn by turn navigation and the robotic voice was there too.

Very nice for being free and people creating this in their spare time.

One thing I noticed is that it tells me turns are coming up in meters instead of feet or something like that.

[meagain]

I've been out of the country on vacation and am stunned to see this released already. :) I can't wait to go to the grocery store to try it out.

[jcde7ago]

I've been out of the country on vacation and am stunned to see this released already. :) I can't wait to go to the grocery store to try it out.

When I read this, I instantly realized how a jailbroken iPhone can make even a trip to the grocery store 1000% more enjoyable... :D

[lostprophet894]

Issue resolved.

[meagain]

Finding the app? I just hit the search button in cydia and typed xgps.

I went to the grocery store. Damn thing works pretty good! I have to wrap my head around the voice referring to meters and get that stuck in my head - the rough conversion. The visual piece was dead on. Even the mph was accurate.

It's a winner IMO. Nice of them to give this to us for free.

[ajnicho]

Its beyond me how anyone has said he internal gps chip is not good enough for turn by turn directions. After hearing that I wasn't expecting much of xgps but must say I was pleasently surprised at how accurate it is and how up to date it stays.

Very well done!

[meagain]

When I took my backwards sort of way home that it didn't like - then recalculated for me, it even told me to go a certain way that I wasn't familiar with. I actually thought the road was a dead-end all this time. doh!

I'm thinking I'll likely donate to these guys. A tip I guess. Props to them.

[DannyBres]

Wow just tried it out very cool worked 100% very impressed :D

[Masquerade]

wow the voice seems like the one in the 1987 applespeech demonstration!

[lostprophet894]

Still resolved.

[lostprophet894]

Got my break.

MD5 Sum Mismatch = Annoying

[meagain]

I upgraded and re-jailbroke and lost it.
The source I added was http://cydia.xwaves.net

[markm75]

I had the older version installed from cydia.. it said there was an update (in cydia), so i updated to this version with voice..

However, now, even standing outside i too only get a "poor" signal from the iphone 3g gps (before it would say good).. i've enabled voice navigation too, set it to english there is no voice.. it just plain doesn't work..

Any thoughts or suggestions? Would removing it and re-adding it fix this issue?

Thanks

[jamesapp]

hello,
i have xgps installed. and i am happy with it. but just today i was testing it out, i live in a rural part of upstate ny. i was going to go to a local stewarts, which is a convenient store. i found stewarts in lowville ny and typed in my address of my parent's house. xgps crashed a couple of times. then i was going to the convenient store i already know where it is and was just testing xgps, it said to take a left which i did then it said in like a 1000m to take another left i think, and i knew from where i was that i couldn't take a left. and it didn't recalculate my route, like as i was approaching the store it didn't announce it. i am not complaing. one thing i did was go into google maps, and got walking and driving directions from my parent's house to the convenient store and google maps gave a different route for driving than walking. the driving route was correct, as far as i know. but the walking route seemed to be the same as the driving route in xgps. i really don't have any question, i just thought that maybe someone could give me some tips as how to try to use xgps.

[markm75]

I had the older version installed from cydia.. it said there was an update (in cydia), so i updated to this version with voice..

However, now, even standing outside i too only get a "poor" signal from the iphone 3g gps (before it would say good).. i've enabled voice navigation too, set it to english there is no voice.. it just plain doesn't work..

Any thoughts or suggestions? Would removing it and re-adding it fix this issue?

Thanks


Just a note, i uninstalled, reinstalled.. now both voice and gps are working, though for some reason it will frequently crash back to the springboard.

[jamesapp]

just tested xgps further, a couple of things:
1. when xgps said 1000m i thought that was to early to tell me directions. but xgps would give another direction as i got closer, so that was good.
2. xgps took me to a street close to where i wanted to go i.e. as i was approaching the convenient store it was on the right and xgps said to take a left, that was bothering me. i drove the same route and took the left and right away xgps said "you have arrived at a certain road".
3.the wrong way indicator shows up even though i am going the right way and the most annoying thing is that xgps will stop giving tbt like i will be going along on the right road and the wrong way indicator will start flashing and then the driving directions and voice instructions stop working.
4. me and my mom were driving and we intentionally took a wrong turn and xgps didn't recalculate the route.
5. it would be nice to have the ability to play the ipod and have the music cutoff when a turn comes up.

[jcde7ago]

just tested xgps further, a couple of things:
1. when xgps said 1000m i thought that was to early to tell me directions. but xgps would give another direction as i got closer, so that was good.
2. xgps took me to a street close to where i wanted to go i.e. as i was approaching the convenient store it was on the right and xgps said to take a left, that was bothering me. i drove the same route and took the left and right away xgps said "you have arrived at a certain road".
3.the wrong way indicator shows up even though i am going the right way and the most annoying thing is that xgps will stop giving tbt like i will be going along on the right road and the wrong way indicator will start flashing and then the driving directions and voice instructions stop working.
4. me and my mom were driving and we intentionally took a wrong turn and xgps didn't recalculate the route.
5. it would be nice to have the ability to play the ipod and have the music cutoff when a turn comes up.

You have to press the "Wrong Way" indicator if you intentionally go off your route, then it will recalculate.

[jamesapp]

i originally was excited about xgps. but after testing it i am not sure what to think. i took a trip today and xgps said to take a left into a dead end of a gas station when i was trying to go to the library. also it told me at one point that i was entering pennsylvania when i live in upstate new york. i hope they come up with an update.

[Poat84]

I have xgps and i went to tools options and it says voice command on. What else do I have to push?

[dehory]

WOW. This program is pretty incredible. I can't believe it took me this long to find it.

I'm using it just as a replacement for GMDL/Maps Offline (or is it Offline Maps?) to access maps for foreign travel. Hugely impressive ease-of-use and interface. Everything is so slick and well thought through! Massive props to its creators.

The only disadvantage that I can see compared to my old method is that there's no bookmarking feature, but it's a pretty small thing.

[iSaga]

Is this app no longer available in Cydia, I just went back to jailbreak and can't seem to find it?

[The Californian]

I need to get this!

[senorian]

Is this app no longer available in Cydia, I just went back to jailbreak and can't seem to find it?

try checking again. I just checked on mine and found it.

I really love this app. It's worked perfect everytime i've used it. My only gripe would be that I wish it would have an option to avoid highways/freeways/toll roads.