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All, I had started a thread on Tomtom's own discussion forums, regarding how to install Google maps 6 so that you can maintain Tomtom compatibility. Unfortunately, it started to go afoul of their "discussing competitor products" policy so they deleted it.
I'll repost the key points here as there is no similar restriction on this independent forum.
Some background:
- Google maps 7 broke the ability to send Google search results to a non-google app, such as Tomtom for Android. Those who wanted search for Google results, and send destinations to Tomtom, we no longer able to.
- Those on android 4.1 or earlier were able to downgrade to Google maps 6 to restore this functionality, but downgrades were not possible on Android 4.2 or later, which is preinstalled on many new phones
Solution:
- People at XDA were able to repackage Google maps 6 with a different name, which allowed users to install it back onto newer phones
- By doing this, the app could again function on new phones, and again send search results to Tomtom
Installation Steps:
- Download the 6.14.4 version of Google maps from the link below, give thanks if you can on that forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49384107&postcount=94
- Install the apk, accept the "non market sources" warning
- Run the app, and search for results. On your first search, the Android will say it the app is asking for permission to log into Google maps. Grant it that permission, and then the searches will work fine
- Save a shortcut to the app (now called "mapsD", vs the official "maps" onto your Android home screen, and you are good to go.
- When you find a destination in Google maps, and choose to navigate to it, the standard Google maps 6 list of navigation maps show up. You can again choose Tomtom from the list.
This was tested successfully on my new Galaxy S5. Feel free to reply to this thread with any questions.
I'll repost the key points here as there is no similar restriction on this independent forum.
Some background:
- Google maps 7 broke the ability to send Google search results to a non-google app, such as Tomtom for Android. Those who wanted search for Google results, and send destinations to Tomtom, we no longer able to.
- Those on android 4.1 or earlier were able to downgrade to Google maps 6 to restore this functionality, but downgrades were not possible on Android 4.2 or later, which is preinstalled on many new phones
Solution:
- People at XDA were able to repackage Google maps 6 with a different name, which allowed users to install it back onto newer phones
- By doing this, the app could again function on new phones, and again send search results to Tomtom
Installation Steps:
- Download the 6.14.4 version of Google maps from the link below, give thanks if you can on that forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49384107&postcount=94
- Install the apk, accept the "non market sources" warning
- Run the app, and search for results. On your first search, the Android will say it the app is asking for permission to log into Google maps. Grant it that permission, and then the searches will work fine
- Save a shortcut to the app (now called "mapsD", vs the official "maps" onto your Android home screen, and you are good to go.
- When you find a destination in Google maps, and choose to navigate to it, the standard Google maps 6 list of navigation maps show up. You can again choose Tomtom from the list.
This was tested successfully on my new Galaxy S5. Feel free to reply to this thread with any questions.