This week my iphone was accidently updated iOS 6.1.2 (from 5.1.1) and I had to update the garmin app to W.Europe 2.2. Concerning all the threads up to now I managed to do the update and everything works fine, thanks to all of you that have written before me. There is something small that still bothers me, I can't add new vehicle icons which was possible in the older versions of the garmin app. Has anyone managed to do this up to now, is any *.plist controlling this and is it possible at all?
Thanks in advance!
P.S. I just thought of something and it worked. By adding the name of a existing *.srf file to the new one and replacing the original. It works but in my opinion there must be a simpler solution, so please share if any one knows it.
Last edited by KikyK; 16th March 2013 at 12:45 PM.
Like bam-bam said, try reuploading gmaptz.img--the one I'm using is 598016 bytes, the one that came with 2.2 IIRC is 608256 bytes; if that doesn't work check your iOS Time Zone settings. For 3D, verify that your settings_default.plist file has the following entry:
<key>three_d_building</key>
<true/>
If it's not there or is otherwise set to "false", then that would explain why your 3D buildings are not showing up. I'm sure you checked to see if they actually show up on your map, but on the off-chance that you may have not done it correctly or perhaps overlooking the obvious...did you zoom all the way down (you don't have to zoom all the way in but you do have to zoom in quite a bit) in one of the major cities (e.g., New York, San Francisco--even then it just shows 3D buildings in primarily the downtown area, not necessarily the entire city), and/or made sure you're in 3D view mode first?
Thanks Bam-bam ando Tony Tone... I was missing the Gmaptz.img Now the time zone is fine as well as 3d buildings. :-) . only left to test is the JCV... does that feature works just fine?
JCV works correctly on my Garmin 2.2 iPhone 5, including fullscreen JCV in landscape mode (controlled in TargetConfig.plist).
I still can't figure out how to get Google local search to appear/work on the "unofficial" Garmin USA 2.2 version I have on my phone; my guess is that the version I grabbed isn't really a "USA" version but more likely, it may have been originally a non-USA/NA version and someone stuck in USA/NA-specific stuff into it. No matter how much I try to tweak the plist file, I can't get Google local search to appear as a search option in the menu...which is a bit ironic, considering that the Google Street View feature works very nicely.
I'm stumped--does anyone know how or what file the Garmin 2.2 app references when pulling POIs? And before anyone says "Google Local Search" or the SID file--I removed the SID file from the SID folder, and put my iPhone in Airplane Mode...yet when I do a POI search for say, Food, it lists a bunch of restaurants near my current location. Are the POIs buried within the gmapprom.img file itself? I don't see any other file in the Garmin app folder large enough that would contain POIs for the entire USA but not be a file for some other clearcut purpose.
So I guess the Garmin iPhone app doesn't make use of the SID file after all--in which case, that's 324 MB of space I can reclaim on my iPhone; that, or else the SID file I installed on my iPhone is corrupt...but if that were the case, then POI searches would not work at all--yet clearly Garmin is able to search for and display POIs.
Last edited by tonytone; 21st March 2013 at 02:45 AM.
Okay I think I figured out the answer to (some of) the issues I alluded to in some of my previous posts:
1) Google Local Search--I don't know exactly which entry is the one that is needed, but if your /etc/hosts file has entries for downloadg.garmin.com, triplew.garmin.com, silver.garmin.com and/or bronze.garmin.com--either delete them or put a # symbol in front of the entry (# tells the iOS to not process that line) just in case you need to re-enable the block for that hostname, like so:
#127.0.0.1 downloadg.garmin.com
Once I "undid" the entries for those hostnames...voila--Google Local Search shows up in the "Where To?" menu and works correctly. I know Google Local Search is working correctly because it was able to find my buddy's window tint shop that the built-in POI search feature did not have listed in its built-in POI database. Side note--the Fuel Prices search icon now shows up like it's supposed to; of course it will work only if you purchased the Fuel Prices option.
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2) SID files--as others mentioned, these are for InstaSearch, TrafficTrends, etc.; I installed the CNNA 2013.40 versions and now when I do a search from the main Search menu, it displays possible destination names. Also, searches in general seem to return results a bit faster. I think part of the issue I had with the Search feature being slow might have been due to my having loaded a SID file that turned out not to be a 2013.40 version. Also, search by Contacts seem to return the location much faster now--not sure if it's the SID file or because I undid the hostname entries in #1 above, but whatever--as long as it works! Note--these SID files apparently did not contain my buddy's window tint shop either (he's had his shop in the same location for at least 7 years), otherwise it should have located it when I did a non-Google POI search. Note #2--the SID files are needed, otherwise InstaSearch will only return city names rather than cities and POIs that have the search string in the name--i.e., without the SID files, a search from the main settings menu using the string "taco" would have returned just the two cities shown in the screenshot below, but not "Taco Bell" and "Del Taco" as well.
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3) Weather feature--see #1 on how I got it to work; now when I click on the "cloud" icon for a selected destination on the map, the Weather info screen appears:
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So far, so good--searches are still working correctly and quickly, and I haven't gotten the dreaded Authentication Error message...yet.
Last edited by tonytone; 21st March 2013 at 04:11 PM.
Amazing what gets "unlocked" once you customize certain plist files and unblock previously blocked hostname settings in the /etc/hosts file:
1) Speed Camera icon displayed in Speed Limit sign indicator:
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2) Additional options for setting speed limits:
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3) This is what I see when I select the Safety Camera Location menu option in Settings (note--looks like it shows only those cameras in your immediate vicinity):
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4) Oh look--the Traffic feature/option actually works:
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5) And it even can report congested traffic in/near my immediate vicinity:
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Last edited by tonytone; 21st March 2013 at 04:26 PM.
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