Thread: How to install any Garmin map on Iphone Garmin StreetPilot

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.