Google Navigation hacked to work outside of US, and on G1

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 23 Nov 2009 14:13 User comments (2)

European users who were thinking of purchasing the Motorola Milestone (the DROID), had one large disadvantage when considering. The lack of Google Maps Navigation, the free turn-by-turn GPS that is included with the DROID in the US.

It appears a user over at XDA Developers has found a hack that will allow users everywhere to use the impressive GPS. Additionally, the T-Mobile G1 can use the Navigation, despite not officially having the Android 2.0 software.

You can view the post with instructions here: Modifying Maps to enable Navigation outside USA

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123.11.2009 17:07

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Haha! Take the Google!

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