Google Maps Street View – On Your Fuze
UPDATE: It’s been released as a cab which is better than this Java version: http://www.fuzemobility.com/?p=1250 This post still shows you how to disable warnings in JBed Java though:)
OK for whatever reason Google refuses to give Street View to Windows (I bet it’s because of that dang G1). Anyway, let’s not let that get in the way of having it on our Fuze’s. We previously posted instruction on TiltMobility on how to use a Java version of Google Maps to get street view and it works for the Fuze as well. The down side is there is no GPS or ‘my location’ support but it otherwise works. There is a slightly upgraded version of Google Maps located here. Just install it and go into Start- Programs – Tools – Java and you should find it there ready to go.
The Fuze has slightly different security settings than the Tilt did so if you run into trouble try this:
First off, it it won’t install at all try disabling the Hidden Proxy (in Tools) or connecting over WiFi or connecting on Edge as opposed to 3G (not sure if it matters but it did work for me).
If you continually get an annoying message about data being sent and it does not let you choose ‘yes’ or just keeps re-asking the question until you’re totally sick of it while using Jbed Java (which is preinstalled on the Fuze) try this:
1.) Copy the file \windows\appdb\selector.utf to your PC (you will need Total Commander for this). I moved it to my storage card first then I use ActiveSync to get it to my PC.
2) go to: http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/656281-post19.html and download the fix application. Move the selector.utf file to the same folder on your PC as the fix application and run the fix application. It will create a backup of the file and a revised file that has the Jbed Java security settings changed.
If you want to use the exe method you can do this manually by taking the file and opening it in Notepad on your PC and find the line that is ‘domain=untrusted, \’ and change it to ‘domain=tckmax, \’ (leave off the apostrophes) and save the file but do not change the file type.
3) move the modified/fixed selector.utf to the windows\appdb directory by using Total Commander.
You’re done/ For now on there will be no security warnings and no data warnings and Google Maps is enabled with street view if you want it.
Google map shows very well on the Fuze’s screen – it’s actually pretty impressive how detailed it is so this is a decent way to view it if you care about street view. If you like locate me and GPS then just use the regular version intended for Windows though but you can have both versions installed without a conflict since one is a traditional application and one is a Java application.
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