N96 Nokia Maps UK

Hi,
Will be going to London soon and would like to use the Nokia Maps on my N96. Have been trying to get this thing to work locally but nothing!!!
Now, was reading some threads read something about a license!! As I was going through the settings of the Nokia Maps came across those licenses, but I have to buy them!! Personally I will buy the 30day one as it is the most convenient for me at the moment.
The thing is that with the License, what will I be able to do? I would like to have the 'Walk' navigation option too!!
Also, was thinking of buying a sim-card from one of UKs mobile service providers as the charges (if any) would be less expensive than using my local one as they would charge you way too much for just simple roaming per 1MB!!
Any suggestions and ideas of which company should I go with and what the licenses really do?
10q
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If you purchase the walk licence then you only get walking directions. Walking directions do not come with voice direction and tend to go a little funny should you try to use it when you are driving. You will get "too fast" error and you may be directed along foot paths. Drive licences do include the walking function as well.
Be careful before you purchase the licence as licences are linked to the SIM card when first bought. If you purchase with the old SIM and then switch SIM's then it will stop working until you contact Nokia Care to switch it to the new SIM. If you intend using a local SIM in London then I suggest purchasing the licence after you get that SIM.

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Problems With N96 Nokia Maps

Hey!
Just bought a Nokia N96, but i have som major problems with it, especially regarding the GPS function.
When i try to start Nokia Maps it loads up to 30%, and then stops. I`ll get this message: Can not open this program. Please install the lastest version on nokia.com/maps.
But i have tried that, it still doesnt work!
What can i do?
(it works perfect when i connect the usb cabøe into it and suggests "mass storrage")

There are actually 2 versions of Nokia Maps and each has its own map data. You have to match data to Nokia Maps version. The best way to do this is to delete the Cities folder, running Maps at least once and then reinstalling the map data.

N96 Nokia maps problem

I've had my N96 since October, and have previously used nokia maps without any problems. Recently it won't work and asks me to download the latest version, which I've done & installed, but I can't find the installation on my phone, and when I try to load the maps app from the old icon it continues to prompt me to download the latest version.
I tried to remove the old version, but it will not completely remove, and brings up error messages.
What am I doing wrong? How do I install the latest version of maps?

Hi chris_m182
Apart from need to backup essential data, you may need to carry out a reset by inputting *#7370# on standby screen followed by 12345 (default Nokia lock code) unless altered by yourself. As your N96 has UDP = User data preservation, you could possibly need to re-format C:\DRIVE by carrying out the "Three finger reset" as detailed in Paragraph 45 of FAQ to Nokia Software Updater here:http://europe.nokia.com/A4577229#faq45 if former method doesn't resolve issue.
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N96 Nokia Maps Loader Issue

Hi All,
I just updated my phone firmware.
I make it a habit to format the mass memory and the phone memory.
The problem now is after I have restored all my files and recreated the settings, I cannot make the Maps to load.
I encounter this error message "Error while loading catalog to drive E: at Nokia N96"
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I have managed to solve it.
When you format the phone memory the license manager which is used by Nokia Maps gets deleted.
In order to get it back you have to download the Nokia Map for your country and install it again to the phone.
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N96 Nokia Maps "Voice" & Bluetooth car radio.

Hi, I have a problem with Nokia Maps voice and Bluetooth car radio. Although the N96 voice call works well through the car radio (tevion md 814508, Bluetooth version 1.2) the nokia maps "voice' does not come through. Also I would like to stream my phones MP3 music as well.
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Hi confiture
A bit of an update.
Like johndub in his post I've found that if I switch the car stereo to aux I do hear a voice but really crackly and distorted. You can't really tell what 'he' is saying. Play some music with Car Menu/Music Player and it's clear. Switch the stereo to radio (or off) and the voice is gone.
This obviously is quite a bug. Nokia not being exactly 'joined up' when it comes to their hardware and software releases again possibly?
"If you start car menu and do not activate the music player, instead move straight to navigation, selecting your route etc then it will mute the radio and send the guidance down the mono channel like a phone call"
Unfortunately I can assure you this doesn't happen.
I have noticed there is a software update for the CK-300 but I don't have the correct cable for the job. Any idea where I could get this done? I found a link for Nokia installers on here a while ago but I'll be damned if I can find it now

N96 - Remove Failed on Nokia Maps

Hi guys
So I have older version of Nokia Maps running on my N96.
I wanted to remove it.
I couldn't see it via App Manager, but I thought I can remove it by clicking on Options --> Remove from the menu.
I get "Remove Failed" everytime I do this. Is there another way of doing this? I don't really want to format my memory card for this.

You can't remove it if it is embeded in the firmware. However, you should still be able to update to a newer version if that is what you are trying to do.

N96 GPS & Nokia Maps

Can someone please tell me how to use the N96 built-in GPS and also the Nokia Maps?? Also when using the GPS, would I use my sim-card credit??

Well first of all u will have to find out whether the country u live in is available in nokia maps. If its available u have to install the map to the phone. If u use the phones in-built GPS system u will not b charged.

N96 and Nokia maps

please help me,
all of a sudden nokia maps on my n96 isn't working.
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I got the latest version, used nokia maploader, but it doesn't work. when maploader reads my phone, only voices and services show up.
then I tried to hard reset it, but nokia maps still won't open
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thank you
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No problem. Don't get lost.

Nokia Maps (Navteq) from N96 to N97

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Map Loader tells me I'm using
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I got my 3 year Western Europe licence about 18 months ago, for my N95. As soon as I plugged my old sim into the N97, and ran Maps (2.0 at the time) it went off to the internet and "verified" the licence info.
At that time the Map Loader app had a brown interface, and didn't change for a long time. The Services tab gave a priced list of all the extras, and you could buy them through the app. It also explained that you had the choice of whether to link your license to the sim or the phone. I remember thinking it through at the time, and deciding to link it to the sim, because I still have my N95, and sometimes switch the sim into that phone. Since Ovi has taken over the app, all that choice and explanation has gone (at least for me).
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Edit:-
By the way, I used to get the Services tab when I linked to my N95 running Maps 2.0, but I don't remember the version of Map Loader I used at the time.
Message Edited by 2bad on 15-Oct-2009 08:13 PM
Message Edited by 2bad on 15-Oct-2009 08:15 PM

Nokia Maps Version

Hi Guys...
I'm Asking about the latest version of Nokia Maps
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Or this? (v2.0 wk b04 Open GL LM MN)
N78 OWNER

Nokia Maps 2.0 4503 3.2 is the current release version for the N96. However there is also V3.0 beta available from Betalabs.

Nokia Maps and Bluetooth Headset

Whenever I have my bluetooth headset connected and I'm using Nokia Maps (2 or 3) the volume for navigation keeps switching itself off.
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I turned the volume up on my N96 and the next time I get voice directions by NM the sounds drops away again, pretty annoying.
I've re-installed NM maps a few times including the sound files just in case that was the problem and I now that I've moved to NM3 I was hoping the problem might have gone away....it hasn't.
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I seem te have the same problem with N82 connecting to standard bleutooth peugeot carkit.
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Looks like nokia is going into headset modes, see headset icon. Then all sound should go to headset. However my carkit supports also handsfree and it seems like the connection with my nokia keeps ending up in headset!
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Kind regards Christian

Error during Map Update via Nokia Maps Updater on ...

hi,
im trying to update maps on my n96. but i get an error message. here are my details:
"Cannot get enough information about the phone [3]
unspecified error(1)."
PC: Windows 7 Professional 32 bit
PC Suite 7.1.40.6
N96: SW 30.033, 30.033.098.1, 18-06-09, RM-247
N96: Maps version installed: v3.01 09wk26b02, Map version 0.1.22.103 OpenBitLM 6.2.1.4
Setup Nokia Maps Updater 1.0.12.exe
Is there any workaround for n96? I tried to download an install nokia_maps_3.01_09wk44_b01_s60_3.1_lm_rom.sis file from a link in another thread about similar issue with n95, but it will not install on n96.
any tips will be greatly appreciated.
- chr

In a similar thread I found this post by Ovikovi:
"For those having trouble installing the Nokia Ovi Maps application itself.
I currently have links for 4 versions of the Nokia Ovi Maps application. These files need to be stored on your memory card on your phone (usually you would connect your phone to the computer in Mass Storage mode and pop the files on the card, then disconnect and install the application on your phone).
After installation, run the application once, then exit. Now you can install your maps.
Previously I only had links to three separate versions of the OVI maps application here. Maybe the extra one will help some of you.
Symbian is an operating system used on nearly all Nokia smartphones. Which version of the Ovi Maps application you need for your phone depends on which version of Symbian you are running on your phone.
Here they are:
Ovi Maps 3.01
(for non-touchscreen devices such as the E63 and similar running the same version of the operating system (Symbian S60 version 3 Feature Pack 1) without free turn-by-turn voice guidance [program requests license when making a route])
http://static.s2g.gate5.de/nokiamaps-client/nokia_ maps_3.01_09wk44_b01_s60_3.1_lm_rom.sis
Ovi Maps 3.03
(for non-touchscreen phones fully supported with free turn-by-turn voice navigation)
http://nds1.nokia.com/PRODUCT_METADATA_0/Explore_S ervices/Ovi_Maps/nokia_maps_3.03_10wk11_b04_s60_3...
Ovi Maps 3.03
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http://nds1.nokia.com/PRODUCT_METADATA_0/Explore_S ervices/Ovi_Maps/maps_installer_3.03_10wk1_b05_s6...
I tried all 3 versions of the sis install file, but none of them will install on my n96.
Now what?

Nokia Maps for Australia - big flaws.

I have an N96 and I have to say, the Nokia Maps leaves a lot to be desired.
First of all, it can take a good 15-20 minutes before my phone will even get a satellite lock and tell me where I am.
The user interface in Maps 2.0 is as clear as mud. Nokia needs to go back to the drawing board on this one. Why it cannot take the same, easy process like a dedicated GPS unit I don't know. For a start, to enter a street number, you cannot press the # key to go into number mode, because that key is used for zooming in and out of the map. This defies everything else on the N96 in terms of user interface. I discovered you need to cycle through the letters until you reach the number.
For some reason, some streets that I KNOW EXIST, like Phillip Street in Sydney - one of Sydney's main streets - does not appear in the search when you look it up! It shows on the map, but you cannot find in the search. Ridiculous!
Also, the navigation is not at all smart. I was trying to get to Raglan Street, Balmoral NSW as I was coming out of the city. The navigation software made me turn left at Cremorne, turn left again, and left again, trying to get me to cross Military Road in a way that would have gotten me a ticket (or killed) had I obeyed. Useless. It wasn't even the most direct route either, as I discovered once I'd got to my destination.
Worse, was that the phone rebooted twice while I was trying to voice dial using my bluetooth headset. Not very helpful. Voice System Errors abound in this phone.
Furthermore, the integration between Maps and the phone functions are very poor. Since the voice dialling on the N96 is not good anyway, sometime you hear the bleep, sometimes you don't, so you have no idea when to speak and when the phone is listening, and if you can do all that without the phonc crashing (I'm using 11.101 firmware) then you're a better person than me.
Now, Nokia wants us to pay $130 per year for this rubbish. My advice is to forget using your phone for navigation. It's way too unreliable. Put the money towards a proper GPS unit and just keep the N96 Maps 2.0 for novelty purposes only. It really isn't worth it.
Ian Nicholson
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The Nokia GPS receiver is low powered and hence not very sensitive. This is why there is an AGPS function which when activated will dramatically time to first fix. AGPS requires data connection to work.
If you press and hold any of the numerical keys on your keypad, it will go straight to the number. There is no need to cycle.
The search is a little funny at times. My tip is to keep the search vague, i.e. search for Phillip instead of Phillip Street. It may have something to do with the fact that Phillip street may be listed as Phillip St on the database.
There are a few navigation modes such as fastest, optimised, shortest. Try them out to pick the one that best suits you.
I use Voice Commands all the time. It is a little bit troublesome at the start while the phone learns your accent. It took me about a month before I could say I was happy. Nowadays it works about 99% of the time.
I use my phone sat nav as a backup to the unit I have in my BMW. I can't say that one is much better than the other. Both have their idiosyncrasies. The BMW unit leads me up the garden path as often as the Nokia. I do use the Nokia extensively when I travel abroad. The N96 was exemplary on my recent fly drive trip to spain.
I pay £200 twice a year for map updates for my BWW unit so I don't really complain about the Nokia charges because all the map updates are free.

Nokia Maps Upgrade and Traffic Alerts

My Nokia maps has started unexpectedly trying to pursuade me to upgrade , when in fact it seems it really might mean I think pay and re-authenticate. I think the software runs really well on my E71 but will not pay another £70 to keep using it. I might if it was an well needed upgrade,but what I have is great.
But what really irritates me is that a month or two back the system talked me into taking a years entitlement to traffic alerts which are somewhat dumb
( it doesn't take cogniscence of where you are being guided to other than in the list order, the alerts are out of date like all alerts in the UK radio/internet/road signs etc. and it doesn't even have the intelligence to realise that you are going north etc. when if gives you a pointless southbound alerts )
but what really irkes is they took a years worth of money for alerts on a software package with a month or two's lifetime. I would be happy to continue using the current version and not pay for the upgrade. Any solutions out there to continue using the present version and not take the upgrade ? ora route to take to get a refund on the alerts ?

Nokia do things the opposite way around to most sat-nav providers, instead of charging upfront for the software and updates, the software (which can be used for things other than sat-nav as radical says) is free and you buy a licence for sat-nav use to fund continuing development of the software.
Your phone came with a free trial - all GPD-equipped Nokias now have 3, 6 or 12 month free trials in most markets (the period depends on the model - 12 months for high-end phones like the N96,6 for Navigator-branded models like the 6210 and 3 for most others). I changed to Nokia Maps from the Windows-Mobile software "Destinator" because updates were getting hard to find. Nokia does at least keep its software up to date, and it is fast becoming a great package.
As for the traffic updates, these are dependent on the source information, and these services are still pretty much in their infancy because few people use them at present. The Nokia Maps application relays to you the information that it receives from third parties. As for your contention that it took a year's money for a short-life package, this is down to you. Why did you accept a year's subscription to traffic updates if you were not certain you would renew the navigation licence? It was your decision.

Nokia Maps - is it now almost useless ?

Over the recent years I've owned various Nokias. A N95, a N95 8gb, a N96 and now a 5800. Throughout all these Nokias I've used Nokia Maps. I felt a compulsion to try and see how competent their navigation software was. I also at the same time tried Navigon and TomTom, often because the Nokia Maps application could not be trusted.
I first noticed with the 5800 that postcode searches were now reduced to 4 characters ie PR3 4GH now returns PR3 4 - this inacuracy could be about 1/2 a mile from where you need to be. On all my other Nokias using Nokia Maps the postcode search searched on the full postcode.
I wrote to Nokia and was first informed that the postcode search had always been truncated (it had not) and my second email received the reply that Nokia now only returned the first four characters of the postcode search.
From my experience and by way of a comparison TomTom and Navigon both return full postcodes when searched.
Like a lot of others I have paid for drive and walk for the UK and also traffic subscription. Now as I have to enter the full details of where I want to go I feel that navigation is now rather pointless - you need to know exactly where you are going before entering the details into Nokia Maps - to be shown where to go.
If Nokia now only do offer truncated postcode searches and have no plans to do differently I would strongly advise owners of Nokias with Nokia Maps to not purchase the drive and walk option.
I am very dissapointed that Nokia have taken this approach to Nokia Maps, their maps are provided by Teleatlas and only recently they aquired GMBH (?) to strengthen their navigation arm. Also they are developing Nokia Maps 3 - why bother Nokia - it's an inacurate, unreliable piece of software.
I'm posting this also on the All About Symbian thread - I feel strongly about this - I want Nokia to take note and reverse their decision.
Come on Nokia - offer full postcode searches on Nokia Maps - you know it makes sense !
Any thoughts anyone ?

Hi chazzle
You raise some interesting issues here although from a global perspective the UK is fairly unique in having such a detailed postcode (zipcode) database because it is so densely populated in areas. I might add that I also use Tomtom Navigator 6 with it's UK postcode zip file, although as you are well aware mapping is now unfortunately rather out of date. Since Nokia Maps v2.0 mapping has been provided by Navteq acquisition although TeleAtlas provided for Smart2go > Nokia Maps v1.0. You would be very disappointed by present UK coverage in Nokia Maps v3.0Beta in rural areas if you gave it a go.
As Ford of Europe has chosen Navtek for provision of Bluetooth Mobile Navigation it will be interesting to see how this develops in this regard:
http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Ford-innovates-with-hybrid-phone-in-dash-navigation-system_a1247.html
Whilst I can accept that you feel aggrieved by this deficiency the direction now seems to be more of developing location based social network applications and as far as Nokia's growth in say China and India is concerned ownership of a car will for many remain out of reach or purpose.
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