Anyone using iGO 8

aspalaasn · #1 (**permalink**) 05-12-2008, 02:17 AM

So I've tried Tomtom, Garmin and now I'm trying iGO 8.

Tomtom works quite well and I haven't found much problem with it. It's nice and simple and easy to use.

Garmin looks nicer than Tomtom, but I find getting satellite locks take longer than with Tomtom. There are bugs like it changing the time/date when you use it which I don't particularly like. I don't use it much for this reason.

I'm trying iGO 8 pretty nice. It takes a bit longer to load, and connecting the gps takes a funky method to do but works, and when gps is connected, and it's searching for satellites, it seems to get more locks than both Tomtom and Garmin for some strange reason. The maps seems to be off a litter, either that or the accuracy isnt that good but it's probably not that far off from Tomtom and Garmin. Only bug so far I found is that using it changes the timezone but there seems to be a temporary fix by the developers until they get an update out. I havent tried the fix because I've just noticed something else which will lead me to go back to Tomtom.

Seeing if those of you who've tried this program have problems receiving incoming calls as well. I had this problem with ghetto's rom, where I couldnt get incoming calls when I have gps activated using any gps software. I thought it may be the same problem here as well, so I checked tomtom and garmin and both can receive incoming calls while I'm using them and locked to satellites. Igo doesn't seem to allow incoming calls, it doesnt notify you of miss calls or even voicemails. I've tested it out.

I'd like to see if others who've used iGO 8 have also experienced this. I'm trying to rule out the rom like before. Thanks.

**bedoig** · #2 (**permalink**) 05-12-2008, 10:37 AM

I've been playing with iGo8 recently. It's pretty nice, but it sucks up every last bit of RAM on my Mogul

It does not interfere with incoming calls for me though. Right now I'm trying out the latest leaked Sprint ROM for the Mogul (3.49/3.39)

Wildman · #3 (**permalink**) 11-01-2008, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by bedoig

I've been playing with iGo8 recently. It's pretty nice, but it sucks up every last bit of RAM on my Mogul It does not interfere with incoming calls for me though. Right now I'm trying out the latest leaked Sprint ROM for the Mogul (3.49/3.39)

Here is a little update on iGo memory issue with HtC Mogul, I have notice one main issue that has come to light.. I have been using S2U2 on my Mogul since it first came on the scene and I love it but the one thing I noticed is that it takes more memory than I noticed before when running with iGo 8 on unit.. I decided to test my thought and removed S2U2 from my unit and now iGo N runs faster and smoother now and I even have enough memory to use TTS audio files without getting low memory errors.

After checking further I learned S2U2 was using almost 6mb of memory and this was why this made diffrence I guess also I installed the latest Tek Speedbooster software and it really improved my Moguls response time but I have one question, I got use to using S2U2 for my fullscreen caller ID and I was wondering do anyone know a good app to supply a full screen caller id like S2U2?

vboyz103 · #4 (**permalink**) 05-12-2008, 12:16 PM

I've been using igo8 since the demo, which crashed all the times. But recently just got a hold of the final version and map file, dem file and building files. Everything seems great so far, loads time is a little slower than TomTom i guess due to all the graphical handling and such. I used GPSViewer to lock GPS first then launch Igo8 and it picked up the sats right away of course.

I actually used it yesterday going into San Francisco, and my brother called me up while I was navigating without any problems at all. I picked up the call, and talked for a little bit and hung up and iGo8 picked it up right away.

The map display is right on the dot, no off set or anything for me, and it runs pretty smooth on my TOUCH too. Note, I cooked my own ROM without the Cube (BioTouch) stuff so it saves me another 4MB worth of RAM. So u might wanna disable biotouch cuz without it my device seems much faster.

**shaun0207** · #5 (**permalink**) 05-12-2008, 12:24 PM

I was using iGo 8 and it worked pretty well. Ultimately I needed a program that announced the street names (I'm really not good at the the "turn left in 3.25 miles. Failed it in school). I switched and started using Mapnopolis. Its announces the street names and quickly relocates the route if you make a wrong turn.
However, I forgot to load the maps for Rhode island when I was up there a couple weeks ago. So I had to use TeleNav, which worked extremely well and kept a really good signal the whole time.

SprintTouch08 · #6 (**permalink**) 05-12-2008, 02:36 PM

you guys know there are TTS voices (announcing streets) files for igo8. if its ok to post i can post the US TTS voice. i dont think its warez since someone made it (not available through igo so it wasnt cracked or anything like that from an OEM copy) but ill wait for an answer if its ok to post.

adrian2pm · #7 (**permalink**) 05-16-2008, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by SprintTouch08

you guys know there are TTS voices (announcing streets) files for igo8. if its ok to post i can post the US TTS voice. i dont think its warez since someone made it (not available through igo so it wasnt cracked or anything like that from an OEM copy) but ill wait for an answer if its ok to post.

can you pm me where i can get the TTS file? thanks

bond007 · #8 (**permalink**) 06-01-2008, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by SprintTouch08

you guys know there are TTS voices (announcing streets) files for igo8. if its ok to post i can post the US TTS voice. i dont think its warez since someone made it (not available through igo so it wasnt cracked or anything like that from an OEM copy) but ill wait for an answer if its ok to post.

coming from tomtom and trying igo8. definitely like it but would love the TTS files plz to make it perfect and where to install the files. can you pm them to me.. much appreciated...thank you very much.

and what primer does anyone recommend...i tried installing the astrolauncher file but it says its going to replace the one i already have on there for tomtom (which works perfect). and i clicked yes and all i got was the same 2 links...tomtom and iguidance. plz help. thank you guys!

aspalaasn · #9 (**permalink**) 05-12-2008, 04:09 PM

So I reflashed several times and it has now been able to receive incoming calls. I don't know what caused it to not receive calls. I was thinking may be that TMC thing or something.

I found that the us tts voice that I have doesn't announce all street/road names. I heard it working for some streets but others it didnt even say anything other than "turn left/right in xxx meters" etc. The fix for the timezone changing seems to be working so I don't have the problem of it changing my timezones.

I would like to use it to find my contacts like how garmin does, but I don't think there's a function for that.

I don't need gpsviewer or anything to "prime" the gps but just use iGO "as is". But iGO doesn't detect the gps automatically, I have to go to gps and search and then go to TMC and search and then go back to gps and search, then it finds it. I don't know why but it works. After that, iGO connects to the gps and just has to find satellites.

Those of you who also use iGO, do you have to do something similar for iGO to detect your gps? I'm not talking about finding and locking to satellites, just detecting that your device has gps receiver.

I'm in Vancouver, BC, and to me, the maps seemed off a little. It puts me off a few houses down my block. Today I was driving and it said I already reached my destination but I was still in a major intersection. I didnt know where the place was as I was solely relying on gps. Good thing I had the address. I found that i was off by half a block. It didnt even tell me to turn on the street that the building was on...weird. I guess the maps for Canada arent as accurate or updated as the others.

Any one got the 3D buildings and terrain to work? I have the files but I don't see buildings or terrain. I know some people in the US don't see buildings and terrain but there have been some that have. I guess it's not really important but it'd be something different.

BTW, anyone know how to make the voices louder? I already have my phone speaker volume to max and iGO to max as well but since my car is a little loud I want it to say where to go slightly louder.

Also, any of you know if you can use A2DP while using gps programs and I would I go about doing that. Thanks

**mindfrost82** · #10 (**permalink**) 05-12-2008, 04:18 PM

Garmin 4.20.20 doesn't seem to have the time/date reset issue, I've only noticed it in newer versions.

Can you load custom POI's in iGO 8? I really like that feature in Garmin.

I had iGuidance v4 and I liked the street names being announced, but I think I can live without that. I'm sure Garmin will enable that feature sometime.