Fresh Off The Press: HERE Maps/Drive Beta Android Port For Jolla
While Jolla already have a native iteration of HERE maps with some functionality out of the box and there are a host of other offline navigation (for Android) options available on Sailfish including this one we wrote about recently, today we discovered a way to get a fully featured version of HERE maps beta (for Android) on your Jolla device.
You will need to have first downloaded the Aptoide app from the Jolla store and within the app, add “BOLI3″ in the stores “add store” option which has the app available for download currently. Once you have the “BOLI3″ store added, search for “HERE beta” and the app should pop up on the screen for download… hit “install”.
Once the app is downloaded (35.6mb) you will see the new icon in the app tray so go ahead and launch the app. Before you continue, it’s worth signing up for an account (if you want to be able to download maps for offline use) but this can be done easily from within the app itself and is a seamless process.
From early testing with Sailfish, HERE beta appears to be working ok but we have not yet tested the offline maps out or run any tests on Drive etc although will update this article in time.
All the world maps appear to be available for download however and let us know your findings (if any) in the comments below.
And again we’ll be running some tests of our own in the near future to see how it compares with HERE drive on Lumia/N9/N8 etc.
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I can’t get the GPS to work with this thing.
Make sure “location” is toggled on in settings and try going outside… first time I connected it took a while but now it locks on very quickly. ;-)
I use navfree (android app). works also well .
Still I prefer OsmAnd from f-droid.org
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For Android again….what a bloody waste…. :(
When are those guys from Jolla going to understand that if I wanted an Android phone, Jolla certanly WOULD NOT be my choice!
I understand your POV, but you have to remember Jolla is not an android phone. It is a Linux-based OS that can run Android apps (if the user chooses to do so). Much like WINE in linux it offers an option where native apps have yet filled the void.
Take it or leave it but until there are native apps to replace the android/ios app experience people are used to in smartphones today I say what’s wrong with having options ?
No. Something is wrong with having the wrong options and focusing vast energy into something that will NOT WORK (android compatibility). Jolla insists on Android compatibility so much that I don’t see why they don’t just put an Android OS in it. This way it’s _unreliable_ and sailfish misses _basic_ functionality….
Mark stating that Jolla will run Android apps better that Android itself is a nonsense that just prooves my point. One who wants an Android phone will NOT buy Jolla, please realise that.
Problem is that as things currently stand, the Android Apps (working on Jolla) work far better and are way more featured than the native Sailfish ones. Here Maps on the Jolla / Sailfish is absolutely awful. Slow, laggy, missing major features, bad UI and battery drain is epic. Yet a leaked pre-release version of Here for Android optimised for recent Samsung phones is far more viable on the Jolla than the seemingly abandoned native app (no improvements since release). So the question people have to ask themselves is, is there any point getting a Jolla (or using Sailfish) when the native app situation is so lacking and the default native apps are terrible (Here, Browser, E-mail) or lacklustre (phone, messaging, contacts). After the major OS updates in 1.09, Jolla really need to concentrate on improving the core apps and UX, or face even more of their userbase going inactive.
I bought a Jolla to leave Android, but because there is no native navigation, I installed HERE for Android.
For now it seems not very useful on Jolla.
At first all maps are stored at the device and it is not possible to change to the removable sdcard.
The second is the data connection popup, that shows all 5 to 10 seconds just as the app gets GPS connection, although HERE is in offline mode.
What a pity.
The Android compatibility, was supposed to bridge the gap of missing native applications, it is not supposed to be a permanent solution. At the moment promoting HERE maps and Younited as Android apps does not help Jolla. I also understand that Jolla has to work really hard just to improve SailfishOS too.
I use my Jolla phone as my primary phone and I cannot afford to experiment with beta versions of Android apps. It’s close to a year now since SailfishOS is released, and I think it is time now to see high quality native apps released. I think that HERE maps and Younited running as Android apps is a missed chance for all of us.
You can’t type the destination. It shows as empty whatever you type in it.
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Unfortunately it is not possible to download Here Maps, on my Jolla. Within Aptoide I get the message that ‘this store does not exist’ (BOLI3) and : an error occurred.
When I tried it a second time, I succeeded in downloading Here: in Aptoide is mentioned with tiny grey letters that you can triy another store. That’s what I did and so I reached the boli13 store. Just tap on the grey letters for another store.
Have installed HD voice (male, UK English ) and tried it today. It worked, although a bit slowly. Map is very clear. One problem: sounds on my phone are too soft, volume too low, so in the car I don’t hear voice guidance of this app.