Samsung Galaxy S3 - bluetooth & google navigation problems

Nine_Lives

Tried pairing the wifes Galaxy S3 with the head unit today (an Alpine 126BT unit).

No joy. It finds it, but when i select to pair, it doesn't work, even if i make the device visible to other devices.
She has avast installed if that will make a difference, but i've no idea how to turn it off or remove it to see if this changes anything.


Then in google navigation - when you try & set the current location as home, well i'd say it doesn't work, but i don't know how to do that.
I get to where it says enter an address as your home, but see, our house doesn't have a number - it's a name & the road name is "main road", so there'll be a lot of those. It'd be better if you could set "current location" as home, but i don't know how to do that as it doesn't seem to be working.

Currently with all the things she can't do with the S3, she's wishing she bought the iPhone 4S.

grumbler

K_P83 wrote: »

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I get to where it says enter an address as your home, but see, our house doesn't have a number - it's a name & the road name is "main road", so there'll be a lot of those.

Currently with all the things she can't do with the S3, she's wishing she bought the iPhone 4S.

Does this mean that iPhone accepts an address with a name instead of a number, but google maps don't?

Nine_Lives

The app that would be used on the iPhone would be tomtom (which seems soooo much easier to use).

There has to be some function to set a "home" on the Galaxy S3, it's just a case of finding it.

It does t have to be google navigation, in fact it'd be better if it wasn't as I believe these use maps which eat your data?
A navigation app where the maps are offline like the tomtom with iPhone would be so much better! Could do withit being free or very cheap too.

Silk

K_P83 wrote: »

A navigation app where the maps are offline like the tomtom with iPhone would be so much better! Could do withit being free or very cheap too.

Try NavFree ...uses offline maps and can be used on GPS alone rather than data

grumbler

Well, I tried to use address with house name and it works perfectly: Priest House, High Street, Knowle.
I don't understand what your problem with the house name is.
If your 'Home' location is not set, tap and hold it in the list, then edit. Or just use yourself in contacts instead of 'Home' in 'My Places'.

Yes, google maps use mobile data. Although I wouldn't say that they eat a lot of mobile data, you can reduce it by pre-cashing fragments of the map while on wifi . Also, there are many free and pay-for navigation apps with preloaded maps for android (not TomTom though).

Wayne3765

Tomtom is available on Android now although the reviews seem to be mixed.

- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tomtom.ukireland#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwiY29tLnRvbXRvbS51a2lyZWxhbmQiXQ..

sdduk

As Silk said try Navfree i use it on my iPhone and my Galaxy great app and free.

jen245

Another vote for Navfree. Ive even used it in the States. It doesnt use data, the maps are installed on the phone and the app uses the phones gps. Cant help with the bluetooth issue though as i dont use it on my s3

T_T_2

Never had a problem with the default Google maps driven navigation. In my experience the problems tend to be the result of incompetent users. You are best getting an iPhone. Alright so it will take you to the wrong place, but at least it will work right?

Rusty!

I've never set a home location on Google Maps, but it has one anyway... it just figured it out for itself (did the same for my work)

jhe

i have bought a galaxy s11 recently, had to buy a new bluetooth as the old bluetooth ( motorola )was incompatable i had the same problem as you trying to pair it before i found out it was incompatable. the samsung galaxy s11 bluetooth is 3.0.

just checked http://www.alpine.uk.com/p/Products/bluetooth-and-usb8/cde-126bt it says bluetooth is 2.0. looks like it can be updated though