Using S4 abroad as Sat Nav

beer enigma

Just wondering if I have to have data roaming enabled to use maps on my S4 while Im abroad as I want to avoid data roaming costs

daytob

cache your maps and save to your sd card,

beer enigma

daytob wrote: »

cache your maps and save to your sd card,

Sounds simple...but how do I do that ?

Does that mean I can use it as a regular sat nav without roaming costs

Qwerty?

I was going to try caching maps last year, but ended up buying an app that has offline maps (Copilot). Works great, little pricey though (€35 or so for all Europe maps)

same ol sh1te

Qwerty? wrote: »

I was going to try caching maps last year, but ended up buying an app that has offline maps (Copilot). Works great, little pricey though (€35 or so for all Europe maps)

Navigator is free and maps update monthly
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mapfactor.navigator

PrzemoF

osmand + dowloaded maps.

That question is being asked every week - search the boards for different answers

Caliden

Related question, will you still incur data charges if you turn GPS on but leave data roaming off?

I would've thought you would but never tested it.

PrzemoF

no data = no charges.

GPS is a separate system and has nothing to do with billing/mobile operators or data charges.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System

mistress_gi

I regularly use route 66 it's a great app and cheapish (20 bucks for a lifetime licence) you download the maps and use with GPS on alone, not great if you are using addresses as it is an american app and a bit strange when it comes to street names but for cities and such it is great, I used it on my S2 to drive from france to portugal, it made 2 mistakes and all we had to was turn right back around.
Best 20 euro I ever spent!

MaceFace

Use Navfree. No cost. Works excellent.
Used CoPilot in the past. Don't understand why anyone would pay.