Google Maps 6.9 update breaks offline maps availability for many countries
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Ironically, the latest 6.9 update to the Google Maps application that brings the feature out of its hiding place in the Settings menu and into a more prominent location, breaks offline maps for a lot of countries where the feature was previously available, and that’s a bummer.
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11 Comments
6. itiswhatitis posted on 10 Jul 2012, 10:50 1 0
Yep, i alwasy mange to see the humour side of everything so yeah iWorld its funny
2. remixfa posted on 10 Jul 2012, 10:02 3 2
thats an odd maneuver. I'm sure there was a reason for google to do that though. Maybe the new offline maps downloads a lot of extra info compared to the old ones (like highlights of interest/ect) and the countries that lost it dont have all that loaded into the system yet? Just a wild guess, but im sure there is a reason.
3. sbr999 posted on 10 Jul 2012, 10:07 1 0
Cross the line and go in Africa or Eastern Europe... lol =)
5. blowfish posted on 10 Jul 2012, 10:36 0 0
The latest version won't keep the offline maps in the US for me. It will let me download the map and after a while if I go back into Maps the offline map will be gone. I have a Samsung Captivate. Does anyone else have this issue?
7. Stuntman posted on 10 Jul 2012, 11:47 1 0
This is the reason I don't bother updating my apps if I know it is already working well for me. Got burned before when an update broke something on the old version.
8. alihafeez posted on 10 Jul 2012, 12:29 0 0
Please advise how to revert back to one version prior to the latest. I had faced a similar dilemma on my froyo set and never found a workaround.
10. Stuntman posted on 10 Jul 2012, 16:32 0 0
Yeah. You don't get the option of installing a specific version of the app. You either update it to the latest or you remove it. If I could select the specific version, I'd have done that a long time ago for my Facebook app. The current version sucks.
9. sid07desai posted on 10 Jul 2012, 13:24 2 0
This is why never select 'Automatically download updates' in the play store. If it ain't broke, don't fix it! :|
11. zan4o posted on 11 Jul 2012, 06:45 0 0
It's work like charm!
Go to My places\Offline\New offline map
Search for desired city and download it!
Why don't you try harder before publishing a "news"!
