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Trick To (Maybe) Get Voice Search In Google Maps

by Ronen Halevy on Aug 4th, 2008 at 4:05 am EST
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After we told you about the beta voice search in Google Maps for the 8100 pearl many of you tried to get it to work on other BlackBerry models. I personally had no luck until Shawn left a comment on the recent 2.2.2 release post giving a little trick to get it to work.

Googlemapsvoice He said that you need to open Google Maps and click the menu button and go to help. Then click “Reset Google Maps.

That worked for my 8330 on Sprint but it still does not work on my 8310 from AT&T.

Maybe Google is slowly rolling out the feature? Not quite sure… Try it out and let us know!

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12 Comments to “Trick To (Maybe) Get Voice Search In Google Maps”

  1. Posted by: Dingleberry
    August 4, 2008 at 5:04 am EST

    I found a link on another site that simply said new version of google maps 2.2.2. I downloaded it on my AT&T 8310 and it works just fine. Here is the link which can’t be found on the google site. http://www.google.com/gmm/apps/v2.2….noss=1&eosr=on

  2. Posted by: Dingleberry
    August 4, 2008 at 5:16 am EST

    I just noticed that the above link was not complete. Forgive me. I’m using my BB to post this. OTA LINK: http://www.google.com/gmm/apps/v2.2.2/en/BlackBerry-42/GoogleMaps.jad?ver=v2.2.2&source=mobileproducts&source=m&hl=en&noss=1&eosr=on

  3. Posted by: sgt-d
    August 4, 2008 at 10:54 am EST

    i’m having no luck with 2.2.2 on my 8320 (t-mobile).

    when i try to use the voice search all i get is “google maps can’t connect”.

    grr…

  4. Posted by: KazooSpartan
    August 4, 2008 at 11:14 am EST

    Works fine for me without any reset necessary.

  5. Posted by: Nikolaus
    August 4, 2008 at 11:20 am EST

    I also with an 8320 (T-Mo) can’t get it to work. I have v2.2.2 and tried the reset trick, but no go. Has ANYONE with an 8320 gotten this to work? KazooSparton didn’t say which model was used.

  6. Posted by: KazooSpartan
    August 4, 2008 at 11:27 am EST

    8310 on local provider network (Centennial Wireless) uses BIS.

  7. Posted by: SB
    August 4, 2008 at 1:14 pm EST

    dint work for me either on at&t 8300 with .52 and version 2.2.2 gmaps.

  8. Posted by: sgt-d
    August 4, 2008 at 1:46 pm EST

    maybe my problem is related to os 4.5.0.69…

  9. Posted by: Nikolaus
    August 4, 2008 at 2:02 pm EST

    No I don’t think it’s the OS version. The 8320 in general is more difficult for data connections unless that 3rd party developers really know what they are doing.

  10. Posted by: garypip
    August 4, 2008 at 8:44 pm EST

    Worked for me on vzw 8130!

  11. Posted by: Oliver
    August 5, 2008 at 4:01 am EST

    GMaps 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 not wokring on AT&T 8310 with std OS 4.2 – same result after ‘reset’. Shame…

  12. Posted by: cj
    August 8, 2008 at 3:02 pm EST

    I have a 8320 and I got it to work on the first try but yesterday I got a new 8320 because the trackball broke and not I cannot get 2.2.2 to work on the new curve.