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Google Maps for BlackBerry updated to v4.5.2

by Michelle Haag on 19 Jan 2011 04:24 PM
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Google Maps v4.5.2

One of my personal favorite and most used apps for BlackBerry, Google Maps, just got an update to v4.5.2.  We aren't seeing a changelog posted so our guess is that this is just a bug squishing release. The previous version was 4.5.1 which we saw released back in October of last year. If you notice any significant changes drop a comment below, or discuss your findings in the forums! To download the update head over to m.google.com/maps on your BlackBerry. Thanks to everyone that sent this in!

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Posted by shetach Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

I'm using a torch, and finally I don't have to pull up my keyboard to go to my location or zoom. They put them as buttons on screen

 
 
Posted by r0gueleader Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

Except that was on the last update. I've been using the touch screen buttons for a while now. :)

 
 
Posted by Theresias Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

Still running 4.4.0 and it does have the zoom buttons as well. ;)

 
 
Posted by shetach Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

I never had those options on 4.5.1. Weird

 
 
Posted by bbroad25 Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

Im on the storm 2 9550, i can't notice anything different at all, am i missing something?

 
 
Posted by StormJH1 Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

I guess I will try 4.5.2, but my concern was that I had 4.5.1, and for some reason, the voice search feature that I liked so much did not work on my 9700. Found an old version of 4.4 and not only did that feature worked, but it was generally smoother and faster. Hope everything works on the new one.

 
 
Posted by anastasiophan Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

I was getting a ton of errors with 4.5.1 on my 9650 on OS6. Hopefully this fixes it.

 
 
Posted by kramed Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

How hard would it be for these idiots (Google and RIM) to post a change log? Seriously

 
 
Posted by bold1193 Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

Also, for me on my 9650+OS6 I had problems with 4.5.1 Always got the hourglassssssss

 
 
Posted by crownr0yal Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

same for me on my 9780. i always get the blasted hourglass! so frustrating.

 
 
Posted by pjmacklin Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

in that this is google's gig, you may have to lay that one at their feet. too, not that it makes a lot of difference, you have folks running at least 2 different variations of google maps: 4.5.1 which had been pulled and 4.4 the last available version.

for what it's worth, i've been running 4.5.1 for a while and have yet to notice any significant difference.

 
 
Posted by luqman24 Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

Its very snappy now on my Torch.

 
 
Posted by Diggs31 Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

Random question, what font is that in the url?

 
 
Posted by Michelle Haag Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

Lane narrow, from the Font Collection app.

http://software.crackberry.com/product.asp?id=305439&n=FontCollection%0D

 
 
Posted by Diggs31 Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

thanks

 
 
Posted by Oilersboy Friday, Jan 21, 2011 490 days ago

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Posted by Mthexuma Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

Still doesn't work on just wifi

 
 
Posted by crownr0yal Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

well APPARENTLY, I had 4.4.0 on my Bold 9780. i'm so ashamed!

 
 
Posted by adrianyoung Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

Me too :s (bold 9700)

 
 
Posted by newyorkgiant17 Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

Me 3...:/ (bold 9700)

 
 
Posted by steviebigv Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

still waiting for pinch & zoom! :(

 
 
Posted by Flurrycat Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

Me too. It's been available on the Palm OS since that OS was originally developed. Why is it so hard to get Google to put it on the BB?!?!

 
 
Posted by stardomains Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

Uggg! It's exhibiting the same problem I had with it in 4.5.1!

The My Location popup bubble thing doesn't disappear!

Just took it for a ride and the thing wouldn't dismiss!

 
 
Posted by pjmacklin Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

if you tap the blackberry button, then tap clear map, it will!

 
 
Posted by stardomains Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

I didn't need to do that in 4.4.0

There's a big blue dot! I know it's my location!

I don't need to do two extra clicks like that when I'm in the car.(that's an upgrade to a program?) And lose traffic layer. I'm pretty positive it autodismissed in 4.4.0

 
 
Posted by Mario_Brewed_For_Thought Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

I like the my location dot and would prefer they keep it. I also like the traffic layer.

I guess Goggle cares more about me than you.

 
 
Posted by stardomains Saturday, Jan 22, 2011 488 days ago

I like the blue location dot too!

I'm talking about a dialogue bubble ABOVE the blue dot that auto-dismissed in 4.4.0 but now stays there all the time in this new version and it gets in the way of street names etc.

I LOVE the traffic layer too. The other guy suggested a method of removing the my location bubble that would also dismiss the traffic layer too. I DIDN'T want the traffic layer dismissed because I really LIKE the traffic layer.

 
 
Posted by Sashko Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

Both of the links to m.google.com/maps in this article are sending me to http://m.crackberry.com/m.google.com/index.php :-o

 
 
Posted by LutherSnow74 Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

Anyone having issues downloading this? I keep getting a 907 timeout error.

 
 
Posted by Sashko Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

I just downloaded it fine. Make sure you're going to http://m.google.com/maps as the links in the article don't seem to work ;-)

 
 
Posted by mr_chen Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 491 days ago

Google Maps 4.5.1 worked on wifi only. The new version doesn't worked on wifi only any more.

 
 
Posted by Sashko Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

Well gosh darn it, you're right; I can't use it on wifi either! I hope they fix this soon. I'm getting tempted to go back to 4.4.0.

 
 
Posted by prlarkin Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

I'm using this on a 9780 on .359 and it works on wifi! Only issue the the my location not auto dismissing.

 
 
Posted by Rootbrian Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

The bug that told google maps that I was in spain (way off shore in the ocean), now it says i'm in toronto canada :D

 
 
Posted by sunyata Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

Just in time. I am getting my Torch tomorrow.

 
 
Posted by uforgot1 Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

At least its new vs. 4.4 on my 9000. Latitude now has suggested friends you can add.

 
 
Posted by champr Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

Has anyone tried it on the 9530 yet. I tried 4.5.1 when it came out but had too many problems with it and went back to 4.4.0. It is working fine so I am not sure I want to update.

 
 
Posted by Hamp Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

Seems that judging by the comments, the new update has bugs of it's own. Think I'll wait until there's clarification.

 
 
Posted by jcastilloalonso Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

I have a little bug that was on 4.5.1 which sometimes when I start Google Maps it will send an error and close, reopening will fix make it work again, but I don't know if Latitude etc keeps working or it crashes and resumes working until I restart the application... I prefer 4.4.0 even if it's just too dated =(

This is on a 9700

 
 
Posted by Derwent Graphite Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

Running on Storm 2 9520 build .741

No issues, perfect.

 
 
Posted by Underdogz Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

Link won't load ?

 
 
Posted by womby Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

now if only google would update their google mail app. i like the app because you can actually search your mail.

 
 
Posted by cdf3 Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

+1 for upgrading Mail app. Wish they would add an app for GoogleDocs.

 
 
Posted by rearview Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

Still no pinch zoom?? ugh!

 
 
Posted by coolcut Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

voice search works now on my torch! didn't work on the previous build (4.5.1.)

 
 
Posted by kaotik_187 Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

Like someone previously said here.... only 4.5.1 works on wifi!! i live in a country where i cant get the blackberry services so i have to find programs that work around that! v 4.4 didnt work on wifi alone as well! i have tried this on a bold 9700 and 9650 and discovered the same thing... i get the error message about it not working without the service, and then the program closes!! This happens on 4.4 and the new 4.5.2... i had to go back to 4.5.1!! In my opinion i believe this is the reason google pulled this version... this was their major bug here lol!!

 
 
Posted by greatgoogly Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

Using 4.5.2 and it is indeed working on WiFi (shut off mobile connection and tried with while only connected to WiFi). Voice searching failed the first time but after a I closed and reopened Google Maps it worked fine.

 
 
Posted by squished18 Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

Here's a summary of the changes I've noticed so far moving from 4.5.1 to 4.5.2 on a Torch:

* Does not work over WiFi-only. You need to have your cell connection active. The program does appear to use the WiFi connection for actual data transfers, but it checks to see if you are on the cell network or not. This is a bit annoying, as I'm never sure if the carrier is actually charging me for data sent over my WiFi connection.
* Much faster performance. The loading of the map sections while panning and zooming seems to be much improved. It appears that the app may now be caching data to the device, which is nice to see. It used to be that if you closed the app all the previous caching was lost.
* Voice search works again. In 4.5.1 pressing the Talk button just switched you to the phone.

 
 
Posted by cjb44 Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

I can't get it to work. I keep getting "application terminated: Google Maps has been denied the "Cross Application Communication" permission"

Stupid Google. (I'm sure it's not their fault, but I'll blame them anyway.)

Oh yeah, I'm using a Torch.

 
 
Posted by kakoarellano Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

i couldnt get the directions t work on torch... i lcicked a place so it could guide me there via GPS but it would always say route not found... hope this is fixed...

 
 
Posted by dopestar Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

I know this may have been addressed before but why isnt google maps on the app world.. these manual updates on popular applications should be obsolete by now... RIM add these apps to the app world..

I can just imagine how the playbook will play out with RIM's app world....

 
 
Posted by smhotstuff Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

I'm on a Torch & keep getting a 'download failed- invalid cod'??? Should I uninstall previous version 1st or what? Any suggestions would be appreciated :(

 
 
Posted by smhotstuff Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 490 days ago

Never mind- 5th try was the charm, I guess, finally worked :)

 
 
Posted by clint128 Saturday, Jan 22, 2011 488 days ago

mine keeps sayign download failed too! after 10 trys!

 
 
Posted by Thachoc1 Friday, Jan 21, 2011 489 days ago

All these complaints about Wifi, I don't get it. How/Why are you using Wifi, if you're out and about in the streets. You know what, I apologize, I have to remind myself that everyone isn't on the greatest network (VZW)! I always have a signal so Wifi isn't a biggy to me. Pinch to zoom, i could care less about! But, how about spoken turn by turn directions, now thats the winner I want!!! Common share the wealth Google, i know they have it for the google/windows devices. Don't you want everyone to be safe. ;-)

 
 
Posted by sandra_17 Saturday, Jan 22, 2011 488 days ago

Pleeeease +1

I would so love to save $10/mo on VZNavigator.

 
 
Posted by Ballroom Dru Saturday, Jan 22, 2011 488 days ago

When i initially went from 4.4.0 to 4.5.1 I was horrified to learn that if you lost wireless coverage, the app shut down. I live in New York City, I go underground and loose coverage daily. However, 4.4 let me keep the app up and pickup from it as soon as I got above ground. It even let me see where the transfers i need to make are and what the times are. If you didn't already know, Google maps does transit directions. I really hope they fixed this bug with 4.5.2.

 
 
Posted by Tapeworm Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 480 days ago

It crashes on my Torch when I open it up and tries to update Latitude locations. The screen says serious error and needs to restart. I downgraded to 4.4.0.

 
 
Posted by Frugal Thursday, Feb 10, 2011 469 days ago

Google Maps v4.5.1 worked great on my Storm 9530. v4.5.2 is USELESS. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled v4.5.2 several times with different malfunctions in the program each time. I'm running Verizon 5.0.0.328. Does anyone know where to download v4.5.1?

 
 
Posted by naderalmaleh Saturday, Feb 19, 2011 460 days ago

Can anyone provide an offline link for this version of Google Maps because I can't access the application page!
Please :D