Help Navigation says I have no contacts with addresses

Eurosteve · Aug 2, 2011

Lately when I select the Navigation icon to plot a route the application says I have no contacts with addresses.

Specifically, I select the Navigation icon - which takes me to the screen entitle "Driving" and there are 4 choices - Speak destination, Type destination, Contacts and Starred places. If I select "Contacts" to pick a contact to drive to, I get a screen that says: "You don't have any contacts with addresses. You can add new contacts or set addresses for existing contacts in the Contacts app."

I have lots of Contacts with addresses and I have used this application dozens of times and it has always taken me to my list of contacts with addresses.

Anyone have any idea how to fix this?

Thanks
Steve

TGIX · Aug 2, 2011

Big bug, new but known.

Workaround is to not start with Navigator but instead start with Maps. There you go to Directions & you should then have no problem

Eurosteve · Aug 2, 2011

TGIX said:
Big bug, new but known.

Workaround is to not start with Navigator but instead start with Maps. There you go to Directions & you should then have no problem

Seems very new - like maybe only a few weeks.

karma2burn · Aug 2, 2011

Eurosteve said:
Seems very new - like maybe only a few weeks.

It's newer than that. It was from the latest google maps update. It's a known issue and it affects everyone. I just hope they fix it soon. It's a major screw up and a giant pain in the ass.

Eurosteve · Aug 2, 2011

karma2burn said:
It's newer than that. It was from the latest google maps update. It's a known issue and it affects everyone. I just hope they fix it soon. It's a major screw up and a giant pain in the ass.

I wonder if there is a way to un-do the last google maps update.

karma2burn · Aug 3, 2011

Eurosteve said:
I wonder if there is a way to un-do the last google maps update.

I was wondering that myself.

mahers · Aug 4, 2011

Eurosteve said:
I wonder if there is a way to un-do the last google maps update.

Yes there is, but I have never personally tried it.

Settings> Applications> Manage Applications> Downloaded
Scroll to Maps and open it
Click Uninstall Updates.

Like I said, I've never done it, so I can't say how many updates it deletes, or if it's just the latest one. I'd say if the bug is that big of a deal, go for it.

Eurosteve · Aug 13, 2011

mahers said:
Yes there is, but I have never personally tried it.

Settings> Applications> Manage Applications> Downloaded
Scroll to Maps and open it
Click Uninstall Updates.

Like I said, I've never done it, so I can't say how many updates it deletes, or if it's just the latest one. I'd say if the bug is that big of a deal, go for it.

Thanks. I did this and maps works great now. I was never unhappy with the maps app so I don't miss whatever updates I just uninstalled.

tfh · Aug 16, 2011

Perfect thread. I joined the Android forums just for this issue. I'll try the suggested fix, but I agree Mr Google needs this fixed ASAP. IMve had Google Maps on auto update, but I'll remove that as well.

gomcse · Aug 16, 2011

mahers said:
Yes there is, but I have never personally tried it.

Settings> Applications> Manage Applications> Downloaded
Scroll to Maps and open it
Click Uninstall Updates.

Like I said, I've never done it, so I can't say how many updates it deletes, or if it's just the latest one. I'd say if the bug is that big of a deal, go for it.

I was having this problem too, and it's the most annoying thing since we found out there was no Bluetooth Voice Dial capability.

I followed the suggestion to uninstall the update, and that fixes it, but it does reset you to the beta version. Not sure if there is a way to download and install the second to last update, which I really liked.

The reset has a black screen, instead of white, and doesn't have any Menu options.

Anyone out there know if there is a way to download the last ***working*** update?

Thanks,
Dave.

B360155 · Aug 17, 2011

The latest Maps update 5.9.0 has corrected this issue.

gomcse · Aug 18, 2011

Agreed. I decided to re-update after the uninstall of my updates, and everything is working fine now.

Dave
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