How to mod Sygic - maemo.org

zehjotkah | # 1 | 2010-03-19, 19:27 | Report

Hi!
I've posted a second video about Sygic, where you can see fullscreen-mode, portrait-mode and no warnings at the start.

http://www.youtube.com/zehjotkah#p/u/0/Ap68fgJmCmo

Also I've posted this How-To on my blog in german, too.

http://zehjotkah.blogspot.com/2010/03/sygic-modden.html

Fullscreen-mode:
open X-Terminal and type in the following:

Code:

root
vi /usr/share/applications/hildon/sygic.desktop

move cursor with arrow buttons.
click button "a" for editing mode.
change

Code:

Exec=/opt/sygic/Drive/Maemo/drive -cwd=/home/user/MyDocs/Drive/Maemo

to

Code:

Exec=/opt/sygic/Drive/Maemo/drive -cwd=/home/user/MyDocs/Drive/Maemo -rfull

click Esc on screen for quit editing mode
type in

Code:

:w

and hit enter to save

Next enable all menu entries (and therefore the portrait mode) and disable the warning.

Connect your N900 with PC.
Open the 32GB memory (for example G: )
Change to this directory:

Code:

G:\Drive\Maemo

rename menu.ini for example to menuold.ini.
save and close

open settings.ini.
search for

Code:

showSafetyMsg=true

and change it to

Code:

showSafetyMsg=false

Attention! There are two lines, both have to end with =false.
save end close

If you have problems with lags read the post from D-Iivil:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...4&postcount=16

If you want to rearrange your menu (for example the quit button on the first page) check out the post from dread123:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...1&postcount=42

If you want to change the colors of the menu as well as the map colors, check out another post from dread123:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...4&postcount=55

If you want to remove the zoom-in and zoom-out buttons on the top check out another post from dread123:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...6&postcount=79

If you need to replace the sygic.desktop file (if you've made a mistake) and you know how to replace it: here is a clean, fullscreen-enabled one:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...6&postcount=30

If you want to change the color of the line assistant, check out the post from basp:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=173

If you want to change the splashscreen, check out the post from YoDude:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=198

Have fun with Sygic!

Last edited by zehjotkah; 2010-04-17 at 07:48.

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rolan900d | # 2 | 2010-03-19, 19:33 | Report

You are my hero over here

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Tomaszd | # 3 | 2010-03-19, 19:43 | Report

Why do you need to connect the phone to a PC to edit the settings.ini file?
It's right there in /home/user/MyDocs/Drive/Maemo, you can edit it using leafpad or vi, you can also easily make a backup of it using the cp command. Why this craziness?

R-R | # 4 | 2010-03-19, 19:49 | Report

Hopefully they'll release north american maps in no time ...

zehjotkah | # 5 | 2010-03-19, 19:50 | Report

Originally Posted by Tomaszd View Post

Why do you need to connect the phone to a PC to edit the settings.ini file?
It's right there in /home/user/MyDocs/Drive/Maemo, you can edit it using leafpad or vi, you can also easily make a backup of it using the cp command. Why this craziness?

because it's easier for the average user.
Users who know how to edit it with vi don't need my how-to...
The first thing I'm editing with vi, because it's more difficult to get access to these file with your PC than editing with vi.

zehjotkah | # 6 | 2010-03-19, 19:52 | Report

Originally Posted by R-R View Post

Hopefully they'll release north american maps in no time ...

you can use the maps from the symbian version, but please discuss here only the Sygic mods (there are far more things to mod, like map-color and so on) and use the other thread for non-mod related questions.

dread123 | # 7 | 2010-03-19, 20:24 | Report

here we go if you fancy playing about with your settings etc..been playing with this for last few hrs to see what i can do

might be of help to some?

http://www.sygic.com/partners/Settings7_72.pdf

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*Sonic* | # 8 | 2010-03-19, 20:29 | Report

How do you change the voices with different one (like TomTom can change to 'celebrity' voices) I prefer a female english speaking voice to the male speaking voice

zehjotkah | # 9 | 2010-03-19, 21:17 | Report

There is a Sygic Voice Packager, which can be used to record own voices.

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tuXer | # 10 | 2010-03-19, 21:20 | Report

Has anyone been able to set higher volume? The device can do better... Maybe sygic cannot use highest volume somehow... And fm transmitter isn't the answer for this.