If you don't have a navigator, but have a mid-range Nokia phone, then you're in luck. It can be supplemented with the navigator function either by software or by hardware-software method. In the second case, a small external navigation receiver unit is required.
Instructions
Step 1
Before adding the navigator function to the phone, carry out a number of preparatory manipulations on it. Connect your operator to the Internet via GPRS or 3G. Ask a support consultant to send you the settings for an access point (APN) designed to work with the Internet (not WAP!). Find out if your operator in your area has unlimited Internet access service, and how much it costs. If the cost suits you, be sure to connect it. After completing the settings, turn off and on the phone, and then check if the service is available.
Step 2
Look in the instructions for your device, or in its characteristics posted on the Internet, firstly, on which platform it is built - Series 40 or Series 60, and in the second case - also the version of the Symbian operating system. In addition, check if the unit is equipped with a built-in navigation receiver. Without an internal or external receiver, some programs can determine the location using signals from base stations, but it is so crude that such a navigator will be almost unsuitable for practical use.
Step 3
If your phone does not have a built-in navigation receiver, purchase a ready-made module - a navigation receiver with a Bluetooth interface. This is a kind of repeater: it receives a navigation signal from a satellite, interprets it, and then, emulating a COM port, transmits text information in NMEA format to your phone again via the radio - via Bluetooth. The device has a built-in battery, so now you will have to remember to charge not only the phone, but also the "puck" - as this receiver is sometimes called in the jargon. If you are used to often selling your old phones and changing them for new ones, now you can save money, everyone once buying a device without GPS support: a “puck” purchased once will be “inherited” from one phone to another. Besides, some expensive external devices are compatible with GLONASS, which is not provided by the built-in receivers of any of the Nokia phone models.
Step 4
Choose which navigation application you want to use on your phone. If the amount of memory card allows, install several at once. Here are the main ones:
free traffic for Yandex. Maps. Remember that in this case traffic will be free only for a special version of the application downloaded from the operator's website.
Step 5
Download the version of the program for your phone platform. If it's a Series 40, put the JAR file here in the folder on your memory stick that is for applications. If the phone platform is Series 60, place the corresponding file (with the SIS or SISX extension, depending on the version of the Symbian platform) on the memory card in the "Others" folder. After inserting the memory card back into the phone, go to this folder with the file manager, select the file, and the installation of the program will begin. Confirm all requests in its course, and select the memory card as the installation location. If you downloaded a local map file, place it in the folder of the memory card indicated in the documentation for the program.
Step 6
Launch the navigation program, allow it to access the Internet. When using an external navigation receiver to pair with it, find the corresponding item in the program menu (not in the phone's menu!). From the side of the receiver, prepare it for pairing according to the instructions for it.
Step 7
Start using the navigation software.
