[Pseudo-Fed]

Did I read right on the BB website that BB maps is not for use on AT&T devices? But it looks so cool!....Jeff.

[bigme]

I am on AT&T and have BB maps. Search the forum for a way to unlock this feature. AT&T does not allow BB maps so you will pay for Telenav.

http://www.blackberryforums.com/gps-...lackberry.html

[Dubdub]

I have ATT and BBMaps instaled on my 8800. Not a bad app, but it does not automatically reroute nor does it have voice command.

[vinmontRD]

Originally Posted by Pseudo-Fed

Did I read right on the BB website that BB maps is not for use on AT&T devices? But it looks so cool!....Jeff.

No problem - AT&T had RIM encode the LBS.alx file so that AT&T Curves would not load up the "LBS" (location based services / mapping services) application into the phone. However you can change that.

On your PC, find the "LBS.alx" file and open it in a text editor.

Search down for the comment beginning with, "<!-- For 8800 series, hide the icon for AT&T (102)".

A couple of lines below that, you'll see one starting with, "<fileset SystemSize="normal".

You'll see that there is a tilda ("~") in front of the vendorID "102". This is the vendorID for AT&T. The tilda means "not", and essentially tells the Application Loader to NOT load LBS/maps for any phone with a vendorID of 102.

So - you can remove the tilda, or simply change the line to read:
<fileset SystemSize="normal" Colour="True" Java="1.0" _vendorID="102" series="~8800">

Close the file. Plug your phone into your PC, fire up the Desktop Manager and Application Loader, and it should offer to load the LBS services for you into your Curve, after which the Curve will restart, and you should have BB Maps on it.

[Pseudo-Fed]

I appreciate the help, but I can't find lbs.alx on my PC anywhere. I have no subfolder like that named below which John Clark describes in another thread:

"Find the LBS.alx file located in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\Shared\Loader Files\8700-v4.2.1.96_P2.3.0.79. Note: The folder name under Loader Files may differ depending on the OS version installed on your device"

Why would I not have this subfolder?

[John Clark]

See the instructions on the second bullet of this thread (same as the one posted above):

http://www.blackberryforums.com/gps-...lackberry.html

[rsnadel]

Originally Posted by Pseudo-Fed

I appreciate the help, but I can't find lbs.alx on my PC anywhere. I have no subfolder like that named below which John Clark describes in another thread:

"Find the LBS.alx file located in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\Shared\Loader Files\8700-v4.2.1.96_P2.3.0.79. Note: The folder name under Loader Files may differ depending on the OS version installed on your device"

Why would I not have this subfolder?

Unless you have downloaded and installed a version of the device software (which is different from the desktop software application), you won't have created the folder these files are stored in.