New Android beta - 2.2.0.4 - official feedback post

[krankyd]

Hi guys,

this is the post for feedback on the latest android beta version.
Release notes are here:
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=9040

If you'd like to post feedback about the version, you can do so here.
If you need to send us a private email (with logs or any other specific information) about BETA version (not regular support issues) - you are welcome to write to beta@waze.com

Thanks!

[deeggo]

First thing I noticed: it is still not possible to report an automated traffic report as irrelevant. The drop down menu only lists "cancel". I think it should be possible to report it as irrelevant, to remove it. The automated data isn't always reliable. There are a couple scenarios that all occur often enough unfortunately:
- some users have bad GPS reception or something. Those people leave a 'dotted line' of traffic jams wherever they go: a piece of heavy traffic road, followed by a piece of traffic-free road, followed by a piece of heavy traffic road again, and so on. I don't know how that happens, maybe their GPS signal gets stuck or something. There are so many users like that, that the dutch forum even came up with a nickname: "strepentrekkers", literally translated as "line drawers".
- traffic jams generated at gas stations or similar stopping locations. Also happens a lot, I remove those too.
- traffic jams that just aren't there anymore. More than seldomly, I pass a location where a traffic jam should be according to the client, either on my side of the freeway or the other. Maybe me passing through a traffic jam at high speed tells the client and the server that the jam is no longer there. But a traffic jam on the other side of the road being vanished can only be seen by my eyes.

[StefanSarzio]

I have the problem that still sometimes speed cameras are only announced visually, but not acoustically.

[unwallflower]

I have the problem that still sometimes speed cameras are only announced visually, but not acoustically.

You sure you're speeding as you approach them? I believe speed cameras only give an audible warning if you are speeding on approach.

[StefanSarzio]

Oh, I didn't know that.

I'll try driving faster.

[dmcconachie]

Oh, I didn't know that.

I'll try driving faster.

Lol, been there!

"Sorry officer, I was just testing my anti-speed-cam software!"

[deeggo]

I have the problem that still sometimes speed cameras are only announced visually, but not acoustically.

You sure you're speeding as you approach them? I believe speed cameras only give an audible warning if you are speeding on approach.

True. When you're driving too fast you get an audio signal and the icon goes from orange to red.

[tdavis75]

I'm still having problems with Waze freezing up randomly. I have to pull the battery. I can't pin point what causes it to freeze. I'm running on Android 2.3.3.

Thanks,
Tom

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[Ktlinde]

I have just installed 2.2.0.0 on a original Droid with Android 2.2.2. How can I get the beta Waze 2.2.0.4? I have found Waze great and very useful, I'm excited by the possibilities. I have a request:

Under Settings, Routing, there is no option to Avoid Toll Roads. I would love this option. It appears to be in the Blackberry version.

[AlanOfTheBerg]

I have just installed 2.2.0.0 on a original Droid with Android 2.2.2. How can I get the beta Waze 2.2.0.4? I have found Waze great and very useful, I'm excited by the possibilities. I have a request:

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