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Points question for the experts
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 7:41 pm
by pug-lover
On most drives I already know where I'm going so I don't need to start navigation but I want to keep Waze on for traffic info. If I just turn Waze on but I do NOT navigate to a destination, do I still earn points during driving?
Re: Points question for the experts
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:33 pm
by AlanOfTheBerg
This question and answer along with lots of other awesome answers can be found in the FAQ:
http://bit.ly/WazeFAQ
Re: Points question for the experts
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 3:23 am
by bpc777
do i get points even if using GPS only and I don't have internet connection?
Re: Points question for the experts
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 1:14 pm
by DILLIKWIG
I have noticed days where my points seem to have not been counted. Waze usually catches the points up over the next couple of days. I looked at my routes yesterday on the map editor and it showed a total of 165.07 miles while I only received 151 additional Waze points. I expect to see the remaining points come in today or tomorrow. I don't why the point calculations seem to be out of sync sometimes, but overall it seems to be accurate given enough time.
Re: Points question for the experts
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 7:48 pm
by iainhouse
You do, indeed, earn points for driving, whether or not you're navigating. You're also helping your fellow Wazers by supplying traffic flow information for the route you take.
Re: Points question for the experts
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 4:03 am
by jasonh300
Waze has historically required an Internet connection. It's possible to cache your route if you are connected to Wi-Fi at the beginning of your journey. However, an Internet connection is required for your drive to upload. Users have had mixed results with their drives uploading at the end of a trip if they did not have a continuous Internet connection throughout the trip.
Via my iPhone 4S.
Re: Points question for the experts
Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 5:33 am
by kentsmith9
bpc777 wrote:do i get points even if using GPS only and I don't have internet connection?
As Alan mentioned, the FAQ is a great source of the most common questions including this one and the original question:
Credit for driving without navigation
Driving with a flaky network connection
Re: Points question for the experts
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:55 am
by kentsmith9
Those bonus candy points are on a different update cycle and often take a full week cycle if I recall.
Re: Points question for the experts
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 8:22 pm
by pug-lover
Thanks for the quick reply!
Re: Points question for the experts
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 12:28 am
by tanyka
How long does it take for the server to register points?
I collected the 2000 points candy for "First five friends on Waze" about 4 days ago and have yet to see them added to my scoreboard.
However, my daily drives are being updated every day so at least I know the server is updating something....