Has anybody actually succeeded in using Waze without dataconnection? When I do not make dataconnection, Waze shuts down. (which I only tried just because it could work, I have unlimited data on my cellular)

On my Samsung Omina WM6.1 phone, i have to go to settings, personal, phone, services, then select GPS, then change settings and select "location on", in order to get the GPS on the phone to connect.

I have been able to work in off-line mode for the past couple of months. i used to think, and i thought i read somewhere that if you exited waze without a data connection, all trip data was lost. Apparently with WM 2.0 it is not (not sure about earlier versions). I just start and exit the program when i need to. When i get to a wifi connection, i sometimes have to soft reboot, turn on wifi, establish a wifi connection through an internet browser then start waze to establish a data connection. Then i exit the program and my trip data is uploaded. Sometimes i have to use the USB connection between my phone and laptop in order to get the data connection, then exit to upload trip data.

I don't think "cookie munching" works this way, nor bonus goodies. i don't think my points for those items has changed since i had to give up my data plan.

Hope this helps.

Waze uses the internal gps for your location. It uses the data connection to download maps, get routes, get and send traffic reports. It is possible to use it without a data connection, but you Lise the realtime benefits. You would need to plan your route while you had s data connection. Eg wifi. That way the map gets downloaded in advance. But refitting, say if you go off route, will be poor or nonexistent without a data connection.

I hope that is clear?