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If find these annoying and not helpful. Please add an option to disable them

Thanks

Borgholio wrote:It is a setting which determines at what speed the popups begin to appear. I dont see how that can simply disappear.

They can simply hardcode the zero-speed check and not use the value in the preference file.

EgzVPI wrote:Giving this a try. Thanks!

You can turn them off within the app too.

Borgholio wrote:Since when?

Since forever, though no one figured it out until the last few months. On all these repeating threads complaining about "how to turn off these damn alerts!" I just reference people to the FAQ which was updated some time last month as well. It isn't a granular setting, but I and many others have turned it off and Waze functions 98% without it turned on.

aybesea wrote:Any ideas?

It appears to be disabled/messed up on the server side. Check the app feedback threads and you'll find we've been reporting no popups for a little over a week now.

I'm thoroughly confused. I'm on an Android phone and for the last several days (since 1/14/13 or so) I no longer get any reports popping up when I stand still. I still see all the roads in color, and can bring up a current list of reports. I also see other wazers... just no reports when I'm idling. Has something changed with the software/servers?

I don't know if I like this or not... I certainly don't like not being able to explain it. I've checked the settings for radius, download, etc. and nothing seems to have changed.

Any ideas?

AlanOfTheBerg wrote:

aybesea wrote:Any ideas?

It appears to be disabled/messed up on the server side. Check the app feedback threads and you'll find we've been reporting no popups for a little over a week now.

Thank you for the answer... I've been racking my brain. Don't know how I missed that.

Considering Waze is now serving up ads while stopped, I wouldn't be surprised to see any ability to suppress pop-ups while stopped disappear.

I don't know if you can do this on an Iphone, but on a Droid, you can edit the Waze preferences file and set it so that you don't receive popups when the car is stopped. Ever. Just set the "min speed" to -1 (negative 1) and it'll never trigger a pop up.

It is a setting which determines at what speed the popups begin to appear. I dont see how that can simply disappear.