In few easy steps, we will be copying the Google Maps.app from your iPhone so that you can use it on your iPod touch as well! While it is possible
to obtain Maps.app without owning an iPhone, it may be illegal to do so because you do not have a license for the mobile Maps.app.
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Jailbreak your devices
Jailbreak your iPhone (instructions coming soon) and your iPod touch (instructions here)
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Install SSH and SFTP on both devices
Install SSH and SFTP on your iPhone and your iPod touch so that you can transfer files from them.
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Connect via SFTP to your iPhone
Use an SFTP client such as Fugu, Fetch, or WinSCP and connect to the iPhone. Navigate to the /Applications directory. -
Copy the Google Maps application from the iPhone
Drag Maps.app from the iPhone onto your Desktop. -
Connect to your iPod touch via SFTP
Disconnect from your iPhone and use the same program as in step 3 to connect to your iPod touch. Navigate to the /Applications directory
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Copy the Maps application to the iPod touch
Drag Maps.app from your Desktop to the iPod touch’s Application folder.
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Restart the iPod touch
Turn the iPod touch off by holding the Lock button (upper right corner) and sliding the red slider when it appears. Turn it back on again by holding the Lock button. Maps should now be on your Springboard!
Is there a way to do this without an iphone for those of us in the UK?
September 14th, 2007 at 1:31 am
Google is your friend. There are heaps of copies of the iPhone apps floating around on the web.
September 14th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Will this work off wifi then? sorry i dont own an iphone so i dont know lol
September 15th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
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October 14th, 2007 at 5:57 am
What if I don’t own an iPhone? Can you post the .app file for download? Thanks
October 14th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
has anyone actually gotten maps or mail to work? I can get them into my apps and on the homescreen, but they just crash when I open them.
October 17th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
Same as Stevo, I put maps.app into my ipod touch, and it pops up, but when I open it, it closes 5 seconds later, without doing anything. I put notes and weather on the same way and they both work fine. Anyone got a solution?
October 24th, 2007 at 8:23 am
Is there a way to download a map database to the iphone/touch so that it doesn’t need to download them on the go? This would be cool!!
November 2nd, 2007 at 2:41 am
Hi, got this to work using Jailbrak then SSH and vterm… changed root password and away we went… all works ok, but remember if you loose your touch all your email is there to be read…
no how do you delete an app?
November 5th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
The application does not function properly even when installed.
November 9th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
I have installed all of the iphone apps on my 1.1.1 version iPod Touch, but every time I launch the apps, they each hang for about 5-10 seconds, then appear to crash. Is there a fix for this to get them working?
Thanks.
November 10th, 2007 at 9:51 am
Same thing happened to me. Maps crashes after opened. Whats the deal?
November 13th, 2007 at 7:45 am
Yeah this worked on my iTouch until i updated i think you need to have the same version iPhone .apps as your iTouch but not 100%?
November 21st, 2007 at 3:11 am
it is NOT iTouch, “ipod touch” or just “touch” say it right
December 11th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
If your apps crashes. Run ‘chmod -R 755′ on each, it will do it.
December 16th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
Hey Maybe it is a late post but when you want to install Maps.app you need to instal Gmm.framework too
Download Link for all Iphone apps(.rar)
http://rapidshare.com/files/80600795/Iphone_apps.rar.html
Download Link for all Iphone apps(.zip)
http://rapidshare.com/files/80601170/Iphone_apps.zip.html
January 1st, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Srry for teh double post but
Weather.app, MobileMail.app, Stock.app, Maps.app, MobileNotes -Installed into-> “/Applications/”
GMM.framework -Installed into-> “/System/Library/Frameworks/”
MobileMailSettings.bundle -Installed into-> “/System/Library/PreferenceBundles/”
Hope this solves a lot of problems
January 1st, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Xynetor Tried everything you said but the iphone apps still hang after about 10 seconds any ideas?
January 6th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
do you have to download the files onto your computer and then transfer them to iPod touch after? Or download straight to ipod touch?
January 13th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
I download the apps and unload to my ipod touch 1.1.2 it dont even work each time i click one of those map it dont run it just shut down in 10 min.. it make no sense. that i followed your guys’s directions prefectly but it dont comes up working right
January 25th, 2008 at 9:55 am