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Windows Mobile

Installation Guide

First, you need to be sure that your cell phone is connected to the Internet (WI-FI or 3G). In Order to download waze, go to http://m.waze.com, using your phone's browser.

A download screen will appear. Select yes/save as and install the program.

During this process you will need to select the location you want waze to be saved on. For better performances, we recommended to install the application on your device memory and not on the memory card.

First Time in Waze?

First time you run the application, you'll see a message that informs you about GPS signal search.

Select Server:

If Waze doesn't recognise your current location, it will ask you to select manually:

After selecting a server, you'll be asked to select your language:


Next, read and accept the waze terms & conditions

After accepting the terms & conditions, you can choose between creating a new user, or entering the credentials of an existing user.

Choose Sign up to log in, or Sign in to use an existing user name / password (if you already created a waze user in the past). Note: you can also choose to use waze anonymously. Choose sign in at this screen to proceed anonymously.

If you forgot your password, you can visit this page and ask for a password reset: http://www.waze.com/forgot_password/

Creating a new user

After selecting “Sign up”, the following screen will appear.

You'll be asked to provide a username and password, an email address, and optionally to choose a waze nickname, which is used to identify you on the map and in reports you send. Select Next to confirm and to enter as a registered user or Skip if you don't want to register at this moment. Note that if you select “skip”, a temporary account will be created for you If you skip the registration.

NOTE I: If you choose to skip this step and use a temporal user name, you will not be able to access waze's web site and points you get during driving will not be saved!

NOTE II: The “send me updates” box indicates the option to get or not to get update and news mails in your personal mailbox.

In case you select to skip the registration, the following screen will be displayed:


Main Screen

After running the application, you will see following screen:

The top of the screen

The top bar contains six different icons:

GPS Reception icons:

connected
Partial connected
No GPS reception.


Internet connection:

Connected to Waze
Not connected to Waze


Mood icon

Here you can decide in which mood do you want to appear in Waze.


Groups icon

Here you can see all the groups that you are following.


Events

Here you can see all the events that have been reported by your groups, that have been reported on your route or that have been reported near to you.


Turn off icon

Here, you can choose between

The center of the screen

In the center of the screen you will see the map. It can displayed in two different modes: 2D\3D.

3D mode 2D mode


Zoom: With one simple touch on the center of the screen, the zoom icons in and out will appear.

The bottom of the screen

In the bottom of the screen you will find four different buttons:

More

Click on . The following menu will apear:


Go back to The bottom of the screen

Settings

The Settings menu screen is divided in two main groups, Quick actions and Settings.


Quick actions


Settings


Back to More.

Quick Actions

Navigation guidance

Here you will be able to turn on/off the Navigation guidance.


Back to Settings.

Display

Here, you will be able to change between 2D view or 3D view.


Back to Settings.

Light

Here you will be able to change between Day/ Night light mode Manually.


Back to Settings.

General

Clicking on “general” will give you access to the general settings menu:


Back to Settings.

Language

Selecting the language label, will open the following screen:

Here you will be able to change between the interface languages.


Back to General.

Prompts

Here you will be able to change between the voice navigation commands.

Measurement System

Here you will be able to change between Meters/ Miles.


Back to General.

Clock

Here you will be able to change between 24 hours clock and 12 hours clock.


Back to General.

Auto Zoom

Here you will be able to turn on\off the auto zoom.


Back to General.

Show Points Ticker

Here you will able to turn on\off the points ticker.


Back to General.

Auto-Learns Routes

Here you will be able to turn on\off the auto-learn routes mode.


Back to General.

Events Radius

Clicking on the event radius button, will open the following screen.

Here you can select the event radius notifications that you will receive during your trip.


Back to General.

Profile

Clicking on “general” will give you access to the general settings menu:

Here you can login to your account or change to a different account. Also you can choose your privacy settings and to sync waze with different social networks.


Back to Settings.

Car

Clicking on Car will give you access to the next window:

Here, you can select your car icon. This icon will show your current position on the map.


Back to Profile.

Privacy

Clicking on will give you access to the next window:

Here you can decide, whether you want that waze show your nickname on the map or not.


Back to Profile.

I agree to be pinged

Here you will able to turn on\off the ping permission.


Back to Profile.

Twitter

Clicking on Twitter will give you access to the next window:

Here you can log in to your twitter account and set up different settings.


Back to Profile.

Facebook

Clicking on Facebook will give you access to the next window:

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Here you can log in to your Facebook account and set up different settings.

After connecting, an external screen will open.


Back to Profile.

Foursquare

Clicking on Foursquare will give you access to the next window

Here you can log in to your Foursquare account and set up different settings.


Back to Profile.

Map

Clicking on Map will give you access to the General Map Settings Menu:

Here you can set up all your map settings, icons and events that you want to see on your navigation map.


Back to Settings.

Map color scheme

Clicking on will open the following screen:

Here you can select between different map colours.


Back to Map.

Routing

Clicking on will give you access to the general routing settings menu:

Here you can set up all your routing settings, such as route preference (fastest\shortest), dirt roads (allow\ do not allow), avoid highways and more.


Back to Settings.

Data Usage

Clicking on will give you access to the general data usage settings Menu:

Here you can set up your data usage settings.


Back to Settings.

Groups

Clicking on will give you access to the groups settings menu. There, you can set up your preferences for pop-up reports and groups icons.


Back to Settings.

Pop-up reports

Clicking on the Pop-up reports label will show you the following screen.

Here you can decide what type of reports you want to receive.


Back to Settings.

Waze group icons

Clicking on the waze group icons label will show you the following screen.

Here you can select which groups icons you want to see on your map.


Back to Settings.

Detect GPS

In case your cell phone doesn't receive any GPS signal, click on the label to search for a new GPS reception.

In case your GPS is already connected, the following message will appear:


Back to Settings.

Help\support

Clicking on will give you access to Help\Support settings menu. There, you can send logs and get basic information about the current waze version installed on your cell-phone.


Back to Settings.

Send Logs

In order to send logs, click on the button.

However sending logs requires a large amount of data, so before you send them, waze will ask for your permission to do that.


Back to Settings.

About

Here you can get basic information about the current waze version installed on your phone.



Back to Settings.

Scoreboard

Clicking on will able you to see your points and rank on waze.

Groups

Clicking on will able you to see the following screen:

Windows Mobile devices do not support the groups interface yet. However it can be accessed via the Dashboard on the Waze website.

Report

Clicking on will open the Report Event menu:

Note: This screen will appear only if you have a GPS reception and an Internet connection.

Here you can report one of the following events:

Police

Select the “Police” button to report a policeman or a police trap.

You can add a description to the event, decide its direction and add a photo of it.

Back to report

Traffic

Select the “Traffic” button to report a traffic jam.

You can add a description to the event, decide its direction and add a photo of it.

Back to report

Accident

Select the “Accident” button to report an accident.

You can add a description to the event, decide its direction and add a photo of it.

Back to report

Hazard

Select the “Hazard” button to report a hazard.

You can add a description to the event, decide its direction and add a photo of it.

Back to report

Speed cam

Select the “Speed cam” button to report a speed cam.

Then select where it's positioned- on your lane or the other.


Back to report

Chit Chats

Select the “Chit Chat” button to create a Chit Chat conversation.

You can add a description to the event, decide its direction and add a photo of it.

Back to report

Update Map

Select the “Map updated” button to update the map.

Here you can record new roads, update house numbers or report map problems.


Back to report

Record new roads

Selecting this option will change your icon into a small steam-roller and allow you to record a new road.

to stop recording just click on the steam-roller icon or go again to Report>>Map updated>>Record new roads.


Back to Update Map

Updated house numbers

Here you can update house numbers of your current position.


Back to Update Map

Report map problem

Here you can report a map problem and add a description.


Back to Update Map

Check in with FourSquare

Clicking on will open the following window:

Here you can log in to your FourSquare account and to set up different settings.

Search

Clicking on will open the following menu:

On the top of the screen you need to write the address or the place that you are searching for. Also in this screen you can go to your favorite places, recent searches, saved locations or your contacts list.


My Favorites

Here you can keep a destination point as one of your Favorite destinations. Also, here you can set this favorites as a destination point, show them on the map and more.


Back to Search

Recent searches

Here you can check your more recent searches. Also here, you can set your recent searches as a destination points, show them on the map, add to favorites and more.


Back to Search

Saved Locations

Here you can save your current location or any other location in the map. Also here, you can set your saved locations as a destination points, show them on the map add favorites and more.

In order to save a location, you need to press for a few moments on one point on the map. Then, the following message will appear. In order to save the location please press the save location button.

After pressing the save location button, the following screen will appear:

Press , in order to save the location.


Back to Search

Contacts

In this screen you can check up your cell phone contacts.


Back to Search

Current Position

In order to know your current position on the map you need to press the position button .

NOTE: If your cell phone do not receive any GPS signal, Waze will not be able to determinate your current position on the map.

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