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.
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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.
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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:
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Next, read and accept the waze terms & conditions
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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:
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connected |
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Partial connected |
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No GPS reception. |
Internet connection:
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Connected to Waze |
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Not connected to Waze |
Mood icon
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Here you can decide in which mood do you want to appear in Waze. |
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Groups icon
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Here you can see all the groups that you are following. |
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Events
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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. |
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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.
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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
Quick Actions
Here you will be able to turn on/off the Navigation guidance.
Display
Here, you will be able to change between 2D view or 3D view.
Light
Here you will be able to change between Day/ Night light mode Manually.
General
Clicking on “general” will give you access to the general settings menu:
Language
Selecting the language label, will open the following screen:
Here you will be able to change between the interface languages.
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.
Clock
Here you will be able to change between 24 hours clock and 12 hours clock.
Auto Zoom
Here you will be able to turn on\off the auto zoom.
Show Points Ticker
Here you will able to turn on\off the points ticker.
Auto-Learns Routes
Here you will be able to turn on\off the auto-learn routes mode.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I agree to be pinged
Here you will able to turn on\off the ping permission.
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.
Facebook
Clicking on Facebook will give you access to the next window:
Here you can log in to your Facebook account and set up different settings.
After connecting, an external screen will open.
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.
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.
Map color scheme
Clicking on 
will open the following screen:
Here you can select between different map colours.
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.
Data Usage
Clicking on 
will give you access to the general data usage settings Menu:
Here you can set up your data usage 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.
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.
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.
Detect GPS
If your cell phone do not receive any GPS signal, please press on the 
label to research for a new GPS reception.
However, if your GPS is already connected. The next message will appear on your screen.
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 in your cell-phone.
Send Logs
In order to send logs, you need to press the 
button.
However sending logs requires a large amount of data. Before sending the logs, your cell phone will ask for your permission to do it.
About
Here you can get basic information about the current waze version installed in your cell-phone. This information will appear in the following message.
Scoreboard
Selecting on 
button, you will able to see on an external screen your scoreboard and rank position on Waze.
Groups
Selecting on 
button, you will able to see the following external screen:
The Windows Mobile devices do not support the groups interface yet. The groups interface can be accessed via the Dashboard on the Waze website.
Report
Clicking on 
button, you will be able to see the following menu:
Note: This screen and all the options inside of it appear only, if there is GPS reception and an Internet connection.
Here, you can choose report one of the following events:
Police
In order to report a Police event, you need to press the “Police” button. Then, the next screen will appear.
There you will be able to describe the event, to decide in which direction occurred the event and if you want to add a photo of the event.
Traffic
In order to report a Traffic jam event, you need to press the “Traffic” button. Then, the next screen will appear.
There you will be able to describe the event, to decide in which direction occurred the event and if you want to add a photo of the event.
Accident
In order to report a Accident event, you need to press the “Accident” button. Then, the next screen will appear.
There you will be able to describe the event, to decide in which direction occurred the event and if you want to add a photo of the event.
Hazard
In order to report a Hazard event, you need to press the “Hazard” button. Then, the next screen will appear.
There you will be able to describe the event, to decide in which direction occurred the event and if you want to add a photo of the event.
Speed cam
In order to report a Speed cam, you need to press the “Speed cam” button. Then, the following message will appear.
There you need to decide in which direction the speed cam is positioned.
Chit Chats
In order to create a Chit Chat conversation, you need to press the “Chit Chat” button. Then, the next screen will appear.
There you will be able to describe the event, to decide in which direction occurred the event and if you want to add a photo of the event.
Update Map
In order to report a Map updated event, you need to press the “Map updated” button. Then, the next screen will appear.
In this menu you will be able to decide to record new roads, update house numbers or report map problems.
Record new roads
If you choose to record new roads, The new road recorder will start to work automatically.
To stop recording just click on the tractor icon 
or go again to Report>>Map updated>>Record new roads.
Updated house numbers
Here you can updated house numbers in your current position.
Report map problem
Here you will be able to report the map problem and give a first description of it.
Check in with Foursquare
Clicking on 
you will get access to the next window:
In this screen you can logged in to Foursquare and to set up different settings.
Search
Clicking on 
button, you will be able to see 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.
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.
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.
Contacts
In this screen you can check up your cell phone contacts.
Current Position
In order to know your current position on the map you need to press the position button 
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NOTE: If your cell phone do not receive any GPS signal, Waze will not be able to determinate your current position on the map.