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Downloading the application on the device
1. In order to download waze, make sure you have an Internet connection (3G or Wi-Fi) on your mobile. Go to m.waze.com via your phone's internal web browser
2.Press Ok
3. Wait until the download is finished.
Install the application on the device
The installation will start after downloading is finished.
1. Press Yes
2. Press Continue.
3. Select the type of memory (device/card) you want to install waze on. We recommend you install it on the device memory, for better performances.
4. Wait until the installation is complete.
5. After the initialization you'll be required to select your location (If the GPS and AGPS are turned off)
6. Read and confirm the license agreement.
7. Create a new account:
1. If you're a new user at waze, select New user.
2. Fill out the details below in order to create your account.
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, should you choose to be identified.
- Select the username you'd like. The username is case dependent so Jenny is not the same as jenny.
- After you have proceeded to fill in all the form, waze will display the filled-in form (your password will be displayed as five stars no matter how long it actually is).
- If the information is the way you want it, select Create in order to create your account. If not, select the line you want to change.
3. Tap 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.
- You will not be able to access waze's web site and points you get during driving will not be saved!.
Installing the application using Nokia PC Suite
Interactive guide to Nokia PC Suite
1. Download the installation file to your computer from the following link: LINK
Save it on your desktop (you can delete the file later).
2. Press Ok.
3. After this comment, the installation will continue on your phone.
Main screen
After registering, the following screen will appear:
Top status bar
GPS Connectivity - (green means connected , orange means partial coverage, gray is disconnected).
Connection Status- (gray means disconnected, when connected no icon appears).
Mood icons- (happy, sad, etc...)
The smiley shows the mood you're in at the moment. If you've chosen to be visible to other wazers (green privacy icon), your mood is also displayed to them; and if you've chosen to tweet your reports to your Twitter followers, they'll see your current mood as part of the tweet.
Groups
This icon refers to the number of reports received by the groups you’re registered to.
Reports on the road
This icon refers to the number of traffic reports and events received by the community
The main screen
You can select whether to present the map in 2D or 3D:
2D
3D
Clicking on 5 will switch to 3D view. (if you'll press it again it will switch back to 2D)
This state will be added to the map in another dimension - a dimension depth which will allow wider angle of vision.
Zoom
If you want to zoom-in on the map then press the * button.
If you want to zoom-out on the map then press the # button.
Text buttons on the bottom of the main screen:
- Me on Map (displays where you are right now).
- Menu
- Report (you will get this option when pressing me on map)
- Note - report options will appear only if there is GPS reception and network data connection.
Report
Clicking on 
will open the next menu:
Note - all options will appear only if there is GPS reception and network data connection.
You can choose one of the following events:
Police
Traffic jam
Accident
Hazard
Speed cam
Chit chat
Map update
Police
Clicking on the marker opens the following menu:
You need to choose if it's in your lane or opposite lane.
(If necessary, you can add a comment or a picture)
Traffic jam
Clicking on the marker opens the following menu:
My lane Opposite lane
You need to choose if it's in your lane or opposite lane.
(If necessary, you can add a comment or a picture)
Accident
Clicking on the marker opens the following menu:
My lane Opposite lane
You need to choose if it's in your lane or opposite lane.
(If necessary, you can add a comment or a picture)
Hazard
Clicking on the marker opens the following menu:
My lane Opposite lane
You need to choose if it's in your lane or opposite lane.
(If necessary, you can add a comment or a picture)
Speed cam 
Clicking on the marker opens the following:
Press Ok.
Map update 
Clicking on the marker opens the following menu:
Clicking on the icon 
will able you to record roads.
To cancel recording, press the same icon again.
Map error - Clicking this icon Will open the following window:
Map problem categories are:
Incorrect turn - the map shows that you can make a turn at that point which in fact isn't allowed.
Incorrect address – the name of the street is incorrect
Incorrect route – the navigation instructions here are incorrect
Missing Roundabout
General Map Error - here you'll key in the details before you press Send.
After you press Send you get a message that the report was sent correctly.
House number - Pressing on the icon it will enable you to update house numbers
Menu
Settings
The settings allow you to view and personalize your waze experience
To enter the settings menu click on menu (in the bottom left side of the screen)
you will get the following screen:
Then click on settings the following screen will appear:
You can choose one of the following events:
General
Profile
Map
Routing
Data Usage
Groups
Recommend
Help/Support
General
By clicking on General the following screen will appear:
Measurement system - you can choose to display distances in miles or in kilometers.
Volume Control - to choose the volume level for voice directions.
Auto zoom of maps (on/off) – by default it's "on", so the map will zoom in and out
while you're navigating, based on the distance to your next decision point(e.g. place where
you have to turn). You can disable this feature by selecting "off". Whether to display
the points ticker ("on" to display it, "off" to hide it)
Automatic night mode (on/off) – the default is "on": waze switches between day and
night mode automatically. To disable this automatic switching, choose "off". You
can still switch manually between day and night modes from the main Settings screen.
Backlighting (on/off): by default it's "on", and the backlight will remain on as long as
waze is on.
By clicking the Events Radius the following screen appears:
Profile
By clicking on profile in the settings menu the following screen appears:
It displays your account details: username, five stars representing your password
(no matter how long your password is) and nickname; and lets you change your nickname.
To change your username and password, first go to the waze.com site, log in, and make
the changes, and only then update it on your phone.
It displays a car icon which will represent your car on the map you see.
You can choose from a large number of cars of different types and colors
(more cars coming soon!!)
It displays the icon for your current mood – you can change it to one of the others.
Twitter – lets you choose whether to tweet your waze reports to your twitter followers;
if you choose to do so, enter your Twitter username and password. Your current mood will
be included in the tweet. You can disable and re-enable tweeting at any time without affecting
FourSquare - lets you set up your foursquare account to use with waze, and set tweets about
your foursquare activity.
Map
Here you can adjust which items will be shown on your map(speed cams, other wazers,
By clicking on (map) in the settings menu the following screen appears:
Color map scheme
Allows you to customize the appearance of your map
When pressing on Color map scheme option the following screen appears:
There you can choose your scheme.
Routing
Here you can tell waze how to calculate the optimal route for you. The options are:
In the Routing menu press on the option Route preference the following screen appears:
Dirt roads – you can choose to allow their inclusion in your route, to forbid it, or to
allow short ones but avoid long ones where possible. Dirt roads may be shortcuts,
but sometimes a driver doesn’t take into account the length of the dirt road.
In the Routing menu press on the option Dirt roads the following screen appears:
Data Usage
By clicking on (Data usage) in the settings menu the following screen appears:
When you are near a WIFI connection we advise you to perform a full map
download which will later reduce you data usage since the information downloaded
to your phone will update existing tiles, while data that hasn’t been changed
Groups
By clicking on (Groups) in the settings menu the following screen appears:
Pop-up reports
In the Groups menu press on the option Pop-up reports the following screen appears:
Wazers group icons
In the Groups menu press on the option Wazers group icons the following screen appears:
The menu will prompt you for three options.
My main group only - After choosing your main group you can define waze to show you
popups from that group only.
The groups I follow - Once Choosing this option the user will be prompted to
pop-ups from all of the groups that he’s registered to.
All groups - This option stops the screening of messages and pops up all of the
groups pop-ups from groups near the user.
Recommend
By clicking on (Recommend) in the settings menu you can recommend waze to one of
your friends.
After choosing this option the following screen appears:
Press Yes
Enter the phone number of your friend:
Press Ok
Drive to
In order to navigate you need to press on the Drive to option in the menu:
You will get the following screen:
Please note! The quickest way to navigate to the address is to keep it in favorites.
Address or Place
You may enter the name of a road, an address, a place name or keywords. Waze
is smart and will show you a list of matches in order based on the closest and
importance of the place.
After choosing the Address or Place option you will get the following screen:
My favorites
Add to favorites
Adding an address to favorites allows quick access to common addresses as defined by the
For adding an address to favorites you need to put the address in the Drive to search bar:
Press Ok.
Choose the option form the list:
After choosing the following screen appears:
Choose the Add to favorites option and write the favorite name.
Press Ok (it will be saved)
Select a favorite and navigate
Go to menu press on Drive to then press on My favorites:
Choose the preferred option from the list:
Recent searches
A list of recent locations you selected after using Search address or Place or
selecting a destination using the Location Menu. The most recent search is at
the top. Note that a place found by a search or by selecting a location on a map
will show as an address.
Destinations chosen from My favorites or Saved locations are not included in the Recent
searches list.
Press Menu and then Drive to
Press Recent searches
After selecting Recent searches, the following screen appears:
The addresses can be added to favorites by clicking options (far left side of the screen)
the following screen appears:
You need to select on the Add to favorite option.
Fill the name and press Yes:
Saved locations
A list of locations saved using the #Location Menu. You can select any location here as your
destination. The most recently saved location is at the top of the list of Saved locations.
To add an address to saved locations, press and hold the desired location on the map the
following screen will appear:
Then select Save location
The following screen will appear:
Press on Name.
And fill in the name.
Press Ok then save.
Then you will reach the following screen appears:
Press on the location you desire, the following screen appears:
On that screen you can select one of the options: Drive, Show on map, Delete, Add
to favorites.
If you want to select from Saved locations you need to do the following:
Press Menu and then Drive to
Press Saved locations
After selecting Saved locations, the following screen appears:
After selecting the preferred address name, press Options the following screen appears:
Delete Favorites / Saved locations
To delete an address, press on Menu and Then Drive to
Select My favorites/Saved locations
The following screen appears:
After selecting the preferred address name, press Options and then Delete
Then the following screen appears:
Press Yes.
Stop Navigation
Press Menu and then Stop navigation
Track details
Press Menu and then Navigation list.
After selecting Navigation list details of the chosen route:
Real-time information
To view real-time information, press Menu and Then Live info.
The menu bar at the top of the screen shows a list of all the reports:
Attention
You can filter the list by police, traffic, accidents and etc with the left and right
arrows at the top of the screen.
Groups
To view the groups on the map, press Menu and Then Groups:
Attention
The device not supporting the Groups interface, this note will appear after selecting
Groups category.
My points
To watch the information on scoreboard and points ticker press Menu and then My points:
Then the following screen will appear:
For choosing scoreboard select Scoreboard and for points ticker select the option
Show points ticker:
Then the following screen will appear:
Exit
To exit the program press Menu and Then Exit:
Press Yes
Symbian Touch
Main screen
When you enter the program the following screen appears:
Icons
On top of the main screen a few icons appears:
Tracking satellites - (green connected , orange partial coverage, gray is disconnected).
Connection Status (gray disconnected,blue connected).
Mood icons (happy, sad, etc...)
Groups
Reports on the road
Exit
Zoom
If you want to zoom-in on the map then press on the + button on the screen (it will be
shown when you touch on the screen once):
If you want to zoom-out on the map then press on the - button on the screen (it will be
shown when you touch on the screen once)
Mood
If you would like to change your mood status you need to press on the mood icon on the
top of the screen you will get the following screen:
Select the mood by pressing on it.
Report
Clicking on report option the following screen will appear:
On the bottom of the main screen:
Me on map
Report
Note - report options will appear only if there is GPS reception and network data connection.
Search
More
Note - all options will appear only if there is GPS reception and network data connection.
You can choose one of the following events:
Police
Traffic jam
Accident
Hazard
Speed cam
Chit chat
Map update
Police
Clicking on the marker opens the following menu:
For the opposite lane you need to press on the option my lane.
After selecting the lane press Send
You need to choose if it's in your lane or opposite lane.
(If necessary, you can add a comment or a picture)
There is the possibility to add a comment by clicking on the 
The following screen will appear:
Fill in the information then Done
Then press Send
Traffic jam
Clicking on the marker opens the following menu:
For the opposite lane you need to press on the option my lane.
You need to choose if it's in your lane or opposite lane.
(If necessary, you can add a comment or a picture)
There is the possibility to add a comment by clicking on the
The following screen will appear:
Fill in the information then Done
Then press Send
Accident
Clicking on the marker opens the following menu:
For the opposite lane you need to press on the option my lane.
You need to choose if it's in your lane or opposite lane.
(If necessary, you can add a comment or a picture)
There is the possibility to add a comment by clicking on the
The following screen will appear:
Fill in the information then Done
Then press Send
Hazard
Clicking on the marker opens the following menu:
For the opposite lane you need to press on the option my lane.
You need to choose if it's in your lane or opposite lane.
(If necessary, you can add a comment or a picture)
There is the possibility to add a comment by clicking on the
The following screen will appear:
Fill in the information then Done
Then press Send
Speed cam
Clicking on the marker opens the following menu:
Press Yes
There is the possibility to add a comment by clicking on the
The following screen will appear:
Fill in the information then Done
Then press Send
Chit chat
Clicking on the marker opens the following menu:
For the opposite lane you need to press on the option my lane.
You need to choose if it's in your lane or opposite lane.
(If necessary, you can add a comment or a picture)
There is the possibility to add a comment by clicking on the
The following screen will appear:
Fill in the information then Done
Then press Send
Map update
Clicking on the marker opens the following menu:
then the following screen will appear:
To cancel recording, press the icon.
Then press on the Stop recording roads
After that the following screen will appear:
Map error
Pressing on the icon 
at the map updating option you can choose the type of
problem and add details about it.
Click Send to send the report to the server and the other users afterwards
confirmation message will appear.
Please note! If the navigation device is not connected the following error appears
and will not allow sending reports.
House number
Pressing on the icon it will enable you to update the house number and
he following window will appear:
Pressing on the right arrow you will able do change the house number:
Press Done
Then press Ok
Menu
To enter the settings menu click on More (in the bottom of the screen)
you will get the following screen:
Then click on settings the following screen will appear:
You can choose one of the following events:
Navigation guidance(on/off)
Light(day/night)
General
Profile
Map
Groups
Routing
Data Usage
Recommend
Help/Support
General
By clicking on General the following screen will appear:
By clicking the Events Radius the following screen appears:
Profile
By clicking on profile option in the settings menu the following screen appears:
Map
By clicking on map option in the settings menu the following screen appears:
Color map scheme
When pressing on Color map scheme option the following screen appears:
There you can choose your scheme.
Groups
By clicking on Groups in the settings menu the following screen appears:
Pop-up reports
In the Groups menu press on the option Pop-up reports the following screen appears:
Wazers group icons
In the Groups menu press on the option Wazers group icons the following screen appears:
Routing
By clicking on Routing in the settings menu the following screen will appear:
Route preference
In the Routing menu press on the option Route preference the following screen will appear:
Dirt roads
In the Routing menu press on the option Dirt roads the following screen will appear:
Data Usage
By clicking on Data usage in the settings menu the following screen will appear:
Recommend
By clicking on Recommend option in the settings menu the following screen will appear:
Press Yes
Enter the phone number of your friend:
Press Ok
Help/Support
By clicking on Help/Support option in the settings menu the following screen will appear:
Select Send logs
Press Yes
Drive to
In order to navigate you need to press on the Search option in the bottom of the
screen you will get the following screen:
Press the Search address or Place bar and you will get the following screen:
Fill in the address and click on Search.
Select from the list the relevant address the following screen will appear:
Select the Drive option
Please note! The quickest way to navigate to the address is to keep it in favorites.
My favorites
Add to favorites
Adding an address to favorites allows quick access to common addresses as defined by the
user in advance.
Press on the Search option in the bottom of the screen you will get the following screen:
Press the Search address or Place bar and you will get the following screen:
Fill in the address and click on Search.
Select from the list the relevant address.
Select the Add to favorites option.
Write the name of the favorite and press Done:
Select a favorite and navigate
Press on the Search option in the bottom of the screen you will get the following screen:
Select My favorites option from the list:
Select the required favorite:
Recent searches
This screen displays and allows quick access to the latest addresses which have
been marked by the user.
You need to select the option:
Press Search and then Recent searches
Press Recent searches the following screen will appear:
Select one of the Recent searches from the list:
Saved locations
To add an address to saved locations, press and hold the desired location on the
map the following screen will appear:
(53)
Then select Save location
The following screen will appear:
Press on Name
And fill in the name
Press Done
Press Save.
If you want to select from Saved locations you need to do the following:
Press Search then press Saved locations:
Press on the location you desire from the list:
Delete Favorites / Saved locations
Android
Download waze
In order to download waze, make sure you have an Internet connection (3G or Wi-Fi) on your mobile.
Download waze to your Cellphone
- Go to m.waze.com via your phone's internal web browser or search for waze in the Android Market: (If you download from m.waze.com, you can skip to step 3)
- Search for Waze
- Select waze from the search results
- Tap Install to start the download
- Tap OK to confirm the Notifications:
- After couple of seconds you'll see the next screen, tap waze: Community GPS to see downloading progress.
- Download progress:
- Note: If you want to cancel the downloading, just tap Cancel download
Installing Waze
The installation will start after downloading is finished.
- Installation Progress:
- After the installation ends, tap Open in order to start the installation use or Uninstall to remove waze from your device.
Getting started
Waze splash screen:
- Initialization and first time running
- Select your location
- Terms of use
- Select your language
- Sign up
Initialization and first time running
- Initializing:
- If GPS or AGPS are off on your mobile settings you'll get the next message:
Select your location
- After the initialization you'll be required to select your location (If the GPS and AGPS are turned off):
- Language files will be downloaded according to the selection :
Terms of use
After that Terms of use will be presented:
In order to proceed you need to confirm that you understand and accept those terms of use.
Click the Accept button to continue to use waze, or the Decline button to exit the program.
If you have accepted the terms of use, you will next get a form to create your account.
Select your language
- Select your language:
- After choosing the language the Login screen will be displayed:
Sign up
Create an account
1. If you're a new user at waze, tap New user.
- 1.1 Fill out the details below in order to create your account:
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, should you choose to be identified.
- Select the username you'd like. The username is case dependent so Jenny is not the same as jenny.
- After you have proceeded to fill in all the form, waze will display the filled-in form (your password will be displayed as five stars no matter how long it actually is).
- If the information is the way you want it, select Create in order to create your account. If not, select the line you want to change.
- 1.2 Tap 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.
- You will not be able to access waze's web site and points you get during driving will not be saved!
Existing user
- If you already have a waze account, tap Get Started.
- Enter your Username and Password and tap Log in.
You can also enter your twitter account details. Your routes and / or road reports will be tweeted automatically from your account according to your settings.
Way to go!
1. Way to go! Congratulation you have a new WAZE account.
2. Read or skip the information about waze:
3. Welcome to waze's main screen:
4. 2D (2D and 3D should appear in the settings part)
5. 3D- Depth dimension will be added to the map in this mode.
Menues
| Position from right to left | Description | Name | Icon | Other Modes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top of the screen | ||||
| #1 | Denotes the level of the GPS reception | GPS Reception |  |
  |
| #2 | Denotes whether the phone is connected to the internet via Wi-Fi or Cellular Network | Internet Connection |  |
 |
| #3 | Mood icons. You can choose from a variety of options. | Mood |  |
|
| #4 | View all the groups that you are following. | Groups |  |
|
| #5 | View ll the events that have been reported by your groups, that have been reported on your route or that have been reported near to you. | Live info |  |
|
| #6 | Some details about the application, including the version number. | About |  |
|
| Bottom of the screen (Main menu) | ||||
| #1 | Tap here to drive to an address, to a favorite address and history drives. | Drive |  |
|
| #2 | Configure or change waze's settings. | Settings |  |
|
| #3 | View groups or scoreboard. | More |  |
|
| Second row | ||||
| #1 | Shows you on center of the map. | Me on map |  |
|
| #2 | Tapping here will close waze. | Exit |  |
|
| #3 | Tapping here will alow to report about different things during the driving. | Report |  |
|
| Center of the Screen- Half transparent and will disappear after 5 seconds | ||||
| #1 | Zooms out the map | Zoom out |  |
row 3, cell 5 |
| #2 | row 3, cell 2 | Zoom in |  |
row 3, cell 5 |
| #3 | row 3, cell 2 | Align North |  |
row 3, cell 5 |
| #4 | row 3, cell 2 | Update map |  |
row 3, cell 5 |
Detailed Operating
Top Screen icons
GPS reception and Internet connection
Tapping or 
icons will show the next screen:
Means you have good connectivity and your location is known.
Means a low-power connection, until it improves only your rough location is known.
Means your GPS connection is bad or non-existent, and your location is unknown. To improve it, try to give your phone a clear line of sight to the sky and wait a few minutes.
Select your mood
Tapping 
allows to change your mood:
- you’re happy – other wazers will see your avatar on the map as 
- you’re sad – and your avatar 
- you’re tired – and your avatar 
- you’re mad – and your avatar 
- you’re bored – and your avatar 
- you’re starving – and your avatar 
Groups
Tapping will allow to view your groups:
Tap Around me to view groups' report in your area:
Tap On route to view groups' reports on current route:
Tap My Groups to return to Groups screen and tap OK to view your grroups:
Live info
Tapping will show all Live info.
This is an exclamation point together with a small number representing the number of events that have been reported in your area. As long as you have Internet connectivity this number is constantly updated. To view details of these reports, tap the Events button at the bottom of the screen.
If you've stopped, the reports will also be displayed in rotation on the main screen, on your map.
Simply by driving around with waze running on their smartphones, drivers share real-time information that waze translates into road and traffic conditions. You can also actively report to the community on traffic, accidents and incidents, speed cameras, police traps, blocked roads and more. These are called "events". This information about events is collected and analyzed in real time to provide all wazers with the optimal route to their destination at any given moment.
The Events button displays a menu, organized by type of event, of the real-time live reports by wazers about problems in your area:
- All -
gives you a list of all events reported in your area, listed by distance - Police -
displays only reports of police cars/traps , listed by distance - Traffic -
displays only reports of traffic loads in your area (light / moderate / heavy / standstill) listed by distance - Accidents -
displays only reports of accidents in your area. - Chit Chats -
displays the chat and allow to add a comment: - Other -
any reports of events that aren't in one of the above 3 categories.
From the list of displayed events, you can:
- Tap on the event to display its location on the map together with the full text of the report. To add your own comment to the report of this event (where allowed): tap on the Comment button that appears under the text of the report. You'll get a virtual keyboard: type in your comment and press Done. Your comment will also be sent directly to the wazer who reported the event originally. If he or she replies, you'll get a message on your screen: "responding to you" with his or her reply.
- Tap the arrow beside an event to bring up a menu of possible actions:
- Show on map (the same option as touching the report of the event rather than the arrow beside it)
- Report irrelevant – if you're in that location and the event reported no longer exists there
- Add comment – brings up the virtual keyboard; type in your comment and then press Done.
- Sort by recency - if you would rather see results by chronological order (latest first).
About
Tapping the icon will show you a little details about your current waze version:
Bottom Screen Icons
Drive to
Drive to- Search or choose an address to drive to.
- Search address or place- You may enter the name of a road, an address, a place name or keywords. Waze is smart and will show you a list of matches in order based on the closest and importance of the place. If there are few matches, a Google Local Search will be used. So you can search for "toy shop" or "gas station" and Waze will let you select from the closest matches. You don’t have to enter a city but if your destination is not in your current city, you might want to enter a city as well. If Waze does not know the house numbers on your destination road, or you don't enter a house number, Waze will choose the middle of the road.
Search results:
After getting the results you can select one of the folowing:
Drive
Select as your destination. After selecting this option, Waze will suggest you an optimal route to your destination, considering different factors like Traffic jams and hazards.
Show on map
Centers the map display on the location
Add to favorites
You have the choice of entering a name for the favorite. If you select Done this location will be added to the end of your My favorites list.
My Favorites- This is a list of saved locations that you chose to add to favorites. You can select any location here as your destination. This list is sorted based on how recently and frequently you selected the favorite as a destination.
Recent Searches- A list of recent locations you selected after using search address or place or selecting a destination using the location menu. The most recent search is at the top.
Note: Destinations chosen from my favorites or saved locations are not included in the Recent Searches list.
Saved Locations- A list of locations saved using the location Menu. You can select any location here as your destination. The most recently saved location is at the top of the list of Saved locations.
Settings
Settings: allow you to view and personalize your waze experience.
- Navigation guidance (on/off)- whether you want voice instruction in addition to the map display when following a route.
- Display – to display the map in either 2D (default) or 3D.
- Light – whether the screen lighting should be adjusted for day or night viewing. By default, the display will automatically switch to night mode when it gets dark. You can choose to keep this option manual by setting "automatic night mode" to Off from the General settings menu.
- General
- Profile
- Privacy
- Twitter (settings)
- Foursquare
- Car
- Map
- Map color scheme
- Groups
- Routing
- Data Usage
- Recommend
- Help/Support
General
- Language - allow you to change the language of the system.
- Prompts - allows you to change the language of the navigation instructions.
- Measurement system – you can choose to display distances in miles or in kilometers.
- Back light on – by selecting "on", the backlight will remain on as long as waze is running.
- Auto zoom - by default it's "on", so the map will zoom in and out while you're navigating, based on the distance to your next decision point (e.g. place where you have to turn). You can disable this feature by selecting "off".
- Show points ticker - Whether to display the points ticker
- 24 hour clock – allows you to choose between 24/12 hour clock.
Auto learn routes to your frequent destination -
Profile
Profile: Displays your account details
- User name
- Password- five stars representing your password (no matter how long your password is).
- Nickname
Note: To change your username and password, first go to the waze.com site, log in, and make the changes, and only then update it on your phone.
Privacy
This menu displays a screen headed "Display my location on mobile and web" . Waze always respects your privacy, and your location will never be shared against your will. This is where you define the degree of privacy you'd like:
- Anonymous: your location is shown but not your identity (neither username nor nickname): you appear as an "anonymous user". This is the default. The top Status bar shows this by displaying your avatar in blue with a question mark on it.
- Nickname: other wazers will see your location on the map, and your avatar will display your current mood (as described regarding the Status bar avatar, above). If you've chosen this option, your status bar displays a green avatar.
Twitter (settings)
Twitter lets you choose whether to tweet your waze reports to your twitter followers; if you choose to do so, enter your Twitter username and password. Your current mood will be included in the tweet. You can disable and re-enable tweeting at any time without affecting your Twitter credentials.
Additionally, you can configure which reports to publish on your Twitter account:
- My road reports.
- My destination and ETA.
- City & state only.
- House #, Street, City, State.
Additionally, you can configure which reports to publish on your Facebook account:
- My road reports.
- My destination and ETA.
- City & state only.
- House #, Street, City, State.
- My road Munching.
Foursquare
Lets you set up your foursquare account to use with waze, and set tweets about your foursquare activity.
What is Foursquare? It's a cool way to discover and promote cool places in your city and be rewarded for doing so. You can check foursquare and check in to locations around you using waze. First thing you'll need is to create an account on foursquare - this can be done on http://www.foursquare.com Then, make sure you are logged in to waze (with your waze user name) and go to settings >> profile. Under 'Foursquare' enter your foursquare user name and password. Hit back or enter (depending on phone) and wait for the message confirming that you were able to connect to your foursquare account. Note that sometimes it takes a few times before it is able to connect. Once connected, you can use waze and at any given point - when you position is known (GPS icon is green) - you can check in to locations on foursquare. Go to "report" - where you would usually report traffic jams, accidents, etc. - the last option is to check in with foursquare. Choosing this option will bring up a list of all the foursquare locations around you. Click on one to check in to it. Then visit http://www.foursquare.com to see the full details of this check in.
Car
Car: represents your car on the map you see
You can choose from a large number of cars of different types and colors.
Map
Map color scheme
Groups
Tapping Pop-up reports will show the next screen:
Tapping wazers group icons:
Routing
Route preference: Here you can select between fastest or shortest way:
Dirt roads: Here you can choose whether you want waze to navigate you through dirt roads or not:
Data Usage
Tapping Refresh map of my area will delete tiles (sections of the map) in the area, and download it again from the server.
Recommend
Help/Support
Send logs
About
More
Scoreboard
Groups
Create Group
Add icon
Add Group name and Description
Close the message:
Me on map
Me on map – simply centers your car on the screen.
Exit
Exits the application.
Report
Note: All the option will be displayed only if there are GPS reception and Internet Connection.
Police
Select whether the location is on your direction or the reverse direction.
(You can add a comment and an image necessarily).
Traffic jam
Select whether the location is on your direction or the reverse direction. (You can add a comment and an image necessarily).
Accident
Select whether location is on your direction or the reverse direction. (You can add a comment and an image necessarily).
Hazard
Select whether the location is on your direction or the reverse direction. (You can add a comment and an image necessarily).
Speed cam
Note: The speed cam will be added on the position when you tapped Report.
Chit chat
Select whether the location is on your direction or the reverse direction. (You can add a comment and an image necessarily).
Update map
- Record new roads
- To cancel recording of new roads tap
and choose 
- Stopping the recording will show the next screen:
- Update house number
- Report map problem
check-in with Foursquare
Middle Screen Icons
- Zoom In/Out
- Align North
- Update map
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 the web site 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?
The first time you run the application, you'll get a message that indicates that your WM is looking for a GPS signal.
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Select Server:
If Waze doesn't recognise your current location, it will ask you to select a sever.
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 using terms, the welcome screen will be displayed:
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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Internet connection:
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Mood icon
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Groups icon
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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
Clicking on 
button, you will be able to see the following menu:
Go back to The bottom of the screen
Settings
The Settings menu screen is divided in two main groups, Quick actions and Settings.
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| Navigation guidance |
| Display |
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| Settings |
| General |
| Profile |
| Map |
| Routing |
| Groups |
| Data Usage |
| Detect GPS |
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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
Selecting in 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 in the map.
Privacy
Clicking on 
will give you access to the next window:
Here you can decide, if 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:
In this screen you can logged in to twitter and to set up different settings.
Facebook
Clicking on Facebook will give you access to the next window:
In this screen you can logged in to Facebook and to set up different settings. If you are not logged in to Facebook, please press “connect” button to log in. Pressing the connect button, an external screen will appear.
Foursquare
Clicking on Foursquare will give you access to the next window
In this screen you can logged in to Foursquare and to set up different settings.
Map
Clicking on Map will give you access to the General Map Settings Menu:
In this screen you can set up all your map settings, icons and events that you want to see inside your navigation map.
Map color scheme
Clicking on the 
button, it will show the following screen:
In this screen you can choose the presentation color that you prefer for your map.
Routing
Clicking on 
will give you access to the general routing settings menu:
In this screen you can set up all your routing settings, such as route preference (fastest\shortest), dirt roads (allow\ do not allow) and more.
Data Usage
Clicking on 
will give you access to the general data usage settings Menu:
In this screen 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 are you interest to receive.
Waze group icons
Clicking on the waze group icons label will show you the following screen.
Here you can decide which groups icons are you interest 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, it will appear the following message. In order to save the location please press the save location button.
After pressing the save location button, it will appear the following screen:
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.
Blackberry
Getting Started
Accept Waze's Terms of Use
– ADD SCREENSHOT
Waze's terms of use will appear on the screen. In order to proceed you need to confirm that you understand and accept those terms of use.Click the Accept button to continue to use waze, or the Decline button to exit the program.If you have accepted the terms of use, you will next get a form to create your account.
Select the preferred language.
- ADD SCREENSHOT
Registration screen
New user
Select the Sign up option.
Fill out the details below in order to create your account:
You are 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, should you choose to be identified.
- Enter the username you'd like. The username is case dependent so Jenny is not the same as jenny.
- After you have proceeded to fill in all the form, waze will display the filled-in form (your password will be displayed as five stars no matter how long it actually is).
- If the information is the way you want it, select Create in order to create your account. If not, select the line you want to change.
After filling all the fields click on the next button.
Twitter connect
You can also enter your twitter account details. Your routes and / or road reports will be tweeted automatically from your account according to your settings. (Add internal wiki link to the Settings -> Profile -> Twitter)
Congratulation you have a new WAZE account.
Once you have an account that you've previously logged in to, starting waze will bring you directly to the main screen. To save battery consumption, it's a good idea to close waze when you leave your car and to minimize it or shut off the display whenever you don't need it.
Existing User
If you already have a waze account select the Sing in option.
Enter your User name and password and click on Log In.
BlackBerry Menu button
First Box
Back to BlackBerry Menu button
Me on map:
Displays your current location on the map, with an icon representing your car.
(you can change the icon for your car via the BlackBerry Menu Button > Profile > Car) (Add internal link). This is the default state of waze's main screen provided if you have GPS connectivity in your current location (green or orange GPS icon on the status bar)(Add status bar chapter)(Add internal link).
Whenever the car icon isn't displayed, just press "Me on Map" to update the map to your current location. If you don't have a good enough GPS connection (grey GPS icon with an X on it), the "me on map" option won't be available, because if you don't have a GPS connection, waze can't determine your approximate location.
Report:
This is where you report an event. One click on the Report button displays a menu of several different types of events: reporting can be as simple as choosing the type of event and pressing Send. The event will be marked at the location you were in when you clicked on “report”.
Other users will see it pinned on the map with its icon The types are:
- Police - Appears on the map and also announced in the navigation guidance if reported on your driving direction of the road.
- Traffic – Appears on the map. Not announced in the navigation guidance
- Accident - Appears on the map. Not announced in the navigation guidance
- Hazard - Appears on the map. Not announced in the navigation guidance
- Chit Chat - Appears on the map. Not announced in the navigation guidance
- Speed cam – Can't be reported through BlackBerry for the moment. Appears on the map and also announced in the navigation guidance if reported on your driving direction of the road.
- Check in with Foursquare – Allows to check in to a foursquare location nearby. See the profile section (Add link to profile section) for more details.
ADD SCREENSHOT
After choosing a type of event you get a screen where you need to indicate whether it's on your side of the road (default) or the other side. Click once to select :
A text description of the event - optional (disabled while car is moving).
View Real time alerts
Simply by driving around with waze running on their smartphones, drivers share real-time information that waze translates into road and traffic conditions. These are called "events". This information about events is collected and analyzed in real time to provide all wazers with the optimal route to their destination at any given moment.
This menu organized by type of event, of the real-time live reports by wazers about problems in your area:
- All - gives you a list of all events reported in your area, listed by distance
- Police - displays only reports of police cars/traps , listed by distance
- Traffic - displays only reports of traffic loads in your area (light / moderate / heavy / standstill) listed by distance
- Accidents - displays only reports of accidents in your area.
- Chit Chats – display the conversations of wazers around you.
- Other - any reports of events that aren't in one of the above 3 categories.
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Second Box
Back to BlackBerry Menu button
New address
You may enter the name of a road, an address, a place name or keywords. Waze is smart and will show you a list of matches in order based on the closest and importance of the place. If there are few matches, a Google Local Search will be used. So you can search for "toy shop" or "gas station" and Waze will let you select from the closest matches. You don’t have to enter a city but if your destination is not in your current city, you might want to enter a city as well. If Waze does not know the house numbers on your destination road, or you don't enter a house number, Waze will choose the middle of the road.
While viewing the list of matching addresses, tap the BlackBerry Menu Button. A small menu will open:
ADD SCREENSHOT
Select one of the folowing:
Drive
Select as your destination. The same as selecting the name of the saved location
Show on map
Centers the map display on the location
Add to favorites
You have the choice of entering a name for the favorite. If you select Done this location will be added to the end of your My favorites list.
After selecting the Drive option, Waze will suggest you an optimal route to your destination, considering different factors like Traffic jams and hazards.
If you want, you can choose an alternative route by taping the Alternatives option.
You will get all the alternative routes to your destination and you can select your desirable one.
ADD SCREENSHOT
Local Search
If you choose the destination from the result of a Google Local Search, Waze will use the exact location of the destination, as provided by Google.
My Favorites
This is a list of saved locations that you chose to add to favorites. You can select any location here as your destination. This list is sorted based on how recently and frequently you selected the favorite as a destination.
Recent Searches
A list of recent locations you selected after using search address or place or selecting a destination using the location menu. The most recent search is at the top. Note: Destinations chosen from my favorites or saved locations are not included in the Recent Searches list.
Saved Locations
A list of locations saved using the location Menu. You can select any location here as your destination. The most recently saved location is at the top of the list of Saved locations.
Third Box
Back to BlackBerry Menu button
General
The settings allow you to view and personalize your waze experience. Tap it to enter the General Settings menu.
- Language - allow you to change the language of the system.
- Prompts - allows you to change the language of the navigation instructions.
- Measurement system – you can choose to display distances in miles or in kilometers.
- Auto zoom - by default it's "on", so the map will zoom in and out while you're navigating, based on the distance to your next decision point (e.g. place where you have to turn). You can disable this feature by selecting "off".
- Navigation Guidance - whether you want voice instructions in addition to the map display when following a route .
- Show points ticker - Whether to display the points ticker
- 24 hour clock – allows you to choose between 24/12 hour clock.
Auto learn routs to your frequent destination -
Map Settings
This menu allows you to set the display of the map.
Map color scheme – allows you to change the colors of the map.
Speedometer – shows your driving speed.
Wazers – shows other wazers on the map.
Traffic layer (color coded) – show traffic condition on the roads near your location (Yellow – light traffic, Orange – intermediate traffic, Red – heavy traffic, Black – bumper to bumper traffic).
Speed cams – show the speed cams on the map.
Road goodies – show road goodies on the map.
Chit chats – show all the chit chats.
Police traps – show police traps on the map.
Accidents – show accidents on the map.
Traffic jams – show traffic jams on the map.
Hazards – show road hazards on the map.
Profile
Displays your account details: username, five stars representing your password (no matter how long your password is) and nickname; and lets you change your nickname. To change your username and password, first go to the waze.com site, log in, and make the changes, and only then update it on your phone.
Car - Displays a car icon which will represent your car on the map you see. You can choose from a large number of cars of different types and colors (more cars coming soon!!)
Privacy - This menu displays a screen headed "Display my location on mobile and web" with the options "when driving" and "when reporting". Waze always respects your privacy, and your location will never be shared against your will. This is where you define the degree of privacy you'd like:
When driving :
Nickname and avatar: other wazers will see your location on the map, and your avatar will display your current mood (as described regarding the Status bar avatar, above). If you've chosen this option, your status bar displays a green avatar. Anonymous: your location is shown but not your identity (neither username nor nickname): you appear as an "anonymous user". This is the default. The top Status bar shows this by displaying your avatar in blue with a question mark on it. Don't show me: your location won't be shown at all – you're there but invisible, like a ghost! The top Status bar shows this displaying a ghost avatar.
When reporting:
Using my nickname: your reports are identified by your nickname Anonymous: your reports are sent anonymously, no information identifying their sender is displayed
Mood - Displays the icon for your current mood – you can change it to one of the others. Twitter - lets you choose whether to tweet your waze reports to your twitter followers; if you choose to do so, enter your Twitter username and password. Your current mood will be included in the tweet. You can disable and re-enable tweeting at any time without affecting your Twitter credentials.
Foursquare - lets you set up your foursquare account to use with waze, and set tweets about your foursquare activity.
Routing
Here you tell waze how to calculate the optimal route for you.
Route preference – you prefer the calculation to choose either the shortest route, or the fastest taking into account current event reports along that route. The default is "fastest".
Dirt roads – you can choose to allow their inclusion in your route, to forbid it, or to allow short ones but avoid long ones where possible.
Minimize turns - if this is "on", waze calculates a route that will require you to turn from one street into another as few times as possible.
Avoid highways – the default is "off". If you prefer to spend as little time on highways as possible, choose "on". (It isn't always possible, of course, to avoid highways altogether, but waze will do its best, taking into account your other routing preferences).
Avoid toll roads - the default is “off”. If you prefer not to enter toll roads choose “on”.
Data usage
This menu allow you to control the amount of data that you receive.
Download traffic info - the default is “on”. Allows you to reduce the amount of data that you receive.
Stop the downloading of the traffic info.
Fourth box
Back to BlackBerry Menu button
Scoreboard
Groups
View my points
Allows you to see your points, rank and new points that you accumulated.
Send error logs
Allows you to send log files – you can send log files to Waze every time you encounter a problem with the app. The files are sent to the development dep are analyzed and all the changes are applied in the next version of Waze. You basically help us to improve the app.
Shortcuts
Allows you to see all the shortcuts of the app.
About
Shows you the Waze version and the license.
Exit
Turn off the application completely.