Get wherigos on my phone?

[+Pond Bird]

I want to be able to download wherigos onto my phone. I'm not sure what apps can download Wherigo cartridges. There used to be an app called "Wherigo" but now it is no longer in the app store so I can't download it back onto my phone.

[+TriciaG]

What phone? iPhone or Android or something else?

 

Android has WhereYouGo and some others.

[+Pond Bird]

What phone? iPhone or Android or something else?

 

Android has WhereYouGo and some others.

 

I have a samsung phone. Will WhereYouGo download cartridges?

[+TriciaG]

Yes, I believe so. It has been a while since I used it, so I don't recall details. It's free; there's no harm in you downloading it and trying it out.

[+JohnCNA]

I use WhereYouGo on my Samsung phone. Works pretty well. Clicking the link on a cache page takes me to the Wherigo web site to download the cartridge. Then I open WhereYouGo and select the cartridge from the list. I don't download the cartridges directly from within the WhereYouGo app.

[+Pond Bird]

I use WhereYouGo on my Samsung phone. Works pretty well. Clicking the link on a cache page takes me to the Wherigo web site to download the cartridge. Then I open WhereYouGo and select the cartridge from the list. I don't download the cartridges directly from within the WhereYouGo app.

 

"I don't download...from within the WhereYouGo app." how do I get them onto the app then?

[+noncentric]

I use WhereYouGo on my Samsung phone. Works pretty well. Clicking the link on a cache page takes me to the Wherigo web site to download the cartridge. Then I open WhereYouGo and select the cartridge from the list. I don't download the cartridges directly from within the WhereYouGo app.

 

"I don't download...from within the WhereYouGo app." how do I get them onto the app then?

Download the cartridge from the Wherigo.com website. A link to the appropriate Wherigo.com page will be in each Wherigo cache's description.

Once the cartridge is downloaded onto your phone, then move the file from your Download folder (or whereever it was downloaded to) to the WhereYouGo folder.

Once the cartridge has been moved, then you open the WhereYouGo app, click Start, and select the cartridge from the list that appears.

 

Good luck.

[+WarNinjas]

Like noncentric said. Some other tips are when you download it pick to download to a pocket PC or something like that under options. Then the trick it to find it. I think it is in "my files" app. Then click on it and choose move. Move it to the WhereYouGo app.

[+hzoi]

One tip on WhereYouGo, it doesn't necessarily enable the GPSr function on your phone automatically. I found this out the hard way when hunting caches on my Galaxy 5 and had horrible accuracy. Then I went into the settings and enabled GPS, and suddenly it worked.

[+ShammyLevva]

What phone? iPhone or Android or something else?

 

Android has WhereYouGo and some others.

 

I have a samsung phone. Will WhereYouGo download cartridges?

 

On an iPhone with the Wherigo app you can visit the cartridge page and download directly into the app. On an Android its a little bit trickier.

 

On either platform first step is to set your device to "Pocket PC" this ensures it downloads the smartphone version rather than the specialist GPSr version.

 

On iPhone just download.

 

On Android you can either a) use Firefox and download the cartridge this will then prompt you to use the WhereYouGo app to run it, for some reason Firefox downloads work other browsers dont. or b ) make sure you have a folder called WhereYouGo in your root folder if you don't have one create a folder called WhereYouGo, then download the cartridge and move it into the WhereYouGo folder. When you then run the WhereYouGo app the cartridge will show up in the list.

Edited January 26, 2016 by ShammyLevva