[redcanyonkids]

We have wanted to try to do a Wherigo cache for a while now. We purchased the app WhereYouGo on our Android phone but still can't figure out how to download Wherigo cartridges onto the app. If it matters we have a Samsung Mesmerize. If anyone can help us figure out how to do this, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank You

[Boltons]

You cannot directly dwnld the cart onto the phone. You must download it onto a computer then transfer to the whereyougo folder on your SD card in the phone. Note, download it as a pocket pc, this should get you going.

[Da Krewe]

Thanks for the info. Had been trying for over a day to move the downloaded stuff to my app with no luck. Will try this at home tonight

[Clint Cachewood]

Da Krewe, on 28 April 2011 - 10:11 AM, said:

Thanks for the info. Had been trying for over a day to move the downloaded stuff to my app with no luck. Will try this at home tonight

This method works. I just down loaded my first Wherigo cartridges and loaded them on my droid 2 global. No problems so fair. It's working great.

[A Team Vallejo]

here is how to do it with a android straight from the internet with out the computer. You need to get 2 apps, (firefox mobile) and (Download all files) both from the market and free.

once you have these on your phone go to firefox go to the Wherigo site and download the cart for Pocket PC. then a option box will pop up choose the program ---download all files. then it will ask where you want to put it select the whereyougo directory (should be all the way at the bottom) and click start download. Thats it. it gets easier after you do a few.
Have Fun!

[Team GlacierGlider]

A Team Vallejo, on 19 May 2011 - 10:43 PM, said:

here is how to do it with a android straight from the internet with out the computer. You need to get 2 apps, (firefox mobile) and (Download all files) both from the market and free.

once you have these on your phone go to firefox go to the Wherigo site and download the cart for Pocket PC. then a option box will pop up choose the program ---download all files. then it will ask where you want to put it select the whereyougo directory (should be all the way at the bottom) and click start download. Thats it. it gets easier after you do a few.
Have Fun!

Thank you so much for the info! I finally got it to work on my phone without having to go through the computer. Just in time too, normally gps (garmin oregon) just got a busted screen yesterday!

[Codge13]

I just downloaded this app and put the file in the where you go file on my sd card. When I open the where you go app it still says there is no .gwc file to open. When I go to my directory the file is there. Any suggestions. I have the HTC Eris it was one of the first android phones to come out.

[gvsu4msu]

Codge13, on 14 November 2011 - 05:20 AM, said:

I just downloaded this app and put the file in the where you go file on my sd card. When I open the where you go app it still says there is no .gwc file to open. When I go to my directory the file is there. Any suggestions. I have the HTC Eris it was one of the first android phones to come out.

Which directory are you storing the .gwc file you downloaded into?

Are you downloading the "pocket pc" version using Firefox?

originally it will go to a "downloads" folder, but then you need to move it to your "WhereYouGo" folder. Then when you open the WhereYouGo app, it should show up when you choose play.

[BANDA]

I have a Galaxy Nexus which has no sd card, only internal memory. Where should I place the cartridge. I don't see a whereyougo folder.

[PierreGielen]

BANDA, on 29 December 2011 - 09:22 PM, said:

I have a Galaxy Nexus which has no sd card, only internal memory. Where should I place the cartridge. I don't see a whereyougo folder.

Isn't there at least a folder called external_sd in which the folder WhereYouGo should go?

I just got WhereYouGo working on my Samsung Galaxy S phone. The cartridges should be placed in /mnt/sdcard/external_sd/WhereYouGo/. If you don't have an external_sd folder, where does WhereYouGo tell you to put the cartridge?

Pierre

[xifi00]

Hi guys I have a Droid 3 and I cannot find a whereyougo directory on my sd card. I can on the phone memory which just has cache and map in it but not the sd card. Can anyone help? I can't use the carts.

[A Team Vallejo]

In the apps menu if you have file manager you should be able to see the whereyougo folder? you do need the app download all files to be able to put the file in the whereyougo directory. You can also hook the phone to your computer and do it that way

[A Team Vallejo]

Ok so there is a change with download all files? it won't allow you to put the file in the right directory. So I used the app called files selected sd card. selected download, selected the cartridge by holding my finger on it then a list came up I selected move, at the top I selected folder then selected whereyougo and clicked move and it worked try that

[MightyReek]

Hello,
I have published a new cartridge and tested it successfully on PPC, Garmin and iPhone, but now a fellow geocacher sent me an email reporting an issue with the Android WhereYouGo player returning the error "invalid cartridge".
Is there a way to check the compatibility of the cartridge?

[A Team Vallejo]

MightyReek, on 06 April 2012 - 11:03 AM, said:

Hello,
I have published a new cartridge and tested it successfully on PPC, Garmin and iPhone, but now a fellow geocacher sent me an email reporting an issue with the Android WhereYouGo player returning the error "invalid cartridge".
Is there a way to check the compatibility of the cartridge?

[A Team Vallejo]

If the cart was downloaded from the pc thru a cable I dont know, if they downloaded it from the web thru a browser it may not work I have only used firefox and it works fine but if I use the generic browser it wont work.

[MightyReek]

That was the problem, they were trying to download the cartridge directly to the smartphone and it didn't work.
As soon as they did it from the pc through a cable it worked fine, and they went for the FTF at 02:00AM!Crazy guys...
Thanks for your reply.

[Theabbottfamily(TAF)]

I followed A Team Vallejo's instructions for loading straight from the internet to my android incredible 2. it worked great. I had a few operator errors until my wife hit the activate gps and navigate. We had a blast and even met the CO. We completed the WIG cache signed log. My problem is when we try to load a new cartridge the one we completed is the only option after we had already downloaded a new file from Wherigo site. I cant even find where on my android it is saved to. I found the download folder and no WIG caches show there. Any advice is appreciated as the first one was a blast to do.

[A Team Vallejo]

Abbot family, You need to use download all files when you do it asks you which directory you want to put it in find the whereyougo directoy and select it thats where they all go. Also you need firefox or dolphin the generic browser won't work

[Theabbottfamily(TAF)]

I open firefox (on my htc incredible 2) and log into the Wherigo website,I choose Wherigoium GC38YKH and choose download pocket pc device download now. I have 4 choices to download too download-music-camera(dcim)-browse I chose browse. I put it in the whereyou go folder and hit select this folder then hit save file (filename wherigoium-2.gwc) hit open file. I get an error the document cannot be opened because it is not a valid pdf document. I opened my whereyougo app choose start and the cartridge is there now! SWEET of I go to get WIG #2.

A huge Thank You to A Team Vallejo I appreciate your speedy reply and help!

[emtfire10]

I am using a Motorola Atrix2 Phone & attempted to download the whereyougo file using Opera Mini for the browser. Somehow Opera renamed the file as a .zip file instead. We did 4 attempts on this today with the same results. My wife's phone is a IPhone 3 & downloaded the same Wherigo file with no problem. Did the Wherigo on her phone got the unlock code but then the wereIgo site would not accept the code, even though we were able to log it thru the geocaching site itself.

Any ideas for the Motorola Atrix2 phones on how to get the Wherigo to work by chance?

[A Team Vallejo]

emtfire did you use the app download all files?

[gvsu4msu]

emtfire10, on 27 June 2012 - 02:26 PM, said:

I am using a Motorola Atrix2 Phone & attempted to download the whereyougo file using Opera Mini for the browser. Somehow Opera renamed the file as a .zip file instead. We did 4 attempts on this today with the same results. My wife's phone is a IPhone 3 & downloaded the same Wherigo file with no problem. Did the Wherigo on her phone got the unlock code but then the wereIgo site would not accept the code, even though we were able to log it thru the geocaching site itself.

Any ideas for the Motorola Atrix2 phones on how to get the Wherigo to work by chance?

you need to download the cartridge using FIREFOX on your phone. All other browsers do not download the file in the correct format.

Be sure to download the "pocketPC" version when you download it from the website.

Once downloaded you need to move it from your "downloads" directory on your phone to your "Whereyougo" directory to get it to play properly.

This is clunkier than the iPhone, but it is what it is. The iPhone can download it through the Wherigo app.

[thisgirlistocotronic]

A Team Vallejo, on 19 May 2011 - 10:43 PM, said:

here is how to do it with a android straight from the internet with out the computer. You need to get 2 apps, (firefox mobile) and (Download all files) both from the market and free.

once you have these on your phone go to firefox go to the Wherigo site and download the cart for Pocket PC. then a option box will pop up choose the program ---download all files. then it will ask where you want to put it select the whereyougo directory (should be all the way at the bottom) and click start download. Thats it. it gets easier after you do a few.
Have Fun!

I guess I can add some information that hasn'nt been said here yet:

You can also use google chrome to download the cartridge file. Then you neither need to select "download all files" or anything nor you need to download another app (like this "download all files"-thing).

..and again: move it to the right folder which is used by the whereyougo app.

[roguetrader2000]

A Team Vallejo, on 19 May 2011 - 10:43 PM, said:

here is how to do it with a android straight from the internet with out the computer. You need to get 2 apps, (firefox mobile) and (Download all files) both from the market and free.

once you have these on your phone go to firefox go to the Wherigo site and download the cart for Pocket PC. then a option box will pop up choose the program ---download all files. then it will ask where you want to put it select the whereyougo directory (should be all the way at the bottom) and click start download. Thats it. it gets easier after you do a few.
Have Fun!

Thanks for the valuable tip! We don't have any whereigos around my home but when I travel I love to try them. I've been suffering with needing to get to a pc on the road for two years until a fellow cacher pointed me here and I realized the problem is the phone's browser and I just needed firefox. Most android phones these days come with some kind of file management software to move the .gwc file from dowloads to the whereyougo directory, so the browser is the key.

[peshsr05]

A Team Vallejo, on 19 May 2011 - 10:43 PM, said:

here is how to do it with a android straight from the internet with out the computer. You need to get 2 apps, (firefox mobile) and (Download all files) both from the market and free.

once you have these on your phone go to firefox go to the Wherigo site and download the cart for Pocket PC. then a option box will pop up choose the program ---download all files. then it will ask where you want to put it select the whereyougo directory (should be all the way at the bottom) and click start download. Thats it. it gets easier after you do a few.
Have Fun!

I tried doing this, but when I got to the step to download pocket PC the only thing that popped up was an error message saying I don't have an SD card. ...i do. I don't mind transferring them from a computer, just can't get this dang thing to work. Tried dragging the downloaded file from the computer into my Whereyougo folder on my phone. Tried to play and another error message. I want to play! Can anyone help? I feel like I've downloaded 50 things trying to get this to work

[djhobby]

You can also use the Chrome and Dolphin browsers to download cartridges from the Wherigo website.