Disable the Built-in Navigation on the Jaecoo J7 / Omoda C5

Once Google Maps or Waze is on the car, the built-in navigation of the Jaecoo J7 or Omoda C5 can get in the way. JaecooApp can suspend and hide it without deleting anything.

Before you start

JaecooApp must be the car’s Device Owner, which the installer sets up when it installs the app. If it couldn’t, see the Device Owner errors.

Turn the built-in maps off

1. Open JaecooApp → System.
2. Turn on Disable native maps. The line below shows which apps it suspends and hides.
3. The app confirms with Native maps disabled.

To bring them back, turn the switch off: Native maps restored.

What the switch actually does

For each built-in map app it finds, JaecooApp does two things: it suspends the app so it can’t run, and hides its icon from the launcher. Nothing is uninstalled and no data is deleted. Turning the switch off reverses both, and the map app is back as it was.

Phone projection is not affected: navigation in Android Auto or CarPlay keeps working.

Messages

Message	Meaning
Needs Device Owner. Reinstall JaecooApp with the web installer.	The permission is missing.
No built-in map app was found on this head unit	Nothing to disable on this car.

Now install your favourite: Google Maps or Waze.

Before you uninstall JaecooApp

Turn Disable native maps off first. Once JaecooApp’s Device Owner permission is revoked, it can no longer bring the built-in maps back (how to uninstall JaecooApp).