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adam808 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 31, 2006 Posts: 12
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:57 pm Post subject: Question RE i3 transflash cards |
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Hi again !
I have had a plonk round the forum to try & answer this, but what i'm seeing is confusing me....!!
The 256mb transflash in my i3:
can i buy a another blank card & back up my OEM transcard (with the map data / app i 'legally' own as the purchaser of the i3)
OR IS THE OEM CARD 'LOCKED' TO THE i3 UNIT AND CANNOT BE SUBSTITUTED WITH ANOTHER????
If the above is TRUE, then could i back up my OEM card to my PC's HDD, then re-burn the data back to the OEM transflash if required?
The reason i ask is that I have managed to download some maps & wanna have a 'play' but don't wanna ruin what garmin have already put on the card.
Thanks in advance
Adam |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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You can copy the data to the PC and save it there for future, the data can be copied back to the original card only, you cannot use a different card with the data copied to it, this simply refuses to work - Mike |
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adam808 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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thnak you !
in a way thats good = i don't have to buy another flash card
in a way thats bad = i need to have the bottle to change the contents of the garmin card & i wont know i can make it go back again until i have too....
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Presumably if one were to call garmin & say
"hi, i've been dicking about with your media card to install maps i got from the internet & i've ruined it, can i have another please?"
they wouldn't be so sympathetic?
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incidently i had a issue with my card, that resulted in me having to take it back to the shop & they simply gave me another one from an i3 that i put in my original i3 & that worked fine, so what ever the card security is, it isn't unit specific (like a mac address would be for example) |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15226 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:21 pm Post subject: Re: Question RE i3 transflash cards |
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adam808 wrote: |
The reason i ask is that I have managed to download some maps |
sounds a bit dubious... |
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timber Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jan 18, 2006 Posts: 422 Location: Wild and Windy SW Scotland UK
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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mikealder wrote: | You can copy the data to the PC and save it there for future, the data can be copied back to the original card only, you cannot use a different card with the data copied to it, this simply refuses to work - Mike |
Mike,
before buying a card reader what do the files look like are any of the voice or display readable ?.
I'm intrested in reverse engineering the units software but don't want to waste my money or time if we are talking disassembly of machine code or some other outlandish software unique to garmin. |
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