tomtom5 forgeting things

adamf · Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 5:27 pm Post subject: tomtom5 forgeting things

tomtom keeps forgeting home favs and poi warnings any idea thanks Rolling Eyes

Solly · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 20, 2004 Posts: 27

Use Active Syn and use the explore option to get a file called Great-Britain-Map.cfg - normally it would be on the storage card folder. Copy that file to your PC then right click on the file and select properties. Then UN-Tick the Read-Only option, then OK to exit.

Copy the modified file from the PC back to TomTom and when asked if you want to Replace the file, Click Yes.

easyridermb · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 4

I have the same problem with TTN5, Using HP2210 with SD card.

Tried suggestion but no avail, the tick box was not ticked in the first place.

Any other suggestions?
(I don't think it's activesync as it lost its data whilst en-route)

easyridermb · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 4

Please could others please post if they have the same problems (loss of home and favourities locations), in order to determine if this is a general bug or specific to our devices.

linknet · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 05, 2005 Posts: 872

If you have already lost all your saved home and favourites then you could just try renaming the Great-Britain-Map.cfg file. TTN5 will then create a new Great-Britain-Map.cfg file. You could also just delete it but then you can't go back to the original file.

Roger

sven1 · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:39 am Post subject:

same here. It forgets for no apparent reason. Ipaq 4150

Jon

sp3ctre · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 08, 2005 Posts: 1

4150 here... keeps forgetting the fave's Crying or Very sad

It is making the whole experience a pain in the arse.... wish i'd stayed with 3 now!

bukemone · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 08, 2005 Posts: 4

yep! i'm in the same situation. i've got an ipaq5550 and i've lost my favourites three times - it occurs in various ocassions like map switching, poi's display maniuplation etc. Now i keep backup of each map .cfg file to avoid that. I think that it's another bug which should appear on bug's collection list.

bukemone · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 08, 2005 Posts: 4

it isn't funny anymore - it just happened again, this time during map browsing. ttn5 just hang for about 10 second and after that when i went to my favourites there was nothing! fortunately i keep backup .cfg on sd card.

Siddy · Lifetime Member Joined: Jul 09, 2005 Posts: 18

Thanks guy's
I've just done the rename of GB file. Powered off and on. And there still there.

Wonderful.

Now to try add a POI of my places I want listing.

Xda 2

Just got the Tom Tom 5 Bluetooth unit to side wires in van and sit on parcel shelf like the version 3 i borrowed. Guess what?

No mains charger only car - call me lucky :o

spv_neo · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 09, 2005 Posts: 1

Tried the fix mentioned in the second post about the read only cfg file. Seems to have fixed it, Thanks. Will test tonight and post with results.

:D

fryups · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 10, 2005 Posts: 20

Tried the prefences>read only fix and it seems to work. Had to apply read only then remove it before copying the file across. Strange that the problem was only with UK, not France, Benelux etc !!

julianbarker · Lifetime Member Joined: Apr 12, 2005 Posts: 431

I have had no problems with TT5 forgetting anything until today. After weeks of use I entered a Specs zone and thought it was strange I had been given no warning. When I stopped I discovered that all warnings, and all other POI settings had gone. When I went to go home, there was no Home set.

There had been warnings earlier in the journey, so TT5 whilst running had forgotten them.

The relevant files are not, and have never been read only.

Must be a bug.

julianbarker · Lifetime Member Joined: Apr 12, 2005 Posts: 431

Just notced I have lost my Favs as well - good thing I only use Favs for temporary data using POIs for more permanent locations. at least TT5 only screws with its own internal data and does not damage OV2 files.

v0n · Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:03 am Post subject:

Perhaps temporary fix would be to untick "Read only", set home, POI warnings and favourites and then make it "Read only" again, just so TT doesn't overwrite it?

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