tom tom 5.21 and mio 168 problems

Jaffa12670 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 23, 2006 Posts: 4

can anyone help i have a mio 168 which i have previosly installed tomtom 3 with no problems have just got tomtom5.21 installs ok but sometimes crashes/close program or freezes and then when i exit program it lose my favourites, recent destinations, and home location also unchecks all checked pois apart from speed & redlight cameras its getting frustrating so much that i might just reinstall tomtom 3

mikealder · Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:18 pm Post subject:

In the GB Map folder will be a file named "Great_Britain_Plus-Map.cfg" (this is for the Plus map but the GB map will be similar - look for the .cfg file extension)
Once you have the device set-up correctly i.e. fully configured, home/ warnings etc, copy and paste this file into a different folder on the memory card (create one if need be).
If it crashes, simply copy and paste the copy of the file back into the GB map folder overwriting the damaged file, this action will restore all your settings for home/ POI warnings etc. - Mike

Jaffa12670 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 23, 2006 Posts: 4

THANKS MIKE I HAVE 4 FOLDERS IN THERE
GREAT BRITAIN.MID
GREAT BRITAIN.MMS
GREAT BRITAIN.CFG
AND THE OTHER OPENS UP NAVIGATOR I HAVE COPIED AND PASTED FILE .CFG AND THEN CLOSED DOWN NAVIGATOR THEN STARTED UP AGAIN AND AGAIN ITS LOSING THE INFO I HAVE PASTED BACK IN FILE (OVERWRITTEN) BUT THIS STILL DOES NOT WORK HAVE YOU ANY SUGGESTIONS

THANKS AGAIN STEVE

mikealder · Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:55 pm Post subject:

You need to copy the .cfg file across to the PC, right click the file in Windows Explorer and untick the "Read Only" file attribute, once this is done copy the file back to the GB map folder on the PDA then you can set-up the Navigator as you want THEN copy the file to another location (just in case). If the file is set to read only it will not record the settings you make, so do the above first before creating the copy -
Just one other thought the read/ write lock switch isn't set to Lock on the Memory card is it? - this would cause the same effect - Mike

Jaffa12670 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 23, 2006 Posts: 4

Thanks Mike done this and now works a treat wont need those anti depressants after all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [color=darkblue][/color]

brad2000smith · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 1

does anybody know how to preinstall tom tom 5 to a sd card? i dont want to keep losing tom tom if my device is reset
thankyou

mib150 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 27, 2005 Posts: 15

Brad

Best thing to do is backup your PDA to SD card, then if you have to do a hard reset you can just do a restore operation which brings everything back as it was before the reset. ;)

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