SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH NEW POIs & GARMIN i3

racman · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 05, 2006 Posts: 12

I used method 2 but took out transflash card first then ran dianostic mode (hold down left button on start up) when finished turn off restart wait for prompt install card should now work. Only download poi's in combined categories :D

stupot57 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 09, 2006 Posts: 6

:D Thank you MaFt.
What you have suggested has worked and I can now use my i3.

Jumping With Joy

Stupot57

MaFt · Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:40 pm Post subject: Re: POI & i3

clodey · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:48 am Post subject:

I purchased my nüvi 660 on Boxing Day.

I've just downloaded the camera and poi databases from PGPSW and uploaded them onto my 2GB SD card via the beta poiloader.

Sadly the machine now crashes at the "loading maps" page and none of the solutions already posted here have worked.

Does anybody have any advise please? Would this problem be covered under warranty?

Many thanks

benjones · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 28, 2006 Posts: 47

I had exactly the same problem, as did someone else on these forums with his 660. I had to take mine back to Halfords as there was no way I could get it to boot. They exchanged no questions asked.

Just out of interest how did you download the POIs - in all their serperate sub-categories or lumped together?

clodey · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:02 pm Post subject:

I used the separate category option - Halfords have replaced now. I've wiped my SD card and am now scared about trying any poi downloads! Cheers

reggie213 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 26, 2006 Posts: 3

I cant get my i2 to respond to the computer in anyway since i uploaded the POI's.

My GPS freezes at Garmin i2 loading screen, the only way i can get anywhere is by pulling out the card first then waiting till it asks me to input it again.

Sometiems it will freeze after this and sometimes it will goto the Where To? & view Map option. However if i click on any of those options it will freeze.

I download a number of different POI catgories cant remember which ones precisely. However when i used the older POiloader from Garmin(not the beta one) it said 33000 poi's uploaded, then it has done this since! At least i think it said 33k's worth!

I have tried resetting the unit using the clicking all three buttons technique and although it does reset it i have to keep the card out of the garmin or it will freeze when selecting the country!

Please pelase help my gf is sweating me BIG

racman · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 05, 2006 Posts: 12

Guys got a nuvi310 now loaded poi files now stops when loading maps.all latest software.what now?????????????

MaFt · Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:25 am Post subject:

reggie

looks like you loaded more than 85 seperate categories. you'll probably have to use the beta poi loader (see sticky at top of thread about the i3 limitations) to remove the poi files or use a card reader to manually remove it.

racman

how many categories did you load etc? and what else do you have on it? i've had ALL of them loaded on a nuvi 360 without any problems.

MaFt

Motorcrossdave · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 08, 2006 Posts: 1

slartibartfast · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 19, 2006 Posts: 33

A lot of people seem to have problems loading too many categories of POI on an i3, but I have one of those hybrid units with maps on the card and voices on internal memory and have managed to install 92 categories without any problems. This is with Firmware 3.2, v9 maps and voice 2.5. All POIs are installed on the card using a card reader. Has anyone else with this type of i3 managed to load more than 85 categories?. The registration page in my Garmin says it is German/Czech even though it came with UK maps.

ACM454078 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 10, 2006 Posts: 7

Hi.

I have just brought a new Nuvi 660 and wanted to load the speed camera database onto it from Pocket GPS world. I have read on this site that some people are crashing their Nuvi loading POI. Is this likely to happen if I load Speed cameras?

Thanks

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