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bloater Lifetime Member
Joined: Nov 01, 2004 Posts: 91
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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Still no good.
Windows did find some errors. So formatted, FAT32. Reset. Clear Flash 3 times. Reinstall previous working backup.
And ..........
Nothing when plugging in the receiver. And also TT have gone quiet again. Last time I spoke to them on Monday, they are convinced its a software issue, and not hardware, thus they wouldn't fix it anyway, they only do hardware.
Geez
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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Do you know anyone else from work or local to you with a TomTom device that will let you try plugging the RDS receiver in to their device, this will at least prove if the receiver is still functioning correctly - Mke |
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Montala Regular Visitor
Joined: Oct 23, 2005 Posts: 155 Location: Leominster
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
I haven't posted on here for some time as I decided to wait until things settled down a bit in respect of the latest map update.
Having kept my nice new ONE IQ routes edition - Europe in its box for well over a month (and claimed my £20 rebate!) I decided that the time had now come to take the plunge!
Last night I downloaded the latest version of Home (2.7.2.1825) and signed up with a new email address. On plugging in my device I was advised that a later map version was available (at over 2GB!) and was asked if I wished to download and install it... which I obviously did.
However I was somewhat horrified to be advised that the download would take about three and a half hours... and it was getting late. I did in fact grab an hours sleep, and came back later only to find that the download had failed at about 90% of the way through, but was rather relieved when I re-connected my TomTom and it seemed to pick up where it left off... albeit still very slowly!
(Continued in next post!) |
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Montala Regular Visitor
Joined: Oct 23, 2005 Posts: 155 Location: Leominster
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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... continued.
Anyway it finally finished the download and then commenced the installation, which seemed to start off fairly quickl,y but then slowed down shortly after the half way mark. I did in fact think it had stopped altogether, but the file name changed occasionally, and the blue bar was definitely getting longer.
I reckon it must have taken nearly an hour just to update the maps, but as I did not receive any nasty error messages, I decided to let it complete the process... which it eventually did, so at about 2:30 am I decided to call it a night!
This morning I connected to Home again, and checked my map version, which was indeed 835.2419.
I was then advised that there were a load of other petrol price, POI, camera, and other files ready for me, including an important system one, all of which I decided to accept. It then went through a 20 stage process, but again completed everything in probably less than half an hour.
At the end of all this I appear to have a fully updated ONE, but can’t believe just how long it all took... and this is on a fast Pentium 4 PC with 4MB of RAM... but with rather a slow broadband connection... thanks BT!
It does therefore look as if TomTom have at last got their act together... for the moment anyway, so the time has now come for me to go out and do some navigating! |
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dhn Frequent Visitor
Joined: Oct 08, 2007 Posts: 2544 Location: Toronto CANADA
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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NO!!
First make an Explorer, not Home backup of your unit's device. Ensure hidden files/folders are showing.
THEN....go out navigating! _________________ David |
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Montala Regular Visitor
Joined: Oct 23, 2005 Posts: 155 Location: Leominster
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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But of course!
At the start of my first post I should have mentioned that I did in fact make a backup in this manner before doing anything else at all... but neglected to add 'show hidden files' first... doh!
Anyway, now that I have successfully installed all these lovely updates it is probably a good idea to do another one... but with all the files included this time!
Only then should I be able to venture out and 'hit the road'! |
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Trevor1234 Frequent Visitor
Joined: Apr 30, 2005 Posts: 810 Location: Milton Keynes
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Montala
Yes, the slow download is due to your Broadband and its not Tomtom’s fault. My download takes about two hours and I am quite envious when I see other users download in 30 mins. However, you can let it start the download and go off to bed or whatever and if it stops you can resume where it left off. That’s better then the old days when one had to start all over again. I think Tomtom have now got their act together as regards map downloads. _________________ Tomtom Go 720.
Navcore 9.510
Central and Western Europe v855.2884
GPS World Traffic cameras
Home 2.7
iPhone 3G |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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Trevor1234 wrote: | Hi Montala
Yes, the slow download is due to your Broadband and its not Tomtom’s fault. |
But the slow install is!
For some daft reason, TomTom only put the incredibly slow USB 1 support on the ONE models, rather then the USB2 found on the Go's.
(Edited for typo only)
Last edited by Andy_P on Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:57 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Montala Regular Visitor
Joined: Oct 23, 2005 Posts: 155 Location: Leominster
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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... and that also explains the longer than expected time taken to back up all the files from the TomTom.
Why they did not implement USB2 support on this later model, goodness knows! |
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Trevor1234 Frequent Visitor
Joined: Apr 30, 2005 Posts: 810 Location: Milton Keynes
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | But the slow intall is! |
Yes Andy_P you are quite correct. _________________ Tomtom Go 720.
Navcore 9.510
Central and Western Europe v855.2884
GPS World Traffic cameras
Home 2.7
iPhone 3G |
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dhn Frequent Visitor
Joined: Oct 08, 2007 Posts: 2544 Location: Toronto CANADA
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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I haven't timed it but I wonder if doing a map install via winrar is any faster than installaling via Home? _________________ David |
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Montala Regular Visitor
Joined: Oct 23, 2005 Posts: 155 Location: Leominster
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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Just completed a full back-up of my updated ONE (including hidden files this time!), using Windows Explorer, which took 48 minutes for 1.66GB of data!
I am sure that if they had included USB 2.0 it would have been quite a bit quicker!
Interestingly the first back-up which was straight "out of the box" was only 1.54GB. |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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dhn wrote: | I haven't timed it but I wonder if doing a map install via winrar is any faster than installaling via Home? |
It doesn't make a difference as the limiting factor is the USB 1 port on the TomTom, even Windows Explorer backups or software re-installs take bloody ages on these device, its a shame though as its the only small thing that is really wrong with them, otherwise they really are a cracking device - Mike |
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chelsky Regular Visitor
Joined: Jul 27, 2007 Posts: 160 Location: Kent
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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:38 pm Post subject: TT said not enough space!! |
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Hi. I downloaded the new map update today. All went well until the installation. When it got to stage 3 "Install To Hard Disc" it was within a wisker of finishing and going to stage 4 when an error message came up and informed me that I didn't have enough space and to remove 13mb. I have a TT 720 with a Peak 8GB card and over 5GB spare!!!! Any ideas please. On the card it shows app. 8.351 map v835.2419 on the memory it shows app. 8.350 map v830.2305. Any help would be appreciated as I have tried this 3 times.
Regards chelsky |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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If its showing 8,351 Navcore and a v835 map then you have the very latest available, if you want to have the same on the device remove the SD card and update the application, copy the LoquendoTTS folder to the PC to make some space then install the map to the device. Finally copy the LoquendoTTS folder back to whee it should be on the device - Mike |
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