Help needed

mhb · Regular Visitor Joined: Dec 21, 2005 Posts: 155

Decided to try adding the database to TomTom 1.19.3 on my iPhone 3GS on iOS 6.1.6, using iMazing and need help/clarification please. Not straight forward as the guide is now out of date and anyway I cannot seem to get past the ImageShack icons.

So, after setting iMazing preferences (Storage) by ensuring all 3 boxes ticked, double left clicking on UK-Ireland folder icon in iMazing I get a 'Documents' folder showing which contains all the various TomTom sub folders and files. Is it this 'Documents' folder that I am meant to transfer the ov2 files plus the pgpsw-iphone-tt-1.7-iphone3 folder to? Presumably I then have to transfer the 'mapsettings.cfg' file from here to overwrite the existing cfg file in the 'United_Kingdom_and_Republic_of_Ireland' sub folder.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Privateer · Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 9:30 am Post subject:

Hi mhb,

Unfortunately as I'm running iOS 8.3 on my iPhone I can no longer use iMazing (or any other iFile software), but I'll try my best to help you.

There are two stages involved:
1. Get the POIs (.ov2 and .bmp files) on the map
2. Get proximity warnings (with audio) working

For step one, you need to have the folder "POI", IIRC you may need to create this if it's not there. Then copy the .ov2 and .bmp files of all of the POIs that you want and they should appear on the map the next time that you run TomTom app

As for the proximity warnings (with audio), you can use the mapsettings.cfg file but I don't - I just use the CamerAlert app running in the background instead. I find CamerAlert much better for configuration of warnings.

Hope this helps,
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Robert.
iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 14.0.1: iOS CamerAlert v2.0.7
TomTom GO Mobile iOS 2.3.1; TomTom (UK & ROI and Europe) iOS apps v1.29
Garmin Camper 770 LMT-D

mhb · Regular Visitor Joined: Dec 21, 2005 Posts: 155

Hi Privateer,

Since my first post I have spent hours using iMazing to put the ov2 and all the other files apparently necessary to get everything up and running to just about every location allowed (some files and folders are stated by iMazing as locked down), but all to no avail.

The best I have achieved, merely by putting just the 5 ov2 files in the existing empty poi folder and nothing more anywhere else, allows the cameras to display (although all types by the same icon) on the driving maps which is at least a step forward from merely running TomTom with CamerAlert in the background giving audible warnings but not showing on the driving maps.

So in essence I shall be doing something similar to what you suggest as the best anyway, namely displaying the camera locations and relying on CamerAlert for audible description and alerts.

Incidentally, many thanks for your response, it was most appreciated.

Privateer · Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 10:19 am Post subject:

Hi mhb,

mhb · Regular Visitor Joined: Dec 21, 2005 Posts: 155

Hi Privateer,

Only got back onto this today and as a result of your last posting I have finally succeeded in getting everything up and running as it should.

Being someone who has always prided himself as being very thorough, I cannot believe how stupid a mistake I was making. I have always opted to use the consolidated version of the camera database and I completely missed the fact that I should have been using the Speed zone complete version for the purpose of this exercise. Embarassed

In future I might still adopt your approach of using CamerAlert instead of using the .cfg file. I intend to try out both approaches before deciding.

Many thanks again.

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