TomTom GO 750 LIVE - sluggish

BodgerBaz · Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 7:20 am Post subject: TomTom GO 750 LIVE - sluggish

My old faithful TomTom GO 750 LIVE is starting to play up.

For the last couple of days the screen is very sluggish to redraw when moving and road junctions and roundabouts are a nightmare as it takes ages to respond to the change in direction.

The audio commands 'seem' OK but trying to find an address in Antwerp yesterday was a real naus and we went wrong so many times (because of the time lag) that I nearly threw it into the canal!!

I know touch screens are much more responsive these days but I find I really have to stab the screen to get a response then it seems to cache the prods and respond to them one by one in a very laboured way.

Is it the end of the road for the 750 or is there a workaround?

If it is the end of the road, is the newer TOMTOM GO 5200 similar in that I can add my own POIs and use Itinerary Planning. This second option is a MUST?

Any advice or help would be brilliant

Many thanks

Barry

dhn · Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 12:39 pm Post subject:

Have you tried a drum reset by holding the power button about 20 seconds till you hear the drum sounds?

(unless that model has a dedicated reset hole)
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BodgerBaz · Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 3:01 pm Post subject:

I'll give it a go David to see if it makes any difference. Thanks

Stecha · Regular Visitor Joined: May 09, 2007 Posts: 65

Have you tried the clear flash tool ?
Worth a try

BodgerBaz · Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 4:12 pm Post subject:

Er . . . What’s the clear flash tool?

Stecha · Regular Visitor Joined: May 09, 2007 Posts: 65

I am nowhere near as knowledgeable as most here, but, have been using tomtoms since 2006

In your situation I would do and have done

Use windows file error checker

With your tomtom connected to your pc, right click, properties, tools,

Defrag your tomtom with Smart defrag, get the free version

Download and use the rfee tomtom clear flash tool

A link to that does more than it says

iirc correctly its best to run it three times See Here

justbrowsing · Frequent Visitor Joined: Nov 10, 2011 Posts: 679

Yes, clearflash.exe should be run 3 times allowing the device to reboot after each run....or you could maybe try to reduce the number of POI's showing as that does slow things down considerably

BodgerBaz · Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 6:01 pm Post subject:

I’ve never heard of this before. Many thanks, I’ll give it a go.

To date it’s always worked well and I haven’t made any changes for ages except updating the map and adding different itinerary planning routes.

I suddenly noticed the extreme sluggishness to respond to screen inputs and redrawing of the map. I don’t think it was the GPS reception as even trying to select menu options was painfully slow.

Many thanks for the feedback

Barry

Oldboy · Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 7:19 pm Post subject:

Stecha · Regular Visitor Joined: May 09, 2007 Posts: 65

BodgerBaz · Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 8:51 pm Post subject:

Soooooo. Shall I forget it and chuck it in the bin then?

justbrowsing · Frequent Visitor Joined: Nov 10, 2011 Posts: 679

BodgerBaz · Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 9:13 pm Post subject:

justbrowsing · Frequent Visitor Joined: Nov 10, 2011 Posts: 679

Eh... "just drive more slowly" was meant to be a joke!

Viva Brexit!

M8TJT · Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 12:27 am Post subject:

That's French you twit. Laughing

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