Can't turn it off! driving me up the wall!!!!

Slider

I got a nice new GO510 free as an American Express points reward, and I'm loving it after playing before with a homebrew made out of an old Ipaq, CF GPS and TT software.

BUT I can't turn it off! I've looked around loads of forums and seen the problems with units turning off in error due to poor cradel connections but not seen this reported.

When I turn the unit off by pressing the power button, it goes to the normal shutdown splash screen and then after about 30 seconds reboots! By reboots I mean what I assume is a warm restart (an extra load screen with the progress bar on the bottom - not the drums after a reset) and the bl**dy thing comes back up. If I try to power it off before it gets to the owner screen it can lock up and need a full reset.

Now, sometimes it works, first time. But mostly anything from a few to forever to turn it off and stay off. This is a problem as 1) it can make getting out of the car at the end of a journey a bit of a procedure and 2) means that my phone reconnects and stays hands free.

I've looked in the manual, searched the web, tried combinations of holding the button down for different periods (whilst patting my head and and staning on one foot!) but have yet to find which combination leads to the perfect shutdown. It has the latest software on it (5.62? don't make me turn it on to check) which was downloaded two weeks ago when I first connected it to TT home.

Please don't say return it - I've read enough tales of woe about service and support, and the way I obtained it means I have no receipt etc or retailer to deal with, and it must be a software thing - any ideas?

thebinman · Banned Joined: Mar 04, 2006 Posts: 770

Try letting go the power button once the shutdown screen appears.

Privateer · Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 3:00 pm Post subject:

Hi Slider,

Have you used the reset hole?
Does the GO have a faulty or damaged touch screen?
As a last resort, try removing the SD card and then reinserting it.

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Slider · Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:56 pm Post subject:

Slider · Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:02 pm Post subject:

Privateer · Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:25 pm Post subject:

Hi Slider,

Slider · Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:07 pm Post subject:

I'll just see how I get on, the only thing is I probably won't be driving much until the 2nd. So I'll have to keep trying it on the desk here......

sgould · Frequent Visitor Joined: Oct 05, 2004 Posts: 1320

Have you made a full backup of the card yet. If not, do it now. It will save a lot of grief in future if the card is faulty. And you will have a ready made copy to put onto any new card.
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Slider · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:49 pm Post subject:

Just thought I'd post a follow up to this in case it helps anyone else:

The trick of popping the sd in and out seemed to fix the problem of a reboot on power off. But after getting the Missus a One V2 for Xmas I had noticed how much faster it shut down than mine - it was taking up to 20 seconds (seemed a lot longer believe me). Then this morning the battery was flat - I had used it on Saturday and I guess the old power back on issue had come back. Sure enough when I got to the office it wouldn't turn off again. Bit of a nuisance as I hadn't realised and when the phone rang it was in hands free mode with the TT in the bag!

Anyways, I decided to copy the SD card contents to a new card - I was using a 512Mb Viking card, the only spare I had on me was a 1Gb Viking card, but I wnet ahead and did it, and lo and behold, the unit turns off properly again and the shutdown screen now only appears for 5 - 10 seconds.

So this appears to be two related issues both resolved by changing the SD card.

Long shutdown time - splash screen for ages
Reboot after power off - warm boot, no drums

Let's see you I get on for the rest of the week

apogee · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 19, 2007 Posts: 12

Hi

I have this issue too and its a real pain in the backside, you save a bit of time on the journey then sit in the car for 10 mins trying to get the thing to switch off.

I'm just going through recreating a card (again), last time this happened it seemed to start when i added speed camera voice OR when i set custom alert distances (not sure which).

Do you have speed cameras/custom distances set up on your unit?

I've just copied files to a new card with no change, so im rebuilding a new card from my factory one and have only added the camera database and so far it seems fine. I can also confirm the shutdown screen only lasts a few second now

Can you fill out some detail.

Thanks

Lee

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