Tomtom one V3 keeps rebooting at random

mikealder · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:38 pm Post subject:

I never experienced a crash or re-boot, but the first thing I did was to remove the TT Speed Cameras, a 7 mile drive was enough to prove to me that the installed cameras they supply simply were not up to the job so off they came.
It really would be ironic if it is proven their camera warnings and database mess up the device in this way - Mike

alanchown · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 03, 2007 Posts: 19

gilesjuk · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 08, 2004 Posts: 31

Today it went blank, I prodded the screen and the display came on, it stayed like this for about 8 miles then it unfroze and carried on as normal.

Very strange.

I need that new Tomtom update now!

delph2 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 11, 2007 Posts: 14

the interface of the Nuvi is frustrating to say the least. and the system beep very very annoying....

gilesjuk · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 08, 2004 Posts: 31

percymon · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 21, 2006 Posts: 30

I'm becoming more optimitic by the day by the latest postings - at the end of the day the units are at the mlimit on memory ability, but as i generally don't have more than 6 or 7 POI categories enabled at a time then i think if i buy one i'll be OK.

So UK version at £127 or Europe at £145 ?? - i wonder which has the most spare capacity when at the factory default settings? Anyone know the answer ??

As to a solution, well TomTom aren't going to download more memory to the devices, so i assume they'll try to squash some of the files down a bit ??

I suppose the safe bet is still the One XL !! - best i can find these for is £159 GB / £181 Europe

sprawlsy · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 23, 2007 Posts: 6

Hi All,

I too have had the rebooting problem. It first occured once week ago Wednesday & then three times the following day (twice in the morning & once in the afternoon). It sounds like there might be light at the end of the tunnel though if an update is forthcoming. This device is ideal for me as I only really need it for leisure use, I don't need an all singing, all dancing one.

I will, however, report the fault to Tomtom so that they are aware of the numbers who are affected, I would urge anyone who reads this & who is experiencing the problem to report it so they get a more accurate reflection of the number of units affected.

For the record I have the VisitEngland/Britain POI download on my device.

Si

Cutietrol · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 18, 2007 Posts: 3

Sadly my TomTom One Europe Third Edition is now also exhibiting this behaviour. Initially I had thought I had a good unit, but it's frozen while in the middle of a route twice now "At the roundabout take..." what, take what?! It seems entirely random whether it recovers and remembers the route or not (although I would be interested to see if it's just forgetting it on "Navigate to" and remembering it on "Plan route".) Today's crash it recovered and continued giving directions, although the password entry screen of course came up so I had no visual instructions until it was safe to pull over and enter that.

With regard to what's running, standard Jane voice (no voices other than what came with it installed), TT speed cameras trial, about 2 POI categories. In answer to an earlier question mine came with approx 20mb free space out of the box. The routes I've been running today have been 45 minutes tops, and it did sucessfully navigate to Wales and back, so that doesn't seem to be a huge factor. Will try disabling the TT speed cameras (as they don't seem much cop anyway), but I think I had a freeze before I got these working anyway...

At this point in time I'm debating whether I should return the unit or await a software fix. Finding it hard to think that they could have broken so many units in the hardware given the amount of experience they have...

gilesjuk · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 08, 2004 Posts: 31

I'll give it a few days then consider taking mine back. I bought it while I was away from home and I'm going back to the town next week.

I suspect it's an issue with the hardware drivers that only manifests under load or low tide (low memory).

spcdust · Regular Visitor Joined: Sep 18, 2007 Posts: 60

Okay, I have basically done a clean install, deleted all the Tom Tom speed camera database files, ensured I have not downloaded any additional Tom Tom POI's or Enjoy England POI's and disabled any Mapshare updates. The only thing that I have done is downloaded the QuickGPS Fix file. I don't know if this will make any difference but I'll test it out at the week end and let you all know how I get on. If it works without freezing I'll then put the PocketGPS World speed camera files onto it and see how we go from there.

spcdust

stiggy_sawdust · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:24 pm Post subject:

gilesjuk · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 08, 2004 Posts: 31

I find that it doesn't have problems when you drive around with no route planned.

So it's suffers under strain.

stiggy_sawdust · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:43 pm Post subject:

So TomTom is suffering from stress?
Now it knows how we felt using maps and A to Zeds.

stiggy_sawdust · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:55 pm Post subject:

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