TomTom Go v5 Upgrade Available for Download

[Mark_W]

[Oldboy]

The general consensus is that it is a good thing to increase the size of the SD card.

Bigger is better.
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Richard

TT 910 V7.903: Europe Map v1045
TT Via 135 App 12.075: Europe Map v1120

[Snazzi]

Hi,

sorry to start of with my first message in this forum as a whinge, but here goes anyway.

I bought my TomTom Go at Christmas, and like many here thought it was great, the only couple of problems was the fact that it did not have full uk post code support and it only had one main route option, i.e. the fastest way to destination.

I was happy to hear that TomTom were releasing version 5 which addressed these issues, and luckily I had bought my TomTom recently and qualified for the free upgrade.

So I download the upgrade as son as I could and tried out the new features, I was somewhat disappointed to find that the full postcode didn’t work, when checking with the TTG tech support, I was advised that I needed a new set of maps at a cost of 89 euros (£64), on a device that was not a year old yet?.
So I paid for the upgrade and promptly got a new SD card with the whole version 5 upgrade and maps.
Now I had the full postcode support.

Being a bit curious I thought I would explore the new SD card and compare to my old SD card, I noticed a file called postal...

bells rang and my curiosity got the better of me, I copied the postal file onto my old SD card, and hay presto, I had full post code support on my original SD card.

The postal file is about 8MB in size and could easily be downloaded via the web, I did not actually need new maps for this to work.

So it seems that this was just an excuse to get another £64 from their loyal users after promising that the upgrade was free ...


would I buy a tomtom again???

I think not on principle.

Interested in anyone else’s views on this, and even TTG ??

Regards,

Snazzi

[biggy7]

right guys

got a TomTom GO CLassic v4.2 with camera database and new voices, working fine.

i am going to london tomorrow and i was wondering if i should update to v5.2, would there be any difference at all?

is it worth me updating from v4.2 to v5.2?

any advice most appreciated

cheers

[Oldboy]

Personally I think it is better, others are not so sure. Some have gone with V5.1, rather than 5.2, because of the 27 POI category issue.

If you do upgrade, remember to have a full backup just in case anything goes wrong. You will also need to download a different data.chk file for voice warnings.

There won't be any difference in the mapping because that is a seperate 'upgrade'.
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Richard

TT 910 V7.903: Europe Map v1045
TT Via 135 App 12.075: Europe Map v1120

[biggy7]

thanks oldboy

took the plunge and upgraded to 5.2.

my cam database was still there, and my recent locations and home location aswell

all i had to do was install the new voice ,chk file and set them up, and now all is fine, went out for a quick drive to my nearest gatso and was spot on

i like the new version, has some nifty features now (like volume changes with speed of car hehe)

will update 2moro, when i go to london

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