Bricked go730?

scorpion12 · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 11, 2009 Posts: 2

I went to update my go730 before a long road trip this weekend and tomtom home tells me there's an update. I agree to the install. No problem.

I connect my go730 and 4 updates were loaded. No problem.

I go looking for additional updates. There aren't any available. No problem.

Using Home, I select the guaranteed map update and begin the download. No problem.

1 hour later, the download is complete and the install begins... and then errors out saying not enough free space on my 730.

I remove some of the voices I downloaded using Home and try to download it again... (kind of doesn't make sense for the program to download it again when it's sitting on my hard drive in a temp file)... no problem downloading.

Installing it again says not enough space... so I delete the rest of what I downloaded using Home and not touching the voices that were loaded originally...

Try it again.

Success... I thought. 730 rebooted and came up showing a red screen saying that the map wasn't "something" and to select another...

there's only 1 map to choose from and it won't accept that one.

Right now it's a paperweight. How do I get it back to work?

mikealder · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:58 pm Post subject:

Welcome to the forum, First off try resetting the device with a paperclip in the reset hole on the base of the device, if this fails to resolve the issue I would suggest you phone TomTom in the morning, their number is 0845 161 0009 - Mike

Andy_P · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:11 pm Post subject:

If you need to download it again, moving the downloaded version out of the C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\TomTom\HOME\Downloads\complete\map folder and deleting it off your TomTom should force Home to download it again.

One the map is downloaded correctly, it should be available in Home/Add Maps (look for Location - My Computer) or in Add Traffic/Voices etc / forward arrow/ Items on my computer.

Most important question - did you make any sort of backup of the system BEFORE you agreed to the updates?

scorpion12 · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 11, 2009 Posts: 2

Unbricked it by using tomtom home and selecting the add files from computer option... selected the map from my computer and it installed fine. all works now

Andy_P · Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 2:52 pm Post subject:

Good-oh!

Siddy · Lifetime Member Joined: Jul 09, 2005 Posts: 18

Hi sounds like you got same prob as me and im onto Tomtom as well to point where they have sysinfo and moved to higher tech!!!.

I had to format TT unit and reinstall take all system giles off leaving just folders - didn't work and had to copy backup back on.

I've Dloaded maps 6 times at 1.7gig a go. On 2 diff lappys to prove them

Will update when I get anymore news.

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