I have found many people that say their GMXT works on Diamond but I am not sure if they are using the DVD version or the SD card version. Obviously you would need to do something to get it off ot the SD card but are any of you doing this and if so what do you have to do?
Thanks DHATW.
I quess this is really a software question (was thinking bluetooth=accessory). I will repost in software.
Yes it works, but you have to push the SD-cart really hard to get it in
... but seriously i'm pretty sure, have some downloaded stuff which orginates from a card and its working fine
Thanks, but how do you do it? Garmin says you can't do it. I know it has been done but am looking for the how.
Dude you can download it. But its not free. Although there are always ways. I have it running on mine just fine.
You can download directly from garmin:
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/store/downloadsUpdates.jsp?product=010-11034-00&cID=138&pID=11413
But you need license key to activate to use with internal GPS.
Okay maybe I'm misunderstanding something. I have the SD card version running on my HTC Touch right now. I spoke to Garmin and they told me they do not have a solution for the Diamond about a month ago. I have already downloaded 5.00.20 for my Touch. When you do it looks for the SD card on the phone. I am not looking for free software. I just want to know how I can run the existing solution (SD card or purchase DVD) on my next phone (my wife has already let me know I am getting one for Christmas-that's if Rogers ever gets it) the Diamond. I realize there are always ways but I am not one of those guys that believes everything should be free. I just want a reliable, updateable and Garmin supportable version that works.
I know CoPilot 7 has a North American version that is made for the Diamond but I have been a Garmin fan for a long time.
Thanks, DHATW.
works for me
hi
i found a totourial i the net, bought garmin xt for win mobile, and i works
you have to conenct your diamond as external harddisc --> you could install gamin XT
after installation i copyied all files from the SD-card to the storage on diamond
at last you have to generate keys for the internal gps-receiver (and overwrite SWL.UNL and for the serial of the internal storage of your phone
if you look a littel bit around you will find a helpful tool from jet mouse...
andreas
Quite easy
I bought a Diamond Touch with the Garmin XT software. ( And unlock code)
The previous owner hard reset the phone to wipe out his entries,
All I did was sync the phone, copy all the files from the SD card into the expanded memory of the phone, and opened the install software from thre phone.
You have to enter the unlock key and the device then connects and sends a SMS to confirm sucessfull installation. (Or something like that)
Hey, I am no genius, but I worked it out, as I knew the program was installed before.
Thanks Basilrsa, I will try that when I get my Diamond. Maybe all the other instructions were for people that did not have a "legal" copy of GMXT.
Thank you again.
I'm trying to install Garmin Mobile XT by copying the files from the SD card to my internal storage, the phone recognises it and installs and runs it OK.
The problem I have is that the internal GPS is not detected and it just keeps searching bluetooth then attached gps constantly (the progress bar on attached GPS goes about half way and the bluetooth only goes quarter way so I think it is partially detecting).
It is a legal boxed SD card from Garmin that worked on the Touch Cruise and I just want to transfer to this phone. I don't want to run any Keygen exe's on my computer, has anyone found another way of getting the internal GPS to be detected?
I did try it in a good reception area and verified this using CameraAware.
hi
afaik garmin uses two files for licensing:
one with a key for the sd card and one for gps receiver
both were generated on a hardware serial of card and receiver
--> i think there is no way to get garmin working without using new license files
greetings
dopsi
Hi
I am not too sure if you can reinstall the Garmin XT software on another device.
The licence is for installation on a single device. When you register it looks for this device identification.
Maybe if you are trying to install on a different device, it will not release to software to operate.
I think you may have to contact Garmin and discuss it with them.
But, XT does install on the Diamond - mine works fine!
But hey, you had better get a car charger as it sucks the battery dry in no time.
basilrsa said:
I am not too sure if you can reinstall the Garmin XT software on another device.
The licence is for installation on a single device. When you register it looks for this device identification.
Maybe if you are trying to install on a different device, it will not release to software to operate.
I think you may have to contact Garmin and discuss it with them.
But, XT does install on the Diamond - mine works fine!
But hey, you had better get a car charger as it sucks the battery dry in no time.
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I'll try to get another Activation code from Garmin and hope they don't ask what device it is. I'll post here once I have done and let you know what they said or if it works.
Kevlah said:
I'll try to get another Activation code from Garmin and hope they don't ask what device it is. I'll post here once I have done and let you know what they said or if it works.
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Response from Garmin:
> Thank you for contacting Garmin (Europe) Ltd.
>
> In regards to your email, I can confirm with our pre-loaded Garmin
> Mobile XT cards the mapping and software is locked to that card it can?t
> be moved to another card or memory of the PDA / mobile phone. If you?re
> PDA / mobile phone has a built in GPS receiver then it can only be used
> with the pre-loaded cards. If your phone does not have a card slot or
> you want to use a larger card or NON card slot PDA / phones then you
> will have to buy our external Bluetooth antenna. I have put the part
> number below.
>
> This item comes with our PC software which you will have to unlock to
> the external Bluetooth antenna so you can install the mapping and
> software onto any size of card you would like.
>
> 010-00579-02
> Gmobile 10XT Europe Deluxe DVD
>
> The reason for the need of the Garmin GPS receiver is because all Garmin
> mapping products require an unlock code to use them successfully, the
> unlock code is generated for the unit ID of the Garmin GPS receiver. As
> you can imagine with the preloaded cards most users are going to be
> using it with either a device that has in-built GPS or in some cases a
> third party external receiver which obviously does not have a Garmin
> unit ID. So, what we do here is when we load the data to the preloaded
> card we unlock the maps to the unit ID of that card, what this means is
> that the data cannot be copied to the phones internal memory or another
> card as the other format will have a different or no unit ID.
>
> On the following Garmin webpage it states toward the bottom the
> limitation you have queried:
>
> https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=138&pID=11413
>
It looks like the GPS receiver costs £67 from Amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000TSJV58/incomp-1-130534-21/ref=nosim) but I wouldn't buy it anyway as I bought a phone with in-built GPS so I didn't have to carry 2 devices.
I think it's safe to say Garmin will not be getting any more money from me and I'd rather buy something else. I just wish tomtom would release a diamond version 7 in UK. I've heard bad reports about CoPilot so don't really want to spend the money on that to find it is bad.
Garmin XT. - Garmin's comments.
Hi Kevlah,
" So, what we do here is when we load the data to the preloaded
> card we unlock the maps to the unit ID of that card, what this means is
> that the data cannot be copied to the phones internal memory or another
> card as the other format will have a different or no unit ID"
I cannot agreed with the above statement as I transferred all the files to my Diamond's ext memory and opened the installation program from there.
I am not sure now which file I used but I had to try a few.
I had to enter the supplied unlock code and later a SMS was sent with the GPS unlock code. I did not have to enter that.
Then, it worked!
But as I said in my post it was a reinstallation on my phone.
Related
Just recieved my 256Mb+Wifi sandisk SDcard. But not working. I looked at the sandisk website. MDAII NOT SUPPORTED!!!!.
This sucks..... But maybe someone has a fix to get it working.... Or is it hardware limited? It seems to start, (green led goes on) but nothing more.
Even the storage isn't recognized.
I even tried it in my XDAI. Wireless is dead, but the 256Mb is recognized.
Any hints would be nice.
As far as I am aware, it is not possible to get it working. My understanding is that Sandisk need to provide a version that does work with XDA/MDA II.
dcs is right...i was advised by my supplier not to buy one like that...they told me to buy wifi card without the storage instead
Firmware update
Does the new firmware that was released the other week rectify this? as when I tried installing the sandisk software it prompted me to overwritre newer files on my xda?
which firmware update is that? checked site tocday......
ive found some interesting stuff with this card on 2003SE. Under SE - the radio works! it constantly sends probes requests out (no ssid, chanel 0 ). If you use the app to turn radio off, u can then use the app to get ver info, power settings and add profiles. when the radio is on, the app is useless. I captured sum of the frames and they have the priism headers n all. So i really think that it is the utility not talkin to the driver properly...will keep trying and let u all know....
Testing 256MB+Wifi SD...
winter said:
which firmware update is that? checked site tocday......
ive found some interesting stuff with this card on 2003SE. Under SE - the radio works! it constantly sends probes requests out (no ssid, chanel 0 ). If you use the app to turn radio off, u can then use the app to get ver info, power settings and add profiles. when the radio is on, the app is useless. I captured sum of the frames and they have the priism headers n all. So i really think that it is the utility not talkin to the driver properly...will keep trying and let u all know....
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I am downloading the Pocket PC 2003 setup from the sandisk website and testing in on the 2.06 ROM. Will keep you guys posted on the results...
Sandisk PPC 2003 combo wifi drivers - Investigation Report
Investigation:
This set of drivers from the sandisk website is no good for the 2.06 ROM.
(a) It detects the storage as per the old 1.72 WM2003 ROM and requests for format, but it never did. However, when you detach the card, it does prompt you that the card was not formatted successfully.
(b) I attempt to initiate the wifi tools with Flight turned off and turned on. It refuses to detect the card.
(c) I cold reset the device with the card attached, and attempt to initiate the wifi tools with flight turned off and turned on again. It detected the card, launched the wifi tool and freezes.
(d) I uninstalled the SANDISK WIFI tools/drivers only and install Socket Wifi drivers. It didn't detect the combo card.
(e) To double-check that the Socket wifi drivers are working, I 've went ahead and inserted the 0MB Sandisk Wifi SD card only, and the Socket Wifi tools detected this card and allows Wifi connections.
Warning: The installation of the Sandisk drivers disabled detection of unother SD storage cards. Uninstallation didn't help. I've to hard reset and restore backups.
I've tested for the 2.06.00 WWE ROM installed on my XDA2 devices only. I would love to know if someone else has managed to get this combo card working! Many thanks to the gurus in this forum.
Combo SD Wifi + 265mb Sandisk - Works with XDA II Mini
Combo SD Wifi + 265mb Sandisk - Works with XDA II Mini !!!!!!
Am on a mission to try and get the SD drivers to work on XDA 2... will keep you notified.
Re: Combo SD Wifi + 265mb Sandisk - Works with XDA II Mini
lampard said:
Combo SD Wifi + 265mb Sandisk - Works with XDA II Mini !!!!!!
Am on a mission to try and get the SD drivers to work on XDA 2... will keep you notified.
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Cool! Many thanks!
There's a 02 Mini ExtROM posted on the FTP site. I got it downloaded but couldn't figure out what these files do.
CAB: \Extended_ROM\Delete_vdisk_shortcut_WWE.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\SmartDialing_WWE_RC11.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\PhonePad_WWE_RC10.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\CV2.41.386_wwe.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\JMM101257_wwe_1004.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\default_103133.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\DelAddStarMenu_092404.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\O2_User_Angent.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\Fix_dual_SIM.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\BackKeySound_RC10.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\Patch_103_3.CAB
Perhaps this will help you? :lol:
XDA II mini - Extended Rom
Yeah, checked extended rom, and files arent there, trying to narrow it down with files in windows folder.
someone with car working...NOT ON XDAII that is
hey,
going to try something else - can someone with the card working (on whatever device type) please have a squizz in their registry (or prog dir for .ini's or whatever) i cannot see anything (interesting) written in my reg and i have a suspicion that if we hak our correct config in there, the radio *might* pick it up. As i said previously - the radio works fine but as we cant use the utility to configure, it sends its probes out with ESSID: nul and chan: 0 .
i shouldnt say this, (false hope) but my XDA II did detect my local AP at one point, well - it said 'access point MY_ESSID found' or the like. good news, as i have never entered my essid into the device. of course a) didnt note config at the time (was super late) b) couldnt connect c) cant reproduce.
has anyone been able to read/format the memory? ad tip - write proctecting the card makes it more stable (seemingly).
i think that if we dont have someone on board to re-write either the Util/Driver/SD_Driver then we should start getting a petition to the vendors going - work arounds suck.......and i want to use stumbler
Re: someone with car working...NOT ON XDAII that is
winter said:
hey,
going to try something else - can someone with the card working (on whatever device type) please have a squizz in their registry (or prog dir for .ini's or whatever) i cannot see anything (interesting) written in my reg and i have a suspicion that if we hak our correct config in there, the radio *might* pick it up. As i said previously - the radio works fine but as we cant use the utility to configure, it sends its probes out with ESSID: nul and chan: 0 .
i shouldnt say this, (false hope) but my XDA II did detect my local AP at one point, well - it said 'access point MY_ESSID found' or the like. good news, as i have never entered my essid into the device. of course a) didnt note config at the time (was super late) b) couldnt connect c) cant reproduce.
has anyone been able to read/format the memory? ad tip - write proctecting the card makes it more stable (seemingly).
i think that if we dont have someone on board to re-write either the Util/Driver/SD_Driver then we should start getting a petition to the vendors going - work arounds suck.......and i want to use stumbler
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Seems that Sychip is the vendor that is producing the SD Wifi card, and not Sandisk nor Socket. I've news from various quarters that it's working on IMATE-JAM that has the souped up drivers, but Sychip is not releasing them officially yet.
Wonder if Mini has the same drivers as well?
Hi all, a bit of a strange request.
I've recently bought a double din dvd (double height) car head unit, that has bluetooth & gps built in.
It runs win ce 4.2, with a reduced interfrace, limiting functions to gps, dvd, tv, radio, and bluetooth for phone.
it has two sd cards (no usb)
Apparently it can run route66 sat nav software, but I thought I'd try tomtom 6.
You can specify which nav software to run by specifying a path to an .exe file only.
Suprisingly tomtom runs, I get the disclaimer screen, then on press I agree, it displays "no maps found"
It's a long shot but does any one know how to:
a) Resolve the no maps problem
or
b) get access to more of the win ce o/s?
Where did you put the maps to?
Interesting. What radio brand/model are we talking here?
Maybe try inserting hte SD card in the other SD slot? mabe tomtom is looking in the wrong place....
Its a generic brand (from china)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/T258-6-5-Two-...ameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
Good unit.
I tried the maps in various locations (all on the sd card)
1. in the \Storage Card\Program Files\navigator\great britain
2. \Storage Card\great britain
3. \great britain
4. Just in the root.
Any ideas?
have you tried tomtom6 on a pda and found that it actually works?
where abouts are you in the uk?
Yep, I'm copying the installation that is working on my pda to this device via SD card.
I'm in london by the way
nice looking unit there!
I would have a look at the way win CE (which is a kernal that wm is based on) displays the storage card. In WM /storage card/ is a cute name that is given to the removable storage and tt6 may be looking for that specific lable.
Imp
Tomtom on wince
Hi
I am having similar issue i have purchased a similar product..
I have used the SD card from my PDA XDAII and I cant even run the application... How did you run the application???
I went into the Nav setup and hit options
The Navi options, which allows to to specify the path of the exe for the unit to run for sat nav.
TOMTOM
I have tried the same but it doesnt load the software...
any solution to the 1st thread these days?
I have the exact same problem as the original thread poster.
Did any one hear about/ solved it?
I can not even run Tomtom
Hi I got the similar unit. however, I cant even run tomtom. I did specify the .exe file to run for the nav. however, it just keeps disappointing to run it.
Heres how its done..
OK gentleman heres how its done..
This post is from another forum... His name is louthefirst on the forum i visit.
(1) Download this http://www.megaupload.com/?d=59W9BLJD
(2) Copy entire contents of Zip to SD Card an a file called TomTom
(3) Insert SD card in T7000 and turn T7000 on
(4) In navigation options screen select
\tomtom\OTHER SOFTWARE NEEDED\miotool
(5) Go back to navigation main screenand select navigate, (this will bring up a keyboard)
(6) In the top left corner there is a little square that hides and unhides the keyboard, HIDE IT.
(7) Go back to the navigation options screen and select
\tomtom\OTHER SOFTWARE NEEDED\RegEdit
(8) Go back to main screen and select, (this will bring up a regedit screen)
(9) Use registry editor go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
EXPLORER
SHELL FOLDERS
My Document
Click on My Documents and it will bring up a little box the bottom box need changing from my documents to \storagecard (REMEMBER BACKSLASH AND NO SPACES) To change it you will need to press the button in the top left to bring back the onscreen keyboad.
(10) Exit regeditor
(11) Go to navigate options and select \tomtom\tomtom navigator.exe
(12) Go back to navigate main screen and press navigate
Follow tomtom setup screen and thats it....
All thats left to do is add your MAP to \tomtom\ on the SD Card (GUAM IS ALREADY THERE SO YOU CAN TEST IT)
hi i have the same prob.
i did what you said in the instructions,and all seemed to work untill i rebooted my system,
it says no map found so i went into my registry and the My Document
has returned back to how it was instead of renamed to storagecard,
anyone any ideas please
ok i have the same unit, i can load tomtom fine, however the map keeps jumping when i drive, when im stationary, its fine.
Whats causing this?????
hello can anyone help with this???
this is the system:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=260250817967&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=016
apparently using Windows CE 4.2
The GPS keeps shifting when i drive so the maps keep jumping... driving me nutz now!
I was looking at getting one of those units for my Octavia, but was worried about TomTom running (or not).
It sounds like it definitely works.
I was really hoping to get TomTom 7 working on it but it sounds like there may be some issues with TT6?
I hope you work out why the map is jumping - do you mean it snapping to other roads which you are not on?
I have that very infrequently with my PDA. If you reset it and get a new satellite lock it cures it. Perhaps your GPS aerial needs repositioning behind the dash to improve sensitivity? DId you check the aerial hasn't come out of the rear of the unit?
it's considered rude to repeatedly ask for help but not reply with your result...
lol, sorry sickboi - i've been in kenya and the free wifi out there dnt really work (even the one u pay for at the hotel too!)
is there a tomtom 7?
i didnt think was a such a thing as tomtom 7 ... can anyone confirm this?
i still dont have the prob sorted sicko, so if u know of anyway i can sort it, would be great.
hi ppl!
i got my PDA about 3 weeks ago and, except for a few issues, i'm absolutely happy with it....
it's a rugged FujitsuSiemens N560 - and it's got a 1.3 MP camera...
problem is, i don't have any software to take pictures with
in fact, i don't even know if the camera works yet... i read something about integrated camera software in windows mobile, but i'm guessing that's only true for the smartphone edition, since i don't have anything like that on my PDA...
i'm currently using the english Pups.777_Team WM6 rom v0.0.4, but i didn't see any camera software on my original WM5 rom either...
also, none of the camera related applications i've tried have been able to get anything at all from my camera, although i did install a camera driver which came with the pda on the SD card.
CoolCamera seems to be for phone edition only, since it won't start on my pda...
i'm also getting a "Unidentified USB device" prompt at EVERY boot / soft reset, doesn't matter if the cradle's connected or not... no idea what this could be... all of the pda's components are accounted for and working fine, except for the camera (which i already installed drivers for)...
and before i installed the camera driver i got the unidientified device prompt not only at every boot, but also at every wake up from suspend mode... which gives me the impression that the driver is working fine.
and... that's about it ;D
any suggestions? thanks for reading this
LOOX EDA
hi, I have the same FSC EDA with the same problems.
Mine is now running the standard Wm5 ,after doing a Hard reset, as advised in the manual to restore to original factory condition I lost all the camera functions and Redhalo software, included the camera driver,drawing/painting and animation software. I guess they forgot to mention that!
I also get the Unknown usb device, which I think is the missing camera driver. When I got mine it didn't come with an SD card or other software , just an Acivesync cd.
I thought that all the software was in ROM but it looks like only the basic WM5 was and a hard reset wiped the rest!
I can't find any software on the web to restore it as yet.
If you have a original SD card I would be grateful for a copy.
Hello Tino
I have had the same unrecognised USB problem. Drove me mad. I have fixed it using an original sd card I managed to track down. I did a factory reset them tapped on the file autorun.bat located in the folder 2577 on the sd card. Doing this restored RedHalo, removed the USB error & the camera works fine. There is also some backup sofware on the card. If you like I can zip the files and email them to you.
Sorry to bump an old thread - but I have exactly the same issue, annoying!
Would love an original copy of the SD
smiggers said:
Hello Tino
I have had the same unrecognised USB problem. Drove me mad. I have fixed it using an original sd card I managed to track down. I did a factory reset them tapped on the file autorun.bat located in the folder 2577 on the sd card. Doing this restored RedHalo, removed the USB error & the camera works fine. There is also some backup sofware on the card. If you like I can zip the files and email them to you.
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Hi Smiggers, any chance you could email me a copy of these sd card files to get my camera up and running on my N560? Would be very much appreciated if you can help.
My email is [email protected].
Best Regards, Alan.
Hello everyone
I have just obtained one of these N560 EDA PDAs but battery life is poor has anyone changed a battery I can see no way in to change it
r5yca
N560 EDA
Latest camera driver is on this site
andres-industries.de
r5yca
Camera in Picture & Video folder
After installation of camera driver (EDA Camera Driver-v6.cab) from andres-industries.
Tap Program>Pictures & Videos > Camera
It has two modes for still pictures and videos for 50 seconds.
I just got an HTC touch cruise and I'm unable to use it's GPS reciver with Garmin XT. It does works quite well in my Trinity and therefore I suppouse that it should work fine in Polaris.
Anyone could help me?
J.·.
You'll need a 3rd party program for that...
http://classic.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=22697&associateid=9
I am using Garmin Mobile XT v4.20.30wp with my TC. No problems eith GPS...
I'm using TC with Mobile XT 4.10.40. No problems and no other software needed either. I think your version of Mobile XT may be not suitable for non-garmin receivers.
I'm using Garmin XT too and it works very well with my TC, no aditional software is necesary.
You should use this version:
http://www8.garmin.com/support/collection.jsp?product=010-11034-00
Also, i use the POI Loader for Garmin:
http://www8.garmin.com/products/poiloader/
I have the software on an oem 2gb micro SD and it works just fine. I tried to copy the program to my 8gb card and reinserted it but no luck. I seems the oem card is protected somehow. I read in a Garmin forum that someone erased the oem card and then recopied the program to it and it worked, but when he tried like I did above, no dice. Anybody know how to get xt to work on an non-oem card?
@mws
As far as i know, Garmin is protected by using the card's serial number. Using another card without getting a new keyfile is not possible.
Am cracking my head over this.
1. Hard reset to make sure the device is in factory state.
2. downloaded various versions of XT, all downloaded garmin site.
http://www8.garmin.com/support/collection.jsp?product=010-11034-00
tried 4.10.40w, 4.20.20w, 4.20.50w.
3. Installed (program only, no other support files/maps), and start the program to test connectivity. I can see occassional blinking amber (GPS) lights and blue (BT) lights. The program continuously doing "Scanning Bluetooth".. "Scanning Attached" without finding the internal GPS.
4. Navigate to Setting > System > External GPS. This is the setting
Program Port: 4
Hardware Port: None, Baud Rate: Auto
Access: Manage GPS Automatically
What have I missed?
I really think you need something different to make it work with non-Garmin GPS receivers. Do some googling around...
Has anyone been able to assign the Mobile XT aplication, to the correct GPS launch botton? How can this be done?
Can confirm it is possible to run Garmin XT on the Cruise. Some unconventional measures needed and a lot googling around.
Took me quite some time but now I can run both Blue Chart and City Navigator. Keep trying.
Inorder to use Garmin XT you need to crack it, Garmin use's the SD card ID as a protection that is why who had OEM SD card from Garmin are able to run it on TC and when you tried to copy it to other card it wont work.
to get the card ID:
run garmin, click menu, click options, click about. copy any number named unit id, device id, card id. (10 digit number)
then run the keygen and paste it there to generate the card ID unlock code,
save the generated number in a file and name it sw.unl and copy it to the garmin folder on your card (replace the current file if naccessary).
now you can configure the program to work and the built-in GPS of the TC.
Hi im an N1 user and would like to ask if there is any app on the market which will help me with search and rescue of my phone.
It must be compatible with all versions of android (my sister is still having to work with 1.6 on the Tattoo!)
It must provide a facility wherein a background process will run and detect that a new SIM card has been inserted send the new SIM pin number (or better still the actual tel no of the sim inserted) to a predesignated number via SMS. This way, the GPS being on/off or the wifi/gprs/3G activity is not a requirement.
Probably the only workaround would be if the thief is smart enough to reinstall the entire OS on the phone before putting in the new SIM. (then i guess im just screwed!)
looking forward to the experts input here at xda.
Thanks.