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Moving TomTom to Raphael

Evening guys.
Ok, think I have sealed my own fate to some extent here, but hoping there might be a solution.
I had a Kaiser which I installed TomTom 7 on using the hack whereby you buy the maps for the GO 720 and trick the Home app into thinking that it is a 720 (before the diamond maps were available - what can I say, I'm impatient! ;-) )
Anyway, predictably, I've now got my TP and have installed the tomtom 7 cab onto the device. However, it tells me that activation failed. I would go to the ttcodes.com website, but for some reason I can't find the damned product code for the maps on my tt account page (it says "product code , " instead of a number??!).
All I want to do is "unactivate" the maps somehow and then do an OTA refresh with my new product/device code. Is this possible?
To be honest, I'm a bit fed up with TomTom these days. I've spent literally hundreds of pounds on them over the past few years and upgrading on PDA is always either incredibly difficult or lags behind the TomTom hardware. If I can't get this sorted, I might just cut my losses and give ALK a new customer...
Cheers guys
squiggs

what version of Tomtom did you install?? 7.450 or 7.451

To change is easy however you can only change your device once in 6 month period. in tt find your product code - press the satellitestrength button followed by pressing on version number. In this list you will find your product code. Goto tomtom web site, log into your account and goto change my device at the bottom of the screen you can type in your new device product code. once done, you then need to download your map to tom tom home as the activation code will be different within the file. Sync your tp and all should work.
let me know if map share and traffic work. I can not get these to work.

@ Xtreme - installed 7.451
@ Ardsar - THanks, but the problem is, I can't get that far. It asks me to choose a map, so I choose my UK & Ireland map and it throws up the activation error.
Thoughts?
cheers

squiggs1982;2704762 said:
@ Ardsar - THanks, but the problem is, I can't get that far. It asks me to choose a map, so I choose my UK & Ireland map and it throws up the activation error.
Thoughts?
cheers
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copy the ttnavigator.BIF from the root of your memorycard to your pc and open it with Notepad.
now you can read your devicecode
have you contacted TomTom already with this problem?

also delete your map - it should then let you download a free city map if you havnt done so yet.

Aha!
I've deleted the map and downloaded the freebie. Will work on work on it from both angles.
Haven't contacted TomTom yet (was hoping to avoid the pain!) but will do if I can't get anywhere.
Will let you know how I get on.
Thanks
Squiggs

Arrgh! It now shows the map for download on TomTom home but says "This item does not work on your device. Therefore it cannot be installed".
It obviously realises that it's not a 720 but that's what the map's for.

Have you vchanged your code on tomtom website? The map on your pc is prob still for your old device. Goto my maps on tomtom web site and re download. (move your old map to an area outside of tomtom home just incase it goes wrong. usually found under my docs/tomtom/downloads (or similar)

Hi again guys,
Ok - checked the tomtom website and compared to the product code that's on my account website, but they are already the same? I can only assume that TomTom home synchronises the two?
TomTom home still says "This item does not work on your device. Therefore it cannot be installed".
Any thoughts? I'm thinking that even if I speak to TomTom, they'll just say I shouldn't have bought the 720 map for the Kaiser and just to buy new maps? Seems to be the way they normally work. :-(
EDIT: I should note that there is no trace of my UK map on the device. Just the fresh TT install and my free download map of my area that I got last night.

squiggs1982 said:
Hi again guys,
Ok - checked the tomtom website and compared to the product code that's on my account website, but they are already the same? I can only assume that TomTom home synchronises the two?
TomTom home still says "This item does not work on your device. Therefore it cannot be installed".
Any thoughts? I'm thinking that even if I speak to TomTom, they'll just say I shouldn't have bought the 720 map for the Kaiser and just to buy new maps? Seems to be the way they normally work. :-(
EDIT: I should note that there is no trace of my UK map on the device. Just the fresh TT install and my free download map of my area that I got last night.
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Just a thought - did you delete your maps from tomtom home and your pc? If not i suggest you try backing them up to CD or something, remove them and try again. I'm not sure at what point the activation code is generated - ie when you install or download. Failing this, i guess x20 maps are not compatible.
Unfortunately, if you contact tomtom, they will just tell you to go away as version 7 is not released and supported in the UK. Sorry mate, i dont know what else to suggest. I used 710 maps on my kaiser which worked fine, i guess the x20 version maps are just to different.

Delete mapname.meta.dct and reactivate or generate a new .meta.dct by using a tt8_keygen.

ardsar said:
Just a thought - did you delete your maps from tomtom home and your pc? If not i suggest you try backing them up to CD or something, remove them and try again. I'm not sure at what point the activation code is generated - ie when you install or download. Failing this, i guess x20 maps are not compatible.
Unfortunately, if you contact tomtom, they will just tell you to go away as version 7 is not released and supported in the UK. Sorry mate, i dont know what else to suggest. I used 710 maps on my kaiser which worked fine, i guess the x20 version maps are just to different.
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Thanks ardsar. Tried all that I'm afraid. Think it's time to walk to ALK. Ho hum :-(

squiggs1982 said:
Thanks ardsar. Tried all that I'm afraid. Think it's time to walk to ALK. Ho hum :-(
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Guess you have a choice to either buy the correct maps or move to ALK. I have Navigator live 7 (touch diamond edition) and i was not that impressed by it. Scrolling around the map is very very slow compared to tomtom, and the traffic module is not user friendly at all and requires intervention whilst driving!. Also they use navteq for their mapping data however the latest map is about 9 - 12 months out of date, although some of the road changes that have happened in my area are more up to date. From what i understand, tomtom will be releasing version 7 at some time so you may want to hang it there. Somehow, traffic started working last night, so i am happy now!

Best Australia GPS Navigation software for HD2

Hi there,
Can anyone suggest an Australia GPS Navigation software to be used on my Hong Kong Traditional Chinese version of HD2. I am going for a trip of 12 days in Australia so even a test or trial version software is okay.
Thanks in Advance.

garmin is good .. i like it !

I thought Garmin no longer makes GPS software for general WM market but only to Asus only, can we still get the software somewhere? If so, can you pm me the links?

Try iGO8 or Copilot 7 or 8. For iGO8 you should be able to download various maps, etc from PPCWarez.org. I have it on my Telstra HD2 and it works very nicely. I also have CoPilot 7 and this too works well. Good Luck

Ross202 said:
Try iGO8 or Copilot 7 or 8. For iGO8 you should be able to download various maps, etc from PPCWarez.org. I have it on my Telstra HD2 and it works very nicely. I also have CoPilot 7 and this too works well. Good Luck
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Can you pm me the links for both software? I would like to give them a try.

Sygic is pretty good too..

Can't go past Tomtom. I use it all the time.
Regards

I use the igo and it seems to work great.
another site for gps stuff. (hopefully Im not breaking forum rules...dunno)
gps underground dot org (take out the spaces and use the dot instead)

"FREE" Satnav?

I had a BB 9700 until the other day (on orange contract), which came with free orange maps because of the plan im on. however i hav now found that said maps will not work on my htc hd2? wtf?!
Is there any way to either get orange maps to work, or install another satnav app, which wont charge me to use and/or download
Like i said only had the hd2 a couple of days (awesome i might add), so a complete newbie, so keep it simple please!
thanks

I use IGO, or look for WAZE download Omarket , loads of good stuff on there bud

OrionCarl said:
I use IGO, or look for WAZE download Omarket , loads of good stuff on there bud
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Bing?
/10chara

most HD2s come with IGO and you get a free map, but personally i didnt like it. you could try google maps, which will do navigation but wont do the voice prompted directions (you can download it by going to m.google.com on your phone). i use google maps for walking, and i have garmin mobile xt with the city navigator europe map (which ive just updated ). if you know where to look, you could probably get this for free, but that isnt legal. i dont think thee is a great choice of free solutions. you could talk to orange, and maybe they will give you some money off your bill as the maps service doesnt work on the phone

My hd2 didn't come with igo so where can I get it? Took a quick look around and couldn't really find a clear answer

waze, google maps, bing there are lots...

Legal Free Navigation
Bing Maps has turn-based GPS guidance. So when you reach a turn it will show on the screen. For guidance it's better than Google Maps, but still not as good as TomTom etc.
It's search engine and street views are good.

aLlamaWithARifle said:
My hd2 didn't come with igo so where can I get it? Took a quick look around and couldn't really find a clear answer
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The answer is within google, sorry I cant mention illegal sites

With the right .cab, map, and keygen, you can get TomTom 7 running on HD2.
I use TT7, as I find it better than the rest.
Would give links, but it is warez.

aLlamaWithARifle said:
My hd2 didn't come with igo so where can I get it? Took a quick look around and couldn't really find a clear answer
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=639964
post number 4, its on a trial basis. ive been using google maps for street level navigation, but use garmin mobile xt for driving. think il have a look at bing maps too.
might be worth sending a pm to people that have posted if you want some assistance

[Q] Voice Navigation

Arrived in Saudi a couple months ago and wnt back to my Nokia N93 just for navigation simply coz i cant find one for the tab that works in Saudi Arabia.
Can anyone pleas advise if you know of a navigatio app for the Tab that works here?

No reply after 3 days. Sould I accept that there isn't such or maybe its just not enough time to get an answer? Whichever I appreciate the effort. Thanks!

i would of though googlemaps coverd everywhere, but have you tried;
Navigon
Ndrive
CoPilot

yea tried, all I get is "Google Maps is not yet available in this location"
Nokia navigation works but then I have to have an extra phone just to have navigation.
Any ideas for Saudi Arabia are very welcome!

I use copilot live and thinking about navigon since I lke it on my iphone

try Navigon.
download link here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=962554
It says Australia, but appears to have a lot more than that available for download...

[Q] Navigon Select with Mexico maps

Because, as newbie, there is no way to post this question into the Navigon Select thread of the Windows Phone 7 Software Development forum, where the question belongs, i have to ask this Question here.
Is there a way to use the mexico maps of the iphone mobile navigator on WP7?
Because there are no other mexican maps for Navigon?
Is there any way to change this map with HEX 32 or other programms to use it with the aviable Navigon XAP?
If nobody knows, please move this post to the Navigon Select V 3.0 WP7 thread in Windows Phone 7 Software Development

Convert Iphone Maps
No until now there is no way to use the maps in Navigon 3.0.
Maybe you have to ask in the Android forum there are ways to use the Iphone Maps with the Android Navigon
and the Maps of US everyone is using in the Navigon 3.0 are from Android.
There can be a way to bring that together.

I tested a lot of things because here in Mexico are no other offline programs aviable to navigate.
I used the Iphone maps but the problem is I don´t know wich nfs to use because there are not the same aviable like the ones of WP7.
Then I found a page that described how to make Iphone maps aviable for Android Navigon 2.5.x
I changed everything like decribed but after installing on WP7 with these map and NFS an ERROR ocupiered

Did u test it with the old Navigon Version?

No not until now. But I will test it.

Working OK with 1.4
I got it working with iPhone Mexico maps. I'm using Navigon 1.4. Only thing missing are the voices. Trying to figure out how to get the voice working.

boriz14 said:
I got it working with iPhone Mexico maps. I'm using Navigon 1.4. Only thing missing are the voices. Trying to figure out how to get the voice working.
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you cant add custom voices... this not supported also in Navigon 3.0.0

boriz14 said:
I got it working with iPhone Mexico maps. I'm using Navigon 1.4. Only thing missing are the voices. Trying to figure out how to get the voice working.
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And how Youtube did IT?