CN EU 2015.40

cwog · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 3:46 pm Post subject:

Sorry do not understand how I create a cloned device (ie SatNav)

Please explain
THanks

sussamb · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:11 pm Post subject:

Use a USB stick or SD card. Create a folder named Garmin. Copy GarminDevice.xml from the Garmin folder on your nuvi to the one on the stick/card. It will be seen by Express as your nuvi.
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cwog · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:43 pm Post subject:

THanks will give it a go.

inspiredron · Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:51 pm Post subject:

No problem today downloading the update BUT !!!!!

Because I wanted to be able to leave it I downloaded the update to the PC alone and that was fine.

Later on I went back to the PC and using MapInstall put the update onto my 2598. It told me it would fit and so I left it to its own devices. Much later, I returned to find that the process was complete so disconnected and switched on my Nuvi. Much to my surprise it had 2 maps - 2015.30 and 2015.40, t e latter having been lodaed onto the SD card. Grrrrr!!

So I removed the SD card and tried to use both MapInstall and BaseCamp to update the map. In each case I was informed that there was insufficient room (because 2015.30 was already there and did not seem to want to be deleted).

There seems to be no option to "update" a map in MapInstall, merely to "Install".

Next move was to boot up the 2598 in Mass Storage Mode and to copy the 2105.30 files to my hard disc in case something went wrong in updating to 2015.40. My intention was to delete the img and associated files and then install 2015.40.

But I then decided that it woudl be generally safer to go through the Garmin Express update procedure again, to Nuvi only this time, and it is now downloading the map files all over again from Garmin's servers. WHY?
I have done this before when I have updated my 2598 and saved the maps on the PC as well and then updated my 760. Express has previously looked as though it was going to download the map files again but quickly realised that the files are already on t e PC and has quickly proceeded to create the index files and install from the PC. It seems that the updated Express has a bug in this respect.

Anybody else had this problem?

BAVC10 · Lifetime Member Joined: Dec 20, 2005 Posts: 750

This seems to be a much larger update than usual to the base map (usually 80Mb or so) whereas this one is over 150Mb so a lot more detail added.

Figures for the full European Map set so Western Europe etc.. will be smaller.

2015:30 2015.40
GMMAPPROM 3,639,680 3,792,320
GMAP3d.IMG 780,304 808,688
D30481x0A.JCV 384,862 388,383
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inspiredron · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 12:17 am Post subject:

Kremmen · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 5:51 am Post subject:

Map size issues again.

My 2597 was able to accomodate last years maps internally but 2015.01 needed a SD card due to the considerable increased size.

My 2599 came preinstalled with 2015 but that was smaller as has all the other updates up to 2015.03.

I decided to switch maps on the 2597 to UK only and that fitted without a SD, happy days again as I'm convinced reading from SD must be slower than internal memory.

Strange.
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sussamb · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:55 am Post subject:

@inspiredron

MapInstall only installs maps so you'll need to manually delete the one you don't want.

As for the basemap nothing will touch that, it is what it is.
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inspiredron · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 11:11 am Post subject:

MichaelCahill · Regular Visitor Joined: May 23, 2008 Posts: 131

I have an 8 GB SD card installed in my Nuvi and when it came to installing the new maps was told that I did not have enough free space. (I saved the existing "gmapprom" file to a location on my PC, deleted it from my SD card and it then installed). I now have approx 4.2 GB used and 3.5 GB free space.

Looking at the files now on the card, I also have a file called "gmapsupp", a disc image, file of approx. 0.8 GB and a folder containing a compressed file of similar name of 0.4 GB. Both have a date modified in 2013, so the recent update does not seem to have affected them.

Can I delete either or both these files from my SD card, to give me sufficient free space for the next update or are they, perhaps, the basic blocks on which the various map layers are built and need to remain?

sussamb · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 3:50 pm Post subject:

No idea what those files are but if the dates don't match the latest map and assuming you don't have any other maps installed they can be removed.
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BigJohnD · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 5:57 pm Post subject:

It took 3 attempts because of "Failure to compete" errors, but it's done.

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sussamb · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:32 pm Post subject:

How much space is on your hard drive? Express needs 13Gb of free space. If there isn't you'll get that error.
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