Can I recover the SD Card

StevePritchard · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 15, 2005 Posts: 78

A friend of mine has a TomTom ONE, and it's stopped working - it just hung at the startup screen. They were looking to send it back (upon advice) and were asked whether they had any Cameras on it, they answered "Yes", and were asked if they are TomTom cameras, and they said "Yes" (which they weren't, they were old ones from here), and were told that if they weren't TomTom cameras then they had invalidated their warranty (not sure who told them this, but it sounds like rubbish to me, surely?).

Anyway, as their local "technology friendly" friend, I got the job of removing the cameras to be on the safe side, and I found that the SD card looks a bit dodgy - warnings of corruption, and so on. Once I had removed the camera files, and after receiving a few errors in the process, the ONE gets a bit further in it's boot sequence, but gives an error screen with the SD card and a flashing 'X' - obviously, the card looks corrupt/duff.

My question is, is it possible to reformat the SD card, and install the original contents from the CD that comes with the ONE? I've only ever had TomTom on CD, and not supplied on SD, so I don't know whether the CD has the SD contents on it - it would seem rediculous not to, but it wouldn't surprise me.

Are there any instructions to do this, or is it obvious from the wizard on the CD?

Cheers,

Steve.

shauneco · Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 4:41 pm Post subject:

No theirs no Back up on the CD Rom suplied with the TomTom One, They insist that you make a Back up yourself.

StevePritchard · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 15, 2005 Posts: 78

So where am I meant to get replacement files then?

Cheers,

Steve

trog100 · Regular Visitor Joined: Sep 15, 2006 Posts: 195

if u buy a new map already on an sd card all the files come with it.. not ideal but better than chucking the tomtom..

u should also be able to recover some or most of the files on the card by useing a card reader..

then all u need to find and replace is the corrupt files..

someone might email them to u..

all u really need to get things going is the baby 128 meg basic UK files and then u dont perhaps need the actual map which is bulk of the data..

but the bottom loine is this is what backups are all about..

trog

trog100 · Regular Visitor Joined: Sep 15, 2006 Posts: 195

u can also reformat the card in windows.. either use the tomtom as a reader or a real card reader..

trog

StevePritchard · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 15, 2005 Posts: 78

Thanks for the pointers fellas - but that's pants for a plug-in-and-go device for the non-technical. What are TomTom thinking?!?

If I get a list of the duff files, any chance somebody would be good enough to mail them to me? Presumably, I can get the map files off my v5.21, so it's just the files I don't appear to have, or does it not work like that?

Cheers,

Steve.

Andy_P · Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 6:47 pm Post subject:

Everything except the map, should be downloadable from the TomTom website.
You would be breaking your licence by copying your maps onto his device though, and by activating them, YOU would lose the ability to upgrade them.

If you want the non-technical man's answer, then it is to ring TomTom customer support and tell them what's happened. They will probably charge about £50-60 to replace the card.

StevePritchard · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 15, 2005 Posts: 78

Looks like the following files are duff:

ttsystem
/Great_Britain-Map/cline.dat *
/Great_Britain-Map/cnode.dat *
/ppp/chap-secrets
/ppp/gprs-connect-chat
/ppp/gprs-disconnect-chat
/ppp/ip-down
/ppp/ip-up
/ppp/phone.sh
/ppp/resolv.conf
/ppp/ttgobuddy-ppp-peers
/script/scrroutebar.bmp
/voices/data04.chk *

The one's I've marked with an asterisk are presumably replaceable from my installation files (TT Navigator 5.00).

If somebody could eMail the other files to TomTom[at]The-Pritchards[dot]Net, then I'd be very grateful.

Cheers,

Steve.

lupos0_1 · Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 6:54 pm Post subject:

I would be very surprisewd if anybody emailed you the files you require.

You may even get a slap from the mods for asking Wink

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Andy_P · Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 6:57 pm Post subject:

Installers for various software versions are available from Oldboy's site:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/oldboy/TomTomUpdates/index.html
One of those should give you everything you need to get the device running.
But cnode and cline are the main parts of his MAP, so even if you get the application running, you are still short of a legal map.

StevePritchard · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 15, 2005 Posts: 78

It's a legitimate request - If I were trying to get a hooky copy up and running then I could see the problem, but the files I've requested aren't much use on their own, plus it's obvious that it's files for the ONE which, to my knowledge, you can't get without a license.

If the muppets at TomTom had thought to put the files on the CD they ACTUALLY INCLUDE with the device in the first place, then there wouldn't be the need to ask.

Cheers,

Steve.

trog100 · Regular Visitor Joined: Sep 15, 2006 Posts: 195

its not what u are doing but distributing or making available for download copyrighted files is the dodgy bit.. u are perfectly okay and yes u are correct tomtom should make all these files available one way or another to a legitimate owner.. or should i say license holder..

u might own the hardware but u dont own the software this is the problem..

google my name and email me if u continue to have problems..

trog

Eldar · Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:03 pm Post subject:

StevePritchard · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 15, 2005 Posts: 78

Thanks to those who helped. Managed to get it back up and running now - the 5.44 update had the system and ttsystem that got it working, and 2 of my 5.00 map files sorted it - no activation necessary, it still remembers recent destinations etc.

I think I've just managed to replace the files that were duff on the SD card, so it's none the wiser.

Cheers,

Steve.

Andy_P · Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 2:15 am Post subject:

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