Garmin Testing - THE RESULTS

MaFt · Last edited by MaFt on Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:36 pm; edited 1 time in total

ok, i've been doing some testing and here are my findings so far.

i used:

streetpilot i3 (original version with maps on TF card)
poi loader beta

test 1:

1st 10 in list + wifi + recreation

seperate files per sub category.

poi loader tells me 30,536 successfully installed

i3: would not boot up past i3 logo - ran poi loader again to remove already installed poi's - all fine

test 2:

just zoo

poi loader: 30 points installed

i3: loads fine, points appear in custom points list as expected.

test 3:

first five sub-categories (alphabetically: abbey, aldi, alfa_romeo, alliance_&_leicester, ambala_sweet_store)

installed successfully

i3: sub cats show up in usual place (custom points), icons show on map

test 4:

ALL sub categories installed

poi loader: 62807 points successfully installed

i3: turned on - seems to hang on boot screen... didn't wait to see if it would eventually start

test 5:

1st 50 sub cats installed (up to clarion_hotel)

poi loader: 10930 installed

i3: no problems

test 6:

1st 100 sub cats installed (up to hsbc)

poi loader: 24025 installed

i3: hangs on boot screen

retest using just 51-100 (clydesdale - hsbc)

13095 installed - works fine

limit would appear to be between 50 and 100 sub categories installed...

poi's from my site make up approx 75 categories and run fine alongside pgpsw speed cams (total of about 65,000 points) so the actual number does not seem to be an issue

test 7:

1st 75 sub cats installed (up to fire_station)

poi loader: 15439 installed

i3: no problems

1st 85 sub cats installed (up to gulf)

poi loader: 19650 installed

i3: no problems

1st 86 sub cats installed (up to gurdwara)

poi loader: 19887 installed

i3: would not boot up

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CATEGORIES YOU CAN INSTALL IS 85!!!

MaFt · Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:27 pm Post subject:

nuvi 360:

does not appear to have the same limit.

have successfully installed all poi sub-categories.

however, it takes a while to search through them all so i suggest you make use of the sub-folders in poi loader beta!

MaFt

MaFt · Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:28 pm Post subject:

if your unit has 'died' on you then you will need to use either poi loader beta to uninstall poi's or use a card reader to delete the poi.gpi file from: garmin/poi/poi.gpi

MaFt

benjones · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 28, 2006 Posts: 47

I just installed all the POIs from here plus a few from MaFts website and my nuvi 600 will not boot any more - it hangs on loading maps!!

Help!

benjones · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 28, 2006 Posts: 47

P.S. I can't use POI loader because the unit doesn't even mount on my PC any more and the POI info is all stored on internal storage so I can't delete manually :x

MaFt · Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 11:13 am Post subject:

benjones · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 28, 2006 Posts: 47

I posted a reply on bigant1986's thread so everyone knew that solution didn't work for me. I also made a post in the nuvi forum so people that don't check the POI forum knows there is a problem with the PGPSW POI database and the 660. Hardly every single thread.

A different USB port (or even a different PC) doesn't work either.

frosticles · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 16, 2006 Posts: 13

Having the same problem with my 350. have killed 2 of them loading POI's Both were unrecoverable.

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