920 powers itself on?!!

Apple · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 19, 2003 Posts: 31

I can't remember that I've had my 920 talk to me unexpectedly but could this explain why I'm finding the battery flat when I try to fire it up - sometimes only after a few days from the previous use? Sad

I'd always thought it was getting switched on inside the glove compartment / centre console by knocking the button on cornering etc. Why did TT remove the 5 sec press to start it? I thought that was a decent idea but it disappeared one upgrade I did.

I'll try the clear route method and see if there's any difference.

Andy

mikealder · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:43 pm Post subject:

It is probably powering up on its own, its not even getting a knock in the glovebox, this is something quite a few of us have seen over the past few months with the x20 devices from time to time.

Try clearing the route prior to switching the unit off, although I have not found this to be very effective others have found it to help with the inadvertant switch on - Mike

mikealder · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:45 pm Post subject:

And as a second note, don't leave it in the glove box some low life will nick it, if you are not using it in the car for navigation of jukebox/ handsfree then leave it at home where it wont attract a broken side window - Mike

Apple · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 19, 2003 Posts: 31

Mike - thanks for the info. As well as the clear route thing, I wonder whether the start-up options might have anything to do with it? I can't remember all the choices but there's things like "continue where left off" and "ask for new location" etc. I generally have mine on the continue where left off option as it will keep navigating if I've turned off the ignition for any reason whilst on a route.

Is there a way of getting the 5 second switch-on back or would that mean rolling back to a previous version of the app. software?

Andrew

mikealder · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:39 pm Post subject:

The only way to get the five second switch on is with the version of software that did this on the device, I think the 5 second switch on was a bug rather than intentional to be honest, 2 seconds is more than long enough to power up a device IMHO - Mike

SatMonkey · Lifetime Member Joined: Nov 11, 2007 Posts: 45

Mine's done this a number of times.

I know the button's not getting knocked as it's happened:

1) On a shelf in my office during a conf. call
2) When on the kitchen fridge at night resuting in a flat battery.
3) Sitting on the dock switched off

Very annoying - and potentially dangerous.

m_aird · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 01, 2008 Posts: 1

This is interesting to read, I have the same problem with my 520 just powering itself on randomly but more annoyingly I have a problem where it just wont turn off.

Press and off button and it switches off and immediately goes back on and loads up.

Tried all sorts of things from holding the button and pressing reset etc but it always gets stuck in a loop where it just turns itself straight back on.

Then eventually after half an hour of messing about it will suddenly turn off, and then half hour later it fires up again!!!!

Sometime I feel like throwing it out the window Laughing Out Loud

Mike

Scainer · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 19, 2007 Posts: 31

Have had this problem ever since the software was updated to 8.010

The two issues i have noticed with this software is;

1) In order to connect to the PC i need to use the reset button, otherwise the tomtom doesn't recognise its connected to the PC. This was not an issue before the software update.

2) The other issue is that at times I have gone to use the tomtom and i have been unable to switch it on. I found it strange that the battery was fully depleted needing some charge before being able to turn on.
I now know why the battery died, its because this latest software causes the tomtom to randomly switch itself on. I researched this and found that i am not alone with this issue.
http://www.tomtomforums.com/showthread.php?t=10234

From the above thread

dougproctor · Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:33 pm Post subject:

I asked this powering on question on another thread and I also have to use the reset button on my 730T to get my computer to recognise the unit. Thinking about it, it has been like this since I did some sort of an update. The switching on and flat battery is becoming a pain in the whotsit!!
Glad it's not just me.
Doug

Scainer · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 19, 2007 Posts: 31

I have the 720 and i'm guessing that tomtom will only fix these problems if they introduce a new feature that requires a software upgrade.

They should at least send everyone a special reset toothpick thingy seeing that i constantly need to use one, due to this software bug.

Andy_P · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:42 pm Post subject:

DennisN · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:53 pm Post subject:

dhn · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject:

Nor has mine but may I direct you to the last post on page 6 and the first post on page 7 (by user 'istman') of a thread in a US gps forum:
http://www.gpsreview.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8406&start=100

Not sure what it all means Embarassed

but my gut tells me that maybe, just maybe, he's on to something.
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David

DennisN · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:27 pm Post subject:

Scainer · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 19, 2007 Posts: 31

To give you an update....

@ DennisN - How much for your handcrafted reset tool? Are they airline hand luggage safe?
:P

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