TomTom start + SDK mnu allowed?

mickeydavis · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 07, 2010 Posts: 10

I hate to irk you guys but it was working so perfectly. The Kondor mnu file that he laboriously put together changed my Ease from a kind of kindergarten level device to a full fledged gps. Now I updated to a new program just issued by TomTom and it sort of enters a loop--not really, I guess, but I cannot get out of the various options (I think only two pages or so work), and cannot get into the plan route or any of the first page items. In fact, I don't think the various pages show at all, just two screens or so of what used to be a part of some other page. IN any event, I reinstalled the other old program and am back where I was but I would like, I suppose only out of principle, to upgrade to the new program, but not at the expense of losing all of Kondor's advantages. Can anybody help? I tried to fool around with the mnu file but I really am ignorant and nothing I did really helped (I tried to put the page 1 in a more prominent place, etc., but nothing I did brought the full functinoality back, and in fact it had no functionality because there was no way of getting to the plan route page). I know this is kind of obscure, but is there any way anyone despite my obscurity can kind of direct me how to try to get the mnu file to work with this updated East/Start program? Thanks.

mikealder · Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 6:28 pm Post subject:

The newer Navcore updates are disabling this "work around" making the device work in the way TomTom intended in the first place - i.e. Dummed Down, I wouldn't bother with the newer Navcore if I were you as it offers nothing in way of an improvement.

At the same time don't bother with 12/ 18 month map update schemes as there is little point. Should TomTom lock a future map release to a newer Navcore you would have to update the Navcore to get the new maps, if you havent paid for map updates why bother as the road network doesn't change that often in the UK - Mike

AndyVaughan · Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 7:25 pm Post subject:

Mike

dhn is reporting that the 9.101 (I think) that was released for NA users still supports custom menus.

mikealder · Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 7:43 pm Post subject:

My concern at using the North American Navcore is it possibly having different GPRS data and/ or RDS-TMC files that might be different, TomTom seem to be driving a rather large difference between the European and North American products these days - Mike

dhn · Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 8:53 pm Post subject:

Sorry, it was 9.103. See here:
http://www.tomtomforums.com/tomtom-one-start-ease-xl-xxl/22302-how-get-more-menu-options-models-easymenu.html

Interestingly, the OP made reference to a European model getting this application as well.

Mike knows this poster, and he is not often wrong.........
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mickeydavis · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 07, 2010 Posts: 10

Okay thanks for all the information. It did say that the modifications to the application were "minor" and I'm sure they are. So far there is no locking to particular maps going on. I actually use, however, both the North America and Western European maps, so I need both. The North American as updated works find with my old app and the Western Europe is not a new one, just with about 9000 corrections, and it works well too.

Now my problem: I did update, as I said originally, so the new app is somewhere in my TomTom Home software and I'd like to get it out. Can you tell me which files or directories constitute the app so I can copy back in and zip up the old app?

Thanks very much.

AndyVaughan · Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 6:57 pm Post subject:

If you go in to Add Traffic, Voices etc there is a section for items on My Computer - you can reinstall previously downloaded content from there

mickeydavis · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 07, 2010 Posts: 10

I already reloaded my old app. But I wanted to get rid of it entirely in my home software, just to avoid loading it by mistake some time in the future. I'm not sure I can do that without being able to identify what exactly is the updated app.

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:21 am Post subject:

mickeydavis · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 07, 2010 Posts: 10

Thanks very much. That should help.

hgv · Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:01 pm Post subject: tomtom start menu

Hi this menu works on my updated Start ,hope its OK to link to another site if not Mods please remove. (No offence intended) but good to get my pocketworld speedcams updated and working again.
http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=136159
hgv

mickeydavis · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 07, 2010 Posts: 10

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