tomtom5 forgeting things

julianbarker · Lifetime Member Joined: Apr 12, 2005 Posts: 431

So I can't creat a Fav whilst on the road?

v0n · Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:32 pm Post subject:

I know, annoying. However, you probably could work around it - add all favourites, while on the road, as custom POIs?

andy-c1 · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:15 pm Post subject:

i just had this problem today while experimenting on my xda2i under corperate mode ,after every crash i had to re-enter everything ,got rather anoying
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masrock · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 15, 2005 Posts: 31

I have lost a poi and favourites a few times on the mitac mio 168.

The .cfg file is not marked as read only. However I can see archive greyed out but ticked. Should I remove the archive tick?

At the moments I've copied the cfg file and added .bak to keep a working version close to hand, but you cant so a quick fix like this if you find you've lost all you poi's when driving, its too late then.

Masrock

Oldboy · Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:19 pm Post subject:

The archive bit is set because at some time data has been added and therefore changed the file. It will have no effect by changing it.
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Lesjking · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 28, 2005 Posts: 2

I suffer from this issue on IPAC5540 as well. The only file I can find is Great Britain Plus Map.cfg ??

Les

mburton2 · Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:58 pm Post subject:

I've only sufferd this once since running TTN5.....but that was JUST after I dropped my iPAQ on the road.....was please that everything was still working...loosing my Favs & "home" was nearly a relief!

julianbarker · Lifetime Member Joined: Apr 12, 2005 Posts: 431

grayus · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:03 pm Post subject: loosing favs.

I thought that I had cracked this prob. by installing 5.10 update , on my Ipaq 2210 it got every thing up and running again, then dam me its happend again existing Favs, still there any new one added ..no can do . the amount of posting on this now shows that tom tom ought to get there finger out and get this sorted.has anyone had a response from tom tom on this one .
have a nice day Smile

dadstheman · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 01, 2005 Posts: 7

I have had this too (losing favs & home location) and put it down to map switching (used TTN 5 in France). Up until then, had no problems. Is this a bug(geration)?

I'm running on a Mitac mio 168 with a 1 GB card. I would be grateful for any simple solutions to this irritating problem.

Thanks

Oldboy · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 7:28 pm Post subject:

Home and Favourites are Map specific, so if you switch maps you change settings and information. When you switch back the original settings should still be there.
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TT 910 V7.903: Europe Map v1045
TT Via 135 App 12.075: Europe Map v1120

DriveBy · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:05 pm Post subject:

I also lost all my camera warning settings today on my Ipaq 3950. It takes a ******* age to set them all up again :x :x

TTN 5.1 is pants - Its glitch after glitch with the thing.

TomTom should be sued under the trades description act (can that be done with a Dutch company??)

Is TomTom Go any better does anyone know or do I go back to TTN3

Oldboy · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:15 pm Post subject:

There are problems with TTG, but not on the scale that it seems to be with PDA's.
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TT 910 V7.903: Europe Map v1045
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DriveBy · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:30 pm Post subject:

Thanks oldboy.

I was always undecided about upgrading or going to TT Go. I plumped for TTN5 (now on 5.1) simply because it was the cheaper option - me already having the PDA/aerial etc.

The thing about Go that really appealed to me was the live traffic facility (my 3950 does not have bluetooth) although reading through some of posts over in that forum - that does not seem too great either.

I cannot comprehend how TomTom can have made such a blunder with this version. TTN 2 and 3 were absolutely fantastic.

I do like the 7 digit postcode facility in TTN5 and the updated maps are better.

I can overlook annoying matters like it taking me right around a roundabout to the 5th exit, instead of telling me to take the 1st exit which is the one I needed.

I can also forgive it for telling me that the A46 near Leisceter is a motorway and not noticing that it joins the M1 2 miles furter on - BUT when it forgets camera warnings and favourites in mid journey for no reason, I get annoyed.

Don't get me wrong - I do not speed anyway, but it's the principle of having paid for an item to do a task and it falling short (in many ways) that annoys.

I was actually running in map display only today (no route planned) - when I lost my camera warnings.

I know the area well and just had the map and warnings on for a reminder, good job I was running checkpoint in audio only as a backdrop ('cos of course we can't run that in visual mode because it causes the screen to flicker :x )

I need to road test a TT Go I think before buying one............just in case.

What facilities (if any) are missing from the GO 300 that I would have on TTN5.1 ?

Oldboy · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 9:57 pm Post subject:

The ability to run Checkpoint or POIWarner is not available in TTG. We do have warnings, but they are distance related, not time.

There is an app that does a POI location in 2 taps of the screen (very useful).

It's also easier, I think, to load POI's on to a TTG (don't need ActivSynch).

The Maps are the same.
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