Navcore 8 Upgrade for Older Devices Released

mikealder · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject:

@ DennisN, This will depend upon how well structured your backups are named on the PC, the easiest way to roll back to 7,221 is visit Oldboy's web site and download 7,221 again (see Here OR you might be able to locate the required files on your PC this will save Richards bandwidth, which is probably going to get a serious hit while users roll back to the previous "stable" version).

Try using Windows Explorer and search for a file called "navcore_7.221.8572.CAB" this contains the update to 7,221 and if you unzip the file you will be presented with the full update with files correctly contained in their relevant folders - these need to be copied to the device replacing the files with the same name in each case. DO NOT COPY THE FOLDERS as not all files in each folder are replaced with a software update, or you can extract the files from the CAB file specifying the TomTom drive letter and let Windows Explorer manage which files need to go to which locations - Mike

Daggers · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject:

richard345 · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:32 pm Post subject:

How typical of TomTom!! Im staying with 8.010 as the changes are worthwhile, especially the huge improvement in start up. time

What do TomTom see as the difficulty in having an extra icon for 'Show Lane Images' and getting a message to say it's not available yet? Do they think we can't understand this?

Let's hope they get their act together pretty damn smartly, otherwise I can see quite a lot of people changing to an alternate supplier when the time to renew their devices.
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Daggers · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:35 pm Post subject:

mikealder · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:44 pm Post subject:

If you made full backups each time the other way is to open the "ttgo.bif" file using WordPad and it will display quite a list of information including the software version number - Mike

Edit Once to add the ttgo.bif file is located in the root of the device or the root of your backup(s)

Smartdriver · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:44 pm Post subject:

Deleted - repeated advice
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Hoppy · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:44 pm Post subject:

I just got home from work to find the update has been removed from home. So I took a chance and down loaded the cab file from the link on the first page. Did a full back up then extracted the cab file copied it across to my TT 520T manually and hey presto it worked I now have 8.010 installed.

My 520 turns on straight away now which is worth it just for that. eveything else seems to work fine, so if all I have to put up with is a rubbish compass and an icon that says Show lane images which I know will not work then I am sticking with the update.
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Actually, I guess I could ask the folks with the X30 units like the 930 if the new "operating system" or firmware for the 920, etc, had any positive impact on using - that is reading and WRITING to cards larger than 4gigs?

I don't know if the limitation is a hardware or firmware/software issue and the reason I ask is because my Blackberry which was also limited to 4gig media cards, SD, got an OS update the other day which fixed the 4gig limitation and now allows 8gig cards.

So, I was hoping that maybe TT's new tweaked system, particularly for the new x30 devices might accommodate larger cards.

Anyone know or care to experiment and inform the rest of us?

AndyVaughan · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:30 pm Post subject:

Well done TT - looks like RDS-TMC is fixed for the x20s!

I too have had some incidents still in grey, but in general it seems to work.

Shame they never fixed it in a public release of Navcore 7, especially as 8 has just been 'withdrawn'. I will grab some screenshots and post them at the weekend.

Andy

lesbsmith · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject:

I'm with Hoppy. My 720 has lost ASR but the fact it turns on quicker is a real bonus. If the RDS-TMC problem has been fixed (and I have yet to try it) then that will be brilliant. I'm sticking with 8.010 for now and see how it goes.

TomTom support could only suggest I go back to 7.481 for ASR to work. No thanks!

AndyVaughan · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject:

I best check ASR - not tried that yet!!

AndyVaughan · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:58 pm Post subject:

Calomax · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:15 pm Post subject:

I've just sent this to TT support

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