Garmin i3 cutom point removal

muffindell · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 14, 2008 Posts: 7

Sometime ago (when I completed my first down load) I made the mistake of downloading in km and mtrs. I have since seen the light and downloaded the data base in MPH and Ft. Unfortunately I cannot get rid of the KMPH database. The POI load allows you to delete files and will do so for the MPH version but not the KKMPH version (I just can get rid of all the POI). So I get warnings for MPH and every now and again KMPH (19mph warning) How do I delete all the custom points on this unit so that I can start again? It does appear that the POI are stored on the SD card - if this helps!

Darren · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:18 pm Post subject:

You can manually delete the files, connect your Garmin and browse to the Garmin/POI folder.

You will see one or more files within with the name poi.gpi or poi1.gpi.

For safety copy these to your desktop then delete from the Garmin.

That has expunged all the POIs installed, now just re-install using POILoader.

If none of this matches what you see, post back here and we can take it from there.
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PaulB2005 · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject:

As you have an SD card you'll need to use a card reader to navigate to the folder mentioned above (i3 doesn't support Mass Storage).

Darren · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:15 pm Post subject:

Ah

I looked in the OP's post for a model and completely missed it in the subject!
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muffindell · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 14, 2008 Posts: 7

where do I find the Garmin/POI folder?

Darren · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:26 pm Post subject:

muffindell · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 14, 2008 Posts: 7

I don't have one that fits the micro SD. Is there another way?

Darren · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject:

PaulB2005 · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:53 pm Post subject:

Not without a card reader, that i can think of. You need to delete the files from the card.

Even a User Data Reset doesn't delete the POI files....

The reader can usually be bought for less than a tenner...

£6.99 here

muffindell · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 14, 2008 Posts: 7

Thanks for your help. I've ordered a micro SD-SD convertor @ 99p from 7dayshop.

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