There is an ongoing thread called

Garmin PIN code remove - Well there is a way - Maybe


which the team is following with interest.


There is no reason to "hack" your device. However stolen devices would need that sort of cure. Every legal owner should know how to unlock the device.

From the postings in the named thread it looks like some people have one or more stolen devices and possibly want to make some money out of it. Navitotal can't tolerate this, which is not in the least compatible with the forum activities.
Members involved risk a permanent IP ban !!

Therefor the thread is closed and removed.

Hmmm..

Here in Australia we can purchase items via Auction or second hand dealers. Once we have purchased we are the legal owners of whatever we have purchased.

Now I have purchased a number of Nuvi GPS units that have been recovered by police and their owners cannot be traced. The Nuvis are locked and I want to unlock them at a reasonable cost, not the $100 plus dollars that Garmin here in Australia want to charge me. There is no profit in it!

If you are so worried about stolen GPS units then perhaps you should look at the people who are providing links to non purchased software / maps or the means to unlock those maps. And that would mean a look at yourself.

My original post was and is for educational use. It was something that interested me as there was no discussion about how it could be done on the internet ANYWHERE!

Given that the people who responded to the thread could be counted on two hands it's not as big a problem as you think.

My two cents worth

Col
(aka VK2CRT)
Sydney Australia

I'm in Australia too and I know from bad experience that if you buy something off Ebay that was stolen you won't be the legal owner of it!
In fact you are lucky when you proofe that you have nothing to do with it, otherwise you will be charged.
I also know that here in Australia thausands of GPS devices are stolen and that most of them are not listed in a database.
If you legally bought them, than you can legally unlock them and the price will still be a bargain.
On the usual police auctions a GPS goes for 30 to 80$, in rare cases a bit higher if the thing is known to work.
Educational is one thing tools to get stolen devices working are a different story.
Same goes for software and maps, they are only software that the users can put on. If someone asks how to remove the pincode on his TT he gets the same answer : the owner knows the code!
And of course you post almost anything you like here, but if you can't see that at least 99% of the devices that would need this cure are in fact stolen...
We help our users if we can and if your GPS is stolen and locked you would not want that guy to unlock it the easy way to buy more drugs....

colint wrote:Hmmm..

Here in Australia we can purchase items via Auction or second hand dealers. Once we have purchased we are the legal owners of whatever we have purchased.

Now I have purchased a number of Nuvi GPS units that have been recovered by police and their owners cannot be traced. The Nuvis are locked and I want to unlock them at a reasonable cost, not the $100 plus dollars that Garmin here in Australia want to charge me. There is no profit in it!

If you are so worried about stolen GPS units then perhaps you should look at the people who are providing links to non purchased software / maps or the means to unlock those maps. And that would mean a look at yourself.

My original post was and is for educational use. It was something that interested me as there was no discussion about how it could be done on the internet ANYWHERE!

Given that the people who responded to the thread could be counted on two hands it's not as big a problem as you think.

My two cents worth

Col
(aka VK2CRT)
Sydney Australia

The police sells devices which were lost and recovered down the road???
And 3rd parties do as well? Locked devices?
Right !

Anyway, you purchase them, come here for new software and maps (for free!!) and then you sell them for your personal gain? Or what else do you mean by "there is no profit in it" ("it" = paying the unlock costs of 100$)

I hope you realize that the nav companies do actually sue sites - thus people - for illegally commercialising their products. That is exactly what you kind of admit you do. Or could be concluded by your post.

One more reason to close down the original post.