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Postby waitoxx53 » Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:09 pm

tendriver wrote:The name of the map folder can be anything: ABC , XYZ whatever.

He is trying to find a download that has TT7 with patched maps included


In my device if the folder name of the map does not match the file name *: * pna within it, the map does not load and I get an error.
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Postby tendriver » Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:14 pm

waitoxx53 wrote:I cant send PM,


Why not?

waitoxx53 wrote:In my device if the folder name of the map does not match the file name *: * pna within it, the map does not load and I get an error.


Hum, another quirk in the TT system.
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Postby waitoxx53 » Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:50 pm

tendriver wrote:Why not?


Hum, another quirk in the TT system.



Because to send PM a member must write 5 posts......yesterday I had wrote 3 posts.....since today I can send PM.
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Postby Fatboyfun » Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:19 pm

waitoxx53 wrote:In my device if the folder name of the map does not match the file name *: * pna within it, the map does not load and I get an error.


Not true, I just call the map folder on every device I have/upgrade "Map"

If you change the name of the folder it will crash once, but will be ok afterwards.
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Postby waitoxx53 » Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:31 pm

Fatboyfun wrote:Not true, I just call the map folder on every device I have/upgrade "Map"

If you change the name of the folder it will crash once, but will be ok afterwards.



on mine I must call the folder Italia and the file *.*pna Italia too even if I'm using europe_south. It's the only way I've found to make it working.
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Postby tendriver » Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:06 pm

waitoxx53 wrote:on mine I must call the folder Italia and the file *.*pna Italia too even if I'm using europe_south. It's the only way I've found to make it working.


You have a problem, so PLEASE do not offer your fix to other members. THANX.
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Postby waitoxx53 » Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:35 pm

tendriver wrote:You have a problem, so PLEASE do not offer your fix to other members. THANX.


all works, then I offer my solutions.
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Postby tendriver » Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:40 pm

waitoxx53 wrote:all works, then I offer my solutions.


Your solution is not acceptable to Navitotal. I repeat, You have a problem, so PLEASE do not offer your fix to other members. THANX.
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Postby Downunder35m » Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:40 pm

I think the problems are related to the way the map is installed and selected.
Example: 860map is installed and running fine, new 880 map get's added and activated - all fine device boots.
860map is installed and working, new 880 is added and the old map deleted - many devices will hang and stop to work normally.

You might wonder why but it is simple to explain:
Inside the ttgo.bif you can see what mapis currently in use, but it is recreated at each boot anyway.
More importantly you also have the file CurrentMap.dat which holds the actually info which map is installed and in use.
Also there is the file CurrentLocation.dat which holds the info where the TT had the last sat reception before turning off.
So when you start a TT with the old map deleted and a new map added some devices only check for the location of the map as defined inside the CurrentMap.dat - which won't work if the map folder is different and/or the map is different in name. This in return can cause the device to hang and become inresponsive, not even reset or Clear Flash will help.
Similar thing can happen if your old map was for example a Europe map with the last use in Europe. If you replace the EU map with a US map (and have not got a proper sat fix before) the TT can't position you on the new map and can freeze too.

IMHO the safest way to avoid problems when installing a new map is to delete the CurrentMap.dat and CurrentLocation.dat in the root after the new map is installed and activated and before you start the TT with the new map.
Might also help once you got the problem already ;)
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Postby waitoxx53 » Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:19 pm

Downunder35m wrote:I think the problems are related to the way the map is installed and selected.
Example: 860map is installed and running fine, new 880 map get's added and activated - all fine device boots.
860map is installed and working, new 880 is added and the old map deleted - many devices will hang and stop to work normally.

You might wonder why but it is simple to explain:
Inside the ttgo.bif you can see what mapis currently in use, but it is recreated at each boot anyway.
More importantly you also have the file CurrentMap.dat which holds the actually info which map is installed and in use.
Also there is the file CurrentLocation.dat which holds the info where the TT had the last sat reception before turning off.
So when you start a TT with the old map deleted and a new map added some devices only check for the location of the map as defined inside the CurrentMap.dat - which won't work if the map folder is different and/or the map is different in name. This in return can cause the device to hang and become inresponsive, not even reset or Clear Flash will help.
Similar thing can happen if your old map was for example a Europe map with the last use in Europe. If you replace the EU map with a US map (and have not got a proper sat fix before) the TT can't position you on the new map and can freeze too.

IMHO the safest way to avoid problems when installing a new map is to delete the CurrentMap.dat and CurrentLocation.dat in the root after the new map is installed and activated and before you start the TT with the new map.
Might also help once you got the problem already ;)


Where can I find CurrentLocation.dat?
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Postby tendriver » Sun Feb 05, 2012 7:32 pm

waitoxx53 wrote:Where can I find CurrentLocation.dat?


Both files are located in your root directory between connect2internetdb.ver & data.chk.
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Postby Downunder35m » Mon Feb 06, 2012 5:18 am

If the files are not in the root of your device than they have not been created yet.
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Postby waitoxx53 » Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:10 pm

Impossible to download part 3 of europe 880.3811
I'm trying from 3 days.
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Postby tendriver » Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:53 pm

waitoxx53 wrote:Impossible to download part 3 of europe 880.3811
I'm trying from 3 days.


It's hard to help without any details from you. I'm downloading, the same way members do, part 3 of europe 880.3811 at the present time & am at 17% complete.
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Postby waitoxx53 » Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:07 am

tendriver wrote:It's hard to help without any details from you. I'm downloading, the same way members do, part 3 of europe 880.3811 at the present time & am at 17% complete.


I always get this page, or before or after the second to wait.....

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