TomTom GO 910 with 9.205.547817 Navcore PowerUp question

Wan-King wrote:Hi Guys,

First of all, many thanks for all your hard work. Thanks to you my ageing 2006 TomTom 910 is now brought to 2011.

I used the SE 9.205.547817 for 32mb devices package, then upgraded the boot loader to 5.5259 without a hitch, now running australia 860.3101 and europe 860.3102 maps.

It was a clean install, everything backed up first using the windows explored, then formatted the HD, then updated. I had to copy (overwrite) the old loquendoTTS folder to the root of the device to get the voices back after the update. I also got rid of the Outsorced folder, as per the forum instruction.



I now have a few (minor) issues;

the power on is very sluggish, especially when connected to external power. Pressing the on button does nothing most of the time, but exactly 45 seconds after the power is applied to the car mount, it will power on, but it would be a "reboot" style power on, as if it was removed from the usb bracket after an update, i.e. first the boot up screen, then the tomtom screen, then the splash screen. It then works normally and when the power to the car mount is removed, it goes off in 10 seconds,as expected.

[color="blue"]I turn my 910 on prior to connecting (TTHome cradle and car mount) and turn off after removing from mount.[/color]

I could not get the mapsettings.cfg to work even with adding the fake favourite with tomotom home, eventually I got it to see the old favourites without rebooting, but as soon as one was selected (navigate to) it would reboot. I am not that bothered about this, happy to redo them again.

[color="blue"]The "fake" trick has never worked for me, I have created my own "Favourites" POI category & icon and copy them to a new map. Deleting or renaming "mapsettings.cfg" got rid of rebooting probs - you lose Favorites (note spelling) and "Recent destinations", not sure what else.[/color]

Very slow when recalcuting the route if one deviates from the original route. Again, I can live with this too, jus wanted to know if everyone else is experiencing the same.

Apart from the above, it is back to being the top dog again, very many thanks!

PS For what is worth, I had the base connector repaired (the non charging issue, with broken solder pins) but after the repair, it worked without a hitch with the old 7.903 navcore.

I would be gratefull if someone in the know can shed some light on the power issues.

belzebubek wrote:Hi,

I have TT Go 910 with 9.205.547.817.1 with boot 5.5250.

I can confirm following issues:
- device turns on up to 1 minute after putting it to power device (car or PC), and then its doing very loooong reboot. When it's ON while connecting it just works fine.
- connecting to PC USB while TT is ON freeze device for several to 30 seconds, then it reboots in PC connect mode (fast reboot).
- I'm unable to leave device OFF while charging; it's always doing power on + long reboot after 1 minute;

besides those minor issues it works very well - thank you all!

note that I bought my 910 in 2006 and never changed battery, so it's almost dead. Is it possible that it causes some of the issues ? Also, does changing HDD to CF card speed up booting process and lessens battery usage?