Hi, could any one tell me if i need to unlock a binatone b350 to put tomtom on, and if so is their a sticky/thread on how to do it, allso is their a one to tell you how to put tomtom maps on it, i have searched the forums reference a binatone b350 and could not find any guides, or can you not upgrade them, any help would be appreciated.

Most Binatone devices don't need to be unlocked as they check for \Storage Card\MobileNavigator\MobileNavigator.exe when (re)booting, If it finds the file, it runs it instead of the default application, So download Tomtom (or any other software) and rename the main folder to "MobileNavigator" and also rename the .exe file to "MobileNavigator.exe", Load the folder onto an SD card along with any other folders/files you need, Insert the card into the device and reboot. Done.

Thanks very much for your reply fatboyfun, iam gonna get an sd card tomorrow and give it a shot, fingers crossed, if i get stuck could get some more advice of you ? lol

This thread explains more and contains the version of Tomtom you need (7.450)

i have been just been searching for a map lol, many thanks for the link fatboyfun and for helping a total newb.

hi i have tried that version of tomtom and failed, i allso have tried this guide and failed i know it must be a simple little step that iam doing wrong ihave been on all weekend and no joy with this binatone lol , could it be anything to do with the resident flash file ?, here is the other guide i have tried but with no luck, any ideas ?


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Version: TomTom 7.910.9185
The only difference between these files is the colour, so choose whichever:
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or
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These are the CAB files. Extract anyway you can (linux has an uncab utility, for windows, it seems trickier but you can use WinCE CAB Manager - although I haven't tested using this).
This will result in a bunch of files mostly ending with three digits as the extension, i.e. SETUPDLL.999

Grab the following:
data.chk + TomTom navigator.exe (HTC, VGA, QVGA blue and black)
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and extract it.

Create a folder on the root of the SD Card called "MobileNavigator" - note the capital M and N
Put all files extracted from the blue or black cab file into this folder.
Rename TomTom navigator.exe to MobileNavigator.exe (again note the capital M and N).
Put the MobileNavigator.exe and the data.chk files into the MobileNavigator folder on the SD Card.


Download the voices from here:
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Create a folder called Voices (note the capital V and it ends in s) inside the MobileNavigator folder on the SD Card and put all the voices files in there.

Before adding the maps, start up the binatone with the SD Card in. When you press on Navigator on the menu, it should load TomTom.
Go through some of the setup steps - eventually it will tell you "No maps found!".

Next find a newly created file in the MobileNavigator folder called ttnavigator.bif. Open it using notepad and get the device id from it (usually 8 letter characters followed by a single digit). This device id is required to create the activation for the maps.

Find the maps for UK and Ireland version 815_2024 (I haven't checked for more recent versions, but I know this works).

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Unpack the maps.

Download a good version of the "Easyusetools_for_keygen_Mapcheck_Metacheck" keygen. Your anti-virus may notice the keygen and give you an alert (it may even delete the file, so switch that off before downloading/unpacking).
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Unpack it and add your device id into the file called: DeviceID.txt
Copy the .pna and the .meta file from your maps folder into the folder called "insert_meta_from_Map_here" in your easyusetools crack folder.
Run the bat file (double click) "RunMeForDCT.bat".

This will now create a new file in the "insert_meta_from_Map_here" folder with a .dct extension.
Copy this .dct file back into your original maps folder (where you just copied the .pna and the .meta files from). Your map is now activated/has a license.

Copy the whole maps folder "United_Kingdom_and_Republic_of_Ireland" (containg a bunch of files like the .pna, the .meta and the newly created .dct) into the root of the SD Card. I.e., when browsing your SD Card, you'll see two folders in the root:
MobileNavigator
and
United_Kingdom_and_Republic_of_Ireland

Next, download a file called note_prj.dll
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I've never managed to get 7.9XX to work on PNA type devices whereas 7.4XX does, It seems that some versions of the Binatone device don't check the storage card, So copy the MobileNavigator folder from your resident flash drive somewhere safe, Then replace it with the Tomtom directory that's been renamed to MobileNavigator and reboot.

looks like i have mucked up big style, i tried to back up the whole of the resident flash folder, when it got to the end my pc said it had encountered a problem !, now the binatone wont go past the navigation screen, but when i check in the resident flash folder all the files seem to be there, i think i may have bricked it

Unless you are flashing roms you can't really brick Binatone devices as the important files are in rom, When you press navigation it looks for the \MobileNavigator\mobilenavigator.exe, If you don't care for the original software just delete it, copy the Tomtom folder i suggested renamed MobileNavigator, also rename Tomtom Navigator.exe to MobileNavigator.exe

Activesync (WMDC) is terrible at large file transfers, Copy files over one by one if you have a lot to copy.

thanks for your time and patience fatboyfun, i have renamed the the main file but i cannot see a Tomtom Navigator.exe inside it

It's no problem.

You may need to turn off "hide known file extensions" in your pc folder settings, also turn on show hidden and system files.

thanks for your help fatboyfun, i have managed to get tomtom on but it is in french i think, do i kneed to download a map and if so which one and what to do with it sorry for being a complete numpty !

Maps are here -> :link:
[color="red"]Pay attention to the compatibility chart, You have a PDA/PNA 7.4XX navcore.[/color]
Download AutoActivate -> :link:

Don't worry about it being in French, we can change that later.

ok have downloaded them do they go in the maps file ?

As your device connects using Activesync you will need a USB memory key or a spare memory card and reader for the next step.

Copy the map folder, Autoactivate.exe and the file TTNavigator.bif which if you've started Tomtom on your device will be in \My Flash Disk\ onto either the USB key or SD card.

Run AutoActivate.exe on your PC and wait for it to finish

Copy the map folder to your device, It needs to be in the root of \My Flash Disk

Your device will look like this in explorer on your pc...

\My Flash Disk\MobileNavigator\MobileNavigator.exe etc...
\My Flash Disk\{Map Folder}\Cline.dat etc...
\My Flash Disk\TTNavigator.bif

Plus maybe some other files

Start Tomtom again then report back