Bricked Chinese GPS device   

Bricked Chinese GPS device

Postby egeekial » Mon Sep 09, 2013 12:39 am

I recently purchased a 5" 128MB RAM 4GB internal flash 800x480 WinCE6 Chinese GPS from [Please Register or Login to download file] . It looks just like [Please Register or Login to download file] and not the one shown in the pictures from the eBay auction. I stupidly changed the registry HKLM\init Launch50 to a nonworking executable file in an attempt to stop the menu from launching. I am now left with a device that is stuck on the car next to a windmill screen. It was not in ActiveSync mode, and my computer does not recognize the device when plugged in. I have tried putting EraseReg.fmt on an SD card (I have tried an 8GB microSDHC formatted as both exFAT and FAT32 and a 2GB microSD[non-SDHC] card formatted as FAT16) without any success. I contacted the eBay seller about what the firmware version is because I did not write it down before I bricked it. Is there anything else I can try short of throwing it out the window and buying another one?
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Postby Fatboyfun » Mon Sep 09, 2013 7:30 am

All you can do now is flash the rom again.

You broke the Windows ce startup sequence, so it's not booting properly.

You might find it's a rebranded device so the same rom could be used in other devices.
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Postby Downunder35m » Mon Sep 09, 2013 7:34 am

For YF devices there is firmware available for several models on the net.
Give Google a try for "The chinese firmware thread"....
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Postby egeekial » Mon Sep 09, 2013 10:11 am

Downunder35m wrote:For YF devices there is firmware available for several models on the net.
Give Google a try for "The chinese firmware thread"....


I have found that. It's 86 pages long, and the links on the first page don't work. After the first page, it's hard to find anything. Any tips?
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Postby Downunder35m » Mon Sep 09, 2013 11:08 am

Search for suits your device and ask the uploader to provide a working link.
Other than that you can only contact the manufactorer.
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