Universal Firmware Patcher for Protected Garmin Devices

Hi all could someone please help me ,im wanting to unlock my drivesmart 50,and after several atempts with the patcher have given up , do I need a sd card patch file to unlock this model if so does anyone have one .
Thanks in advance for your help and time.

<PartNumber>006-B2267-00</PartNumber>
<SoftwareVersion>590</SoftwareVersion>
<Description>Garmin DriveSmart 50</Description>
</Model>

Hello! Hopefully you can help me. My Nuvi failed so I just bought a Drive 51. With my Nuvi, I had swapped out
my img files when I traveled but I can't do it with the 51. There is a rudimentary map of the world and I can
enter coordinates of sites I like to visit and, while I won't drive, I don't think this will be ideal.

So, set the Mass Drive on the 51 (had to choose show RWFS as well), unlocked my map with gimgunlock 0.04 and added gmapsupp in
a few .System directory. No luck although Garmin Express loaded software and I now have GMap Tool in the Map
Update. I am too worried about swapping the gmapprom file.

So I got a SD card and reader. I can not find a gupdate.gcd file. My Garmin shows:
<Model>
<PartNumber>006-B2803-00</PartNumber>
<SoftwareVersion>240</SoftwareVersion>
<Description>Garmin Drive 51</Description>
so firmware should be HWID 2803. What should I do? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

zahadumguy wrote:Hello! Hopefully you can help me. My Nuvi failed so I just bought a Drive 51. With my Nuvi, I had swapped out
my img files when I traveled but I can't do it with the 51. There is a rudimentary map of the world and I can
enter coordinates of sites I like to visit and, while I won't drive, I don't think this will be ideal.

So, set the Mass Drive on the 51 (had to choose show RWFS as well), unlocked my map with gimgunlock 0.04 and added gmapsupp in
a few .System directory. No luck although Garmin Express loaded software and I now have GMap Tool in the Map
Update. I am too worried about swapping the gmapprom file.

So I got a SD card and reader. I can not find a gupdate.gcd file. My Garmin shows:
<Model>
<PartNumber>006-B2803-00</PartNumber>
<SoftwareVersion>240</SoftwareVersion>
<Description>Garmin Drive 51</Description>
so firmware should be HWID 2803. What should I do? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Using an SD card for supplemental maps is the safest way to add maps,if a file gets corrupted during unpacking or copying your device can freeze or go into a boot loop which can take a lot of effort to recover,a SD card can be removed .

Drive 51 APAC 006-B2803-00 Release 3.70 [Please Register or Login to download file]

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SD Card Kit
Make sure your device is fully charged.
Unpack contents to fresh SD card formatted FAT32
Ensure your device is fully OFF (not in standby), insert the card in device and power on.
"Loader" will appear on screen for a while then the device will boot up when the flash of patched firmware is complete.
Your device may reboot its self during the process just be patient.

Your SD card will have a new file named 154.bin this is a backup of the device's non-volatile memory region and may save your device later if needed,so keep a copy of it somewhere safe.

philmountains wrote:Hi all could someone please help me ,im wanting to unlock my drivesmart 50,and after several atempts with the patcher have given up , do I need a sd card patch file to unlock this model if so does anyone have one .
Thanks in advance for your help and time.

<PartNumber>006-B2267-00</PartNumber>
<SoftwareVersion>590</SoftwareVersion>
<Description>Garmin DriveSmart 50</Description>
</Model>

SD Card Kit and instructions exist already
software/universal-firmware-patcher-for-protected-garmin-devices-t17987-375.html?hilit=2267#p175604

Hi thank you for our help and the link,installed sd card kit onto a clean fat 32 card, and flashed ,everything looked to have worked loader screen came on ,software screen came up etc, then a screen saying which locale to use I chose UK.
after this I have tried to put a clean copy of USA onto a sd, and it still does not see this image,also tried a 2016 image of usa which works on mu old Nuvi .
any ideas what i'm doing wrong.
Thanks again for any help

<PartNumber>006-B2341-00</PartNumber>

<SoftwareVersion>320</SoftwareVersion>

<Description>Kenwood 2016</Description>

plis software hack

dziakoni wrote:<PartNumber>006-B2341-00</PartNumber>
<SoftwareVersion>320</SoftwareVersion>
<Description>Kenwood 2016</Description>
plis software hack

This Kenwood device cannot be patched with the Universal Firmware Patcher for Protected Garmin Devices

philmountains wrote:Hi thank you for our help and the link,installed sd card kit onto a clean fat 32 card, and flashed ,everything looked to have worked loader screen came on ,software screen came up etc, then a screen saying which locale to use I chose UK.
after this I have tried to put a clean copy of USA onto a sd, and it still does not see this image,also tried a 2016 image of usa which works on mu old Nuvi .
any ideas what i'm doing wrong.
Thanks again for any help

Files on an SD card for your device go into two folders you have to create, Garmin & Map
Just start with putting the unlocked .img in the Map folder change the name if gmapprom.img to gmapsupp.img or USA.img for example.Check it is showing up

Thanks for your help. Uploaded your request and screen shot of my SD card. The card is new and formatted to 32 FAT. Powered off and started but I do not get Loader screen. First time using a SD card but I think I inserted it correctly. Perhaps I need to press part of the Garmin screen?

Thanks!

zahadumguy wrote:Thanks for your help. Uploaded your request and screen shot of my SD card. The card is new and formatted to 32 FAT. Powered off and started but I do not get Loader screen. First time using a SD card but I think I inserted it correctly. Perhaps I need to press part of the Garmin screen?

Thanks!

OK looking at the screenshot you sent above you did NOT Patch your device,Unpack the entire contents including the folders of the Kit onto a clean SD card(formatted FAT32 again so it is empty)Should look like below,just unpack on to your desktop and then Drag & Drop Garmin folder onto the SD card.

Follow the Instructions
Make sure your device is fully charged.
Unpack contents to fresh SD card formatted FAT32
Ensure your device is fully OFF (not in standby), insert the card into your device and power on.
"Loader" will appear on screen for a while then the device will boot up when the flash of patched firmware is complete.
Your device may reboot its self during the process just be patient.

Your SD card will have a new file named 154.bin this is a backup of the device's non-volatile memory region and may save your device later if needed,so keep a copy of it somewhere safe.

Thanks GN!!
Working like a charm.
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hello from me i'm new member
please can you patch nuvi 2589 HWID 1947 firmware 880
thanks

Just wondering if it would be possible for help me with mine I have a
<Model>
<PartNumber>006-B2267-00</PartNumber>
<SoftwareVersion>590</SoftwareVersion>
<Description>Garmin DriveSmart 50</Description>
</Model>

and the software is locked so it won't allow me to use unlock maps.

thanks in advance if someone could help

meeee123 wrote:Just wondering if it would be possible for help me with mine I have a
<Model>
<PartNumber>006-B2267-00</PartNumber>
<SoftwareVersion>590</SoftwareVersion>
<Description>Garmin DriveSmart 50</Description>
</Model>
and the software is locked so it won't allow me to use unlock maps.
thanks in advance if someone could help

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billypatra wrote:hello from me i'm new member
please can you patch nuvi 2589 HWID 1947 firmware 880
thanks

Welcome to the forum
Members Use your HWID number to search thread as the patch might already exist


Garmin nuvi 25x9C4_880_Patch Kit FWID 1947 ONLY

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