I have down loaded the airfields UK poi and these have transfered to my XDA II with no problems apart from their being no icon in the poi menu, only the file name. All the poi are in the database but I can get no vissual reference on the screen i.e no icon, any ideas? I did down load the file with the "down load immage" box checked.????????? I am using the the poi program from http://www.dnote.nl/ and the points of interest from the pocket gps web site http://www.pocketgps.co.uk
There should be a .bmp picture file with the same name as the POI, so if the POI file was called - airports.ov2, he Image file will be called airports.bmp
Thanks.
I copied a .bmp file and re-naimed it to give me Airfields_UK.bmp that then linked it with the Airfields_UK.OV2 file and hey presto I now have the icons.
It did happen to me some weeks ago.
My mistake was to copy the file to my SD card instead of going though the software menus to do that. I guess something needs to be done in addition to a simple copy and paste.
I followed the manual instruction by the book and it worked for me.
But my POI / Tom Tom is king of down for the moment so I can't reproduce it exactly.
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I have down loaded the airfields UK poi and these have transfered to my XDA II with no problems apart from their being no icon in the poi menu, only the file name. All the poi are in the database but I can get no vissual reference on the screen i.e no icon, any ideas? I did down load the file with the "down load immage" box checked.????????? I am using the the poi program from http://www.dnote.nl/ and the points of interest from the pocket gps web site http://www.pocketgps.co.uk
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I am looking for this POI, and went to pocket gps world site and couldnt see the airfields poi there. Any change you could post it on rapidshare or some other and send us a link... or even email to me if you feel so inclined. Many thanks. Matt
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This might be the least of some people problems, buth has anyone got the 7 digit postcodes to work yet on Tom Tom5.21? Was fine on XDA2. I tried copying files to various zip directories as described on the TomTom web site but to no avail.
Geoff
Do you have an empty folder on your Storage card called "Tomtom". If not add one and try again.
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This might be the least of some people problems, buth has anyone got the 7 digit postcodes to work yet on Tom Tom5.21? Was fine on XDA2. I tried copying files to various zip directories as described on the TomTom web site but to no avail.
Geoff
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Yes works fine on my k jam, o2 exec, mda vario. Out of interest is yours a proper version?
TT 5.21
I bought TT5 with Western Europe maps. I wanted to run that with a GlobalSat BT338 receiver. Installation was a nightmare but I finally managed. When I got to activating maps it failed even though I obtained an activation code. Got in touch with TT support. After a few email exchanges I received a note that my order had been cancelled. However, they had charged my credit card for over 200 euros!!! :twisted:
No more contact from them since then and I am stuck with a non-functional product!! I might sue.
Have since got OCN5. Installlation worked like a charm. Including map activation all was done in less than an hour. Navigation works perfectly!
Way to go OnCourse!!
Conclusion: If you are planning to get TT5.21 for your QTEK9000/I-mat etc. my recommenation is DO NOT!!!
Sorry for the rant.
GREAT FORUM!
TomTom 5.21 on XDA EXEC postcode problem
I have a legit copy of TomTom. I have tried creating various directories both full and empty on the device and on the storage card, but it still refuses to recognize 7 digit postcodes. If TomTom support get back to me with a fix that works I'll post it here.
Geoff
don't know what you guys are doing but 5.21 works fine on my xda exec.... I was even more chufed to find that the some key on te keyboard can act as shortcuts ... like pressing "c" switches between day mode an night mode etc.
I done nothing special... just took my sd card from my old ipaq 4700 that already had the maps etc. put it in de xda and instaled 5.21 straight on (Instaled to card memory)... the only draw back was that it would not stick to the voices folder in the sd since I had to select a voice every time tomtom was turned on (tomtom would see the voices on the sd but would not memorize the one I chose on the next startup).... this I fixed by downloading a voice straight from within tomtom.
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Literally got this working myself today!
The fix on the tomtom website says to copy the zip folder containing the post code file to main memory and it will work - well I created a folder called 'zip' on my sdcard and copied the postal code file to that, then also created an empty folder on my sdcard called 'TomTom' - it worked perfectly then!
Stange my legit copies all work and guess what so does my duff copy never had to do anything just install and away.
The official reply from TomTom support is the XDA Exec is NOT compatible although they are working on it. Did everything to try to get 7 digit postcodes to work, but to no avail. Everything else within TomTom is working fine so it's not critical. Now, how do you make your own voice files??!!
Geoff
Geoff, Exactly where are you trying to enter the postcode? - this might seem a stupid question, but if you are putting the postcode into the Navigate to address screen you won't get 7 digit, you need to tap the rh arrow go to the next page and select enter postcode, then if the empty tomtom folder and the zip folder (containing the GB post code file) are all in place it should work. For some voices etc. have a look at www.tomtomsatnav.info there is useful stuff utilities/ voices/ warnings etc. - Mike
Working fine on my Exec. You need the postcode data in a folder called 'zip' in the root of the storage card and another empty folder entitled 'TomTom' in the storage card root.
I have tomtom 5.21, but everytime i save a setting, like my home, then restart it does not keep the settings. Any idea's?
A friend of me had the same problem
My first idea was - fileright of some files and folders.
He tried, everything was right.
He changed the attributes with resco and then it works
Bye
I had exactly the same issue a couple of days ago, Luckily the solution is quite simple.
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The file that stores the addresses was set to read only. God know how it happened, but it was like that from the initial install.
I used Total commander(free to download)
[/url]http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/totalcommander.shtml
I navigated to the \Storage card\Great-Britain-Map\
and select (touch and hold) and a pop-up menu appears
Select properties (at the bottom of the list)
Un-select 'Read Only'.
Select OK etc...
And try Tom Tom again.
Worked for me..
G Luck.
will also give that a try
Yeah, after posting this thread and going out, i realised it was probably due to the file rights. I was not sure which file though and ended up making EVERY file on the device non-read only. The problem is solved, but will having lots of system files that were read only now writeable cause a problem?
It's a problem with the file called Great-Britain-Map.cfg and it has the Read Only attribute set. This means that you cannot write any changes to it.
If you Copy the file to the PC you can view the attributes by Right Clicking the file and Selecting Properties. Then UN-Tick the Read-Only option and OK out.
Copy the modified file from the PC back to TT5 and when asked if you want to Replace the file, Click Yes.
Worked for me
Hays
After having the same frustrating problem for the last year this has sorted it. Cheers folks!
thanks. i dont seem to be suffering as much as others but i figured it out after i couldnt add to POI either.
i copied the great britain folder to my pc, into properties, unticked read only then sent it ack to storage card.
can now add favourites and POIs. and am now not homeless :lol:
thanks. i dont seem to be suffering as much as others but i figured it out after i couldnt add to POI either.
i copied the great britain folder to my pc, into properties, unticked read only then sent it ack to storage card.
can now add favourites and POIs. and am now not homeless :lol:
Hy all,
I was frustrated for some time with the inaccuracies of POI in IGO maps and files. Some are old and nonexistent and so on.
As I know there are 2 places where POIs are located: IGO.db (sqlite3 database) and IGO map itself. If you try to open IGO.db, the content of the POIs table is encripted in some way. Now, I've seen there is at least one software, IGO Poi Explorer which bypases this encryption.
Before I get to hardwork myself, does someone knows how to decrypt the info inside the tables of igo.db?
Also another question, do you have any idea if the POIs inside the map file can be read/edit programatically. The map is a fbl file and to be honest I don't know with what to open
Many thanks guys
Hy, I got to programatically edit the contents of POI in the igo.db, but any idea related to the poi's in the .fbl file?
just use IGO 8
Hi All,
I have been using the new version of TomTom and as some of you may know there is an option to use Navigate To... Picture.
Now here is my Problem: When I take a picture in GPS Mode. (After enabling it in Advanced Config), the photo get's saved in \Internal Storage\My Documents\My Pictures\My POI
However TomTom only picks up photos that are stored in a root folder of the storage card called GEO-PHOTOS.
Is there some way you can change the default location of photos taken in GPS mode to be saved in this Folder? Otherwise you need to always move the pictures around!?
I assume there is a registry entry somewhere but I haven't found it yet. Will keep looking.
Or can you change TomTom to pick it up from a different folder? (I am using TomTom v7.915)
I think this would be useful for a lot of people
Okay I found the registry value.
But all it lets me change is the Folder name within My Pictures, but not the actual location of the folder.
I just seaarched for "My Poi" in the registry editor.
Anyone has an idea how to do this
I'm just going out on a limb here but on Windows sometimes the program confuses links and actual folders. Therefore, you could try copying the folder where your images are stored and paste a shortcut to that folder in the root of your storage. Then rename the shortcut to the name that TomTom wants.
It might help/work
Cheers I'll give that a try.
Is anyone else finding that the location embedded in GPS photos taken on these phones is consistently about 10 miles to the east of the actual location? I've Googled it and it is a problem that affects a number of HTC phones, but I can't find a solution...
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Is anyone else finding that the location embedded in GPS photos taken on these phones is consistently about 10 miles to the east of the actual location? I've Googled it and it is a problem that affects a number of HTC phones, but I can't find a solution...
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Haven't checked that
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Tried to fool TomTom into using a link to the My POI folder (in My Documents) but that didn't work.
Anyone else has another idea?
I will try telling Windows to save the gps photo in a link to the root TomTom folder: GEO-PHOTOS rather than in the My POI Folder. will let you know tomorrow
I deleted the following shortcuts "Transformers", "MobiTV", "Market Place" and "YouTube" from Windows/Start Menu/Program, thinking they were redundant since they were already on the home screen. But while the icons are still on the home screen, I can't get to the four programs by tapping on the icons; instead, I got the error message about "Shortcut Target" saying "Error opening the shortcut or locating the target filename".
I was able to find the "MobiTV" and "Transformers" folders, but I could not create shortcuts from the .exe files since the "Create shortcut" was gray and did not respond to taps. My questions are: (1) How do I re-create those four shortcuts that would make the icons on the home screen work again? and more generally, (2) How do I create shortcuts (gray-colored) for any .exe files? Any suggestions and help will be much appreciated.
I know that the "Total Commander" app let's you create links where File Explorer doesn't, but I've never actually messed with that part of the app very often.
Tons of folks are complaining about the movie icon, as far as I know no one has found a way to fix it once you break it
You got it the wrong way round.
First, click on "Copy" option for the exe file that you wish to make a shortcut.
Then go to \Windows\Start Menu\Programs, click on "Menu", the option "Paste shortcut" should be available now.
Re-created shortcut for MobiTV, but not for the other three
After seeing your answer, I realized I should have performed them on my HD2, instead of on my synced desktop PC! As long it is a .exe file, a shortcut can always be created for it on Windows program page by using the method you described. Thanks Zentury!
However, I could only recover (re-create) the shortcut for MobiTV since it is a single .exe file. I could not even find where the .exe files are for YouTube and Market Place to re-create the shortcuts for them... As for Transformers, since it is a folder with two .exe files, I could only create shortcuts for each of the two separately on Windows program page, and the icon on the home screen still does not work. Any ideas?
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After seeing your answer, I realized I should have performed them on my HD2, instead of on my synced desktop PC! As long it is a .exe file, a shortcut can always be created for it on Windows program page by using the method you described. Thanks Zentury!
However, I could only recover (re-create) the shortcut for MobiTV since it is a single .exe file. I could not even find where the .exe files are for YouTube and Market Place to re-create the shortcuts for them... As for Transformers, since it is a folder with two .exe files, I could only create shortcuts for each of the two separately on Windows program page, and the icon on the home screen still does not work. Any ideas?
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As for the Transformer Shortcuts use the cab posted, The other exe your looking for are in the windows folder on the phone. You Could always reinstall marketplace, for that shortcut.
Thanks for the attached .cab file! I downloaded the .cab file for Transformers but am wondering where should I put it: in the Device or in the Storage Card, and in what folder?
I did find Market Place and YouTube folders only in the Device's Windows folder, but where are the .exe files for them?! In Market Place folder, there is only one tiny file called ClientLog0 (263B); and in YouTube folder, there are four folders and hundreds jpeg files.... I did the search on my desktop PC for files in HD2 and know there is one YouTube.exc but don't know which specific folder it is in... Without getting to these .exe files, I don't know how to restore/reinstall the shortcuts for them. Please kindly advise. Thanks.
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Thanks for the attached .cab file! I downloaded the .cab file for Transformers but am wondering where should I put it: in the Device or in the Storage Card, and in what folder?
I did find Market Place and YouTube folders only in the Device's Windows folder, but where are the .exe files for them?! In Market Place folder, there is only one tiny file called ClientLog0 (263B); and in YouTube folder, there are four folders and hundreds jpeg files.... I did the search on my desktop PC for files in HD2 and know there is one YouTube.exc but don't know which specific folder it is in... Without getting to these .exe files, I don't know how to restore/reinstall the shortcuts for them. Please kindly advise. Thanks.
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it doesnt matter where you copy the cab file do as long as you know where it is, once it is on the device use the file explorer to find it and run it. Try this cab for the other 2 link files
I tried the Transformers.cab on my Device but failed to install because of "not sufficient system permissions". Earlier, I found Transformers.lnk in Device Windows and paste it on Windows/Start Menu/Program. Tapping on the home screen Transformer button will take me to the two Transformers movies, but I lost the nice Transformers icon on the home screen; instead, I only got the boring old Windows icon in its place. How do I get the nice Transformers icon back on the home screen?
I got YouTube shortcut back to work OK now, but Marketplace shortcut still does not work. The .cab file for Marketplace installed without any error message ("successfully installed on your device") and the Marketplace icon stays on the home screen, but tapping on it does not take me to its web page. Can you suggest anything I can try? Thanks again.
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I tried the Transformers.cab on my Device but failed to install because of "not sufficient system permissions". Earlier, I found Transformers.lnk in Device Windows and paste it on Windows/Start Menu/Program. Tapping on the home screen Transformer button will take me to the two Transformers movies, but I lost the nice Transformers icon on the home screen; instead, I only got the boring old Windows icon in its place. How do I get the nice Transformers icon back on the home screen?
I got YouTube shortcut back to work OK now, but Marketplace shortcut still does not work. The .cab file for Marketplace installed without any error message ("successfully installed on your device") and the Marketplace icon stays on the home screen, but tapping on it does not take me to its web page. Can you suggest anything I can try? Thanks again.
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I would just reinstall the marketplace cab and that should fix it. Not real sure on the icon.
I reinstalled the Marketplace.cab file a few times on my Device, still no luck - tapping on its icon on the home screen won't point to the right web page, only the same error message... The strange thing to me is there seems no .exe file for Marketplace on the device, so ... how did it ever get started?
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I reinstalled the Marketplace.cab file a few times on my Device, still no luck - tapping on its icon on the home screen won't point to the right web page, only the same error message... The strange thing to me is there seems no .exe file for Marketplace on the device, so ... how did it ever get started?
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Hi, just catching up with the latest on your problem resolution. (Note: I'm on the other side of the ocean.)
I took a look at the contents of Marketplace.lnk on my HD2 and the file location is "\Windows\WMMarketplace.exe".
Thank for taking the time to look it up - now I know why I couldn't find its .exe file on the device: it's WMMarketplace.exe, not just Marketplace.exe! Next time when I do the "search", I will use the wild card symbol * in the search string. Some valuable lesson learned!
Anyway, the shortcut problem for Marketplace was solved last night after I found another Marketplace.cab (116kB) provide by zelendel in another earlier xda forum thread. The youtube & marketplace.cab file I've been using and did not work is only about 2kB in size so apparently was not a good .cab file.
The only remaining "missing shortcut" problem I have is now changed to "missing icon" for Transformers on the home screen. The two Transformers.cab files I got from the xda forum all have the error message "not sufficient system permissions" when I tried to install them. Since the installations were "unsuccessful", the ugly blank-look icon in place for Transformers on the home screen still keeps staring back at me ...
Anyone got a Transformers.cab to share that would not cause the "unsuccessful" verdict and would restore the nifty Transformers icon on the home screen? Thanks!
Ive just downloaded that Transformers cab thinking it was going to the movie file or some funky robotic program and all i got was a shortcut leading to nothing??
Hmm, now how the hell do i remove it? Ive deleted the cab file but the shortcut is still visible on the start menu.
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Ive just downloaded that Transformers cab thinking it was going to the movie file or some funky robotic program and all i got was a shortcut leading to nothing??
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Hmm, now how the hell do i remove it? Ive deleted the cab file but the shortcut is still visible on the start menu.
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You probably aren't running the Tmo ROM, right? The transformers link only opens up the player for the movies that are provided to tmo owners on the included 16GB SD card...so all you did was indeed install a "link to nowhere".
You'll need to navigate to /windows/start menu on the phone, and delete the "transformers.lnk" file there.
there is an app on freewarepocketpc.net called "LnkMgr", that you can use to create shortcuts ...
works ok ..