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install TTN5.21 from SD card?

Does anyone know a way to install tomtom 5.21 straight from sd card on wm5, without having to install via my PC/activeysnc?
I can do it on my xda2i by just extracting the cab from the 5.21 exe file and putting that in the 2577 folder on the sd card. Works great, so if I get a device lockup and have to hard reset, I'm not going to get caught out and have to trek home for my PC just to reinstall tomtom. I just insert the SD card and everything installs itself. Sweeeeet.
But try the same on the wizard (and I guess any other wm5 device) and the install fails. I'm guessing its just a tomtom thing as their site does say you can only install using activesync. But thats so lame. It would be great if someone has found a workaround?

Install 5.1 first onto the SD card using the howto (and test). Then install 5.2. Move the new files that 5.2 CABs insist on putting in main memory (in /Program Files/Navigator, /Contacts Navigation, /TomTom) to the corresponding directories on the SD card (Note that the directory names are slightly different - keep the 5.1 names).
I've not had to test 5.2 yet, but 5.1 seems to work OK running purely from SD after a hard reset (i.e. with nothing installed to the PPC). The only thing I had to do was recreate the shortcut in the Start Menu. You might not be so lucky with the Contacts integration, but I don't use any of that.

Thanks for the suggestion, but it hasn't fixed the problem.
I've got around it by just copying across the ttn.cab file from the 5.21 exe onto the main memory of wizard and running it from there. This 1 cab file seems to install everything that the 4 cab files installed in 5.0 and 5.1.
It would still be nice if it would install straight from sd card, but at least now I don't have to install from my PC anymore - which was the main problem.

XDA Mini S TOM TOM HELP

HI there,
I have installed TOM TOM 5.1 on my XDA Mini S by copying the cab files to the SD card theninstalled it to the phone memory, next i created the voice folder and put the voice i chose in. After this i copy the Folder of all the GB maps onto my SD card.
When i they open the TOM TOM software it just freezes! if i start tom tom up with out the sd card it loads straight away but i just get my no maps message! Does any1 know why it is freezing?
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
I had the same problem what i had to do is using the built in file explorer goto My Device/My documents/
and make a folder named TomTom once made put a image file in there any type .gif .jpg anything.
tomtom should then work if you manage to get it working let me know as im having real trouble seeing my leadtek gps.
Cheers
Dean

TomTom problem..cant find maps.

hi i have got tomtom v5.21 installed but it cannot find maps. where do i put maps is there any specyfic folder i shell put them in or someother way to get it working. i installed tomtom and put maps to storage card and when i run TT is says no maps found. any help appreaciated cheers
cudo

You have to put the state/country map folder in the root of either main memory or a storage card. TT will not see maps in directories deeper than that. I keep mine in \Storage Card\State1-Map, \Storage Card\State2-Map, and so forth.
HTH.

this is excatly where i keep my maps \storage card\name_of_the_map
and it still cant find them ..any ideas ?

tomtom v5.21 installed but it cannot find maps
make a file only needs to in 1 kb named CurrentMap.dat in my dokuments \TomTom\

i got currentmap.dat file in folder \my dosument\tomtom
still cannot find mops.
shell the location of the maps be:
\storage card\name_of_the_map\map
or just \storage card\name_of_the_map
cheers

setup.dat?
Do you have a file called setup.dat in \storage card\my docutments\tomtom?

cudo said:
hi i have got tomtom v5.21 installed but it cannot find maps. where do i put maps is there any specyfic folder i shell put them in or someother way to get it working. i installed tomtom and put maps to storage card and when i run TT is says no maps found. any help appreaciated cheers
cudo
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V5.21 needs newer maps than v5.0. Check the version number in the .pna file. Which map are you trying to install?

danum said:
cudo said:
hi i have got tomtom v5.21 installed but it cannot find maps. where do i put maps is there any specyfic folder i shell put them in or someother way to get it working. i installed tomtom and put maps to storage card and when i run TT is says no maps found. any help appreaciated cheers
cudo
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V5.21 needs newer maps than v5.0. Check the version number in the .pna file. Which map are you trying to install?
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That's correct. You must use v567 US maps, for example.

same problem with TomTom but FIXED IT NOW
Had the same error {map not found} thought it was TomTom error so i bought Destinator (excellent software) but the problem was identical.
So bought a new storage card Contacted Qtek about it:
"Thank you for your E-mail. Regarding your query, please note that the SD card standard is limited to 2 GB and our devices are fully compliant to the standard. Cards with the capacity greater than 2 GB are not compliant to the standard and we cannot guarantee that they will function correctly. As to transferring speed, we recommend not using ultra speed SD cards with the speed more than 64x as they either will not work or may pose problems later. Also we would like to inform you that some SD cards need to be formatted using any PC / Laptop (supporting SD cards) before using with our devices.".
So put in a 45x speed 2GB SD card and still the same problems.
Contacted Microsoft and they gave me a hint:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q277/7/42.ASP
Finaly all works perfect now running Destinator 6 & Navigon 5.2.6
SO ALLWAYS CREATE FOLLOWING FOLDER ON STORAGE CARD
Storage Card\My Documents
You do not have to have any files in this folder (mine is empty)
Tuurtje
please let me know if this solved your problem

Tomtom 5 install keeps crashing.

I'm using an Orange M3100 and a windows xp laptop running active sync 4.2.
The install works fine up until it tells you what it's going to install. Click next and it always crashing. I've tried on another laptop and get the same result. Even tried a mates navigator 3 and that does the same too.
Am I mising something here, since everyone else installs it fine :?

Make sure it is version 5.21, I think earlier versions are not compatible with WM5.

I get the same problem with my v1605. It is 5.21 but it does the same.

I had no problems on mine, it's 5.21 with spanish maps... have a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=58539

My disk isn't the right version so I can't install anything from it. I've grabbed the 5.21 pach and that install's fine and i've manually installed all the cabs that I need (I think), my main problem now is the maps. I've not got a memory card yet so where's the best place to put them. Running the cabs just dumps the files in the same directory and tom tom wont find them that way.

Here is my experience with Tomtom.The maps are just copied to the sd card on the root folder with some name like. Germany-Map or Australia-Map. Tomtom only recognises any directory with a -Map ending in the folder. You can just add nice pov by just copying the files to the appropriate directory. If you want to save space in your main memory copy the tomtom executable to the TomTom directory on the sd card and most imortantly to have tomtom running is to have the currentmap.dat file in your My Documents/TomTom directory. Voices can be copid to the VOICES directory on the sd card. Hope this helps some people.

Trouble installing Tom Tom

Just got my new white Trinity w/ GPS & Tom Tom. When I try to install it, I get a low memory error and install aborts. I have 41Mb storage and 21Mb program mem free.
Anyone else have trouble? Can it be installed to card?

It can be installed to the card, yes, but I never had that problem, altough I have installed TomTom many times.

I got a lot of problems but not this one !
Is this the HTC version that is downloaded on their web site ?

CD that was in the box. They have a cab file to dnload?

Tomtom refused to install on SD
I had the same problem - and the option "install into default installation folder" was checked and grayed out, so I could not tell Tomtom to install onto SD.
I backuped my Trinity, cleared the internal storage, connected to Activesync as "Guest", installed Tomtom to the internal storage, then moved the folder \Program Files\Navigator to a folder \Program Files\Navigator I created on my SD card.
After that, I restored my device. All I had to do after that was to manually add a shortcut to the Tomtom application in my Start Menu folder.
This worked for me.
Cheers Stefan
(I installed Tomtom from CAB available on the European HTC web site: http://www.europe.htc.com/support/software/htcp3600.html)

No cab file there. It is a exe that loads via Activesync. I get the same low mem error as with the CD. I have 62 Mb free. This is rediculous.

Gave up. The installer creates a temp cab in
program files/activesync/HTC apps
If you can't find it, search the C drive for *.cab and sort by date.
Copy that file while the installer is still open. Run it from the storage card. Worked fine.