I'm running tomtom 5 on my mda 500 and it keeps launching at randon intervals. My phone would be on my desk and all of a sudden i would here a beep and tomtom is running. It also does this when its on my pocket even though it locked with Mortsaver.
It automatically launches when i insert my sd card, that fine and i can handle that but what could be causing it to launch at random stupid times.
Cheers
Tom Tom
Delete the 2577 folder on your SD card. It's only needed during the install, but it also contains autorun files. Get shot of it and TT will only start when you tap the menu entry.
cheers i'll give that a try
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my friend has lent me his TomTom 5 to try as my girlfriend travels a lot on business and she wants to give it a try before we buy it. When we try and install it to her XDA2i, the install goes great and the Today screen bar appears. The program launches and allows us to pick a voice and the units odf measurement etc but then says "No Maps Found" even though the map is installed?
Anyone had a similar problem?
hello
I found this problem too! I found that by re-installing the whole lot it solved this for a while though to combate this the best way is to install it all in one place ie the SD card.
When using the XDA IIi you may find it crashes while driving this can be solved by placing the phone into flight mode.
There is another way to direct tomtom but you should search for that as it is on here somewhere.
The postcode section file named zip should be placed in "my documents"
I tried it on mine also - no luck. then i realised i was an idiot. Id copied the files accross intoa folder called TT5 and therefore tomtom couldnt see the map. copied the map to root and it works now
Help,!
Have installed TT5 onto Qtek9100 and prior to installing map it starts up, you get the licence agreement then it says no map.Once map is installed, you get agreement screen again but when you hit agree, it sticks on the agreement page and doesn't go any further. Likewise, if you start it without memory card it gets to the page stating no maps,reinstall card, select download a map then cancel, it sees Great Britain map ok. But when you click on the map it then sticks there. You can escape from the app and kill app ,so it doesn't crash handset. Tried Card in my SPVM1000 (with Mini SD adapter) and maps work fine.
Anybody any ideas??
use the forum search and read the answers about currentmap.dat
I was suffering with the similar problem, TT5 seems working but extremely slow, then stuck with the map.......................................................
I hard reset the handset, and install TT5 again without using autorun but the cab files directly, n it works fine now...
Thanks for your help guys, found the thread relating to currentmap.dat and it sorted it.
thanks again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=28386&highlight=tomtom+voice+selection
follow this guide exactly, worked for me and i had the same problem, means ur gonna have to unistall first.
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've got a couple of apps on the miniSD card which I've added to the start menu but (I guess because they're on the miniSD) when I start up there is no pretty icon in the list.
It's not the end of the world, but I wondered if there was a way to fix it properly?
Yes, you can make a shortcut in the local/windows/start directory.
works perfectly - thanks! Clever things shortcuts
is it possible (as a follow-on) for a program in the 'startup' list that's on the miniSD card to be delayed before starting... or does it retry the card until it's ready?
I don't really understand what you mean.....
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works perfectly - thanks! Clever things shortcuts
is it possible (as a follow-on) for a program in the 'startup' list that's on the miniSD card to be delayed before starting... or does it retry the card until it's ready?
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Why don't you try and tell us that it won't kill your device, the worst it will do is just give you an error message.
hanmin said:
OffBeatMammal said:
works perfectly - thanks! Clever things shortcuts
is it possible (as a follow-on) for a program in the 'startup' list that's on the miniSD card to be delayed before starting... or does it retry the card until it's ready?
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Why don't you try and tell us that it won't kill your device, the worst it will do is just give you an error message.
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wasn't sure the best way to test... and as I've only had the thing a few hours was a little nervous about busting it but popping memory cards in and out to see what happens to get some empirical evidence
Looks like (on testing) that it doesn't retry an app that's set to run off the card if the card isn't installed in the first few seconds... in fact, programs living on the miniSD card but with shortcuts in the /windows/startup folder don't seem to launch at all (tried with a couple - Chronos and SmartsKeys from here) - does this mean I need to go find a launcher app that loops until it's found/started everything?!
I know... I'm a developer by trade so maybe I should learn to hack this thing myself, but most of my development is web not PDA (last time I used VB for a PC app was before .net!)
Funnily enough, in the testing I discovered it's pretty hit and miss if the shortcut icon appears when the app itself lives on the miniSD card... looks like I'm going to have to move Chronos to main memory if I want to be sure of getting woken up in the am
What's the "local/windows/start directory"?
I have the same problem with the icon for programs on the SD sometimes not showing up (sometimes display as a generic Winsows desktop liiking icon) - the entry is there just that the icon itself isn't the correct program specific one. Doesn't seem to be any rhyme nor reason to it.
So is there a solution?
I have the same problem with Storage Card icons not showing up after a soft reset. Has anyone figured this out? Putting shortcut in the startup folder only cause the programs to be loaded, and sometimes that cause errors and all those apps do get launched.
As a work-around I've installed Smallmenu and put cascading menu on my Programs folder (subfolders). It's a few clicks more but at least I get all my icons, organized the way I like them.
Can someone explain this solution to me? What am I creating a shortcut to? If I create a shortcut to the program in the startup menu, will i tnot just open the program?
That seems more annoying than not having the icons...
Looks like AKU2 update has made this problem go away, at least, I've not noticed a problem with startup or icons since upgrading...
ok i got the tt black cab7.19
i can install it, bluetooth working
app atarts but no maps
i have aquired maps 8.45 i cannot drag this into the tomtom folder as not enough space reported by phone, even though i installed on mem card which is 2gb empty?
how do i point tom tom at this map pack, i have already traweld these forums for a good 3 hrs but im going round in circles!
am i missing something?
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ok i got the tt black cab7.19
i can install it, bluetooth working
app atarts but no maps
i have aquired maps 8.45 i cannot drag this into the tomtom folder as not enough space reported by phone, even though i installed on mem card which is 2gb empty?
how do i point tom tom at this map pack, i have already traweld these forums for a good 3 hrs but im going round in circles!
am i missing something?
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Hey, I do not think you have tried tomtom before on other systems, do you?
Anyway, I used tomtom on S60, Palm OS, WinCE4.0(PNA) and WM(PDA)...
All the versions work through the same way. Try to put map folder to your SD card ROOT directory... You do not need to do something to point the tomtom to the map... Acturally it will link the program to its map automatically. Do not worry about that.
Hint, if it says "not enough memory" again, simply use a card reader and do that on your computer.
For the tutoral, try GOOGLE "gpsunderground", as I am not permitted to put external link here...
Hope that helps...
If you have purchased the software and maps, installation is easy. If you have not paid for the software - well, I hope you find it impossible to install...
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Hey, I do not think you have tried tomtom before on other systems, do you?
Anyway, I used tomtom on S60, Palm OS, WinCE4.0(PNA) and WM(PDA)...
All the versions work through the same way. Try to put map folder to your SD card ROOT directory... You do not need to do something to point the tomtom to the map... Acturally it will link the program to its map automatically. Do not worry about that.
Hint, if it says "not enough memory" again, simply use a card reader and do that on your computer.
For the tutoral, try GOOGLE "gpsunderground", as I am not permitted to put external link here...
Hope that helps...
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thank you i will get to it immidiatley!
one other question, does maps 8.45 work with ttn7.19 black cab?