Hi everyone!
Just popped over from the Xda2i board and just wanted to ask..
For KJam is it possible to get high speed mini SD cards in order to make TomTom 5 to work properly and smoothly?
I understand from the posts here that it has to be the 5.21 update to work on the hardware correctly.
Some of you probably already know that the Xda2i needs a hi speed card to allow TT work properly and I was wondering if the same was needed for the K Jam?
If not, does TT 5.21 run nice and smooth on this handset? some of you have said it takes 30 seconds for TT to 'startup' - which isn't so much of a big deal to me, I just want it to perform nicely once running!
Any feedback advice would be appreciated guys!
Cheers!
Dennis! West London UK!!
Slooooow startup, but okay when it's up
My xda mini S and Tomtom bluetooth seem to take ages to pair up. I haven't worked out whether it's best to start the GPS or TT5 first. It can take upwards of 2 minutes! It doesn't seem to like plannin a route whilst it's trying to pair either. Sometimes it can take as little as 30s, but that's the best.
Once it's up it fairly steams ahead though. And I can run a bluetooth headset and phone conversation at the same time, no probs and no probs switching back. oice dialling works a treat too.
I now have a 2Gb mini SD which as soon as I get the data transferred to it (via a new card reader), I'll let you know if/how it goes. No probs with my Moby 1Gb card.
Re: Slooooow startup, but okay when it's up
Have you got it working yet? I'm curious if it's faster now.
davebo said:
I now have a 2Gb mini SD which as soon as I get the data transferred to it (via a new card reader), I'll let you know if/how it goes. No probs with my Moby 1Gb card.
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mine works fine with moby mem 1gb card
let us know on the 2 gb one
slightly slow at booting TT5 though but within limits
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Can I run Tomtom on a Jasjar without using an SD Card? I have a SDIO Gps and cant install an SD Card at the same time or do I have to get rid of my SDIO Gps and go BT?
Regards
Hi there
yes u can
first u have to see that how much space u have in your JASJAR available to maps, normally maps take approx 100 MB space, so if you have more than 100 MB space in your JASJAR then YESSSS
it really depend on the map you installing, if you installing only one city maos then i am sure u can put the map folder in your JASJAR
other wise u can't
I got UK maps which takes about 101 MB space in my SD CARD well i do no which maps you wanna use
HTH
Regards
Gugi
UK maps on Tomtom are about 96 meg.. I reckon that busts the bank.
It would seem the only way at present is for you to forgo your SDIO GPS and get a bluetooth one.. shame I know but seems the only answer.
I use the Globalsat BT338 and it is excellent.. picked it up for around 80 quid
Incidentally if you are going to get an SD card the best bet is to get a fast one (I have the transcend 80) because, historically, XDA's and Tomtom have a compatability problem with cards they can't access quickly enough.
It ends up with the program freezing etc
good luck
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UK maps on Tomtom are about 96 meg.. I reckon that busts the bank.
It would seem the only way at present is for you to forgo your SDIO GPS and get a bluetooth one.. shame I know but seems the only answer.
I use the Globalsat BT338 and it is excellent.. picked it up for around 80 quid
Incidentally if you are going to get an SD card the best bet is to get a fast one (I have the transcend 80) because, historically, XDA's and Tomtom have a compatability problem with cards they can't access quickly enough.
It ends up with the program freezing etc
good luck
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Hi all,
TomTom 5.1 seems to take an absolute AGE to load on my Exec... I've got a 1Gb High-speed Lexar 32x card.
The time taken from me tapping on the TomTom icon in PocketPlus to TomTom actually starting takes about 65 seconds.
Is this normal on the Exec as I'm quite sure it doesn't take that long on my Himalaya!
Got the same timing, and I think this should be related to 1gb SD card. i would be glad to have a solution.
I've got a cheap 1gig card and it takes 14 secs to load from a hot key. No third party launchers involved. I don't even have the tomtom today plug in installed.
sparky: when u say you use a hotkey, I presume you mean you've assigned TomTom to a hardware button?
Depend if you have the gps on or off
If you have BT gps configured and its not turned on tomtom will turn on the BT and search for the GPS until it gives a timeout of 45sec...
if you have the gps on is fast..
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sparky: when u say you use a hotkey, I presume you mean you've assigned TomTom to a hardware button?
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Yes, I use the video call button
My opinion is Windows Mobile is great as long as you use it for data only. No voice calls
I'm using Corsair 1GB card. Start TT from today screen with my GPS BT Off. TT takes 15 seconds to sart.
IMHO may be long time due to your SD card only being 32X ?
@fcaeiro: BT is on and so is my GPS unit is on when I try to load TomTom...
@johnwx: What speed is your SD Card? I thought 32x was supposed to be relatively nippy...
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@fcaeiro: BT is on and so is my GPS unit is on when I try to load TomTom...
@johnwx: What speed is your SD Card? I thought 32x was supposed to be relatively nippy...
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My Corsair card is 40x
Some of the faster cards are 150x !!!!!!
I thought it may be of use to future TT5 users. Today I bought TT5 Navigator in the UK from Dixons (yeah hate the shop too but it was an impulse buy). There was no CD supplied but instead a 128mb SD card was in the box with TT5 and the UK maps. After I copied this to my mini SD it installed perfectly first time, straight out of the box. Having checked in the preferences the version is 5.210 (5430).
Unfortunately it doesn't rotate the screen when I slide the keyboard out. But at least they seem to have fixed the installation.
EDIT: I have an O2 XDA Mini S but did not install any of the O2 software.
But you can flip the screen in the TomTom setup all four ways
hiya
does TT5 works on the xda exec as well??
i am trying to install TT5. it came on a cd. loading instructions said to copy zip file to my documenys on xda exec and great britian maps on sd card then synchronise the xda and run cd and it should go fine. but this does not happen ? anybody knows about this problem?
help
mo
How well do you find it runs on the Wizard?
I'm in pretty much exactly the same position, although I have a slightly older 5.0 version which I'm running on my X50V. It seems daft to take both the X50V and XDA Mini S so I'm looking to get Tomtom on the Mini S - my main concern is battery draw, I assume you're using a BT GPS receiver, how quickly does it run down?
On another note, anyone know what the activation limits are for Tomtom? I've activated it once around October last year on the X50V, the Wizard is obviously a different device.
John
@mohammadasif
had the same problem installing TT5 on my wizard.
TT5 installation does check the capacity of your memory card and quits without any message ich it's insufficient.
After installing a 1G SD card everything went well.
Portent said:
I thought it may be of use to future TT5 users. Today I bought TT5 Navigator in the UK from Dixons (yeah hate the shop too but it was an impulse buy). There was no CD supplied but instead a 128mb SD card was in the box with TT5 and the UK maps. After I copied this to my mini SD it installed perfectly first time, straight out of the box. Having checked in the preferences the version is 5.210 (5430).
Unfortunately it doesn't rotate the screen when I slide the keyboard out. But at least they seem to have fixed the installation.
EDIT: I have an O2 XDA Mini S but did not install any of the O2 software.
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Would there be any chance you could zip all of the files up and upload them somewhere? You need a license code to activate the software, so it wouldn't be illegal. It's just that alot of people seem to be having problems.
Since I have upgraded my t-mobile varo with the 2.21.2.5 NLD ROM I have problems with my tomtom 5.21
When it starts everything goes fine until it has to find the maps. Tomtom freezes. I have the map on my mini SD card. When it's out, tomtom says that there is no map, so I think it knows where it is. I have tried different maps, but it all gives the same problem, so I know that the maps are fine.
I have think about it to go back to the old ROM, but I don't know how, and I am not sure if it helps.
Is there anybody who knows what to do for me?
it depends what sd card you have. I have found that the wizard has certain issues with sd cards just like the alpine used to have. I myself have a 2gb sandisk. I purchased a kingston 1gb for my wifes and had various problems with it on her phone aswell as mine but the sandisk worked great in both
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it depends what sd card you have. I have found that the wizard has certain issues with sd cards just like the alpine used to have. I myself have a 2gb sandisk. I purchased a kingston 1gb for my wifes and had various problems with it on her phone aswell as mine but the sandisk worked great in both
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I have a 512MB Mini SD Sandisk.
But before the ROM update, 2 days ago, I had no problems, everything works fine
As I can remember there must be a "do_not_remove.txt" (or somewhat like this) in root on the storage card - otherwise Tomtom will not search for Maps there...
could it be excidently deleted?
maybe this helps...
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As I can remember there must be a "do_not_remove.txt" (or somewhat like this) in root on the storage card - otherwise Tomtom will not search for Maps there...
could it be excidently deleted?
maybe this helps...
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Never saw that file before. Can you be more specific? Do i need to put it in the benelux map? Where can I get that file? Not too big I think. Maybe someone can post it?
Thanx for responding!
Similar problem being discussed here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=53169&highlight=
nmonger said:
Similar problem being discussed here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=53169&highlight=
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Thnx, that was the trick!!! Tomtom works fine now!!!
Dose TomTom needs 1-2 minutes starting up for everyone or is it just mine :?:
My S200 is over clocked to 240! the speed overall is acceptable
On my Prophet the TomTom soft with German map takes only 15secs to load, with no other programs loaded before. And my machine is not overclocked.
Depend cold start 45 seconds. Warm start in 15 seconds.
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Dose TomTom needs 1-2 minutes starting up for everyone or is it just mine :?:
My S200 is over clocked to 240! the speed overall is acceptable
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Fully agree.
for some unexplained reason, TT5 takes a LOOOOOT of time to load.
IMHO it may be related to other programs running, even if you are plenty of memory.
A large contact list delays the mahine a lot, and I've got TT5 to stuck in a certain position up to ONE MINUTE without updating (screen coloured, not a GPS antenna problem)
I just quit using my S200, recover my JAM, and I'm selling my one month old S200.
The Prophet has too many compromises to be ready for prime time. WM5 may be the problem, but I guess the OMAP processor has it share of responsability too. What a pity!
See some other coments on this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=54148
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cidriver said:
Depend cold start 45 seconds. Warm start in 15 seconds.
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BTW it's about 5 times as much as a JAM//S100 needs.
And we call that "the S100 next generation"?
:?:
JAM = RAM & WM2003
JAMin = ROM & WM5.0
RAM more fast than ROM. Is IMPOSSIBLE that ROM memories goes more quickly than RAM.
The next generation is Slow, but you can turn off completly without lose data & program.
You Choose!
Strange, my Jamin takes a few seconds less (approx 30) than my Jam (approx 35 - 40) to load TT5. However it is installed on an SD card on both machines and there may be some differences between these cards...
Once running there is no noticable difference, except that the Jam is just a little quicker at plotting routes. However I am very happy with the Jamin and TT5
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JAM = RAM & WM2003
JAMin = ROM & WM5.0
RAM more fast than ROM. Is IMPOSSIBLE that ROM memories goes more quickly than RAM.
The next generation is Slow, but you can turn off completly without lose data & program.
You Choose!
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I dissagree.
Standard ROM may be faster, "Permanent non volatil RAM" is NOT (This is what you have on the Prophet).
Don't be fooled by the acronisms. Read the specs.
I sync with 2 PC, plus regular Outlook backups, etc. In all this years I`ve never lost data just based on dead bateries. However the S200 forced a hard reset on my first day with it! This is a REAL data lost.
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It's not that I don't like the S200 specs, I bought it based on that!, is it very POOR performance what turned my down about it.
Anybody that undertand a little of phisical RAM & ROM know that RAM is faster that ROM.
You are contradiction all teory or I unkonw ROM faster that RAM. It's posible that you rom faster than ram cost 3000€
i prefer I-Go
you can find info @ http://www.i-go.com/
starts pretty fast and the installation is fast and the maps are high from quality and small from size.....
smaller than those from TomTom
I like IGO, but introduce pois from tomtom (velocity radar limits) and another do it slow initialize. And no voice advise from radar pois...
Igo really good and not yet well impemented, i a few weeks change this circunstance, sure!
1:15 after reboot of Prophet
Few seconds less at second start of TomTom after closure of first session.
50 seconds on 252 Mhz after full reboot of Prophet.
Tried on a Wizzard this week. That was noticably faster (did not time it).
Could be because of having a slow SD card. I have a 2 GIG Sandisk MINI in a adapter.
Robin
mine takes 20 secs to completely startup tomtom. I run it at factory speed so without overclocking. I also use a 2gig sandisk mini sd. I use the orange rom. So no speed isues here.
grt,
Ruben
20 seconds here.
Running Tom Tom @ 240mhz but otherwise the JAMin runs at normal speed.
Regards
To all those having a slow loading time, did you install Tom Tom on the SD card or the main memory?
What about those that are not complaining?
@acer175
With 15secs startup after reboot, I have both the TT program and lots of maps to choose from on a Transcend 4GB card. The factory-clocked Prophet handles TT well, period.
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@acer175
With 15secs startup after reboot, I have both the TT program and lots of maps to choose from on a Transcend 4GB card. The factory-clocked Prophet handles TT well, period.
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So how do we get such different results?
Still, my point is how with the same TT5 program and the same (Phisically the same) SD card, can a JAM be way faster than an S200?
:?:
Plain factory configuration, just a few installed NON-RESIDENT programs, ??
Maybe English (WWE) or German ROMs are better developped?
:x
If you loaded TomTom on an SD card, try copying all of your files to a pc. Format the SD card, then copy all the files back. Sort of a defrag method for the SD card.
I was having trouble with TomTom taking too long to load until I did this. Now TT loads in about a quarter of the time as it took before.
Hope it helps.
My experience:
Tomtom 5.21 in ROM + map of Germany(~230MB) on an old Kingston 256MB SD-card
Startup time: ~45secs
Route calculation is at an acceptable speed.
OEM XDA neo (german) ROM, versions see below.
Oh and default clockrate of course.
yoda_143 said:
My experience:
Tomtom 5.21 in ROM + map of Germany(~230MB) on an old Kingston 256MB SD-card
Startup time: ~45secs
Route calculation is at an acceptable speed.
OEM XDA neo (german) ROM, versions see below.
Oh and default clockrate of course.
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Just tested: JAM, 1 Gb Sandisk card, 250 Gb Spain map. Time to load... 8 seconds.
And we call the S200 the Evolution?
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