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TomTom 5.21 freezes

Hi,
I've updated my k-jam's rom to the latest available from i-mate which is this one:
Rom version: 2.16.9.1
Radio version: 02.07.10
ExtROM version: 2.16.9.101
On the last rom version I had, which was the original one from the time I bought the phone, I managed to install TomTom 5.21 by Bakonl and work with several maps.
Now that I upgraded the rom I tried to install the program again but this time to the mini-SD card and it freezes on the "choose map" screen. Sometimes it's only the program freezing, others it's WM5 that freezes making me soft-reset.
I have now tried to install TomTom to the phone disk but still get these problems. Is it just me geting this?
Has anyone else been having the same problems?
any workarounds this problem?
Cheers,
pL

i had the same problem when i didnt have a CurrentMap.dat file installed on my pda. I copied one from one of my backups and put it in the /MyDocuments/TomTom folder, its worked since.

Hi Dean,
I don't even have that folder. I'll try and create it with that dat file and see how it goes...
I'll post again with the results later.
Thanks,
pL

F**** it works.
I had been jamming my head around for this.
Real thanks mate.
To those interested what I did was based on dean's enligthments and another post on this forum on "tomtom v5 maps".
I created the folder TomTom on My Documents.
Then used TotalComander (you can do it on your desktop if you want to) to create a file called CurrentMap.dat that I placed on the previously created folder. That *.dat file only contained a line of code:
& \Storage Card\Iberia Plus-Map\
This did it...
Cheers,
pL

freezing and resets galore after new O2 ROM
I installed the new O2 ROM last week and all appeared OK, but now TomTom (5.21) is freezing up (everywhere) and it won't start up \again after being used without a soft reset, whereupon it can't see the storage card and that needs to be taken out and the contacts rubbed (static?).
I have a CurrentMap.dat file in My Device/My Documents/TomTom already so I don't think it's that.
My poor xda is blushing at the abuse it's getting.
On the plus side, Activesync isn't totally [email protected] any more.
DBo.

well, I have no clue whatsoever on that...
Nevertheless, have you tried re-installing it?
Or was your rom update complete and you already had to install it?
Do check the dat file it might be that it's tricking you...
By the way are you using bakonl's version of tomtom?
Take care,
pL

Ooer missus!
I checked the CM.dat file and sure enough it had a '!' athe beginning (comment?). I removed that and viola - TomTom started up with the agreement screen (like when it can't find the maps) and then let me choose from the two maps I have and then froze (like a biatch).
One soft reset later and...it has started fine...twice.
I'll post results after further trials.
Cheers, DBo.

Another reason why TT freezes ist too much POI categories or too much POI checked to be visible.

Was More TT Woe - now Mini SD Woe
I don't know whether it's overheating (I had to use my car mount in another car) or the mini SD card expiring or what, but I was having major trauma yesterday (on most of a 600 mile round trip!!).
It is getting to being unusable.
Bah! :x

Mini SD woes
STOP PRESS!
It is the Mini SD card. It finally gave up the ghost and is being laid to rest in a small ceremony (slotting it in a jiffy bag back to Moby). The backup 1Gb card is working fine...so far.

Nice one. Glad it worked out for you.
TomTom seems to be the best around, at least from what I tried out so far.
I'm trying to get a trial on viamichelin to make a final decision.
Cheers,
pL

iakaox said:
F**** it works.
I had been jamming my head around for this.
Real thanks mate.
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Sorry aint checked back here for a couple of day. Glad you got it sorted mate.
Dean

I get the same problem to
uninstalled reinstalled ... and so on and so on.
it seems to be strangly intermittent.
When it decides its going to work within the first few minutes it will work all day , when it doesn't then it crashes before loading the map.
Its really quite annoying especially when your trying to show of the skills of the TT5 on the wizard.
Are you sure its not the fact that you reinstalled it?
My moby mem card has given me grief before then started working again .
will hold off till these 2 GB ones maybe get a san disk one this time .

Stuck at Windows Mobile loading Screen (Backup power ??)

As weird as it may sound, my prophet is not loading up successfully since this morning. It was working well until last night and for no reason seems to have lost it's way.
I see the Splash screen with the IPL / SPL etc. information and then it proceeds into the blue Windows Mobile Screen (Windows loading screen) and doesn't get any further.
Has anyone faced a similar problem earlier and have a resolution to it. I do not want to Hard Reset my device at the moment.
I had this problem last time but it worked after n soft resets. I'm sure today I have far exceeded that number n in doing a soft reset on my device. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Umesh.
O2 Neo (WM5)

Feasibility of a probable solution
Read this solution on another forum and thought of bringing it up for discussion here.
It said that these PDA phones have backup power source probably as a battery / capacitor to store ROM data in absence of the main battery. In case of situations like mine where the boot sequence is probably hitting a deadlock or some other problem , it might work to drain the back up battery / capacitor completely.
This might force the PDA to look for a fresh boot sequence or default.
Is this a possibility ? Do the senior members / experts here believe or know anything about this. I feel it's worth a discussion, if so.
Thanks,
Umesh.

The probable solution!!!
Hi
I had almost the same problem and I guess you maight have done the same mistake.Have you newly installed any weather forcasting programs which install some plugins into your TODAY SCREEN?If yes,it is the one which is responsible for your failure.(Many of plugin installers in today screen may cause the sme problem)
Hope you can succeed with resolving it.

puzzled
Have you tried start up minus the SD card...?

amiromario said:
Hi
I had almost the same problem and I guess you maight have done the same mistake.Have you newly installed any weather forcasting programs which install some plugins into your TODAY SCREEN?If yes,it is the one which is responsible for your failure.(Many of plugin installers in today screen may cause the sme problem)
Hope you can succeed with resolving it.
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I did install the HTC Home Plugin but I'm also sure that did not cause the problem cause I had it running great for about 3 weeks now. The last software I tried installing on my device was Merriam-Websters pocket pc dictionary. It had some flash card feature which ran at start up and to my surprise the morning (without restart) before my cell went into the struggling mode. But unless it reloads itself, I cannot do anything about any of the softwares.
How did you resolve the same problem with your device. Did you also have to do hard reset ?

Rivendell63 said:
Have you tried start up minus the SD card...?
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I have tried with and without the SD Card - that had got my prophet working last time I had this problem but unfortunately, this time not. I even tried pulling it off at different intervals while the cell is stuck in the load mode, but to no luck.

You'd better to...
umesh said:
I did install the HTC Home Plugin but I'm also sure that did not cause the problem cause I had it running great for about 3 weeks now. The last software I tried installing on my device was Merriam-Websters pocket pc dictionary. It had some flash card feature which ran at start up and to my surprise the morning (without restart) before my cell went into the struggling mode. But unless it reloads itself, I cannot do anything about any of the softwares.
How did you resolve the same problem with your device. Did you also have to do hard reset ?
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Hi
Actually,I installed a POCKET WEATHER, a weather forecasting program which installs some plugins on today sceern.Then my problems with the device(same as your)started to appear.I waited for 2 or three days,but finally I found the solution in removing it from my device.Once I deleted it,my device returned back to its great condition that it had before.I guess, you should ignore and put away those programs which leave a trace in today screen.Don't ask me why(Cause I don't know that much!!! )but I heard about some subsequent problems with your rom's cash, or something.You'd better removing them and I hope they will help you to solve the problem.

I did not have any luck and had to hard reset my device. I had not done it even once since I brought this handset about a year ago and am only glad to have done this now. Just realised how slow my device was working with all the software installs and uninstalls I had experimented with it over the year.
I did loose some data - but in the end a fair trade off.

hard reset keys dont work
Hi! i got the same problem, i installed an updated TouchFlo in my phone, but it hangs at start up, so i tryed to hard reset the phone, BUT my phone is a chinese clone of pharos 3470 / dopod P660 and the hard reset keys dont work (camera + power + reset) i have been trying diferent combinations of keys but i cant find any solution.
does anyone know a possible way to hard reset a phone?
i did it before, but from inside the windows settings and it worked well, but i cant do it with the keys, and i cant get in windows settings when it is stucked at startup
please help!

ATT 8525 Camera Issue

I bought an ATT 8525 a month ago. Suddenly the camera stopped working.
I got the message "Unable to initialize camera. Failed to set up the device".
I looked for this in the web and could not find much help... seems that Cingular may exchange the unit as solution...
Some said it may be a problem with the SD card (2gb from sandisk).
I tried soft reset, hard reset, re-installing ROM (the one from cingular USA) and nothing seemed to work.
I almost gave up when I found this
I followed the steps and not only got the camera to work but I got a very fast , stable and spanish!! version of windows mobile 6. And with a lot of available memory !
Thanks so much to Schap !
hope this would be useful for those having the camera issue!
fabian
ROM Version: Schap's 3.30c
ROM Date: 05/15/07
Radio: 1.41.00.10
Protocol: 32.74.7020.18H

False alarm.
The camera worked for an hour or two... then I started getting the same error.
I did not install anything during that time or change any configuration...
I guess it must be a hardware problem...
any ideas?

Good news!!... (again)
I just downloadedthis cab that says it corrects SC bad management.
After installing the cab... turning off/on the phone... the camera works!!
(I don't know for how long it will work... but at least it is alive! )
Good luck and please share your experience with this cab !!
fabian

doesnt matter since our cameras suck anyways
Im just mad cause I parted with my K800i lol

F****'n camera!
I was trying almost everything.... It's still not working at all. Camera just stoped working..soft reset..nothing...hard reset...nothing...I did what Fabian is writing in his posts...nothing...one thing has changed, phone found camera and I have icon of camera in Programs menu, but it still don't work. It don't give me any error raports or something, when I tap on the camera icon it's just don't do nothing so....mayby I should go to church and pray for a miracle because I don't have any other options.
Someone knows any program to find problem? To diagnose or something...
I am sure that problem is in software. I didn't drop phone or damaged him...
I have Sandisk mSD, mayby that is the source of the problem?

Hi,
I know it sounds weird, but I got the camera to work for 2 or 3 days by removing the battery for 5 minutes.
I really don't know which is the trigger that makes the camera stop working, but it seems that removing the battery "cleans" or releases something somewhere.
It's really annoying but at least I found a systematic way to make the camera return to life everytime it dies...
Try this... maybe works for you too...
fabian

...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
Yo Fabian
That thing with taking off battery don't work on my 8525.
I was trying few combinations of that solution (without mSD cart, with cart in the phone). Life is hard. Nothing helps.
I just looking for software that can tell me what is wrong, but i can't find nothing. Something to check my hardware or something...
Mayby you have any idea how to get any info what to f*** is going on?
NeOrB

Hi
I really tried everything I could...
I've been looking for that tool you mention ... no luck..
Could not find a windows mobile event viewer neither...
I'm thinking on messing around with the c# sdk to debug the camera application ...
I can tell you now after a few days that removing the battery does not always work
My advise... if you're one of those lucky guys that can claim for the warranty... go for it and replace this f... phone!
fabian

Hi Fabian!
I don't have warranty for my phone, I bought it on eBay in USA, I had 7 days to turn it back if there were something wrong with that....camera stoped working after 9 days. Worst thing is that now I am in Poland and I even can't find any place where someone could repair that phone for me.
Thanks for wasting your time for me!
I'll not surrender and I will try to find solution!
Someone must know what to f**** is going on!
Few guys telling that problem could be with Sandisk mSD. And that could be true, because I remember that after I bought that card camera stoped working.
When I will have some more time I will hard reset PDA or something with taking off mSD from PDA before doing that. Mayby that is the solution. We will see...
Thanks one more time Fabian
C U at the next post!
NeOrB

Pls help , JAS JAM

Dear XDA Forum members,
Need you help . I purchased a new Imate JASJAM after few days of using the PPC , i noticed a strange thing happening on my phone. All the application just closes automatically . when i open any apps it just closes within seconds , i am just able to receive calls and no other functions work . I took it to the imate service center couple of times now but after they handed over the phone to me , the problem persists after using the phone for 2 days . It seems very strange to me . Request your help/suggestion and solution to control this problem so that i can use the PPC again without any problems

What did the service center tell you was wrong with it?
And have you tried just doing a system restore?

Hi,
The service center restored my mobile device from WM6 to WM5 as it was not compatible, earlier they thought it was an software issue and then the hard ware was also checked but to no avail. after sometime of working on the ppc , the programs just closes immediately within seconds of opening.

It should run WM6 just fine, they also have a wm6 rom for your device so that should tell you somthing.
sounds like they didnt know what was wrong with it.
Tell them your unhappy with it and you want a replacment, thats if u havent unlocked it>
Or maybe someone else here willl reply with a better solution.
To me though it sounds faulty
Seems your not the only one with issues with this phone
did a quick google search

Well the phone is not under any warranty , checked lots of links in google but never helped . Just hopes somebody comes out with a solution . Already have paid enough for service of the phone at the service center .....pls help

girishkumar.kp said:
Well the phone is not under any warranty , checked lots of links in google but never helped . Just hopes somebody comes out with a solution . Already have paid enough for service of the phone at the service center .....pls help
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If you got the phone from a legit source it should have had some type of warrenty at one time. And if so was it in for repairs during that period. Just asking cuz thats your proof that the problem was never resolved and they should still provided you with a replacement.I could be wrong but Id look into it more.
anyways hope you get this resolved...Good luck

girishkumar.kp said:
Well the phone is not under any warranty , checked lots of links in google but never helped . Just hopes somebody comes out with a solution . Already have paid enough for service of the phone at the service center .....pls help
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Ok, real long shot. We have several Jasjams. One of our Jasjams had an issue with a broken OK button (near the scroller). The button just stopped working altogether. Is it possible that yours has lost it's click and it keeps pressing ok, shutting the programs? If that's the case, see if it's possible to reset the function for the broken button in the settings.

Hi there, what ver of WM6 you upgraded to? the ok button theory seems true, but just tell me what WM6 did u use? did u try 1 Version only or you tried many?
if you think this is a OS problem, try upgrading to Schap's 4.22 or TNT.SE, these are the best two versions ever, i am using Schap's on my JASJAM and its just perferct wihtout flaws, try installing it and see what happens with you.

jasjam warranty
if you bought it from a legit place and haven't put any cooked roms on you should be able to get it replaced if it goes bung in the first month. the store should replace with no questions asked if there is a problem that they cant resolve..... imate also has a years warranty on new phones so you should be able to send to them and be fixed AT NO COST TO YOU (excluding postage).
suggest taking back and if they say theres no problem test b4 taking out of the shop. all the help i can give, Cheers.

HP6915 Mic/Speaker Problem (Echo Feedback)

Hi
I have being using the HP6915 for a while now. Recently, it seems that I am getting a lot of Mic/Speakerphone feedback (echo). This sort of feedback is when you point a mic to a speaker and get those loud echos and such.
I am not sure if this is a hardware problem or software though I have hard reset my phone and the same thing is still happening.
I have also tried both using a headset as well as a Blue tooth but the problem still persist.
Warranty is over thus I am at a loss. Has anyone encountered a similar problem before?
Appreciate the help. Feeling quite lost without a Windows Mobile now.
Cheers

hello zakyn
to solve your problem ,all you have to do is to flash your device like me i upgraded with the french rom on Orange from the link graciously given by Donoven in the thread here is the link :
http://www.mobilite.fr.orange-business.com/public/oev4/html/fr/pme/mobiles/ba/dl.php?mi=192&pi=2510:)
many thanks to Donoven

Thanks to everyone's help.
I flashed the phone to the UK Rom and it is working now! After being down for over 3 months
Now just wondering what is inside the Orange Rom which some folks are praising.
Would like to know what some apps/software you guys are in everyone's most popular apps.
I'm currently using HTC Hom Customizer + HTC Home Plugin
Cheers