Tom Tom on a mobile??

silver75 said:

Id like to get this on my N70, unfortunately i have no idea what you guys are talking about What is firmware? where can i get the software?

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Well, after 3-4 weeks of searching, looking, asking, scratching ...... Mines working.

At the culprit is ............... POIs (Custom ones that I'd added)

When I first installed the software, I also install a shed load of POIs. After trying everything in the book I accidentally deleted my POIs and then everything started working.

I'm not sure if this will help other people, but it certainly helped me.

btw, I'm on Firmware 3.0546.2.3 using an Emtac BT GPS, TT Mobile 5.20

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official response:-


Response 22/12/2005 01.53 PM
Dear Mr Scott,

If ordering the Mobile software it will come with the 5.20 software installed so you should have no problem installing it. Please make sure that you N70 has the latest firmware installed as it is required.

We have tested a N70 here with the MK-II GPS and we have had no connection problems with it.

With best regards,

The TomTom Customer Support Team



In other words TomTom.COM state you need the latest N70 firmware and TT5.20 to be fully supported. When you have this combination of hardware, they claim they cannot reproduce any faults.

I am willing to bet that TomTom's testing comprised of an engineer sitting at his desk with a GPS receiver sitting on the window, with TT5.20 running all day STATIONARY.

Several people, including myself have noted in the past (when I owned a GPS receiver) that if you don't move, then TT doesn't lose GPS signal or crash.

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I don’t want to talk too soon, but I seem to have my TomTom running VERY stable now..

I will give a run down of what I have done:


My N70 Is unbranded running V2.0536.0.2, 12-09-05, RM84

TomTom APP 5.2, GPS V1.20, Map V562

BT77 Receiver

First of all, I created a folder on the computer and made a copy of my entire MMC card. Make sure you select “Show Hidden Folders” as the System folder is hidden by default.

Once I had done this, I put my MMC card back in the phone and formatted it using the Format function in the N70 software. Doing this wipes all the data on the card, and creates a new system folder (and various other folders) needed for when you install applications etc.

After I had done that, I put the MMC card back into my computer and from the back up copy I made earlier I copied just the files needed to run TomTom (No Speed camera POI’s yet!).

I then put the card back into my phone, opened up TomTom and did the “Restore Factory Settings” found on page 5 of the preferences menu. This restores all the default settings, so I then took the time to set it up again how I used to have it (my personal preferences).

I then put my MMC card back into the computer and copied over my speed camera POI’s. I noticed one of these is labelled “continental”, meaning mainland Europe, and since I’m unlikely to need this I deleted it. I also copied over just the essential POI’s
which I use for work such as B&Q and Maplin (about 7 in total), and I also added my Post Code file. And finally I added my music folder with my MP3’s in.

So now with everything back on the card which I need, I put it back into my N70. First thing I did then was to go to the “Manage POI” page, selecet “Enable/Disable POI”, and then Uncheck all the POI’s which were checked (I left nothing checked in here). Then I went to enable “Warn when near POI” (with sounds) and “Only on my route” for the speed cameras.

I then exited TomTom and restarted the phone while I set up my GPS receiver on the window ledge. Once the red light was flashing to indicate it had found satellites, I opened up TomTom. I must point out that I did not have bluetooth enabled at this time. So now with TomTom running I went to the “Show GPS Status” page and configured it to connect with my GPS receiver (the phone asks if you want to activate bluetooth now, so select yes). When it had found BT77 I chose it and let the bluetooth establish a connection.

With everything set up and ready to go, I set my usual route to work (approximately 45 minutes) and started the “Show Route Demo”.

Now it did crash once at about 38 minutes in, however it didn’t require a reboot of the phone so for one last attempt at changing anything to do with POI’s, I turned off the “Show POI” setting on page 1 of the preferences menu (key 5 is a shortcut to this).

I was dubious as to whether I should disable that setting because I wanted to still be warned of speed cameras on my route. Fortunately I do still get an alarm warning, which is cool!

So again, I set up the demo running and so far I have not lost a connection once! Even as I type the connection is still going strong! I’m now about 3 hours in (continuous use) and this is the longest time ever without losing it (previous tests would last between 5-20 minutes max).

My theory is that all the bits and bytes of data needed by TomTom are all now placed closely together after formatting and then copying back over in the order that I did.

I really hope this has sorted out this incredibly annoying problem, so I can get back to having a life!

Just out of interest, what brand of MMC card are all the people with problems using? Mine is by Kingston..

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