[TomTom] Updating your device

[justmebrowsing]

Basically there are only 3 steps to map heaven:-

I’m not going to show all the links & examples of the necessary actions below as they are already well documented and detailed around here & elsewhere but there are basically just three steps to getting your new map(s) up & running.

1. Maps/premium speed cams/premium celebrity voices

Each and every map/premium speed cam/premium celebrity voice needs to be cracked (activated) by using one of the cracking/patching tools to add a new meta.dct file (AND a new tmeta.dct file for the Truck map) to your map folder and/or voices folder, which will be unique to YOUR device.

2. Navcore v7/v8/v9 only (NOT v10/11/12)
(application/software)

Each navcore will need to be patched ONCE to recognise your new map(s)/premium speedcams/premium celebrity voices

2a) If you use a map which is compatible with the correct & current navcore then you can use one of the cracking/patching tools to create/overwrite the ttsystem file in the root of your SD card or internal memory.

Remember, if you change the navcore or update it through TTHome then you will need to patch that new navcore as above.

2b) If you want an incompatible map/navcore configuration because you want a different map or different navcore because you like the pretty colours or like the later GUI etc then you need to use an SE or other pre-patched navcore.

3. ****** Home

To be able to use TTHome in emulation mode (Operate my Go) to pre-plan journeys etc then you will need to patch the TTHome .dll.
When you first run TTHome with your new navcore it will download a new .dll file. Once that’s done you can THEN patch that .dll to enable TTHome to see your device correctly.

Remember, if you change the navcore again then you will need to patch that new TTHome .dll as above.

Note this TTHome emulation is only “partially” available for the Work/Truck-specific navcores so you cannot fully run this emulation mode in TTHome for these navcores.

One more thing to note (actually two things) to take into account IF you are using an SDHC card and that’s that you use an SDHC campatible card reader (some of the older ones do NOT read/write to these cards) and that you use a suitable bootloader (system file) the minumum which is version 5.5012

...or in 7 easy steps:-

1) VERY IMPORTANT: Connect your device to your computer via USB. Using Windows Explorer, open your ****** drive and backup the complete contents of your ******.

2) Check your navcore version. You can do this either on the device menu under Version Info, or you can check the navcore version in ****** Home when the device is connected to your computer.

3) Check which map is compatible with your navcore using the latest compatibility chart.

4) Delete the old map folder.

5) Copy across the new map folder into the root of the device.

6) Download the latest version of FastActivate (note there's a "help" section included with it) or use another tool of your choice and then unzip the file and copy across FastActivate.exe to the ****** drive (the root of the device).

7) Run FastActivate.exe from the ****** drive, clicking on first 4 options in order, waiting for each to complete:
Update meta, activate maps, patch navcore & TTHome.

Note 1 (more to follow):-

You will need to search around here & other forums/google etc for the right map/navcore etc and remember that, generally, you can only use maps that have metas available. These metas can only be created/shared by people who have actually bought & paid for a map.