Hey guys, I just wanted to talk about my experiences with the TomTom One IQ Routes Edition Europe.
I purchased the device a few days ago. For driving it has been great. It's fast, it's accurate, the IQ routes seems intelligent, the voices are clear, the car holder is great, GPS fixing is fast.
The problems I have been having with the software are on the other hand monumental. Thanks to the latest maps guarantee I wanted to install the 830 maps on my TomTom. Well, it downloaded them and then gave me an error message basically stating that the file I downloaded was corrupted. I contacted TomTom support and they of course gave me some form reply that was worthless (I followed their instructions word for word and it still didn't work). I tried on anther computer, just to make sure I wasn't doing the wrong thing.
I opened up 7-Zip and did a check on the large zip file. Sure enough the file was riddled with CRC errors. I managed to download a program that fixed the errors in the file and then I installed the maps on my device with no problems. Apart from the fact that it took like 2 hours. Is the One IQ still USB 1? It certainly feels that way, as when I am installing stuff it copies at 500 KB/s. Urgh.
Then everything worked fine for a little while until I decided to install some extra voices. So I install some and it works fine. I find some more, install those and the TomTom s stuck in the boot screen. I hard reset the device. Same error. I search the internet and find that the only way of fixing this problem is pretty much by formatting the device. So I did that and it starts working again. However when re-installing I had the problem that the cab file containing the firmware for the TomTom One was also corrupted. Ahhrg. Somehow I managed to hack the firmware back onto the device again ...
Then I tried putting the voices back on .. and hey presto the device is buggered again. I am starting to get a little sick of this whole ordeal. Sadly enough all the other Navigation devices on the market don't seem to be anywhere near as good as the One IQ Routes at the same price point, so I think I will be sticking with this buggy thing for now.
I purchased the device a few days ago. For driving it has been great. It's fast, it's accurate, the IQ routes seems intelligent, the voices are clear, the car holder is great, GPS fixing is fast.
The problems I have been having with the software are on the other hand monumental. Thanks to the latest maps guarantee I wanted to install the 830 maps on my TomTom. Well, it downloaded them and then gave me an error message basically stating that the file I downloaded was corrupted. I contacted TomTom support and they of course gave me some form reply that was worthless (I followed their instructions word for word and it still didn't work). I tried on anther computer, just to make sure I wasn't doing the wrong thing.
I opened up 7-Zip and did a check on the large zip file. Sure enough the file was riddled with CRC errors. I managed to download a program that fixed the errors in the file and then I installed the maps on my device with no problems. Apart from the fact that it took like 2 hours. Is the One IQ still USB 1? It certainly feels that way, as when I am installing stuff it copies at 500 KB/s. Urgh.
Then everything worked fine for a little while until I decided to install some extra voices. So I install some and it works fine. I find some more, install those and the TomTom s stuck in the boot screen. I hard reset the device. Same error. I search the internet and find that the only way of fixing this problem is pretty much by formatting the device. So I did that and it starts working again. However when re-installing I had the problem that the cab file containing the firmware for the TomTom One was also corrupted. Ahhrg. Somehow I managed to hack the firmware back onto the device again ...
Then I tried putting the voices back on .. and hey presto the device is buggered again. I am starting to get a little sick of this whole ordeal. Sadly enough all the other Navigation devices on the market don't seem to be anywhere near as good as the One IQ Routes at the same price point, so I think I will be sticking with this buggy thing for now.