Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 15
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11-30-2009, 10:43 PM
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I just want to thank you guys and gals for all your help. You made it less painful and I pretty much knew what to expect, thanks to you.
I'll help clear things up regarding the map upgrade and LMG. Like mvl said, with the upgrade, you are in fact given the same full map (US/Mexico/Canada with the 7 million as what came with the unit. By the way, HOME does make it clear that it's the US/Mexico/Canada map, and when you click on "get more info" you are given the version number and description as well (i.e. 7 million POIs).
Luckily, mine was the new 8.40 version and I downloaded it. The upgrade went well - remember to delete TTS voices to play it safe. What didn't go as well was the 9.022 firmware upgrade that hung, leaving my Mac frozen and useless. There were 2 firmware upgrades available - the first went well. Not v9.022. I couldn't even force quit out of TT home nor eject the TT "internal" drive. I had no choice but to pull the USB out of my 140s.
My Mac was never in that state, where I couldn't do anything, which doesn't say much about Tom Tom and their buggy software (HOME), firmware and downloads. To make a long story short, I rebooted and deleted the half-installed firmware, tried again (like an idiot) and the computer froze and hung again.
Again I rebooted and just stuck with the 8.415 firmware upgrade. I'm just hoping I didn't corrupt any files in my new TomTom with those half-installs and pulling the USB out "unsafely." It seems to be working OK, but I sense that it had to damage or corrupt some file or files, something that might turn up later.
Anyway, thanks for the help. I hope I helped answer some questions. And beware of that 9.022 firmware upgrade. I'l probably call TomTom tech support and tell them my story tomorrow.
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