TomTom 5.21 freezes

[iakaox]

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

[DeanJ]

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.

[iakaox]

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

[iakaox]

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

[davebo]

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 cr@p any more.

DBo.

[iakaox]

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

[davebo]

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.

[tig]

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

[davebo]

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

[davebo]

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.

[iakaox]

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

[DeanJ]

F**** it works.

I had been jamming my head around for this.

Real thanks mate.


Sorry aint checked back here for a couple of day. Glad you got it sorted mate.

Dean

[Karzi]

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 .