I had awful problems with v9.058 on my Go LIVE 740 which caused my traffic to take ages to appear and would constantly drop out and be unreliable. It sounds from reading this thread as if v9.401 also does not fix this issue so I think I'm not going to bother upgrading to this version either! I am still running v8.371 which has no problems whatsoever with the traffic services, it's just that TomTom HOME forces you to update to the latest application before it will allow you to update maps or live services.
Tomtom upgrade free to Truck Mode; Backup TomTom XL; Install Truck. Whichever navcore you want – however this was the only one that worked for me.
I have found a solution to the being forced to upgrade problem which you might find useful. First of all, download TomTom HOME v2.7 from the following link: Now version 2.7 but do not run it. If you go to: C:Program FilesTomTom HOME 2xul there is a file called 'application.ini'. If you open this file in notepad, you will see there is a section which says 'Version=2.7.5.2014'.
Simply change this to read 'Version=2.8.3.2499'. TomTom HOME will now be tricked into thinking it is the latest version. It will therefore not force you to update to the real version 2.8. This will allow you to keep your desired application version, whilst still being able to download the other updates. Well after my email to say about compensation i recived an email today saying this:- Thank you for contacting TomTom Customer Support.
My name is Alisha and at TomTom, we are always happy and ready to help. I understand that you require the compensation for the Error 1008 issue. Please be assured that I will definitely try my best to help you.
Paul, inconvenience caused to you is highly regretted. Your case has been escalated for further investigation.
We hope to have a response for you shortly. Please bear with us while we look at the situation. I will let you know the outcome. So everyone start asking for your compensation!!!!!!! Re the Legal acceptance.
There is no reasonable way to know (even reading the website version I could not find it) the implications of the Legal Agreement until after you have purchased a unit and paid for the Live services. Only when you start the unit (or in the case of people here received the upgrade) do you see the full implications of the legal acceptance and have the opportunity to decline. They also handily mention at this 'too' late stage that no refund is due on existing or paid subscriptions. Sounds like another question for trading standards or someone with good legal knowledge. Rickj2903 A question to all. I understand that there has been a new release to solve a few problems with 9.4, but I also understand that with 9.4 several plus points are lost.
I'm on 9.061 and I'm trying to get a reply from TT CS as to if I have no choice but to accept the update via TT Home. The select box is already ticked but it's a grey tick and not blue. I can not 'un-tick'it. The related info indicates that my device -Go 750 Live, is not affected by this update. Will it start updating/downloading automatically when I choose to update other apps/files? I can not get a straight yes or no answer from TT CS.
Thanks Go750 Live, TT Home, Mac. Hi CrazyFrog, From what you have described I would suggest that if you plug your unit into Home and update your unit it will be updated with 9.401. I am unable to see Home at the moment as I am at work with no access but I think the tick is only 'blue' when you have the option to 'deselect'.
I run a Go940 and the latest update (9.401) didn't cause me any major issues other than making the connection to Live services slow. It did resolve the 'error 1008 issue' created by 9.40.
Make sure that you have a back up of your current system made with Windows Explorer-not Home-then you should, hopefully, be able to revert to 9.061 if you do experience any issues. Personally I didn't experience anything positive from updating to 9.401 over the 8.371 that I was running previously.
A few little tweaks to the functionality-shortcuts to regularly used destinations on start up etc-but nothing to make me choose the update over the previous Navcore that I was more than happy with (8.371). As a 940 owner of three years standing who has been running Navcore v9.058 for 18 months or more I have so far seen no reports at all either here or over on the pocketgpsworld.com TomTom PND forum re the v9.40x series Navcores that have persuaded me there is any reason at all to update to this series of failed and defective Navcores. I can also live without updating QuickGPS fix as the unit still works without it and I have downloaded all the users provided POIs I want from TomTom's website some time ago. Unless I have missed something obvious v9.40x versions of the Navcore actually try to remove features that used to work in the 940 like Bluetooth file transfer and/or mess up features like EPT tunnel tracking whilst adding no advantages or enhancements in functionality at all compared to Navcore 9.058 for a TomTom 940 series unit. Improvements would include the unit logging on to the HD traffic server in seconds instead of a minimum 2 minutes and 15 seconds (followed by a further minute to download all the Traffic data) and would include giving me features like average speed and distance travelled since a last reset in some form of utility like Tripmaster built in to the TomTom software (functions that are available on practically all Garmin Satnavs but that TomTom only provides to motorcyles users on its Rider series for reasons that are wholly unclear). In My Humble Opinion All TomTom have done with the v9.40x Navcore is to try and release only one Navcore for the Nav 2 units without properly writing that software so that all the high end featires of the top Nav 2 units like the 940 are still fully supported by the unit just as they were when it was new.
Have I missed something or is there actually any reason at all that I should even vaguely consider installing Navcore 9.403 instead of Navcore 9.058? Mike01Hu wrote:- 'Fair points made. When I get back to base l'll look to restore the old version as I am p'd off waiting for traffic to update. If it can connect!' Are you planning to revert to v9.058 or v8.371?
Some people here seem to swear by the faster HD Traffic connection times of v8.371 compared to v9 Navcores but when Iwas running that version my unit was always regularly rebooting wheras that problem mainly although not completely went away in Navcore 9.058. Having said that I think most of the reboots in v8.371 days were down to malformatted HD Traffic data from TomTom and that problem has now finally been addressed along of course with less welcome restrictions on the amount of HD Traffic data downloaded (which may have been another reason the units used to reboot when the software couldn't handle the total number of HD Traffic incidents they were being supplied). I also hear tell in these parts that v8,371 can't cope with more recent maps with newer IQ Routes data but as I'm still running the original mid 2009 maps with my own one way street etc corrections (eg on Pall Mall.
Piccadilly and St James's Street) that won't be an issue in my case. So just to clarify that Navcore 9.402 or whatever TomTom is now up to still doesn't work properly but that TomTom seems to have given up on investing programmer resources on a version 9 Navcore that does work or alternatively has not taken the obvious simple step of reverting to a Navcore version that worked better than this version for x40 and x50 series unit users - i.e Navcore 9.058 and/or Navcore 9.061.
Given that call waiting times to the TomTom support line are currently at 10 minutes or more this is the only logical conclusion that I can come to. Wygde3, It has been widely reported on various forums that TomTom Customer Services now claim that the latest map versions contain data in a format that is not compatible with Navcore 8.371 but then again they are precisely the same people who tell me that I can't get HD Traffic data in Spain because the SIM card in my 940 is not compatible with logging on to their networks and/or because they do not have any roaming agreement for my SIM card with the Spanish networks.
Despite that my SIM card in my 940 logs on to the TomTom servers and does a Google Live search and gets a weather report whenever I am in Spain quite happily just as it always has done for the last two plus years since the original 7 country roaming deal for HD Traffic was set up. Only when I try to force it to access HD Traffic through the Live services menu do I then get a nasty blue screen telling me my unit is not authorised to use HD Traffic in that country. So basically TomTom support will tell you that the latest maps are not compatibel with Navcore 8.371 but the proof the pudding is actually in the eating and so a report from someone who has tried Navcore 8.371 with the latest maps would be the only way to find out. Speaking personally I always found that Navcore 8.371 crashed repeatedly although that may have been down to malformatted HD Traffic data being transmitted by TomTom at that time and not down to the Navcore. I also still run the original three year old maps as it would annoy the hell out of me to pay TomTom a lot of money for map updates that then contain numerous failures to keep that map up to date.
However I do find various aspects of Navcore 9.058 including Eco Routes (often the same as the Fastest Route but not always where the Fastest Route involves a huge amount of extra distance than the Shortest Route) to be a significant improvement so for that reason have never felt inclined to go down the route of reverting to 8.371 Howver Navcore 9.402 clearly removes great tranches of functionality and provides no improvements in the interface (the speed limit warning changes reported would I know drive me batty) so I have no interest at all in upgrading to it. Since I am normally a natural upgrader of software and firmware to the very latest released version just for the utter hell of it TomTom must be doing something wrong to have made even me realse that updating to the latest Navcore is a downgrade and not an upgrade.
After i installed this navcore on my tomtom one xl it now freezers at the welcome screen can anyone help solve this problem pleaseDid you patch everything with a keygen such as FastActivate? (Make sure you get the latest version from the latest posts). Without knowing which steps you took in attempting to use this navcore, you may need to read this tutorial: Follow the (B) section of the tutorial. If you want to use this 8.562 SE navcore, then instead of steps 4 and 5, copy the contents of this navcore onto the root of the device and proceed with the rest of the tutorial.
Thanks for that, got it down ok. Now for the fun. Can you tell me if I still use the NewZealand8653246 that I am using at the moment or do I change to 8653245?
3245 didn't work on my present setup. Also do I just do the same as before and run the Fast Activate program? What I find the best is to use another Sd Card and load everything onto that and leave the original as a spare in case it all goes wrong. Thanks again for your help1) This 8.562 SE navcore supports the 3245 map (as well as the 3246). 2) Make a full backup of your current setup. 3) Use an empty SD card, copy the entire contents of this navcore into it. Also copy across the map, voices, etc.
4) Insert the card into the TomTom and boot it up. Ignore any error message and just shut it down. This step creates the new ttgo.bif file 5) Then back to the computer again, run FastActivate.exe from the SD card. This function does work with this navcore. Chances are your tomtom might be reporting the incorrect navcore version.
Happened to me when I installed this navcore version. To check this you can run TThome and check the contents of your tomtom. To fix, delete the TTGO.BIF file from the TomTom, disconnect the TomTom from pc and restart.
This will create a new TTGO.BIF file with the correct navcore and system information. Or you are using the incorrect patched DLL file for TThome. I have attached the correct patched DLL file below. You should now be able to patch and operate your TomTom from home.
Hi Greg, Mine was reporting 'an invalid' version in tom tom home. I did what you said and deleted the ttgo.bif and the bak one as well and now it boots up after shutting down, which it didn't do before. I had to remove the sd card and push back in after it started. However I am still getting the 'invalid ' version for tom tom home. Will try and re patch it again.
However I am still getting the 'invalid ' version for tom tom home. Will try and re patch it again.Check if you have a file called version.txt in the Config folder or in the root of the TomTom.
If not, you can create it in the root of the device and copy the following into the file. Generally, for ONE models with a 3.5 inch screen, type the following into the version text file: A:7903 B:9183 Or for most ONE XL models with a 4.3 inch screen, type the following: A:8010 B:9369 This version.txt file should stop the error message in TomTom HOME. But even if you still get this error, it doesn't stop you using any of the functions in Home. You can just ingore it and continue using it. Check if you have a file called version.txt in the Config folder or in the root of the TomTom. If not, you can create it in the root of the device and copy the following into the file.
Generally, for ONE models with a 3.5 inch screen, type the following into the version text file: A:7903 B:9183 Or for most ONE XL models with a 4.3 inch screen, type the following: A:8010 B:9369 This version.txt file should stop the error message in TomTom HOME. But even if you still get this error, it doesn't stop you using any of the functions in Home. You can just ingore it and continue using it.Thanks for that. It is showing the correct version but still get the error from tomtom home about the wrong version. However as you said I just ignore it and it carries on ok. Even update the Quickfix mapshare part when I connect from time to time. I do notice that after doing this update I always get a slower startup as it goes to the 'I Agree' thingy screen before it starts.
However after that it starts and stops ok very quickly. Getting quite good now with these things as it has taken a while ha ha. Haven't tried the 3245 map as yet. You said it worked with 8.562. If I include that map will I have to do the 'fastactivate' thing again.
Will I then get two maps at startup to choose from. Checking with you before I go ahead as things going well as they are. I have bought another sdcard so maybe I should transfer all files from this working one and change the map only and patch?? Thanks for that. It is showing the correct version but still get the error from tomtom home about the wrong version. However as you said I just ignore it and it carries on ok.
Even update the Quickfix mapshare part when I connect from time to time. I do notice that after doing this update I always get a slower startup as it goes to the 'I Agree' thingy screen before it starts. However after that it starts and stops ok very quickly. Getting quite good now with these things as it has taken a while ha ha. Haven't tried the 3245 map as yet. You said it worked with 8.562. If I include that map will I have to do the 'fastactivate' thing again.
Will I then get two maps at startup to choose from. Checking with you before I go ahead as things going well as they are. I have bought another sdcard so maybe I should transfer all files from this working one and change the map only and patch??Good to see you're quickly becoming an expert at this! That's correct. The error in TomTom HOME does scare a lot of people, thinking that it won't work unless it's the official navcore, but once you just ignore it and continue, you can use all the functions in HOME, including all updates.
As you've probably seen, the first couple of times after updating your device or even just removing and re-inserting the SD card, the device will do a full boot which takes longer than usual. But on the 3rd time you restart it, it will power on immediately. This is quite normal with most TomTom models. The 865.3245 map is the best full featured map and is highly recommended, since this navcore supports it. You would have to run FastActivate again to activate the map/speedcams.
If you leave the other map in there, you will get to choose which one you want to use. You can do that if you wish, even though you'll just end up using 3245 anyway! With the new SD card, just like you said, you can transfer everything to the new card, copy across the new map and activate it. Seems like you have all the knowledge you need to confidently update your device. Well done kaygill! The SD card has a copy of a working system. The problem will be that copy is from another system, I'm pretty rusty on this but I think there is a couple files that hold the info of the system that its running on one is the ttgo file I can't remember that the other one is.
You could try deleting the ttgo and restart the tomtom use the reset button if it dosn't restart, see if that helps but I'd redo the SD card from scratch, format the SD card download this navcore again and copy it to the SD card and then the maps and run FastActivate should work without any problems. I have the old SD card tomtom also. Delete the following files: ttgo.bif ttgo.bak (if present) ttgo.ori (if present) Delete all.dct files from the map folder Next step, reboot the device with the SD card to create a new ttgo.bif file.
Do not forget this step! Next, install the LATEST version of FastActivate. Get it from the FastActivate thread or click on this link: Make sure you run FastActivate.exe from the root of the SD card and FIRST click update meta.txt, then proceed to all the others in order (patching maps, navcore, home).