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Upgrading Tomtom?

I bought an Artemis (standard package) a while ago and it shipped with Tomtom Navigator 6.020. I'd like to be able to know if there's a newer version of the software out, but so far, the only way I've found to be able to check this is through the TomTom Home desktop application, which doesn't seem to work with my Artemis's TomTom Navigator software.
Is there any page on the TomTom website where I can get Navigator updates (or at least check to see which version number is current)?
Also, I though I'd ask - 6.020 still is the most current version of Navigator, correct?

Although I don't own an Artemis a friend of mine does Tomtom home will function only if Tomtom is not running on the device.
One way to check for updates is either by GSM/GPRS/UTMS connection or when the device is connected via AS on a PC with an active internet connection. Go to Tomtom Plus services - Check for updates. Make sure you have a valid username and password for TT plus services.

My Artmis works good with TomTom home and yes, 6.0.20 ist the up-to-date-version

I have an XDA Orbit, I updated from Tomtom V5 to V6 today and works fine no problem, boots up a lot faster than TT5. Not sure why you have V6.020 , mine is V6.010 build (7720) which should be the latest?
By the way if anyone is upgrading from V5 to V6 maps, when it asks for which device you have pick MDA III if you don't you will only get V6 Maps, no TT6 Program.
Nick

NickR said:
Not sure why you have V6.020 , mine is V6.010 build (7720) which should be the latest?
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My Artemis came pre-loaded with 6,020 you get an option in the GPS configuration within TomTom to select "Inbuilt GPS" - Mike

mikealder said:
My Artemis came pre-loaded with 6,020 you get an option in the GPS configuration within TomTom to select "Inbuilt GPS" - Mike
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Mike, I guess TOMTOM have done a special OEM bundle for the HTC P3300, I don't get the "Inbuilt GPS" option, I have to setup mine as "Other NMEA GPS reciever" Baud rate 4800 COM4,
Cheers
Nick

Just wondering why coz I recently bought tt6 and installed it on my S100 and the version says only 6.010 and when I try to update it tells me I've already have the latest version.

Latest version TT6: 6.010
Version on HTC P3300 is 6.020, which is 6.010 adjusted with the internal GPS feature

I have a HTC P3300 which came with the 6.020 however when hooked up to TT Home it advised me that there was an update. After i updated the vesrsion was 6.010.
Everything worked fine! I aclled Tom Tom US and they did not know that the latest version was. So what i did is a master reset and reverted to the factory setting to reapply the 6.020 since thyat one should be the latest version.
Cheers

TT6 should detect the internal GPS on the Orbit/3300/Artemis fine I know mine does, had the co-piolt got rid of it as it was crap and put TT6 on and works fine
Just need to work out how to load new voices onto it now
Kimbie

Simply use TT Home to load voices onto the card.

does the 6.020 version also add the ability to use the quick GPS function of the artemis which is greyed out on the 6.010 version?
I'm running a back-up version of 6.010 and it seems to work fine, although it does take ages to get a fix.

debully said:
does the 6.020 version also add the ability to use the quick GPS function of the artemis which is greyed out on the 6.010 version?
I'm running a back-up version of 6.010 and it seems to work fine, although it does take ages to get a fix.
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Hi, I run an Orbit I have QuickGPS which updates when I sync my Orbit with the PC, I also run TT v 6.010 , can you explain what is greyed out?
Cheers

I am in the same situation that the "quick fix gsp" is grayed out on both tt home and/or in my device.
Just for a test, can anyone post the files stored in the Navigator folder?

My quick gps on the HTC-P3300 is not grayed out. Where is the quick gps on the TT?

dicin said:
My quick gps on the HTC-P3300 is not grayed out. Where is the quick gps on the TT?
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I think there is a bit of confusion on my part and maybe others it seems tomtom has a plugin similar or the same as "HTC QuickGPS" which essentially does the same thing when in TOMTOM, I cannot find it in my version? links below explains TOMTOM version.
‘QuickGPSfix’ http://www.tomtom.com/plus/service.php?ID=18&Language=1
I think but am not sure the "HTC QuickGPS" should help TT6 and other gps apps find the satellites quicker as long as the PDA is docked with activesync regularly or downloaded via GPRS? If I am wrong please let me know.
Cheers

Hi NickR,
Mine works exactly as you explained. I used the tweak so i could drain the battery while plugged in without charging. I have been told i should drain the battery every once in a while. I am in the basement phone is on with wifi and gps working flawless.
cheers,

dicin said:
My quick gps on the HTC-P3300 is not grayed out. Where is the quick gps on the TT?
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I'm confused about your statement because first you claim it works but then you ask where is it located. So how do you know it works if you don't know where to activate/deactivate it?
@NickR: what you say is true and seems to be designed only for non PDA/phone devices.

The quickGPS installed in my HTC-P3300 fine.
The one in TT i cannot find!

The "quick gps fix" in tt can be found when selecting "TTPlus Services - Download more" options. You'll have to have the device connected via AS or EDGE/GPRS/UMTS.
Appologies dicin, I didn't mean to be rude. I don't have an Artemis and would like to know what does the "quick gps" installed on your device do. Does it have the same function as posted by NickR (http://www.tomtom.com/plus/service.php?ID=18&Language=1)?

GPS Software

GPS Viewer and Location SMS this software is for ETEN
i have this software one my Artemis and it work with no proplams

i have put photos

Thanks that's nice software

How do you install it? please guide.
How do you install it? please guide.

Download the file, un-zip the files from the archive, connect to your device and copy the files to the memory or the memory card.
On your device run 'File Explorer', browse to the files and then touch and hold the file name then select copy. Next browse to device>windows>Start Menu>Programs then in an empty area of the screen touch and hold and select 'Paste Short-cut' Now the program will show in start menu.

Thank you for this piece of software!
I'm looking for a Windows Mobile application for my Artemis that logs the GPS coordinates when I'm movin. It sould be posible to import these coordinates into Google Earth Pro and see the route I've made.
Who knows a program that can do this ?

michielc said:
Thank you for this piece of software!
Who knows a program that can do this ?
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i use vito smart navigator for this.
(http://vitotechnology.com/en/products/smartnavigator.html)
there are others, but i am happy with that. this is not freeware though.

will it work on my HTC TyTn HERM 100
will it work on my HTC TyTn HERM 100

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will it work on my HTC TyTn HERM 100
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i dont know your device. the requirements are on the page i linked:
Windows Mobile 2003 or Windows Mobile 5.0
Windows Mobile 6.0 compatible
so if you have one of these i'd say it will work (but that's just a directed guess )

cttransnb said:
GPS Viewer and Location SMS this software is for ETEN
i have this software one my Artemis and it work with no proplams
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Cttransnb,
Thanks for the tools. The sms piece works very nice...For the GPSViewer, the speed is wrong on my p3300. It shows 56km/hr while i was doing 110+km/hr. I think the scale is wrong...by 1/2...do you have this problem? Second problem is the GPSViewer dump a GPStxt file on the system and if you not careful, the file will keep growing...and growing...
I think there is a later version...no? Can u tell me the software vendor for the GPSViewer? Can u check to see it there is some other files missing?
Thanks,
p3300...OS 3.7 from HTC...thinking of moving to B&B4.0....

P3300 Sat Nav software
Hi,
Need a bit of help, have a HTC P3300 Artemis Premium, on which my wife haas somehow managed to completely uninstall the sat-nav software. IS there any way to get this re-0installed on the unit without having to send back to the manufacturer?

dave154 said:
Hi,
Need a bit of help, have a HTC P3300 Artemis Premium, on which my wife haas somehow managed to completely uninstall the sat-nav software. IS there any way to get this re-0installed on the unit without having to send back to the manufacturer?
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whats the name of the software?
TomTom Software can be downloaded for free directly from the Homepage.
Only the maps cost money!

If you hard reset the Artemis it will re-install the TomTom application when the device boots up, you will loose all data stored on the device doing this though.
For the maps etc you will need to install them from the DVD that came with the Artemis, once you get it up and running again connect the unit to the PC and let TomTom Home look for the software upgrade to 6,030 - which it should download and install - Mike

http://www.tomtom.com/support/index.php?FID=6736&Lid=1

Thanks for your nice software

cool Tool, Thanks!

Thanks-Can't get Location SMS to work with TYTN and Bluetooth
I can connect to my GPS fine and have other apps like Tracky working fine. But I can't get Location SMS working.
Any other send coordinates via Email/SMS apps out there?
Thanks

thx man i will try this out.

Installing tomtom 6 issue

Hello,
I'm struggling with the installation of tomtom 6 on the blackstone . After loading all the maps and software to the phone, and installing the ttn.cab file on the device, the setting windows (for choosing the map, the language, and retrieving the activation code) appears only on a 1/3 of the screen making it impossible to read the activation code. The settings windows also seems to be repeated 3 times on this 1/3 screen.
I have looked evrywhere on xda and other websites without finding a answeer/solution to this problem. As anyone experience the same problem ? Can anyone help me with this issue ?

satnav
Hello quite simply TomTom 6 does not work, how ever I am running tomtom navigator 7 and its works like a charm including going from portrait to landscape. I also found Copilot 6 that came with my p3300 (Orbit) works a treat. As does GARMIN XT but I didn’t like as my bike satnav system Garmin Zumo and I don’t like that either it becomes clear why I don’t like that system if you use both tomtom and garmin

Where did you got tomtom 7 ? On the tomtom website they're still selling tomtom 6.

tomtom navigator
sorry for the delay in this reply this is due that im now in canada for 3 months on my snowboarding holiday. as for navigator 7 lets say it found its way off the internet on to my computer torrentpond.com

TomTom 6 Working for me
I had the same problem as the original poster, TomTom opens in the top third and is all messed up and unreadable.
Then I found and have installed WVGAFIX3 (search for it) and my TomTom Navigator 6 is working fine, although only on about 2 thirds of the screen, still pretty big.

OEM version of TomTom 6.033 (8358, included in official WM6.1 Polaris ROM upgrade) works with no problems in HD. No registery tricks were needed, just copy and paste \TomTom folder. It rotates fine with the Gyrator2.

TomTom Navigator 6 working on Touch HD

After a lot of searching on here I have found the info I needed and by trial and error I have got TomTom Navigator 6 working on my HTC Touch HD. I have TTN6 Western Europe HTC P3300/P3600/X7500 version on DVD. It has taken a few hours to get it running but it runs now. Others have mentioned time lag when using it, I have not tried it in the car yet and will do that tommorrow. But all looks swell.
There was also an issue with TomTom over me changing from my HTC3300 which I originally ran the software on. You can only change it from one device to another once in 6 months so don't register the new device with TomTom until you have it all running. I had TomTom Home 2.7 installed and had registered my HTC3300 and TTN6 with TomTom. I had to set up a new email account to register TTN6 on my HD. (more about that later)
The new TomTom Home 2.7 does NOT work until you have installed TomTom on the HD! I un-installed it an put the original TomTom Home 1.5 back on from the DVD to get this all working.
The WVGAFIX3 program (mentioned below) is essential but it limits all apps to running in the top two thirds of your screen with a black bar underneath. Also i have not tried to use landscpe whilst running TTN6 as the screen size is already larger than on my HTC 3300.
So this is what I did.
1. Go here and download WVGAFIX3 and install this excellent little app (Big thanks Cotulla) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455974 and make sure you can get to it easily because you'll need to run it before TomTom starts up on your phone.
2. Use TomTom Home 1.5 (uninstall TomTom Home 2.7 if you have updated already). Plug in your HD and using TomTom Home install TTN6 onto the storage card whilst connected.
3. Turn your phone off then back on (or soft reset) and TomTom will try to automatically install.
4. Let it run through the process. (sorry but I cannot remember if TomTom then tries to start up after instalation) if it does start you will get a weird screen on your phone with the bottom half black and the top with a scrambled TomTom screen. (This is why to need Cotulla’s WVGAFIX3 program). Close TTN6 on the phone. (I pressed the “home” button and used the “close running apps” drop down)
6. Open WVGAFIX3 and choose VGA (480x640) BEFORE running TTN6. Run TTN6, it asks for you to register, I used "register automatically", and it asked for my TomTom Product Code. (it will be on the “credit card” that came with the DVD)
7. Once registered, go into “change preferences”, go to “show GPS status” and then “configure”. Choose other NMEA GPS receiver, select baud rate 115200, select com4. And that should be it as far as installation on the HD goes. (you don’t get the blue and grey bars in the GPS status window but the satellite numbers along the bottom go from grey to blue dots when registered). You will also see that the running programs now all only fill the top two thirds of the screen. DON'T forget to change back to WVGA (480x800) when you have closed TTN6.
8. I then went into TomTom Home and it said the phone was not “paired with/registered with” the details already in TomTom Home and asked if I wanted to update TomTom, I said yes and it sent info off. I’m a bit vague as to what steps happened here because I was beginning to get a bit p*ssed off. (But, I had to register a new email address with TomTom because there was some issue with having two devices on the same email logon when trying to use TomTom Home 2.7 initially).
9. Anyway, in TomTom Home 1.5 I logged in with my new email address and it said the phone was not registered with that account and did I want to update it. I said yes and it updated.
10. I then closed and reopened TomTom Home 1.5 and it said there was an updated version I chose to download and it updated to TomTom Home 2.7. I logged in using my new email details. When that ran it again wanted me to register the phone with TTN6 and TomTom so I said OK. and every thing seems to run fine.
I have not tried downloading new maps as I am happy with what I have at the moment. Also, I have not actually tried the SatNav in the car yet so I don’t know if there are any performance issues with the mapping and voices whilst on the move (all works fine in a static environment). Will use that tomorrow and see how it goes.
I hope this is of some use!
Stoobietoo

What is the difference with IGO8 and tomtom? I mean, why you install more applications to get it work, since igo8 works very stable with HD. I dont know if there is advantages of tomtom, didn't use it before. If there is some, please share with me.
Evan.

I just use TT7, works no problems

The main reason I posted this is that a few folks already have TomTom Navigator 6 and could do without being ripped off for TomTom 7 when 6 will actually work, (despite what TomTom tell you to try to make you pay again TomTom Navigator 6 WILL work with Touch HD!)!
Stoobietoo

pay for tomtom 7? you only need to buy the maps and tomtom 6 maps work with tomtom 7.

jlavoie said:
pay for tomtom 7? you only need to buy the maps and tomtom 6 maps work with tomtom 7.
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Interesting! So how do I get a free legitimate copy of TT7 to use with my maps?
Stoobietoo

stoobietoo said:
Interesting! So how do I get a free legitimate copy of TT7 to use with my maps?
Stoobietoo
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http://rapidshare.com/files/195437755/ttn7.915.9196.vga_black.cab

hsclater said:
I just use TT7, works no problems
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I use it too!

mike91t said:
http://rapidshare.com/files/195437755/ttn7.915.9196.vga_black.cab
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That's legitimate??!

hsclater said:
That's legitimate??!
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My thoughts entirely!
Stoobietoo

hsclater said:
That's legitimate??!
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Did you pay for your maps? If your maps are legit that is all tom tom worries about. I have used this copy and activated my maps with it to another phone by getting a code from Tom Tom. They didn't care about the program...just the maps.

Just go to GPS Underground, MOD EDIT warez link removed . They have everything you need for whatever device or version you have.

Best Satnav software for Orbit?

Hi y'awll
Can someone please advise me on the best and least memory gulping satnav software for the XDA Orbit (not 2)
I have presently got Igo8, it works fine, just eats the memory up and freezes now and again.
Any recommendation please.
Thank you

Hey
the best software i've come across is Tom Tom. its exactly like the tomtom One.
You can download it free from the tomtom website and just pay for the maps