Myguide satnav / TomTom (Read 16283 times)

Paul B · June 04, 2009, 02:50:59 am

Has anyone on here successfully installed Tom Tom onto a MyGuide satnav (ebuyer 49.99)? I've looked online for a tutorial but most of the directions seem like cobbled together forum posts. I'd obviously love the saving over a TomTom unit but I'm a bit short on time so if its a lot of hassle I'll get over it...

Jim/Dobbin/Dr Pinch?

Cheers.

Jim · June 04, 2009, 07:01:14 am

can help you install on a symbian or windows mobile based device but not onto anything else

Bubba · June 04, 2009, 07:47:41 am

Have you looked at refurbished Tomtoms - can be very cheap. Not sure those can take an SD card so check the internal memory if you need Europe maps.

GCW · June 04, 2009, 07:50:39 am

The V1 and V2 of the TomTom One have a card slot, the V3 doesn't.

dontfollowme · June 04, 2009, 08:02:11 am

Total PDA also do refurbished Tom Toms: http://www.totalpda.co.uk

Paul B · June 04, 2009, 12:10:08 pm

Quote from: Jim on June 04, 2009, 07:01:14 am

can help you install on a symbian or windows mobile based device but not onto anything else

I had one on an orange Sp500 (I think?) and found the phone itself unreliable, a microswitch in the handsfree broke and the speaker hasn't worked since. Repair is a fortune.

Bubba · June 07, 2009, 02:08:59 pm

Real bargain here

Paul B · June 07, 2009, 03:43:30 pm

Thanks bubba, got a ridiculously good deal yesterday on a refurb'd TomTom unit... why didn't I think of that before?
Thanks!

Bubba · June 07, 2009, 03:52:11 pm

Nice one

If you have the time, all the lastest maps/navcores/speedcams can be found here:

http://www.gpsunderground.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=3

Paul B · June 07, 2009, 05:18:22 pm

thanks, it comes with full Euro Maps and Euro Speed Camera's as well!

Jim · June 07, 2009, 09:29:49 pm

good find that gps underground site

Paul B · June 10, 2009, 06:09:09 pm

please don't buy from total pda, I'm pretty p*ssed off right now; pre installed speed camera database wasn't on it, called them they just passed the buck and said basically its tomtoms fault ring them or else I could send it back and once they were done I'd get a new one.

Obviously, currently I'm short on time and that's why I bought from them and not another site where I'd have to put pocketGPS camera locations on myself. The convenience outweighed the slight extra cost.

Its now fixed fairly easily but an hour was spent on the phone that I just didn't want to waste on this. I just hate it when people sell things as one thing and then pass the buck like this. They're selling the item to me, its their responsibility to sort it out. There wasn't a sorry in sight!

Bubba · June 10, 2009, 06:11:48 pm

You didn't pay for cams did you? All for free at that link I posted.

The 3rd party setup is better anyway but agree with Great British Customer Service being a total pain.

Paul B · June 10, 2009, 06:12:47 pm

no I didn't pay for them... you need to pay for updates.

Jim · June 15, 2009, 10:41:19 pm

any of you lot got a heads up on a mega deal for a widescreen tomtom anywhere thats not already mentioned in this thread.
Prize of a wad point if a good enough deal is found

cheers

Paul B · June 19, 2009, 10:13:19 pm

are tomtom units always shit?

I just thought I'd turn mine on and stick a pin code on it so when inevitably some chav steals it, he'll at least have to work for a few minutes before selling it down the pub.

Anyway, connect to TomTom home as it tells me and lo and behold "This map cannot be used on this device", now I may be being stupid but given its the Western Europe map supplied in the bleeding box I'm thinking it "f*cking can be used on this device"....

Bag of balls.

Jim · July 03, 2009, 10:35:08 pm

tip for anyone with a tomtom unit with a sd card slot;
take the original card and copy the contents to your hard drive then put the original card somewhere safe, buy a nice new sd card for fuck all and copy the contents of the original card to this. Then plug into tomtom home and update everything, then uninstall tomtom home from your computer as you no longer have any use for it.
Then if you have a different map you can delete the map installed and copy the new map on, then use a small app to patch it and violla, updated and backed up with latest maps and original sd card (untouched) for warrenty issues.
Just don't leave it in your car

Bubba · July 04, 2009, 01:49:06 am

Good advice. My TT One XL came with the maps on the internal memory and an empty SD slot but I still did pretty much the same as you, i.e. took an image of the internal memory to my PC.

Quote from: Jim on July 03, 2009, 10:35:08 pm

then uninstall tomtom home from your computer as you no longer have any use for it.

You can patch Tomtom Home so then you can download the mapshare updates to the latest maps ... if you're bothered.

Jim · July 04, 2009, 09:11:07 am

The one XL I got had it all on the SD card, weird?
I didn't want to put the map share on as I've not heard great things about it so didn't bother patching tomtom home

Bubba · July 04, 2009, 01:13:06 pm

Did you have Euro maps? Mine came with UK & Ireland so it can all fit on the internal - I think the Euro maps are too big and have to come on a card.

Jim · July 04, 2009, 03:38:19 pm

no uk & ireland on a 1 gb card

Bubba · July 04, 2009, 03:51:58 pm

Weird.

psychomansam · July 04, 2009, 11:25:24 pm

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/165376#

Considering this...

widescreen and got european maps on already

Any thoughts?

SA Chris · October 08, 2018, 02:07:19 pm

Anyone got experience of using a decent phone for navigation in the US without data / 3G.

Some apps say you can download offline maps, but how reliable are they? Hiring a satnav for 2 weeks seems expensive. Will have wifi access every evening.

Navmii or Herewego get recommended.

tomtom · October 08, 2018, 03:24:57 pm

Unless you're planning ahead for Brexit when roaming charges will appear - I just use the sat nav on the phone (google maps etc..) as IMHO its so much better than any sat nav I've used...

SA Chris · October 08, 2018, 04:09:05 pm

US. I think additional charges for roaming would apply regardless of Brexit.

tomtom · October 08, 2018, 05:33:59 pm

Quote from: SA Chris on October 08, 2018, 04:09:05 pm

US. I think additional charges for roaming would apply regardless of Brexit.

Soz Chris - for some reason only read the post above yours.

I believe the latest version of google maps lets to download or cache loads of data (all the maps you need etc..) but of course you wont get the live traffic stuff etc.. If you are on 3 they have free roaming in the US...

You can always test it out here - load up a load then switch off the data?

SA Chris · October 09, 2018, 09:55:22 am

I did just that. downloaded the UK map, and then navigated to work using Navmii and phone in airplane mode, worked fine.

Will see if herewego works better on the way home.

Uses a lot of space on the phone though, will need to uninstall UK before I install Florida!

Paul B · October 09, 2018, 12:41:47 pm

Quote from: SA Chris on October 08, 2018, 02:07:19 pm

Anyone got experience of using a decent phone for navigation in the US without data / 3G.

Some apps say you can download offline maps, but how reliable are they? Hiring a satnav for 2 weeks seems expensive. Will have wifi access every evening.

Navmii or Herewego get recommended.

I did this for my 6 month tour without issue and on a recent ski trip, my copy of Navmii far exceeded the capability of the smartphone based SatNav my Uncle mistakenly hired with the car.

I just had to stop at the golden arches at various points to download new states (mainly when driving from Ca to BC).

SA Chris · October 09, 2018, 01:09:51 pm

Great, Thanks Paul. We'll only be in one state, and have wifi access every evening so should be fine.

SA Chris · October 10, 2018, 10:15:20 am

Results are in; Both performed adequately, by Navmii seemed to have better screen info etc, and updated continuously and while herewego occasionally stalled and jumped.