I have managed to import the poi's I want but am having to use the default icon's as I can't work out where to put the bmp or png files so that they appear for me to pick. Anyone know?
Are you using Copilot Central to install the POI's, that should let you install the png's as well.
Is your Copilot fully up to date as they broke the import POI's a while ago but have recently fixed it again.
Simpleast way is to
1] Install Copilot
2] Put maps >>> creat a new folder named copilot and within it creat a folder named save , in it put all your unzipped maps.
3]Have wifi or 3G internet connection.
4] Run your installed Copilot on handset and wait and watch screen
No need to perform anything else.
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Hello,
Im having a TomTom 6 problem on my ATT Tilt. I am still running ATT Rom. Nothing has really been severly modded on the phone.
I am trying to disable the autostart function on TomTom when I soft reset or insert the micro SD. I have read several posts and tried everything I have seen.
Such as...delete the autostart.exe file, rename the autostart.exe file, delete the 2577 folder, rename the 2577 folder, encrypt the 2577 folder. All of these actions have stopped the autostart feature, however when TomTom is opened, it comes up NO MAPS FOUND.
Any help is appreciated.
gomo187 said:
Hello,
Im having a TomTom 6 problem on my ATT Tilt. I am still running ATT Rom. Nothing has really been severly modded on the phone.
I am trying to disable the autostart function on TomTom when I soft reset or insert the micro SD. I have read several posts and tried everything I have seen.
Such as...delete the autostart.exe file, rename the autostart.exe file, delete the 2577 folder, rename the 2577 folder, encrypt the 2577 folder. All of these actions have stopped the autostart feature, however when TomTom is opened, it comes up NO MAPS FOUND.
Any help is appreciated.
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is this the purchased version? or did you download some torrent? sounds like it is a torrent but if it was purchased ask for your money back because there shouldn't be a 2577 folder, at least i didn't get one.
I recommend searching tomtom 6032 cab. Install this cab and delete everything else except for your maps from your sd card. After you have that installed you need other software like gpstest, gpsrouter, and quickgps to get tomtom6 working efficiently on your tilt. Here are the steps I have to do:
1)gps router com 4 baud 4800 (this opens your gps system)
2) gpstest basically finds gps satelites
3) open tomtom6
4) open quickgps test and download updates
if tomtom doesn't work after this close tomtom and repeat steps 3 and 4. Also you may want to play around with different settings such as "other nmea gps receiver" set at com 4 baud 4800 and "built-in gps receiver".
Ya its not purchased version. I have several friends with it and they do not have the same problems. However their phones are unlocked, i dont know if this makes a difference. I am using quick gps to keep my GPS location current, and i have GPSgate from franson to turn on the GPS for TomTom. The TomTom program functions normally, everything seems to work except for this autostart feature. Is the .cab you are talking about a free download? Is it a full version? Thanks for the info.
Renaming autostart files will be sufficient.
Some people have downloaded Tomtom legally for the TytnII or have it as an installed file / on the CD with the phone.
This version of TT is a taster version and does not come with any maps !.
If TT cannot 'see' any maps, check that the maps are within the SD cards root directory, if not, then this is the cause of your problem.
Renaming autorun will not 'mess' with the maps ... renaming autorun is often a necessity if you install iGO and TT together as both have autorun files - and iGO does not like it's autorun being renamed
I have tried renaming the autorun.exe but when you open tomtom there are no maps. I have no idea how the two are connected. The maps are in a folder called north_america as soon as i explore to my SD card. also i am not familiar with that iGo program, what does it do?
The autostart & the 2577 folder are part of the installation of TomTom for PocketPC (the software, not the maps). I believe there are several files & folders on the memory card that may be safely deleted. (I deleted them after installation, and am not having issues)... Of course, because I deleted them, I can't check which ones there were, unfortunately. There should be an AutoStart.something or other, an TTN.cab, an autorun.exe, and the 2577 folder that could be deleted after successful installation.
After you successfully install TomTom, you need to start up the program itself, and activate the maps, then the software should see them...
Jeremie
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Hello all,
I am using Tomtom 7
I have downloaded .gpx files
I have a converter to convert the .gpx files to Tomtoms .ov2 files
So far is this right?
Now then, what I want to do is copy the files over to my device and be able to use them.
Is this possible?
i think you're doing this the long long long way. Download Tom Tom Home for your computer, sync your computer and the phone. It should sinc POI. then just save and transfer. Hope it makes sense and hope its what you were asking for.
Yes, it is possible. I think the only thing you have to do is copy the .ov2 files into your map directory. Then it should automatically detect the POI file
Yes, just convert your data into ov2 files and put them in the root folder of your map, such as \Storage Card\USA and Canada\
You'll want POI images too I imagine, what I'd do is look on the net to find the appropriate size bitmap and you copy it into the same directory with the same name. IE:
My Speedcams.ov2
My Speedcams.bmp
I use TomTom to navigation to geocaches if I don't know the way to get there (although gotta be careful, sometimes it will lead you to the wrong place) and I have an automated process which creates ov2's from geocaching Pocket Queries. All I do is put my SD card into my computer whenever I want to update and run a script, done.
Awesome... thank you for the responses.
Awesome... thank you for the responses.
I have managed to get TomTom 7 working by putting the maps in the 'my documents' folder, but I have a problem with the dowloaded POI's.
They install from TomTom Home ok, but they do not appear on the Diamond.
I have no trouble installing voices from the Home.
Another problem is that the safety cameas do not show up on the map..but they appear when driving.
Can anyone tell me the folders each thing should be put into...e.g. safety cameras, poi's, voices etc, also some files are TLV, and some are TOC...which ones should they be?
Many thanks
POI's: place "yourPOI's.ov" and "yourPOI's.bmp" inside the map folder.
Voices: place voice file "data##.CHK" and "data##.BMP" in folder Voices.
I don't have safety camera original available from tomtom so I don't know about it; but I have some red light camera file save as POIs. If this is your case, it should be treated as normal POIs. Be sure to set "warn when near POI" and "Warn only if POI is on route."
You may try to check options "Points of Interest" when "Browse map of route"
Note: I save all tomtom voices, schemes and maps folder in the root of the storage card because I have Raphael (aka FUZE, Touch PRO.)
Thanks Nghiem, but my poi's are all TLV files, and TomTom Home put them in a poi folder. Maybe the file and program structure is different in TomTom 7 ?
Also the only reference to poi's in my map folder is a file called poi.dat..all the existing poi's work ok, its only the ones that are downloaded by TomTom Home that don't work
Can anyone shed some light on this?
many thanks
I have tomtom since they made tomtom 5 when you could purchase and run it for PDA legally in U.S Right now I have tomtom 7.xx and maps version 8.30.xxx. The "poi.dat" you see inside map folder is the original POI's from tomtom. All others POI's format are *.ov. and it can be downloaded extra via tomtom Home. I download and install some of them e.g "Haunted_Hotel.ov2" without any problem.
Hi,
I have Copilot Live 8 for Android (my phone is HTC Magic TIM).
I would to load on ITALY map the new Interest Points. I have put the file ".ov2" and the file image ".bmp" in this folder /copilot/EU/Italy/save/
When launch the copilot program, the update begins and I have my Interest Points on the map but the image ".bmp" not is on the Copilot Images, why? It's impossible to add new icons/images to those already existing? Or the icons to add must have a specific format?
Thanks
The right format for CoPilot POIs is .csv
Just download CoPilot Central from the ALK site and use it to manage you CoPilot device.
It works great for me.
Trying but can't seem to download NA points of interest. Can somebody download and post it here? Or upload it somewhere for me? Thanks.
In some warez versions is needed just to turn off and turn on this feature again on the program to start working..
Hi All,
****** Update --> solved, I searched for poi.dat, to find 2, it seems I had some installed a duplicate copy of the map folder in SD card\my documents\ I dragged & dropped *.ov2 & *.bmps to this folder & it worked how it should, phew!!! thanks for looking
I've been using tomtom navigator 7.915 for around 3 months on my TD2 (topaz) & it's fantastic, except I can't seem to add any extra pois.
I have dl'd extra pois (*.ov2 & *.bmp files) from tt home & the net, I've dragged & dropped them over to my to the following folders:
1. map folder on my SD card (GB & northern Ireland)
2. installation folder (sd card\program files\navigator)
I've even tried the pois from that were working on my old pda (loox 720) all without any joy, when I go into the tomtom program on my TD2 (topaz) I cannot find any trace of the pois I've added (either by navigating to them or by using the 'show poi' utility in the preferences menu.
Looking at the files there is a poi.dat file in the map folder, do I need to hack this some how? This seems to be extra to any version of TT I have used before.
I'm guess I'm likely missing something really obvious, only I've been trying to sort this for a few months now & cannot find any help via searching here & tomtom forums. So any help will be gratefully received.
Cheers,
Martin.
Go to the map view, look up the "options" and see whether the POI visibility is checked. From there you can also select which categories are displayed.
This is the simple solution. Hope it works.