Nuvi 755 3.30 Update

Thanks for the heads up!

How did you know to go look for the update?

I plug it in once a week for so and run web updater to see if I get a bite.

Changes made from version 3.10 to 3.30:

* Corrected routing in certain situations.
* Corrected handling of certain text languages.
* Improved behavior when switching color modes.
* Added support for new traffic cameras.
* Improved abbreviations for street names when selecting German or French languages.
* Correct error that caused some unique traffic events to have an improper delay associated.
* Correct labeling issue in the ecoRoute mileage report.
* Improved compatibility with 3 way calling.
* Don't allow other audio to play between ring tones.
* Corrected some improper lane guidance arrows with 2009.10 maps.
* Corrected issue that caused final point to be lost in optimal route reorder.
* Corrected error in fuel efficiency calibration with Liters/100Km units.
* Corrected issue that prevented being able to identify points on the map when browsing the 2009.11 CNNA maps.

what happened to Garmin notifying by email when software changes? They did it with my 76, 76S and 76CSx.

This is great, but I don't see anything in the release notes about fixing the ongoing problem of the units shutting off or rebooting while navigating. The last time I contacted Garmin about this, they told me to install v3.00 which they said would fix the problem. It didn't.

Maybe I am lucky, but I haven't had a reboot issues since installing 3.10. And yes, 3.0 caused the USB drivers not to recognize my NUVI, but that was fixed by doing a hard reset and I haven't had that issue since either. We'll see how it fairs with this latest update.

While driving down the turnpike today, the unit just shut off and would not turn back on for about 10 minutes. I had flashbacks of the posts I read about the 7x5 series shut downs. It worked fine for the next 25 minutes and I arrived at my destination.

On the way back home the unit shut down again in the exact same location (except for direction of travel) as it did before. This time it powered back up in about 3 minutes. I am guessing it has something to do with the poi file I had that gives me a proximity alert at that location.

After reading numerous posts, a lot of users are recommending leaving the unit as it comes from factory and not adding custom poi's. To me that is unacceptable. If I can't use all of it's features, it was a waste of money and I'll go back to the 7x0 units. If I can't depend on this thing on a trip than I don't want it.It's not worth the aggrevation for a few extra features.

I just checked Walmart.com and I can get a 760 for $218. I am seriously considering buying it and keeping it with me as a back up. I travel and lot and have become so dependant on a GPS that I never carry a map. If my 755 turns off in the middle of a long trip, I would have to stop and buy a map. If my Nuvi shuts down once or twice more, that will be the deciding factor for me. And if the problem continues for some time, I'll get rid of it all together. For Garmin to just keep sending out bad 7x5 units is ridiculous.

My 755T crashes more often then I would like. For me this happens when I am listening to an Audible Book and the system reroutes or I try to add a via point. I keep bringing it up with Garmin support hopefully they will address this issue in future update.

I have seen a dramatic decrease in shutdowns (765T)since 3.10. (I now have the latest 3.3) The very few times it has done it does seem to be involving POI's. In particular when multiple ones are in the area, though again not often anymore. I did find a huge difference - changing the alert from "continuous tone" to "single tone" drastically cut the shutdowns even if you have an MP3 sound associated with your POI'S.

Well...has anyone else noticed that NO delay shows when there is traffic en route? I only get the color change of the traffic icon.

Just an FYI - I found that if there is not a delay of at least 2 min, I always saw the icon would change from green to yellow with nothing more - I assumed indicating traffic with little or no delay.
If you know it is seeing an actual delay or it changed to red with no delay then there might indeed be a problem.

I think there might be a problem. Previously I would receive delays anytime the indicator was not green. This morning I watched the road in traffic view fill in to red (as they always are in Boston) and the indicator went from yellow to red with no delay status. I have sent in the report to Garmin...

I stopped at 3.0, and currently don't have any problems with my 765T, although I have not recently traveled into areas where I have proximity alerts set.

And I have not updated the maps since I was outside the 60 day free update window.

It's a shame that it has come to the point, where I hesitate to update.

I should be able to look forward to them, and any new functionality they bring, instead of dreading them.

It's a dirty shame that have to even think about and then have any hesitation to update. Looks to me like you guys are the alpha & beta testers for your own units!

Except for the fact that Alpha and Beta testers KNOW that they are testing "buggy" code, know they may have problems, and can always back out very easily, unlike the current situation with this code.

...there will be a little extra in my paycheck this week?

Couple of points:

1. Rebooting: One method that always restarts the unit is take it off of the mount, slide to power on position and hold it there for 10 seconds. This causes a warn-reboot and will always restart the unit.

2. Frequent Shutdown: The shut down has nothing to do with POIs. My 755t have had this *problem* since the first week of me using it. The issue seems to be more related to the unit being mounted for an extended period of time. It will reoccur every so often. I have contacted tech support on this issue back in Nov/Dec and they have no idea on what causes this.

Couple of points:

1. Rebooting: One method that always restarts the unit is take it off of the mount, slide to power on position and hold it there for 10 seconds. This causes a warn-reboot and will always restart the unit.

2. Frequent Shutdown: The shut down has nothing to do with POIs. My 755t have had this *problem* since the first week of me using it. The issue seems to be more related to the unit being mounted for an extended period of time. It will reoccur every so often. I have contacted tech support on this issue back in Nov/Dec and they have no idea on what causes this.[/quote]

I must politely tell you that you are wrong, at least for my 765T. There is absolutly no correlation to how long the unit has been mounted and or on. Looking around at other forums, others report what I have, and going even farther, not having a POI show when first starting the unit helps to minimize shutdowns. I am not saying all shutdowns are POI related, but I can reproduce shutdowns by having the alert set to continuous instead of single tone in conjuction with several POI's in close proximation being detected. Again, this is not new, others have reported similiar experiences about multiple POI's and shutdowns.
It is possible the 755 has a different problem, but my posts are about the 765T and my experience and reading other forums.

I concur 100% with Tampa8. My shutdown had nothing to do with the length of time in the cradle. Sometimes I have my unit on all day at work and it has never shut down. It was only in the cradle about 20 minutes when the shutdown occured.

Then you have absolute undeniable proof when my very first (lost my virginity) shutdown occured at a point where I know have a proximity alert, and then it shut down hours later when I was driving the opposite direction, but within 1/16 of a mile from the previous shutdown. If that is a coincidence, I better win the lottery this week. Lightning definitely struck in the same place twice for me!

I have been using the 765T every single day since I bought it 2 weeks ago because I do on site service and I am lookings for addresses of at least 8 customers every single day. My biggest issue was not being able to view the name of the streets in zoom mode. But with this update everything was fixed! Now I am a very happy 765T user!

Ohh, I use my GPS a lot and I havent suffered from those reboot issues, I dont have that problem. Maybe its not all of them, and I have many custom POIs with alarms for school zones etc...

High guys, I installed Software Version 3.30 this morning. I had experienced one reboot that might be from playing my mp3’s via the SD card. Once I removed the card I had no problems at all for the next eight hours of work. So after a twelve hour shift I’m pretty satisfied with 3.30.
1. No delays between map and voice. (one of my biggest fears)
2. Traffic seems to have worked the same as usual.
3. No freezes. (another annoyance)

My map version CN Norh America NT 2009.11 3D / All

Has the WebUpdater/SD Card/USB/corrupted GarminDevice.xml file problem been fixed in 3.30? It isn't in the list of fixes, but I updated my 755T to 3.30 tonight and have tried WebUpdater with the SD card present several times since without a problem. Now if the reboot problem during traffic/proximity alert events has been fixed, I will be happy.

i am very satisfied with this 3.3 update. I am using my unit in French and the update solves most of my problems.

Never experience any traffic issue with the unit simply because it is not working in most canadian area. I will test it in April while going to florida. Hope that version 3.4 is available by that time and will solve the issue.

It has been working for me so far. I have been able to run WebUpdater without a problem and it has been able to find my unit.

I recently sent my .xml file to Garmin and they wrote me back that there was a problem and it would be corrected in a future update. This was just before 3.30 came out.

I am joining late in the discussion. I could not go to internet for few days. LKast night, I founf out about new firmware 3.30 release. I have upgraded it on my unit last night but have not tested it.

I had reboot problem only couple of times one day when I had MP3 alerts while playing MP3 music on 765. Once I changed alerts to wav format, no more problems.

I reported this issue to Garmin and it took me few days to make them understand the problem. Then I got email from Tech Support that they were referring this issue to engneering department. On Feb 18, I got another email from Garmin Tech Support that they needed my POI files and MP3 alert files to re-create the problem.

I think reboot issue may not be fixed in one firmware becasue it is being caused by multiple factors. MP3 alerts is one of them, then I heared 3d maps are also causing this problem, so on and so forth.