nuvi / WebUpdater offline updating tip
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You can check your nuvi for updates (firmware/voices/etc.) using WebUpdater with out actually having the nuvi with you...
Get any SD Card and create a folder named Garmin on it. Copy GarminDevice.xml from the nuvi's x:/Garmin folder to the SD Card's Garmin folder.
Now, as long as you have that SD Card with you and have access to an SD Card reader on the PC, you can use WebUpdater to check for updates. Simply select the SD Card when prompted by WebUpdater. If there are updates, WebUpdater will download/transfer them to the SD Card. Then when you have access to the nuvi, you can simply copy the files from the SD Card to the nuvi using the same file/folder structure.
Note that this only works on removable drives as WebUpdater can only access that type of drive on the system.
EDIT:
In my testing, it did NOT work on an internal, external (removable), nor secondary hard disk partition.
The drive has to be flash-based as well as removable. I have tried it on a SanDisk Memory Stick Pro Duo card reader where it works just fine.
Also note that after downloading/transferring the files to the nuvi from the "phony nuvi" & before running WebUpdater normally on the real nuvi, you should rename GarminDevice.xml on the "phony nuvi" to something else like GarminDevice.xml.disabled or REMOVE the "phony nuvi" flash media from the PC.
The reason being is that WebUpdater gets confused if it sees both the real nuvi and the "phony nuvi" as being valid updatable devices at the same time.
Cool
Cool find...
Michael (Nuvi 2639LMT)
Can you get the updates?
Any chance I could download a new update for later installation on the GPSr with this method?
JP
As described in the original post
Yes you can...as described in the original post:
If there are updates, WebUpdater will download/transfer them to the SD Card. Then when you have access to the nuvi, you can simply copy the files from the SD Card to the nuvi using the same file/folder structure.
nuvi 760, nuvi 765T, nuvi 855, nuvi 3790LMT, nuvi 3490LMT - SoCal area
Nice tip/Trick
Get any SD Card and create a folder named Garmin on it. Copy GarminDevice.xml from the nuvi's x:/Garmin folder to the SD Card's Garmin folder.
Now, as long as you have that SD Card with you and have access to an SD Card reader on the PC, you can use WebUpdater to check for updates.
NOTE that it doesn't have to be an SD flash card. It also works with a USB flash drive. I guess it'll work as long as there's an external drive. I wonder if it works with a second partition on the hard disk.
Maybe that's
why some say their Nuvi's got updated on their own without internet connections. Because their SD card was configured that way.
Mike
removable flash media only
NOTE that it doesn't have to be an SD flash card. It also works with a USB flash drive. I guess it'll work as long as there's an external drive. I wonder if it works with a second partition on the hard disk.
In my testing, it did NOT work on an internal, external (removable), nor secondary hard disk partition.
The drive has to be flash-based as well as removable. I have tried it on a SanDisk Memory Stick Pro Duo card reader where it works just fine.
Also note that after downloading/transferring the files to the nuvi from the "phony nuvi" & before running WebUpdater normally on the real nuvi, you should rename GarminDevice.xml on the "phony nuvi" to something else like GarminDevice.xml.disabled or REMOVE the "phony nuvi" flash media from the PC.
The reason being is that WebUpdater gets confused if it sees both the real nuvi and the "phony nuvi" as being valid updatable devices.
nuvi 760, nuvi 765T, nuvi 855, nuvi 3790LMT, nuvi 3490LMT - SoCal area
Yeah it looks like it only
Yeah it looks like it only works with a flash type drive. I use a Memorex 1GB USB flash drive. I just downloaded bluetooth firmware and a couple of voice updates to the Memorex drive.
Now what do I do with the downloaded files? Connect my GPS and cut/paste to the real GPS device, right?
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Now what do I do with the downloaded files? Connect my GPS and cut/paste to the real GPS device, right?
Yup. Be sure and keep the same directory/file structure.
nuvi 760, nuvi 765T, nuvi 855, nuvi 3790LMT, nuvi 3490LMT - SoCal area
Got it. Thanks again. I'm
Got it. Thanks again. I'm getting ready to watch 24 on Fox.
This is a good find
Thanks for posting the information.
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good trick to know, thanks.
nuvi 2460LMT
Great find! I always wonder
Great find! I always wonder how people find these things!!
Personally I don't have the patience!!!
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Great find! I always wonder how people find these things!!
People come up with stuff I couldn't imagine.
nicely done DorkusNimrod
excellent share of a tip I would likely never have discovered myself
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Nice Tip !!!
Thanks for the tip...
DL
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A great find & neat trick !
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Great Tip
Great Tip.
Thank you.
Garmin Nuvi 765T, Garmin Drive 60LM
Thanks for that great
Thanks for that great tip.
Fred
Thanks for posting
This could potentially come in handy for me.
Nuvi 3597 LMT
Good tip. I'm on the
Good tip. I'm on the computer a lot, without the GPS connected. Good to know an "on the fly" method to check for an update.
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