initializing transfer 0%.. forever

 

what am i doing wrong?
it is only 3.97MB

also-- before this it asks if i should clear out existing files.. does that mean clear out old POI's? it wont delete the vehicles would it? i just chose the other option and i think its redownloading some stuff.. i hope it replaces them instead of having two of the same files in there.

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btw i also used the new poiloader to do this (2.6).. not sure if that makes a difference.

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A pedestrian is someone who thought there were a couple of gallons left in the tank.

POI Loader 2.6.0 is different

The new version has a couple added features. It is also creating some problems.
One new feature is allowing you to name the new poi. Such as..."Food.gpi" for when you only change the food category.
Most of us download through POI Loader ALL of our files. Doing this re-writes the poi.gpi file. If that is what you are doing, then you need to delete the name as it asks and then continue.

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Is Garmin aware of these new poi loader version issues?

Does anybody know if garmin aware of these new poi loader version issues?
And are they doing anything about it or is it up to the end user to fix the problems with your files.

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If you have the time

it definetly wouldn't hurt advising Garmin but many of us have done so in the past with other problems and months later we're still waiting for a fix.
Patience is a virtue they say laugh out loud

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We have

mikeSch wrote:

Does anybody know if garmin aware of these new poi loader version issues?
And are they doing anything about it or is it up to the end user to fix the problems with your files.

Many of us have already sent emails to Garmin. It is a wait and see scenario.
Some of us have "fixed" our files and most are using the previous version (2.5.4.0)
It would most likely be a major undertaking to repair the files. I would say that most of the errors are minor and are just a "oops" that was not caught during creation. They are also not caught when the maintainer does a "check for problems" on the download page.

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it will clear out all pois but not the vehicles

korndogg27 wrote:

..... it asks if i should clear out existing files.. does that mean clear out old POI's? it wont delete the vehicles would it? i just chose the other option and i think its redownloading some stuff.. i hope it replaces them instead of having two of the same files in there.

If you choose 'Install new custom POIs onto your device" it will overwrite the xxxxxx.gpi file (if it exists) that you name in "Choose a name for the newly created custom POI file" box.

Example: if you had a DenverSightseeing.gpi file on your Garmin device and you put "DenverSightseeing.gpi" in the Choose a name box, the entire DenverSightseeing.gpi file on the Gammin device will be deleted and replaced with a new file of the same name. The new file will contain only the pois that are in the folder you select as " where data files can be found”. You will be asked it you want to overwrite the file.)

If you choose "Remove all previously installed custom pois from your device", it will do exactly that in version 2.6 - every file with a .gpi suffix in the Garmin/POI folder gets erased.

Previous versions only deleted the file poi.gpi and left other .gpi files alone.

I tested 2.6 with my 255W that had the following .gpi files in the Garmin\POI\ folder:

POI Files from poi-factory.gpi
HomeAgain.gpi
poi.gpi

All three were erased when I chose ""Remove all previously installed custom pois from your device".

I have discovered a couple of things about 2.6.0

korndogg27 wrote:

what am i doing wrong?
it is only 3.97MB

also-- before this it asks if i should clear out existing files.. does that mean clear out old POI's? it wont delete the vehicles would it? i just chose the other option and i think its redownloading some stuff.. i hope it replaces them instead of having two of the same files in there.

I've discovered a couple of things about POI Loader 2.6.0 and my 885. It hangs, exactly like you describe if you have loaded a POI.GPI file AND it's still on the unit. 2 workarounds:

1. Tell POI Loader to delete the POI file first and then do a load; or,
2. Load the new file using a different name and then manually delete the old file while connected and rename the new to POI.GPI.

Other than these anomalies, the new software works extremely well for me. My time to load over 150,000 POI in 40 some files is about 2 to 3 minutes.

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That is not the way it works for me

Box Car wrote:

……..I've discovered a couple of things about POI Loader 2.6.0 and my 885. It hangs, exactly like you describe if you have loaded a POI.GPI file AND it's still on the unit. 2 workarounds:

1. Tell POI Loader to delete the POI file first and then do a load; or,
2. Load the new file using a different name and then manually delete the old file while connected and rename the new to POI.GPI.
……..

That is odd. When I am using 2.6 to load on my 255W, if I select the “No” answer to the pop up question “Would you like to overwrite the file?”, I am just returned to the dialog box that is asking for a name for the POI file being created. There is no way(in POI Loader) to load a same-named file without deleting the existing one.

BTW I found that when POI, poi, pOi etc is used for a name, the file is always named Poi.gpi on the Garmin.

"New" POI loader

I deleted the new version and replaced it with the old version. A lot of trouble with the new one.

When I used it, it would not remove the old files, just added the new ones on the end. It also kept giving me messages that there was a problem with file on my computer. There is nothing wrong with the files. I have been using them with the old version without any problems.
New is not always better!

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Removal/replacing of existing .gpi files on Garmin

Timantide wrote:

……When I used it, it would not remove the old files, just added the new ones on the end. It also kept giving me messages that there was a problem with file on my computer…….

Are you talking about the whatevernames.gpi files on the Garmin? Are you removing them by the choice “Remove all previously installed custom POIs from your device” or are you removing a whatevername.gpi file by putting the same name in the “Chose a name for …..” box?

I can not figure out what you mean by “just added the new ones on the end”. PoiLoader only creates one file each time it is run and will completely overwrite the somename.gpi file that is identified in the “Chose a name….” box if somename.gpi is already on the Garmin.

As a test I loaded 57,340 pois by directing PoiLoader to a computer folder that has lot of .csv and .gpx files in it. Each file has many Pois. In the “Chose a name” box I put “Test”.

PoiLoader reported “You have successfully installed 57,340 POIs on your device.”

I could see a single file in my 255W garmin\Poi folder named Test.gpi

I could also see lots of pois at the “Extras” button in my Garmin 255W.

Then I ran PoiLoader again but this time I directed it to a different source folder that contains one .csv file that has two pois in it. I again put “Test” in the PoiLoader “Chose a name” box.

This time PoiLoader reported “You have successfully installed 2 POIs on your device”.

My 255W still had only one file in the garmin\Poi folder and it was still named “Test.gpi”.

When I went to the “Extras” on my 255W there were only two Pois available.

Same Problem

I am also hung up on "initializing Transfer". I reverted back to the previous version of the POI Loader (2.54 ?). The loader does remove all previous POIs from the GPS. It reads the files and writes on my computer and then hangs when initializing the transfer. It will load a few files from a small folder but not from a folder with 30 files.

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Kingston, Tennessee

double post

deleted

Maybe you should back off by two files?

LDSNOW wrote:

..... It will load a few files from a small folder but not from a folder with 30 files.

The folder I mentioned above has 28 files that hold 57,340 POIs

Manually Deleting POI File

Where is the old POI file located and how do you delete it?

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which file?

LDSNOW wrote:

Where is the old POI file located and how do you delete it?

Which "POI file" do you want to delete - one or more of the source .csv or .gpx files or is it one of the whatevernames.gpi files on the Garmin device?

Which File ?

I really don't know exactly what I am talking about. I assume that when a cvs file is download to my gps, it becomes a gpi file. I have loaded 36 cvs files to my gps. I could only do the transfer to the gps by separating the 36 files into 5 separate folders prior to loading or the transfer would hang. I finely got them all loaded on my Garmin 1490LMT. I kept reading as I was troubleshooting this problem that I could delete the old gpi file. I can not find a gpi file on my computer so it must be on my gps, but where?

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Kingston, Tennessee

.gpi file location

they are in garmin\Poi folder (on my 255W)

Your csv files become a .gpi file as a result of running POILoader.

gpi

LDSNOW wrote:

I really don't know exactly what I am talking about. I assume that when a cvs file is download to my gps, it becomes a gpi file. I have loaded 36 cvs files to my gps. I could only do the transfer to the gps by separating the 36 files into 5 separate folders prior to loading or the transfer would hang. I finely got them all loaded on my Garmin 1490LMT. I kept reading as I was troubleshooting this problem that I could delete the old gpi file. I can not find a gpi file on my computer so it must be on my gps, but where?

When you load your files using poiloader the files are converted to a gpi file on your gps.All existing files are over written every time you run poiloader unless you have used the rename method.If you delete the gpi file from gps you will delete your custom pois.As stated above.Connect gps to computer.Go to the Garmin drive,click on Garmin folder then the poi folder and you will see poi.gpi.That is the end result of your pois loaded from poiloader all bundled up in one file.

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this is getting ridic.

i figured since these poi files arent official garmin POIs that we are not in their priority to help. it's just a hassle to have to rename this/rename that just so i can use the poi files i want. i really am just trying to update my red traffic but somehow it takes forever to do that now. and even just a few POIs under 400MBs.

why this is complicated than it is baffles me. im gonna try deleting my existing POIs and replacing them all with whats in my pc's folder.

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Make a decision

korndogg27 wrote:

i figured since these poi files arent official garmin POIs that we are not in their priority to help. it's just a hassle to have to rename this/rename that just so i can use the poi files i want. i really am just trying to update my red traffic but somehow it takes forever to do that now. and even just a few POIs under 400MBs.

why this is complicated than it is baffles me. im gonna try deleting my existing POIs and replacing them all with whats in my pc's folder.

You should probably give some thought to which method you can most easily manage - either reloading all your POIs at one time, or coming up with a procedure that will let you load files individually and still keep track of how current they are.

You may have been reading that a new version of POILoader will let you name the output file but I am holding off going to the new version because it seems to have problems with certain files.

Myself, I like to do renames so I can also run tests on my GPS and not destroy what I know already works. Having renamed the main POI file to something like MyPOIs20101023, lets me try out something new with alerts or whatever (by using simulation) and not leave the comfort of my home.

Found my issue

My POILOADER was also hanging using 2.6.0. I found a directory on the device in Garmin\POI called DDB. I deleted that directory and the POILOADER initializes and loads the POIs now...

My fix

I've found I had to delete the old poi's with the loader first. Restart it, and then it loads as advertised.

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I tried that from the

I tried that from the suggestions, but for some reason it would still hang. I tried it with POILOADER and manually, so I deleted the only other thing left in the directory which was the DDB directory.... works great now... smile

No such directory for me

I put my POI's on my card. Checked, but no DDB at all on the phone, or the card.

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