Garmin 1690 discontinued nuLink
Wed, 06/04/2014 - 12:40pm
 13 years
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Garmin (their providers) is discontinuing nuLink services on the 1690 which includes
Real-time traffic
Weather
Flight status
Send to GPS
Currency converter
White Pages
Wireless myGarmin™ services
Google search
Does anyone know if there is there a way to remove the above features (including Icons) from the device in order to free up the space and cluttered screens?
Thanks
Probably Not
Those would be features burned in to the Garmin OS running on the device. There would not be any "DLL" or similar component, assuming you could even identify the correct files, to delete. For example, I had a Garmin C550 as well as my current Nuvi 765T. They work with an RDS traffic receiver. My business partner had purchased a Nuvi 680 that came with the now defunct MSN Direct service. The receiver cables for MSN Direct and RDS were identical. When I plugged the MSN Direct cable into my devices, they started displaying MSN Direct data even though they were not MSN Direct models. The Garmin software has (and still has on the older devices) the code in the firmware to support those devices.
Now it might be possible that releases a firmware update that removes those services but I doubt they will waste their time.
I support the right to keep and arm bears.
I can't
I can't think of anyway to delete them as they would be part of the Nuvi's firmware which wouldn't be easily accessible to the user. On the other hand the icons are on the Tools page(s) which I wouldn't think is accessed to much other that for "Settings" which is the first item on the first screen.
Nuvi 350, 760, 1695LM, 3790LMT, 2460LMT, 3597LMTHD, DriveLuxe 50LMTHD, DriveSmart 61, Garmin Drive 52, Garmin Backup Camera 40 and TomTom XXL540s.
NuLink discontinued
It was another flash in the pan, like MSN Direct was.
With so many great apps for cell phones now-a-days, it's hard to come up with something to compete.