Garmin talk

I just purchased the DriveSmart 86 and I was wondering if you can install your own POI like on the old Nuvi's with the POI loader?

Roadtrip a couple weeks ago and the trusty Nuvi 205W went to the recalibration screen.
It won't stop.
I've followed every youtube video I can find about how to get it out of the press dot loop and nothing is working.

Is there a way to save the GPS? Or (and this is more important) a way to retrieve all the years of saved addresses on it?

Garmin Express was not used as a backup for this.

I have a 1390T that had the 2025.20 map and large JCV files installed on a microSD card. I installed the new map 2026.10 today and downloaded the large JCV files posted by HarryAR yesterday. I went into the GPS System>JVC folder to rename the small file but there was no file there and the folder was empty. Anyone else notice this happening?

Garmin has the new map update for North America, version 2026.10, available.

Yesterday the Battery on my 2011 Ford Escape Limited Opened up.

Cranked for an instant, then Clicking, then NOTHING!!!

Put a charger on battery for 15 Min: and in the meantime called the 3x closest places to sell battery's and got STICKER SHOCK!!!

All within $10...
It Started! Drove there, got $$ battery! and All was Fine!!

Purchased a travel trailer, need some help in picking out a new a new Garmin GPS that would help me navigate with a new travel trailer 17ft.long. Thank you for your help, Ron.

Purchased a travel trailer, need some help in picking out a new a new Garmin GPS that would help me navigate with a new travel trailer 17ft.long. Thank you for your help, Ron.

I am giving some thought to a handheld Garmin GPS. It would be used ATV/UTVing, e-biking and when we travel outside of the United States. As handy as Google Maps/Waze, etc. are, there is still something to be said for a device that works without a data connection, particularly traveling outside of the US, ATV/UTVing or ebiking.

I have old Nuvi 885 that still works, the only problem I have is when i try and update I get a message that there is to much information to installed. If I were to Delete the map that is already installed then install New version would that work? I had this problem once before and was able to update but I forgot what I did.

Can someone tell me the difference between a Garmin 2797 and the drivesmart 86.
My 2797 still works , i was thinking about upgrading, is it worth it?

I just updated my map to 2025.20
Looking at the MAP folder there are 2 sets of files.
D9644070A.gma and .unl dated 3/18/24
D9644080A.gma and .unl dated 1/16/25

I assume I can delete the old ones, but I thought I would check to verify my Nuvi doesn't need them.

It will be interesting to see if Garmin is planning a new line of Garmin Rinos or a firmware update on the existing Rinos.

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My wife and I traveled from the Minneapolis-Saint Paul MN area just after Christmas to Gulf Shores AL. I chose to leave my Garmin at home just to see how things would go without it. Our Ram 1500 has Android Auto, so it just needs a smartphone to connect to it. I have a spare Google Pixel 6 with a T-Mobile data SIM card in it.

The Foursquare app on IPHONE and Android is no longer working does anybody know what Garmin is going to do about it.

I just downloaded the Route 66 .gpx file of POIs from this website and opened it in Basecamp. Is there an easy way to just create the trip route by importing these waypoints into a new trip, etc.? I've always found Basecamp to be extremely un-user friendly.

I created a number of waypoints for a future trip, but I find that the range of symbols is quite limited.

For example, I have a Bakery, a Bookstore & a Monestary.

I'm regularly getting pop up ads for local businesses while navigating a route. It only happens on local roads or 2 lane highways, and so far, not while driving interstates. The ads include a navigable route from my location to the business

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A Happy New Year to all.

I have a Garmin DriveSmart 61 LMT-S.

Years ago I uploaded self made routes using Garmin BaseCamp.
Yesterday I used 'Drag and Drop' into the "Internal Storage" and using "Send To Device". I can delete these routes as normal.

I am having a problem of not being able to delete the year old ones as there is no "Delete" or "Remove" button showing in BaseCamp.