Tom Tom 5 Crashing

[bondmaster]

Does anyone know why Tom Tom 5 crashes all the time in map mode. Ie God view. Everytime I zoom in and out of GB or move around the map it resets to the main start menu. Getting really bad now. HELP ?

[Daza]

Ah at last another person with the same problem, I thought it was just me. I have a Dell Axim X30 and have the same problem as above. Its OK until I go into the moving map sometimes it goes off stright away other times it stays on for a while before closing down and going to the today screen. Please help before I find out how well PDA's flot!!!

[Doyley]

Originally Posted by Daza

Ah at last another person with the same problem, I thought it was just me. I have a Dell Axim X30 and have the same problem as above. Its OK until I go into the moving map sometimes it goes off stright away other times it stays on for a while before closing down and going to the today screen. Please help before I find out how well PDA's flot!!!

I had the same problem.

I believe it is a problem with certain POI files not existing.

This is how I sorted it. Try to navigate to every POI you have, when you select certain ones it should reproduce the error, ie exiting back to windows. If that happens you want to make a list of all the POI's that do that then disable them.

My list of dodgy POI's are

beach
car dealer
car rental facility
car repair center
cash dispenser
college/university
company
golf course
mountain pass
mountain peak
nightlife
open parking
park and recreation center
parking garage
place of worship
rest area
restaurant
shopping center
stadium
tourist attraction
yaught basin


Hope this helps.

[Daza]

Thanks for that Doyley i've taken all my POI off apart from my speed cameras and it seems to have done the trick I will try it at the weekend
Thanks Again

[Doyley]

Originally Posted by Daza

Thanks for that Doyley i've taken all my POI off apart from my speed cameras and it seems to have done the trick I will try it at the weekend
Thanks Again

No problem. Fingers crossed it works for you.

[rash]

I have same problem. It defaults back to start screen after 1-3 minutes. Although it seemed to work well intially. What versions are you using and have you upgraded from v5 to 5.1, and did tis help?

I will try disabling the POIs. Did it work?

Thanks.

[rash]

Did you delete them or just un-check them/disbale them?

[lupos0_1]

Are you sure that your copy of tomtom is legit?? This is a known problem with pirate copies.