Thread: 2xxx and 3xxx series enable features application

Please Read: This App is only for modifying 2012 2xx5 and 34/35x0 series. It cannot work for 2011 37x0 series nor for the later 2013> 2/3xxx series [eg 2xx7/8/9 or 3xx7/8]. It has been proved to work for 34/35x0 and 2xx5 but beware 2495 will lose TMC reception, read further notes at base of this post.

Before doing anything please follow this and backup your Nuvi NV:
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From this [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (THANKS to CATY ) I tried modding a 2595



A dear Friend has given me an executable so you can easily enable or disable various functions

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or attached
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These screenshots of the small application:




Tick ​​the boxes or not, as you like and save


In the folder. \ System \ Diag \ html \ supported_features.html originally had these:




After the modding these:



On nuvi:
On the nav:




Unfortunately however, in the 2595 even if the functions are enabled as the maps loaded, no function are active. Only the outlines of the buildings


I also tried having the function enabled MP3, to load custom POI with MP3 sound wave instead: I get only default DONG DONG!


Ecoroute nothing, even if enabled, but there is already the standard application on nav

Bye,bye

nuvi 2495 users read * WARNING at the bottom of this post

Credits for the original post about modding 23xx and 24xx to popotnik alter.si forum and Kanopus for this post n 29
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Originally Posted by cat2115

OLD PROCEDURE: I want to confirm for those who have 3450. If you just got your 3450 and taken out from the box to find it has old firmware, this is all you need to do to enable features: (DO NOT update to the latest firmware before doing this) Delete BlueTooth.xml, change ASR enable to ASR.disabled. Now copy & Paste all xml to X:\Garmin\, unplug nuvi from PC then power on. When power on, you will not see VideoPlayBack icon, it's okay. Plug nuvi 3450 back to PC and do a WebUpdater. It will updated to the latest. Once done, unplug from PC and power on nuvi 3450. Let Nuvi 3450 finish updating. The process seems long and you might think it's stuck on Garmin logo but it's not. So don't touch anything until you see "Agree". Then you can click on it. Now you'll see all the enabled feature icons are on your nuvi 3450.

NEW AND EASY PROCEDURE: For this example, I will use nuvi 3450.

What you'll need:
A clean microSD Card, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] and [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]. Once you have those, follow the guide below:

1) Open RGN_Tool --> drag your firmware *.gcd file to RGN_Tool

2) See picture: Save boot.bin and write down your firmware's HWID #



3) Once you save boot.bin, Rename it to Ldr.bin

4) After you extract Garmin Updater files.rar to find "Garmin Updater files" folder, in it you will you will see "3xxx series enable features application" folder, "For backup region 140.rar" and "For write back reg 140.rar"

5) Extract "For backup region 140.rar". You will see x:/Garmin/Updater/xxxx/ ===> rename xxxx folder to your HWID# from Step #2. In my case it's 1376

6) Now copy and paste your Ldr.bin to inside the renamed 'xxxx' folder [example 1376]

7) Copy your changed folder "Garmin" to the root of a microSD Card so it shows on PC as X:/Garmin

8) Make sure your nuvi is power off, not in standby mode. Insert microSD Card to your nuvi and power on. It will backup the file to the card's root then it will power off or reboot itself

9) Remove the microSD, connect it to PC and you will see reg_140.bin next to the Garmin folder

10) Open Mod 3xxx.exe and browse to the card's reg_140.bin (see picture)

For nuvi 3450, DO NOT check BlueTooth and ASR

11) Check your required features then press Save to make a copy to somewhere convenient, say on your PC's desktop

12) Extract "For write back region 140.rar". You will see x:/Garmin/Updater/xxxx/ ===> rename xxxx folder to your HWID as Step #2. In this case it's 1376

13) Now copy and paste your Ldr.bin to inside renamed 'xxxx' folder using the same Ldr.bin from Step #6

14) Make sure you delete all files in the microSD card then copy the new saved folder "Garmin" to the root. Example: X:/Garmin

15) Copy your newly saved reg_140.bin file to card root so you have:
X:/Garmin
X:/reg_140.bin

16) Make sure your nuvi is fully powered off, not in standby mode. Insert microSD card to your nuvi and power on. It will write back the info in the bin file to it's region 140 then it will power off or reboot itself.

17) Now you have enabled extra features.

Special thanks to Catymag, lolypop000, roger1109, aekhong for all the hard work. Sorry if I miss anyone.

*WARNING by catymag:
Users found out and asked me to add it in this thread that nuvi 2495 ,and only Nuvi 2495, has a problem in modifying region 140:when you modify reg 140 Nuvi 2495 won't recognize TMC/GTM antenne.
See this thread for further infos
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2011 37x0 series don't have region 140 properly populated, and 2013> 2/3xxx won't have icons shown in their Apps screen so these features can't be added in them. This mod is effective for 2012 2xx5 and 34x0/35x0 only.