WARNING TO OTHERS: The pack posted here is for HWID 1948 ONLY.

Loosen the noose and get off that chair Geoff. All is not lost if you still haven't been able to flash the RGN with Updater.exe. There's another way to do it, it's put me to a little bit of trouble to get this right but if you're willing to try i'm 99.9% sure there will be no problem and your unit will not only be unharmed but patched to use unlocked maps. However because i don't have a similar 'protected' device to test this on i cannot give you a 100% guarantee that everything will go ok.

If you want to go ahead then follow the instructions below. You've previously removed gupdate.gcd from the unit's .System folder but please check again that it's not there before doing this:

  • Download the RAR pack and extract it directly onto a clean microSD, even a small 1GB card will suffice, but make sure there are no other files on it.
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  • Ensure that your 2689 is fully OFF, not just in standby, insert the card and turn it on. Loader message will appear on the screen and then it will reboot. Don't disturb it or turn it off while it's in progress, so make sure the battery has plenty of power or connect it to a power source beforehand.
  • When it's finished you'll know by it's rebooting. Remove the card and look in Garmin\Updater\1948 for a newly created file 'update.log'. Open it in NotePad or WordPad and check it's content. It should read:
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If it's as above then your unlocked EU map should now work. Also on the the unit in 'Settings>Device>About' should now show 'Software Version: 8.21'.

If anything is different in the log file then let me know, e.g. If 'Error' appears where 'Success' should be, or 'Error - update halted' is present.

EDIT: Just remembered that this 2xx9 unit may have [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], so please before you use the pack open the file 'Update.txt' which is in Garmin\Updater\1948 and add this line either directly above or directly under 'rrgn,41,2:/Backup/41_BKP.bin' i.e. as either the 2nd or 4th line only:
rrgn,154,2:/Backup/154_BKP.bin
You can copy/paste the above line, but make sure there are no spaces before or after it nor carriage returns in the amended Update.txt file before and especially after you save it. Possibly one of those BKP bins will be dumped empty but not both.

WARNING TO OTHERS: The pack posted here is for HWID 1948 ONLY.