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Did you let it reboot so that it can LOAD the new firmware? It seems not if your quote "connect it back after 5 seconds" is literally what you did. When GE 'updates' the firmware it simply writes a new GCD file to the device's .System folder, the components of that GCD are then flashed (loaded) by the device itself to the various regions as part of the next boot cycle. Additionally, during boot an updated GarminDevice.xml file is written by the device into its Garmin folder, overwriting the existing file. If that XML file isn't updated then GE on reading it will sense that the older fw is still loaded and offer the latest GCD file again. Your understanding of this process is key to fixing this device. Your earlier posts seem to indicate that you have allowed the device to reboot however, so if you still can't get the device to update from a GCD file there are other methods, i.e. using an RGN file in preboot mode or flashing individual BINs via media card. It might even be necessary to re-format the device correctly. Do you know the history? Did you or your BinL reformat it at some stage and if so, how? If the device is not updating fw and rewriting the XML on boot cycle then it may indicate physical flash damage or it may only be that there is minor corruption in one of the firmware regions, probably rgn14 where fw_all.bin is flashed. The former is fatal, the later is easily fixed by flashing a healthy BIN file.Originally Posted by fchody
Give as much info as you can so we can diagnose this problem. The smallest detail may be be important, even if it seems irrelevant to you.
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Hallo, first off all thanks for helping me. Please notice English is not may native language but i do my best. I will try to give you as much info as possible by inserting some screenshot i made during connecting and attempting to update my device. This first image shows my DrSm is connected to GE(
. After GE shows available updates (Spoiler: pic1
. The next image shows the content of the DrSm(Spoiler: pic2
and than the deploued Garmin map this all before update(Spoiler: pic3
. The next image shows the available device software which is the 5.90(Spoiler: pic4). To save time i will first only try to update this device software fro 4.10 to the latest 5.90 as you can see in this picture:Spoiler: pic5. So after the update completed, i disconnected the device from the computer and start it again. After the device started up i went to look in the settings of the device. Also there i saw nothing has changed. The software version is still at 4.10. I reconnected the device to the computer and started GE again. In GE i could see the same updates are still available as befor and GE shows also the software version 4.10 as before (Spoiler: pic6). Also in the deployed Garmin folder shows the sam as before. When i update the maps, also i can see there has no maps been added to the Garmin folder even GE says everything has been updated. I hope you can follow because the language of GE is Dutch. I hope also i provided enough information for you to help me. If not i'll do my best to provide more needed info.Spoiler: pic7
Kind regards and thanks a lot for spending time to help.
Francis.Last edited by Boki; 29th March 2020 at 02:19 PM. Reason: spoilers!
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