Thread: City Navigator Southern Africa NT 2013.30

Hi catymag

Finally got it working after much hairpulling. The tutorial is not clear at all on how to do this, maybe a site admin should edit it a bit. You leave all your files on your Garmin device intact and only copy the new UNLOCKED .img file over to your (in my case) maps folder. I've got enough space on my device to drop the files straight on it, have not tried my SD card yet, but for now it's working like a charm.

Your post says to unlock the maps with a tool that's included with the download. Apparently you just extract the .img files together with the unlock tool in the same folder and unlock it, but it does not work. The dos window appears and disappears so quick you cant read anything so I screenshot it but it does not tell you much or give you any info to work with. Why is the .img files locked to begin with? Cant it be unlocked and then uploaded for download?

Anyways, thought I should let you know

Thanks for the help

Enjoy

Johan

Originally Posted by phatfossil

Hi catymag

Your post says to unlock the maps with a tool that's included with the download. Apparently you just extract the .img files together with the unlock tool in the same folder and unlock it, but it does not work. The dos window appears and disappears so quick you cant read anything so I screenshot it but it does not tell you much or give you any info to work with. Why is the .img files locked to begin with? Cant it be unlocked and then uploaded for download?
Anyways, thought I should let you know

Thanks for the help

Enjoy

Johan

Which post I should correct? If you are talking about a Gmap folder my post says:

Have you downloaded a Mapsource map version (.exe)?
.......
use
UnLock MapSource Directory
or
Protected Garmin File Toolkit v.2.2.3.4

Have you downloaded a Mapsource Gmap folder ?
copy it in:
(in XP - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\GARMIN\Maps) or
(in Vista, Windows 7 - C:\ProgramData\Garmin\Maps)
You'll have your map in Mapsource.
To unlock use:
UnLock MapSource Directory
or
Protected Garmin File Toolkit v.2.2.3.4

What's wrong? Let me know

In case of a single .img just drag&drop in the unlocker, you can see a very fast dos window coz the unlocker is superfast Check the result with GmapTool
I think users should learn a bit how to manage their Nuvis or it can be complicated even to update maps and firmwares from Garmin. Reading just few threads helps to understand elementary mechanisms about how it works.
Usually some users posts unlocked maps too, if I can I post original files.
Read
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]