Quote Originally Posted by dasilvarsa View Post
Actually from my limited experience a nuvi works at its best with the original firmware designed for it.
I'm back with US 5.90 no problem to revert either.
Jap firmware works but it's slow and POI search is BAD with loss of Pedestrian mode.
Lane Assist works on JAP but only appears when you are too close to the junction +- 400 m or less which renders it almost useless. Loss of pedestrian mode is also a -.
I've read in OTHER FORUM forum of people "having problem" with de Luxe as well and Alex himself has never advertised that the firmware is perfect.
The best advice is not to cross flash and use the original firmware that was specifically designed for the unit.
@dasilvarsa
Agree 100%.. it's best to stick with original, but it's fun to play with fw so long as you know and accept the worst-possible downside, as unlikely as it may be. I'm also aware that DeLuxe has its problems, and like you i've not tried it but believe the reports that it's laggy etc. My point was, and still is, that afaik it has never killed a device. Alex acknowledges it's not perfect but part of why they did it is to prove something to garmin. My other point is that if i badly needed routes (i don't) i would buy DeLuxe rather than use the basic method (thin conversion/blunt instrument?) which every one posting here (including cliny) knows to be risky. I would buy DeLuxe simply because i know it has been done with 'finesse' in way way that i don't hope to understand (as with my friend with the boot-loop) but just trust that it happens to be safe because of who created it. I hesitated to bring up DeLuxe because it may seem like i'm spamming (i'm not).

Quote Originally Posted by cliny View Post
Hey Guys. I know what I did could brick my unit. But not because of the hardware. A lot of things could go wrong when you flash a unit (but all because of the software)............... But the only thing I want to undestand right now is why they believe my unit is about to became a huge brick. Which part of the asian software could brick my unit? Thats what I want to know. Thanks guys for all the posts.
@cliny
Well, like i said: don't expect them to do that because it may involve exposing 'trade secrets', just accept that they can do things that we can't. The other thing is that guys like Alex see a disproportionate amount of dead devices caused by cross-flashing gone wrong, so its hardly surprising that they arc up when they see a thread that starts like this one. Caty mentioned that flashing 2x5 to 465 can kill and that's true, so then what is safe really? "All's well that ends well".