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I had this - my 2599LMT-D has gotten "soft" (I hope) bricked. By doing as you said I finally got the connection "noise" and at the same time the word "SYSTEM" appeared above the Garmin logo and scrolled down for a short time (the first time, it then changed after a few seconds to "LOADING") - and I managed to get a reasonable message (Unit ID redacted) of:
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30th June 2024, 02:29 AM #1Junior Member
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General rule of thumb:
Originally Posted by Slysven
A unit is soft -bricked if you can still enter the boot-loader and get responses when navigating/interacting with the unit.
A unit is hard-bricked if the boot-loader cannot be activated, or if it totally is non-responsive.
Sent from my 21121210G using TapatalkLast edited by Neil; 30th June 2024 at 01:23 PM. Reason: Reduce quote length.
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