Thread: IMPORTANT! If you want HELP in case of a bricked Garmin device, please follow this

Reading your post again, it may be that you're asking about the style of the SLI rather than it's absence. If so, perhaps you have the first rather than the second of these images displaying:
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] If that's your problem, the 'sign' type is determined either by the map itself or the Locale selected and can't be changed by the user in settings.

correct.

when i started the devide again after erasing, only american could be selected during first start.
how to come back to european traffic sign style?

You're lacking required files probably they haven't been replaced after the format. Check you have all Text and Keyboard files as well as Deutsch TTS voices and Help files after extraction and replace what's missing from below:

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Deutsch Voices: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]. Text folder (all files): [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]. Keyboard folder (all files) [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]. Help folder (all files)[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].

Probably the basemap is also missing (gmapbmap.img in .System folder), you need that for reliable navigating and route planning so if it's missing you'll need to source one and replace it.

ok, tried that. 2 different cables, each in a different USB port on the rear of the PC. Same response of not seeing the Garmin show up as a storage device. I also got the same result when I tried connecting to a netbook running Windoze 10. The drivers loaded, I get the same dong-ding tune, but the Garmin doesn't show up in Windows Explorer as a storage unit. HOWEVER, based on Butters comment I checked the device manager and I have 'Garmin USB GPS' listed under 'Garmin Devices'. This goes away when the ding-dong sounds and the unit drops out. My old Nuvi 680 shows up as 'nuvi'' under 'Portable Devices'. A different Nuvi 260W and a Nuvi 200W both show up as 'Garmin' under 'Portable Devices'. None of these working units show up as 'Garmin USB GPS' like the problematic Nuvi 260W does.

Next?

It's normal that a Garmin device connected to a PC when it's in preboot will not show up as a drive in Windows Explorer. That's because it's not in Mass Storage Mode. It will also not be detected in Disk Management as a Garmin Device and in Device Manager it will only show up under 'GARMIN Devices' as 'Garmin USB GPS'. When it shows there it's certainly in preboot and will be recognized by Updater.exe and can be flashed.

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When preboot period expires or you remove pressure from the top LH corner of the screen, a healthy device will disconnect and then re-connects in Mass Storage Mode provided the USB connection is maintained. Once in MSM, it's visible normally in Windows Explorer, Disk Management and again in Device Manager but this time under Disk Drives.

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However, your device is not healthy. Because it's bricked it can't default to MSM. It's by loading Cure firmware that we enable MSM to allow a re-format with RMPrepUSB.

Summing up: You can get it to enter preboot, load Cure3 firmware to Updater.exe but it drops out of preboot or loses the USB connection before the flash completes.

Please post a picture of the error screen displayed by Updater.exe.

What are you naming the Cure3 [*.RGN] file?

I'm not renaming the file. Every file that has been created has been named 109101000780.rgn. I'm using nuvi2x5W_GCDFile-MTK__780.GCD as the input file. GarminCure3.exe, Updater.exe, and the input file are all in C:\Users\Jim\Desktop\GarminCure3. I see no new files after hitting the Make Firmware button, but after I click the Updater.exe button something creates a new directory in C:\Users\Jim\Desktop\GarminCure3\GarminCure3-TEMP and writes the 109101000780.rgn file to the new directory.

Should I be renaming the .rgn file, or trying to move it to somewhere other than where Cure3/Updater is putting it? Should I be seeing a new file when I hit the Make Firmware button but before I run Updater?

That's correct. No file is created until you click the 'Updater.exe' button in the GUI. It's indeed the correct firmware for nuvi 260W (2nd generation, 2009) HWID 1091 with MediaTek chip. It has the same hardware as 2x5W so uses it's firmware.

Try this. Open the RGN file from the temp folder with RGN_Tool and overwrite the SW Version with '781' and then save it as 109101000781.rgn. See if that will flash successfully.