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

@Butters

Short story - still can't get to MSM
Did as you suggested - loaded the quickcure3 - that file seems oddly small (336 bytes) compared to original fw that is 16KB?

With that said, the update started - the device showed "software loading" and Updater did complete saying it was successful... Updater then shows a screen which says 'erasing' and this is where it fails and I get the
error message "The Garmin device is unable to program the requested memory region"

So what is updater erasing?

Edit: for 'fun' I tried WebUpdater - it failed with the error "the update file is corrupted'. Is the update file another name for the firmware?
Another Edit: I broke down and called Garmin. Was told that that my device lasted 13 years and I should be happy it lasted that long... nothing they could do for me except give a discount on my next purchase...

SK