Thread: Garmin Aera 500 in Aera 550

Hello, do you know how to change splash screen (boot screen) on Aera 500. I Want to make my Aera 500 back to Original Garmin Logo. Thank you.

@Gungasur
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Originally Posted by Butters

Region 16 is 512 KiB in size (524,288 bytes). The splash identifies as 'nuvi Splash Screen WS' so it seems it shares the logo with some of the nuvi range.

Do you have access to an aero 550 or 560 to dump region 16 from it?

Hello Butters!

Since the use of AERA 500 and 550 is still relevant today, and flights with AERA 550 are a little safer, I would like to continue the topic. I have an AERA 500 upgraded to 550. I'm willing to provide you with an rgn16 dump to test your guess. I hope you still have the rgn16 dump from AERA 500, which was provided to you by 'shtyrman' and you can compare their contents.

BRGDS

@Royalist
Yes, please upload a copy of your 550's region 16 dump and i'll compare it to the one from his 500.

BTW, do you know the specific method used to upgrade your aera?

I don't know how the AERA 500 was upgraded to 550. I have already compared Shtyrman's reg16 with my reg16 - they are identical. So there are probably reg's that we don't know about.

Indeed the logo bins are the same. As region 140 dumps empty the key isn't there either. It must elsewhere in a region used by both aera models though. I'd think dumping everything from yours and a virgin 500 then by comparing them the secret will out. Otherwise it may be that someone has modified the firmware, maybe the main system software (fw_all) in region 14, or perhaps the supplementary system software (fw_all2) in region 85. Who knows, it may even that one of the other regions in 5xx's fw such as 253, 254 or 250 as they are not usually present in the fw of 'standard' auto navigators. But i guess because all 5xx use the exact same fw it more feasible the modification's been done to some other region in much the same way region 140 can be altered to enable features in some automotive devices. In short, without another full region dump from an unmolested 500 we'll never know.