Thread: Very slow start up of nüvi 265WT

Certainly, but my point was that it indeed boots fully, i.e. it loads firmware then works properly, therefore whatever is holding it up isn't something essential for proper operation or enough to stall or reset the boot. So what's it trying to read/load that's causing the long boot? Not firmware, not maps for sure. Also a corrupt GPI or VPM etc. file should freeze it on loading.

You can't do an easy 'clear NV' in 2x5W devices, other than with a deep firmware downgrade and if it's got a late board version it's quite possible to brick it with a white screen going beyond a certain version.

Perhaps erasing region 41 would fix it, but that will lose its registration and unlock codes. I regard it as 'last resort' and wouldn't do it solely because of slow boot.

Lol, thanks. 'Cos maybe San Francisco is greener than he seems .....

Unfortunately, erasing rgn 41 did not speed up the boot process. When connected to Garmin Express, its entitlement to Lifetime Mapupdates is still recognised though.

Apart having to go through screen calibration, entering the locale and waiting for first satellite fix at first boot after erasing rgn 41, I notice no difference in behaviour at all. Do I need to restore the original rgn 41 from backup?

Originally Posted by SanFrancisco

Unfortunately, erasing rgn 41 did not speed up the boot process. ........

See if removing the file mlg_history.db from .System\SQLite helps the boot time. Back it up first of course.

Did you use RMPrepUSB to reformat after applying Cure3 fw, or only remove some dodgy files once you had Mass Storage Mode back? If there was no format done I'd suggest make a backup of the file system and reformat it then restore the folder and files. You may as well restore region 41 too seeing it didn't alter the boot time.

Not questioning your knowledge there but can you explain how restoring an empty bin file to region 41 is different to erasing with ergn command? The device rewrites most information to 41 on every boot anyway.