Thread: Very slow start up of nüvi 265WT

Sorry for the delay in my response. Other priorities popped up.

Originally Posted by Butters

Series 2 nuvi devices should boot up in about 10-15 seconds. Some devices will perform better if there is a detail map on the device, even a tiny one. Just a few tiles of an OSM not already covered by your SD's map might be enough to get it to boot faster.

Placed a 5 kb size unlocked detailed map on the device. Made no difference. Also not when removing the SD card containing the other detailed map.

Originally Posted by osiris4isis

Try checking for any bad memory blocks in diagnostic screen (press battery icon for more than 8 secs)

It appears RAM and ROM are both fine.

I am inclined to think the data in a particular rgn may be corrupt. After all, it takes 50 seconds until map data is being loaded. What is the device doing all that time? Probably reading rgn's. As mentioned, once the device is up and running, its operation is without any flaws or delays.

Originally Posted by SanFrancisco

I restored the device to factory default

That did you keep in mind under restoring of factory default? Due to a huge time of Reset on the screen I think you did not reset device properly. Did you perform to return to default settings in menu only? Or did you make master reset with finger holding on lower left corner when turn on device?

Sorry for the long absence, guys. Have been buried under work, both professionally as well as privately.

Originally Posted by Butters

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.

Have not tried that yet. Obviously, will backup rgn 41 first before erasing it, as suggested by o4i.

Originally Posted by Grizzzly

Did you perform to return to default settings in menu only? Or did you make master reset with finger holding on lower left corner when turn on device?

The device was reset to factory default by pressing and holding the lower right hand corner of the screen while switching on power.