StreetPilot i3 help flashing

**uski** · 13th August 2023, 09:15 PM

Hi !

I have found an old StreetPilot i3 which is working but has very old firmware version 2.10

I have tried to update it to version 3.40 as found on the Garmin website but I run into an error with the updater application:

App: Updater
At: 8/13/2023 7:58:37 PM (UTC)
OS: WIN32 Windows Platform, Major Version: 6, Minor Version: 1 Service Pack 1
Processor: Pentium Pro or Pentium II, RAM: 1048120 KB
IOU_UTILITIES.CPP-203-2.8

It seems similar to this thread: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

Any idea? I tried on Windows 10 64bits, Windows 7 32bits, no luck.

Maybe if someone can find an older firmware package so that I can do a two-step update? So far I could not find anything.

Thank you!

**Boki** · 14th August 2023, 07:43 AM

Not older firmware, it is already very old

You need Win XP to flash it I think, and very old PC

**asprin624** · 14th August 2023, 09:22 AM

Here is the manual to that GPS

Spoiler: The manual

The latest firmware I could find

Spoiler: Firmware 3.30

Spoiler: How to run older software on newer windows version 10 and 11

Spoiler: Screen shot on how to do this

**Garman_Nuvi** · 14th August 2023, 10:35 PM

@uski
What is the error you are getting.

StreetPilot i3 software version 3.40
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

Owner's Manual
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

Updater works fine on Win 10/11

Contents of StreetPiloti3_340.exe
UPDATER.EXE
042901000340.rgn
050501000340.rgn

StreetPilot i3 006-B0429-00 Release 3.40 [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (3154 Kb)

StreetPilot i3/i5 006-B0505-00 Release 3.40 [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (3183 Kb)

**Butters** · 15th August 2023, 12:32 AM

@uski
Hopefully your problem isn't the same as the eTrex 20 device you mentioned, it seems it had an insurmountable problem flashing any new firmware version probably because someone had previously flashed a custom version fw.

Certainly some devices are incapable of flashing newer fw version if there are several versions skipped. It also seems that Garmin might have abandoned V2.10 probably due to it being 'buggy', they have a history of doing that and it's further evidenced by examining their changelog of SP i3's fw versions:

Code:

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The original RTM version was 2.0 but the next release shown is 2.40. As your device has V2.10 loaded clearly there were three 'duds' in between 2.00 and 2.40 which were subsequently withdrawn or some were not even publicly released.

Old devices connect to PC in 'Garmin Mode' which is very similar to the preboot mode of modern devices and both require Garmin USB Drivers to be loaded on the host PC so ensure that the SP is seen in Windows Device Manager under GARMIN Devices when connected by USB. If it's not then load the latest USB Drivers: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]. Also be sure to only use a Desktop rear USB port directly, don't use a front port of the PC, any USB3 port or a hub. Windows 10/11 can certainly cope with Updater.exe V2.80 regardless that it's a very old application so there's no need to find an earlier OS.

When it's visible in Device Manager it can also be seen in [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] to check its HWID and you should do that because there's 2 possible versions, HWID 0429 and 0505, and we may need to flash it manually if running the V2.40 EXE won't work. Extract the linked ZIP file to find StreetPiloti3_240.exe:

Spoiler: Click for Link

Loading V2.40 successfully should then allow you to update to V3.40 directly however i also have all other versions from 2.50 to 3.20 should another incremental update be necessary.

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