Thread: nuvi 2559 LMT BRICKED!

Thanks! The 11 q:

1) Bricked device MODEL, Firmware version, HWID.

nuvi 2559LMT, don't know firmware version but assuming latest available as it was updated not that long ago and it's an out of production model, off the label it has m/nA4BVGB03 s/n 3WR025828 IC 1792A-A4BVGB03 and that's all I have

2) Why and how the device got bricked.

Running a Europe map update via Garmin Express, not really sure what happened, went away and left it running due to slow internet, came back and nothing worked

3) Symptoms: what's wrong in your device?

Continually reboots. Will enter failsafe/preboot mode with the screen touch. Does not appear as a drive on the laptop as it usually would. SD card appears corrupted.

4) Does your pc sees your device ?

Only briefly in preboot mode then it appears under "Garmin" but never appears as a drive (neither the unit internal storage nor the SD) at any stage.

5) List all the procedures you already tried to unbrick it and their results and errors messages obtained.

Multiple attempts with Express and Webupdater but neither would communicate with it.

Getting it into pre-boot mode now and doing it quickly enough I can occasionally get Webupdater to complete but it says no updates are available even if you tell it to reinstall the existing software.

6) Do you have Garmin USB Drivers installed ? Garmin: USB Drivers Updates & Downloads

Yes - it was working fine on this laptop up to when it faulted, and Garmin appears briefly in Win11 device manager when in preboot

7) If you don't know HWID get it by Use program G7ToWin to retrieve your HWID

Have done this and I get Unit ID 3914635044 ID 1947 software version 8.80, it will also only communicate briefly while in preboot mode then goes offline

8) Write down if you already read and tried everything in these two threads: GarminCure3 tool - the new way to create cure firmwares for Garmin devices and How to unbrick a nüvi - step by step guide

I've tried that but I cannot work out which is the correct file to use, evidently not the one I am using which is called nuvi25x9_880.gcd

9) Can you reach preboot mode? If no ,have you followed this? Garmin devices preboot mode

Yes can get into preboot mode now but it only stays online to the PC for a few seconds and then drops off and reboots, then it just either continually reboots or goes to the Express screen on the GPS but doesn't show as connected to the PC. Sometimes it says Loading Maps for a while, and then reboots.

10) Probably no , but do you have NV backup?

Unfortunately no backups

11) Once you get a reply and a procedure to follow from our experts, please give an accurate reply about what you did and obtained results.

Will do. The next step to me seems to be to determine the right firmware file and try and push that to the device but I think maybe I have the wrong flie as I cannot get it to work - but may be doing something wrong?

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Sorry, one more bit of info, using the firmware I downloaded, when I try and run Updater using the "cure" file created from GarminCure in preboot mode, I'm getting this error - nothing seems to change on the nuvi and it then drops out of preboot mode.

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