Quote Originally Posted by dave mercer View Post
I found a bunch of gps related stuff at 'GMapTool' website - i was mostly trying to find a SD card loaded with the firmware info before i got here...
I really need to know more about what you may have tried to do, also whether that was before or after the device started acting up, e.g.:
  • Is the GMAPTool website where you found the Indonesian firmware?
  • Did you attempt to flash ID fw or anything else before using current V7.30? If so, it is vital you say exactly what you've tried to flash and the results of that. Important! if you have made other attempts i do need links. I definitely must examine any file(s) you've used and know when you used them and the device's state both before and after.
  • Anything else you've done or observed, no matter how minor you think it may be.


......shows my personalized welcome screen for a moment before turning off
Interesting. That indicates it got further into the boot cycle that time after the flash attempt. Do you recall exactly what happened immediately before and/or after it showed the splash screen, like for instance, did the device screen show anything else or updater.exe's GUI show any different message than during other attempts, etc.?

The other assorted error messages along with hanging are not unexpected if Updater can't complete a flash.

I have not yet gone the SD card route - I looking for details on that process....
Look behind the Spoiler in Post #6, I made the necessary files and gave you the procedure there. It's possible the card won't even be recognised however due to my explanation in the open part of that post.

Delay that attempt with SD, for now anyway. Just supply more info/links for any previous flashing attempts as i asked above. No detail is too small here, what could seem unimportant or irrelevant might be the key to restoring the device if it indeed has a 'soft' rather than a 'hard' issue. There's still some slight chance to recover it by software methods seeing the splash screen showed briefly.