Thread: How To Get Your SD Card ID in Your Garmin Device

Originally Posted by Hi_lander

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Alternative method: I have many card reader... adaptors. I simply have the card with a directory named \Garmin and I put the microSD on the reader and then I opened Mapsource... using tools, I tried to get the Device ID.... since the GPS is read as a "removable disk unit" and the card reader is the same, Mapsource gave me the card ID. ............

I guess that was just a typo and you meant "using Utilities", 'coz that's where the 'Get UnitID' function is in my MS, not under the Tools tab. It's interesting and would be known to regular users of MS.
As well as reading the Software Unit ID/Unlock ESN/CID on a media card connected with GarminXT on it, that will also give the Software Unit ID if you have MobilePC on the PC or laptop:
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
However the GMPC SUID is available on the computer directly from the program anyway:
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
Perhaps of some small interest is if you put any Garmin unit's GarminDevice.xml file in a Garmin folder on an actual or virtual sd card you can get the UID that way too (that trick is of much more interest as a good way to get fw upgrades and other files as a dl from Garmin):
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
'Coz again you can easily get the UID if you just open the xml file with a browser or wordpad/notepad anyway when you have a backup of your unit on the computer.

PS: Welcome (back) to Noeman, Hi_lander....