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this worked perfectly to fix my bricked Garmin Nuvi 1490T. I just needed to find the firmware *.gcd for the nuvi (which is still available out on the net, but hidden on Garmin website), and the various other tools.
Firmware -- nuvi13xxand14xxseries_GCDFile__620.gcd
Applications --
Garmin Web updater
Garmin Express
GarminCure3.exe
RMPrepUSB
Updater.exe
It all just worked when I did the exact instruction on the first message of this thread. This needs to be passed along to more folks, as am sure a lot of Garmin GPS are being tossed in the trash.
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G'day offroadnow, welcome to GPSPower. I hate to correct your first post, but V6.20 for both MTK & non-MTK chip models are here: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] and also still available direct from Garmin:
Originally Posted by offroadnow
To find the actual firmware *.gcd file, right-click on the Garmin software update page and select 'View Page Source' or 'View Source' [varies with browser]. See [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] [look for 'One way to get the link/location to an updated region files (on units you own) is to:'], or just follow this:Code:Please Login or Register to see the links
and you can also get the current .gcd file by taking a copy of your GarminDevice.xml from a backup if your unit's bricked, then similarly changing the version to one below the current and placing the .xml in a Garmin folder on a USB stick before connecting to WU which will download the gupdate.gcd file into a .System folder it creates on your 'fake' 1490.'Thanking Posts' are banned. To thank someone, and/or to see hidden links and content, use the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] button below left of the helpful post then refresh your browser [F5 key]. 'Thanking Posts' are banned.
Please don't spam. Posts serving no purpose other than to thank or to ask about hidden links are trashed or deleted, it's GPSPower's policy. Please don't spam.
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] should make their first post as a new Intro Thread in [Only registered and activated users can see links. ].
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