Can an old go530 be updated?

**danpw** · 6th March 2020, 01:15 PM

I believe tomtom stopped supporting my device a few years back. Its currently on app 9.510 and map 960. Am I stuck with these?

**biggerdave** · 6th March 2020, 03:02 PM

These certainly CAN still be updated with latest maps etc but you need to do a bit of reading/searching around here:-
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
and all will be revealed

PS you'll get very similar responses across the other forums too (apart from that one from Privateer on PGPSW who either mis-read your question or seems to have forgotten that your device is EOL anyway!)

**danpw** · 6th March 2020, 07:30 PM

Thanks for your reply. The charging port is a bit iffy on my go530 - not sure if its worth the effort/expense of repairing it. What models can the exploit be used on? Is there go550 worth buying second hand?

**biggerdave** · 6th March 2020, 07:57 PM

I think fredderf has pretty much covered you questions already? The x40/x50's (540/740/940/550/750/950) are all about the same apart from internal memory and they all have a MicroSD card slot anyway so any will suffice and are easy to update (as per the FAQ's & tutorials around our forums)

**danpw** · 6th March 2020, 09:28 PM

Where would you suggest is the best place to obtain the latest map and meta data please?

Tried the links for the patch tool but its dead

**biggerdave** · 7th March 2020, 08:08 AM

Jeez, here's a clue:- [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

Originally Posted by danpw

Tried the links for the patch tool but its dead

Jeez #2, see here:- [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

**danpw** · 7th March 2020, 12:58 PM

I stumbled upon the right tools and was on it until gone midnight last night. I tried it,but haven't had any success at all. this morning I restored the tomtom. I think the issue could be to do with the meta data?

Am I to copy the whole batch of data then create a text file called meta? or does it only need the meta data for my map only?
Also there is a text file called "intergrated_meta" in my back file with meta data - is that ok to stay there or should it be deleted?

Ive searched the forums and found this step, but its not entirely clear to me :
Run "FastActivate.exe".
Select 1
After 1 go to the root Device and rename the file
Updated_meta in
meta
Select 2
Done.

Is that saying after selecting 1 in fastactivate to rename the text file from "meta" to "updated_meta" ?

Heads boggled here.

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