Kroke
26th April 2009, 19:23
Perfectly working NavCore 8.412 on TomTom Go x30:
After fiddling around with dozends of NavCores in several revisions, I finally found my perfect setup.
This setup works on my 730. It should also work on the 930. Not sure about the 910 - your mileage may vary ...
Things you get:
- Latest and greatest NavCore 8.412
- Anti-Aliased maps
- Those fancy icons along with dark background in main menu while in night-mode
- No crashes
- Improved satellite reception (compared to original NavCore)
- Working brightness sensor / Automatic Day&Night switching
- Perfectly working TMC
- No startup/shutdown problems
Things you loose:
- Bluetooth functionality
- Voice commands
- Media Player (Photo/MP3)
The installation process may interest you, so here's a step by step installation:
1. Backup the contents of your TomTom
2. Format the Flash Memory drive with FAT 32.
If you have your maps on a separate SD card, you don't have to format this drive, but backup
the file "MapSettings.cfg" in your map folder.
3. Get the "SE_Navcore.8.412.1236.Basicpack.rar (http://www.anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/219731691/SE_Navcore.8.412.1236.Basicpack.rar)", and extract the contents in your TomTom root folder
4. Get the "SE_ttsystem.8.412.1236.rev1.1.rar (http://www.anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/225131080/SE_ttsystem.8.412.1236.rev1.1.rar)". Inside it, there's a file called "ttsystem".
Extract that to the TomTom root folder aswell.
5. In your root-folder there now is a file called "switchfiles.zip". Extract that to your root-folder.
This should provide a neww folder called "Config". Open this folder, delete everything but "setconfig.txt".
Open "setconfig.txt", and edit the lines like this:
model:x40
runclean
btoff
cleanflash
Save the newly edited file.
6. In your root-folder, delete the folder "Navcore.8412.1236@tomtom.com" and "Outsourced.8412"
6. Get your (hopefully) created backup, and extract the following folders to your TomTom root:
"art" - in case you were using some modified car-icons
"ephem" - sometimes you won't get QuickGPS updates if this folder is empty
"LoquendoTTS" - for your Text-to-Speech Computer Voices
"helpme" - For the first-aid instructions, country info etc.
"raster" - If you favor those satellite images when zoomed-out far
"schemes" - for you personal map colors
"sounds" - if you use personal warning/POI sounds
"voices" - if you use these old pre-recorded voices instead of the Loquendo TTS ones
"splashw.bmp" - your personal startup-screen
If you previously created a shut-down screen, rename it "antitheftw.bmp" and replace the default one.
7. Do a hardware reset with a paperclip by pressing at least 15 seconds.
8. The TomTom Unit should start now, display your Startup-Screen and after some seconds bring you to the
first-time configuration dialogue, where you select your country, voices etc. Adjust all this according
to your needs.
9. Once done, go to the settings pages, and choose "startup options", set it to whatever you want.
It's important that you do that now, because later in the process we're using a different emulation,
where this option is no longer present. Do the same with "Show hints".
10. Connect your TomTom to the PC, open the file called "ttgo.bif" in any text-editor and search for the
following lines:
ApplicationVersionVersionNumber=8412
ApplicationVersion=1236
Change that to:
ApplicationVersionVersionNumber=8302
ApplicationVersion=9738
Save it as "ttgo.bak". This process will prevent TomTom Home offering you a different NavCore every
time you update your unit.
11. In the root, open the folder "Config", and again edit "setconfig.txt"
Edit the contents like this:
model:x40light
runclean
btoff
Save it.
12. Disconnect the TomTom from the PC. It will reboot, present a legal notice, which unfortunately
has to be ticked every time you to a cold-start (eg. Reset, disconnect from PC). No way around that.
13. Go to the settings, take a look at the "Brightness" ooption. Choose automatic brightness adjustment and
automatic day/night mode.
Give it a try in a dark spot. The screen should automatically reduce brightness and finally enter
night-mode.
14. This step is optional:
If you find the TomTom entering night-mode too quickly, sometimes even when driving under some treets,
install the "Daylight" utility. Get it at http://gps.dg4sfw.de/
Install it according to the webpage (you need both the tools "Daylight" and "Execution Helper")
Enter the Brightness-Setting again and uncheck the automatic day/night switch, because the "Daylight-Tool"
is now in command and will switch Day/Night according to the satellite-posistion, providing more
accurate switching-times. The display will still dimm when it's dark, but night-mode will only enter
when it's really night.
That's it. For some experienced users most, if not all will look familiar, but maybe some newbie will understand
the setup a little easier.
In short: The 8.412 REV 1.1 NavCore from TTUser is the first one that works with the brightness sensor.
The first version didn't work with the "Daylight" tool. With REV 1.1 it works again. Also the problem with
non-working satellite reception after restarting from stand-by is fixed.
For some users the loss of Bluetooth and Voice-Commands might be a killer. Then there's still the option
to use the x40 emulation (not the light version). You trade bluetooh and voice-commands for automatic
brightness.
- Kroke -
After fiddling around with dozends of NavCores in several revisions, I finally found my perfect setup.
This setup works on my 730. It should also work on the 930. Not sure about the 910 - your mileage may vary ...
Things you get:
- Latest and greatest NavCore 8.412
- Anti-Aliased maps
- Those fancy icons along with dark background in main menu while in night-mode
- No crashes
- Improved satellite reception (compared to original NavCore)
- Working brightness sensor / Automatic Day&Night switching
- Perfectly working TMC
- No startup/shutdown problems
Things you loose:
- Bluetooth functionality
- Voice commands
- Media Player (Photo/MP3)
The installation process may interest you, so here's a step by step installation:
1. Backup the contents of your TomTom
2. Format the Flash Memory drive with FAT 32.
If you have your maps on a separate SD card, you don't have to format this drive, but backup
the file "MapSettings.cfg" in your map folder.
3. Get the "SE_Navcore.8.412.1236.Basicpack.rar (http://www.anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/219731691/SE_Navcore.8.412.1236.Basicpack.rar)", and extract the contents in your TomTom root folder
4. Get the "SE_ttsystem.8.412.1236.rev1.1.rar (http://www.anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/225131080/SE_ttsystem.8.412.1236.rev1.1.rar)". Inside it, there's a file called "ttsystem".
Extract that to the TomTom root folder aswell.
5. In your root-folder there now is a file called "switchfiles.zip". Extract that to your root-folder.
This should provide a neww folder called "Config". Open this folder, delete everything but "setconfig.txt".
Open "setconfig.txt", and edit the lines like this:
model:x40
runclean
btoff
cleanflash
Save the newly edited file.
6. In your root-folder, delete the folder "Navcore.8412.1236@tomtom.com" and "Outsourced.8412"
6. Get your (hopefully) created backup, and extract the following folders to your TomTom root:
"art" - in case you were using some modified car-icons
"ephem" - sometimes you won't get QuickGPS updates if this folder is empty
"LoquendoTTS" - for your Text-to-Speech Computer Voices
"helpme" - For the first-aid instructions, country info etc.
"raster" - If you favor those satellite images when zoomed-out far
"schemes" - for you personal map colors
"sounds" - if you use personal warning/POI sounds
"voices" - if you use these old pre-recorded voices instead of the Loquendo TTS ones
"splashw.bmp" - your personal startup-screen
If you previously created a shut-down screen, rename it "antitheftw.bmp" and replace the default one.
7. Do a hardware reset with a paperclip by pressing at least 15 seconds.
8. The TomTom Unit should start now, display your Startup-Screen and after some seconds bring you to the
first-time configuration dialogue, where you select your country, voices etc. Adjust all this according
to your needs.
9. Once done, go to the settings pages, and choose "startup options", set it to whatever you want.
It's important that you do that now, because later in the process we're using a different emulation,
where this option is no longer present. Do the same with "Show hints".
10. Connect your TomTom to the PC, open the file called "ttgo.bif" in any text-editor and search for the
following lines:
ApplicationVersionVersionNumber=8412
ApplicationVersion=1236
Change that to:
ApplicationVersionVersionNumber=8302
ApplicationVersion=9738
Save it as "ttgo.bak". This process will prevent TomTom Home offering you a different NavCore every
time you update your unit.
11. In the root, open the folder "Config", and again edit "setconfig.txt"
Edit the contents like this:
model:x40light
runclean
btoff
Save it.
12. Disconnect the TomTom from the PC. It will reboot, present a legal notice, which unfortunately
has to be ticked every time you to a cold-start (eg. Reset, disconnect from PC). No way around that.
13. Go to the settings, take a look at the "Brightness" ooption. Choose automatic brightness adjustment and
automatic day/night mode.
Give it a try in a dark spot. The screen should automatically reduce brightness and finally enter
night-mode.
14. This step is optional:
If you find the TomTom entering night-mode too quickly, sometimes even when driving under some treets,
install the "Daylight" utility. Get it at http://gps.dg4sfw.de/
Install it according to the webpage (you need both the tools "Daylight" and "Execution Helper")
Enter the Brightness-Setting again and uncheck the automatic day/night switch, because the "Daylight-Tool"
is now in command and will switch Day/Night according to the satellite-posistion, providing more
accurate switching-times. The display will still dimm when it's dark, but night-mode will only enter
when it's really night.
That's it. For some experienced users most, if not all will look familiar, but maybe some newbie will understand
the setup a little easier.
In short: The 8.412 REV 1.1 NavCore from TTUser is the first one that works with the brightness sensor.
The first version didn't work with the "Daylight" tool. With REV 1.1 it works again. Also the problem with
non-working satellite reception after restarting from stand-by is fixed.
For some users the loss of Bluetooth and Voice-Commands might be a killer. Then there's still the option
to use the x40 emulation (not the light version). You trade bluetooh and voice-commands for automatic
brightness.
- Kroke -