Satnav update

[pne]

I tried to update my satnav's firmware again, and this time it didn't stay stuck on 0% but went up. (Not monotically(?), but generally upwards.) And at the end, it reached 100%, asked me to disconnect the device to restart it, switch it off, reconnect it... and when I pressed "Done" after it had re-established communications, it said, "Your software is currently up-to-date."

So I hope that's fixed it.

Comments

[sophie]

For the record, I also have a Garmin GPS - an Oregon 550t that I was given for Christmas. When I updated its firmware, it seemed to do the "store as a file on the internal memory and apply it on reboot after a consistency check" thing, so I guess different GPSes work in different ways.

But really, I wasn't even going that far - just making sure that the file is complete on the PC hard drive before it even goes to the GPS would be better, and would work even when the device has no internal memory (since for firmware updates you can't rely on the GPS having a memory card in it).

I've no idea on why the bar might have fallen back, though.