tritone123 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Hi! I sold my eTrex 20 and bought an eTrex 30. 1) My first observation is a strange behaviour: on this eTrex 30 the firmware update process (the update itself, after the „validation”) is MUCH-MUCH LONGER then on my former eTrex 20. Is 4 minutes 10 seconds, while on the eTrex 20 was 1 minute - 1 minute 30 seconds. 2) An other experience: With the same firmware versions (2.80 and 2.90) this eTrex 30 has clearly more malfunctions than on my former eTrex 20. Crashes/freezings during route-navigations; capricious unexpected shutdowns. It's hard to believe that the extra functions of the eTrex 30 (altimeter, electronic compass, sensors, wireless) make it more unstable. -> So I would like to find out whether this is a defective (harware) sample or the eTrex 30 is generally more problematic? Quote Link to comment
wmarek1974 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Truthly saying I have never experienced problems with crashes in eTrex 30. Try to calculate shorter routes (max. 30 km long) and use less-detailed maps. The only thing correlated with current FW 2.90 are bugs listed here: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=308077&view=findpost&p=5220313 Nevertheless they should be mostly the same for eTrex 20 and eTrex 30. Quote Link to comment
fujitsu Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Hi, unfortunately I also experienced what tritone123 said with the 2.87 and also with 2.90. 20. Crashes/freezings during route-navigations; capricious unexpected shutdowns Quote Link to comment
wmarek1974 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Fujitsu What type do you have: eTrex 20 or eTrex 30? Quote Link to comment
fujitsu Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Hi, Sorry, I forgot to say that. I have an Etrex30 When I have the 2.87 installed I sent an email to the beta team but it seems they didn't do anything about the freezing issue. They asked me to sent them a few system files. Maybe they couldn't reproduced the situation I reported. But it seems that it does happen to other people. It should be a bug. It's the first time I experienced a freezing and shutdown issues so frequently with a Garmin GPS. Lets wait and see. Quote Link to comment
tr_s Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 System instability due to the extra in-device sensors in the 30 is indeed a possibility, if the firmware code that handles them is borked enough. Quote Link to comment
tritone123 Posted March 14, 2013 Author Share Posted March 14, 2013 (edited) Thanks for your replies. According to these the eTrex 30 is more prone to bugs than the eTrex 20 - with same firmware. And the much longer duration firmware update? Is something normal: (I bought the eTrex 30 from an online market, and I have 2 days to freely send back the device. I wonder to send back and buy an gpsmap 62s, but i like the smaller size of eTrex and the gps-glonass dual system on eTrex.) Edited March 14, 2013 by tritone123 Quote Link to comment
wmarek1974 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 (edited) Send information about crashes to eTrexBeta@garmin.com Attach two files: Garmin.xml and GarminDevice.xml stored in the Garmin subdirectory of the device. Edited March 14, 2013 by wmarek1974 Quote Link to comment
fujitsu Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Hi, There is a “system.xml” file in the Garmin folder on your device. Can you send it to me? They asked me to send them the system.xml file Quote Link to comment
wmarek74 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 My mistake! The files to be attached to email: GarminDevice.xml and system.xml. Quote Link to comment
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