+Atlas Cached Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Two more Garmin classics are updated to correct the week rollover issue, effectively doubling their lifespans! Changes made to version 2.80: Fix incorrect time date issue Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 What exactly will happen if you decline the update, I wonder? Simply the time/date becomes laughable, or GPS function totally breaks down? Back when I used Garmins, I always weighed updates very carefully, and sometimes declined. It's a risk/benefit analysis. A broken or interrupted update can brick your unit. 1 Quote Link to comment
+Atlas Cached Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Viajero Perdido said: What exactly will happen if you decline the update, I wonder? Simply the time/date becomes laughable, or GPS function totally breaks down? Back when I used Garmins, I always weighed updates very carefully, and sometimes declined. It's a risk/benefit analysis. A broken or interrupted update can brick your unit. My eTrex Legend H was already showing the wrong date (didn't have to wait for April 6th) with firmware v270 loaded. After the update to v280, the correct date was displayed. The coordinates did not change, so one may assume that the location calculation was not affected, at least not during this short test. Edited March 12, 2019 by Atlas Cached Quote Link to comment
+mikeD Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Interesting that this should pop up today yesterday I spent quite a long time attempting to update my son's etrex legend Hcx . That too has new software just posted - v 3.2 The GARMIN web updater crashed on first try, maybe because I didn't put batteries in. After that repeated error messages appeared which eventually said contact Garmin support Sent email with error log. Nothing heard so far His software was v 2.7. About 3 versions behind Tried various links from web and got it to v 3.1 Finally I found Tramsoft in Switzerland with a link to an exe file which did the job Will post link after this post goes up Now working ok on the new version Quote Link to comment
+mikeD Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Herewith the link Looks like an interesting site http://www.tramsoft.ch/gps/garmin_etrex-legend-hcx-firmware-upgrades_en.html#V0320 Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 17 minutes ago, mikeD said: Looks like an interesting site Yes, Tramsoft is one of the most reliable sites when it comes on information about Garmin units. Hans Quote Link to comment
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