Tomtop Unit Fixes

[StangATX]

Pretty sure its bricked.......fuck me

Trust me your device isn't bricked yet! an XML like that one wouldn't brick your unit. Scary Larry tried it and his unit didn't brick. I might have 3 methods to get it back.

1st (Pain full): unplug the screen from the back for about a minute then plug it back and test it.

2nd: We could try to flash the .cab file to replace the xml how it was before.

3rd: We could try to reflash the entire NK.bin (Which is the OS).

Note: I found 3 other XML files that are under other names inside the NSFLash folder. They all contain either English or Chinese translation. I'll check to modify them again. For the "phone connected" part I thought about it yesterday when I saw a video of the unit. At first I thought when it showed "one Connected" it was a bad translation. Then I noticed that the letter "o" from "one" wasn't CAPS. We just need to find a way to change the font size to make it show Phone Connected.

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[brandonsmash]

The "Phone Connected" size was previously fixed with an XML edit. This makes me think that maybe the new upload overwrites that, or that it's the same XML file without the correction.

 

[StangATX]

The "Phone Connected" size was previously fixed with an XML edit. This makes me think that maybe the new upload overwrites that, or that it's the same XML file without the correction.

I took the latest update from what I know as April 16... Is there another one that I'm not aware of??? My XML is the same as the April 16 update.

 

[ranger11x]

Trust me your device isn't bricked yet! an XML like that one wouldn't brick your unit. Scary Larry tried it and his unit didn't brick. I might have 3 methods to get it back.

1st (Pain full): unplug the screen from the back for about a minute then plug it back and test it.

2nd: We could try to flash the .cab file to replace the xml how it was before.

3rd: We could try to reflash the entire NK.bin (Which is the OS).

Note: I found 3 other XML files that are under other names inside the NSFLash folder. They all contain either English or Chinese translation. I'll check to modify them again. For the "phone connected" part I thought about it yesterday when I saw a video of the unit. At first I thought when it showed "one Connected" it was a bad translation. Then I noticed that the letter "o" from "one" wasn't CAPS. We just need to find a way to change the font size to make it show Phone Connected.

I'm all for reflashing it but I cannot get past the pony screen it stays on that screen and nothing works. I've already unplugged and let it sit for about 30 min so that's a no go. Any advice would be amazing

 

[StangATX]

I'm all for reflashing it but I cannot get past the pony screen it stays on that screen and nothing works. I've already unplugged and let it sit for about 30 min so that's a no go. Any advice would be amazing

Check your PM

 

[StangATX]

Alright, So I digged a little bit more in the code and discovered some interesting things! It seems that the unit comes with a Cortex-A9 (CPU) which means it has an architecture ARMV7. However the coding says the opposite! The unit seems to have an ARMV4i. ARMV7 seems to run most-likely WinCE7 (not sure about WinCE6). ARMV4i seems to support WinCE 5 & 6. Anyways... I also found out in 2 files a Chinese IP. Right now it's fine because the lines are commented (Inactive). However I'll be careful for future updates! It also seems that it's looking for the port 8808. The port 8808 if open on TCP can allow exchange of user's data on the server. For right now we don't really need to worry about it since there's no WiFi on the unit... Also, I modified 2 XML and corrected the "Phone Connected". Here's the changes:

Changed:

<item key="电话已连接">Connected</item> to <item key="电话已连接">Phone Linked</item>

Removed (Just the time we figure out the Pause button):

<item key="播放">Play</item> Was Missing

Added (On both XML file):

<item key="暂停">Pause</item> Was Missing

Please replace at your own risk! However I do not believe an XML could brick your unit. What happened to Ranger11x is really strange... I'm still working with him to figure out a way to flash back the OS. (I believe his OS is fine but the Launcher just crashed and stay stuck on the loading bar).


I also modified the sys.txt for the iGo Primo. I added a button to minimize the GPS. I thought that if we could minimize it we might be able to have access to WinCE Desktop! Here's the changes:

Added:

[Interface]
show_minimize=1

You can either change it yourself or you can download my files.

1st XML:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byxyxl1zasPMZFhYSWpzaDNmVkE

2nd XML:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byxyxl1zasPMTDJfTmR1QTIyQlk

sys.txt (File for iGo Primo):
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byxyxl1zasPMRU40STFzQmpSbzQ

 

[ranger11x]

I want to let it be know I do NOT blame stangatx for what happened to my unit....99% sure it was my fault

 

[Jdenkevitz]

I want to let it be know I do NOT blame stangatx for what happened to my unit....99% sure it was my fault

What is it you think you did that caused it? (so we can avoid it!)

Sorry for your troubles.

 

[ranger11x]

So I'm thinking that I may have copied the file wrong. Just be careful with what you do and you should be fine

 

[StangATX]

The best thing to do is to start your engine (To make sure the battery won't power off your unit during the swap) whenever you'll replace the files. Wait a little bit between each file and then power cycle the unit when all the files are replaced.

 

[ranger11x]

well do to me messing around i found a way to fix it!!!
so we are back in business

 

[tritran18518]

it would be nice if you OP can update the 1st post to have all the files with instruction how to fix :
1. " one connect" to " Phone Connect" or "Connect"
2. Fix Chinese word for "Play/Pause"
Thank you so much.

 

[ranger11x]

So my device finally took a shit! (Likely from me being a noob and messing with it too much) but in my escapades I found a method to get the device into restore mode. And stangatx is working DILIGENTLY to fix issues. This guy is going to be heavy hitter when it comes to making this unit better. Please be patient and keep up with the thread as new improvements develop. I will do what I can to work with him given my current situation (any one wanna donate a tomtop unit??)

 

[StangATX]

I received my unit! Not too bad for what we can do with it. I've been working and messing around a little bit with it. Ranger11x also helped me out to get some files while I was waiting for my unit. I've been working on the GPS part of the unit and here's what I've got so far... Ranger11x talked to me about the iGo Nextgen. he said that the issue with the Nextgen version was that we couldn't get any sound. I started to check Nextgen and messing around with files and I finally got the sound on it! However... I wasn't satisfied of just getting the voice saying "Turn Left", "Turn Right", "Exit the highway" plus the GPS crashed at some point... I was able to modify and run the latest iGo Nextgen + get the voice working + adding TTS voice UK. For now I'm still looking to get the US voice working. Also, I rebuilt the skins and made it more "lite" for our unit. So far so good... I've been using it for 3 days already! I will release the iGo Nextgen whenever I will fix the US voice (I want everyone to be on the same page). Also, I'm still trying to figure out how I could get iGo working in all the speakers of the car not only the passenger side. At some point I was able to get the GPS in the same time as the Radio but it was kinda weird... Still looking and messing around to lower the radio while iGo is talking.

Here's a video of iGo Nextgen working from yesterday night:

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[tritran18518]

Awesome news. Very happy to see you guys spend time to improve this unit.

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