+Insp Gadget Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 I was playing with Garmin's POI loader and loaded a few points into my GPS by mistake. How can I remove these??? Quote Link to comment
+fratermus Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 I was playing with Garmin's POI loader and loaded a few points into my GPS by mistake. How can I remove these??? IMO, the simplest method would be to Correct the POI on your PC and re-upload. It will overwrite the default POI file on your SD card. There are other possibilities, but it is unlikely they are in play in your situation. Quote Link to comment
+Insp Gadget Posted April 7, 2007 Author Share Posted April 7, 2007 OK, but is there a way to completly remove all the Custom POI's I uploaded without adding new ones? Quote Link to comment
+fratermus Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 OK, but is there a way to completly remove all the Custom POI's I uploaded without adding new ones? Mount the microSD card and delete the file in \Garmin\Poi. Quote Link to comment
+French. Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 I'm not 100% certain, but I think you actually have to have a poi.gpi file in that directory or else the unit doesn't think it supports POIs. You can simply open the poi.gpi file in notepad and delete everything in it, then resave it. That will keep a poi.gpi file on your receiver but it will also delete everything you had. Quote Link to comment
+fratermus Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 I'm not 100% certain, but I think you actually have to have a poi.gpi file in that directory or else the unit doesn't think it supports POIs. You can simply open the poi.gpi file in notepad and delete everything in it, then resave it. That will keep a poi.gpi file on your receiver but it will also delete everything you had. Thought experiment: I buy a new CX and put a blank microSD in it and turn it on. What is in \Garmin\Poi at this point, and how does the GPSr react to builtin POI? I think the gpi file is not actually a textfile, although it does have text in it. It's probably overkill to use a hex editor on it but at least we'd kmow how the file is structured. Quote Link to comment
+FlaXJer Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 About the only way I've found to remove Custom POI's from my 60Cx is like fratermus said: mount the SD card, use Windows Explorer to delete the Garmin/POI directory. DO NOT delete the Garmin folder with the "gmapsupp.img" file, though; that's all the maps you downloaded. The only thing that changes in your GPSr is that the Find Custom POI option goes away until you download more POI's. Quote Link to comment
CenTexDodger Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 About the only way I've found to remove Custom POI's from my 60Cx is like fratermus said: mount the SD card, use Windows Explorer to delete the Garmin/POI directory. DO NOT delete the Garmin folder with the "gmapsupp.img" file, though; that's all the maps you downloaded. The only thing that changes in your GPSr is that the Find Custom POI option goes away until you download more POI's. The previous Beta (V2.4.0.0) allowed you to remove your Custom POIs. The current version (v2.4.0.1) does not. AFAIK you can delete the poi.gpi file without any trouble. You can also rename it and load a new set of pois (see Munin's Silly POI tricks thread). Quote Link to comment
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