Unable to use -Operate my device- TomTom HOME

gard1036
gard1036 Registered Users Posts: 1
Apprentice Seeker
edited January 2019 in Devices using TomTom HOME
They have just cut support for my Classic XXL, should i still be able to use my PC to set my destination using Tom Tom Home 2?

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  • YamFazMan
    YamFazMan Posts: 20,998
     Superuser
    Hi
    @gard1036
    Try workaround by dhn,,,
    dhn wrote:
    Here is a workaround to get back to a version of Home that retains the old functionality:

    1) Uninstall TomTom Home
    2) Download last "good" version from http://download.tomtom.com/sweet/application/releases/v2_9_91_411_win.exe 3) Install it without running ie, uncheck the 'Run Home' tick box when installation completes
    4) Using Windows Explorer, navigate to
    C:\Program Files\TomTom HOME 2\xul (32 bit Windows)
    or
    C:\Program Files (x86)\TomTom HOME 2\xul (64 bit Windows)
    and find application.ini file
    5) Edit application.ini file (you might need admin privileges) and modify "Version=2.9.91.411" to "Version=2.9.94.450"
    6) Run TomTom Home. It will believe to be running latest version 2.9.94.450 and therefore not pull the update.
    Edit...
    Important... the version number used in the example may/will change over time
    Substitute the version number in the example with latest version number
    Maybe future proof it, use something like Version=2.99.99.999


    ATB YFM
  • dborowicz
    dborowicz Registered Users Posts: 2
    Apprentice Traveler
    Didn't work. I followed instructions and after I started Home it went into a loop that kept asking to install the next version. I had to delete from PC and download and install the current version.
  • justmebrowsing
    justmebrowsing Registered Users Posts: 389
    Supreme Pioneer
    Those instructions were copied from elsewhere when the latest TTHome was 2.9.94.450 but now the latest is actually 2.11.3.150 so you need to fool TTHome into believing you have that or newer by using 2.11.4.000 or even 3.00.0.000 (anything higher that the last genuine version)
    Try again and let us know how you get on
  • dhn
    dhn Posts: 33,385
     Superuser
    @dborowicz

    Try this. Go through the steps again BUT, this time, change the version to 2.11.3.150 in the application.ini file.
  • LesD9
    LesD9 Registered Users Posts: 5
    Master Explorer
    justmebrowsing wrote: »
    Those instructions were copied from elsewhere when the latest TTHome was 2.9.94.450 but now the latest is actually 2.11.3.150 so you need to fool TTHome into believing you have that or newer by using 2.11.4.000 or even 3.00.0.000 (anything higher that the last genuine version)
    Try again and let us know how you get on

    I can understand the logic of this, but it's not working for me.

    I hadn't used my XL (GV version) for a year or so until receiving the email about the WNRO update.

    Having now updated Home, the 'operate' function is dead. The latest version is 2.11.6.something but even using 3.0.0.0 gets nowhere.

    Anyone had a success?
  • LesD9
    LesD9 Registered Users Posts: 5
    Master Explorer
    ps....actually it is now 2.12.0.0

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