Hate to say, but TT has once again pushed me away

[adidas1124]

All I look for in a device, regardless of what it is, is for it to do what it is intended to do. My Live 1535M does not live up to that.

• My GPS reception is at ~75% all the time, regardless of weather, open sky, car I'm in etc.; so it gets lost a lot and off route.

• Also, I am not paying to renew the Live services as they only work about 40% of the time... leaving me with a spinning circle in my traffic bar at the most inopportune times.

• Not to mention the absolutely painful lag in the OS when doing anything. (I constantly reset it too)

• The thing that aggravates me the most is the MyTomTom... what a worthless pile... I have 5 updates waiting for me on my 1535 that I cannot get... I give up.

I pulled my old Garmin 1390LMT out of the closet, plugged it into my laptop and had absolutely no issues updating the firmware, nor the maps... I didn't even have to log in to Garmin... it just knew what device I had and did it.

This is the 2nd time I've left, and I probably won't be back.

 

[dhn]

I understand your position completely......

Just to check one thing, do you have the latest (12.055) application on the device?

 

[canderson]

Won't argue with any of that, but am curious about your first comment. When you say "My GPS reception is at ~75% all the time", how many satellites are you seeing when you report that number? Of interest, the 'signal strength' is only an average of those satellites for which you have a lock, and the number locked is equally as important. 75% with 4 satellites locked vs. 75% with 10 satellites locked makes a HUGE difference. The reporting isn't done quite as it was with your old 540, so the interpretation is quite different.

75% with any reasonable number of satellites (6 or more) is more than good enough for a solid road lock.

 

[adidas1124]

I'll check both of those items... canderson, my complaint is that I'm constantly being pushed off route at that ~75%, if I even drive under an overpass... my map spins around and locks again when on the other side of the 2 lane overpass. Other times I am placed on the next road over or 2 roads over.

 

[dhn]

Again, do you have 12.055 installed?

 

[adidas1124]

As stated, I will check both your question and canderson's

I am guessing that I don't since I can't get MyTomTom to work again... I haven't updated in a few months... since the previous map version... but I will check when I leave my office today.

 

[mvl]

and app 12.055 also fixed much of the LIVE connectivity.