Sunday, February 21, 2010

Garmin Mobile XT installation for Windows Mobile Phones

This is a step-by-step guide to install Garmin Mobile XT to your Windows Mobile Phones. Even though your phone does not have GPS feature, you could still use it with a bluetooth GPS receiver. This is a guide should you accidentally deleted, or maybe changed to a new phone. Your software unlock code that you purchased for the software, you should have it standby.

Downloading the applications
Step 1 - Download to your computer the Garmin Mobile XT for Windows Mobile, Ver. 5.00.20w from Here.
Step 2 - Download to your computer Garmin Mobile XT Free Basemap, Ver. 4.xx.xx from here
Step 3 - Download to your computer Garmin Mobile XT Support Files, Ver. 4.xx.xx from here
Installing the applications
Step 1 - Connect your windows mobile phone (via file transfer not activesync) or connect directly your memory card to your computer and make sure it’s detected by your computer.
Step 2 - Now, double click and run the recently downloaded files on the computer,  in this order:
1. v4.xx.xxx Support File, install it to your memory card and wait until it is finished;
2. v4.xx.xxx Basemap File; install it to your memory card same as previous and wait until it is finished;
3. GMXT v5.00.20w; install it to your memory card same as previous and wait until it is finished


During installation of the files, the menu that will come out will be like this;


Step 3 - Disconnect the memory card/phone (via mass storage ) from computer. Go to your phone’s File Manager and find GarminMobileXT.sis at the root directory and run the GarminMobileXT.sis file.
Step 4 - After that, go to Applications> run GMobileXT. It won’t connect to GPS satelite yet, so just ignore it.
Step 5 - Using your device unlock code that you purchased from Garmin, copy the device unlock code and paste it in a notepad, then save the file as SW.UNL
Step 6 - Reconnect your phone via using mass storage or reconnect your memory card to your computer.
Step 7 - Copy the SW.UNL file into \Garmin\ in your memory card
Step 8 -  Disconnect your phone from your computer.
Step 9 - Go to Applications >Garmin Mobile XT >Settings >System >Remote GPS >Select ‘Use Attached/Built-in GPS’ >Enable and it’s all done.
Step 10 - Wait for satellite signal to strengthen and then you can start navigating around various places

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