Has anyone else had this problem:

I'm working with my third Tom Tom 630. The other two had the same problem.
After a few months the device went haywire and kept on directing me to the
nearest police station. The device would not let me go back to the original
screen. It was like a ghost kept on pressing on the "Find nearest Police
station". I'm waiting for the new tom tom, but when I called the person on the
other end advised me not to update the next device. The problem appears to be
the software. Does anyone else have this problem?


TIA

"i.am@screwed" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Has anyone else had this problem:
>
> I'm working with my third Tom Tom 630. The other two had the same
> problem.
> After a few months the device went haywire and kept on directing me to the
> nearest police station. The device would not let me go back to the
> original
> screen. It was like a ghost kept on pressing on the "Find nearest Police
> station". I'm waiting for the new tom tom, but when I called the person
> on the
> other end advised me not to update the next device. The problem appears
> to be
> the software. Does anyone else have this problem?
>
>
> TIA

Sorry to say I am a TomTom owner that likes my old 130s very much so I
recommended TomTom to a neighbor to find she had nothing but problems, Guess
quality control is no longer a function of their manufacturing where ever
that may be as none of these units are being tested. The two units she tried
wouldn't even respond to the touch screen.

"i.am@screwed" <(E-Mail Removed)> schreef in bericht
news(E-Mail Removed)...
> Has anyone else had this problem:
>
> I'm working with my third Tom Tom 630. The other two had the same
> problem.
> After a few months the device went haywire and kept on directing me to the
> nearest police station. The device would not let me go back to the
> original
> screen. It was like a ghost kept on pressing on the "Find nearest Police
> station". I'm waiting for the new tom tom, but when I called the person
> on the
> other end advised me not to update the next device. The problem appears
> to be
> the software. Does anyone else have this problem?
>


Perhaps you had the alcohol testing feature turned on? :-)



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regards,

|\ /|
| \/ |@rk
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\/os

I had an issue with a 930T the unit that has the traffic receiver. After a
short time of use the unit would react as though the right hand side of the
screen had been pressed, bringing on the traffic options screen and then the
voice reading out the current traffic status, this button was in the lower
right hand corner of the screen. I came to the conclusion that when the
unit had physically warmed up there was contact being made in the lower
right hand side of the screen as though it had been pressed. TomTom
replaced the unit.

Ian

"Linea Recta" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "i.am@screwed" <(E-Mail Removed)> schreef in bericht
> news(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Has anyone else had this problem:
>>
>> I'm working with my third Tom Tom 630. The other two had the same
>> problem.
>> After a few months the device went haywire and kept on directing me to
>> the
>> nearest police station. The device would not let me go back to the
>> original
>> screen. It was like a ghost kept on pressing on the "Find nearest Police
>> station". I'm waiting for the new tom tom, but when I called the person
>> on the
>> other end advised me not to update the next device. The problem appears
>> to be
>> the software. Does anyone else have this problem?
>>
>
>
> Perhaps you had the alcohol testing feature turned on? :-)
>
>
>
> --
> regards,
>
> |\ /|
> | \/ |@rk
> \../
> \/os
>
>

On 3/4/2011 3:54 PM, Ian H wrote:
> I had an issue with a 930T the unit that has the traffic receiver. After a
> short time of use the unit would react as though the right hand side of the
> screen had been pressed, bringing on the traffic options screen and then the
> voice reading out the current traffic status, this button was in the lower
> right hand corner of the screen. I came to the conclusion that when the
> unit had physically warmed up there was contact being made in the lower
> right hand side of the screen as though it had been pressed. TomTom
> replaced the unit.
>
> Ian
>
> "Linea Recta"<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4d6cd9aa$0$81478$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> "i.am@screwed"<(E-Mail Removed)> schreef in bericht
>> news(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Has anyone else had this problem:
>>>
>>> I'm working with my third Tom Tom 630. The other two had the same
>>> problem.
>>> After a few months the device went haywire and kept on directing me to
>>> the
>>> nearest police station. The device would not let me go back to the
>>> original
>>> screen. It was like a ghost kept on pressing on the "Find nearest Police
>>> station". I'm waiting for the new tom tom, but when I called the person
>>> on the
>>> other end advised me not to update the next device. The problem appears
>>> to be
>>> the software. Does anyone else have this problem?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Perhaps you had the alcohol testing feature turned on? :-)

Either that or it detected bootlegged software, figured you were a crook
and wanted you to turn yourself in.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> regards,
>>
>> |\ /|
>> | \/ |@rk
>> \../
>> \/os
>>
>>
>
>

my TTOne v3 has not done such a thing :-)
"Dave Cohen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:iksem6$pnb$(E-Mail Removed)...
> On 3/4/2011 3:54 PM, Ian H wrote:
>> I had an issue with a 930T the unit that has the traffic receiver. After
>> a
>> short time of use the unit would react as though the right hand side of
>> the
>> screen had been pressed, bringing on the traffic options screen and then
>> the
>> voice reading out the current traffic status, this button was in the
>> lower
>> right hand corner of the screen. I came to the conclusion that when the
>> unit had physically warmed up there was contact being made in the lower
>> right hand side of the screen as though it had been pressed. TomTom
>> replaced the unit.
>>
>> Ian
>>
>> "Linea Recta"<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:4d6cd9aa$0$81478$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>
>>> "i.am@screwed"<(E-Mail Removed)> schreef in bericht
>>> news(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Has anyone else had this problem:
>>>>
>>>> I'm working with my third Tom Tom 630. The other two had the same
>>>> problem.
>>>> After a few months the device went haywire and kept on directing me to
>>>> the
>>>> nearest police station. The device would not let me go back to the
>>>> original
>>>> screen. It was like a ghost kept on pressing on the "Find nearest
>>>> Police
>>>> station". I'm waiting for the new tom tom, but when I called the
>>>> person
>>>> on the
>>>> other end advised me not to update the next device. The problem
>>>> appears
>>>> to be
>>>> the software. Does anyone else have this problem?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Perhaps you had the alcohol testing feature turned on? :-)
>
> Either that or it detected bootlegged software, figured you were a crook
> and wanted you to turn yourself in.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> regards,
>>>
>>> |\ /|
>>> | \/ |@rk
>>> \../
>>> \/os
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

"i.am@screwed" wrote in message news(E-Mail Removed)...

Has anyone else had this problem:

I'm working with my third Tom Tom 630. The other two had the same problem.
After a few months the device went haywire and kept on directing me to the
nearest police station. The device would not let me go back to the original
screen. It was like a ghost kept on pressing on the "Find nearest Police
station". I'm waiting for the new tom tom, but when I called the person on
the
other end advised me not to update the next device. The problem appears to
be
the software. Does anyone else have this problem?

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I have a 930 and have exactly the same problem. The TomTom will suddenly go
haywire as if someone was pressing the screen. Exactly the same symptoms as
you described.

I thought it was the touch screen playing up. Maybe due to vibration in the
vehicle. Then I caught the unit doing it while lying completely still on a
table. I think I have come to the conclusion that its a software problem. I
have done a complete factory re-set and cleared the internal RAM. I have
switched off all the features I could think of and for a while I thought I
had cured it. Then it did it again, for no reason at all. It stopped again
after about 2 hours.

I have not been able to reproduce the fault since (about 2 months ago) but
I'm sure it will suddenly come on again at some random time.

Strangely enough, it always seems to happen just when you're relying on the
TomTom the most, nearly at your destination in a strange city and you just
need the last few directions and ... away it goes.

The strangest thing.

Vic.

"i.am@screwed" wrote in message news(E-Mail Removed)...

Has anyone else had this problem:

I'm working with my third Tom Tom 630. The other two had the same problem.
After a few months the device went haywire and kept on directing me to the
nearest police station. The device would not let me go back to the original
screen. It was like a ghost kept on pressing on the "Find nearest Police
station". I'm waiting for the new tom tom, but when I called the person on
the
other end advised me not to update the next device. The problem appears to
be
the software. Does anyone else have this problem?

-----------------
I have a 930 and have exactly the same problem. The TomTom will suddenly go
haywire as if someone was pressing the screen. Exactly the same symptoms as
you described.

I thought it was the touch screen playing up. Maybe due to vibration in the
vehicle. Then I caught the unit doing it while lying completely still on a
table. I think I have come to the conclusion that its a software problem. I
have done a complete factory re-set and cleared the internal RAM. I have
switched off all the features I could think of and for a while I thought I
had cured it. Then it did it again, for no reason at all. It stopped again
after about 2 hours.

I have not been able to reproduce the fault since (about 2 months ago) but
I'm sure it will suddenly come on again at some random time.

Strangely enough, it always seems to happen just when you're relying on the
TomTom the most, nearly at your destination in a strange city and you just
need the last few directions and ... away it goes.

The strangest thing.

Vic.

[jaclyn94949]

Is there a solution? My 630 also keeps sending me to various police or fire departments and it operates itself. Someone else was using it, but I've not been able to get it back to normal use where I can set a destination.

[guitars]

My 630 has exactly the same problem. I've tried every software fix I can think of. This is a major problem for Tomtom I would guess.