Tom Tom troubles?

Started by Glenn, Apr 04, 2012, 08:04:28

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Glenn

TomTom has blamed a "leap year bug" for a fault causing some of its satellite navigation devices to malfunction.

The firm said that a problem with its global positioning system firmware - code embedded into the devices - was causing "a limited number of models" to fail to identify their location.

Potentially affected navigation devices are:
Start 20/25, Via 120/125, Via LIVE 120/125, GO LIVE 820/825, GO LIVE 1000/1005/1005 World.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17599701

There is a fix at http://uk.support.tomtom.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/386/~/no-gps-signal
Glenn
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Rik

Phew, mine is OK. I do wonder why they've updated the app about three times in the past 6-8 weeks though.
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Technical Ben

So, is there a device/company that has not hit a leapyear bug/DST but?
I don't know a single device that failed due to the 2000 bug. Yet, normal every day devices just fail.  :laugh:
I use to have a signature, then it all changed to chip and pin.