Hacking the TomTom One 130

Last time I hacked a TomTom GPS unit was years ago, and that was with TomTom One v3. Things have changed a lot since then. I started reading the forums about TomTom One 130 and trawling the download sites, but my usual hacking tools are nowhere to be found.

After a day of reading up, this is the easiest way of doing. Basically, you hack the navcore, so that it can make use of cracked maps. You might want to upgrade to the newest navcore to get the latest and greatest features. That said, not all navcores will work with all TomTom units, and only certain maps work with certain navcores. Best to check the compatibility chart.

So what I did, I wiped out the SD card and copied a cracked navcore from TTuser. Downloaded the latest 2009 Aussie maps and the updated meta.txt file, and used Albert's EasyActivator to crack the map. (If for some reason EasyActivator can't do the job, you might want to try BenBBS' TomTom Keygen 2009.) Remember to copy over the voice files and ttgo.bif prior to cracking. Somewhere along the way, you'll need to know your device ID, too.

I was pretty excited when I saw the new GUI and the mp3/ebook/slideshow support, and advanced lane guidance, assisted speech recogniztion, and IQ routes because of the new navcore I put in. Turns out my actual hardware can't do mp3 and ebook and spoken street names, etc. Bummer.