Definitive (?) List Of Firmware Versions And Features Options

[Andy_P]

I would like to produce a list of the release dates and features for each firmware release.

PLEASE NOTE - This list is NOT compiled from any 'insider' information, but has been collated from information sent in by users like you...Please help!

If you can add any information, post it here and I will compile it together by editing this first post.

I'll start:


v???

v4.420 - Oct 2004 - Classic
v5.202 - Date? - POI limit drops to 24 categories for no apparent reason. Returns to previous 39 categories in next release.
v5.420 - Nov 2005 - Stable version for all Go's and ONE, relaunched after false start?

v5.450 - May22nd 2006 - TomTom ONE only. List of mobile phones expanded
V6- March 9th 2006 - Launched at CeBit. New menu look, Changes in Navigate to and Find POI pages.Arrival time, Buddies, Safety lock and PIN. Virtual m/c on PC via Home Navigate to Co-ords.

v6.00 - April 18th 2006 - Shipped with new x10 range in US. (April 26th - launched in Europe). POI limit increased to 100 categories.

v6.01 - Date ? - Models ? - clock issues

v6.020 - June 2006 - x10 models only?
v6.040 - Date ? - Models ? - cures clock issues?

v6.050 - Date ? - Models ?

v6.110 - June 15th 2006 - Intermediate for x10 series only. Removes auto power shut off feature to mask mount problems. Improves remote control and Bluetooth issues. Improves TTS and iPod control.Bluetooth setup symbol replaces the microphone setup symbol. Text-to-Speech intonation improved. TT Traffic supported by remote control.

v6.120 - July 3rd - Short-lived first V6 version for x00 models - pulled same day due to lock-ups

v6.140 - July 26th - Replacement for 6.12. Also short-lived.

v6.150 - August 3rd 2006 - Go Gox00 series ONE, Rider - Support for SD cards > 1GB, 'Classic' maps now recognised on Home, remote control improvements. Introduces TT 'Buddies'. Itinerary planning with default time of arrival. Code lock and owner with password. POI's and TT traffic improved. Extended basic menu. Additional languages. Introduces navigation to coordinates.

v6.500 - Aug 17th - US Launch version for ONE V2? (Aug 30th Europe)

v6.501 - Around xmas 2006 - Seen on ONE OS 1343, GPSV 1.21, Boot 4.81, Map Vers (GB and NI) 660.1199 - no other details yet.

v6.510 - Sept 18th 2006 - GO 510/710/910 only - Support for TMC in Europe. TT safety cameras moved out of POI menu. Some 910's delivered infected with viruses.

v6.520 - Oct 31st 2006 - All models - Stable version of above. Support for Car Connect for x10 models, GPS firmware update to SiRF Star III mpements Quickfix properly on x10 models only. Day/night switching improved in x10 models.Buddies-bug removed (inadvertent deletion of buddy-messages). All keys of remote control supported on models GO x10, GO 500+700. RIDER-headset-bug removed (new bluetooth-connection will now be established after power on or power off/power on of headset).

v6 MAPS launched - Nov 29th 2006

v6.522 - Date ? - Go 510/710/910 only - Support for TMC in USA. Support for FM Transmitter mount.

v6.560 - Jan 18th 2007 - ONE 1st and 2nd Edition only - Enables QuickGPSfix for both 1st and 2nd Edition ONE

v6.524 - Feb 15th 2007 - Go 510/710/910 only? - Improved support for new FM Transmitter mount, minor bug fixes.

v6.525 - May 2007? - All models? - you can enter the TMC radio stations manually. Menu with country settings moved to TMC settings. Several reports that TMC is even worse than before! - Some say they have disabled 'enable_lineout_hands_free' on this update, others say it is OK.

v6.580 - Date? - RIDER 2nd edition only - Improvements to sound quality through Bluetooth Headset
v6.581 (7731/070605) - reported on forums by one user of RIDER 2nd. No details of changes.

v6.593 - Date? - ONE XL only - Improved RDS-TMC support.

v6.594 - July 26th 2007 - For the ONE XL only? - Small update with some bugfixes.

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v7.000 - July 29th 2007 - First sighting of Navcore 7 in a retail unit - TomTom720 (US user) OS:2614, GPS v1.21, Boot 5.0457. Map: North_America_2GB v705.1481 (similar reports from UK users)

v7.010 - Aug 16th 2007 - (build 8290) Offered by "Home" for Go 520/720 only. Minor update for 7.000-version which shipped with the first x20's. Contains only bugfixes (e.g. for RDS/TMC), no new functionalities.

v7.101 - Sept 1st 2007 - (build 8427) Version which ships with the ONE Third Edition, NavCore 7 'Light', which does not include all features of the GO x20 series. MapShare is included though. Standard TT features like Itinerary planning and POI management disabled!

v7.120 - 4th Sept 2007 - (build 8459) - For ONE XL only. Major update to NavCore 7 'Light', which does not include all features of the GO x20 series. MapShare is included though.

v7.120 - 6th Sept 2007 - (build 8459) - ONE Second Edition only. Major update to NavCore 7 'Light', which does not include all features of the GO x20 series. MapShare is included though. Update is meant only for ONE's with internal Flash-memory, recognisable by their serial number which begins with Z1, Z2 or Z3.

v7.020 (build 8294) - 16th Oct 2007 - GO520 and 720 only. Minor update for GO x20. Contains only small bugfixes (for MMC cards - what are these???)

v7.131 (build 8483) - 18th Oct 2007 - ONE (Original), ONE New Edition, ONE Third Edition, ONE XL only. Major update to NavCore 7 'Light' for the ONE (Classic) and ONE New Edition. Minor update for ONE Third Edition and ONE XL containing small bugfixes.

v7.160 (build 8489) - 30th Oct 2007 - GO500/700 GO510/710/910 only. Major update to NavCore 7 'Light' for these models. Does not include all features of the GO x20. MapShare is included though (with suitable maps v6.75 or above).

v7.161 (build 8941) - 20th Nov 2007 - GO Classic, GO300/500/700, GO510/710/910 and all TomTom ONEs)
* First release of application version 7 supporting the TomTom GO and TomTom GO 300 devices.
* Solves slower first time GPS fixes reported by some TomTom GO 510/710/910 and TomTom ONE users after updating the device to version 7.
* Solves Bluetooth Hands-Free quality reduction reported by some TomTom GO 510/710/910 users after updating the device to version 7.
* Other minor improvements
* EDIT - User-POI categories increased from 100 to 169 (Reported by Oldboy on a 910 - may be different for other models)

v7.162 (8492/071121) - 6th Dec 2007 - GO Classic (see below), GO300/500/700, GO510/710/910 and all TomTom ONE devices
* "Minor improvements" (now imports contacts from Nokia N95/Now allows auto-switch ON on Gox10 apparently).

v7.163 (build 8493) - 13th Dec 2007 - Minor update for GO 'Classic'. Identical to version 7.162 for the other GO's, but for the Classic adds the missing TomTom Safety cameras option to the Change Preferences menu. Contains other small bugfixes, no new features.

v7.166 - Date? - ONE 3rd edition only " Minor improvements".

v7.167 - 11th March 2008 - ONE XL only? - No details yet


v7.210 (build 8555/071025) - 6th Nov 2007 - Go520/720 only. Known changes so far - Bug that didn't silence TTS voices in "Disable voice" menu now fixed. Audiobooks now readable from SD card. Built-in sounds (especially Polite 1,2,3) changed! Speech recognition routine on House number entry seems improved. Big change- now 300 user POI categories allowed (reported by TT themselves but not personally checked this yet).
UPDATE: This seems to have been "pulled" by TomTom, 'Home' is not offering it to x20 owners any more (whether this is a problem with the software or with 'Home', I don't know!)

7.220 - As supplied on Go 920 (reported 10/12/07)

v7.221 (8572/071121 OS:2318) Go520/720/920 only. Support for premium TMC service ‘InfoBlue’ in Italy (requires a TomTom RDS-TMC Traffic receiver). Other minor improvements

v7.480 (9083/080306) - 13th March 2008 - For x20 models only. Recalled almost immediately - no reason given. Returned as v7.480 (9084/080313)- 18th March 08 - x20 models only. Unspecified minor improvements / bug fixes, adds support for TomTom's recently announced HD Traffic Receiver. Various issues reported including loss of speech recognition on some systems and on-screen emulator in Home now broken.Traffic Map Symbols not displaying correctly either in this version. Cannot navigate to any streets or crossings - get "wait a moment".

v7.481 (9086/080324) - 24th March 2008 - None of the problems seen in v7.480 seem to be fixed.

v7.450 (build 9028) - May 2008 - Only genuine appearance of NAVIGATOR 7. Launched on XDA Diamond for O2 Germany on 6th May, the spec sheet lists TomTom Navigator 7 preinstalled,

v7.540 - 24th April 2008 - RIDER and RIDER 2 only. Long awaited first Navcore 7 release for these models. Offers use of v7 maps and Map Share.Also has the Help Me and power off features. Completely new feature - trip statistics.
Still cannot navigate to any streets or crossings - get "wait a moment"
Launched as "new" hardware version too, "the Enhanced RIDER 2" with new mount and Latest Map guarantee.

v7.522 - May 2008 - TomTom ONE 30-Series and TomTom XL 30-Series only (a.k.a "4th Edition" models? ) * Minimum Requirement for these models

v7.900 (9180/081021) - 2st? October 2008 - For Go Classic, x00, x10 models, ONE (all editions), XL 30-Series. Released in order to allow support for v815 maps on these devices (but without IQ routing or other new features). Mapsettings.cfg CANNOT be copied across from previous versions, so Favourites etc. have to be saved some other way. Unconfirmed reports that TMC receiver is not working with this release.

v7.901 (9181/081021) - 21st October 2008 - For RIDER and RIDER 2. Details as for v7.900 above.
Version 7.900 and 7.901

v7.902 (9182) Date 28-Nov-08 - For GO Classic, GO x00, GO x10, ONE 1st Edition, ONE 2nd Edition. Allows copying of previous MapSettings.cfg once more, in order to retain Favourites (and settings?). Other details as for v7.900 above. - Withdrawn after one day.

v7.903 (9183) - dated 05/12/08 - - For GO Classic, GO x00, GO x10, ONE 1st Edition, ONE 2nd Edition. Allows copying of previous MapSettings.cfg once more, in order to retain Favourites (and settings?). Other details as for v7.900 above.
One report that the full build number is 9183/040301 - which doesn't follow the normal date format, but this has been seen before sometimes.


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v8.001 - 12 April 2008 - First report of NAVCORE 8 on a UK machine, a Go930T (actually, it looks like it may be a grey import as TomTom insist they haven't been shipped to the UK yet!). Maps are v800.1766 - A lot smaller in size than v715 ones.

v8.002 (9117/080328) - 12th April 2008 - First "improved" version already available thru home! OS : 164445 GPS V1.21 Boot 5.5010

v8.010 (9369/080529) - 5th June 2008 - for GO x30 series, ONE 30-Series, XL 30-Series, ONE XL, ONE XL HD Traffic, ONE 3rd edition only. Reported OS:190943 GPS v1.21, Boot 5.5010 Gives Map Share support for Australia and New Zealand, USA Fuel Prices, HD Traffic Receiver support, RDS-TMC Receiver (USB) support for GO x30's, other minor bug fixes.

SAME VERSION v8.010 (9369/080529) briefly made available for x20 models but "pulled" by TT soon after, apparently simply because of complaints that there was an icon for lane guidance so people thought it should work.

SAME VERSION v8.010 (9369/080529) reappeared - 19th June for x20 models - LAST version with FM transmitter enabled for Navigation voice.

v8.011 may be an early version of TomTom's "Work" service (reported by MA)


v8.012 (9370/080602) - Seen pre-installed on a new ONE 30 Series (4EE0.001.00) BootLoaderVersion=55016


v8.014 (9372/080613) OS: 198799 GPS v1.21, Boot 5.5019 - Seen pre-installed on an XL 30 Series Europe with TTS (Comet exclusive)

v8.016 - Date? -TomTom GO 630 only

v8.051 (9404) - TomTom Go x20/x30 - Unknown.

v8.203 (9717) - As supplied on Go x40 models. No FM for nav. voices.

v8.204 (9718) - Offered to a 940 user 11/11/08 - No changes from 8.203 except some 'internal naming conventions' according to TomTom.

v8.300 (build 9732) - 10th November 2008 - TomTom GO x20 and x30 series only. Support for IQ Routes 24/7 data (map version 8.15 or higher required) plus support for 8GB and larger SDHC cards. Nav. voices over FM disabled. Major problems with slow screen updates and stuttering voices reported by many users.

v8.301 (9736/090114) - 10th February 2009 - TomTom GO x20 and x30 series only. No great changes from v8.300. Report of one small fix for Australian 9x units where EPT was not working. Home emulator not supported at release date (as usual) - fixed 18th Feb '09.

v8.310 (9760) - 22nd January 2009 - TomTom GO x40 series only. Support for all iPods (requires a Dock with iPod support). Support for Active Dock with RDS-TMC. Improvements of Google Search and Traffic handling. Fuel Prices are retreived automatically. GPRS signal loss is indicated. "Other minor improvements"

v8.320 (9901) special version for TomTom's "Work" service for Go x20 and x30 Devices. Presumably there have been others of these, but this is the first I have been made aware of. v8.011 may be an earlier version (reported by MA)

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Note: The list of versions of "Home" have moved to their own topic HERE.

Reason for edit: Update A.P. 11th Feb 09 - Added v8.301

[Oskar]

Hallo Andy_P,
first of all let me intodruce myself. I'm Oskar, member of the german sister forum and here's my usual "playground". You've made a very good job on this, I believe. We do not have anything comparable in our forum, although I consider the information very useful. Do you mind if I copy the outcome of your work into an excel file and post it in the german meintomtom forum?
Oskar

[Andy_P]

Fine by me...
Normally, I'd say to run it past Bart (the head man on this forum), but as it is a "sister" forum and all part of the group, I'm sure its OK.

Be aware, it is "work in progress". Hopefully other people can fill in some of the gaps.

[Oskar]

Thank's so much, Andy_P. I've translated it of course and I'm aware that it is in "progress".
Oskar

[Bart]

Just make sure to give Andy credit for a job well done!

[Martin4Jay]

Just make sure to give Andy credit for a job well done

This post has been edited by Martin4Jay: Feb 11 2007, 18:36

[Guest_arthur_*]

[Andy_P]

Thanks to Oskar for a few additions today...

[Andy_P]

.. and a few more today!

[Bruce]

Hi Andy,
I have just reloaded my original SD card onto my Classic for a trip down memory lane and the version is 4.420. The Classic was bought in mid 2004 and the system files are dated Oct 2004. Some other files are dated March 2004. The firmware was obviously updated as the system files are dated later than the purchase date.
My question is does anyone know the original firmware version number and can I get a copy somewhere?

[Andy_P]

Thanks for the info Bruce. I'll add it to the list, but I can't help with your question, I'm afraid.
Anyone?

[Andy_P]

Just thought I'd post here to remind people of this thread and that I am still keeping it updated (single-handedly though!)

[falkirk81]

as below!

[glospete]

Andy
As a newbie I'm not sure if this is where I should add this information. Apologies if it is in the wrong place!

I have just installed v7.162 firmware for my GO910 and was amazed to find that it now supports uploading of the phone numbers from my Nokia N95. I had almost given up on this, but full marks to TomTom for delivering this feature which I'm sure will apply to a number of the latest Nokia phones.

You may like to add this to your feature list.

Peter

[Andy_P]

Thanks - added to the list

[shadamehr]

Thanks - added to the list

Home is now at:

2.2.1.58

So first post needs adding to.

[Andy_P]

Aaarg, I always forget I added Home versions on that list. It's a few versions behind now....

[sysinfo]

Just been asked if I would like to update to the latest version. 2.1.2.121 which you have listed as being released last October. I know I live in the sticks in good old Kent, and we still rely on steam power, but come on, why ask to upgrade to a version that in itself has been upgraded.
The mind boggles

[Bruce]

GOx20 versions have gone up to 7.480 (9084/080313) presumably issued on the 13th March 08

[Andy_P]

I've updated the list with this:

v7.480 (9083/080306) - 13th March 08 for x20 models only. Recalled almost immediately - no reason given. Returned as v7.480 (9084/080313)- 18th March 08 - x20 models only. Unspecified minor improvements / bug fixes, adds support for TomTom's recently announced HD Traffic Receiver. Various issues reported including loss of speech recognition on some systems and on-screen emulator in Home now broken.


Anyone got any corrections or anything to add?