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Unlocking a Garmin MapUnlocking a Garmin Map(this page created 5/27/08)Enter your 25-code, which Garmin won't give you!Garmin's Unlocking Maps is Difficult (and that's anunderstatement)Garmin maps has the WORST unlock code license key experience of any productEVER in the history of time. Garmin's UI designers and programmers areclearly incompetent and should be fired immediately and then sued forfraudulently presenting themselves as professionals capable of building aproduct. This web page documents how very bad their GUI is, and documents the nooksand crannies of the license key process.My main issue is that I can't even understand the METAPHOR the Garmin mapunlocker is shooting for. The CD Package and my GPS provide me with 7numbers of varying lengths and NONE of them is the number it wants. Notonly that, but to get the number it wants, I have to create an online accountwith Garmin (16 more fields to fill out) and then I'm not allowed to use thatonline account to license the GPS! It's like the designers of this UI flow(Garmin engineers) have never built an installer before.
No, wait, scratchthat - it is as if the Garmin UI designers have NEVER USED ANY INSTALLER BEFORE!It's that profoundly bad. See the screen shots below.Oh yeah, if you think I'm alone in this opinion, check out these links:- Jim's Random Notes with thequote 'Garmin's. Attitude towards customers is insulting.' - 'Stupid GarminMapSource Installation' by Jeremy Zawodny- 'More MapSource unlock madness.' In a discussion group- 'Bad Experience so far.
The instruction manual says in the box there willbe either a 25 digit 'unlock code' or a trifolded paper with an 8 digit 'coupon'code. My box didn't contain either one.' - large discussion trying to figure outhow to use the Garmin unlock manager. The FUNNIEST comment is suggestionson how to use illegal software keygen crackers to get the Garmin maps to work -BECAUSE IT IS EASIER than using Garmin's installer!!!
Garmin, are youawake? Does this bother you?- Morediscussions around how hard it is to unlock Garmin maps and how bad Garminsupport is.What Am I Doing?I'm travelling to Australia, so I'd like to load my Garmin Rino 530 GPS withdetailed street maps.
So I went to Amazon.com and bought the 'CityNavigator Australia 2008', and I want to do is load it into my Garmin GPS.Who is Brian, and why is he qualified to configure GPSunits?First of all, it shouldn't take a computer expert to load a map into a GPS.That being said, I know a lot about computers. I have a Masters degreefrom Stanford in Computer Science, and I've been a full time software engineerfor the past 20 years, working up to my armpits in technology every day.I've formed several startup companies including my current one that is a. I personally have written several installers, including thecompletely custom one for my current product. I also like GPS units, I own 5 GPS units, each for adifferent task. I've motorcycled through Europe, through Canada, and allover the USA using GPS to guide me.
Now it's time for Australia, so let'sget to it.Hey Garmin, WHICH NUMBER SHOULD I USE?I bought 'Garmin MapSource City Navigator 2008 map' from Amazon.com and wantto unlock it. Here are the numbers I found on the package (slightlymodified so you can't use them):Back CENTER of CD Jewel Case: A271000296 (Promising! 10-digit, In a big whitesquare highlighting it as my City Navigator Australia important!)Back of CDJewel Case: 007-00157-04 (small, in the lower left corner of the case)Backof CD Jewel Case: 171-00075-04 (small, in the lower right corner of the case)Front of CD Jewel Case: 007-00336-04 (small, in the lower left corner of thefront case)Front of CD Jewel Case: 171-00149-04 (small, in the lower rightcorner of the front case)INTERESTING: L2XPVZ7A -(8 character code) This sounds veryplausible, and was hidden between two layers of cardboard in the shrink wrap!!Not near the jewel case! I missed it for much of the time I tried otherthings, then wentback looking and found it! Unfortunately there is nolocation in the Garmin installer to enter it,or is there?!AND THE MAGIC GPS SERIAL NUMBER: 29415006 - not having to dowith the maps, but hidden underthe battery inside my GPS to uniquelyidentify my GPS. This was important!Attempt #1: Clearly I do not have a '25Char Code':Read the screens below from left to right (use your horizontal scroll bar onyour browser). They document my first attempt.
Naruto shippuden 248 music. Clearly I DO NOT HAVEa 25 character code, so choose the bottom Garmin unlock option 'No, I need to get a25-character unlock code'.What is strange about the screen below is that I have an 8character code, this was one of the clear choices on the PREVIOUSscreen, but now we are going in a new direction to go online withGarmin.Ok, fine, I can live with that. Just get it done Garmin!Ok, the screen below cracks me up. So I don't knowmy Garmin 25 character code, so now they are asking me to login to my'my garmin' account with a username and password. Formerly Ineeded one code, now I need 2 more codes (username, password) to get the3rd code (25 character code). But I'm holding an 8 char code THEYDO NOT WANT anymore even though it was one of the choices!!I hate Garmin. Utter failure. Again, Ibought this product retail for about $100 from Amazon, I have an 8 charcode, but Garmin won't accept anything I have, they wanted a login totheir site, which I supplied, THEN THEY FAILED ME.
They led medown this rat-hole and they failed me.CONCLUSION: FAILURE Number 1!Yes, after logging into my 'online Garmin account'like the software asked me to, it says 'no coupon for you'! GarminRat Bastards!
The Garmin website now knows who I am, I'vesuccessfully logged in, and I've been through this beforeseveral times in the past, but Garmin STILL can't get their online 'my garmin'accounts to work. So WHY do they push people to sign up to it?At this point I've provided several usernames and passwords and paidhonestly for the product, I've got an idea for you Garmin- LET ME USE THISPRODUCT!!Garmin must hate their customers to put them throughthis kind of hell.Attempt #2: Maybe I do have a '25Char Code'? Or maybe '25 chars' is approximate?Ok, so if the above path failed, I'll try anything! Let's pretend I dohave a '25 char code', I'll try all my codes above.My 'Garmin MapSource City Navigator 2008 map' came with lotsof numbers (see above), but no 25 digit ones. But I thought maybethe installer was out of date (it CLEARLY is totally UI broken) andmaybe one of my 10 digit or 8 digit numbers will work. So I selectthis option below and give a bunch of them a try.CONCLUSION: FAILURE Number 2!After typing every number I could find, it would notaccept any of them. But that makes some sense, none of the numberswere 25 digits long.
Let's keep cranking on this, we can defeatthis Garmin installer and get our map out!Attempt #3: Maybe I do have a '25Char Code', but it's hidden away in my GPS?I noticed another path through the installer worth trying, maybe my GPS hasthe code hidden inside it?Maybe my Garmin GPS telepathically picked up my license key when Ibought the Australian map? Let's let the installer connect to myGPS, maybe it can figure it all out.CONCLUSION: FAILURE Number 3!After connecting my Rino 530 GPS and letting theGarmin unlock software sniff for a minute, it popped up a dialog saying this devicewas not valid or did not have a key! My Rino has $900 worth ofalready licensed maps running in it, downloaded from this same computer,using the same software. And remember, I'm connected the internetand have logged into the Garmin online account with my information. Whatmore could Garmin want? Garmin installation and unlock softwarejust fails at every turn!Who tests this software at the Garmin headquarters?When it is so horribly broken yet they ship it out anyway?!Somebody needs to be fired.Attempt #4: Call Garmin Technical SupportOk, at this point I gave up and called the 1-800 number the installersuggested 'if I'm having problems'.
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You bet I'm havingproblems. So next Inavigated a phone tree at Garmin, and the Garmin message said 'Call back duringregular business hours M-F 9-4, we laugh at you!' And then they hung up.Ok, I added the part about 'we laugh at you', but it feels like it. I'mgetting pretty frustrated at this point. I have a job M-F 9-4, I'minstalling this software I got in my SPARE TIME which is at 7pm on a Tuesday.Attempt #5: Success against the.WORST.INSTALLER.EVER. by Garmin.So I've got nothing to lose, might as well look around through the crazyGarmin hard to use installer for other options.
And wow, I found a workingpath!! Here is the successful path through this terrible Garmin unlockwizard: an astounding 9 steps through Garmin crazyland:Wandering along through crazy land.Again, I've seen this screen before, it looks like the wrong path.To enter my licensekey, Garmin wants me to login to their website. So I log in tomake them happy.Now I've gone down the more sane (less insane?) path before, so now I'mgoing to try every last other option!!Look below, I'm actually claiming I've never been a Garmin customerbefore, eventhough I have had a 'My Garmin' account for several years and thisparticular GPS has 5 other Garmin maps installed and loaded into it andlegally licensed: 'WorldMap', 'MetroGuide USA 5', 'City Navigator Europev8', 'US Topo West', 'US Topo East'. But hey, I'll try anything toget past the.WORST.LICENSING.MODEL.EVER. from Garmin GPS!!!This next screen proves Garmin engineers have had a psychotic break butwere still allowed to continue on working at Garmin. EVEN THOUGH I'm logged into an account atGarmin, they want me to re-enter in all my info- and they want me to claimI'm new and have never used Garmin products before. I've tried everything, and THIS INSTALLER NEVER ENDS, itjust goes on and on for no apparent reason.
Garmin, you SUCK!Wait, what is this? After entering in 22 fields of information,plus my user login to 'my garmin', plus a rejected phone call toGarmin technical support, they are asking for something new, somethingamazing, something called the 'External Serial Number' of the Unit.Hey, it's psycho user interface world built by Garmin. I have found the crappiest user interface on theplanet, now I'm actually getting curious on what happens next.Ok, after trying several things, I found my Garmin Rino's serial numberUNDER THE BATTERY COVER. Yes, I removed the battery, and there itwas. The correct number of digits.
We're not done yet,because Garmin is a hateful, evil company, but I'm getting excited, thisseems promising! I enter my Garmin Rino's 'hidden under thebattery' serial number in the space below:Oh my goodness it keeps on going! Below I am prompted to enter YETANOTHER 8 digit code (not to be confused with the previous 4 codes?)But this one was a breakthrough - it.FINALLY. allowed me to enter the Garmin 8digit code FROM THE GARMIN SHRINK WRAP MAP SOFTWARE I BOUGHT. This comeshidden in the cardboard in the shrink wrap packaging of the AustralianCD. Not in the CD Jewelcase.
Not taped to the CD. Notprinted on the front of the CD. But hidden in between thisnon-obvious brick of card board. But hey, I found it, and Ientered it,. AND.SUCCESS!!I have successfully defeated Garmin's licensingscheme!
Or got through the labyrinth. And so, my dearreaders, I leave you with this conclusion - Garmin makes good GPSunit hardware, but their Map Unlocking wins the award of being the hardest touse licensing system I've ever seen in my whole professional career ofbeing a software engineer.Garmin - you are terrible at installers!I'm serious, and I don't mean that in a small way.That was hard.
In a way that it shouldn't have been. I'm anetworking and computer professional and IT WAS HARD to figure out, what doesthe average non-technical customer do?!
I'm ready to abandon Garmin infavor of easy to use products. Garmin needs to be punished for that kindof horrid user experience.Post-Mortem: Garmin Support gets back to me after 9DAYS!On 6/4/08 I got the following email from Garmin Tech support, an amazinglyslow response for my rejected support request from earlier:- START EMAIL -Date: 6/4/08Thank you, Brian Wilson, for registering your Garmin product.
Please checkthe information below to ensure it is correct. This is your registrationconfirmation. To make corrections, please send an e-mail to registration@garmin.com.If everything is correct, you do not need to reply.Name: Brian WilsonAddress: PALO ALTO CAProduct Name: Rino® 530Serial Number: 29415006- END EMAIL -So really Garmin NEVER RESPONDED to my pleas for technical help!
Theirincredibly slow automated system sent me a welcome email after 9 days, withinformation that would not have helped me navigate the installer! Garminsucks so hard they blow.