So. Apparently I'm not the first person on the internet to have this problem, but I may be the most persistent. Help appreciated.
The boyfriend took my 1250T Garmin nuvi with him on a trip to Philly, and on the way back, it failed. Without being plugged in, the screen will go as far as "Loading maps." before freezing and shutting off. When plugged in either to the wall or computer and without being touched, it will turn in, go bright to signify it is plugged in, then restart on an endless loop. If I touch the screen AND it is plugged in, it gets as far as the copyright information before endless looping.
I first attempted a reset by holding down the right bottom corner. It will give me the option, but as soon as I click yes (which it won't always let me do), it shuts itself down.
Second, I downloaded WebUpdater. I discovered by 2 hours of trial and error that if I hold my thumb over the letter G unmovingly and turn it on while plugged in, it would load long enough to be a USB device for approximately 20 seconds. (I have no idea why this works, and if I hold my thumb anywhere else, no dice.) However, each time I run Webupdater to 100%, it says that the "update file is corrupted." I don't know if this is on Garmin's side or my own side. After 20 seconds, the screen rolls to the side and I see the white screen with "press dot", then it rolls back to Garmin halfway, freezes, and shuts down.
Third, on a COMPLETE fluke, the GPS was finally able to connect far enough that the computer icon popped up, and it lets me explore the E:\. I checked the volume for errors, then I ran the WebUpdater again and directed it toward the E:\ instead of a USB device, and it says that there is not enough room to download the update onto the disk. Which is right: used space is 1.81GB, and unused is only 448K!
I dare not touch it any further without suggestion, out of fear of never being able to explore and edit it as a disk drive again. Does anyone have any suggestions for a next step? Anything to try? How to make room on the disk? Is the disk SUPPOSED to be full? Is there a manual update? Any help you can give me at all is appreciated. I'm no computer expert, but I can usually execute advanced commands if instructed well. We are taking a large road trip Wednesday, so the timing could not be worse.
