Montana 7x0 Firmware 5.30

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Montana 7x0 Firmware 5.30

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Montana 7x0 Firmware Update 5.30 is available via Garmin Express or Wi-Fi direct as of 12SEP20.

Change Log (from Garmin Express):

• Added persistence of Units settings within profiles.
• Improved map movement when auto zooming and moving while navigating.
• Fixed various translation issues.
• Fixed issue with map drag when starting drag in a dashboard.
• Fixed issues with hourly temperature display in Active Weather.
• Fixed issues with position format setting string precision.
• Fixed issue with geocache log length restriction in keyboard.
• Fixed issue with display of ETE data fields on trip computer.
• Fixed issue with "send" button when programming a chirp and sending a geocache.
• Fixed potential time zone issue when selecting a day in the Calendar.
• Fixed issue with Explore Waypoints having incorrect times.
• Fixed issue with night time speed limits showing incorrectly.
• Fixed issue where destination would incorrectly change if switching routing calculation method while direct routing.
• Fixed issue where invalid characters were being allowed in Activity names.
• Fixed issue with Bluetooth pairing for some iPhone models.

There may be additional unpublished changes ncluded in this update.

Please report your observations here after installing and testing!
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Re: Montana 7x0 Firmware 5.30

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Thank you for the link to the firmware version 5.30.

I acquired a Montana 700i on 19 August. It is the best GPS I have owned; I have been using Garmin GPS devices since 1999-2000.

Having used Garmin devices for many years, I am familiar with Garmin's early GPS releases being full of glitches. I am also aware that Garmin eventually fixes all or most of the glitches, so I acquired a Montana 700i.

There were ample glitches in the 700i, but it was fuctional, mostly.

I installed the 5.30 version of the firmware version earlier today. I then took the 700i on a spin around town. Firmware 5.30 is a great upgrade, that resolves many, if not all of the firmware glitches.

Thanks again for posting a link to the new firmware.
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Re: Montana 7x0 Firmware 5.30

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Is this update region specific? Garmin Express does not see an update for my 750i (in the Netherlands).
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Re: Montana 7x0 Firmware 5.30

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Garmin have been known to release new firmware in stages by region instead of globally, possibly to reduce the load on their servers. I suspect you will be seeing it soon.
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Re: Montana 7x0 Firmware 5.30

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Don’t load this release, if you are a Geocacher. The Geocaching App is constantly crashing as soon as you try to access the details of a cache. Looks like Garmin is back in the old software developer game...
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Re: Montana 7x0 Firmware 5.30

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We are not experiencing any issues with geocache data. How are you loading the geocache data to you device? Any more details about what you are experiencing?
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Re: Montana 7x0 Firmware 5.30

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No Geocaching problems at all on this side with 5.3.

I once had a corrupt GC-cache-database on the device that gave some similar troubles but this was easily solved by deleting user data.sqlite3 from \Garmin\SQL\
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Re: Montana 7x0 Firmware 5.30

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I had the same issue with two GPX loads in the previous version, using GSAK->gps via the garmin export macro. Native gpx export from gsak worked. Next load on the next trip worked so i blamed a transiently corrupt database.
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Re: Montana 7x0 Firmware 5.30

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Thanks for the hints. I will check my load process. I’m using iCaching to transfer Pocket Queries to the Garmin. Maybe something is not working in that setup. Although I have to say it worked with other Garmin devices.
I’m currently on a cache trip. I will check this when I’m back home.
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Re: Montana 7x0 Firmware 5.30

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It was in fact the database data.sqlite3 from \Garmin\SQL\ which got corrupted. Thanks for the hint!

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