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VisualGPS on Mio Moov S505

By Sava on January 17th, 2010

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Mio Moov S505

I just unlocked another GPS: the Mio Moov S505 using Dalibor Lanik’s Visual GPS. It was as easy as unlocking the Mio Moov 500.

Installation Instructions

Download Visual GPS
Extract it to your hard drive
Connect your Mio Moov S505 to your computer with the USB cable
Copy the following 3 folders to your GPS to the parent directory (just open Mio Device – appears on your desktop when it has connected with your PC): Visual, Visual.auto and Visual.ins.
Open Program Files/NavMan/appstartupsec.ini in a text editor and change the first 2 lines under [ Process1 ]:
RelativePath=TRUE
ProcessFile=SmartST_CE.exe

to

RelativePath=FALSE
ProcessFile=\\..\\My Flash Disk\\Visual.auto\\auto.exe
Safely remove your GPS, remove the USB cable and turn it on.

The only problem I encountered is that Core Player did not play videos. The sound was there but without any image. To fix this all you have to do is to:

open Core Player
go to Tools -> Preferences ( press the arrow in the top left corner first )
Select Page -> Video – Select page is a button in the bottom left corner
Change Video output to Raw FrameBuffer

Videos should play now.

And there you have it: your unlocked Mio Moov S505.

Post Information Categories: GPS
Tags: GPS, mio, mio moov s505, visual gps

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17 Responses to “VisualGPS on Mio Moov S505”

gaurav
April 22, 2010 at 10:27 pm | Permalink | Reply

I tried it on Mio Moov A470 and it worked there too!! Great work!
Sergei
May 10, 2010 at 7:03 pm | Permalink | Reply

I wish…. The model I have is exactly the same one, but no NavMan folder, only Miomap (actually, it’s Mio Spirit). On top of that, there is no appstartupsec.ini (or appstartupsec.exe) for that matter present anywhere.

I wish someone could come up with a solution for the SPIRIT models!
1. Sava
  May 11, 2010 at 3:47 pm | Permalink | Reply
  
  This is a Spirit model. you just need to locate your config file and change the startup application after you copy the Visual Unlock Shell to your GPS. You can read more at http://projects.lanik.org/GPSProject_00.htm
texi
May 30, 2010 at 8:41 pm | Permalink | Reply

it works on the s505 but mio map dont start up
what to do?
1. Sava
  June 1, 2010 at 1:10 pm | Permalink | Reply
  
  any error messages or something ? Are other applications starting ?
rekul05
June 7, 2010 at 11:04 pm | Permalink | Reply

I’ve same problems with my s505, miospirit dont start up!
Practically, every thing is ok untill put on reset switch, after that miospirit dont start up.
1. Pete
  January 25, 2012 at 1:37 pm | Permalink | Reply
  
  Have anyone solved the problem with the device not starting after reset?
  I have the same problem on my Mio S505. After reset the screen remains completely black.
  Only starts after I remove and reconnect the internal battery.
  
  But this is not very funny to do every time I need to start the device as the only way to close the unit is to put it in reset.
  1. Sava
    January 31, 2012 at 12:39 pm | Permalink | Reply
    
    I never encountered this. Try to delete everything and start all over again.
alex
June 8, 2010 at 12:18 pm | Permalink | Reply

just unlock mine s505 works perfectly
there is every thing you need in the gps project link

tnx 🙂
Hapri
July 24, 2010 at 8:45 pm | Permalink | Reply

Unlock Mio S505 works. I have installed Route 66 on a SD card. Works too!!
Wat does not work: TMC, both with Mio and Route 66. Route 66 has no exit button.
Niki
July 27, 2010 at 2:19 pm | Permalink | Reply

i have mio s505 europe edition, and i dont have folder called NavMan, i searched for things like this

RelativePath=TRUE
ProcessFile=SmartST_CE.exe

to

RelativePath=FALSE
ProcessFile=\\..\\My Flash Disk\\Visual.auto\\auto.exe

but i could not find anything that looks like the lines above
1. Roland
  August 11, 2010 at 12:37 am | Permalink | Reply
  
  I have the same situation with not finding the NAVMAN folder. I do have only MioMap folder and in that particular folder only one ini file: spirit.ini.
  This file does not consist any of the above mentioned lines.
  
  Is there anybody who solved this?
SHLOMO
October 19, 2010 at 6:48 pm | Permalink | Reply

i download the rar file but to unpack it i need a password
lolo
January 13, 2011 at 9:47 pm | Permalink | Reply

PASS is visual
brabu
December 22, 2011 at 11:44 pm | Permalink | Reply

i did as per ur details. i have mio model mio moov s505.

as per this
——————————–
[GEN]
config1 = 0,3000,99443,
heartbeat = 500,5,,,
apcall00 = \My Flash Disk\Program Files\System\Visual.auto\Auto.exe
apcall01 = \Storage Card\Navigation\Navigation.exe,,2,0,2,2000,
apcall02 = \My Flash Disk\Program Files\MioMap\spirit.exe,,0,0,0,2000,
scrsavconf = 31,2000,,,

[WM_MESSAGE]
msg00 = 0,1046,0,0,\Windows\USBScreen.exe,,0:3317::,196896,
msg01 = 0,1058,0,0,,500,0:3309::,512,
msg02 = 0,1048,0,0,,500,,20,

—————————————-
AFTER START UP I RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE

visual.ins folder not found on either SD card or FLASH DISK. please copy.

i already copy the visual folder to the same location of Visual.auto folder

please help me
when i reset my mio i get the below version.
SEEKER R.16.00

regards
brabu
Sava
January 11, 2012 at 2:34 pm | Permalink | Reply

delete everything and start over. Make sure you copy the directories where they should be and delete the apcall01 and apcall02 lines … maybe this will work. Remember to backup the ini file before editing
sava pls help
March 11, 2012 at 10:52 am | Permalink | Reply

I found out that the main problem is to find the “NAVMAN” folder and to edit it. Sava please help with this one so it will work just give us the steps.
step1…
step2..

remember the “NAVMAN” folder Not exsicets any advice?