Garmin Oregon Beta 3.01 – Fixes Shutdown Issue from Beta 2.99
Jul.01, 2009 in
Garmin Oregon
Not much to write about here, but Garmin has just posted a 3.01 Oregon beta with a fix for the shutdown failures introduced in 2.99. The problems were severe enough in 2.99 that we recommended Oregon users avoid this beta release until the issue was resolved. Garmin’s release note for 3.01 is simply:
- Fixed improper shutdown.
I’ve upgraded my Oregon 400t to the new release from 2.99 and after shutting down a half dozen times I haven’t experienced any problems. The issues I saw with configuration settings not being saved have also been addressed. Two other areas which were problems in 2.99, Spanner mode and the alarm clock shutoff, also seem to work again. Stay tuned for more testing
Thanks for the heads up on 3.01 Kris!
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July 1st, 2009 at 12:15 pm
No Problem. I was going to go back to 2.98 but then saw the tweet you had about the bricking. So I’ve been checking Garmin closely. Mine crashed every time I shut it down.
July 6th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Has anyone ever tried with >10 *.gpi (Extra-POI-files)? for example files as here http://www.garminonline.de/extras/poi/. I could only see POI with only 10 *.gpi.
July 6th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
I guess the most I’ve probably had loaded is about 8-9.
Did all of the POIs disappear with > 10 files?
July 7th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Is there a final verdict on the overall stability of 3.01?
July 7th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Paul, I’ve had pretty good luck but several people have been complaining about shutoffs in Spanner mode and a few people have had to remove or reformat SD cards to get it to work. My feeling is that generally it is stable but 2.98 is probably still your safest bet right now. I’ll post something in the next day or two.
Here’s a link to the 3.01 discussion on the wiki:
http://garminoregon.wikispaces.com/message/view/home/13055203
The discussion on the groundspeak boards has been pretty quiet with no major issues reported and the issues in 2.99 seem to be addressed.
-Scott
July 30th, 2009 at 3:21 am
3.1 is out, any comments?
MP
July 30th, 2009 at 6:30 am
There is discussion going on here.
http://garminoregon.wikispaces.com/message/view/home/13372453
Sorry for the lack of a 3.10 post but I’m on vacation this week w/limited access to a computer.
-Scott
August 3rd, 2009 at 3:11 pm
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