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<\/a><\/p>\nI Googled for information on unlocking the Magellan RoadMate 1424 (the GPS I have) but the only information I found was a couple of people who couldn’t do it. Not deterred, I set off and entered the unknown. Read on for my story (spoiler: it ends in success).<\/p>\n
A popular GPS unlocking distribution is MioPocket<\/a>. It is compatible with a very wide variety of GPS devices, though it was original designed as a way to free Mio branded devices. Because most GPSes have Win CE 5 as the operating system, MioPocket will run (it has support for CE 4 till 6.)<\/p>\n In searching for people who had tried to unlock their RoadMate 1424s, I found this<\/a> forum thread. It seemed like neither of the two posters had any luck. Regardless, I began the quest, hoping that I would be able to figure something out.<\/p>\n I won’t repeat the steps for installation, because they are available in the read-me file when you download the MioPocket software. However, there is a remark to be made about the 1424:<\/p>\n At this point, before I could copy over the MioPocket files, I needed to clear room. Before you do the following, make a folder on your PC and copy EVERYTHING in the Magellan drive (when you plug your GPS to your computer) into this folder. That way, you have a backup if anything goes wrong.<\/strong> Should anything go wrong, don’t panic. Simply make sure it is plugged into your USB port, move the switch to reset, wait a couple seconds, and turn it back on. It should go to USB mode in about 5 seconds, allowing you to restore the files.<\/p>\n Here is a list of files I deleted, that shouldn’t cause any problems.<\/p>\n At this point, there is enough room to install MioPocket. However, should you wish to make more room, there was one more set of files I deleted that I didn’t really need.<\/p>\n I configured the GPS through all the steps I could in the read-me, and started it up. The read-me said that the device should begin to load, and prompt me whether I wanted to boot the built in Navigator software, or run MioPocket. However, I encountered the same problem as the other people in the forum: it just sat at the loading screen.<\/p>\n To get it working<\/span><\/p>\n Make sure you do try to boot it at least once after you copy the files to your GPS.<\/span> It will hang, but let it sit for at least 3 minutes as it will still copy some important files.<\/p>\n I did two things before I got it working. I don’t think the first thing solved the issue, but I will mention it anyway.<\/p>\n changes to…<\/p>\n And it all works now. Having done this, I realized that this isn’t the right GPS to use as an in-car entertainment device. Yes, it can now play movies and music, with easy to use buttons. However:<\/p>\n This means it cannot be hooked up to your stereo, it cannot sync with your phone, or go on the internet (wirelessly), and without an SD card slot, there really isn’t a lot of room to store any music or video.<\/p>\n Final Thoughts<\/span><\/p>\n A lot of the programs do not run correctly with this software for me. However, WMP (Windows Media Player) runs fine, the file managers and most utilities work, and I can still open the original Navigator software and use it as a GPS. But it really is not usable for what I would want ideally.<\/p>\n\n
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<\/a>See, I really did check to see if I could
\nmodify it anymore, but there are
\nno places for a headphone hack or SD slot.<\/p>\n<\/a>Tiny motherboard, almost smaller than an Arduino!<\/p>\n<\/a>Windows Media Player<\/a><\/p>\n