transfer from phone to zoom xt

[Nick Carthew]

@mark-hooton I would spend as much time as possible learning the nuances between the navigation app and Carpuride and your Garmin. Better to discover on familiar ground than whilst touring.

[Mzokk]

Just got this reply back from Garmin regarding the borked drive app. After I called them I uploaded an email with a pictorial description of the issues the the current version of the Drive app had caused. I think that a fair few people had contacted them about the issue which was good, as it will hopefully be resolved soon.

Thank you for your email.

This issue will be resolved in an upcoming Drive app update. We'll notify you via email once the new version is available for download in Google Play.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Kind regards,

Jake

Garmin Europe

[Travellexxie]

I have received more or less the same answers from the German and Dutch Garmin CS

[Mzokk]

From last night a new version of the app is available. 4.29.28

Having used the app for me there appears to still be a bit of an issue with a refresh of the app before it functions to transfer a file. I initially could not get the app to function but found that opening a second instance of the app then closing it initiated the send function. Previously the app opened and the send file function was initiated after a request to share a file was initiated. I have subsequently found that minimising the app then opening it again also causes the app to work. I have no Idea if this is associated with a setting on my phone or its a bug in the new iteration. I sent this reply to Garmin last night when I finally got the app to transfer routes. I haven't received a reply yet.

Further to my last e-mail. I can get the app to work but to get the app to recognise the file to be transferred I have to share the file with the drive app.....nothing happens. If I the open a second instance of the drive app then close it the file dialog appears in the first instance of the Drive app and it transfers to the ZumoXT.

Hope this helps?

[Travellexxie]

I had to restart the app and now everything is working fine, tablet and phone.

[J2FK]

Ik was reeds terug gegaan naar een vorige versie en ga die denk ik nog wat houden, tenzij er een meerwaarde is aan de nieuwe versie. Wat mag die dan eventueel zijn?

[Mike wiruth]

@Kobutex-Motorreizen Can you explain how I can get my routes to my Zumo XT using a cable? I'm leaving this Saturday and have all my routes on my phone, but like to have them on the garmin too. Especially if it's raining. How do I do it?
Thanks very much for your help.
Mike

[Peter Zehentreiter]

@Mike-wiruth Connect your Garmin to your computer.
Drag or copy the GPX file to the GPX folder on your Garmin.

zūmo XT Owner's Manual - Transferring GPX Files From Your Computer https://share.google/JWKFXr2WbfmiWbmmT

[AWDC LAO]

On a Mc use an SD-card, not a cable.

[Marinus van Deudekom]

@Peter-Zehentreiter in my opinion unnecessary complicated. Just connect the XT to your computer. Wait until the device and sd are recognised then use the connector in MRA to export the route using the 1.2 format. Works like a charm

[Peter Zehentreiter]

@Marinus-van-Deudekom Well, that's not exactly complicated...
I'm simply describing the standard method for transferring GPX files to a Garmin device.

I realize there are different ways to do it, and I know how they work.

[Travellexxie]

@Marinus-van-Deudekom MRA connector and XT with sd-card. I wish you lots of succes, most of the time it will not succeed with a sd-card.
Save the route(s) and drag them, in case of more routes, to the XT itself (I use good old Total Commander for it), de SD is in my case only for music. In case of emergency (XT has to set back to factory settings or hard reset) you can put them on your XT with your phone and the Drive app.
I agree with the 1.2

[Marinus van Deudekom]

@Travellexxie What I meant was if you want to tranfer using the cable connection wait for Windows to recognise both the XT and the SD card. Don't trafer the export to a SD card. You're completly wright about that.

[Marinus van Deudekom]

@Peter-Zehentreiter There's alway more ways to get where you wanna go

[Mike wiruth]

@Marinus-van-Deudekom What do you mean by "use the connector"? What connector are you talking about?
Thanks,

[Peter Zehentreiter]

@Marinus-van-Deudekom sent you a PN

[John S Parry]

There are a few posts referencing SD card here. I'm not sure if some of the advice given is to use it to store routes on your XT, or not.

My advice is to use the SD card you place in the XT slot. Simply create a Garmin/GPX folder on the card and copy your GPX file directly into it. The XT will recognize it existence, import/recalculate it, and store it for execution. The advantage is that if your route ever gets corrupted, you can quickly re-import it from the SD card and be on your way. If you import into Garmin internal storage and corruption happens, you have to go back to MRA and perform the transfer process from scratch. Admittedly, this a rare occurrence, but the one time it happened to me was at the worst possible instance. As always, plan for the worst, but hope for the best.

In any case, a direct wired file copy (manually performed by you) from your PC/Mac to your Garmin is always the safest method. Anytime you use a transfer intermediary (Drive app, Tread app, MRA Connector), there is a possibility that the process can break. For reasons totally out of your control.

[Travellexxie]

@Marinus-van-Deudekom read my post again...

[John S Parry]

@Marinus-van-Deudekom said:

What I meant was if you want to tranfer using the cable connection wait for Windows to recognise both the XT and the SD card. Don't trafer the export to a SD card. You're completly wright about that.

If you want to learn about the use of the SD Card for routes, reference the following from user "jfheath", the moderator of the Zumo XT Forum out the UK. If you don't know of him, he's probably forgotten more about the XT than most of us know. Anyway, here is some of the documentation he's compiled:

First, the master list of topics:

https://zumouserforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3361

And the specific 3.08 section on using the SD Card for GPX Files:

https://zumouserforums.co.uk/XT2-P338

From the link:

**You may notice in older posts about other Zumos that I have recommended using Internal Storage for GPX files. Not any more. For the XT2 I always transfer my GPX files to the SD card. The files cannot get altered and nothing gets deleted.

More than anything - the behaviour is predictable. And if your Zumo Collections get messed up, you can delete the lot and import them again.**

He's talking about the XT2, but from my personal experience, it also applies directly to the XT and XT3.

That forum is a treasure trove of Zumo XT/XT2/XT3 information. If you ever decide to give the XT's a try again (hopefully an XT3), following the teachings in that forum will give you a fighting chance of success the next time around.

[Marinus van Deudekom]

Travellexxie maybe you misread what I was saying. Not meaning at all to write files to the SD card. Just simply Windows things. Wait until Windows had found all of the connections. That's al