The Chinese GPS Firmware Thread Having owned a few varieties of these no-name chinese made gps units and having messed about with them a lot, i have bricked and semi bricked a few but i have always managed to bring them back to factory state with a firmware flash.
Are you stuck on the welcome screen? cant go further? hope is here!! Here's some firmware files to help un-brick your unit (or upgrade it!).
NOTE: THESE ARE WINCE 6 IMAGES
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iPhone Theme firmware for units with firmware 84A、PA05、PA06、 PAO7、PA08
PA05、PA06、 PAO7、PA08/64MB/480×272
PA05、PA06、 PAO7、PA08/64MB/800×480
PA05、PA06、 PAO7、PA08/128MB/800×480
84A/128MB/800×480
84A/64MB/800×480
84A/64MB/480×272
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84A、PA05、PA06、 PAO7、PA08
Colorful Menu 480x272
Black
84A、PA05、PA06、 PAO7、PA08
Colorful Menu 480x272
Orange
84AV4
Colorful Menu 480x272
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Evergrow GPS Board Firmware
NBOOT 80.33 EBOOT 80.26
OS 091208.4.08.51.43E
GUID 0946-00-00-09330000
128mb Ram + Bluetooth 480x272
if you own one of the above units (evergrow) here's a link to the makers own firmware files
make sure you choose carefully!!
I will add more versions later, if anyone else has a firmware back up please post it here for others to benefit from.
NS
Last edited by NoService; 06-07-10 at 08:37 PM.
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How to upgrade - restore your firmware
Download your required file
Extract it (unrar - unzip)
Copy files (not folder) onto your sd/tf card
Hard reset the device
Let it do its thing......with the PA-84 units you will be prompted (IN CHINESE) during the flashing, click the left button ie: the yes button and let it upgrade the menu.
And dont panic while the pictures and indeed the menu show chinese writing it can be changed in settings.
The rom itself is in chinese and cannot be changed if you want the office add ons and NES emulator etc to work, however if you do require the english OS meaning wince 6 i can post a link but be aware while the unit will still function some of the extras like above will not.
NS
Last edited by NoService; 06-07-10 at 07:21 PM.
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diavalo13666 (07-07-10),Godzilla (11-07-10)
less than 1k a sec from those links. yikes.
Is time your problem or a broken gps?Originally Posted by Frostilicus
BTW i am getting 64kbs so while slow it sure isn't 1k!
NS
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84A、PA05、PA06、PAO7、PA08 480 X 272
Software Version : V3.6.C106.1.8
82AV6 480 X 272 64MB
82AV6 800 X 480 64MB FIRMWARE ONLY NO MENU (USE 82A FOR DEVICE MENU)
82A DEVICE MENU
OR
ROM VERSION 7DB82C.YF.F1.1208
Last edited by NoService; 08-07-10 at 03:12 PM.
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gabilon (20-05-11)
With the YF GPS units the rar file will usually contain the following
YFUpdate.exe (UPDATE UTILITY)
yfospa06.img (OS - WINCE)
YFAPP.WZP (DEVICE MENU)
if your download contains
BootPI06.bld or
YFBtPI06.bld
DELETE THEM!! THEY ARE BOOT LOADER FILES!!!
putting those two files along with the others can and will permanently brick your device if they are the wrong type for your unit.
if you just want to update the menu put
YFUpdate.exe
YFAPP.WZP
on your card and update the menu
if your stuck on the welcome screen a full flash is required and thus put yfospa06.img with the other two files.
NS
Last edited by NoService; 08-07-10 at 12:53 AM.
The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese!
I tried to download image for 82AV6 800x600 but your link is fail. Could you please update the correct link or upload it somewhere? Many thanks.
um i didn't post a link to 800x600 82AV6?
if i find it i will post it.
NS
The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese!
Sorry, I mean 800x480. Please help. Thanks
Mate the link IS WORKING for that firmware but seeing as you are having problems i will upload it to megaupload for you.
check back soon!
NS
The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese!
heres another link to 82AV6 Firmware...this is firmware only!!!! use it only if you unit is already stuck on welcome screen.
the menu is a different download for your model so i have posted 2 links above for 82A menus which are compatible (i am led to believe) with 82AV6.
NS
The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese!
phuongnt (17-07-10)
WIN CE 6 ENGLISH ROM for YF GPS
This is the English version of wince 6 for use with YF made gps units only!! You can use this to convert your chinese interfaced wince 6 with an english version. But as i said up above if you use this with the iphone themed menus the office add ons and a few others will not work, they need the chinese rom as it loads office add ons each boot.
NS
The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese!
smartufo (24-07-10)
Thanks for your contributions! I own a unit with firmware 82C and it takes a lot of time for GPS to get to a valid signal state. Is there any fix for it?
Last edited by Antipatiko; 10-07-10 at 10:38 AM.
YF 82C
OR
NS
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kartal12 (02-01-13)
Ive never run into that problem my PA06 unit finds signals fairly fast and never drops out once fixed.
NS
The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese!
Excellent post, NoService. Just to be sure, which firmware should I use for this one? 6", iphone theme, 4GB flash, 128MB RAM, 800x480. The PA0x or the 84A. And do you know the exact model number? I bought it off Ebay and the seller had no clue. Thanks in advanced.
Last edited by smartufo; 11-07-10 at 02:13 AM.
Excellent post, NoService. Just to be sure, which firmware should I use for this one? 6", iphone look and theme, 4GB flash, 128MB RAM, 800x480. The PA0x or the 84A? And do you know the exact model number? I bought it off Ebay and the seller had no clue. Thanks in advanced.
Sorry for the double post. Some issues with austech server.
Last edited by smartufo; 11-07-10 at 02:16 AM.
Mate it seems they are already using this Iphone themed firmware on the unit according to the pictures you have shown.
stay with what you have !!!
NS
The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese!
smartufo (11-07-10)
Thanks for the quick reply, NS. Unfortunately, I made a mistake and bricked the unit during installing the MioPocket. Now it stucked at Welcome screen and I need to restore the exact firmware. I had downloaded the 84A firmware but the PA0x firmware timed out atm. Have u had other links (RS, MU ...)? Otherwise I'll try again later. Thanks heaps.
Last edited by smartufo; 11-07-10 at 02:30 AM.
did you happen to write down the firmware numbers of your unit before you attempted miopocket?
was it 82a or pa06 do you know?
links for 800x480 iPhone pa06-82a are both working!
on a side note i too have done the same thing with miopocket , it seems to install ok but when you reboot......your stuck on the welcome screen and that's it. the fix is actually in the registry but seeing as you have no reg backup either a firmware flash is the only way to go.
NS
Last edited by NoService; 11-07-10 at 11:32 AM.
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