Nordo
New Member
After some research, I bought the 57 as a Christmas present for my wife.
We're having a couple of problems with initial setup, and hoping someone can help.
1. The 57 won't keep the country, etc. during the initial setup.
I believe this was a big problem a few years ago; and the solution was to keep the camera fully exposed to as many satellites as possible (to reach a strength of 4 bars), and the camera will update and lock onto local region settings.
I haven't had a chance to try this yet.
2. Much of the more advanced setup is done through the Garmin Drive app. If using an android device, this app has to run on minimum android 9.0.
Our phones and tablets are a few years old, and without rooting them and adding a custom ROM, they won't update themselves to any android later than 8.1.
Anyone have ideas how to help with these problems - in particular with No. 2, as the camera is severely restricted from it's full potential without the Drive app.
We're having a couple of problems with initial setup, and hoping someone can help.
1. The 57 won't keep the country, etc. during the initial setup.
I believe this was a big problem a few years ago; and the solution was to keep the camera fully exposed to as many satellites as possible (to reach a strength of 4 bars), and the camera will update and lock onto local region settings.
I haven't had a chance to try this yet.
2. Much of the more advanced setup is done through the Garmin Drive app. If using an android device, this app has to run on minimum android 9.0.
Our phones and tablets are a few years old, and without rooting them and adding a custom ROM, they won't update themselves to any android later than 8.1.
Anyone have ideas how to help with these problems - in particular with No. 2, as the camera is severely restricted from it's full potential without the Drive app.