Comment on Garmin GPS Ghost USB Issue
sudoku@programming.dev 2 days ago
Get it to boot, go into settings and change USB or “interface” mode to Garmin spanner, it won’t autoboot into USB mode but will ask you if you want USB mode when you turn it on.
On some garmins those batteries are rechargable, though I don’t know when they recharge. Either in USB mode or when you use external power though USB (if it supports it, either by using a garmin car GPS cable or clicking no at the USB screen when you change mode to garmin spanner). The battery is used for clock, perhaps the GPS almanac too but I’m not so sure about the latter.
potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish 1 day ago
Cleaning out the USB port by pouring a drop of alcohol in it(disassembled) seems to have solved it. I assume a piece of dirt or grime shorted it, somehow… Thanks for the ideas!
sudoku@programming.dev 1 day ago
it’s probably the corrosion, which needs to be neutralized first. Even then it’s possible that the metal in the port had been “eaten”.
potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish 1 day ago
Do you know how that could impact the USB port or power button is impacted by the power button?
sudoku@programming.dev 1 day ago
I would imagine that any new issues are due to the soldering, but I can’t say for sure.