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garmin map update

hello

just updated my garmin 255w with the 2013 north america full map.
when this completed, and the software update was performed, i found that the device (all favorites, settings) were reset to factory defaults.

i contacted garmin and they recommended that i restore from a backup, which i did.
now the map is just the lower 49 states instead of the full north america.

re-downloaded the map, but when i go to the map info screen, it says:

CN North America NT 2013.40
[1] Lower 49 States

seems like i cannot have both my favorites and the full north america, which shouldn't be the case.

any ideas what i can do to fix the situation?
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I had a problem with my Nuvi1490 LMT not being able to load all the maps. I added a 4 GB Micro SD card in the provided slot and used the latest updater. It loaded the North America maps on the SD card and I have plenty of resident storage left.
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i had trouble without the xtra card and went out to get one.
installed the card and tried again: still only updated the lower 49.
garmin tech sent me a coupla hints, too.
thanks.

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thanks for the infomation. found an unlocked version for download off of a torrent website Has everything in North America.. even the islands.

Looks like I need to get a bigger SD card. Been using a 2 GB card for so long this update is now bigger than 2 GB. 4 GB cards are cheap enough I'll do the update later on.

garmin tech informed me that any card up to 8gb will do.
8gb is the max for a garmin 255w, but yeah, 2gb might be a tight fit.

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