i have been trying to put european maps on my american 8100. i installed the script like it said in the thread. then i got nothing but failure to copy errors. i asked and asked and was told i needed to use usb2avic or whatever its called. fine. i found the script after asking and asking and getting no answers. i tried to install it today. now when i am in testmode and tried to copy over the maps and licenses, the igo directory is GONE. guys i really need help. someone please chime in and give me the direction i need because this is irritating.

I don't have a solution for you, but I do have a question.... Why are you trying to put EU maps on an American unit?

Because I currently live in germany

So, what did you do?

If you were using USBtoAvic from an empty USB (with no Backup on it made with AvicToUsb), then yes, your IGO folder is deleted. 

Look at the scripts to understand what they do. It's simple deleting, copying and adjust the file attributes, no rocket science.

Try to find a backup of the IGO-Folder if you have none (you should have.., i have only F60/8000NEX files), or simply buy a F70 with working European maps.

Can i make a Igo folder with everything in it on the usb and then use usbavic to restore the igo that was deleted?

Can i make a Igo folder with everything in it on the usb and then use usbavic to restore the igo that was deleted?

If you have a valid copy of an IGO folder, yes.

The USBtoAvic does only delete the IGO folder on the unit, copy the folder from the USB to the unit and apply the attributes.

ok, so what i am going to do is make an igo folder on the usb, and inside of it make all the same folders as the unit, and put the files i was trying to install into those corresponding files. i should be ok then right?

Yes. Normal way:

AvicToUSB: makes a copy of your IGO folder from the device to the USB.

Then you can chance the files you want to.

E.g. for a new map replacing the content of

/igo/content/building/

/igo/content/map/

The use USBtoAvic to copy your new IGO folder from the USB to the unit. The script will completly replace the IGO folder, so every needed file must be on the USB (like /igo/ux/* ..), not only the new map files.

Ok but what were the original files? I got the image files someone uploaded but they are all Linux based. If they had some sort of emulator I could just pull the files from those.

Here is a list of files in my IGO folder (F60dab, original european 13q2). May look slightly different on a 8100NEX

holy crap im missing a lot of stuff

is there anyway i can grab a copy of yours? i basicall have the maps, buildings, one dem file (europe), phoneme and poi

Sorry to hijack, what is the phoneme folder for?

Phone numbers of poi? I think?

I've uploaded the content of my flash-USB without igo/content/map, buildings and poi. 

Copy the content to a USB, copy your map-files to igo/content and try. Scripts are already inside.

But, since its from a f60/8000nex it may not work or cause weired issues on your 8100.

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=77B46B8063BA3D82!120&authkey=!APfw_VlTCPUdtq0&ithint=file%2czip

As far as i know the phoneme files are for the correct pronounciation of text-to-speech for the different countries. So, if driving in France with a german language setting, the street names will be pronounced in a french way.

this worked, thank you very much!!!

I have the 8100 and having the exact same problem as op. My igo directory is deleted. How exactly can I fix this problem. When I boot into test mode I am unable to paste files using USB to avic script. I receive an error "paste failed" or "unable to paste" ... Something along these lines.

Could someone please give me some insight in how to fix this issue.

Help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

for the beginning it was necessary to use 1. AVICtoUSB script

thanks   but however now my igo is gone and it says   please insert your sd card containing IGO content files,

my other problem is i cant seem to paste to the ext data folder

I have same problem. How can be fixed!? I saw an link on another post to Mega, but the link is offline. If you ex-28 solved your problem, can you share the solution please?!