Hacking the Garmin Forerunner 301 (401, and 501) GPS Pedometer
August 19, 2010 | In: Forerunner 305
Many may already know this, but for those of you who don’t, this is a video, showing you how to hack into the RAM, ROM, and settings, of the Forerunner series of pedometers, by Garmin. This shows how to determine the state of the hard/software, and various tests.
8 Responses to Hacking the Garmin Forerunner 301 (401, and 501) GPS Pedometer
georgef551
August 19th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
@EnergyFromVacuum
Okay. That makes sense to me now.
Sometimes, companies make bad products.
Sorry to hear about Garmin going wrong for you.
EnergyFromVacuum
August 19th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
@georgef551 because the garmin that i bought i had it for 4 months then i had to do the recommended firmware update then after the update i noticed the screen would make a loud very high pitch noise. if you dont have something else on like the radio you will end up with a big headache. I called tech support they told me to restart it then resert and all that and it did nothing, i wanted to revert back to old Fireware but that option is not supported.
georgef551
August 19th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
@EnergyFromVacuum
What happened to you?
Curious as to why you said that.
EnergyFromVacuum
August 19th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
Garmin is the worst gps company ever i will never buy from them again.
georgef551
August 19th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
@FreonRose
It tops out before that (dog whistle) range, however, during a dry run, a dog my neighbor was looking after, did start acting up. Made me wonder if it was to act up again recording this.
FreonRose
August 19th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
lol you got so high up in the frequency that only dogs can hear it
georgef551
August 20th, 2010 at 12:06 am
This doesn’t have maps at all. It does track your position, and you have to input points of interest as you’re there, but it does leave a dotted line as to where you were, so if you get lost, you can follow your footprints. Problem there is, in the woods, if trails are too close together, the error is enough to wind up going the wrong way, but at some point, you’d catch it, and hopefully find the right way.
Delaypat
August 20th, 2010 at 12:43 am
Very cool…I have a Garmin GPSMap 60cs and never leave home without it, even though the maps are somewhat outdated with all the new crap going in around here. Oh well..LOL