Tango Mike
Well Known Member
Using a Mac running OS10 and dealing with updating G3X software and databases has been a real goat rope at times, as it is right at the moment when I've been waiting for over 45 minutes to see the Device Update complete while waiting for FliteCharts North America 1507 to stop "Preparing to update, this may take a few minutes . . ."
The first two steps (Downloading and Transferring) always proceed fairly quickly, then I'm left with the spinning wheel of death, FliteCharts North America 1507 in blue, and a filled blue progress bar.
The last time I updated, I think I finally had to leave the page and found that all the database were current.
When I tried that today, I got a message warning me that changes wouldn't be saved and giving me the option of staying on the page or leaving. I couldn't remember if that happened the last time or not, so I left and sure enough, the FliteCharts had not been updated.
I'm trying again, and the total process of Downloading, Transferring, and now Preparing has consumed one hour and it's still not complete.
I just checked it and found a message in that says:
Could not finalize the update. Press the button below to try again. If the problem persists, you can try using the Alternate Download Process in the sidebar to the right, or please contact aviation support.
Below that are two choices, "Back To Device" and "Try Again."
Back To Device shows that Flite Charts still aren't current, and now I don't have the option of using an alternate method, whatever that is.
If anyone, especially the G3X gurus, can help me fix this, I'd sure appreciate it. Updating my beautiful Garmin system should be reliable and efficient, and at the moment it's anything but.
The first two steps (Downloading and Transferring) always proceed fairly quickly, then I'm left with the spinning wheel of death, FliteCharts North America 1507 in blue, and a filled blue progress bar.
The last time I updated, I think I finally had to leave the page and found that all the database were current.
When I tried that today, I got a message warning me that changes wouldn't be saved and giving me the option of staying on the page or leaving. I couldn't remember if that happened the last time or not, so I left and sure enough, the FliteCharts had not been updated.
I'm trying again, and the total process of Downloading, Transferring, and now Preparing has consumed one hour and it's still not complete.
I just checked it and found a message in that says:
Could not finalize the update. Press the button below to try again. If the problem persists, you can try using the Alternate Download Process in the sidebar to the right, or please contact aviation support.
Below that are two choices, "Back To Device" and "Try Again."
Back To Device shows that Flite Charts still aren't current, and now I don't have the option of using an alternate method, whatever that is.
If anyone, especially the G3X gurus, can help me fix this, I'd sure appreciate it. Updating my beautiful Garmin system should be reliable and efficient, and at the moment it's anything but.