nuvi 2699LM update with faulty USB Port

I want to thank everybody. This unit is now working better than new (aside from the fact the USB port still will not transfer data). I put it in my Girlfriend's car. She is driving from South Carolina to Virginia for a work meeting next week (they are distancing)... I pre-programmed all of her Addresses for her hotel, certain Costco gas stations she likes, and the parking garage for the work-site meeting.

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The area was built in 2018, and the 2021.20 maps find all of those locations with ease where the old 2015 maps (probably from 2014) were very lacking.

It is also very good because I sent her with a single electric burner ice cooler and a few pots and pans, dish soap, sanitizer etc... and I mapped some saved locations for grocery stores that will bring the food out to the car and place it in her trunk. Her motel you park in front of the room. Again, she is avoiding all contact with people to ensure she does not become ill.

I thank you for the help because this is going to help her very safe and her frustration level down in a strange place, so I very much appreciate it. When this virus is over, we are going to go on a long 1000 miles or greater road-trip, and we are not exactly sure where, but it will be some place we have never been. While my 3597 is newer, I like my 2699 better because the screen is larger.

You folks have saved us some money which is great because I was otherwise going to buy a new Garmin Drive meanwhile the oven broke and a year of auto insurance on two-vehicles and property tax all become due at the same time, so while we are doing okay not buying a Garmin Drive right now is great especially with how well this device now continues to serve our household. I want you folks to understand that many areas in the United States when you get far away from the Urban cities are very desolate with nothing but road stretching for miles. Sometimes it is almost a 30 minute drive between gas stations. While they generally have minimal cellular, typically when you get many miles away from a city they have voice service only without data or with only 2G data... Obviously any GPS app on a cellphone realistically requires LTE (perhaps 3G) minimum to work, plus it consumes data. Case and point west of San Antonio Texas on I-10 once you drive for 30 or more minutes away there really is not a good, small town with Hotels until Van Horn Texas. From what I read there is a stretch of road in the USA that is 160 miles between fuel pumps!

These GPS units are incredible with pre-loaded maps. Do not get me wrong that the 2015 maps probably have not changed much for Interstate freeways in the middle of nowhere, but THIS is what we see in many parts of the United States:

NETWizz Reviewed by NETWizz on 20th September 2020. nuvi 2699LM update with faulty USB Port I have a Nuvi 2699LMT device that I want to update the maps. The problem is the USB port went bad and Garmin does not service it anymore. Even offered to send it back to them. While it has Lifetime Maps, no computer can see the device; hence, I cannot connect to it with Garmin Express. Next, I updated my Nuvi 3597 via Garmin Express being it also has Lifetime Maps... worked great. I tried transferring the SD card from my Nuvi 3597 to the 2699,, but that didn't work... It Rating: 5