My Garmin comes on and then after showing the "Garmin" start up it goes to a blank white screen with a little black dot in the bottom left corner and it says "press dot". But I press the dot and nothing happens. It is stuck on this screen.
The actual answer is to press the dots, but use a dull plastic tool that fits "within" the dot. Otherwise the width of your finger is too imprecise to calibrate the dots and screen.
Hope you, and others, get this and try it. It works. I just discovered it and did it, successfully after only about 10 presses.
Yes! Thank you!
you are a lifesaver! it totally worked. i spent hours searching the garmin site with no luck at all. cannot believe how simple it was! THANKS!!!!
That worked perfectly thank you very much!
Worked for me, too. Thanks.
thanks!
Thanks, work for me after 5 presses
MUY EFECTIVO, mil gracias.... so many thanks, work for me after 10 presses
Thanks a lot. It worked!!!
you saved me thank you so much!
i almost smash and break it apart my nuvi1300 trying to figure out whats the hell wrong with it and i finally found these f&*#K thank you so much u save my nuvi...
Right on. Reset to factory specks. Thanks a bunch.
Brilliant! Used a tablet stylus and it worked like a charm!
It got the PRESS DOT to go away, but now it says NO DETAILED MAPS WERE FOUND ON THIS DEVICE.
It got the PRESS DOT to go away, but now it says NO DETAILED MAPS WERE FOUND ON THIS DEVICE.
It got the PRESS DOT to go away, but now it says NO DETAILED MAPS WERE FOUND ON THIS DEVICE.
I keep getting NO MAP DATA AVAILABLE after getting rid of those pesky lines and dots...please help.
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I found the answer on another site and it worked! You need to use a plastic tool that is smaller than the dot. (I used the corner tip of a plastic ruler.) Very precisely touch the dot WITHIN the dot, do not overlap on to the white space. After about 6 - 10 times - Voila! It's fixed! It's some kind of calibration function. What I thought might take hours to figure out was fixed within a minute thanks to some valuable people who gave me the answer. I wanted to pay it forward!
OMG!!!! For months I have not been able to get past the "press dot" screen - the people who offered the advice of something plastic and not bigger than the dot - were exactly right!! It works again!!! Thank you sooo much!!! After about 5 "press the dots" - it recalibrated etc... I am happy again!!!
Have you tried pressing the dot? Press all of them until the screen has been calibrated and hopefully you'll come back to a main menu.
- Jim
Just touched dot with corner edge of credit card and it cacalibrated.
Dental pick. Where do I go from here?
Thank you all for your valuable solution. I've tried and it worked. I almost threw away my Garmin. =) YAY...Happy Friay! Just one thing tho....why is it doing this darn "calibration"? does anyone know?
July, 2012: Nuvi screen stuck - white back with black dots and direction to 'press dot'. I tried everything I read on-line (including here) with no results. next morning I took it to Radio Shack (N Main, Prov RI) where I bought it thinking need new GPS fast (business reasons) and techie took it, turned it on and played some kind of game with the dots, like he were playing PacMan. Bingo. GPS screen came up 'recalibrated' and works fine. Advice: go to amazing techie at Radio Shack in Prov RI. Run, don't walk. :)
froze. I restarted it , now all I can get is a blank screen with a black dot in the bottom left corner and a message saying press dot. Holding the off switch over to the left makes it restart but still goes back to the same screen Is there any way I can fix this?
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Screen is white and the "PRESS DOT" moves all over the exterior of the screen. Cannot get past the WHITE SCREEN PRESS DOT phase. HELP
It works! Bingo! Followed instructions, just uses the tip of my earphone...just about 8 presses and bingo! Working againg! Saved my holiday trip to US, as the problem happened during It and I was using my mobile as contingency...quite happy now with the proper navigator!
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