January 30, 2009

MobileXT for Nokia 5800 XM

Here's what you need to know to get Garmin working for Nokia 5800 XM.
The guides I found suck. It took a long time to get things working.

1. Get the latest version of Garmin MobileXT. Doesn't matter where you get it from. Because its gonna be locked.

2. Install it. The installer is basically an unzipper and it unzips to a removable drive - that means your phone. So on your phone there will be a Garmin folder. There should be an MobileXT icon. If not look for the SIS file to install.

3. You need your IMEI. On the Nokia 5800 XM, key this in *#06# your imei appears. This is whats used to tie the app to your phone so its used to generate the product code.

4. You need a couple programs. First one converts your IMEI to a unit ID. Second one converts your unit ID to an unlock code. Once you have the unlock code - write it into a text file named SW.UNL This is the application unlock file. Copy this to the Garmin folder.

5. You need VirtualKey because your phone is a touch screen and lacks the hardware keys required to control the app. Virtual key remaps hardware keys to other hardware keys. The nokia 5800 has at least 4 hardware keys and these need to be remapped to YES/NO UP and DOWN. Go find a config file which already does the mapping. Copy it into the Virtual Key private folder and off you go. Getting VirtualKey to work is another exercise but the other guides cover this sufficiently.

6. Now run VirtualKey. Put it in the background. Then run MobileXT. It should be unlocked - if you followed all the steps. Hey you're done. Oh yea you should load a map into the garmin folder.