Constant Freezing

[AJ_NZ]

Hey everyone, this is what I have found to fix the freezing issue:
Start Mapthis, open your smallest map (I use the global map) before moving or changing zoom levels, press the start button and change the CPU clock speed to 333. Then press select and open the map you want, move and zoom all you want. The chance of freezing at 333 is virtually zero.
If you have a GPS reciever now press start and goto GPS info, press the down key and change the speed to 111, this will ensure you get a fix on the satellites. Once fixed, go back to your map and turn on GPS mode, once your position is located change the speed back to 333.
Easy Peasy.

[Optic]

Mine works automaticly at 333mhz, i once changed it to 111mhz but it was too slow. I still have a lot of freezes at 333mhz, but less than 111mhz.

[fak3]

Hey everyone, this is what I have found to fix the freezing issue:
Start Mapthis, open your smallest map (I use the global map) before moving or changing zoom levels, press the start button and change the CPU clock speed to 333. Then press select and open the map you want, move and zoom all you want. The chance of freezing at 333 is virtually zero.
If you have a GPS reciever now press start and goto GPS info, press the down key and change the speed to 111, this will ensure you get a fix on the satellites. Once fixed, go back to your map and turn on GPS mode, once your position is located change the speed back to 333.
Easy Peasy.

thanks, now i have less freezes even if sometimes still freezes specially when i try to zoom in/out..

[Optic]

I have found something new ,I have less freezes by doing this:

Format your memstick with your computer to by clicking "start->execute", than enter in the window:
" Format R:/FS:FAT ". The " R " stands for the drive letter of your memstick, this may differ with your drive letter, change it if necessary . When you do this ,your stick will be formatted in FAT (Fat16) in stead of FAT32 when you do it via your psp. It means your stick works faster.
You will see a ms-dos screen, it will say what you must do to continue, if it gives you a warning about clusters, press Y (Yes/No). Now its done, you may make manually maps (ISO,MUSIC,PHOTO,...) in the drive directory.

!!! BACK-UP YOUR MEMSTICK BEFORE FORMATTING !!!

I use a memstick of 1gigs (runs faster than my 4gigs stick), and cpu speed @ 333mhz.

I have made a translation of a tutorial on a dutch forum: http://www.psp-media.nl/tutorials/10289-tut-maak.html

Good luck.

[Optic]

This morning i made a long trip with the car and haven't had any problems. I can now open large maps without freezing at loading. On normal use i haven't had any freezes so far, but if i try it to freeze it happens rarely (zoom in and out constantly and very fast).

[loki192]

Hey all.

I've been having a similar problem - and I've experimented with some prx/FW/mapthis combinations and found the most stable combo for me is:

map this! v0.498
3.03 OE-C
both 3.03 prx files

I haven't been able to crash this combo yet - I can load up a map of my area (~80mb) and zoom in and out like crazy and it's fine.

I'm going to try making a BIG map, maybe ~600mb or so, and see how that goes - I'll post my findings here

[loki192]

UPDATE:

loaded up a big map (669MB) and could not get it to crash even after 5 mins of frantic scrolling and zooming.

looks like my stability problems are solved - i'll take it for a drive tonight....

will let you guys know if it ever crashes.

[Optic]

Yeah, I know it works better with lower firmwares. But the freezing problems are particulary happening with firmware 3.40oe-A. I would like to get it fixed without having to downgrade again.

[chris.thesandman]

okay so i'm running 3.40oe as well along with a psp-290 and a sandisk 4gb memstick. I've been running this for a few weeks and still problems with freezing and driving around. I've tried small and large maps, I have no problem getting sats whether 111mhz or 333mhz and still the same problem.
Maybe this might be fixed with version 0.5?

(fingers crossed)

[Denisottawa]

I have 3.4 OE (TA-082)
Using PSP-290 for 2 months and happy with it.

Freezing problem was present since the beginning with all the cards and MapThis versions, but my experiments showed that MapThis v.0498 is the most stable version for my PSP.