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Old 06-27-2017
GPS Device not able to read xml files
Hi, new to Forum and I am not knowledgeable on any coding/encrypting or xml.

Short version of my problem is this;

My wife bought me a golf GPS unit years ago and the company was bought out by Callaway Golf and eventually discontinued. They dropped all support and website servers. This unit allowed you to buy courses by the drink
so when you downloaded a course a serial number or key was inserted in the course file so it would be read by your specific device.
My dog recently destroyed mine so I bought one off Ebay and transferred my course files to it, but it won't recognize my files.

I contacted the company and while they looked into seeing if someone could help me they eventually said no. It was unsupported now. They have absolutely no Data for the platform at all they say. While they were still supporting it, they said they could Reset the device to read other files in case of a sale but that is no longer an option.

I'm thinking that there has to be a way to modify the Course xml file to be read on the new device but the course file is gibberish to me. I'm hoping someone can understand this to help me get my gps working again. I can post pics of my original and new unit so you can see I'm telling the truth. My wife paid over $400 on it new and while there are newer gadgets out there I really like the course videos and how the unit operates so I don't want to give up.

I have files on the device that I can read that have the serial number listed. If the xml file has this somewhere then I feel I can get this to work.
I'll paste some of the file here. Again, any help is appreciated!

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# 2  
Old 06-27-2017
Welcome to the forum.

I'm afraid your file is NOT xml which is very similar to html and looks like
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
     <tr><td class="thead">Quick Links</td></tr>
     <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?do=getdaily" >Today's Posts</a></td></tr>
     <tr><td class="thead">Networking</td></tr>

Above file seems to be binary data and thus very difficult if not impossible to "decrypt" unless you have additional info, e.g. a layout description.
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# 3  
Old 06-27-2017
You should attach a binary file, not paste it, as that has mangled it beyond recognition.
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# 4  
Old 06-27-2017
Thanks, unsure how to attach it here, is there an "Easy" button for that?
# 5  
Old 06-27-2017
File Upload
hope this worked...
course_info.xml (359.7 KB) 
# 6  
Old 06-27-2017
The only thing I recognize in that mess is "</course>".
# 7  
Old 06-27-2017
lol, well thanks anyway. I knew this would be tough, but not this tough!

Thanks everyone
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