HoustonInSeattle

What you are telling me doesn't make sense. To even view the project_config subfolder the DATA.zip file must be unzipped. I do this, otherwise I cannot see the pioneer.ini file to even change it. I am not zipping pioneer.ini itself; I am not zipping the project_config subfolder--but, I must re-zip the DATA folder back into DATA.zip or else it can't be used by the navigation software. One can't just drop an augmented file into a zipped folder--that's not how data compression works. DATA.zip, however my system is re-zipping it, will not work in any other form other than its OEM state.

Is there no one with a working bypassed DATA.zip? I really can't seem to make any moded one I make work. This sucks!

I'm not compressing the pioneer.ini file itself. i have to extract the folders from data.zip, mod pioneer.ini, save it, the recompress the data folder so that it is once again data.zip. I think I am having the problem during that recompression.

I just reistalled 3.0 and then upgraded it to 3.02. I then went back in and changed my data.zip to the software bypass version by opening, changing the limit to 128, etc... and re-zipped the file and pasted it back into my unit. It doesn't like my new file. I tried several different zipping programs to see if it has to do with how it is getting re-compressed (each time the new zipped file is smaller than the origianal Pioneer version). Does anyone have a bypass data.zip that works with 3.02? Thanks, I'm just sick of the parking break warning!

I finally just formatted the unit and installed a pirated version of 3.0 and then upgraded that to 3.02. Now I can get testmode to work. Frustrating, considering I had a legit copy of 3.0 to begin with.

It has nothing to do with test mode. The unit will not recognize any SD card until after the unit has booted into the avic environment. I can put in the 3.01 or 3.02 upgrade SD cards and the unit will ignore them and boot up as if nothing is in there; I can put in a valid testmode SD card and the unit will ignore it. The only time my unit sees the SD card is after is has booted it will play mp3s if there are any on the card.

I Can't get into testmode because the unit won't look at the SD card until it is up and running in the avic OS.

It won't work because the unit won't boot from the SD card.

Mine is an f90 btw, not a 900.

I am having the exact same problem. I have been trying to update to v3.02 but my unit just ignores the SD card and boots up as if it wasn't there. v3.0 has been such a pain ever since I got it, ARRGH!