RonS

Need help I bought the Avid x930bt about a year ago and I lost the password the previous owner had given me and now I am trying to finally install it in my F150 and can't get passed the password

http://avic411.com/index.php?/topic/83592-security-password-removal-script-for-z110120130140-x920930940-some-older-f-series/

On 12/19/2017 at 10:55 AM, racer6489 said:

Ok, sorry if this is a stupid question.  

 

I bought a truck used that had the AVIC X910BT already installed.  I lost the contact info from the guy I purchased the truck from and I now just have the password screen up.  I've tried all of the generic ones to try and guess it with no avail.  I used this script with an SD card but all it did was copy over a system file to the card that I can't open on Windows or MAC to read.  I can't get to my Source button to just run the SD card to run the script to reset the passcode.  Is there something I'm missing or doing wrong?  Any help would be great.  Thank you!

I'm surprised it worked on a X910, that's an older model. If the script worked it copied a file to SD called PASSWORD.DAT. Then it deleted the file from the head unit, which should unlock your unit during the next reboot. 

Windows doesn't know what to do with a .DAT file. If you want to view what's in the file, right-click and select "open with" and choose Notepad.

On 12/19/2017 at 10:55 AM, racer6489 said:

I can't get to my Source button to just run the SD card to run the script to reset the passcode.  Is there something I'm missing or doing wrong?

I'm confused - you just said you ran the script. What does "Source" have to do with it?

0x is simply a notation that the following number is hexadecimal (base 16), as opposed to octal (base 8 ), decimal (base 10), binary (base 2) ....

RonS

I feel bad... thank you for looking into this. 

I copied over the new no nag navi.exe but I think at this moment everything was selected, so what happened is that one file was pasted in but then-  with no chance to stop it - it start to delete everything else. So I needed to copy everything from prg1 or its app subfolder to the instance Prg0.

Lessions learned ... and I am happy that it still works at all!

 

So there is a risk that I have overwritten the update, at least I do not see the new functions( like the AHA configuration in the settings or the search box in the last cities) and I would like to reapply the update but it does not let me.

With regard to your question:

Yes, I have a prg.flg file but it sits in the root= user\ (not in the prg folders)

I think I followed most of that. But I'm not sure what files you think were deleted or why. Were you doing a Delete or a Paste? Did you intentionally copy from one PRG directory to the other? If so, you just made things worse. You can't accidentally overwrite files with testmode.

What do you mean "I have a prg.flg file but it sits in the root= user\ (not in the prg folders)". If PRG.FLG is present, it would be in \USER along with the PRG0 and PRG1 folders. Than may be what you were saying.

OK, here's the first rule of hacking - have a backup. So I recommend getting a 16GB (8GB might work), and immediately use TestMode to make a backup copy of everything in USER. That way you can undo anything you try to do to fix this.

I'm still not clear on whether 2017 v7 is in PRG0 or PRG1. That's why the PRG.FLG is important.  If you were following the No Nag instructions, you should already know which was the "active" directory. Which was it? 

Back to the original suspected problem. You should of been copying NAVI.EXE (the no nag one) from SD to the active program directory (PRG0\APL or PRG1\APL). To do this, you need to delete the existing NAVI.EXE before "pasting" the new one. Testmode will not overwrite an existing file. So it it was the Paste operation you think started overwriting or deleting files - it didn't. It can't.

On the other hand, if you selected all the files (instead of NAVI.EXE) to DELETE, then you would have a big problem. But then your unit would be dead. Actually, I'm not convinced that anything is wrong. If you deleted anything important, you'd have very big problems even using the head unit.

If you really think there are corrupted files in the Active APL directory, you can just copy them from the 2017 update SD (UPDATE\USER\PRG\APL). Remember you need to delete the existing files first. Also, a file overwritten by the old one will have an old date/timestamp. Nearly all the APL files are from 2017. There are a few older DLL files that are just utility libraries that have not updated.

DON'T DO ANYTHING DESTRUCTIVE WITHOUT A BACKUP!!!

I need your help!

How can I re-run the script or better the udate of maps?

I used the shortfusecript and then updated the maps and it went perfectly fine on F930BT.

it stated to be 7.0 and bluetooth 3.3.2

Then I tried to remove the Nag screen and made a mistake the supertestmode so I needed to replace some files from prg1 in prg0.

 

I hate to get involved with this mess. I'm sure I'll regret it.

Don't "replace some files from prg1 in prg0". Those are different, and possibly incompatible versions.

What exactly did you do? It might be easier to fix if you explained what files you corrupted.

I don't know how to force installing the same version onto itself. But there may be easier ways to fix this once you say what you did.

Also, it would help to know whether after installing v7.0, if USER/PRG.FLG exists. It might be possible to temporarily set the system back to the previous version then re-install v7.

Can't put in the destination on the GPS or anything else but yes location works. The only settings on the screen that is accessible is av setting and av sound

Everything points to a problem with Parking Brake detection. If it isn't that, you've got a hardware problem. So hope that's it.

We know it worked at one time (maybe from a different car) since a previous owner actually paired his phone. So maybe it got disconnected. If a previous owner did the bypass wiring in the harness, the moved wire sometimes loosens. IDK if there was ever a software PB bypass hack for this unit, but it would get overwritten by the next map update. Software PB hacks haven't been engineered in several years.

So, I think you need to pull the unit and check the PB wire connection or look for evidence of a PB by-pass. Other than that, I'm out of ideas.

Have set the parking brake and everything else that I had found on YouTube but still no luck just wish I could have a direct process of correcting this or resetting the unit. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. No manual but did look on line and no direct answer.

By cannot "use GPS", do you mean you don't see your location on the map? Or that you can't enter a destination? Or something else?

Disconnecting the battery does not clear BT settings. However, installing new (or the same) firmware does.  But that won't help you because you can't get to that menu.

Can you get to Settings/Navi Settings/System Status? If so, what does the Parking Brake status say? If it is always OFF, the parking brake wire is not connected correctly. That is the most likely explanation for these issues.

Recently purchased a vehicle with the pioneer avic z140bh already installed and can not connect with blue tooth to play music or use GPS or use the wire to play music only can access av settings no other settings accessible . Tried resetting by disconnecting the battery, looked for pin hole reset button with no luck of one and still no luck of resetting and access. When trying to access blue tooth still says Steve's iPhone still connected ,previous owner, and u can't connect. PLEASE HELP WITH ANY SUGGESTIONS

Set the parking brake. BTW, do you have a user's manual? You can D/L one from Pioneer. Tje PDF is better than a paper manual because you can search for key words.

So I decided to reply to pioneer and this is what they said.

 

It is possible that there was an issue with operating system on the unit

prior to the update. Therefore when performing the update there was some

form of sector error which resulted in this issue.

 

Now if I was dealing with a computer, a boot sector error would be easy to fix but I have no idea how to manipulate the inside of this thing. So, does anyone have a clue on how to fix this or an experimental way I can fix this bad boot sector error.

I wouldn't have any faith in Pioneer help desk to diagnose this. They can't even handle simple things. Assuming you are still stuck with the tuner error, it could be a hardware or software problem. Not as simple as a boot sector error. I recommend sending the unit for repair. But a unit that old might not be worth the expense. I'd look at replacing it with newer unit with new technology/features. 

Update:  Tried a factory reset.  Only difference I noticed was the annoying button beep. LOL  I ran a fresh shortfuse hack, and attempted to redo the update to no avail.  Put Testmodekey on an SD card and went into directory for user, but the PRG.FLG file wasn't there.  I watched the YouTube video and saw it clear as day on his screen, but mine was missing.  Any other ideas?

 

At this point, I'd be willing to deal with 2010 Maps if I could get the system back to original before the 2012 & 2017 updates.  Or maybe just find a way to reinstall the 2012.

OK, I didn't realize you'd installed the 2012 update.  That's why no PRG.FLG file. The unit has two sets of files under USER. PRG0 and PRG1. Initially they are identical copies and PRG0 is the "active" one. Each successive map/app update alternates between the two directories. So 2012 overwrote PRG1. And 2017 overwrote PRG0. The way the boot loader knows which one is "active" is by the absence (PRG0) or presence (PRG1) of PRG.FLG. 

Initially PRG.FLG didn't exist, so PRG0 was "active". When you installed 2012, PRG1 became "active" and the installationer created PRG.FLG. Then you installed 2017, which overwrote PRG0 and deleted PRG.FLG.

PRG.FLG is just an empty file. So you might try making a file on your computer and copying it to /USER. It is worth a try, and if it doesn't help, it can easily be undone.

I've tried to install the hack, but when putting the sd-card in my F930bt it says:

"caution!

Test mode failed starting!

[tun off acc]"

 

The sd-card/slot works fine when I put mp3 file's on it.

I have no idea why it failed. Looks like you will have to do the manual method. You don't need to patch/edit your RenewallFlib.dll file. use the one that came in the script zip. Download and extract  Supertestmode. Copy that Testmode.key to your SD and insert in the Avic. Test Mode should start. Go into file maintenance, then delete the existing RenewallFlib.dll files from  both APL folders (\USER\PRG0\APL and \USER\PRG1\APL). Then copy and paste the RenewallFlib.dll I included into both APL directories. Good luck - Testmode is a pain to use for many of us.

Thanks Mate , Works great!!! After a couple of days without nav/radio No music and lost on the way you helpt great THNKX!

You're welcome and glad to help. I'm deleting your quote of the entire post #1 since it is redundant and, from time-to-time, I update and/or clarify instructions based on feedback. I don't want to have to go looking for other copies.

Hi Ron S

 

I did what you said I ran the script after I put the card with the update which had the Firmware, Update, Cardinfo, Testmode.key, scriptExec.ini, RenewalIFLib.dll folders and when it reached 93% I was told to put the correct SD memory card. May I put in my SD memory card only the Firmware, Update, Cardinfo folders?

 

Thanks

The hack is installed. The map installation is not part of this thread. Your problem is with the map update files. Discuss that in the F-Series 2017 update thread.

Hi Guys

 

i have the F10BT and I took the following steps:

 

I downloaded the ShortFuse i unzipped the 3 files, saved them on a SD memory card. I ran the testmode to my unit. The Testmode saved to my SD Card the Renewall Files (RenewalIFLib.dl0 and RenewalIFLib.1dl0) and i cange with HxD the 4 values with the 00 50 A0 E3 and saved again to my SD card. I have copied only the two Files to my SD Card. I put my SD Card to my unit back but did not do anything on the unit.

 

What am I doing wrong? Should I put the other 3 files on the card from ShortFuse?

 

Please help me!

 

Thanks

Ready the 3rd paragraph (in red) of post #1. The hack was already installed by the script. You are done. If you use the script, you don't edit the files. Just go ahead and install your map update using PASSWORDPASSWORD for the Pioneer password.

Yes he does not have the ND-TMC10. I will check out the PRG.FLG option and report back. .

Sorry nezfotnemom, old thread - but we've got another Z110 throwing this error after the 2017 update. Also doesn't have the traffic tuner. How was your buddies problem resolved?

Cool thank, I'll try it out. Quick question though. How do I get out of testmode once I'm done making these changes? I'm wondering if the very first time I went into testmode if I did something wrong. It says press the navigate button or what I'm guessing is home on my unit to exit. This allowed me to get out of the file extension I was looking in back to the main testmode menu. So I just took my SD card out and turned my car of. Is there a reboot sequence I can use? I'm pretty sure I shouldn't have done that, but I figured everything would be fine since that's what I did after installing the short fuse hack and updating the maps.

To get out of testmode I just eject the SD then turn off the ignition. I've never found a way of gracefully exiting.

No it hasn't. I knew better than to do that. Ok, so my SD card should look like this?

 

TESTMODE.KEY

PRG.FLG

 

Then I just copy this text document file from the sd card and paste it to the path I deleted it from correct?

Yes, but it is a pain to do because TestMode is so un-friendly. I just remembered, I wrote a script that will do this. Just download and copy the included 3 files to SD, and insert.

PRG-FLG-Script.zip

It can be an empty file. Doesn't really matter since the presence/absence of the file is all that matters. The case of the file name doesn't matter since windows is case insensitive.

Oh, another cause of that "no applicable program" error is installing Condi's Hackmode. Has that ever been installed on this unit?

Path: USER

 

..                                         .DAT

 

 

PRG                                    .FLG                                AR

 

 

This is roughly how the menu looked and the letters highlighted in red was the only thing I deleted. What software do I use to recreate this file?

I hope there are also directories named PRG0 and PRG1. If not - game over. That "no applicable program" error means the unit can't find NAVI.EXE which is in both PRG0 and PRG1. The one it tries to load depends on whether PRG.FLG exists. If it is not there, it runs the files in PRG0, otherwise PRG1.

To create the file - on your PC open a text editor like Notepad and immediately save as PRG.FLG.

Ok, that wasn't to painful. I deleted that file. After I rebooted, I got a message saying that no applicable program is available and the unit won't do anything after that. The only thing I can do is use the SD card to go back into testmode.

Sounds like you deleted more than just one file. There's no way deleting just PRG.FLG would cause that. If it did, the file is easily replaced. It is just an empty file indicating which of the two latest software versions to load.

You may be able to back-out the BT version buy installing 3.10 and then the 3.32 you got from the 2017 maps. The Bluetooth firmware update function does not seem to care if the version is older than the current one.

Are you still getting the tuner error message?

If you want to go back to the original Z110 software, you will need to use TestMode to delete (or add if necessary) the file /USER/PRG.FLG. You will need to download and unzip http://mybyteideas.com/x9310bt/supertestmode.zip, then copy TestMode.key to an SD and insert it. Once your unit reboots, you will see a menu. It is too complicated to explain here. There is a Youtube video that does a decent job of showing how to use TestMode (mistakenly called HackMode). Ignore any instructions about installing HackMode. There's nothing to install for true TestMode.

Once you see the TestMode menu. move the cursor to File Maintenance. The user interface is horrible but once you figure out what keys to use, you should be able to navigate through the file system, then select and delete /USER/PRG.FLG

Firmware.txt

FIRMWARE310.zip

FIRMWARE332.zip

The only issue is - as I mentioned above, you are supposed to  update BT firmware in 2 steps: 2.5 to 3.10, then to 3.32.  Unfortunately, the FIRMWARE directory that was posted is 3.32. There was a separate SD shipped with the update that had 3.10. So I don't know if that will cause you BT problems in the future.

​As far as service manual, you have and always will have a Z110. However, you might want to download and use the Z140 operation manual. https://www.pioneerelectronics.com/StaticFiles/Manuals/Car/AVIC-X940BT_OperationManual030212.pdf

I tried both of your suggestions but I'm having no luck. I also don't have the msn direct tuner installed. Would it be ok if I did a restore factory settings and do a reinstallation of the software?

Go ahead and try a factory reset. I doubt it will fix the problem but it is simple to try and you've nothing to loose at this point. Are you saying that you disconnected the gex-p920xm? 

Rather than trying to re-install firmware, you might be able to go back to the previous version by going into testmode and deleting /USER/PRG.FLG

If that file does not exist, then you should create an empty file on your PC and copy it to /USER. 

Yes it is the first time I've done an update. I didn't install the system so I don't know if the msn traffic tuner was installed. I do have the XM tuner gex-p920xm installed and I didn't buy an accessory for msn direct so I shouldn't have it.

The original Z110 had support for the MSN traffic tuner. That support was removed when the Z120 came out and it causes this error. So, it appears that the headunit thinks you have that tuner. Make sure it is not installed. I'd even temporarily unplug  the XM tuner. Turn the car on and see it it clears-up. If not,  disconnect your battery for 30 seconds. This will reset the unit.

BTW, I hope you read the 2017 release notes for instructions on updating the Z110 BT firmware. It requires a 2-step process - first updating to v3.10, then to 3.32. I don't know what problems could be caused by skipping this. But since they went through the trouble of adding a separate section specifically for the Z110, it might be important. It may even be causing this tuner error.

I've done the update and I'm getting a "system restart due to tuner error". How do I fix this?

Is this the first time your system has been updated? Do you have the MSN traffic tuner installed? If you bought the car with the headunit already installed, you might not be aware that the old tuner is installed.