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Thats what i was workin on, until i realized that that code is probably in the flash memory on the unit, not on the HD. If anybody has a way to get into the flash, them that would help A LOT!! I tried to copy explorer.exe from my PC the the HD and rename it to NAVI.EXE or AV.EXE and see if it might run, HEHE, no luck with that. Maybe in the bootscreen there is a copy utility or something.

if i remember correctly theres a few post about them. i believe they are just gps antenna switches. after your unit goes through initialization (100 miles or so) it becomes inactive.

i think the z2's were flying off the shelf because nobody knew it didnt have a bypass yet. we sold 4 or 5 when they first came out, and since march havent sold ANY!! we are selling kenwood, eclipse, or even valor instead. Also, one of our distributors said that after about 6 months or so from a product release, they get weird "anonomous" faxes on how to do the bypasses. I wonder who they are from?? Pioneer? I think yes.

ok well i messed around with the dll's and exe's and all i got was either a no boot, an error, or constant restarts. im going to open a few Dll's in C++ and see what i can do. i think i found the line that we need to edit. ive attatched a screenshot, its the hilighted line. anybody else out there know C++ really well?

henry, thanks for the info. im workin on swapping files right now. i have my fingers crossed!!

henryj, im going to swap exe's one by one tomorrow and see which one is the one causing the issue. or maybe two or more. hopefully its as simple as replacing an exe. i will let you guys know tomorrow. Also, when you were swapping drives, did the Z1 bypass work when the Z2 drive was installed?

Hey guys. I downloaded the Z1 files in the PRG0 and PRG1 folders, and except for a few DSM files, the files are identical in name and quantity. they are not the same in size. If indeed there is a registry file or boot INI then most likely on the flash memory, like i was saying so long ago. I decompiled all the apps in the folders mentioned above, and they are different. Im going to try and swap them in my Z2 and see if it does anything

hyperite, i need the files in the SDATA/PRG0/APL and PRG1/APL folders. from what i have seen in the DLL's our mods probably need to go in there. I need to compare them.

ive been trying to FTP out the Z2 image i have, but at 17GB it takes almost a week. if anybody wants one i can burn them to DVD and mail them.

for anybody out there that needs/wants this, here is a breakdown of all the files on a Z2. Z2 FILE LIST.txt

hey guys. right on with what you guys are saying. There are a bunch of other lines as well. i will try to get maybe a text file or a pdf posted on a couple things. there are a bunch of things in strating to figure out with how the OS for the Z2 works. especially that all the changestate and doaction commands are only in 3 dll's. im going to try swapping the same dll's from a Z1 and see what happens!!

why didnt u just unscrew the drive from the tray like everybody else?

it says in my last post. the filename is in the title of the app.

titos, thanks for the info. every bit helps a lot. i have another couple lines that might interest not just me and you, but maybe everybody out there might have some idea. ive attatched a jpg file. the file is aplcommonlib.dll in the SDATA/PRGO/APL folder. im still workin on a way to save it as a txt. i dont know what language this is in, but there are a lot of IF's in there, which remind me of the old QBASIC days.

about the dll, i found a file, i forget what the name is. Im currently at work. It has a bunch of lines that say ??DOACTION then the same as the attatched file i posted earlier. I will try to get some more code up tonight, maybe as a text file so everybody can look at it. Maybe thats our bypass answer right there. My brother in law is a senior programmer for a medical firm, im going to talk to him today about helping out.