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Thanks for the map updates.  The CardInfo file did not work when trying to update the first time so I simply swapped it out with the CardInfo file that I used when I updated to the 2012 maps and viola, success.  As soon as I put the micro sd card in  X930BT unit it picked it up and asked me if I wanted to update and 20 minutes later the homescreen logo changed from 2012 to 2013.  Thanks again for an awesome share.

Success!!!!!!!! I have finally updated my GPS unit. Big thanks Pionara for all your help and support. Also thanks to Condi and all those involved with making this possible for the members of this site.

So I checked my files early this morning and USER\PRG.FLG is present. I have successfully updated to 3.001. I take it this means that I am to make a copy of the RenewalIFLib.dll file from PRG1 and only edit this file in Winhex - I do not have to do anything to the RenewalIFLib.dll file in PRG0.

Afterwards load the single edited file from the PRG1 folder on to the root of an SD card with Condi's replacer program and stick it into the unit to update and then follow the rest of the steps accordingly?

If I missed anything, please let me know. Thanks again pionara.

So I have successfully backed up all the files on my unit ..... a mistake I do not plan on making in the future.

It's late now and I'm going to stop working on this for the night but I would like to know if I have to edit both RenewalIFLib.dll files - one in PRG0 and PRG1 and what is a good hex editing progam to use in order to edit line 1C30 from 05 00 A0 E1 to 00 00 A0 E3.

Once that is done do I save one or both edited files on the root of an SD card along with Condi's replacer program.

Pionara can you please let me know if I am on the right track.....don't want to make any mistakes from this point on.

Guess my last question for you Pionara is do you want to guide me through the upgrade process.

I know these are the steps to follow:

The part I am most concerned about is saving the original RenewalIFLib.dll and then editing it. Specifically what hex editor program should I use and where can I find it. Currently I have Winhex installed on my computer. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

I wanted to upgrade my x920 to the x940 firmware but I’ve never used testmode or hackmode before so I read up on it around the forum, pieced together all the information from various posts in different forums and figured I’d make an easier single post on how to do it. You’ll want two micro sd cards, it’s much easier this way.. I used a 1gb and an 8gb. (I recycled the 8gb one which came with my 2011 map update that I paid for from Pioneer). If you are going to recycle an old map update microsd, back up the contents to your PC first! You’re probably going to need a file from it like I did. Hopefully this makes it easier for people to perform the upgrade and you won't have to jump around to tons of posts extracting just the info you need.

 

Here are the steps I did.

1. I backed up the contents of my 2011 map update microSD to my PC then formatted the card.
    
    
   
2. Download the Z140 firmware update here: https://docs.google....wVDg/edit?pli=1
    
    
   
3. Extract the contents onto a large MicroSD card (I used an 8gb card)
   
4. Download Condi’s RenewallFLip-AutoReplacer here:
   http://avic411.com/i...o-replacer-v10/
   
5. Enter Testmode on your x920/930 by starting the unit up and pressing HOME and Rev/Fwd Rev/Fwd Rev/Fwd. (You might have to Fwd/Rev Fwd/Rev Fwd/Rev, I forget which one worked).. You’ll know it works when the screen turns black. Use the interface to copy the \USER\PRG0\APL\RenewalIFLib.dll to your SMALL EMPTY microSD card. (BE CAREFUL here, read up on how to use testmode if you aren’t familiar with it since you CAN hose your system up if you do the wrong thing here..)
   
6. Copy the RenewallFLip.dll to your PC. Use a hex editor to change the offset at 1C30 from 05 00 A0 E1 to 00 00 A0 E3. If you have a prog1 folder copy the file from prog0 anyway!
   
7. Save the edited version of RenewallFLib.dll to the SMALL microSD card. Extract the autoreplacer files to the small microSD card as well.
   
8. Place the small microSD card into your unit and start it up. It should perform it’s magic and tell you it’s complete. If you get a red screen with an error you did something wrong.
   
9. Turn the unit off, place the large microSD card in and turn the unit back on.. The unit should boot up the upgrade program and ask you to enter a 16 digit key, type any 16 digits in.
    
   NOTE: If your unit does not boot up into upgrade mode, you need to copy the cardinfo file from an old mapupgrade and overwrite the one that’s on the root of the LARGE microSD card. I had to do this for my unit to recognize the upgrade. You’ll want to have the car running for this part as this takes 30-40 minutes to perform. It will install the x940BT firmware.
   

These are the steps I performed to upgrade my unit, it was very easy for me. The various links I referred to in order to understand what I was doing are below. I’m a tech and programmer as a hobby so using a hex editor and figuring out the testmode interface was a snap for me, if you aren’t comfortable using (or never have used) a hex editor.. don’t even try this.

 

http://avic411.com/i...10fmuc-upgrade/

http://avic411.com/i...-v11-fixed-ver/

https://docs.google....wVDg/edit?pli=1

Pionara you are a genuis bud!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you so much. I have been able to successfully restore my unit so that the GPS works and the music videos are playing again. I downloaded the Pioneer update specific to my model navigation system and unzipped the file. Loaded the file just as it was extracted onto the root of the SD card. I downloaded your testmode key. As soon as I started the car with the SD card inserted, it began to automatically update on its own and everything was right again.

Thank you so much.

Dumb question.....where do i find a testmode key that is not scripting

Just want to make sure I am doing this correctly

I had previously installed condi's hack mode on my unit. When I used Condi's replacer with the renewal.dll file from the pioneer site it replaced the files. However when I restarted the unit it stayed stuck on the Pioneer homepage so that did not work.

On a side note, on the weekend I had installed condi's hack mode and it told me that the AV.exe was missing and needed to be installed.

Since replacing the renewal.dll files did not get my GPS up and running I decided it would be best to manually install the files missing. I used another SD card with the super test mode key and the files I needed to have installed from the Pioneer site. It loaded into test mode successfully and I was able to select and copy the files that were on my SD card but when I went to the PROG1 folder at the root of the avic I can see the enter, select, copy, paste, delete, and help functions at the bottom of the screen but for some reason the paste function is highlighted in grey and it will not allow me to paste.

Not sure what I'm doing wrong and I'm not an expert at this but I'm able to select and copy files with no issue. I am just not able to paste. When I go into the PROG1 folder what do I do to paste the files copied from the SD card.

It's not like windows when you copy files from one folder and open another folder you can simply move your cursor onto part of the white pane and then bring up the option to paste.

Please don't give up on me yet...lol!!

So I loaded the RenewalIFLib from Pioneer's official 3.01 update to the root on an SD card along with Condi's RenewallFLip-AutoReplacer 2.1 and it loaded successfully. After I restarted the car the unit went back to the Pioneer home screen and it would not load past that page.

There was only one RenewallFLb file that I loaded onto the SD card - not sure if that is an issue.

Apparently I am missing the AV.exe file as well. I decided to load both the AV.exe file and the RenewalIFLib from the 3.01 update onto and SD card along with test key. When in test mode I was successfully able to go into the root of the SD card and copy the two files but when I go into the PRO1folder in the root of the AVIC, the paste function is greyed out - I can't select it to paste these files manually.

Any suggestions on what I may be doing incorrectly. Don't know how to enable the paste function to paste files directly into the PRO1 folder located directly in the root of the AVIC

the autoreplacer script should have made a backup of your original dlls:

SD\RenewalIFLib_prg0_bckp.dll

SD\RenewalIFLib_prg1_bckp.dll

 

Do you have those files on the SD card? If so, what are the date and sizes of them? If there is only one, then:

- put a copy of it somewhere safe

- copy it to RenewalIFLib.dll on the sd card

- use the autoreplacer to redeploy that back to the unit

 

Let us know if that fixed it.

First off, thanks pionara for trying to help me out. I really appreciate it. I remember there were two back up files that were saved on the SD card after running Condi's RenewallFLip-AutoReplacer 2.1 and I saved them on my external hard drive. After work I will post the date and size of them. I have used Condi's RenewallFLip-AutoReplacer 2.1 a few times on my unit but I only saved the back up files once so I am not sure if they are the original.....is there any way of me checking/knowing if this is the original files.

If these are the original files, do I then save both - RenewalIFLib_prg0_bckp.dll and RenewalIFLib_prg1_bckp.dll and Condi's RenewallFLip-AutoReplacer 2.1 to the root of the SD card and run the program again? Once that is done do I have to take a copy of the same files and edit them - Use a hex editor to change the offset at 1C30 from 05 00 A0 E1 to 00 00 A0 E3 - resave on the SD card and run Condi's program again?

Sorry, my mind is racing. Should probably slow down and take this one step at a time.

You know what pionara I have been reading so many posts under different topics that I am not sure which thread I downloaded the renewaliflib.dll from. Do you think this may be causing my issue. Want to know where I can find the proper renewaliflib.dll for a 3.x version because I am scared that I have compromised the integrity of my original renewaliflib.dll by replacing it with one that is not intended for the 3.x version

Thanks for the response pionara. Will definitely start up a discussion in the Condi's RenewallFLip-AutoReplacer 2.1 forum. Before I do so, I just wanted to get some opinions on the next steps that I should take. I was wondering if I should attempt manually replacing the edited RenewallFLib.dll in test mode to see if that makes a difference or do you think it is wise to attempt reloading the original files to the AVIC unit providing I get my hands on the back up files

Hi guys,

I am new to the community but there is a lot of great stuff on this site. I tried upgrading my Pioneer AVIC-X930BT US model navigation system @ 3.00.00 firmware and it has not gone well. Currently my system is only booting to the Pioneer home screen and music off of my CD is playing but it will not load to the GPS. Unfortunately I did not back up my files before attempting this upgrade.

First, I was wondering if anyone has a back up of the User files for this system that they can possibly upload or direct me to a link whereby I can download the files and get my system running again. Also if I am able to get my hands on a back up copy, how do I go about loading the back up files to my system to bring it back to a working state - wish I had a option to select restore to factory settings but since my system is not allowing me into the unit and it is stuck on the home page I guess that is out of the question.

When trying to do this upgrade, I downloaded Condi's RenewallFLip-AutoReplacer 2.1 program and loaded it to the root of a Kingston 8 GB Micro SD card along with an edited RenewallFLib.dll that was posted on the forum. When I put the memory card into the unit it loaded up successfully and a back up file was written to the SD card and the testmode key was deleted.

I then had another Kingston 8GB card whereby I loaded Z140 firmware update to however when I tried extracting to the SD card directly using Winrar it encountered problems. As a result, I extracted the files to the hard drive of my computer directly with no issue. I reformatted the SD card with FAT32. I copied each file individually from the update - CardINFO, a Firmware folder, and an Update folder - on to the memory card without any errors or issue.

After the RenewallFLip-AutoReplacer 2.1 program successfully did its thing the system reboot after 5 seconds and the Pioneer screen reloaded and then music from my CD started playing but the unit will not load past the home page. I turned the engine off and placed the other Micro SD card with the Z140 firmware update and then started up the car again but the Pioneer screen came back on and the music began playing again but the unti did not begin updating.

I repeated the above mentioned steps again but this time I loaded an older version of the CardINFO onto the memory card but I had no success.

If anyone can help me get this unit up and running that will be greatly appreciated because I'm starting to panic a bit or if someone lives in the Toronto, Ontario region and wants to help me perform the upgrade I will bring the beer lol. Really I would like to get the unit in a working state again.

If someone has a back up of the files for a unit that they are willing to share and can tell me how to load those files back to they system so I can get everything working again that would be greatly appreciated. It would be even better if someone can tell me what I am doing wrong and what I need to do to get the update working that would be even better.

On a side not I have purchased four 8GB Kingston Micro SD cards and tried the above mentioned process on a few occassions and I have downloaded the Z140 firmware update twice.

I look forward to hearing back from people with their input and advice. Thanks.