HondaR Posted February 4, 2021 Report Share Posted February 4, 2021 Hi guys Had this problem today, and thankfully this forum exists so manage to rummage through the pages and then put a fix together. Thought I'd save future people some hassle and just put in one thread (I dont take credit for the IMG, it was found in the IMG thread but here goes) This will repair the boot loop loading screen. First off, you'll need a replacement SD card, the one I used was still stuck in the headunit as I used to use it for firmware updates and had a few tracks on. The image file is just over 8gig but I used a 64gb one because it was what I had. I'm sure a 16gb would work fine. This was formatted to ex-fat. Here is a link for the IMG file download (credit to Jamesl75 who posted it on the other thread) https://mega.nz/file/SdJCgKCJ#13zrFlogMCWNohCvuFsDFcC1uniHgufVZJxZlQPHUag Once you've downloaded that file, unrar it and save it on your desktop. Next download win32 disk image https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/ Open win32 diskimage, open the img file from your desktop then select the SD card drive... lets it do its thing for 4-5 minutes. Note the finished SD card was unreadable on my laptop... at first I thought this was a problem, but turns it it worked perfectly fine. Next involves the stripping down of your headunit to get to the memory card. I used this youtube video below. Did everything except disconnect the last ribbon connecting the metal face backing to the unit... managed to angle the black plastic backing to give me just enough space to get the old card out and the new one in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cHp6jxD5R8 Then fit back into your car and it should work!! It did for me, and literally took me all of 20 minutes of get done and enjoy your working headunit again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
industrial6 Posted February 24, 2021 Report Share Posted February 24, 2021 I had the exact same issue recently, and used this same image written to a 32gb MicroSD in an adapter with no issues. I was able to manipulate the front bezel after removing just two screws (and not the mechanical slide on the bottom) to eject the OE SD card and tightly insert the replacement, done in 5minutes. Just in case that link goes down, here are the known AVH/SPH images as a backup: http://sixgov.com/filestorage/forums/avic411/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eli C. Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 hi, i just tried a the download on two images, I have an AVH-W4400NEX, and it appears to work fine, but no audio can be heard, just visual progress of songs with any source. Also noticed that the HD radio is not showing any stations or ability to tune to one, so do you think i may have an image issue. I am using Balena Etcher to burn the image and it goes well. puzzled, any suggestions? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eli C. Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 7 hours ago, Eli C. said: hi, i just tried a the download on two images, I have an AVH-W4400NEX, and it appears to work fine, but no audio can be heard, just visual progress of songs with any source. Also noticed that the HD radio is not showing any stations or ability to tune to one, so do you think i may have an image issue. I am using Balena Etcher to burn the image and it goes well. puzzled, any suggestions? is it possible to download the files from pioneers and burn it to a SDHC? or is it some sort of weird file structure? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kyleboedeker Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 On 2/24/2021 at 2:45 PM, industrial6 said: I had the exact same issue recently, and used this same image written to a 32gb MicroSD in an adapter with no issues. I was able to manipulate the front bezel after removing just two screws (and not the mechanical slide on the bottom) to eject the OE SD card and tightly insert the replacement, done in 5minutes. Just in case that link goes down, here are the known AVH/SPH images as a backup: http://sixgov.com/filestorage/forums/avic411/ Do you know which firmware this includes? I downloaded the other one and got my HU back up and running, but I cant get wireless android auto to work. The only thing that's different from what I had before is that the firmware in that img is 1.02. It worked flawlessly for me at 1.01, so I'm hoping to find a new disk img that has 1.01 instead as you can't downgrade these units through the software. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
industrial6 Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 On 4/13/2021 at 10:57 AM, Kyleboedeker said: Do you know which firmware this includes? I downloaded the other one and got my HU back up and running, but I cant get wireless android auto to work. The only thing that's different from what I had before is that the firmware in that img is 1.02. It worked flawlessly for me at 1.01, so I'm hoping to find a new disk img that has 1.01 instead as you can't downgrade these units through the software. It's the 1.02 - I have never seen a 1.01 OE image posted here. I'll rename it in that link for absolute clarity. If I ever spot it I'll put the 1.01 there too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
timcampbell092 Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 Thank you for posting this HondaR. (And huge shoutout to JamesI75 for the image) I'm the creator of the disassembly video you linked to. (Sorry it's a little misguided. Had no idea what I was doing at the time) I've since linked to your very straight-forward post multiple times but still get questions... I made another (very quick) video for those still confused about the process: Thank you for your write up, and giant thank you to the AVIC411 forum for the selfless work everyone's doing here. All the best, -Tim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
timcampbell092 Posted May 21, 2021 Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 Not to hijack, but it looks like this file also works for the international W4400NEX (re-designated as the Z9150BT) I haven't tried it firsthand but I received a report of success here: Nice little breakthrough for the international markets! -Tim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TransAmMan84 Posted May 21, 2021 Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 i have an AVH-W4500NEX with this issue, will this image work for that radio as well? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kyleboedeker Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 On 5/3/2021 at 6:39 PM, industrial6 said: It's the 1.02 - I have never seen a 1.01 OE image posted here. I'll rename it in that link for absolute clarity. If I ever spot it I'll put the 1.01 there too. I've managed to find and purchase an original factory image with firmware 1.0 from an ebay seller and I have the upgrade package to 1.01 to install with it. This downgrade completely fixed my issues with the 4400NEX. As soon as I get back to my other computer where I downloaded the disk image, I'll share it here along with the 1.01 upgrade so you can add it to your archive! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kyleboedeker Posted May 27, 2021 Report Share Posted May 27, 2021 For those having Android Auto wireless issues with firmware 1.02 on the Pioneer NEX4400, here is a link to the original internal firmware version 1.0. You'll need to write this to the internal SD card on the unit in order to downgrade it. In my personal case, I wrote this image to the card, then upgraded the firmware to 1.01 and it completely solved all of my android auto connection issues. There is some kind of issue with android 11 and firmware 1.02. So this was the solution. Here is the link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KeU0s_btd_DcOLONqcjjVtRTkXgPG2SQ/view?usp=sharing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TransAmMan84 Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 My 4500 crashed (like all the others) and i was able to get the AVIC software from OP to load on the radio however the touchscreen stopped working but all physical buttons work. never had an issue before, even replaced the ribbon cable incase I messed that up. so now I'm trying to reimage the SD card and/or try Kyle's. I've seen before that once you use an SD card for this it's toast but i was thinking there has to be a way to format it, Linus maybe? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arizonando Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 On 2/24/2021 at 1:45 PM, industrial6 said: I had the exact same issue recently, and used this same image written to a 32gb MicroSD in an adapter with no issues. I was able to manipulate the front bezel after removing just two screws (and not the mechanical slide on the bottom) to eject the OE SD card and tightly insert the replacement, done in 5minutes. Just in case that link goes down, here are the known AVH/SPH images as a backup: http://sixgov.com/filestorage/forums/avic411/ I am interested in this. Can you provide detail on the screws and the way you 'manipulated' the bezel? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jodyandmichelle Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 Thank you for posting this HondaR! Also thanks to JamesI75 for the posting image and thanks again to timcampbell092. This helped me a lot. Enough that I made an account just to say thank you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11thour Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 Note: This is still a working solution as of July 2021. If you trust yourself with a Dremel and saw disc you can cut the front of the face around the SD slot detents. This will allow you to fully access the factory card slot. Why go this route? In some later model fords the radio was a "custom" size and not a 1 or 2 din unit. When the 4400 went in, the dash had to be modified for the unit to fit and a "custom" bracket went in. well, it was the level of tight where you knew it wasn't going to come back out.... Once the screen detached, the mounting bracket swiveled out (with some solid manual assistance) and then the SD slot and 1/8" were visible, looking at other posts I knew were the ribbon cables were as well as the factor slot. I followed the detents in the plastic, pass # 2 opened a small hole where I could fit a dental style poker to pull the plastic back a little, mild pull pressure and keep cutting, top and sides clear, the bottom deeply scoured and then with some wiggling the bottom snapped off so that I did not cut the ribbon cable. I have a picture for reference here: Pre-Finishing / Post testing https://photos.app.goo.gl/DgizxRSXBHNjaffG6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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