shouldn't it be possible to do a software bypass without booting into win ce?
I have been looking @ the update files and it should be the same.
So if you change the data.zip file in the update it should be booted in.
Only thing you need to keep an eye on is that the file doesn't gets bigger or smaller.
example the pioneer.ini is 3.474kb in size, when you change 16.0 to 0 it gets 3.468kb but when you change it to 150. it stays the same size, iff you put a 0 behind the dot the size is to big.
Also have been nosing arround in the folder config of data.zip and there is a file called preload.ini, that's saying to the unit what it has to load into cache memory during the boot up (i think).
In the european version there are 14 steps, wich include loading of diff maps,3D and POI's, what iff you remove some off the steps out off the ini file, for example the french, uk, iberia and hungarie, that are 7 steps gone
out of the boot process, and system will load them like it would the maps of italie or danmark.