Hi all, i must say i love the work you are all doing to modify this unit.
I would really like having the 3.0 update on my unit.
I have a US 700BT with 2.0, hacked ezrider, different other hacks and European maps, can i use european maps after this upgrade without the hacked ezrider or is there any steps i can skip to keep my european maps?
Is there someone here who have tested this?
Hi all, i must say i love the work you are all doing to modify this unit.
I would really like having the 3.0 update on my unit.
I have a US 700BT with 2.0, hacked ezrider, different other hacks and European maps, can i use european maps after this upgrade without the hacked ezrider or is there any steps i can skip to keep my european maps?
Is there someone here who have tested this?
same question here.
Hey everyone
Im in Australia and have an F900BT....and after installing V3.0, the menu just shows the "system startup in progress, please wait" notice and it never goes away, and the system keeps rebooting every 5 mins, and my USB isnt working either!!???
i put in my usb and i was in the usb section in AV source and it looked like it usually does when the usb is loading but after a long long time of waiting, it didnt load 
i tried to install 3.1 and the update screen loaded but it had a red background and it wouldnt update because it said "Incorrect software on sd/usb" so im stuck on 3.0 and ive still got all those problems i said.
I have already formatted my SD card to FAT32 and didnt work.
Could it be that i should do the entire process again, but this time update with FORMAT aswell? i didnt do that last time because i read so many peoples replies that said its best to do it without formatting. And also, if i do format, can i still revert back to my V2.0 if something goes wrong? i.e. will everything still be ok, WinCE wise?
thanks alot everyone
I did the update to my F700bt with no problems, it's running and everything works.
However, boot up time seems to be slower than 2.0. Has anyone else seen this?
EDIT: 3.01 seemed to fix the slow boot up.
Thank you very much!
Just upgraded my F700BT to 3.0 ... it was a smooth process. Took almost an hour including backup. And yes I formatted when I updated Win CE.
It worked great with one SD card. You don't need to erase the files in step 9. Just copy everything on before you start. (CE image files, Flash Disk Contents and TestMode)
It found my phone right away, keep my custom splash screen and the GPS still works great.
3.0 as everyone else said is MUCH faster.
Installed 3.0 on my f90bt yesterday, including the DATA.ZIP that (I hope I have this right) WilliamG modded. All seems to work well and --indeed-- it is way snappier and responds well to touch now. As others have remarked repeatedly, this is the version that Pioneer should have released originally! It could still be a bit faster in terms of boot-up and rear camera action, but it is now quite acceptable. Not as silky smooth and instantly-responsive as the Toyota-Lexus one I used before, but acceptable...
So this is mainly to thank everyone on this thread for all their input, and even for the seemingly newbie questions-- that all helped, since I did make a few mistakes here and there and found the answers in this thread. Again, many thanks!!
This worked flawlessly on my friend's BT90. Thanks for the hard work 
Here's a mirror I found for the files in the first post. Should be much faster....
alright so i got it done after two days and i love it. i remember reading someones unit didnt show street names anymore after the update and im having the same problem. what can i do to fix that? thanks
The people who have a hard time with clicking edit, just click and drag the files to the other folder, you dont need to do copy paste. Open your SD card folder, and open your myflashdisk folder (or whatever folder on the unit you need) then click+drag to select all. and click+drag to the bottom where your other folder is, once that pops up, click+drag into the white space so that it copies into the folder. same as computers not that hard.
but really, does anyone know how to fix the street names on 3d zoom. I've tried diff settings on the smart zoom and nothing fixes it, either it zooms out too much and then i have to adjust it, or it zooms to 500 (i think) and you can only see half the streets. Can someone please help us on this? What are the settings exactly that we have to put.
The upgrade for me went flawlessly, thanks the the great guides here in this forum. I even went through the standard 3.01 upgrade from Pioneers website without a hitch. The only problem i have now is that sometime when i turn the unit on or start the car, the stereo starts by playing the SD card even though that was not the last music source it was on when i turned it off. Has anyone else experienced this and what is the fix?
Thank You in advance!
thanks a bunch, my f50bt kept on rebooting, and this fixed the problem. great guide.
couple of things that took me some time to figure out, hope it saves some ppl some time.
on the bootup screen of wince i coudln't reach the edit copy, so i had to use the keyboard control C+ and control + V
to copy and paste the files.
as someone said before, don't unzip the data.zip file, just upload it.
my other mistake was puting all the files of bootloader on to the sd card, when you should have a folder directory with all the files inside it, instead of having all the files on the sdcard with no folder. (not sure if that made sense)
=)
thanks again.
How did you hit Ctrl+C without a keyboard?
As far as not being able to click Edit, it should be considered standard procedure to run the Stylus calibration in Control Panel before you do anything else in testmode.
LOL :0 didn't know about the calibration thing in window ce,
but that little keyboard at the bottom right corner,
i selected everything with my ds pen in one folder, Then I clicked control tand then click C to copy went to the other folder
click control and then V. TO paste it.
It worked for me. >< but yeah again didn't know about the calibration. NExt time i''lll do that. thanks =)
Awesome guide, but one topic remains ambiguous to me
I live in Holland (EU) so I don't need these US/Canada maps. What do I need to do different in the install guide to have EU maps? Or do I just delete all the US maps and copy European maps to the folder that contains all the maps after completing this guide? Does that require a new/hacked ezrider and license?
I haven't performed the upgrade yet so a newbie-like explanation of this part would be REALLY appreciated!
Thanks
for the street names mine did not show up at first and i played around with the settings a little last night but when i used my car today all the street names were there!
Uploaded 3.1 on my 90BT, now I get random reboots and also after a incoming call the unit gos to the map instead of staying on the audio source.. Any ideas?
A very BIG thanks to everyone who contributed on getting this out. I can't explain how much I appreciate it.
At first, I was a bit skeptical and worried I might brick the NAV with a "hacked" firmware/map upgrade and be unable to explain it to Pioneer if I sent it in for warranty. But after how smooth and easy the process was, I realized my worried were unwarranted.
Firmware and maps are updated. 3.0 is a lot better and I feel like the value of the F900 I paid for is slowly starting to redeem itself. If not for the unit, at least the developer community here is well worth it. Screw pioneer, you guys are my "tech support".
BTW, just cancelled my order for 3.0 firmware (saved me $69). I recommend others do the same.
How did you install?
Have you Modified any files?
Should be working if you updated WINce by format and copied all the 3.0 files to My Flash Disc
Then copied all the 3.01 files to the proper locations.
Uploaded 3.1 on my 90BT, now I get random reboots and also after a incoming call the unit gos to the map instead of staying on the audio source.. Any ideas?
How did you install?
Have you Modified any files?
Should be working if you updated WINce by format and copied all the 3.0 files to My Flash Disc
Then copied all the 3.01 files to the proper locations.
Awesome guide, but one topic remains ambiguous to me
I live in Holland (EU) so I don't need these US/Canada maps. What do I need to do different in the install guide to have EU maps? Or do I just delete all the US maps and copy European maps to the folder that contains all the maps after completing this guide? Does that require a new/hacked ezrider and license?
I haven't performed the upgrade yet so a newbie-like explanation of this part would be REALLY appreciated!
Thanks
Anybody??? Do I just go to Igo/CONTENT and delete all US maps and replace them with european maps?
And ezrider will work the same?
Uploaded 3.1 on my 90BT, now I get random reboots and also after a incoming call the unit gos to the map instead of staying on the audio source.. Any ideas?
How did you install?
Have you Modified any files?
Should be working if you updated WINce by format and copied all the 3.0 files to My Flash Disc
Then copied all the 3.01 files to the proper locations.
I installed just the way it said to on here and then updated to the 3.1 from pioneers web. Other then that I have done nothing differnt..
Uploaded 3.1 on my 90BT, now I get random reboots and also after a incoming call the unit gos to the map instead of staying on the audio source.. Any ideas?
How did you install?
Have you Modified any files?
Should be working if you updated WINce by format and copied all the 3.0 files to My Flash Disc
Then copied all the 3.01 files to the proper locations.
I installed just the way it said to on here and then updated to the 3.1 from pioneers web. Other then that I have done nothing differnt..
I had the same problem with my system rebooting, however I also had the perpetual "System Startup in Progress" display. I finally solved this by unzipping the file with a different zip program. Sounds easy but it worked for me and have not had any issues since.
They're all there but you have to zoom in too much to see all of them. At the distance that i like to keep it you can only see the streets near you, but not the ones on the perimeter. It used to be able to do this on 2.0. Does no one have an answer to get it back to normal? Maybe someone who still has 2.0 can give us their settings on the smart zoom. Dont know if this will fix it...tried too many combos on the settings and nothing helped.
The upgrade for me went flawlessly, thanks the the great guides here in this forum. I even went through the standard 3.01 upgrade from Pioneers website without a hitch. The only problem i have now is that sometime when i turn the unit on or start the car, the stereo starts by playing the SD card even though that was not the last music source it was on when i turned it off. Has anyone else experienced this and what is the fix?
Thank You in advance!
yes when i first turned mine on it played music from my old sd card for like 10 seconds it was wierd haha
Thank you, Retell!
Great job! 
The installation was flawless. The improvement is obvious.