I'm just curious what percentage of people have 3.01 working smoothly.

I've installed 3.0 on my F700BT and it runs great. I just wanted to know if a lot of people are having trouble with 3.01. Thanks for voting.

also have the F700bt and mine is working 100% with 3.01. I also have mine modded with guga's theme icons, easy day scheme and monopoly night scheme. compass Nav route cancel button aswell as nav voice mute button. not a single problem and fast as hell compared to V2.XX

F700bt works great after upgrading to 3.0 then 3.01. Significant performance increase, and zero problems so far. Screen response is much better, indexing for my iPhone is far faster, maps are noticeably smoother scrolling and loading. Bootup time is much better as well. Still room for improvement, though overall very happy. Where 2.0... heck 1.0 should have been. Makes me wonder if there will be anything on my purchased upgrade that will be different from what I have now. I dont mind paying for the maps annually and if they can keep the OS revisions and application enhancement continuing it will be a satisfying investment, just as my many windows ce based phones have been in the past (with the modified ROMS from XDA Developers that is ) .

F700bt works great after upgrading to 3.0 then 3.01. Significant performance increase, and zero problems so far. Screen response is much better, indexing for my iPhone is far faster, maps are noticeably smoother scrolling and loading. Bootup time is much better as well. Still room for improvement, though overall very happy. Where 2.0... heck 1.0 should have been. Makes me wonder if there will be anything on my purchased upgrade that will be different from what I have now. I dont mind paying for the maps annually and if they can keep the OS revisions and application enhancement continuing it will be a satisfying investment, just as my many windows ce based phones have been in the past (with the modified ROMS from XDA Developers that is ) .

Maps and firmware are the same. Just confirmed from Pioneer. Just a FYI.

I haven't had any problems on my F90BT running 3.01

I finally feel I'm getting my $$'s worth.

JUST BACK UP YOUR OLD /APL2/IGO FOLDER!!!!!!!!

No 3.0 for me. The system would hang on the splash screen. I tried 3 times to no avail. It seemed that WinCE was not updating even though I re-copied the files.

Like others in the main 3.0 thread, I had a problem with the upgrade after uncompressing AVIC_X-Series_Firmware_Update-1.zip on my Mac and then copying it to an SD card from my Mac.

When I uncompressed and copied it on a Windows machine, it worked just fine.

Other than that, it worked fine.

I did mine on windows 7. I also used a single 1gb card just copied the data back and forth wiping and copying new data in. Best to have a larger card but not a necessity as everything can fit on a 2gb card with ease. its like the performance difference from my old iphone 3g to my 3gs... very snappy.

Ok that was easy. Thanks everyone - 3.01 installed without a hitch.

For anyone having problems - I used 7zip to unzip the update.

And for those wondering if its worth it - I haven't used it much yet and the list of updates isn't that big but when it comes right down to it - its replacing almost 400 meg of files, it must have at least a few worth-while upgrades/fixes.

I haven't tryed it yet.. still using the old v.2

In my vacations I will try it out

I was an early modder to 3.01, as I am very familiar with Windows/WinCE/WinMobile. I essentially followed performed the the procedure in this thread ( viewtopic.php?f=34&t=25817 ) before someone was so nice as to put it in a nice, easy to read format with pics.

The 3.01 modifications to my F700BT resulted in a huge improvement in overall unit performance. My modded 2.0 unit would reboot by itself at least two to three times a week. It was sluggish at everything. The 3.01 modded unit is very responsive, and I have had zero issues since performing the mod.

My only complaint to date is the lack of a hacked easyrider file , but that will come in due time.

If you have not modded..........why the hell not? ...........get busy!!!

In my opinion, if you have already upgraded to 3.0, upgrading to 3.01 will be EASY. The first 1-3 steps (getting pass the timed blue screen) for the 3.0 update took at least an hour to get right. But after that it was a cake walk.

You should definitely upgrade to 3.01, its a snap and the unit does all the work for you. Just put in your SD card and the unit does everything automatically.

Little disappointed that none of these updates help the boot up time, but everything else is definitely faster and more responsive.

3.01 works great but i still have a problem with my sd card! The screen keeps freezing while playing music! Tried 3.0 still the same. People say using scandisk sd works no problem. I have tried a generic 8gb sdhc and a ocz 8gb sdhc still with problems along with the usb? I don't know what to do? But a 3rd sd card and try scandisk? Dvd music mp3 play no problem and also a 1gb sd card? Wondering if head unit is defective or something? Pulled out my sync stock unit for this F900bt and it wont even play properly in sd and usb?

Maybe your unit doesn't like 8gb cards since the 1gb plays try a 4gb and see how that goes.

4gb sdhc did the same thing!

Sorry all but I did some searching and can't seem to find the answer to this here. What exactly is the 3.01 update? Pioneer hasn't even shipped the 3.0 update and yet there's already another one publicly available? Again my apologies if this has been answered elsewhere. All I can find is references to 3.01, not an explanation of what it is or what it's good for. Thanks!

Sorry all but I did some searching and can't seem to find the answer to this here. What exactly is the 3.01 update? Pioneer hasn't even shipped the 3.0 update and yet there's already another one publicly available? Again my apologies if this has been answered elsewhere. All I can find is references to 3.01, not an explanation of what it is or what it's good for. Thanks!

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/ ... 10BT?tab=F

Great, thanks for the link! I guess the software must all be the same if people are updating their F-Series with something meant for the X-Series...

The 3.01 does not install according to the pioneer instructions.

I placed the LPU folder on the sd card, inserted into stereo, powered up stereo but it justs boots up normal no - automatic update! should I start up the testmode and copy and paste? any tips?

maybe i need to take the files out of the LPU folder and place them on the sd card?

please help...

The 3.01 does not install according to the pioneer instructions.

I placed the LPU folder on the sd card, inserted into stereo, powered up stereo but it justs boots up normal no - automatic update! should I start up the testmode and copy and paste? any tips?

maybe i need to take the files out of the LPU folder and place them on the sd card?

please help...

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I have had this problem 6 times. I have done mods and updates several time before seeing how i had one of the first f-series units. I did the 3.0 update4 times then tried to update with the pioneers 3.01 and no such luck.

The 3.01 does not install according to the pioneer instructions.

I placed the LPU folder on the sd card, inserted into stereo, powered up stereo but it justs boots up normal no - automatic update! should I start up the testmode and copy and paste? any tips?

maybe i need to take the files out of the LPU folder and place them on the sd card?

please help...

All I did was to download 3.00 from this forum

download 3.01 from the pioneer web site

merge (copy and replace) the 2 file coping 3.01 files to the full 3.00 file

on the computer, to the proper folders

copy completed files to disc with testmode

load on to unit after updating Wince by formating

The 3.01 does not install according to the pioneer instructions.

I placed the LPU folder on the sd card, inserted into stereo, powered up stereo but it justs boots up normal no - automatic update! should I start up the testmode and copy and paste? any tips?

maybe i need to take the files out of the LPU folder and place them on the sd card?

please help...

 

All I did was to download 3.00 from this forum

download 3.01 from the pioneer web site

merge (copy and replace) the 2 file coping 3.01 files to the full 3.00 file

on the computer, to the proper folders

copy completed files to disc with testmode

load on to unit after updating Wince by formating

So you just overwrote any 3.00 files in the flash folder with the equivalents from the 3.01 update? Interesting. Might have to try that. A complete 2.x -> 3.01 update with a single file copy (not counting WinCE) would simplify the procedure for a lot of people.

I was successful in upgrading to 3.010 and everything worked fine. I then did the speedcam mod and started getting an error when attempting to navigate and I could not get past the navigation address input. I went back and reapplied the 3.0 and then the 3.010. Been smooth sailing since. I am waiting for a complete mod package to roll out and be tested before I mess with the unit again.

I followed the mod in upgrading my f700bt from 2v to 3.0. When i upgrade to 3.01, my system gets stuck on the main menu with the sign saying "startup in progress. Please wait" I would wait and then it will reboot and then i'll get stuck again. Please help