I followed the instructions to a tee. I then discovered I have a x9310bt instead of a x930bt. I made it to %51, then the update asked for the SD card. I was stuck at the screen asking for a SD card, so I deleted the file mentioned in #20. This got my radio working but nothing else. At least I had a radio for the ride home. I extracted all the files again and tried it all from the beginning. The radio will not go into update mode now. Does someone have a copy of StartKnd.log?

 

 

#20: I think you can kick the unit out of upgrade mode by deleting \USER\SYSTEM\Download\StartKnd.log

(a value of 0 in this file means start normally. 1 means upgrade, and there is 2 and 3 - not sure what those do.) I believe if this file is missing or zero inside, it will try to start normally.

Tried 3 different SD cards and downloaded twice. Using 7zip. total package is 241 files.

And now it is asking for a password but not allowing key presses.

Thanks for all of the great info. The update went without a hitch for my Z110. I am showing all of the correct versioning.  2 questions though:

I no longer have the prompts for navigation on the voice control screen and the unit doesn't recognize phrases like "find an address". The other prompts for making a call, changing source, etc. are still there and do work. Has anyone else seen and resolved this?

Also, I don't see apps such as Pandora as an AV source. Is this normal or no? Thanks so much.

Thanks for all of the great info. The update went without a hitch for my Z110. I am showing all of the correct versioning.  2 questions though:

 

I no longer have the prompts for navigation on the voice control screen and the unit doesn't recognize phrases like "find an address". The other prompts for making a call, changing source, etc. are still there and do work. Has anyone else seen and resolved this?

 

Also, I don't see apps such as Pandora as an AV source. Is this normal or no? Thanks so much.

There are several places mentioning switching the AV source to BT if you are using Android. The Iphones need the wired connection from my understanding.

Finally got this to work. It was all the SD fault. Bought a new SD and everything went as planned.

Anyone else have issues with bluetooth after the upgrade?  My phone doesn't stay connected anymore.  I'm at bluetooth version 3.24, wondering if I can downgrade?

There are several places mentioning switching the AV source to BT if you are using Android. The Iphones need the wired connection from my understanding.

When you press the voice control button do you see prompts for voice controlled navigation?

There are several places mentioning switching the AV source to BT if you are using Android. The Iphones need the wired connection from my understanding.

So I guess I should have read this thread more throughly before upgrading. I guess I will downgrade as the voice controlled nav is far more important to me than any of the other updates I've noticed in this rev.

Add me to the successful updates. I did it to my AVIC-X920BT. I'm really liking the Pandora functionality with my Galaxy Note II.

Thanks to those who made this possible.

So I guess I should have read this thread more throughly before upgrading. I guess I will downgrade as the voice controlled nav is far more important to me than any of the other updates I've noticed in this rev.

Good luck with that

Followed pionara's instructions and everything worked without a hitch on my z120bt. Thanks to all who contributed and made the process a hassle free experience.

Success!

Canadian 2013 BRZ with AVIC-X9310BT (firmware 3.001) easily updated with the instructions from the first post of this thread from pionara.

Thanks!!!

Question --

Does this update change the UI or graphics of the maps at all? 

Or is this simply road and POI updates, and some functional changes such as disabling voice command for navigation?

Thanks.  John

Anyone looking to take the guess work out of this just shoot me a message and I can help you out.

Anyone looking to take the guess work out of this just shoot me a message and I can help you out.

Think twice before you accept help from the above. I've had no navi on my head unit for over a year now because I installed the junk he sold me on ebay. 

Well, I'm thrilled. I just finished my update.

Being middle aged, I came into computers during my early teens and twenties. So much of my knowledge with computers and files is self taught. Therefore, I know a lot of things. But I also have big knowledge gaps.

I spent hours reading this yesterday. I bought a spare microSD. Formatted correctly. Downloaded the file from piratebay. Switched the two files around.

But...I inserted everything from the downloaded file onto the SD card. I missed the instructions in the original. But, for that aspect, post #301(sorry if I'm forgetting all the screennames right now) showed properly the procedure for exactly which files should be on the SD card.

If you put everything on there, your radio will start playing .wav files of a Japanese lady. Once I got the 3 proper files on there, it started, updated and rebooted just as shown in #301.

I'm somewhere past n00b, but I guess not as far as I'd be hoping. But thanks to this forum for getting me what I needed to know!!!

A bone stock x920BT here. 2.00000 now updated to 4.00000!

Well i bought an Z120BT from a friend and installed it in my 02 Ford F150 Supercrew and i love it. My gps antenna is not workin bought a new one and it is still not working so they told me my fimware needed to be updated so i found this update AWESOME did just like it said would butttttt my gps is still not workin sooooo i think sumthing is wrong with da connector in da back of da radio but other than that great update THANKS FOR POSTIN THIS ..........

everyone saying thanx for this and how its easy, but man i have no clue what to do. i have a 120 on 2000

All it is is a process to get the correct 3 files on a correctly formatted SD card. Then it's a fairly quick update/reboot process.

It would be so easy to just buy a bunch of microSD cards for under $10 each, download the proper files and sell them for a couple bucks more. Basically just to cover shipping.

Or, have just a few cards in circulation and just ship them off to the next person...

All it is is a process to get the correct 3 files on a correctly formatted SD card. Then it's a fairly quick update/reboot process.

 

It would be so easy to just buy a bunch of microSD cards for under $10 each, download the proper files and sell them for a couple bucks more. Basically just to cover shipping.

 

Or, have just a few cards in circulation and just ship them off to the next person...

Hold on there professor! Its one thing to publish instructions on how to crack software. It's totally different and illegal to sell and/or distribute bootleg software. We don't want Pioneer to go after this site.

worked on by z120bt and z130bt,

Thank you for all that contribute.  The people of my small village sing folk songs about you.

Does this method work on X710BT? thanks

Pardon my ignorance, but I'm a little confused and want to make sure I am on the right page before proceeding. I have an unmodified AVIC-X930BT, running platform version 3.000, app version 3.001, and bluetooth version 3.22.

If I were to download the torrent referenced in post #1 and follow IamSuperBleeder's post #301 instructions, I assume this would take me to platform version 4.000, app version 4.010, and bluetooth version 3.24, as shown in post 301. However, my lingering questions are these:

1. Would this also convert me from an X930 to an X940, or is it only a maps/firwmare update that keeps me as an X930?

2. If it is still an X930, can I do the X930 to X940 conversion as discussed in other threads?

3. The torrent is listed as an update to 2012, however some of the ebay listings show 2013 updates for X940s. If I have followed Pionara's/IamSuperBleeder's walkthrough, and if needed, a separate upgrade to convert from X930 to X940 (if Pionara/IASB's update didn't already do this), is there any reason why using the ebay 2013/X940 update wouldn't work on top of these existing modifications/upgrades?

Sorry for the newb questions, just want to make sure I have my ducks in a row before going down this path. Thanks in advance.

same question,

I have the X930BTunmodified with the 3.001 app version like texevora.

can we just do this as is or do we need to do another mod first?

are there any known issues? (I skimmed through and didn't see anything) like the nav voice

any plans to get this with 2013 maps?

once done do we remove the SD card or is it reliant on things on the card after updating?

im comfortable with the steps listed and have a spare 8g SD card

So i bit the bullet and just did it, but not without some headache (albeit minor, in retrospect).

First time around, I used WinRAR and a spare 8GB microSD card that I was formatting and copying files to via my Android phone hooked up through USB to my laptop (i didn't have a microSD adapter to connect directly to my laptop). However, following post 301 instructions, I got the invalid SD card error at about 23%. Trying a few times repeatedly resulted in the same end result. I started to freak out when I went to testmode and deleted the startknd.log file to get it out of upgrade mode, because the unit would then startup and get to the navigation warning disclaimer screen, then stop responding entirely to screenpresses.

After taking a deep breath and starting back from square 1, I used Winzip the 2nd time around, used SDFormatter to do a full overwrite/reformat of the microSD card, but this time using a direct adapter to connect to my laptop instead of through my Android phone). Followed the post 301 instructions again, and this time around it took, and thankfully, all issues were resolved.

In retrospect, I never should have used my Android phone hooked up via USB to format and copy files to the microSD card. Not sure what was going on when I deleted startknd.log and got the non-responsive screen, but at this point i don't care. Hopefully this post helps other people who have similar issues (Don't use your Android phone to access the microSD card!).