Hi guys,
I am new to the community but there is a lot of great stuff on this site. I tried upgrading my Pioneer AVIC-X930BT US model navigation system @ 3.00.00 firmware and it has not gone well. Currently my system is only booting to the Pioneer home screen and music off of my CD is playing but it will not load to the GPS. Unfortunately I did not back up my files before attempting this upgrade.
First, I was wondering if anyone has a back up of the User files for this system that they can possibly upload or direct me to a link whereby I can download the files and get my system running again. Also if I am able to get my hands on a back up copy, how do I go about loading the back up files to my system to bring it back to a working state - wish I had a option to select restore to factory settings but since my system is not allowing me into the unit and it is stuck on the home page I guess that is out of the question.
When trying to do this upgrade, I downloaded Condi's RenewallFLip-AutoReplacer 2.1 program and loaded it to the root of a Kingston 8 GB Micro SD card along with an edited RenewallFLib.dll that was posted on the forum. When I put the memory card into the unit it loaded up successfully and a back up file was written to the SD card and the testmode key was deleted.
I then had another Kingston 8GB card whereby I loaded Z140 firmware update to however when I tried extracting to the SD card directly using Winrar it encountered problems. As a result, I extracted the files to the hard drive of my computer directly with no issue. I reformatted the SD card with FAT32. I copied each file individually from the update - CardINFO, a Firmware folder, and an Update folder - on to the memory card without any errors or issue.
After the RenewallFLip-AutoReplacer 2.1 program successfully did its thing the system reboot after 5 seconds and the Pioneer screen reloaded and then music from my CD started playing but the unit will not load past the home page. I turned the engine off and placed the other Micro SD card with the Z140 firmware update and then started up the car again but the Pioneer screen came back on and the music began playing again but the unti did not begin updating.
I repeated the above mentioned steps again but this time I loaded an older version of the CardINFO onto the memory card but I had no success.
If anyone can help me get this unit up and running that will be greatly appreciated because I'm starting to panic a bit or if someone lives in the Toronto, Ontario region and wants to help me perform the upgrade I will bring the beer lol. Really I would like to get the unit in a working state again.
If someone has a back up of the files for a unit that they are willing to share and can tell me how to load those files back to they system so I can get everything working again that would be greatly appreciated. It would be even better if someone can tell me what I am doing wrong and what I need to do to get the update working that would be even better.
On a side not I have purchased four 8GB Kingston Micro SD cards and tried the above mentioned process on a few occassions and I have downloaded the Z140 firmware update twice.
I look forward to hearing back from people with their input and advice. Thanks.