ok so this worked for me up until I went back to type in the password.it showed me the password I always knew was right.i put in my password and it still wont unlock.is there a way to just reset the password? oh I have an x850

same thing with mine.... what gives

I've just purchased an AVIC-X850BT and I'm  having the same issue as the password is not being recognized. I've opened the SECURITY.DAT file and see on the first line the password. i think

MY PASSWORD space ked space my password ek my password. is this correct? Is there another way to get this going? I'm frustrated because Pioneer are asking to return the unit. I really don't want to get this unit out of my car ship it and then wait 2 weeks to get it back. There has to be a way.

same here .... what the heck

Im tryin to download the link to reset my password and its saying decompression failed what do i do to open up test mode?

First of all THANK YOU I was not about to pay pioneer 80$ plus uninstallation/reinstallation fees for a 5 min fix not to mention shipping it all the way to california. I would like to add to this that when I did txtdump it didnt show me my password only my password hint ughh but after a little searching around i did find that it is also accessible in the binary dump the first line all the way to the right should be the password you set up ( minus all the . . .) in case that helps anyone else! 

Thank you so much for this information. I had pretty much given up till I read ^this post and gave it a shot. I looked in the "binary dump" quick at first but didn't notice anything. After I read "cg410's" post I decided to look again and like he/she said, in the first line all the way at the end was my password separated by dots. Hope this helps others that didn't see their password in "txtdump". Also I'll add that I did do the latest software update after I purchased the unit. Maybe that has something to do with it.

Does this work on a f850bt and f960bt ? can someone confirm cause cant get it to work on either one .

If it does work , what format are you using ? ntfs or fat , and wich testmode , cause i really need to get in testmode. 

Please help me out .

This is the best , it was the .key that was holding me out just change it and ur in.  thanks a bunch this saved me a ton of money!!!

Hey guys. Would somebody provide necessary files to unlock AVIC-5000NEX please? My car battery died and it looks like I misspelled my own damn 4 digit password or added a space, who knows...

NOT a stolen unit, I have the best buy invoice and serial number. Thanks

I followed the steps in the original post and I was able to retrieve my password from my AVIC-X950BH.  Thank you so much!  This was great!

OK so I can't extract the condis hackmode ?!?! What do I do?

Were you able to get this fixed?

Were you able to get this fixed?

I'm having the same problems!! Can't anyone help me, keeps saying caution test mode fail starting

Can someone help? I tried to download this file and it keeps saying failed. Im using a MAC.

Could someone plz help me out? I followed all the instruction and i tried these words. but still nothing I cant tell which is the password and i have tried all combos. Plz help

Thankz.

I looked into the .Txt and .binary and between the two figured it out. Thanks for posting everyone. If you're still having problems check both dumps in security.Dat thanks again everyone.

Does anyone know if this is supposed to work on an AVIC-6000NEX ? 

If not, is there a process that will assist?

I bought a trick with the avic-850bt and had it in for repair.  When I got it back, since the battery was removed, i got the password screen.  Of course I don't know the password, it wasn't my truck.  I followed the instructions provide here and it worked like a charm!   Thanks for the help.  Saved me a lot of headaches!!

Can someone help? I tried to download this file and it keeps saying failed. Im using a MAC.

I was able to extract the files to my mac, but when I tried to send them to the SD it failed. I only had success when I extracted and moved to SD on my PC.

Could someone plz help me out? I followed all the instruction and i tried these words. but still nothing I cant tell which is the password and i have tried all combos. Plz help

 

Thankz.

 

 

 

 

I just found this thread, so hopefully your problem has been solved. But it looks like your password might be PUNKIN, GIRL, or BABY.

Thanks to everyone on this thread for the input. I was about to use my forgotten password as an excuse to buy a NEX model.

i have downloaded the test mode file and put it on a sd card but once i put it on the stereo nothing comes up.... can someone help me?

how long do i have to wait till something pops up on my stereo i have the avic x850bt

any update?   a cant extract the file,, or i dont know how,,,  i installed a zip program but is weird to be used,,,, is so easy to just upload the file the key or something,,, is true that the first steps can be ommited? let me know please  [email protected] for 6000nex

my hint is BILL

does any1 know what is my password ,,,I tried every combination I can think of,,plz help..thanxx

my hint is BILL

does any1 know what is my password ,,,I tried every combination I can think of,,plz help..thanxx

I would guess your password is either BOTTOM or BOTTOMB

one post says to look in USER not NAND

Also, use TXT DMP to view the file.

Wow, That was easy, Down load test mode on to a Micro SD card and follow the instructions.

This saved me a ton of Hassles, and about $100.

Thanks.

Jim