I purchased these maps for $120 to upgrade my moms Z150.. I wasnt happy about the price so I set out on a journey to share! I purchased an x850 off ebay for $250 (it's for sale if anyone wants one with 2016 maps lol) and went to work.

After hours and hours of copying files (100s of files, 7+ gigs), I got them all on my computer. Slapped them on an 8GB fat32 formatted microsd, and crossed my fingers. Boom. Updated the x850. Pics below of the process. So I have about $370 into this, any donation helps

Rar file: *UPDATED RAR, CONFIRMED WORKING BY AVICFAN2016* https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5Dk_YMQCPWsTHg3NE9Idi1VNTA

md5: 959dc24c92aa8c2cca3b3f1e1c9a3ceb

Pass: avic411share

Paypal donation link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=MLQSAXUHQEUFC

Awesome!

I'll let you know how my update goes, and i'll send a donation your way!

Hmm, I put the SD card in my Avic, and it started the update.

It simply said updating Program, please wait.

This took around 2 mins. After that the Avic rebooted.

It never asked if I wanted to start, or that it would take 45 mins.

However after it was done, I checked the info, System Version 1.07.

It did not update the maps.

They are still listed as Map Version 1.0000

Now when I place the SD card in the Avic, it doesnt give me an option to try again.

Thoughts?

I tried 2 different SDHC cards.

Just curious nezfotnemom,

How long did you have to wait @ the map screen before it asked you if you wanted to update?

nezfotnemom do you have two images? -- one before installing and one after installing and uploaded the wrong image (after installing)?

Here are all the images I took. When I put it in it did an update with like 76 files. Then rebooted and asked about the update. Selected that and it took about 45 minutes. After that it rebooted and did another update that was 2/2. Mine shows version 3.00000 now.

http://www.diwmb.com/pioneer/x850-2016/20160916_230208.jpg

http://www.diwmb.com/pioneer/x850-2016/20160916_233925.jpg

http://www.diwmb.com/pioneer/x850-2016/20160916_233933.jpg

http://www.diwmb.com/pioneer/x850-2016/20160916_234446.jpg

http://www.diwmb.com/pioneer/x850-2016/20160916_234510.jpg

http://www.diwmb.com/pioneer/x850-2016/20160917_010347.jpg

http://www.diwmb.com/pioneer/x850-2016/20160917_141740.jpg

http://www.diwmb.com/pioneer/x850-2016/20160917_141748.jpg

http://www.diwmb.com/pioneer/x850-2016/20160917_141823.jpg

http://www.diwmb.com/pioneer/x850-2016/20160917_145646.jpg

http://www.diwmb.com/pioneer/x850-2016/20160917_145657.jpg

http://www.diwmb.com/pioneer/x850-2016/20160917_145714.jpg

http://www.diwmb.com/pioneer/x850-2016/20160917_145839.jpg

http://www.diwmb.com/pioneer/x850-2016/20160917_151043.jpg

Thanks.

No I meant do you have a copy of the files prior to updating, and a set after you updated.

We're thinking maybe you uploaded the wrong set, and that it's been flagged that it can't be reused.

Or did you use the same set to update your 2nd AVIC?

This was the files before the upload, and i used it on both

I was able to get into testmode, so I know my SD card is working.

Is there a way to manually update via testmode?

I was able to get into testmode, so I know my SD card is working.

Do you have your SD card locked or unlocked?  It is supposed to be unlocked.

Unlocked.

Hmm, I put the SD card in my Avic, and it started the update.

It simply said updating Program, please wait.

This took around 2 mins. After that the Avic rebooted.

It never asked if I wanted to start, or that it would take 45 mins.

 

However after it was done, I checked the info, System Version 1.07.

 

It did not update the maps.

They are still listed as Map Version 1.0000

 

Now when I place the SD card in the Avic, it doesnt give me an option to try again.

Thoughts?

I tried 2 different SDHC cards.

 

 

Hello, i just tried here with an X950BH and had the exact same results, updating program and it seems it updated 79 files then restarted back to the main screen.

Alright then that seems to confirm there's an issue with update.

Maybe it was flagged for one-time only use?

How would it flag? I copied all the files before running an update. And I did the update with the copy, not the original card. The only time the card was used, was in test mode to run the copying process.

Did you guys hit the navigation button once it booted up? I was in maps mode when I booted up if that makes a difference?

Yes, tried it within Navigation. Still nothing.

I pulled my battery cables for 10 mins, stilll nothing.

Turned sources on/off, nothing.

nezfotnemom, your SD card, are those files in the root directory, or is there a main folder?

From one of your screenshots, they appear to possibly be in a folder called x850x950z150update2016

Did you guys hit the navigation button once it booted up? I was in maps mode when I booted up if that makes a difference?

Hey bud, thank you for sharing and the time you're taking to help out, really appreciate it.

i booted my head unit with the card on and started "updating application" process but after a coupe of minutes it said completed and back to the main screen, software version still shows 1.000, if i place the head unit in source and stick the card it changes to maps on its own but does nothing else.

how do you get to "test mode"?

testmode is a file you put on the root directory of your SD card.

The testmode that I used is here:

http://avic411.com/index.php?/topic/36681-avic-x50-hack-general-topic/page-2&do=findComment&comment=269957

So using wayback machine, I was able to pull the first update for the Avic-Z150BH, from Pioneer's website.

This file included a testmode.key, and an update to ver 1.03.

When I inserted this into the unit, it rebooted into a simple testmode, "Force Platform Write".

I believe that was what it was called.

It did allow me to push this 1.03 update manually.

Afterwards I placed this testmode.key on my SD card containing the 2016 files.

It did reboot into testmode, however the version info already matched what I had installed, 1.07.

I then tried again using the supertestmode on the 2016 SD card. Same thing.

All the versions matched, 1.07.

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Then I tried using a verinfo.dat that was made for older unit, just as a test.

As soon as I inserted the SD card, it immediately said the SD contained the wrong files.

This shows me the unit is actively scanning the SD card.

So something is a miss.

I am pondering if we have the wrong verinfo.dat.

Yes, tried it within Navigation. Still nothing.

I pulled my battery cables for 10 mins, stilll nothing.

Turned sources on/off, nothing.

 

nezfotnemom, your SD card, are those files in the root directory, or is there a main folder?

From one of your screenshots, they appear to possibly be in a folder called x850x950z150update2016

They are on the root. That folder is just the one on my computer before I xfered them to the microsd and ran the update

So using wayback machine, I was able to pull the first update for the Avic-Z150BH, from Pioneer's website.

 

This file included a testmode.key, and an update to ver 1.03.

 

When I inserted this into the unit, it rebooted into a simple testmode, "Force Platform Write".

I believe that was what it was called.

It did allow me to push this 1.03 update manually.

 

Afterwards I placed this testmode.key on my SD card containing the 2016 files.

It did reboot into testmode, however the version info already matched what I had installed, 1.07.

I then tried again using the supertestmode on the 2016 SD card. Same thing.

All the versions matched, 1.07.

 

-----------------------------------------------------------

 

Then I tried using a verinfo.dat that was made for older unit, just as a test.

As soon as I inserted the SD card, it immediately said the SD contained the wrong files.

This shows me the unit is actively scanning the SD card.

 

So something is a miss.

I am pondering if we have the wrong verinfo.dat.

I can re-pull the files but I mean nothing is going to change...

Hello, i just tried here with an X950BH and had the exact same results, updating program and it seems it updated 79 files then restarted back to the main screen.

Same result here

I can re-pull the files but I mean nothing is going to change...

if is not too much trouble you could try to pull them and re-upload maybe, thanks again.

OK, I'll TOFTT, Ive ordered the updated from Navigation.com

$ 149.95

So, before I update my 950BH, ill copy the files to somewhere, then update

You're a saint!