SW update for MIB2 infotainment system?

[MartinThorn]

That's where the guys on the thread said previously to people "get back on your original train". The modified ones can't be updated further from that point, not in the normal way. I note @leonlad is on 5 series now. I suspect the toolkit helped. Think the Turkish guy left a series of issues around as Polish retrofitters did in the UK in the past. Been there done that. As a few others.

The reliable retrofitter and board sponsor is this one :

MIB2 ZR software updates SEAT

Seat MIB2 software updates

eastyorkshireretrofits.co.uk

I note they ask for the 2xx units to be returned if they want 4xx or 5xx with tiles. It's the way the update works else it may brick the unit. Then you short some pins inside to get it back if DIY it's on the net. There might be techniques which are more DIY to that 2xx to 4xx / 5xx. But if doing it yourself be prepared for it to be bricked and know the way to get it back if not UK based. East Yorkshire have fixed with bricked units from the board before and their associate up there. These were round that Turkish software as I recall. I arrived late to the party. Only the Poles were messing up mib2 highs with their antics in the UK of miss selling map and firmware updates. Those had to be sorted out by East Yorkshire or DIY which had progressed a bit with the mib2 high tool kit and 1447 AIO. The bricked units are an expert or the screws out. Expensive kit to mess up. Mib2 highs are more forgiving with train jumping, mìb2 standards aren't.

Agreed, given the posters firmware has jumped trains so personally I'd not bother trying/risking to upgrade the firmware any further and just concentrate on trying to get the maps updated (any firmware updates won't help with that!).

Rolling back the firmware I think involves rather invasive techniques (taking the nav/cd unit out, connecting to PC and shorting pins on the circuit board, that kind of thing!).

Here's an example of what can happen with a firmware train jump and the recovery needed (and how to get back to MST2_EU_VW_ZR_P0254T firmware):

 

[Tester01]

Anybody have a mirror for the MST2 EU ZE P0516 update?

mibsolution is very slow

 

[sayat]

That's where the guys on the thread said previously to people "get back on your original train". The modified ones can't be updated further from that point, not in the normal way. I note @leonlad is on 5 series now. I suspect the toolkit helped. Think the Turkish guy left a series of issues around as Polish retrofitters did in the UK in the past. Been there done that. As a few others.

The reliable retrofitter and board sponsor is this one :

MIB2 ZR software updates SEAT

Seat MIB2 software updates

eastyorkshireretrofits.co.uk

I note they ask for the 2xx units to be returned if they want 4xx or 5xx with tiles. It's the way the update works else it may brick the unit. Then you short some pins inside to get it back if DIY it's on the net. There might be techniques which are more DIY to that 2xx to 4xx / 5xx. But if doing it yourself be prepared for it to be bricked and know the way to get it back if not UK based. East Yorkshire have fixed with bricked units from the board before and their associate up there. These were round that Turkish software as I recall. I arrived late to the party. Only the Poles were messing up mib2 highs with their antics in the UK of miss selling map and firmware updates. Those had to be sorted out by East Yorkshire or DIY which had progressed a bit with the mib2 high tool kit and 1447 AIO. The bricked units are an expert or the screws out. Expensive kit to mess up. Mib2 highs are more forgiving with train jumping, mìb2 standards aren't.

Hello guys, i was out some time. I just viewed all the comments and recommendations from you guys. Thanks a lot to @MartinThorn and @Tell for their knowledge. Today i will try to update my map files with the new ones.

As you guys recommend, i will pass the firmware update. It works fine but since i am not a expert i do not want to mess up with just trying. I do not know how i can do this easily or step by step methods. It is kinda problem since i live in Mexico here it is hard to find resources or guys with the knowledge of programming.

I will try the mib2std tool box.

any further recommendations will be appreciated.

 

[redone]

…I will try the mib2std tool box.

any further recommendations will be appreciated.

You should be fine with the 02x update from mibsolution as you’re on 02x. I’d do that before attempting the toolbox install to ensure the newer GEM version. I didn’t try switching trains (0xzzz -> 0yzzz) and just applied the incremental update without issue. I think the 2018 confusion put you on the wrong track

I use the toolbox and it was easy to remove the SD lock. My maps now run from a random (bigger) SD card I had lying about and I use the (v3) maps card I had to run the toolbox from. However you choose to proceed, make sure you have a backup of your maps card, especially the overall.nds file as not having that would hinder any rollback, if some issue occurs.

 

[Tell]

You'd only need to side step the map SD card authorisation if your map card was corrupted and you couldn't buy another one in your country. In the EU we just buy them off ebay saves the hassle of modding the firmware. The map workaround methods of shifting the overall.nds file defeats mapcare. Only if you wanted specific extras from the toolbox that its worth doing.

As for moving off your train I recall now that defects in the jumped to update were the reason why the poster was trying to get off that version but the defects might have been due to the Turkish firmware sold, so they had bought a mess why they were told to revert. Thus if the firmware works fine stay on it but if the reason to upgrade is that it's not working well, is that you have been sold a pig in a poke. An English expression.

Pig in a poke - Wikipedia

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