Updating the inbuilt Mib2 Satnav / Mib2 tricks and Mib1

[Tell]

Hello I have just been reading through the guides for this and just wanted to clarify a few things before i give this a go. I own a 2015 Leon with MIB2 (6P code when i look at my Nav part).
I still have the V1 SD card so maps are still from 2015 era.
Do i need to purchase a 32Gb SD card (is class 10 reccomended or any particular brand you like to use?)
Download and unzip the below maps using 7Zip

Ganz Europa (32GB SD Karte)​

https://infotainment-cdn.skoda-auto.com/base/maps/STD2_2510_EU_AS_202525.zip

Take my SD card out of my car and copy the files from it and take a copy of /maps/EEC/EEC_WLD/OVERALL.NDS which will be used to overwrite he one which will be in the folder downloaded above.
Copy the Data from the Unzipped folder to the SD card ensure its in FAT32 and overwrite the OVERALL.NDS file with my original one
Insert the SD card back into my car and let it load?

Are there any steps i have missed or need to do?

Awesome work to the community for writing all of this.

The all European map increased in size so needs an official vag card 32gb that can be purchased off Ebay sold as 32 gb Seat, Škoda etc interchangeable uses a Cid on these or use your existing card with a zoned area.

Either way delete what's on them but copy before hand, you need that OVERALL.NDS file in anycase. Keep off the reformat command. Unzip with 7 zip, copy new map, overwrite the OVERALL.NDS file with your old one.

Follow the steps. All been working since 2017 so nothing new about the mib2 standard workaround thanks to Exciter.

 

[DMackie]

Ok great. Do you at what point the SD cards went from 16Gb to 32Gb? Was there a version number it moved to the larger size?

 

[Tell]

Ok great. Do you at what point the SD cards went from 16Gb to 32Gb? Was there a version number it moved to the larger size?

It was about 5 years ago. Vag gave warning of about two years. Ebay sellers, sell them marked as 32gb mib2 navigation mapcards. Buy on satisfaction etc... 99% etc.

Older 32gb cards with older maps on may be cheaper than newer ones but given you are going to update what's on the card you don't need newer cards.

 

[Westindieman]

Mib1

For the DBInfo.txt file edit @Daz3d and anybody else's edit that got it working will be fine. Daz3d and one or two others chumped the files down to fit on the old 8gb SD mib1 card. Why I say just buy a bigger card removes another random variable out of why it might not work for some and you don't loose a working copy... as some did, so it's safer.

Basically you take you working dbinfo.txt file. Copy out the two pieces

PartNumber1="your existing map partnumber"
PartNumber="your existing map partnumber"

Take the new dbinfo.txt and change the part numbers to that. Copy the dbinfo.txt editted file back onto the new sd card. Basically your unit is anchored in mib1 to the release of the mapcard it came with. Alter that on the new map and it doesn't know you have changed the card.

That you'll see in the examples. I wonder where if you jolted the unit back onto an earlier series partnumber whether that would be helpful. We did that in one case. That uses a feature that earlier maps always work in the unit.

I'm sure it's just an editting issue or unzipping issue with the new maps. Obviously if we find someone with the same release as you who has done it that would be great.

Success at last. I used Daz3d V4 files which worked then went to the update. However it maybe using 7 zip that sorted it. Anyway thanks for all the help.

 

[Tell]

Success at last. I used Daz3d V4 files which worked then went to the update. However it maybe using 7 zip that sorted it. Anyway thanks for all the help.

Great we got there. Most of the issues... should say all, are "processing issues". Keep good notes for next time.