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Thanks for the clarification.
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03-22-2023, 11:17 AM | #112 | |
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It is actually Bosch who is locking them, it is their internal bootloader programmed inside the DME. That is why BMW or any other manufacturer can not unlock them for you. ( we tried at my local BMW dealer because I know a bunch of them personally) Safety reasons so no one can hack into the ECU to operate the self driving, cameras, all that fun stuff. It was meant to prevent a foreign country from sending out an OTA software to take over the systems. Ironic. |
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03-22-2023, 10:29 PM | #114 |
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I'm counting sheep every night ZZzz.
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04-26-2023, 06:41 PM | #115 |
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And this is why there isn’t going to be a released state side unlock. You got shops making $800 just sending it to Femto. Literally making $800 just to ship something. Why the fuck would anyone want to even unlock it when you’re making that kind of money to do nothing?
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04-26-2023, 07:39 PM | #116 | |
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04-26-2023, 07:41 PM | #117 |
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Sure, like I told him, get his money if people are willing to do that. Straight robbery but obviously people are paying it.
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04-26-2023, 07:45 PM | #118 |
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If the shop is actually taking full responsibility for the shipment and will replace your ECU if something unexpected happens, I can sort of see it being worth it to some people. Assuming you can actually trust the shop to follow through.
That said I also did it myself and the whole thing took 5 days door to door and is very simple and easy. |
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04-27-2023, 10:43 AM | #119 | |
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04-27-2023, 12:40 PM | #120 | |
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the minimum amount it will cost you is roughly $1250 for unlock and shipping both ways + $600 for BM3 with 1 OTS map, so total $1850. If you can get DP and installation for 1150 then 3k will cover it. |
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04-29-2023, 02:06 AM | #121 |
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My DME was unlocked by FEMTO for 1 hour yesterday. Yes, I live 10 km away from FEMTO, haha. And its $625 in total for me.
However, I can't use MHD because I see the error "ROM not yet supported" in the MHD app. I spoke with MHD support today, and they told me that the problem would be fixed within the next 14 days "its a very new software version". |
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Sounds legit.
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07-23-2023, 03:16 PM | #126 |
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I’m curious everyone that’s getting their ECU unlocked what are you all doing about updates to your car? Are you just throwing away the fact that you can never do updates for the remainder of its life?
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07-23-2023, 03:24 PM | #127 |
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Yes. They are useless updates anyway.
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07-23-2023, 05:48 PM | #128 |
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It’s not like a Tesla where you wake up with fart sounds and 100 more horsepower. What update is better than having 250hp more with an unlock?
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04-29-2024, 05:40 AM | #130 |
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I promise you, the day there's a stateside unlock is the day the forums will be flooded with threads titled "CONFIRMED USA/STATESIDE DME UNLOCK, NO NEED TO SEND TO FEMTO!!" or something along those lines.
I don't know if there's someone working on it in the USA, but it's seeming increasingly unlikely we'll see one any time soon. If you want power but don't want to pay to send it to femto/don't trust your DME being out of the car, then yeah - get a JB4 and enjoy it. If you want to play with big power, then you absolutely need the unlock in order to run MHD+/bootmod3. There still isn't a single case of DHL losing a DME despite it going on for about 2 years now? I know some have gotten theirs delayed, but that's about it.
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04-29-2024, 05:51 AM | #131 |
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As stated above, if it happens you wouldn’t even need to ask. The news would be everywhere.
With that said, I doubt it will ever be done. Femto is the only way. The process is easy. The worst thing I’m aware of was a friends ECU took 21 days. Mine took 11 days. |
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