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      01-27-2022, 03:48 PM   #1
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Here's how I flash my M3
Oh wow, this car can even start after flashing 06.2020+ locked DME. WOW! Just... Wow!

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How did you handle the unlock? Did MHD send it in for you?
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Oh wow, this car can even start after flashing 06.2020+ locked DME. WOW! Just... Wow!
Bravo sir
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      01-28-2022, 02:30 PM   #7
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How did you handle the unlock? Did MHD send it in for you?
DME was sent to Femto for unlock and then returned and tuning began. 89zero dyno, PureBoost, MHD, InkedCustom, and FH1 software helped with the whole process.
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Unbelievable to me that only the Russians know how to do this. Russia is hardly a large BMW market place. No one in the US, UK or Germany can figure it out? Amazing...
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Unbelievable to me that only the Russians know how to do this. Russia is hardly a large BMW market place. No one in the US, UK or Germany can figure it out? Amazing...
Well Russia keeps hacking the US and they can figure that out either. Lol
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Unbelievable to me that only the Russians know how to do this. Russia is hardly a large BMW market place. No one in the US, UK or Germany can figure it out? Amazing...
Wasn't their a shop in the US that claimed to unlock the g8x a few months ago? Whatever happened to them
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Unbelievable to me that only the Russians know how to do this. Russia is hardly a large BMW market place. No one in the US, UK or Germany can figure it out? Amazing...
Lol. Harry Stamper
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Unbelievable to me that only the Russians know how to do this. Russia is hardly a large BMW market place. No one in the US, UK or Germany can figure it out? Amazing...
Russian kids are doing differential equations in kindergarten…thats how.

Ive been in Tech 22 years…the Russian boys are smart but more importantly, resourceful
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DME was sent to Femto for unlock and then returned and tuning began. 89zero dyno, PureBoost, MHD, InkedCustom, and FH1 software helped with the whole process.
What kind of cost are we talking about here? $10,000? Seems like a lot of hands on this.
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A little less than that but it was not cheap, hence why a few other shops are charging 5-6k.
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A little less than that but it was not cheap, hence why a few other shops are charging 5-6k.
Gotcha. Thank you.
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Gotcha. Thank you.
Not near $10,000. But certainly not cheap. It also depends which method you want to use. Its only $4295+Tuning Software of choice if you're wanting to have a clone done.

If you want to tune your stock ECU with a different software that supports the Femto unlock, you can save a couple thousand.

Theres a few different options.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. We've done ~100 of them or so now.
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Not near $10,000. But certainly not cheap. It also depends which method you want to use. Its only $4295+Tuning Software of choice if you're wanting to have a clone done.

If you want to tune your stock ECU with a different software that supports the Femto unlock, you can save a couple thousand.

Theres a few different options.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. We've done ~100 of them or so now.

What exactly do you mean tune stock ECU with a different software that supports Femto unlock?

I thought the only way to currently fully tune these vehicles was by sending out your DME to Russia to be unlocked & sent back to be tuned? When they do that do you then have 2 DMEs or is that just unlocking your factory DME?

A little confused by the whole process.
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Awesome! How long until unlock can be done in USA? And did we get confirmation that over the air updates can't relock it?
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Awesome! How long until unlock can be done in USA? And did we get confirmation that over the air updates can't relock it?
7-14 days for the shipping and you'll get your ECU unlocked.
OTA/dealership update will completely remove unlock, it's not permanent, as any other unlock made for previous model years cars.
OTA updates can be easily disabled via iDrive menu.
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Not near $10,000. But certainly not cheap. It also depends which method you want to use. Its only $4295+Tuning Software of choice if you're wanting to have a clone done.

If you want to tune your stock ECU with a different software that supports the Femto unlock, you can save a couple thousand.

Theres a few different options.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. We've done ~100 of them or so now.
4295 for an unlocked ECU? Thats not bad. How does this work with service? Swap out ECU and they cant tell you're tuned? Please educate me on this and have any of your 100 guys done service yet?
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7-14 days for the shipping and you'll get your ECU unlocked.
OTA/dealership update will completely remove unlock, it's not permanent, as any other unlock made for previous model years cars.
OTA updates can be easily disabled via iDrive menu.
Thanks. That is the biggest concern doing all the work to unlock then it gets over written and you have to do it again.
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