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      05-14-2019, 01:19 AM   #59
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Drives: BMW Vader
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Originally Posted by cyberfrs View Post
Is activate via usb is legal? I mean is it kinda crack? Or do i see it activated on connected store?
I had nothing but trouble when I had mine activated by a UK company, to the point where the car had to go into the main dealers as the LCD dash (speedo display) failed, completely black. Main dealer swapped out the panel and updated the istep and firmware. Car was fine. Reflashed the CarPlay again, killed the dash again, back into BMW, this time for 3 weeks for further investigation, replaced LCD and combox as it was locked out and they couldn’t reflash it.
After this I just purchased it direct from BMW, that was a few months ago, no issues since.

I’m not suggesting this will happen to everyone, the guy who did the flash did say this was the first time they had seen this issue and wanted to dial into the car via laptop to fix it. I just couldn’t risk it. The repair bill was over £3k, luckily covered by warranty. If it happened again I’m sure they would of sniffed a rat!
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