yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] MarcinXDA:
I share with COMPulse how to get such error.

this is not connected with Russians.

Ask ulao2 what he meant.

ulao2: I have enabled one car using file from Russians and there are no problems with it. Some others I know did the same without any errors.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ulao2:
Sorry I meant the Russian. Not "Russians". There is a guy in Russia that can get the lic file via a url. Not sure how he does it and he will not tell me. His page is mentioned in this tread. His lic creation works fine.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] MarcinXDA:
we mean the same guy, but I don,'t have any problems with file from him. Do you have this fatal error all the time or you solved it?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ulao2:
The Error was not his fault. The Error came from a bad upgrade. We are getting the APIM flashed and starting over.

After upgraded and adding the lic. file Nav worked. The unit reboots when I specify a location and hit the button to start the navigation. Then driving down the road the desktop crash happens.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] 452306916:
Hi , can you help me to get a nav licence from the russian gay , my esn is BUXV5F33 , Thank you !!! Say Hi to the gay from russian for me, Thanks .

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Sorry , I mean the Guy ,really sorry!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Nate731:
So you did Go through the Russian website to get a license file? How was the transaction?

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] MarcinXDA:
not myself. I was only helping with activation in FORSCan. Other things done by owner.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ulao2:
He has done 20 + for me. All worked fine. Last one was an update gone bad but re-flashed the unit and re-performed the nav.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Nate731:
Awesome, thanks! Does he just send the license or the signed NAV app also? From the reading that I've done, with some APIMs, the application needs to be installed as well.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ulao2:
He gives you a full update disc by default. Has about 4+ files. depending on what version you are up to.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Nate731:
Perfect, that's what I was looking for. If you've done 20, are you in the 12v industry, or a Ford tech? :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sheltonfilms:
No issue with American market Fords?

What was his turnaround on submitting information/payment to receiving files?

I was gonna put it on my neighbor's car, but server got locked out before we had a chance to do it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ulao2:
An hour or so turnaround. We are authorized ford techs, yes.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] DanMc85:
Curious to know the methods used for these files sent. Wonder if they are edited with a hex editor or resigned with some certificate.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ulao2:
He accidentally sent me the wrong file once, he is using a version of the url trick. The url he targets goes to a ford server that is not routable on the net, this implies one of two things.

1) He hacked in to ford.com

2) He has VPN access.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sheltonfilms:
What kinda file did he send you?

When you mean non-routable you mean like an intranet right?

Sounds like that could easily be traced back to him after he pulled a suspicious amount of files.

Maybe we should just take up a collection and give it to the person who can figure out how to do this offline without Ford's resources. I'll throw in $20, lol.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rioachim:
STL1te can do it offline, but you'll have to shell out a lot more LOLs
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ulao2:
I sent the details to flsdrv but I think he is on vacation. He sent a html file but meant to send what the html downloaded. Yeah the url was not an internet facing domain. Instead its some type of intrAnet domain.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] namemeetsadminstandards:
Feel free to upload the HTML at pastebin.com
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] USAFGAC:
So url server is down and now there's no current way of doing this unless you shell out $900 or find a friend whom has FULL access to OASIS.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] namemeetsadminstandards:
??

5000 Rubel = 70â?¬

http://chipford.ru/aktivaciya-navigacii-ford-sync.html
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] superx10:
that link says 6000 rubles..

What's the turnaround time for this?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Nate731:
ulao2 says on the previous page a turnaround time of few hours.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] superx10:
I got my license files and my nav works now.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Nate731:
Placed my order last night via paypal. Got an email back within an hour or 2 asking for more information which I sent over this morning.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dyerba:
Sent my payment in the evening and received the files early this morning. Looking forward to doing the install later today.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Nate731:
Yup, My license file was delivered as well. My OBD2 adapter comes in tomorrow, we'll see how this goes after that.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Arrio:
Sent my order in 2 hours ago. Still waiting for reply.

Will keep you guys updated on this.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dyerba:
Patience grasshopper. It's just just now 0715 in Moscow. I'm sure you'll see it here in a bit.

Installed my license after modifying the manifest to just install the one file. Updated the APIM and now it's ready for a map SD card. A7 SD is coming and It should be here in a couple days.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Nate731:
Update, The license file worked perfectly!

For documentation:

I purchased this Bluetooth OBDII device: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005NLQAHS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

1) Using a Laptop with Bluetooth and Forscan, the Nav bit was changed to 04 as mentioned previously in this thread and re-written back. Once written, is caused the display to reboot immediately. It stayed dark for 20-30 seconds and then showed that SYNC was updating its configuration.

2) The License file purchased from the Russians was extracted to an empty formatted USB key and inserted into the USB slot. The Sync module then installed the contents of the delivered Sync update (5 files) in 2 separate steps with a full reboot (30 sec+) after each step. Once complete, I was treated with an "Insert Nav Card" in the Nav quadrant

3) I had purchased an A7 SD-card on Ebay which I inserted and the Nav header changed to "Reading SD Card" for a few seconds and then rested at "Navigation"

The process was complete at that point and Navigation was fully functional including Voice activation functions.

Many thanks to all involved in putting the pieces together!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Arrio:
Received my license couple hours ago. Had that installed. Changed the first bit from 0 to 4 in APIM and now it presents me with "please insert nav card"

Bought an A7 card from eBay for 80 bucks and it is coming in 2 weeks.

Edit: plugged in my card and navigation is working.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Revolter:
Used cheap OBD http://www.focalobd.com/hh-obd-mini...us-car-diagnostic-interface-scanner-tool.html without any modding or switch installed into it I was able to change the code in APIM, time to get the lic and navi card...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bin4ry:
I will c&p my own post from the hack thread, as i think this might interest you :D

I wanted to share with you an apk file to create the keyfile which is used on original SD-Cards. With this you are able to create your own navigation SD

Download (feel free to mirror):

http://ul.to/i4fq7mno

Howto:

1.) Buy a 64GB SDCard (µSD with SD Adapter is just fine, make sure you have an Android >= 5.0 device which can read this card size!!!)

2.) Format the SDCard with FAT32 (use the fat32formatter.exe in the Tools directory, make sure all Windows Explorers are closed or the program will exit with an error)

3.) Install FordActivator.apk on your Android phone and put SD-Card into the Android device!

4.) Run FordActivator on the Android Phone (>= Android 5.0)

5.) Put SD-Card into PC and first remove all Android Files and Folders! (DO NOT REMOVE SdCard.key!!!!) Just remove everything except the SdCard.key!

6.) Copy all Contents of the original SD to your own created SDCard (DO NOT OVERWRITE SdCard.key!!!!!)

7.) Have fun!

Best Regards
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] COMpulse:
32gig works fine.

A7 and F5 torrents are online.

Not to be a jerk, but do you make money from that link?

Install an unknown APK on my phone? I'll stick with the Russian SD KeyGen app that runs on a PC.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bin4ry:
Original F5 is 44GB, the F5 from the torrent is missing some languages.

Feel free to use the russian keygen, this app is basically the keygen wrapped into an android apk. Use apktool to look inside, there is nothing wrong with it, if it would be i would not post it. (Just research me if you don't trust me ;) ).

Also for the link: i said you are free to mirror it, so what is your problem with that link? :P

Best Regards
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] COMpulse:
To be honest, I don't know who pissed in my Cracklin' Oat Bran this morning, but I may have been a bit of a ****. For that, I apologize, a little.

Good call on the missing languages.

Cheers
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bin4ry:
No worries ;) I just wanted to share another option to create the SD-Card. The android app has the advantage that it reads the serial and creates the key in one step, so it maybe easier for some users.

Best Regards
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] merpius:
Forgive me if this has been answered, or is just patently obvious to everyone else, but is there any way to do the forscan work using Android (for example, by using the Forscan Android app) or using Linux (for example, using the forscan app in WINE)? I notice that their special version of forscan for WINE is "without Extended Licensing (to avoid Wine compatibility problems)", which seems to imply that the Extended Licensing, which is required according to the OP, will not work in WINE?

I assume that this android app that is referenced in the last few posts is JUST for generating the license file (as an alternative to "ze Russians"), right?

I see now, the android app is for creating map update SD cards using downloaded map data. duh!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] DanMc85:
I've asked about this before. They don't have mobile support for data editing because some people will be careless and not use airplane mode and if you get a phone call in the middle of writing data to a module you could kill it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sheltonfilms:
16gig works as well with the A7 but you have to delete 2 of the 3 languages on there to shrink it down (english,french, spanish)

I used regular sized SD cards since I had a few 16 gigs laying around. I use an Arduino with an SD card shield to read the serial number on these. Took a while to get the programming right. I found an old micro card and used the android app to give me the serial number. Then I put it in an adapter so I could look at what the program spit out (it reads the entire sd card CID (manufacturer, date, serial, etc) and then using what the app gave me i figured out which digits to pull in case I wanted to do this with other full size cards.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bin4ry:
I see, check your PM i did send you the sourcecode of the app :) Feel free to do whatever you want with it :D

Best Regards
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] msgreenf:
Need some help. Trying to modify my aim to enable nav on an edge. 7d0-01-02 is 0003 0000 02DF

So what do I change it to?

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so is the correct answer for my car to go to 0403 0000 02ED3?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] COMpulse:
That last value definitely isn't right. It's got five digits.

0403 0000 02E3

Of course, I assume you've read the thread and know that activating Nav also requires the purchase of a license file.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] msgreenf:
Not sure where that D came from, ops. Yes, I know I need to buy the license. But I wanted to make sure I could do the APIM bit first.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] msgreenf:
I installed the update license file, it reads the maps fine but it won't GPS lock. Any ideas on how to force the GPS to lock? I get a red x over GPS signal icon.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mrclean64:
Have a look ay this.....it may help!

[quote name="sonic227@yahoo.com" post=67175247]Has anyone else had issues where on the navigation screen a symbol with "gps" is crossed out and navigation isn't following you correctly? Then later it works and is following you fine but gps crossed out is still there? Not sure what is causing this[/QUOTE]<br />

<br />

Looks like your GPS don´t work... maybe this would help you<br />

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http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/index.php?threads/navigation-doesnt-work-help.327435/
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jethoss:
I changed the bits in 7D0-01-02 as follows:

As-built - 0003-0004-02E3

Changed to - 0403-0004-02E7

The navigation license shows up in the list of software licenses, but the upper right quadrant still shows "Information." I tried a Master Reset and that didn't help either. I'm thinking that I missed something, but can't figure out what it might be.

Victory! I changed the ACM data as noted in the original thread and it made no difference. When I installed the license file, I edited the installation file to ONLY install the license. The thing that finally completed the installation for me was to go back and re-install ALL the files that the URL spreadsheet retrieves by leaving the installation file unchanged. The results were immediate. Many thanks to all those involved in digging this up, and hopefully my small bit of experience here helps somebody else.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] COMpulse:
I think right now our best guess is that the ACM bit may be what enables traffic info in the navigation app, since the traffic info comes from the Sirius unit.

Glad you got it working!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] phantomknight321:
So what we need is to have one of us sign up for Sirius and see if it works I think...I'm actually considering it
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] COMpulse:
From what I read (somewhere on the ol' internet), even if you have Sirius you may need to call Sirius and have them activate the traffic link (or "nav traffic") on the account. It may not be enabled because they think your vehicle isn't equipped for it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] phantomknight321:
Thats good info, thanks! I can see that, as Sirius would have to see that it has the functionality now. I dont have sirius yet so it works out...as soon as I either mod my ELM 327 and flash that ACM bit I will probably give them a call and see what they are charging for just the travel link services
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Gatito2008:
Thanks for the info... Re-install ALL files was the solution for me too. (Ford Escape 2015) :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] fblasot:
[MENTION=1203503]Gatito2008[/MENTION]:

you were already with Sync2 3.8 build 15128 or a previous version ?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] myths420:
is the url still working im getting The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sheltonfilms:
Just checked on my side and it's down. Main Etis page is up though.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rioachim:
"Information from GIVIS is not available at this time, please try again later."

relax, it happens from time to time... but maybe this time is to fix the loophole, we'll see
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Gatito2008:
Yes... Sync2 3.8 with the latest update.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] myths420:
url is back up, what elm327 devices are yall using, see alot of different ones. will anything else work or is there any places that rent them out?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] fblasot:
[MENTION=1203503]Gatito2008[/MENTION]:

I think that you and others, even if with lastest 3.8 build 15128, missed the navigation app; when you download updates from syncmyride.com could be that for speed it creates download only of new files considering the VIN configuration..

Now with the "magic url" that enable navigation the package download also the missing files.

Other peoples that got navigation just installing the license file (editing autoinstall.lst file) I think is because they update sync using the full file Gen2v38build15128updatepackageNARev2.zip
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] flsdiver:
please consult the forscan forum post on the subject....lengthy discussion on the topic. There are other interfaces (better/more expensive).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] KevinFWB:
I can't comment on the quality or pros/cons of other devices but I used an OBDLink MX and it worked flawlessly to unlock my nav. It's most definitely not the cheapest but it works like it's supposed to.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] faucirt:
I used one of the crappy Chinese ones from ebay. Worked fine after adding in a DPDT switch. If you're even a little decent at soldering, it's a piece of cake.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] flsdiver:
careful of that advice. it is known 99% of chinese $5 knockoffs on ebay won't work because they implement only a portion of the command set of elm327 with some other junk chip. forscan will report error and not run with those that don't have an old elm327 knockoff (or a real one).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lucasb8888:
Yes this exactly what happened to me. I ended up getting the OBDlink MX couldn't be happier.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] TScott69:
I ordered this one from Romania: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/ELM327-USB-Switch-for-Ford-Mazda-Elmconfig-FORScan-FTDI-PIC18F25K80-500-kbps-/301939780292?hash=item464d036ac4:g:B~8AAOSwT5tWQvxf

I haven't got it yet. It has the FTDI FT232RL chip and the switch built in, so forscan should be ok with it. There were other websites that were selling them, but I wanted ebay's buyer protection for something from Europe. I will post back if it works.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rioachim:
it should work. he also sells real ELM327s, that's where I got mine from.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] COMpulse:
Is your sync software on latest version?

Any weird DTCs in FORScan? especially around the GPSM module?

I would try unplugging the battery for 15 minutes. Then start the car, put the windows down (because I don't know where the GPS antenna is and it may be inside the vehicle), and give it a good 15-20 minutes to try to get a first lock. Keep an eye on the nav screen to see if your position ever changes. If it does get a lock, I would give it another 10 minutes. A "lock" usually only requires 3 satellites, but there could be as many as 11 in view.

To my knowledge, GPS modules have an internal memory they use to remember satellite info for acquiring a faster lock. If this info is out of date or incorrect, getting a first lock can take quite a while.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] DanMc85:
GPSM module may need a calibration/firmware update in IDS. There were tsb for many vehicles for GPS issues.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] msgreenf:
thanks. guess I am headed to the dealer. I am going to try the GPS lock battery anyway to see if that helps.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] MarcinXDA:
Try to update GPSM module. If it doesn't help, buy new GPSM.

I had the same and I bought new one, but it was written somewhere on ford site that old modules doesn't fix and update is solution for it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lincmerclover:
So I know I'm joining the party late... but I'm guessing after reading through these 39 pages that the only way to get nav up and running on my 13 Taurus is by paying this Russian fellow? Just don't know that I'm on board with that, so I guess I'll just wait and see if you fine folks happened to discover an alternate method. Thanks for all the hard work and sharing of wisdom!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dyerba:
Russian + Forscan + A7 Sd is the best option as I can see. Other options seem limited.

I went the above route and it worked out well.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Nate731:
^ What he said, I got mine up and running for under $200 including a new BT OBD2 Module.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] COMpulse:
Agreed. If the Russian guy gets shut down, you'll be looking at like $700 for Nav.

The russian guy has proven legit. If you can't gamble a hundred dollars, I advise against any car mods.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] macky75:
I hope he didnt get shot down - Paypal says *this person can not receive money* and the other method does not accept any credit cards *tried 6 different ones*
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] yamaguy101:
same thing happened to me last week.I tried several cards could not pay.tried the paypalme link samething.so i emailed him my vin# sync sn# and other info.next morning i had a email back with the license zip file.i downloaded it extracted to usb loaded it on my f250 sync system and it showed the license.i then hooked up laptop ran forscan changed the as built data and now i have navigation.and yes i did not pay for the license i tried but had no luck.try emailing your info like i did maybe you will have the same luck
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rioachim:
They also accept payment through western union. Just ask them for the details and provide proof of payment afterwards
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] yamaguy101:
hope this helps out others,i activated nav the other day using the methods here i all ready had sirius xm account i called them today to activate travel link.they first told me my vehicle wasnt equipped for this function.i told them i had the dealer install navigation .i was put on hold for about 2 min when guy got back to me he told me how much it was i agreed he told me to go to my vehicle so he could send signal voilah! travel link now works i have access to traffic fuel prices and movie times also works with voice commands.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bobbenoster:
Anyone know what "brand" of maps are on the SD Card?

I'm from South Africa and so far I've not seen any official SD Cards from Ford for South Africa...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] COMpulse:
A7 is north america.

F5 is Europe, Russian, and it *looks* like it includes the mediteranean. The picture on the box looks like it covers Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Turkey.

https://car-maps.com/wp-content/upl...REEN_F5_SD_CARD_MAP_UPDATE_SYNC2_2016_NEW.jpg

The box says "telenav" so I assume they make the maps.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lincmerclover:
Nevermind... Got it through Google cached page.