[khurmit]

Please please please can someone help me with the coding issue I have on my retrofit!!!!!????

See here:

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showpo...43&postcount=1

My post had 65 views with not one response! Where are all those coding gurus when you need them!

[tturbolife]

Can you post the coding files for CIC and combox

[khurmit]

Hello Mate - attached below - thanks for looking!

[tturbolife]

Try changing all instances related to BMW Online and BMW Internet in the CIC trace file to aktiv. Also change BT_PAIRING to aktiv. The easiest way to do this is to search Online and Internet in the trace file. Combox trace seems fine.

[khurmit]

Thanks will try this evening & report back.

Out of curiosity I compared my combox TRC file to one from the BMW Coding forum (user had working BMW Live etc) - noticed my TELEMATIK_VIN=most_vin whereas his said TELEMATIK_VIN=coding_vin.

Might try changing that also (to me that setting might mean the VIN is taken from the MOST system in my car, whereas by changing the value to coding_vin means the VIN which is coded to the COmbox is used).

Will report back.....

[PichaDis11]

Have a look at this...

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showpo...&postcount=255

[khurmit]

Originally Posted by PichaDis11

Have a look at this...

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showpo...&postcount=255

Yep had already seen that - see the last post!

The thing is I didn't change the value to "coding_vin" as the OP said it might not be required - let me test it out (just trying to get little one to sleep) and then will report back here and also on that thread.

[tturbolife]

Originally Posted by khurmit

Yep had already seen that - see the last post!

The thing is I didn't change the value to "coding_vin" as the OP said it might not be required - let me test it out (just trying to get little one to sleep) and then will report back here and also on that thread.

yes it does need to be coding VIN !

[khurmit]

Changing to coding_vin didn't work.

Then recoded CIC for online/internet related parameters & BT_PAIRING.....still no luck.

Next, I'll try changing VIN on combox & CIC. Anyone know where I can find a suitable one easily?

[terminator2k2]

no need to change the vin on the cic unit.....only on the combox

this needs to be a vin number from a country where live and internet are free......

try searching a few vin decoder sites.....I have a vin you can try...but im going to be a tease and let you try to find one first....it took me a few hours to find hundreds of compatible vin numbers..

[khurmit]

Originally Posted by terminator2k2

no need to change the vin on the cic unit.....only on the combox

this needs to be a vin number from a country where live and internet are free......

try searching a few vin decoder sites.....I have a vin you can try...but im going to be a tease and let you try to find one first....it took me a few hours to find hundreds of compatible vin numbers..

Hey buddy - I think I've found a suitable vin, but not sure.

Does the car whose VIN I will use need to have come with 6NR/6FL/614/615 etc (i.e. all the options for BMW Live/Internet etc.) and should it be the VIN for a car without telematics?

The one I've found is for US car with 609, 615, 6AA, 6AB & 6FL......

[herrlado]

Originally Posted by khurmit

Hey buddy - I think I've found a suitable vin, but not sure.

Does the car whose VIN I will use need to have come with 6NR/6FL/614/615 etc (i.e. all the options for BMW Live/Internet etc.) and should it be the VIN for a car without telematics?

The one I've found is for US car with 609, 615, 6AA, 6AB & 6FL......

No it does not matter. Take an US VIN. Search for US Car Auctions, that's all.

Then you can write the VIN to the Combox as example via NCS Expert. Only in this case the coding_vin does make sense!

[khurmit]

I got BMW Online/Live working without changing VIN! Street view, Applications, News, Weather etc all working.

Steps were as follows:

1) changed some of the coding in my combox by reading through ~34 pages of the BMW Coding website thread titled "HOW TO: activating internet service Combox/CIC (Internet via Customer Mobile Phone)" and cherry picking the changes common to most people - there are lots of example CMEDIA TRC files to compare to there. My original CMEDIA.TRC file & Trace Differences file is attached below for anyone who wants to see what was changed.

2) after coding, turned off car & back on, then went into the Service Status Menu of ConnectedDrive - "Update BMW Services" was no longer grayed out

3) Having ensured tethering was active on my iPhone 5s, and that data transfer was active in the iDrive Bluetooth settings for my phone, I clicked "Update BMW Services".....

4) It started updating, I noticed my phone was reporting there was 1 connection via tethering, and then iDrive asked me to enter location and email address to register. I did as asked with real info (location: Europe -> Great Britain; and my actual email)

5) It finished registering, and BMW Online/Live was now working!

6) I then received an email on my iPhone from "noreply-connecteddrive@bmw.com" with a link to confirm my registraton, which I did. Once done with confirming registration, website said to restart BMW Live (but it was working before anyway).

BUT

Internet doesn't work :-( See pic attached.

The strange thing is, when I look at the "Available Services" (below "Update BMW Services" in the Service Status Menu ) it lists both:

BMW Online
Internet

Do you think I made a mistake by registering as they now know I'm in the UK, or perhaps I do need to change the VIN to a US spec car:

Originally Posted by herrlado

No it does not matter. Take an US VIN. Search for US Car Auctions, that's all.

Then you can write the VIN to the Combox as example via NCS Expert. Only in this case the coding_vin does make sense!

^ I'll try this tonight. Have found 2 US VINs.

[PichaDis11]

And I'm here wishing the damn BMW live would work instead of the Internet.

Glad you got something working tho.

[khurmit]

Originally Posted by PichaDis11

And I'm here wishing the damn BMW live would work instead of the Internet.

Glad you got something working tho.

Post your TRC file and let's compare?

[terminator2k2]

I think pichadis cic software is too old for live

[PichaDis11]

Originally Posted by terminator2k2

I think pichadis cic software is too old for live

Really even if it's from an MY2011 car?

[terminator2k2]

aren't you on CIC.c16 ? with bmw apps and no fsc code as per jezzys thread ?

as im sure this is too old for bmw live.

[PichaDis11]

Originally Posted by terminator2k2

aren't you on CIC.c16 ? with bmw apps and no fsc code as per jezzys thread ?

as im sure this is too old for bmw live.

Yea CIC.c16 all options are there from donor car.. Connected drive, apps etc.

[khurmit]

Internet is now working! Thanks terminator2k2 for your help ;-)

Used Tool 32 to code a Russian VIN (which came with 614/615 option from factory).

Basically I wrote the VIN to the Combox & CIC using 2 different jobs:

1. Launch tool32.exe
2. Hit F3 or go to File -> Load -> c:\EDIBAS\ECU\CMEDIAR.prg
3. Scroll down to C_FG_SCHREIBE Job
4. put the 18 digits of the desired VIN (i.e. 17 digit VIN + checksum) into the Argument box, then press the button on toolbar at top which has "1*>" written on it (means "Start Job Once Only"). A result screen should pop up indicating the job was successful.
5. Close the result screen, then scroll down to C_FG_AUFTRAG Job
6. Repeat step 4, then close the result screen
7. Hit F3 or go to File -> Load -> c:\EDIBAS\ECU\CICR.prg
8. Repeat steps 3 to 6, then you're done!

Let car sleep, then test it - turn on Bluetooth & Tethering in your phone, then in the Service Status Menu of ConnectedDrive click on "Update BMW Services". Once done, Internet is up and running!

FYI strangely I still pair to my car using my original VIN, rather than the Russian one - I had read in various places that VIN change could be verified by the Bluetooth device name your phone is connected with, but this isn't the case for me

For those of you struggling to get this working, I leave you with this thought......Now I've got it working, I'll prob never use it again aside from showing others

[khurmit]

Originally Posted by PichaDis11

Yea CIC.c16 all options are there from donor car.. Connected drive, apps etc.

Mine is CIC.C16 and has both working?

[PichaDis11]

Originally Posted by khurmit

Mine is CIC.C16 and has both working?

Yea I'm not sure if maybe it's because it's a U.S. head unit... I'd always see BMW Online tho and not Live. And it then says my subscription has been expired.