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      08-09-2019, 07:30 PM   #23
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I was able to do it on a single Sandisk 32gb. The total amount of space the files used is 28.9 gb, and 29 gb were free on the empty flash drive. I was worried it might cause an issue, but worked fine.
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      08-09-2019, 08:41 PM   #24
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I have free updates but it did not recognize the update or initiate it.
If you have a Mac, it will add extra files which need to be removed before the idrive will recognize the update.

Otherwise, be sure the usb is firmly seated.

If you are on the Eastside, I maybe able to help you since I have done it a few times now without issues.
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      08-09-2019, 09:00 PM   #25
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You dont need to keep the engine running idle while updating the mapdata. it will automatically resume if it is interrupted or timed out. I have done several updates since 2016 and for the first time I did like you did worrying that I might screw things up...
I was already doing some work in the garage, so I figured I'd just update complete.
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      08-10-2019, 12:29 AM   #26
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40mins... didn't idle the car just turned off lights, radio, hvac. call me crazy but it worked. thx op
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      08-10-2019, 07:45 AM   #27
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Newb question ... so I have the .rar file on my Mac ... what's next?
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      08-10-2019, 09:08 AM   #28
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did it all over again this morning... did not recognize. perhaps this is not compatible with idrive6 (2018 X5M)?
This update is for NBT. You have NBT Evo, I think.
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      08-10-2019, 11:06 AM   #29
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Damn, this is great. I am not a coder extraordinaire. Not sure if anyone local or online could assist me in performing this on my car. I have a 2015 that has not been updated, so this would be great. I'd be willing to compensate anyone for their time.
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      08-10-2019, 11:58 AM   #30
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Damn, this is great. I am not a coder extraordinaire. Not sure if anyone local or online could assist me in performing this on my car. I have a 2015 that has not been updated, so this would be great. I'd be willing to compensate anyone for their time.
Nothing special man, no need to be a coder or anything. Pretty much you need 3 items- 32GB USB driver, downloaded maps and FSC code off ebay. Extract maps to the driver, connect the USB drive, enter code-wait for update to complete.
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      08-10-2019, 02:31 PM   #31
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Thanks for sharing.
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      08-10-2019, 02:33 PM   #32
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Newb question ... so I have the .rar file on my Mac ... what's next?
You need a program to decompress the RAR file. I'm sure macs have something built into the OS but you'll have to use terminal for that.

Check out: "The Unarchiver"

https://theunarchiver.com/

I would recommend getting your usb flash drive set up and then just extract directly to it.
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Newb question ... so I have the .rar file on my Mac ... what's next?
First use disk utility to format a usb drive to FAT32. exFat if that's all you have. I use a 64GB drive to have plenty of room. Use Stuffit to unpack the .rar file to the flash drive. Then clean the drive with Cleanmydrive 2. Insert in cars usb and follow directions on iDrive.

Remember, these are big files 22.7GB compressed so things take time.
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      08-10-2019, 04:11 PM   #34
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seeing a different error compared to 2019-2 I just finished couple of weeks ago.

I'm getting Insert USB1 error once the update started...
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Nothing special man, no need to be a coder or anything. Pretty much you need 3 items- 32GB USB driver, downloaded maps and FSC code off ebay. Extract maps to the driver, connect the USB drive, enter code-wait for update to complete.
Thanks for clarifying things a bit.
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Thanks for the link
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seeing a different error compared to 2019-2 I just finished couple of weeks ago.

I'm getting Insert USB1 error once the update started...
That means a file is corrupted somewhere in the process.
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Hey, thanks for the files.

I couldn't get the car to auto detect the drive. How do y'all install it?
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Worked for me. Thanks for the upload link.
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Hey, thanks for the files.

I couldn't get the car to auto detect the drive. How do y'all install it?
Remember the contents of the main folder after unzipping have to be on the root of the drive. Also make sure there's no hidden files that wrote onto the drive after unzipping, if running mac try something like https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cleanm...23620159?mt=12 to erase any hidden files left over by MacOS. Car should auto detect map update if all is fine. Good luck.
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Progress... lol, maybe!

I re-decompress the files and re-copied it to the drive again... this time I get to 99% then error appeared about can't use the file either try again or cancel. I'll attempt to do it again by completely reformat it and see if that helps
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Hey, thanks for the files.

I couldn't get the car to auto detect the drive. How do y'all install it?
Remember the contents of the main folder after unzipping have to be on the root of the drive. Also make sure there's no hidden files that wrote onto the drive after unzipping, if running mac try something like https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cleanm...23620159?mt=12 to erase any hidden files left over by MacOS. Car should auto detect map update if all is fine. Good luck.
That worked, it's updating now. Thank you bud!
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