[Pretzel]

Ok. If I’m updating in a bunch of short trips (turning car on and off). Any chance of file corruption or not to worry if the process starts and stops a half dozen times?

[Pretzel]

Guess I should have read the nine pages closer and wouldn’t have asked the above questions. Did the update with all files in the pkdgb folder as described in this post below. Took about an hour while giving status for 1 of 4 discs. But now it is asking for disc 2. What to do now?

Originally Posted by Glim1000

Updated last night. Helpful hints for us NA map users:

After getting your unlock code - Move the pkgdb folder and config.nfm from the disk 1 folder to root of your fat32 usb stick.

Move the contents of disk 2-4’s pkgd folders to the pkgdb folder located in root.

Keep the drivers door open and press the start button. Navigation will start up and load.

Insert the usb stick in the glovebox’s usb slot, wait 1min, Start the upgrade, enter code. Walk away for 45 mins or read a book.

If you had the door closed it may shut down the car when you open the door.

[neil_alex]

Worked like a charm, and very easy if you follow the steps. I used a 32GB usb and loaded all 4 usb on it (formatted it to DOS FAT first). As it ask for each usb I remove it and plug it into my MAC (yes it works with a MACBOOK) and moved the need file to the root folder and put the unneed file back into its own folder as I go along.

[Glim]

Originally Posted by Pretzel

Guess I should have read the nine pages closer and wouldn’t have asked the above questions. Did the update with all files in the pkdgb folder as described in this post below. Took about an hour while giving status for 1 of 4 discs. But now it is asking for disc 2. What to do now?

Hi Pretzel

Did you keep the disk 1's config.nfm in the root of the usb stick? Just to be sure, overwrite it with the one from the disk 1.

Also check out this screenshot of all folders in the pkgdb folder, does yours look the same?

If this fails, you may need to try putting disk 2's config.nfm in the root of the usb stick, then disk 3's config.nfm etc.

[Pretzel]

I’m going to retry using this 4 folder method.

When I combined them it appeared to import all the files because it took an hour but as I said it wanted USB 2 afterward. When I got home I readied USB 2 and restarted the car. But it then asked for USB 1. Maybe it cancelled everything out because I took too long?

Thanks

[Pretzel]

Yeah I thought maybe it was looking for the different config files but since it appears I need to start over anyhow I won’t experiment anymore and stick with what is known to work.

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Man it's not pulling the 1b file from my car.

Does the USB have to be in a specefic file system or NTFS should work?

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Originally Posted by 765_in_317

There are two separate torrents available, one is bigger than the other. Use the smaller one, and it works. Took me about an hour last night, but well worth my time to have up to date maps on my '13 335is. Maps were a little sluggish at first, but seems fine now.

I was about to DL The NA Premium. So you say you only need NA NEXT 2018?
What are the differences?

[Pretzel]

Originally Posted by Pretzel

I’m going to retry using this 4 folder method.

When I combined them it appeared to import all the files because it took an hour but as I said it wanted USB 2 afterward. When I got home I readied USB 2 and restarted the car. But it then asked for USB 1. Maybe it cancelled everything out because I took too long?

Thanks

Updated successfully.

I guess the system just needed to see the different config files. No additional files needed to be imported. As soon as the USB was inserted at each of the 1,2,3,4 requests it proceeded to the next request.

Thank you!

[samusishere]

Originally Posted by TheMidnightNarwhal

Man it's not pulling the 1b file from my car.

Does the USB have to be in a specefic file system or NTFS should work?

I'm having the same problem, I have a 2011 335i with premium 2010 maps, and It won't download the hex file to the usb drive no matter how many I try or what I do? What makes the script work for some and not for others if the firmware is the same?

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Originally Posted by samusishere

I'm having the same problem, I have a 2011 335i with premium 2010 maps, and It won't download the hex file to the usb drive no matter how many I try or what I do? What makes the script work for some and not for others if the firmware is the same?

Hmm odd I got a 2011 car to.

[ceejayjay]

New here after just acquiring an E91 335i with way out of date maps

managed to get the 1B file easily enough, generated the FSC code, so far so good but when I extracted the map images to my USB2.0 FAT32 formatted stick nothing.....
I used the 1xUSB images, verified that the nfm file and pkdg directory are in the root. All looks good.

I put the USB stick in the glovebox but nothing, no indication that a new version was available. This is the same USB stick as I used to source the 1B file.

I'm about to try the 3xUSB version to see if I can get that to work but anyone got any ideas as to why the CIC isn't seeing this as an update?

I've got the tick with the 'i' in the bottom left so in theory it should be upgradable via USB.

Thanks in advance.

regards
CJ

[Pretzel]

Originally Posted by ceejayjay

New here after just acquiring an E91 335i with way out of date maps

managed to get the 1B file easily enough, generated the FSC code, so far so good but when I extracted the map images to my USB2.0 FAT32 formatted stick nothing.....
I used the 1xUSB images, verified that the nfm file and pkdg directory are in the root. All looks good.

I put the USB stick in the glovebox but nothing, no indication that a new version was available. This is the same USB stick as I used to source the 1B file.

I'm about to try the 3xUSB version to see if I can get that to work but anyone got any ideas as to why the CIC isn't seeing this as an update?

I've got the tick with the 'i' in the bottom left so in theory it should be upgradable via USB.

Thanks in advance.

regards
CJ

Did you go into Navigation, Options, scroll down and select Update?

[ceejayjay]

Originally Posted by Pretzel

Did you go into Navigation, Options, scroll down and select Update?

Everything I'd read above seemed to suggest that it just 'popped' up but I'll try have a look for those options.

With the car being new to me I'm not hugely familiar with all the different options.

[ceejayjay]

Originally Posted by ceejayjay

Everything I'd read above seemed to suggest that it just 'popped' up but I'll try have a look for those options.

With the car being new to me I'm not hugely familiar with all the different options.

Can't seem to find these options, are these maybe on NBT not CIC perhaps?

As I understand you put in the USB stick and the new maps software is 'detected'.

Any help appreciated.

[Pretzel]

Originally Posted by ceejayjay

Can't seem to find these options, are these maybe on NBT not CIC perhaps?

As I understand you put in the USB stick and the new maps software is 'detected'.

Any help appreciated.

Mine is CIC. Press Navigation on Idrive console. Press Option button on console, scroll to Update. On mine it is at the bottom of the page.

HTH

[F30Dan]

Nvm Sorted

[ceejayjay]

Originally Posted by Pretzel

Mine is CIC. Press Navigation on Idrive console. Press Option button on console, scroll to Update. On mine it is at the bottom of the page.

HTH

Must be a newer version or something as I simply dont have that option, thanks for your input though, much appreciated

[rowong]

Hi all,

Tried 2 usb to try and retrieve the 1b file, no luck so far. Is the FSC code unique to the map version by any chance? I have purchased a map from a vendor before, just curious if that code is reusable or not. Thanks!

[Rezinator]

I was able to retrieve my code, downloaded the premium USA maps onto brand new usb sticks (4). My car doesn’t do anything when I plug in the usb into the glove box port.
The usb lights up for a few seconds and then shuts off.
They are RAR files and show up on my laptop when I plug the usb in.

My car doesn’t have the option to update the navigation maps via idrive.

Any suggestions?

Thank you

[rowong]

Originally Posted by Rezinator

I was able to retrieve my code, downloaded the premium USA maps onto brand new usb sticks (4). My car doesn’t do anything when I plug in the usb into the glove box port.
The usb lights up for a few seconds and then shuts off.
They are RAR files and show up on my laptop when I plug the usb in.

My car doesn’t have the option to update the navigation maps via idrive.

Any suggestions?

Thank you

You have to unzip them first before copying them into your usb. Once unzipped, it should result in a 4 folders I believe.

[Rezinator]

Originally Posted by rowong

You have to unzip them first before copying them into your usb. Once unzipped, it should result in a 4 folders I believe.

Thank you for your reply, I unzipped the files prior to copying them to the usb sticks.
I had previously done the same type of upgrade in 2016 and had no problems.
This time, the car doesn’t recognize the usb.