Comand Carplay/Andriod Auto Activation?
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From: Colorado
2016 GLE400
For flashing/updating/coding of any Head Unit, a 10$ Enet interface is more than enough, there are here on forum a lot of users that's already used this kind of cheap interface. Also a Windows 11 decent laptop is enough, no need Xentry as Xentry is a diagnosis software when is used as "garage" tool.
Not the tool.will do the job, if you buy a cheap or an expensive non-sense tool like C6 ( as the Chinese C6 is only a cheap VCX with a Bosch case) you will be very happy if you will first learn how things works
Not the tool.will do the job, if you buy a cheap or an expensive non-sense tool like C6 ( as the Chinese C6 is only a cheap VCX with a Bosch case) you will be very happy if you will first learn how things works
I have the same HW# as the user above (166 901 14 03), but the older software. Would you recommend the same software set they have or a newer set?
not sure how universal the SW is for a specific HW#... vehicle info below)
Vehicle Info:
VIN: 4JGDA5GB8GA636183
HU5S1 HW Part#:
166 901 14 03
(Current) SW #s:
212 902 49 11
166 902 36 07
166 902 83 07
Thanks!
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W213 All-terrain
Although @Petster225 forgot to add contribution here, his SW's should be compatible with CP and AA. There is no generic SW on Mercedes, every single SW is HW related.
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2016 GLE400
Although @Petster225 forgot to add contribution here, his SW's should be compatible with CP and AA. There is no generic SW on Mercedes, every single SW is HW related.
Any idea if I risk bricking the headunit by doing a hard reset on the radio after updating the firmware and reapplying the coding varients, with most functions working on it?
I read online it could brick if the software doesn't work perfectly before a hard reset, so I just wanted to check if a hard reset would stop the bootloader from being able to reflash from dts if the firmware couldn't boot.
Reason I'm asking is I tried out that software trio that I posted above and, even after reapplying the original coding varients, the volume control +radio power button +backup cam didn't work. After downgrading to the original firmware, I had the same issue until I hard reset by holding the radio power button down until it restarted twice (once didn't do anything), which fixed all the issues I had.
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The SW can work or not, "perfectly" is not relevant. if the flashing process will be successful, the SW will boot ( will start) and you can trigger reset with no worries.
Regarding " reapplying the coding variants", this is not advisable if you intend to load saved codings over the new SW.
Every SW variants has it's own Coding Variants, so you can't add old codings over the new SW without risks.
But...you can save the original Variant Codings into a human readable format like .html. This way you can read and reapply each codes in plain text, as there are only a few.
Regarding " reapplying the coding variants", this is not advisable if you intend to load saved codings over the new SW.
Every SW variants has it's own Coding Variants, so you can't add old codings over the new SW without risks.
But...you can save the original Variant Codings into a human readable format like .html. This way you can read and reapply each codes in plain text, as there are only a few.
