UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS FOR MMI 3G

Version 1.7 Feb 2017

UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS FOR MMI 3G ........................................................... 1

BEFORE START ......................................................................................................................... 2
WHAT YOU NEED ......................................................................................................................................... 2
HOW DO I KNOW WHAT SYSTEM I HAVE?................................................................................................ 3
USEFUL FEATURES ....................................................................................................................................... 4
UPDATING FIRMWARE ........................................................................................................... 5
UPDATING THE MAP ............................................................................................................. 11
ACTIVATING THE MAP: 3G BASIC AND 3G HIGH .............................................................. 19
ACTIVATING THE MAP: 3GP (KELDO’S ACTIVATOR) ........................................................ 23
PREPARING THE FILES FOR THE ACTIVATOR ......................................................................................... 23
ACTIVATING THE MAP............................................................................................................................... 23
TROUBLESHOOTING .................................................................................................................................. 25
UNINSTALL ACTIVATOR (DE-ACTIVATE)............................................................................ 26
PREPARING THE FILES FOR THE UNINSTALLER ..................................................................................... 26
UNINSTALLING THE ACTIVATOR ............................................................................................................. 26
MISC ........................................................................................................................................ 28
ENABLE GREEN MENU (HIDDEN MENU) ................................................................................................. 28
ENABLING GREEN MENU WITH VCDS ....................................................................................................................................28
ENABLING GREEN MENU USING A SCRIPT ...........................................................................................................................31
ENABLE EMERGENCY UPDATE FIRMWARE 900 AND LATER ............................................................... 33
EMERGENCY UPDATE (AND OPTIONAL REGION CHANGE) ................................................................. 35
SHOW VIN NUMBER IN MMI MENU ......................................................................................................... 39
REMOVE ERROR “03276 PLEASE CHECK SOFTWARE VERSION MANAGEMENT” ............................. 40
REMOVE ERROR “03623 - Invalid Security / Release Code” ................................................................ 44
USER DEFINED UPDATE ............................................................................................................................ 47
THANKS................................................................................................................................... 49

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BEFORE START

Caution: Use this guide at your own risk, we are not responsible

Important: Connect your car with a battery charger or leave the engine running

Important: Some users report problems when copying files from Mac OS / Linux.
It’s better if you use Windows for all file copy process. You can use a virtual
machine for that.

We recommend: Backup your old FSC using “FSC Backup” script.

We recommend: Read the complete guide before start, recheck all the steps and
do it carefully.

THIS MEANS A PHYSICAL BUTTON > A button that you can touch with your hands

THIS IS A GREEN MENU ITEM > It indicates the path in the hidden menu

THIS IS A GREEN MENU BUTTON -> A button in the Green Menu

WHAT YOU NEED

 Firmware files
 Map files
 Activation metainfo or script
 A quality SD, Class 10 for faster (and safer) file operations.
 (Optional) VagCom cable or similar

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HOW DO I KNOW WHAT SYSTEM I HAVE?
For identify your firmware:

Turn on your car

Click on SETUP or MENU button
Select Settings
Select Version Information

With your Software Version ID you can know which system you have.

Firmware

BNav B is for 3G Basic

HNav H is for 3G High
HN+R 3G+ (3GP or 3G Plus)

Other Info

EU Europe
US USA
AU Audi

Number

PXXXX Factory installed firmware (the firmware that comes with the car)
KXXXX Firmware updated later

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USEFUL FEATURES
Reboot Your MMI

MMI 2G SETUP + Main (Big) Button + Top Right Button

MMI 2G (A8) TEL + Main (Big) Button + Top Right Button
MMI 3G SETUP + Main (Big) Button + Top Right Button
MMI 3GP MENU + Main (Big) Button + Top Right Button
MMI 3GP (A8/A1)TONE + Main (Big) Button + Top Right Button
RMC (A1/Q3) BACK + Main (Big) Button + Top Right Button
RMC (A6/A7) MENU + Main (Big) Button + Top Right Button
MIB MENU + Main (Big) Button + Top Right Button

Engineer Menu (Red Menu)

MMI 2G SETUP + RETURN

MMI 2G (A8) TEL + RETURN
MMI 3G SETUP + RETURN
MMI 3GP CAR + BACK
MMI 3GP (A1) BACK + TONE
RMC (A1/Q3) BACK + TONE
RMC (A6/A7) CAR + BACK
MIB BACK + Top Left Button

Developer Menu (Green Menu)

MMI 2G SETUP + CAR

MMI 3G SETUP + CAR
MMI 3GP CAR + MENU
RMC CAR + MENU
MIB Not available

Take a screenshot and save it to SD

MMI 3G |<< + >>|

MMI 3GP TEL + MEDIA
RMC |<< + >>|
MIB Bottom Left Button + Bottom Right Button

You must wait until four LEDs on the soft buttons flash

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UPDATING FIRMWARE

Caution:
If your system already had another activator (like Carson’s one) we recommend
making an emergency update before doing anything else.
Check how to do it in the page 33

If your system had the Keldo’s activator (for firmware 900) you can uninstall it if
don’t want to do an emergency update.
Check how to do it in the page 26

Format your SD in FAT32.

Copy the root of your firmware in the SD (like picture below)

Open “Engineering Menu” (Check page 4)

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A screen like this will appear

Insert the SD card with the firmware in slot 1

Press the “Update” option using the MMI Control Panel

Scroll down with the big knob and select the source in the menu (SD 1) pressing it.

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Select the firmware pressing the big knob once

Caution: Some users report problems with Bose sound system, if you have Bose
and don’t know how to recode it… we recommend unselect it from list (using
User-Defined Mode as explained in page 47) before update.

If you update it, you will have to visit an expert or your dealer for recode it.
If you can, we recommend update it, just because it sounds better.

Select “Standard”

You will see a list with all devices that firmware will update

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Scroll to bottom and press “Start Update” or “Start Download”

Another screen appears informing you that once you start updating this must not be
interrupted. Select “Start” and press the big knob.

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The MMI will reboot and the update process will start.

After several minutes/hours (it depends that what it has to update and the speed of your
SD) the firmware update will be done

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A resume with all updated modules will appear. Scroll down and press “Continue”

Select “Cancel documentation” and the MMI will reboot

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UPDATING THE MAP

SD Size: If the map doesn’t fit in a 32 GB SD you can:

Use 64 GB SD (or larger)
Remove “pkgdb/LIT3” “LIT2” “LIT” folder if you're updating a 3GP (3G +) car
Remove "pkgdb/LIT3GP4", 3,2,1… folder if you're updating a 3G Basic/High car

You must format your SD in FAT32 format (not ExFAT).

Some users report that also works in ExFAT but we don’t know if it works in all
firmware versions, so, you can try it in ExFAT and if it doesn’t work format in FAT

Some users report that may be necessary to install the map using “user defined”
mode.
You can try first with “Standard Mode”. If map doesn’t install, use the alternative
mode (more instructions on page 47)

Format your SD.

Copy the root of your map in the SD (like picture below)

Open “Engineering Menu (Check page 4)

This screen will appear

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Insert the SD card with the firmware in slot 1

Press the “Update” option using the MMI Control Panel

Scroll down with the big knob and select the source in the menu (SD 1) pressing it.

Select the map pressing the big knob once

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Select “Standard”

You will see a list with all categories that map will update. Scroll to bottom and press
“Start Update” or “Start Download”

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Another screen appears informing you that once you start updating this must not be
interrupted. Select “Start” and press the big knob.

The MMI will reboot and the update process will start.

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After several minutes/hours (it depends that what it has to update and the speed of your
SD) the firmware update will be done

A resume with all updated modules will appear. Scroll down and press “Continue”

Select “Cancel documentation” or “Abort documentation” and the MMI will reboot

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ACTIVATING THE MAP: 3G BASIC AND 3G HIGH

Caution: Metafile activators are usually linked to a specific firmware, please

double check the firmware that you’ve in your car and the activator’s one.

Format your SD in FAT32

Copy the root of your activator in the SD (like picture below)

Usually is a folder called FSC and a file called metainfo2.txt

Open “Engineering Menu” (Check page 4)

A screen like this will appear

Insert the SD card with the activator in slot 1

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Press the “Update” option using the MMI Control Panel

Scroll down with the big knob and select the source in the menu (SD 1) pressing it.

Select the activator pressing the big knob once

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Select “Standard”

You will see a list. Scroll to bottom and press “Start Update”

Another screen appears informing you that once you start updating this must not be
interrupted. Select “Start” and press the big knob.

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The MMI will reboot and the update process will start.

After some minutes the activator will finish copying files.

A resume with all updated modules will appear. Scroll down and press “Continue”

Select “Cancel documentation” and the MMI will reboot

Your map must be activated now.

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ACTIVATING THE MAP: 3GP (KELDO’S ACTIVATOR)

Caution: There are some activators on the Internet with a modified code that will
erase the flash memory maybe bricking your unit so be careful.

PREPARING THE FILES FOR THE ACTIVATOR

Format your SD in FAT32.

Transfer activator files to the SD card root:

ACTIVATING THE MAP

Caution: Do NOT insert the SD until MMI has fully booted

The activator only works with SD, it doesn’t work with USB.
Remove all devices from car (Others SD, USB…) for avoid errors.

Start the car and wait until MMI is fully loaded (usually 5-10 minutes)

Make sure that MMI is fully booted (press all buttons once RADIO CAR NAV MEDIA TEL).

Wait until all options are working (no options in gray) even when all options are working
wait a minute more.

Insert the SD card into the first MMI slot.

A screen will appear

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Press any key (usually the one big knob)

Don’t touch anything

Wait 15-60 seconds, if everything is done according to the instructions, the next screen
will appear:

Remove the SD card (for avoid re-run the script) and reboot the MMI (see page 4)

Enjoy your fully activated map!

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TROUBLESHOOTING
If something goes wrong, you can check your SD for a file called “install.log”.

Error Error, The FSC file was not found.

Reason The script can’t find your FSC file

Solution Make sure that your SD has a FSC file, like “0004000B.fsc”

Error The activation is already installed

Reason You’re installing the activator again without uninstall it first, for security
activator will not run, for avoid overwriting files.

Solution Run activator uninstall and re-run the activator again

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UNINSTALL ACTIVATOR (DE-ACTIVATE)
Download the uninstaller script.

PREPARING THE FILES FOR THE UNINSTALLER

Format your SD in FAT32.

Transfer uninstaller files to the SD card root:

UNINSTALLING THE ACTIVATOR

Caution: Do NOT insert the SD until MMI has fully booted

The uninstall script only works with SD, it doesn’t work with USB.
Remove all devices from car (Others SD, USB…) for avoid errors.

Start the car and wait until MMI is fully loaded (usually 5-10 minutes)

Make sure that MMI is fully booted (press all buttons once RADIO CAR NAV MEDIA TEL).

Wait until all options are working (no options in gray) even when all options are working
wait a minute more.

Insert the SD card into the first MMI slot.

A screen will appear

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Press any key (usually the one big knob)

Don’t touch anything

Wait 15-60 seconds, if everything is done according to the instructions, the next screen
will appear:

Remove the SD card (for avoid re-run the script) and reboot the MMI (see page 4)

Enjoy your clean system!

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MISC
ENABLE GREEN MENU (HIDDEN MENU)
Green Menu is used for several operations. For activate it you can do it with a VagCom
cable (VCDS) or using a script.

This guide is for enable green menu in 3G and 3GP but you can follow the same steps
with other systems with this instructions:

MMI 2G [07 - Control Head] => [Adaptation - 10] => Channel 8 => set to 1
MMI 3G [5F - Information Electr.] => [Adaptation - 10] => Channel 6 => set to 1
MMI 3GP [5F - Information Electr.] => [Adaptation - 10] => Channel 6 => set to 1
RMC [5F - Information Electr.] => [Adaptation - 10] => Channel 5 => set to 1
MIB Not available

ENABLING GREEN MENU WITH VCDS

Open VCDS and inside “Select Control Module” click on “Select” button

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Select module “5F”

Click on “Adaption – 10”

Enter “6” for the channel and press the “Read” button

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Now inside the “New Value” field set the value to “1” and click “Test” and “Save”

Note that only “Save” may be available in which case you would ignore the “Test” button

Press “Done, Go Back”, close the controller and quit the software

There’s no need to restart the MMI, just enter the hidden menu (Check page 4)

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ENABLING GREEN MENU USING A SCRIPT

The script only works with SD, it doesn’t work with USB.
Remove all devices from car (Others SD, USB…) for avoid errors.

Download the “Green Menu” script

Format your SD in FAT32 and copy the script’s files in the SD root (like picture below).

Make sure that MMI is fully booted (press all buttons once RADIO CAR NAV MEDIA TEL).

Wait until all options are ok (no options in gray) even when all options are ok wait a
minute more.

Is the moment for insert the SD in slot 1.

Don’t touch anything

After a few seconds a screen will pop up, press any key (we suggest the big knob) once

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Don’t touch anything again (the script are copying files and doing stuff)

After some seconds/minutes the script will finish and another screen will appear.

Remove the SD before doing anything

Reboot your MMI (See page 4)

Now you can access to “Green Menu”

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ENABLE EMERGENCY UPDATE FIRMWARE 900 AND LATER

The script only works with SD, it doesn’t work with USB.
Remove all devices from car (Others SD, USB…) for avoid errors.

In latest firmware versions (900 and later) the “Emergency Update” has been disabled, but
using a script we can enable it again.

Download the “Enable Emergency Update” script and format your SD in FAT32.

Copy the script’s files in the SD root (like picture below).

Make sure that MMI is fully booted (press all buttons once RADIO CAR NAV MEDIA TEL).

Wait until all options are ok (no options in gray) even when all options are ok wait a
minute more.

Is the moment for insert the SD in slot 1.

Don’t touch anything

After a few seconds a screen will pop up, press any key (we suggest the big knob) once

Wait and don’t touch anything

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After some seconds/minutes the script will finish and another screen will appear.

Remove the SD before doing anything

Reboot your MMI (See page 4)

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EMERGENCY UPDATE (AND OPTIONAL REGION CHANGE)
Emergency update is useful if you have an activator installed (like Carson’s patch) and you
want to update your firmware or install another patch without problems.

We recommend: Do the emergency update with the same firmware that are
currently installed.

Info: “Emergency Update” is not available in firmware K900 and later, you can
enable it using a script (See page 33)

Open Green Menu (Check page 4)

Important: This step is only required if you need to change the region of your car
(e.g. USA->Europe)

Go to system/internal

Change “internal region code” to "Rest of the world" and press return

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 Important: This step is only required if you need to change the region of your car
(USA->Europe e.g.)

Go to swdl and tick “ignore region and variant”

Format your SD in FAT32.

Copy the root of your firmware in the SD (like picture below)

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Insert your new firmware update into the MMI unit slot SD1
Go to system and press “emergency update”, then click “Yes”

Click on force an emergency update and then exit from menu to start the update.

MMI will now reboot and enter into “Emergency Update” mode.

Important: The deletion and programming processes are performed several

times, until all components of the MMI have been updated. Wait until the
programming process is finished and the system automatically restarts. Your
input is not necessary. The flash tool will begin deleting all the existing flash
information in this step.

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Once the above step is completed the programming screen will appear

Important: Your input is not necessary; the update tool will perform everything
automatically.

Info: Some users reported that “Emergency Update” only install a few (basic)
functions on your MMI, while other functions (like Google Maps) are not installed.

Once the MMI emergency update is completed, you will need to re-install your
firmware as normal using the procedure showed in this manual for install all
“secondary” functions.

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SHOW VIN NUMBER IN MMI MENU
If, previously, you have disabled "show VIN in menu" (because Carson’s activator) you can
enable again following the next steps:

Open Green Menu (Check page 4)

Go to car/carextdevicelist and check “VIN”

Go back (click in …)

Go to car/carmenuoperation

Scroll down to VIN and set VIN value to “5”

Exit from Green Menu with the CAR button.

Reboot your MMI (Check page 4)

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REMOVE ERROR “03276 PLEASE CHECK SOFTWARE
VERSION MANAGEMENT”
Open VCDS and inside “Select Control Module” click on “Select” button

Select module “5F”

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Click on “Adaption – 10”

Enter “15” for the channel and press the “Read” button

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Copy the number in “Count” field

Using a scientific calculator make the next formula:

YourCountNumber ^ 51666

Or

YourCountNumber XOR 51666

You can also use the calculator in

http://www.audienthusiasts.com/Application_SVMError.html

Now enter the result into the “New Value” field and click “Test” and “Save”

Note that only “Save” may be available in which case you would ignore the “Test” button

Exit Adaptations and return to the main screen (Click “Done, Go Back)

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Click “Fault Codes – 02”

If you see any Faults click “Clear Codes – 05” then “Done, Go Back”

Now check Fault Codes one more time and the SVM error should be gone. If not, repeat
the steps again.

Info: In the event you go to Channel 15 and there is no Count value, clear your
errors and then go back recheck. Sometimes the count will not be present until
the error is cleared. Of course the error will return until you complete all the
above steps again

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REMOVE ERROR “03623 - Invalid Security / Release Code”
Open Green Menu (Check page 4)

Go to dtc

Search and select control

Scroll search dtc to value 73 and click for select it.

Select Send test passed and click it

Check that error are cleaned

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Open VCDS and inside “Select Control Module” click on “Select” button

Select module “5F”

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Click “Fault Codes – 02”

If you see any Faults click “Clear Codes – 05” then “Done, Go Back”

Now check Fault Codes one more time and the 03623 error should be gone. If not, repeat
the steps again.

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USER DEFINED UPDATE
Sometimes things go wrong and maybe the update is not completed. When this happen
you can use the “User Defined” mode for make a manual selection of what upgrade or
install.

This is also useful for some Bose audio users that want to update all functions in MMI
except Bose modules (Bose updating sometimes will trigger “component protection” and
you will need to recode the unit).

For enable this mode:

Open Green Menu (Check page 4)

Go to swdl and tick “user defined mode”

Don't reboot, just exit with any button (I usually use RADIO)

Proceed with firmware-upgrade as normal.

When the update starts, you can select “User Defined” instead of “Standard”

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And now you can select every module manually.

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THANKS
This manual was originally created by Carpediem and updated/extended by DarkDll

Thanks to all the people involved in the Audi scene

Thanks to Carson and Keldo for their super patch.

Thanks to people that share their maps, firmwares and FSCs and helps in forums

Especial thanks to Iridium, Sergeynik, Walawa75, DJDeniska, 571 & Sjaxo, AudiEnthusiasts,
Cartechnology forum

Also thanks to: anooshka1, armani85, atomantmk, Barman74, bedrock, benyclaudiu,

Carpediem, chelnov, dim250568, engineer40, hornet, Navigationmaster, ooodddiii,
pablo202, phildon, playaz187, PopDog, promosound, rajvosa, rostamx, Sander77,
Scotty18, turbox

And of course, thank you for read this :)

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