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Old 04-05-2011, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by roots4x
Well, the thing I'm afraid of is that the hard drive has some type of firmware that prevents it from being easily upgradeable (even if it is sold as a PC compatible drive). I know very little about QNX but trying to make a weekend project out of a hard drive upgrade could potentially turn out to be a big PITA. Of course, it could also be plug and play and a simple disc image is all you'd need to get it working.
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It's worth trying if the harddrive wasn't buried so deep. I don't think Infiniti takes them out for map update, so I assume that they use disc to load new maps. Perhaps there's a way to enter service mode to load map and there's a chance that an exploit could exist to buffer overflow the loading process to inject custom code. It's easier said than done.
thats the thing that scares me. I dont wanna take it apart and screw it up. I shold really go down to the junkyard and find a totalled one.

Infiniti updates them through disk or compact-flash drive (if your car has it)

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Does the car run on QNX or just the entertainment system?
Entertainment system runs on QNX....the ECU is standalone as mentioned. I think the ECU is standard machine code.
Old 04-05-2011, 01:43 PM
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For music storage, buy an ipod and you are all set.

But it would be nice to have your pictures/screensavers and other cool things loaded in there
Old 04-05-2011, 07:21 PM
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For music storage, why not just get a USB flash drive or USB hard drive if you have a 2010-2011? No need to waste money on an iPod.
Old 04-05-2011, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by roots4x
For music storage, why not just get a USB flash drive or USB hard drive if you have a 2010-2011? No need to waste money on an iPod.
Is there still the 512 song limit? If not, yeah, it's the way to go!

But an ipod has its strong points: nice interface and portability - you can take it anywhere you want to.
Old 04-06-2011, 12:50 PM
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Interface of ipod sucks if you have a 2008. In order to go to an artist that starts at T you need to start at A and spin the main **** to get all the way there. TAKES FOREVER. An upgraded HDD would be awesome.
Old 07-10-2021, 03:21 PM
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any ahve copy partition with maps from united kingdom or europe maps?
Old 07-11-2021, 12:34 AM
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I don't think its that simple right? the drive is encrypted.
Old 07-11-2021, 06:37 AM
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is not hard to remove password and unlock all all my hdd is from US version need from UK or EUROPE
Old 07-11-2021, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by iCrap
I don't think its that simple right? the drive is encrypted.
It is very easy to unlock the HDD and there is no encryption. I am in the process of getting my spare HDD unlocked so I can copy it to a SSD. It seems more and more HDD's are starting to fail.

In fact, a guy in Russia has finally found a way to access ALL of the features these headunits/ HDD's have. He's even activated the stock GTR interface in his Murano (link).

Originally Posted by Cosmouaz
need from UK or EUROPE
It might be easier to source a used headunit and pull the HDD from that, no?

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Old 07-11-2021, 11:44 AM
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nissan navara is same if nobody have copy from UK unit i order and make a copy after unlock HDD

Originally Posted by ILM-NC G37S
It is very easy to unlock the HDD and there is no encryption. I am in the process of getting my spare HDD unlocked so I can copy it to a SSD. It seems more and more HDD's are starting to fail.

In fact, a guy in Russia has finally found a way to access ALL of the features these headunits/ HDD's have. He's even activated the stock GTR interface in his Murano (link).

It might be easier to source a used headunit and pull the HDD from that, no?
Old 07-11-2021, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by ILM-NC G37S
It is very easy to unlock the HDD and there is no encryption. I am in the process of getting my spare HDD unlocked so I can copy it to a SSD. It seems more and more HDD's are starting to fail.

In fact, a guy in Russia has finally found a way to access ALL of the features these headunits/ HDD's have. He's even activated the stock GTR interface in his Murano (link).

It might be easier to source a used headunit and pull the HDD from that, no?

oooh that's cool. Has anyone successfully imaged a new SSD though? I did see that one thread but I dont remember seeing a follow up on whether it worked or not.
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