Option upgrades from a laptop

Lee · 09-04-2013, 02:57 PM

A friend of mine took his 550i to a guy in the local area who was able to 'unlock' quite a few of his options using his laptop. Some of what he was able to do:

- electric trunk close
- remote wing mirror activation
- remote windows and sunroom
- active navigation
- even digits on the radio -- US specs have odd and German stations are odd

There are a few more, but am interested if anyone else has done something similar as I'm about to get it done myself.

AP · 09-04-2013, 03:42 PM

Yes, its called coding.
If you google f10 cheatsheet you will find a table of most of them.
All sorts of things that can be enabled / disabled

Don't bother asking you local dealer to do this as they won't be able.

This will be like editing the registry in windows to set individual settings.

gtron · 09-04-2013, 04:12 PM

1. get cheat sheet mentioned above.
2. download software (big ass files and unlock required)
3. buy cable or make one
4. research and code
5. don't brick your ride haha

you can also hire someone. in addition i've seen posts abt coding at meets.

this thread really belongs here though:
http://f10.5post.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=463

you should be able to find everything you need here too:
http://www.f30post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=696777

gluck and have fun!

Lee · 09-18-2013, 02:07 PM

Got the coding done yesterday. Very pleased to have options unlocked. Am a bit surprised so many are disabled in US versions.

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Lee Lieutenant 64 Rep 411 Posts Drives: '17 X5 50i/'01 Z3 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany iTrader: (0)	Option upgrades from a laptop A friend of mine took his 550i to a guy in the local area who was able to 'unlock' quite a few of his options using his laptop. Some of what he was able to do: - electric trunk close - remote wing mirror activation - remote windows and sunroom - active navigation - even digits on the radio -- US specs have odd and German stations are odd There are a few more, but am interested if anyone else has done something similar as I'm about to get it done myself.
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AP Major General 2777 Rep 5,090 Posts Drives: G30 M550 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Yes, its called coding. If you google f10 cheatsheet you will find a table of most of them. All sorts of things that can be enabled / disabled Don't bother asking you local dealer to do this as they won't be able. This will be like editing the registry in windows to set individual settings.
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Lee Lieutenant 64 Rep 411 Posts Drives: '17 X5 50i/'01 Z3 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany iTrader: (0)	Got the coding done yesterday. Very pleased to have options unlocked. Am a bit surprised so many are disabled in US versions.
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