Thanks I’ll try that instead of the SD card 

Steve

 

Are you using a Windows PC or a Mac to Update ??

Hi I’m using Windows . Trying a USB now 

Did this on the weekend.

Downloaded via the Skoda portal and unzipped to class 10 SD card, update took 30mins on Columbus

Note VW have changed their servers so anything that gives a direct link to the files has changed

what was
 

http://vw-mapscdn.tdd.adacorcdn.com/

is now
 

https://vw-maps-cdn.lighthouselabs.eu/vw-maps/

That's a cut and paste. if you click on a link with the old url you need the new url if it's a standard MIB2 map... .

eg.

http://vw-mapscdn.tdd.adacorcdn.com/DiscoverMedia2_EU_AS_1430_V12.7z

is now
 

https://vw-maps-cdn.lighthouselabs.eu/vw-maps/DiscoverMedia2_EU_AS_1430_V12.7z

etc.

Seems to be good correction for the standard VW MIB2 links. The high ones they have played about with the end of the text. So a bit of editing to the top of the thread is required at this point.

 

 

@Tell

THANKS!

i fixed links in head post

Still can’t get the update to work. Anyone have an Idiots guide I can use 🤣

19 minutes ago, Stevehanover said:

Still can’t get the update to work. Anyone have an Idiots guide I can use 🤣

I will check with the wife.

Don't use a Mac is one... but if you do use one you need to pay attention to the section from the VW pdf:

 

》》

Unzipping map material
 ATTENTION
If the map update is performed using the Apple® OS X operating system you may find that  
Discover Pro does not recognise the map material or displays it incorrectly. This is due to a  
lack of compatibility between the “7 zip” program and the OS-X operating system. In addition,  
the OS-X operating system has a tendency to create hidden additional files on external data  
media. We therefore recommend that OS X users use the “Keka” unzipping program. We also  
recommend using the “CleanMyDrive” program to remove any hidden files.

《《

 

https://webspecial.volkswagen.de/vwinfotainment/dam/jcr:c08aab64-ee73-4082-86a6-0fa82362282a/Discover Pro June_2019_EN.pdf

 

Keka and CleanMyDrive on the SD card.

 

For a PC only use 7Zip to unpack. Drag and drop the contents from the archive to the HD, then copy to a blank 32gb SD card formatted to Fat. Deviate at your own risk. Some say can use this, that and the other but that's not the VW advice. Other unzip programs can mess up the unzipping process. The upload to the car uses a signature check so any stray bites in there and the import is abandoned.

Thanks for taking the time to respond 

Using a PC and 7zip it unzips the two folders MIB1 and 2 and another small file. Do I put all of these in the SD card/ USB ?

Yep all of them on the SD card. There is a lot of incorrect chatter on the net you need that meta file plus the two directories. It dives into both since it's a common update for mib1 & mib2 high so what it uses are in both. Some net posts say only copy blah blah... wrong.

Thanks Tel . I’ll give it another go later today 

Hey Guys,

I've made a Mirror for those who don't want to wait forever for HIGH12_P88_ROW_202022.zip
(Link removed)

 

No matter what I've tried I don't appear to be able to apply this update.
Tried multiple SD cards and USB drives, all with the same result.

Any help would be appreciated

Edited 5 August, 20205 yr by john999boy
Unauthorised link.

@csdex

i guessing your Columbus is first generation Mib1,
looks like files aren't cross compatible between Mib1 and Mib2

 

what files are offered when you enter VIN
http://updateportal.skoda-auto.com/en-US/Updates/

 

"There were no maps for the VIN" 😞

Does Mapcare have a bearing on this ?. At some point Skoda abandoned Mapcare making updates free perhaps this was different by country. Did catch one post on a Google saying 2013 for an Octavia, see 2015 signature above. Maybe it wasn't rolled out at the same time across ROW?.

 

I thought a design feature of the high unit was that the update was good for both, mib1 high and mib2 high where the unit grabs files from either of the directories, least the mib2 high does that. Hence why I think it's got something to do with Mapcare still being active on that unit. With Mapcare on a high the unit is controlled by a navigation FeC setting. Last two characters of that identify the quarter limit of when your time is up on updates. It's that code retrofitters update if you have Mapcare on the unit. Also that code that gets updated with the official paid update where Mapcare is still supported.

 

Not sure what Skoda did when they abandoned Mapcare, left a tranche of units that couldn't be update I guess. Might be barking up the wrong tree but feels like Mapcare is the limiting factor.

 

An sla1 signature check is run on the unit before the update proceeds any fiddling by accident or not with the unpacked zipped files will also slam the brakes on. That is another possibility (on a mib2 high atleast). The back end menu of the high will tell you that, the front end menu may not. Incidentally loading a map that isn't allowed subject to Mapcare rules via the backend suspends navigation within 30 seconds so you need to have a copy of the original files or releases before if you go down that route. 

 

Suppose to use 7zip, fat 32 a 32gb card on a PC. Stay away from a Mac but if not use CleanMydrive, see VW instructions on that, there is a Mac recommended unzip program as well as CleanMydrive. Not doing that can lead to garbage getting into the files. QNX which the unit runs on is not forgiving to those people that like not to follow instructions on the SD card format of Fat32. Non use of 7zip on a PC can also introduce garbage as well.

 

Few pointers.

@Tell
Thank's a lot for that. I figured there might be some kind of DRM on the maps, or something built into my firmware to stop these updates from taking.
I'm 99% sure I'm doing the updates correctly onto the card.

 

In the service menu it can see the updated modules ect, on the card, but the nav software update says can't find any updates.

 

Formatted card FAT32, files in the root directory. No joy.

If it has Mapcare on it then you will have a Skoda version of this

 

https://www.seatcupra.net/forums/threads/ready-reckoner-on-the-limits-of-mib2-high-plus-updates-can-be-made.457561/

 

I found a Russian post on Audi and worked out the Seat ones by what worked and what didn't from experience of two units where we had the original and a retrofitters adjusted one (had photos of before and after) when it all went wrong since a retrofitter claimed they had added unlimited but only another year. Went back and got that adjusted up. The retrofitter gave the game away when they tapped the screen and said this is your problem a year latter. I then researched it and got how to interpret them, not how to write them thou.

 

Mapcare is history to modern Skodas but not to Seat where they won't desist from selling units with Mapcare. The quarter marker of the map file must be in the sla1 signed released map file whilst the navigation FeC is signed in the FeC update. It's those that retrofitters fiddle with where Mapcare is still active rather than the firmware.

 

Could still be failing the signature validation thou. If valid and it's not that. On a mib2 high though the Swap menu you will see Y / N / Err before you do it. If you see Y against the navigation that's good. N or Err and you force and update, then that's when you enter lock out mode from navigation 30 seconds latter after starting navigation to a destination. Hence you need a copy of the old maps else you are stuck with a unit that doesn't work. That Y / N / Err screen might be different on a mib1 high to a mib2 high, so as you say the file might be fine just that it's not allowing you to do it. Mib2 high does but doesn't work presenting you with a screen 40 minutes later that your navigation map is not valid after it's checked it with the navigation FeC.

 

 

@Tell 

I don't get the 'Function enabling codes (FEC, SWaP)' option in the service menu.

 

I've edited the Infotainment Downloader to use the new URL's, it's unpacking it now onto the USB Drive.

I'll see how that goes but won't hold my breath.

 

Downloader could be useful to others as does the download, formatting, and unpacking.
But can understand people should be cautious, especially of a new user such as myself uploading stuff.

 

I think you are on the right track through. Something preventing it from happening.

I might have to pick up an ODBEleven and see if can enable developer mode?

 

That link does mention the Jukebox feature that I have.
They refer to the unit as a Navi System Plus?

Navigation Plus = Skoda Columbus = VW Discover Pro = Mib2 high

Edited 6 August, 20205 yr by Tell
typing error

12 minutes ago, csdex said:

@Tell 

I don't get the 'Function enabling codes (FEC, SWaP)' option in the service menu.

 

I've edited the Infotainment Downloader to use the new URL's, it's unpacking it now onto the USB Drive.

I'll see how that goes but won't hold my breath.

 

Downloader could be useful to others as does the download, formatting, and unpacking.
But can understand people should be cautious, especially of a new user such as myself uploading stuff.

 

I think you are on the right track through. Something preventing it from happening.

I might have to pick up an ODBEleven and see if can enable developer mode?

 

 

Had a feeling that the full developers menu can be accessed on mib1 highs it was only on mib2 high where you had to turn it on. Once turned on, a very long press to get it thru. But it won't help I reckon if it's Mapcare you have run into. That's hello to a retrofitter unless you get skilled up, something I haven't done myself. Really need two units and a computer degree... mine is a minor in the subject ;).

Bugger. I might have to give skoda Australia a call tomorrow.
But how helpful they will be another thing.

 

And as suspected, same result from using the Infotainment Downloader.
 

Ok well I found another VIN through googlefu, same 2015 Scout, but they can download the maps through the updateportal.

 

I'm guessing it's something they must unlock their end.

 

@csdex

please share link to downloadable zip or PM me that VIN