I've downloaded the 27GB file, extracted it on the PC to a folder, copied all the unzipped contents (28GB - 6,828 folders!) to a 2TB USB C drive and am now ready to plug it into one of the USB ports in the front of the Karoq.

The instructions on the Skoda portal are fine except for the very last one which says to leave the USB update permanently plugged in each time I drive the car.

Ermmm, is this now to be a permanent feature of my infotainment system?

Sounds like a very clumsy update if you have to leave a USB drive permanently attached and unavailable for general use elsewhere which is why I bought it in the first place. Not so much an update more of an addition.

 

Edited 11 June, 20241 yr by RodDuggan

You leave the flash drive plugged in until the download completes. That happens whenever you are out on the road. No definite timescale, but keep checking the navigation database date in the infotainment and you should see it change to the new version. From memory, the last time I did an update it took about a week, but it may have been quicker as I wasn't often checking the system to see if it had gone through.

"You leave the flash drive plugged in until the download completes. "

That's what they missed out in the instructions! Many thanks for the important part.

Well I've downloaded, unzipped and copied files to a 64GB USB stick with a C connector, plugged it in the front holes (tried both of them) and absolutely nothing happens.

Cannot get to Navigation database in Nav > settings, any tricks to find this?

 

Nothing will happen when you put the flash drive into either socket. The system presumably is always looking for any update triggers when navigation is open, and then starts to download from the flash drive in the background - it doesn't tell you it's doing it. 

The navigation database version (as well as the overall MIB 3 software version details) are on a different menu screen (not under navigation), and how you reach that depends on which model of infotainment you have. Unfortunately I can't remember exactly which menu/sub-menu I get the info from on ours (car in airport carpark - me on hol) so can't be certain, but think it's Car > Settings > then something else like 'details'. If you update your profile to show your Karoq model or advise which Infotainment model you have, then hopefully someone on here can guide you to the screen you are looking for.

It may be worth finding that screen to know which navigation release is currently stored before you insert the flash drive - that way it'll be easier to spot when the update has taken effect.

This is how I get mine to work using an SD card on my 2018 Karoq Edition:-

 

1) Delete all data on a 32GB or 64GB SD card, format card to MS-DOS (FAT 32). Name the card UNTITLED.

 

2) Unzip the downloaded file (it can take a while) and double-click the unzipped Folder.

 

3) Select all the contents (two folders and a text file) and drag all three items onto the just-formatted empty SD card.

 

4) Launch the free Mac app “CleanMyDrive2” (or another similar app) to remove invisible Mac-specific invisible files from the SD card.

 

5) Insert the card into one of the SD slots of the Karoq's infotainment system inside the glovebox.

 

6) On the Navigation screen, on the bottom row, press "Settings" > “Version Info“ > "Update (SD/USB)“.

 

The car engine does not need to be running, and if the ignition shuts off before the update finishes, just press the engine ‘start’ button once and repeat the above procedure from Step 6. The Update Progress Bar will resume where it left off so you don’t have to start updating from scratch.

 

7) Power everything down and remove the SD card.

2 hours ago, FabFabFabia said:

This is how I get mine to work using an SD card on my 2018 Karoq Edition:-

 

1) Delete all data on a 32GB or 64GB SD card, format card to MS-DOS (FAT 32). Name the card UNTITLED.

 

2) Unzip the downloaded file (it can take a while) and double-click the unzipped Folder.

 

3) Select all the contents (two folders and a text file) and drag all three items onto the just-formatted empty SD card.

 

4) Launch the free Mac app “CleanMyDrive2” (or another similar app) to remove invisible Mac-specific invisible files from the SD card.

 

5) Insert the card into one of the SD slots of the Karoq's infotainment system inside the glovebox.

 

6) On the Navigation screen, on the bottom row, press "Settings" > “Version Info“ > "Update (SD/USB)“.

 

The car engine does not need to be running, and if the ignition shuts off before the update finishes, just press the engine ‘start’ button once and repeat the above procedure from Step 6. The Update Progress Bar will resume where it left off so you don’t have to start updating from scratch.

 

7) Power everything down and remove the SD card.

As per topic title - question relates to MIB3 infotainment system which doesn't have SD card slots.

Some success - I think. The update seems to work completely unannounced with the USB stick left in the socket. Checking on the Media button reveals the files are showing as in place on the USB stick and are recognised.

The navigation database in the car settings now says 23.06 which I think must be the update as the car was made in early 2022 and I'm sure the reading last week was 22.06.

I have now found they've just released ECE2024/2025 dated CW25/2024 so I have downloaded it, unzipped it and copied the files to the USB stick and will repeat the installation process. Does anyone know if the system tells you when it has completed the update?

Complex technology linked to poor documentation seems to be rife.

Edited 20 June, 20241 yr by RodDuggan

9 hours ago, RodDuggan said:

Does anyone know if the system tells you when it has completed the update?

No - it doesn't tell you when the update has completed. You just have to look up the version info in the car after say a week of driving around with the flash drive in the socket.

At least you have successfully completed one update and so now know the process.

Well good news and bad news, the first download, unzip and update worked fine, and after a few days of driving around the map version showed it had updated to 23.12. 

A week later the update portal announced a newer version ECE2024/2025, dated week 25 of 2024, so I did exactly the same update procedure expecting to see version 24.06 to show but after a month of driving and a re-download of the usb stick it's not budging from version 23.12.

Has anyone got a version newer than 23.12 working?

 

3 hours ago, RodDuggan said:

Has anyone got a version newer than 23.12 working?

I have 24.6. It updated over the air at some point without any indication it was doing so.  2023 Sportline.

ECE 2024/2025 is the 23.12 database. I haven't got a newer version showing on the update portal for our vehicle.

Whilst those that enjoy (pay for?) OTA updates get newer databases it seems Skoda choose to penalise the rest of us by making us wait for them. There seems to be updates released for download at week 25 and 45 each year, so I guess our next time to 'play' will be early November.

On 15/06/2024 at 12:06, FabFabFabia said:

This is how I get mine to work using an SD card on my 2018 Karoq Edition:-

 

1) Delete all data on a 32GB or 64GB SD card, format card to MS-DOS (FAT 32). Name the card UNTITLED.

 

2) Unzip the downloaded file (it can take a while) and double-click the unzipped Folder.

 

3) Select all the contents (two folders and a text file) and drag all three items onto the just-formatted empty SD card.

 

4) Launch the free Mac app “CleanMyDrive2” (or another similar app) to remove invisible Mac-specific invisible files from the SD card.

 

5) Insert the card into one of the SD slots of the Karoq's infotainment system inside the glovebox.

 

6) On the Navigation screen, on the bottom row, press "Settings" > “Version Info“ > "Update (SD/USB)“.

 

The car engine does not need to be running, and if the ignition shuts off before the update finishes, just press the engine ‘start’ button once and repeat the above procedure from Step 6. The Update Progress Bar will resume where it left off so you don’t have to start updating from scratch.

 

7) Power everything down and remove the SD card.

 

I have a SD card on 2018 Karoq, will it work on 2023 Octavia with an usb adapter ? If I remove it from Karoq with it make any file damage ?  

On 22/07/2024 at 11:19, VRT24 said:

ECE 2024/2025 is the 23.12 database. I haven't got a newer version showing on the update portal for our vehicle.

Whilst those that enjoy (pay for?) OTA updates get newer databases it seems Skoda choose to penalise the rest of us by making us wait for them. There seems to be updates released for download at week 25 and 45 each year, so I guess our next time to 'play' will be early November.

Thanks that answers the question. Why they can't put that in the file title to help us poor sods who pay for the cars  beats me.

As far as I know certain VW models use the same infotainments devices, with slightly different covers, but use the same maps. VW offers an appropriate download page for them.

Does anybody know what’s tha latest maps showing on Infotainment with manual update? I am running 23.12 now and tried OI119 from the skoda server, and nothing happens.

Edited 8 August, 20248 Aug by SteffLimitless

I updated mine manually (Skoda connect services expired a few months back) and after leaving a 64 Gb card connected (via USB C) the system now reports navigation database 24.7.

 

 

Used exFAT or FAT32? And it was the 119?
Maybe i have this issue now, when install a new used unit, Map updates not possible anymore. Even with booked Online Services and Cubic Data Plan.

 

On 08/08/2024 at 22:55, pinkpanther said:

I updated mine manually (Skoda connect services expired a few months back) and after leaving a 64 Gb card connected (via USB C) the system now reports navigation database 24.7.

 

 

What was the file label you loaded onto the 64GB card?

Skoda ask potential updaters to check the issue release before unneccessarily downloading, but decided to give the downloaded file a completely different name (ECE2024/2025) to the installed file (23.12) thus ensuring that no comparison is possible!

It has been reported that ECE2024/2025 contains 23.12 but this cannot be determined. Why not label the downloaded file with the version info?

19 hours ago, RodDuggan said:

What was the file label you loaded onto the 64GB card?

Skoda ask potential updaters to check the issue release before unneccessarily downloading, but decided to give the downloaded file a completely different name (ECE2024/2025) to the installed file (23.12) thus ensuring that no comparison is possible!

It has been reported that ECE2024/2025 contains 23.12 but this cannot be determined. Why not label the downloaded file with the version info?

This was the folder created from the extracted file:

 

It is 23.12 then. I loaded the same maps.

does it matter which MIB3 VIN you enter when downloading?

On 15/06/2024 at 11:06, FabFabFabia said:

This is how I get mine to work using an SD card on my 2018 Karoq Edition:-

 

1) Delete all data on a 32GB or 64GB SD card, format card to MS-DOS (FAT 32). Name the card UNTITLED.

 

2) Unzip the downloaded file (it can take a while) and double-click the unzipped Folder.

 

3) Select all the contents (two folders and a text file) and drag all three items onto the just-formatted empty SD card.

 

4) Launch the free Mac app “CleanMyDrive2” (or another similar app) to remove invisible Mac-specific invisible files from the SD card.

 

5) Insert the card into one of the SD slots of the Karoq's infotainment system inside the glovebox.

 

6) On the Navigation screen, on the bottom row, press "Settings" > “Version Info“ > "Update (SD/USB)“.

 

The car engine does not need to be running, and if the ignition shuts off before the update finishes, just press the engine ‘start’ button once and repeat the above procedure from Step 6. The Update Progress Bar will resume where it left off so you don’t have to start updating from scratch.

 

7) Power everything down and remove the SD card.

 

On 6. Have you tried out the trusty mib2 high trick of opening and closing the door everything 15 minutes. VAG cars power down at 20 minutes so 15 minutes gives you a grace period. It's like when you have the radio on and it shuts down. It won't shut down if you open and close the door at 15 minutes. I update mine with SWDL in Mib2 high so there is no roll back. These will have a roll back but if you fool it to think you are still there it will keep going moving forwards rather than a restart from a restore point in the update. My two pennies worth.

2 hours ago, SteffLimitless said:

It is 23.12 then. I loaded the same maps.

does it matter which MIB3 VIN you enter when downloading?

It shouldn't do unless it have an esoteric infortainment system. You see on Drive2 sites some alternatives. Reckon you can rest assured that if it took the update it's the correct one. They would screen for incorrect updates. The VIN is really there to control access to their website of updates because they are sniffy. There will be "Mib4" ones coming along where you'll have a branch I reckon. 

I think I've successfully updated my Mib3 Amundsen maps database with a download to flash drive & plug-in-and-leave-it in the car.

 

The car was telling me (before update) that the database version was 21.12 (car purchased October '22). It's now showing version as 23.12 so I'm assuming it's done the job.

 

One thought occurs to me - the download (when unzipped & copied to the flash drive) comprised 710 folders - presumably this volume of content covers multiple languages & locations. I didn't sit waiting for the update to work - I let the system do it's thing - but I can't help thinking that the vast majority of what I put on the flash drive was not actually necessary for (or input to) my system.

 

Can anybody with, perhaps, a little more insight cast some light on this aspect?

27 minutes ago, IanPerry316 said:

I think I've successfully updated my Mib3 Amundsen maps database with a download to flash drive & plug-in-and-leave-it in the car.

 

The car was telling me (before update) that the database version was 21.12 (car purchased October '22). It's now showing version as 23.12 so I'm assuming it's done the job.

 

One thought occurs to me - the download (when unzipped & copied to the flash drive) comprised 710 folders - presumably this volume of content covers multiple languages & locations. I didn't sit waiting for the update to work - I let the system do it's thing - but I can't help thinking that the vast majority of what I put on the flash drive was not actually necessary for (or input to) my system.

 

Can anybody with, perhaps, a little more insight cast some light on this aspect?

You have to have the whole lot. Europe is broken into zones, so those fragments are the zones. Over the air as you drive it updates by area. A trick apparently you can use with over the air connected services is to start a route across Europe, that forces an update of the whole lot. For offline you update the whole lot. It's just the design of connected services and over the air. No meddling now with the files as mib2 standard. They are signed which protects the integrity of them.

Hi,

 

My USB Stick is in the slot like a month long now. I see changes in the map ( a main road appeared what was missing earlier), but I guess 1 month is too long for this sheity update. The Map Version is still the old one if I check it. 

How long should I wait for this stupid method? 

Can Skoda service make any forced update?

Edited 24 November, 202424 Nov by Shadehand