HELP

DinoZ · 03-15-2020, 03:01 PM

I used bimmer code app and for some reason it failled when coding "integrated chassis management"...
Now it is not possible to restore anything and car is almost insuable.
How can I reset anything?
any help would be appreciated

Chicane_S54 · 03-15-2020, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by DinoZ

I used bimmer code app and for some reason it failled when coding "integrated chassis management"...
Now it is not possible to restore anything and car is almost insuable.
How can I reset anything?
any help would be appreciated

You are saying that your car is almost unusable? You need to find someone with ISTA+ and an ICOM and diagnose you vehicle. You may have to reflash your ECU's with ISTA.

DinoZ · 03-16-2020, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by xDrive3Five

You are saying that your car is almost unusable? You need to someone with ISTA+ and an ICOM and diagnose you vehicle. You may have to reflash your ECU's with ISTA.

I mean the power steering is off as most of the electronic assistance and I got many related errors when launching the car.

How can I reflash my ECU's, any tutorial.
I already have a ENET would that help?

thx in advance

Chicane_S54 · 03-16-2020, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by DinoZ

I mean the power steering is off as most of the electronic assistance and I got many related errors when launching the car.

How can I reflash my ECU's, any tutorial.
I already have a ENET would that help?

thx in advance

It doesn't sound like you need a re-flash (you need to explain the exact issue that you are having next time, not just my car is unusable).

You need ISTA and an ICOM interface and you need to run your EPS adaptations (this happened to me before to). So you can either download and install ISTA and purchase an ICOM from eBay, find someone who has one, or go to the dealer.

Read this about ISTA:

https://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=936877

DinoZ · 03-16-2020, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by xDrive3Five

It doesn't sound like you need a re-flash (you need to explain the exact issue that you are having next time, not just my car is unusable).

You need ISTA and an ICOM interface and you need to run your EPS adaptations (this happened to me before to). So you can either download and install ISTA and purchase an ICOM from eBay, find someone who has one, or go to the dealer.

Read this about ISTA:

https://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=936877

ok thx a lot, but as we are almost in total quarantine in here (only grossery stores are allowed to open) it will be hard or impossible to get a ICOM. Can i use a ENET cable instead?

speedracerM4 · 03-16-2020, 08:59 AM

Are you saying that the car won't connect to the app? Are you saying you can't restore from a saved data set?

Chicane_S54 · 03-16-2020, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by DinoZ

ok thx a lot, but as we are almost in total quarantine in here (only grossery stores are allowed to open) it will be hard or impossible to get a ICOM. Can i use a ENET cable instead?

No. With an ENET you will be able to the EPS adaptation on the menu but it will be grayed out. The EPS adaptation is pretty cool. You are guided through a wizard where it will ask you to open the front windows and jack the front of the car up and it will automatically turn the steering wheel from endpoint to endpoint relearning all positions.

Honestly I am questioning whether this was caused by bimmercode caused this but I am not saying that it didn't either.

And I know how you feel, I freaked out a little the first time I lost my adaptations because you get that nasty "Chassis Stabilization , drive moderately" error message on the iDrive.

DinoZ · 03-16-2020, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by speedracerM4

Are you saying that the car won't connect to the app? Are you saying you can't restore from a saved data set?

restore fails before to complete
and this specific "Chassis" section in the app appears with a red spot instead of a green one like all others

DinoZ · 03-16-2020, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by xDrive3Five

No. With an ENET you will be able to the EPS adaptation on the menu but it will be grayed out. The EPS adaptation is pretty cool. You are guided through a wizard where it will ask you to open the front windows and jack the front of the car up and it will automatically turn the steering wheel from endpoint to endpoint relearning all positions.

Honestly I am questioning whether this was caused by bimmercode caused this but I am not saying that it didn't either.

And I know how you feel, I freaked out a little the first time I lost my adaptations because you get that nasty "Chassis Stabilization , drive moderately" error message on the iDrive.

yes I am totally freaked out because I don't even have the speed working and I don't even know how fast I drive...
so what can I do now?

MK2018 · 03-16-2020, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by DinoZ

Quote:

Originally Posted by xDrive3Five

No. With an ENET you will be able to the EPS adaptation on the menu but it will be grayed out. The EPS adaptation is pretty cool. You are guided through a wizard where it will ask you to open the front windows and jack the front of the car up and it will automatically turn the steering wheel from endpoint to endpoint relearning all positions.

Honestly I am questioning whether this was caused by bimmercode caused this but I am not saying that it didn't either.

And I know how you feel, I freaked out a little the first time I lost my adaptations because you get that nasty "Chassis Stabilization , drive moderately" error message on the iDrive.

yes I am totally freaked out because I don't even have the speed working and I don't even know how fast I drive...
so what can I do now?

What did you try to code?

DinoZ · 03-16-2020, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by MK2018

What did you try to code?

some options in the "integrated chassis management" but nothing fancy at all...
and definitly not in expert mode

it started coding and suddenly stopped after 55% but I don't know why...

MK2018 · 03-16-2020, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by DinoZ

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Originally Posted by MK2018

What did you try to code?

some options in the "integrated chassis management" but nothing fancy at all...
and definitly not in expert mode

it started coding and suddenly stopped after 55% but I don't know why...

I've done lots of coding with BimmerCode and never single problem, not even engine light

Did you try to restore from the App?

DinoZ · 03-16-2020, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by MK2018

I've done lots of coding with BimmerCode and never single problem, not even engine light

Did you try to restore from the App?

yes I tried but did go through... restore stops after a while

Chicane_S54 · 03-16-2020, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by DinoZ

yes I am totally freaked out because I don't even have the speed working and I don't even know how fast I drive...
so what can I do now?

Whoa your speedometer is not working? What the hell happened? Was there an interruption during the coding?

Yes, it sounds like you need a reflash my friend. stop wasting time on this board just go to the dealer pay the $400 or $500 and get you car reflashed...you are way past your own copy of ISTA at this point. And if I were you I would stay away from coding as it seems that you have no idea what you are doing.

Chicane_S54 · 03-16-2020, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by DinoZ

some options in the "integrated chassis management" but nothing fancy at all...
and definitly not in expert mode

it started coding and suddenly stopped after 55% but I don't know why...

Probably because either you car or your phone didn't have enough power to finish the operation. Stay away from coding, go to the dealer and get reflashed.

Qsilver7 · 03-16-2020, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by DinoZ

some options in the "integrated chassis management" but nothing fancy at all...
and definitly not in expert mode

it started coding and suddenly stopped after 55% but I don't know why...

Did you have an alternate power source hooked up to the car (like using a trickle or battery charger hooked up to the jump start terminals in the engine bay)? Or did you have the engine running while coding?

If you were only using the car's battery...and it wasn't hooked up to a source to keep it powered...the problem isn't the software...you allowed the car's battery to go into a discharged state while trying to code the modules.

Chicane_S54 · 03-16-2020, 11:23 AM

I'm getting the distinct feeling that this is some kid who jacked up dad's X5 and he is looking for a quick fix.

MK2018 · 03-16-2020, 11:25 AM

Is your car under the warranty?

Chicane_S54 · 03-16-2020, 11:35 AM

Dude it's a kid, nobody who owns $200K worth of BMW's (as he has listed) would waste a minute on this board for a "coding error", they would just take it back to the dealer and say "Fix this shit".

I'm betting that you have a 17 year old with too much time on his hands jacked up daddy's ride. And no the grocery stores are not the only thing open in Switzerland, but the schools are closed.

https://www.thelocal.ch/20200316/swi...of-coronavirus

Qsilver7 · 03-16-2020, 02:38 PM

Before any coding changes were made to the ICM...and whatever happened (discharged battery causing coding issue?

)...Bimmercode would have made a backup. Shouldn't he be able to click on the backup/restore function in Bimmercode to rewrite the ICM as it was prior to the mysterious catastophy?

Can't remember if the OP mentioned if it was IOS or Android...so here's the info from the BimmerCode app on how to restore from backup:

bigmac f02+g12 · 03-16-2020, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Qsilver7

Before any coding changes were made to the ICM...and whatever happened (discharged battery causing coding issue?

)...Bimmercode would have made a backup. Shouldn't he be able to click on the backup/restore function in Bimmercode to rewrite the ICM as it was prior to the mysterious catastophy?

Can't remember if the OP mentioned if it was IOS or Android...so here's the info from the BimmerCode app on how to restore from backup:

That does work I've done it a few times !!

Chicane_S54 · 03-16-2020, 04:17 PM

You aren't going to be seeing this kid again, he's been made.

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