Earlier this week, we’ve picked up our new Toyota Aygo X Hybrid from the dealer. This comes with the Toyota Smart Connect MM21 head unit. Being the nerd I am, I, of course, went through all the features this computer on wheels has. Everything was working great – apart from one thing. Whenever I went… Read More: Problem with map update. Please contact your dealer. »
A while ago I was fed up with Android Wear smartwatches and bought a Garmin Fenix 5 Plus. After using it for a while I started to explore the possibilities beyond the manufacturer specifications. This lead to a firmware patcher based upon work from Alex Whiter (who sadly passed in 2019). That patcher modified the… Read More: Pimp my Garmin: Turning your Fenix 5 Plus into a… »
What unit do I have? Recent Toyotas have a unit called “Touch 2” or “Touch&Go 2” in their middle console. Problem is: you can’t differentiate between them easily. Actually, the “Touch 2” is what you see when sitting in your car. The “Touch&Go 2” is the same base unit, but with an extra processor and… Read More: Toyota Touch 2 Firmware Update »
Variants and update situation The KEYone is sold as different models: BBB100-1 (US model), BBB100-2 (EMEA model), etc. And each model is distributed in multiple variants, expressed in the last 3 digits of the PRD number. Here are a few models and variants: Model PRD number Variant BBB100-1 PRD-63116-001 Unlocked… Read More: BlackBerry KEYone OTA updates for different variants »
BIOS updates are actually done via the hidden HP_TOOLS service partition which you can get to by pressing F2 after switching on the notebook or from the Startup Menu. The update you download from the hp service page merely copies the new BIOS files to that partition. However, if you deleted that partition or switched… Read More: hp Spectre x360 BIOS Update »