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Old 10-20-2006, 03:08 PM
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Defeat "AD" - Please !!

Lock if you deem necessary, but this thread should be used as a collaborative effort to produce a patch free of the "AD" initials

SH-4 / IDA / Embedded C++ experience - PM ME

I need a snapshot of the memory at the last address jump.
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Old 10-20-2006, 03:19 PM
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What forum?


Personally I think we should all just drop it.
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Old 10-20-2006, 03:26 PM
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Personally, I think the entire Open Source community on AcuraZine disagrees with you, but thats just me-
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Originally Posted by MINTCENT
... entire Open Source community on AcuraZine...
What community? Is that the one consisting of whiners and freeloaders, who think that after giving a software patch for free, the developer is also obligded to give away the source code?
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LOCK! Before this gets out of hand AGAIN!
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Wow now he won't give the AD without copy for $50? Told you guys he was in it for making money.
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Lock if you deem necessary, but this thread should be used as a collaborative effort to produce a patch free of the "AD" initials

SH-4 / IDA / Embedded C++ experience - PM ME

I need a snapshot of the memory at the last address jump.
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Old 10-20-2006, 05:11 PM
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Lets not bring back a topic that already has been locked.

The topic of this thread is to try to find a way to defeat the "AD". If you do not have any helpful tips or tricks, DO NOT POST.
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Use a hex editor to replace the text just like when changing the disclaimer text. There is a howto posted somewhere on this forum. Its pretty straightforward. I just did it, and it took less than 10 min to update the bin and load it into the car.
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Use a hex editor to replace the text just like when changing the disclaimer text. There is a howto posted somewhere on this forum. Its pretty straightforward. I just did it, and it took less than 10 min to update the bin and load it into the car.

Thank you Angry Dad for this hack and the others. Some people don't realize how hard this really was to hack. I stared and traced the code for many hours with a dissassembler and didn't make any progress. You must be a genius!

If you haven't done so already, please donate to Angry Dad. I'm sure he spent a lot of time on this and deserves the credit.

AD's website and paypal donation link:
http://www.vistabug.com/navi/
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Lets not bring back a topic that already has been locked.

The topic of this thread is to try to find a way to defeat the "AD". If you do not have any helpful tips or tricks, DO NOT POST.

I refer to datmrman post !!
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Old 10-20-2006, 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by tejesh83
Use a hex editor to replace the text just like when changing the disclaimer text. There is a howto posted somewhere on this forum. Its pretty straightforward. I just did it, and it took less than 10 min to update the bin and load it into the car.

The AD can't be modified using Hex, its not treated as simple text, however I should soon be able to have a workaround published "hopefully"
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Old 10-21-2006, 08:22 AM
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I think a user called apnar(?) was getting close. I really hope you succeed. Good luck!

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It's quite simple to delete. Just go back to your original software. Initials are gone. Since you didn't pay anything to begin with, you're not out a dime.
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Old 10-21-2006, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by CobraGuy
It's quite simple to delete. Just go back to your original software. Initials are gone. Since you didn't pay anything to begin with, you're not out a dime.

Thanks for the tip...

This has nothing to do with money, or being "out a dime".

I too am disappointed how the forum rewarded AngryDad for his efforts.

The point of this thread is to pickup where AngryDaD left off.
Unfortunately, I suspect it'll be a lot slower. AD added in 3 weeks, what we've been searching 3 years for.
I have nothing technical to add, but lets please keep this post to technical discussion, and not drill into this again.
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Old 10-23-2006, 11:01 PM
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it's been defeated! I haven't tried it. link below:
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=146686
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Old 10-23-2006, 11:48 PM
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As enigmaos has pointed out , this thread is outdated. Please refer to the above thread.
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