Groundbreaking Info! Hack your Navi! (Change Pics, Remove Nag Screen) (Garage I-139)
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OK so im in the middle of trying this. Is there anyone with photoshop who is willing to help me out? I made an image I want using GIMP but I do not know how to compress it down to size. I had it at 480x234 with 256 colors and the file size was over 330,000..... I tried playing with the size and with the number of colors and was unable to make the file any smaller.... any help will be greatly appreciated..... I will send an email with the image if anyone will help.... this is the picture....
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Originally Posted by peterbanks
OK... so I haven't messed with the disclaimer yet, but just did the splash screen today and love how it turned out!
VERY cool. I like it a lot. Now if it could also be that for the disclaimer screen...
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Here is mine.. I just took this photo with my cell phone (I left my camera in my office). I'll take a better picture later. It was pretty easy to do (about 5 min).
I just have a question about the NAG SCREEN. I have opened the bin file with a hex editor, and I cannot find any of the words in the nag screen... I have noticed the only people that have been able to edit their nag screen, they all had 05 TL's. I know some C++, assembly, etc.... so I kinda know what I'm doing, but I just simply can't find those words ... is there any 04 owners here who have been able to modify their nag screen??
any ideas?
by the way, thanx to shotcaller88 for this image
I just have a question about the NAG SCREEN. I have opened the bin file with a hex editor, and I cannot find any of the words in the nag screen... I have noticed the only people that have been able to edit their nag screen, they all had 05 TL's. I know some C++, assembly, etc.... so I kinda know what I'm doing, but I just simply can't find those words ... is there any 04 owners here who have been able to modify their nag screen??
any ideas?
by the way, thanx to shotcaller88 for this image
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Originally Posted by jmbnova
OK so im in the middle of trying this. Is there anyone with photoshop who is willing to help me out? I made an image I want using GIMP but I do not know how to compress it down to size. I had it at 480x234 with 256 colors and the file size was over 330,000..... I tried playing with the size and with the number of colors and was unable to make the file any smaller.... any help will be greatly appreciated..... I will send an email with the image if anyone will help.... this is the picture....
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Originally Posted by RJANACONDA
Enforcer love them! but how do you make them i had a few buut i couldnt get the filesize right or something sad to say i dont have photoshop
shawn
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Originally Posted by positron
Thanks a whole bunch to bysin! Keep hackin buddy. Thanks for open sourcing your code!!
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[IMG]ftp://acurazine:acurazine@txrx.dyndns.org/acurazine/Copy of DSC00215 480x234x8.bmp[/IMG]
That can happen if the download is bad, try downloading it again. Does that fix?
Originally Posted by johnny--2k
ok...never mind.
I got it downloaded, but I cant open the dumpnavi.exe file. It just opens and closes right away? Any ideas?
I got it downloaded, but I cant open the dumpnavi.exe file. It just opens and closes right away? Any ideas?
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Startup Screen
Here's my contribution to the start-up screen collection:
I originally took this photo like three years ago when I first got an LCD screen. The pic is of the old screen, after I exerted my anger on it with a hammer and brass pipe. Neat?
p.s. Sorry it's a link instead of pic, I couldn't get the IMG thing to recognise an FTP server.
ftp://acurazine:acurazine@txrx.dyndn...rokenglass.bmp
I originally took this photo like three years ago when I first got an LCD screen. The pic is of the old screen, after I exerted my anger on it with a hammer and brass pipe. Neat?
p.s. Sorry it's a link instead of pic, I couldn't get the IMG thing to recognise an FTP server.
ftp://acurazine:acurazine@txrx.dyndn...rokenglass.bmp
#415
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I need the program again, and it looks like all the links are down? Is there somewhere I can still get the hack to change the image? I got it a few weeks ago but now I cant seem to find it again anywhere.
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In my wife's 06 MDX... the nag screen is instant..... after the Acura Navigation "planet logo" comes up.. the nag screen pops up with the "OK" already available... no waiting!... that really burned me up.. I have to wait like 15-20 seconds to get the "OK" to push... but in the new Navi, there's no waiting... plus she gets Zagat, instant trip computer, more voice commands, little nicer graphics....oh well, at least it's in the family....
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Yeah, my girlfriend bought a 2006 Honda Civic yesterday. Her nag screen pops the OK button instantly also, plus there's a more funcationality and the screens are cooler looking. I hope Acura upgrades the Nav for the TL's otherwise I'll never hear the end of how her cheap little civic is better then my luxury sports sedan. **ugh** Plus, I'd like the additional functionality and cooler screens myself...
#419
Can anybody please send me the DumpNavi file needed to extraxt the .bin files, PLEASE! Caddydts19@yahoo.com Thank You!
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Originally Posted by CA91205
Can anybody please send me the DumpNavi file needed to extraxt the .bin files, PLEASE! Caddydts19@yahoo.com Thank You!
you are one lazy guy!
go to page 15 of this thread to download, next time read the entire thread before you post questions.
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Originally Posted by BigB2k5
Well, got back from service manager.
Turns out honda does have a program to do this, but it does NOT work on 2005 navi systems as they changed something in the firmware on the unit.
Oh well, was worth a shot...
Turns out honda does have a program to do this, but it does NOT work on 2005 navi systems as they changed something in the firmware on the unit.
Oh well, was worth a shot...
Can you please tell us more about how to get this program or even what Honda calls it? It may work on my 2004 Accord. That would be way cool.
Thanks!
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navi screen
hey all im not nearly as computer savy as all of you, are you re-writing disks? or are you modifying something in the drive.. and if so does anyone have any real directions on how to do this or anyone willing to help a fellow tl. er out. anyway i appreciate anything or advice you can give.
travism56@yahoo.com
travism56@yahoo.com
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New Navi Hack File Link
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any further development
i think its great we can change our nag screens and bmps, but consdering the amount of control the gui can have over our car shouldn't we be persuing this further? I looked around and didn't find anything. Is there a post for continuing development and not simply talking about or posting new bmps...
hell i know alot of us would be willing to contribute $$ to a group of people working on nav mods... theres gotta be a group out there (or just bysin) that wants to start/continue development???
just my 2 cents..
hell i know alot of us would be willing to contribute $$ to a group of people working on nav mods... theres gotta be a group out there (or just bysin) that wants to start/continue development???
just my 2 cents..
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Originally Posted by damats
i think its great we can change our nag screens and bmps, but consdering the amount of control the gui can have over our car shouldn't we be persuing this further? I looked around and didn't find anything. Is there a post for continuing development and not simply talking about or posting new bmps...
hell i know alot of us would be willing to contribute $$ to a group of people working on nav mods... theres gotta be a group out there (or just bysin) that wants to start/continue development???
just my 2 cents..
hell i know alot of us would be willing to contribute $$ to a group of people working on nav mods... theres gotta be a group out there (or just bysin) that wants to start/continue development???
just my 2 cents..
Any other volunteers out there?
#435
Hi Everyone,
I am a bit confused. Have people been able to take out the need to hit "OK" or not? I have a 06 TL.
I also tried to hold down the "Map/Guide, Menu, Cancel" then go to "Version" and I did not see any filename. Is the hack not possible?
Gammah
I am a bit confused. Have people been able to take out the need to hit "OK" or not? I have a 06 TL.
I also tried to hold down the "Map/Guide, Menu, Cancel" then go to "Version" and I did not see any filename. Is the hack not possible?
Gammah
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Another idea
Rather than posting all this information in different places why not pull our resources together in a central area. We could probably make a sourceforge site, host one on our own internet connection, or get our very own acurazine to host a private development section. I'd be more than happy to arrange for the first two solutions. There are alot of developers with both tsx's and TL's. It would be wise to combine all their talent into one place with someone leading the project.
Again, just my
Again, just my
#437
The Oracle of Acurazine!
Originally Posted by fancypants
I like to invite people to ride in my car with me, and mutter something like "Oh it always says that, don't worry about it."
#438
The Oracle of Acurazine!
Originally Posted by Enforcer
post the original size (480x234), I'll fix it for you. this one is only 360x176.
write
"Welcome Sonu
Please provide your fingerprint at next screen.
Thank you"
here is the pic http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/1640/raninav8hi.jpg
thanx man
#439
Instructor
I have site space and I'm a software developer.
I already have the zip files for what has been done already to the navi on my site, look a couple of pages back to find the link.
I would me more than happy to allow postings etc. to my site in order to get the navi hacked!
I would me more than happy to allow postings etc. to my site in order to get the navi hacked!
#440
Originally Posted by damats
Rather than posting all this information in different places why not pull our resources together in a central area. We could probably make a sourceforge site, host one on our own internet connection, or get our very own acurazine to host a private development section. I'd be more than happy to arrange for the first two solutions. There are alot of developers with both tsx's and TL's. It would be wise to combine all their talent into one place with someone leading the project.
Again, just my
Again, just my
That way everyone knows if its applicable or not to their model and year. Please see my humble draft suggestion below:
1. Acura Models to which this "hack" applies and year.
2. What to expect from doing the hack for the respective model year.
3. Detail step by step instructions, including all the zip files or tools necessary.
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What to expect under each model year:
Remove NAG screen, add Customize background..... etc
Model years:
Acura TL3.2 99, 00, 01 - 02, 03
Acura CL3.2 99, 00, 01 - 02, 03
Acura TL 04,05,06
Acura TSX ..........
Acura RL.......