OK Button Bypassed 100% - "AD" - DEFEATED!!
not vtech... VTEC!!!
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From: DC/MD/VA
Originally Posted by Warren803
Nothing is wrong with it, but most people already thanked him profusely and even donated him some money for his efforts. There was no need for him to lock his signature into the text being displayed. How would you like it if someone went to your house and signed your car or other possessions? Just seemed dumb. It's not like he was doing it for copyright purposes either. Many people, myself included, would rather push the stupid OK button rather than seeing someone else signature flashing in my face every day.
In addition, unlike the items above, AD's patch is F-R-E-E.
Don't be greedy. He put all the hard work making that work. He is entitled to put whatever he wants in there.
The only thing we are entitled is to choose whether to use his patch or not.
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From: DC Area
Originally Posted by kennyc
Not trying to beat a dead horse..
With that said, please keep that S%#T topic out of this thread
Originally Posted by Warren803
myself included, would rather push the stupid OK button rather than seeing someone else signature flashing in my face every day.
Agreed 10000% - Hence why those stupid initials have been removed.
Racer
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Originally Posted by kennyc
No one forced anyone to use the hack. If you can't live with that, DON'T use it! With your logic why would you pay Acura $35k for a TL and still let them advertise with your car? How about your TV? your computer? They all have their own manufacturer's emblem on them and why don't you complain about them?
In addition, unlike the items above, AD's patch is F-R-E-E.
Don't be greedy. He put all the hard work making that work. He is entitled to put whatever he wants in there.
The only thing we are entitled is to choose whether to use his patch or not.
In addition, unlike the items above, AD's patch is F-R-E-E.
Don't be greedy. He put all the hard work making that work. He is entitled to put whatever he wants in there.
The only thing we are entitled is to choose whether to use his patch or not.
And you are wrong. We are not only entitled to only choose whether to use his patch or not, we are also entitled to hack his coding to remove his signature. In fact, AD said himself that it was not too hard and welcomed people trying. I was at his website last night looking around....he has a contest running to see who could be the first to do it.
Might be an old contest that he has not updated as clearly people on this board have already figured it out.
not vtech... VTEC!!!
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From: DC/MD/VA
Originally Posted by Warren803
If you didnt read my post closely enough, I said there is nothing wrong with him putting it there. He coded it so he can code however he likes. I was just responding to why alot of people didnt like it. Also, having a brand signature is different than having a individual signature...at least to me it is.
And you are wrong. We are not only entitled to only choose whether to use his patch or not, we are also entitled to hack his coding to remove his signature. In fact, AD said himself that it was not too hard and welcomed people trying. I was at his website last night looking around....he has a contest running to see who could be the first to do it.
Also, why are you so angry?
And you are wrong. We are not only entitled to only choose whether to use his patch or not, we are also entitled to hack his coding to remove his signature. In fact, AD said himself that it was not too hard and welcomed people trying. I was at his website last night looking around....he has a contest running to see who could be the first to do it.
Also, why are you so angry?
What annoy me to no ends are people have never contributed a thing on the board and who think they are entitled for an AD free version and gets pissed off when they can't get one for free. For me that's greed.
I am upset b/c this board lost AD for something so trivial. But other than that I'm fine.
10th Gear
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Originally Posted by Warren803
Apnar, in the same example above, is the C at the end of 0038d69c representing the 3rd cell in the row?
I cant remember if the navi coding rows was 7 or 8 digits/letters. Reason I'm asking is because if 0038d69c represents the row itself, and there are multiple 88's in the row, which one do I change to 92?
I cant remember if the navi coding rows was 7 or 8 digits/letters. Reason I'm asking is because if 0038d69c represents the row itself, and there are multiple 88's in the row, which one do I change to 92?
Racer
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Originally Posted by mitul103
It seems like you are not too experienced with hex addresses. Save yourself the trouble and check if your hex editor has an address jump to function. The great free hex editor "xvi32" has one if yours does not. You just type in the address and it will highlight the correct cell for you.
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From: DC Area
Originally Posted by swollenankle
I'm getting an error trying to download the file. It's not giving me a box to enter the password so I'm getting a security problem. Help pls? thanks!
There is no password required to download anything, only to unzip.
5th Gear
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Thanks funkymint!
Everything works great now. It took a while to go through all of the different threads that have to do with this but i finally got it done. The hardest part was trying to figure out how to use CEBin. everything else was smooth.
New wallpaper, Trip Computer and OK Bypass! This has made my TL just a little bit more enjoyable.
Thanks to all on the forum.
Everything works great now. It took a while to go through all of the different threads that have to do with this but i finally got it done. The hardest part was trying to figure out how to use CEBin. everything else was smooth.
New wallpaper, Trip Computer and OK Bypass! This has made my TL just a little bit more enjoyable.
Thanks to all on the forum.
Scoobie Specialist
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From: Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Thanks for the patch. It works perfectly. I know AngryDad was mentioning he was working on trying to get the initial picture to stay up until the navigation is loaded. Have you found any possibility of this becoming a reality. I would rather not have this text screen at all and just the initial back.bmp file I have instead.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Pro
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Originally Posted by dman918
Thanks for the patch. It works perfectly. I know AngryDad was mentioning he was working on trying to get the initial picture to stay up until the navigation is loaded. Have you found any possibility of this becoming a reality. I would rather not have this text screen at all and just the initial back.bmp file I have instead.
Thanks!
Thanks!
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From: IN
http://www.vistabug.com/bb/viewtopic.php?id=19
"... First person to crack the "AD" signature in navi.exe before Nov 15th. 2006 will receive a complete disassembly of navi.exe with all the comments and function names (120+ hours of work, est. value $10K..$15K). Bonus: crack the "AD" before Nov. 1st and you will also receive the source code (C++) of a "hello world" - type application that reads some diagnostic data and displays it on navi screen. ....."
"... First person to crack the "AD" signature in navi.exe before Nov 15th. 2006 will receive a complete disassembly of navi.exe with all the comments and function names (120+ hours of work, est. value $10K..$15K). Bonus: crack the "AD" before Nov. 1st and you will also receive the source code (C++) of a "hello world" - type application that reads some diagnostic data and displays it on navi screen. ....."
Originally Posted by azurepalm
http://www.vistabug.com/bb/viewtopic.php?id=19
"... First person to crack the "AD" signature in navi.exe before Nov 15th. 2006 will receive a complete disassembly of navi.exe with all the comments and function names (120+ hours of work, est. value $10K..$15K). Bonus: crack the "AD" before Nov. 1st and you will also receive the source code (C++) of a "hello world" - type application that reads some diagnostic data and displays it on navi screen. ....."
"... First person to crack the "AD" signature in navi.exe before Nov 15th. 2006 will receive a complete disassembly of navi.exe with all the comments and function names (120+ hours of work, est. value $10K..$15K). Bonus: crack the "AD" before Nov. 1st and you will also receive the source code (C++) of a "hello world" - type application that reads some diagnostic data and displays it on navi screen. ....."
Instructor
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From: bay Area
This is regarding my post above. I have 04 TSX with a 3.30F version of the DVD and I extracted the navi.exe and ran the patch in the first post and that worked fine. But when I put it back into the .BIN I got an error "The size of some records are changed. Addresses in image must be reclaculated and it can be unsafe." I'm guessing this is because I have an older version of the BIN. Is there anything I can do to get this working on my system or do I need to find a 3.50 cd. Any help would be appreciated.
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From: Philly - In a van, down by the river!
Originally Posted by dailo
This is regarding my post above. I have 04 TSX with a 3.30F version of the DVD and I extracted the navi.exe and ran the patch in the first post and that worked fine. But when I put it back into the .BIN I got an error "The size of some records are changed. Addresses in image must be reclaculated and it can be unsafe." I'm guessing this is because I have an older version of the BIN. Is there anything I can do to get this working on my system or do I need to find a 3.50 cd. Any help would be appreciated.
Fightin' Texas Aggie
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From: The ATX
Originally Posted by azurepalm
http://www.vistabug.com/bb/viewtopic.php?id=19
"... First person to crack the "AD" signature in navi.exe before Nov 15th. 2006 will receive a complete disassembly of navi.exe with all the comments and function names (120+ hours of work, est. value $10K..$15K). Bonus: crack the "AD" before Nov. 1st and you will also receive the source code (C++) of a "hello world" - type application that reads some diagnostic data and displays it on navi screen. ....."
"... First person to crack the "AD" signature in navi.exe before Nov 15th. 2006 will receive a complete disassembly of navi.exe with all the comments and function names (120+ hours of work, est. value $10K..$15K). Bonus: crack the "AD" before Nov. 1st and you will also receive the source code (C++) of a "hello world" - type application that reads some diagnostic data and displays it on navi screen. ....."
Looks like he's really spending a lot of time on this navi stuff. I wonder how long till Acura gets wind of what he's doing.
Instructor
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From: bay Area
Hrm...just tried patching my 3.30F but when I try to load the disk it says Please Check Disk. Wierd, usually works I'm guessing the patch probably did something to it it doesn't like. Thanks anyways.
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From: IN
Originally Posted by AMIC
Looks like he's really spending a lot of time on this navi stuff. I wonder how long till Acura gets wind of what he's doing.
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Advanced
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From: DC Area
Anyone know if there has been an update with regards to:
API call to draw startup picture again and display startup wallpaper instead of nag screen, and accordingly, the modification of navi.exe import table
I was going to do some more work with IDA, but unfortunately, I just don't have the time. I wanted to see if anyone had done any work to get this underway.
API call to draw startup picture again and display startup wallpaper instead of nag screen, and accordingly, the modification of navi.exe import table
I was going to do some more work with IDA, but unfortunately, I just don't have the time. I wanted to see if anyone had done any work to get this underway.
05 TL
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From: San Antonio
Originally Posted by Warren803
This thing was pissing me off last night cuz I couldnt figure it out and I effed up causing me to have to disconnect the battery...which was kind of a pain in the ass. I was about to just give up and just shorten the text to:
Downloading porn.....
Please wait...
Downloading porn.....
Please wait...
Safety Car
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: San Diego, CA
Originally Posted by mavz44
What version is the navi on a 2007 TL? Has anyone done the OK patch for that version?
, there are none that I know of.
1st Gear
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Originally Posted by dailo
Hrm...just tried patching my 3.30F but when I try to load the disk it says Please Check Disk. Wierd, usually works I'm guessing the patch probably did something to it it doesn't like. Thanks anyways.
Has anyone figure this out yet. I am using Nero 6 data cd with standard settings. I have tried both CD-R and CD-RW. Help please
Intermediate
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Originally Posted by apnar
funkymint,
The difference between then and now is I was made aware that AD is not even offering a tag free version anymore. My previous stance was AD had done all the hard work and if people wanted a tag free version they should either pay him for it or try to work around it themselves. I was even generally helpful in assisting anyone who wanted to have a go at it themselves both in the threads and via PM. Now that there is no option to pay for it I changed my stance.
Anyway, it can't hurt anyone to have more options. They can use the original AD patch, your patch, my patch I don't really care one way or the other. As I said in my post, I hadn't tried yours out yet but from the description it sounded like there was a limitation in the ability to edit all the text on the screen. If that isn't the case then there is no reason for anyone to use mine over yours.
I definitely meant no disrespect to the work you guys did. I do think it's great that more people were able to create a work around, the more people that are toying around with the code the more cool little hacks will end up emerging.
-apnar
The difference between then and now is I was made aware that AD is not even offering a tag free version anymore. My previous stance was AD had done all the hard work and if people wanted a tag free version they should either pay him for it or try to work around it themselves. I was even generally helpful in assisting anyone who wanted to have a go at it themselves both in the threads and via PM. Now that there is no option to pay for it I changed my stance.
Anyway, it can't hurt anyone to have more options. They can use the original AD patch, your patch, my patch I don't really care one way or the other. As I said in my post, I hadn't tried yours out yet but from the description it sounded like there was a limitation in the ability to edit all the text on the screen. If that isn't the case then there is no reason for anyone to use mine over yours.
I definitely meant no disrespect to the work you guys did. I do think it's great that more people were able to create a work around, the more people that are toying around with the code the more cool little hacks will end up emerging.
-apnar
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Originally Posted by funkymint
I can't take all the credit on this one, I want to thank my friend in"The small green country"
The patch below provides the means to remove the annoying initials branded on the previsouly released Navi.exe - Should work on all 3.XX
Download Navi.exe
http://www.savefiles.net/d/r4zto8r8p5vh8.html
Download the Patch (Password: lovetheirish)
http://www.savefiles.net/d/hmcgrq28r4ijv.html
Disclaimer text can be modifed as you like, however do not touch anything below "Please Wait..."
Apply Patch to Navi.exe
Update your .bin file using cebin **
Load new .bin
Enjoy-
Please reference the below thread for any additioanl questions, it does a very thorough job
https://acurazine.com/forums/car-parts-sale-361/wtb-stock-intake-gen-1-a-145426/
yfkiadhm
pp
The patch below provides the means to remove the annoying initials branded on the previsouly released Navi.exe - Should work on all 3.XX
Download Navi.exe
http://www.savefiles.net/d/r4zto8r8p5vh8.html
Download the Patch (Password: lovetheirish)
http://www.savefiles.net/d/hmcgrq28r4ijv.html
Disclaimer text can be modifed as you like, however do not touch anything below "Please Wait..."
Apply Patch to Navi.exe
Update your .bin file using cebin **
Load new .bin
Enjoy-
Please reference the below thread for any additioanl questions, it does a very thorough job
https://acurazine.com/forums/car-parts-sale-361/wtb-stock-intake-gen-1-a-145426/
yfkiadhm
pp
2nd Gear
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Update Links please !!
these links dont work anymore ...
Download Navi.exe
http://www.savefiles.net/d/r4zto8r8p5vh8.html
Download the Patch (Password: lovetheirish)
http://www.savefiles.net/d/hmcgrq28r4ijv.html
can some send me the files please (luni_g@hotmail.com) ..
Download Navi.exe
http://www.savefiles.net/d/r4zto8r8p5vh8.html
Download the Patch (Password: lovetheirish)
http://www.savefiles.net/d/hmcgrq28r4ijv.html
can some send me the files please (luni_g@hotmail.com) ..
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Advanced
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From: DC Area
Originally Posted by krravi
I understand that a lot of work has gone into modifying this program. But it will always remain a "hobby". The moment you talk money you are going to jail buddy. You are not to make money reverse engineering this software and its written clearly on the DVD Case. So no wonder AD is not accepting money. He rather live in infamy with his initials rather than a jail.
Originally Posted by luni_g
these links dont work anymore ...
Download Navi.exe
http://www.savefiles.net/d/r4zto8r8p5vh8.html
Download the Patch (Password: lovetheirish)
http://www.savefiles.net/d/hmcgrq28r4ijv.html
can some send me the files please (luni_g@hotmail.com) ..
Download Navi.exe
http://www.savefiles.net/d/r4zto8r8p5vh8.html
Download the Patch (Password: lovetheirish)
http://www.savefiles.net/d/hmcgrq28r4ijv.html
can some send me the files please (luni_g@hotmail.com) ..
Originally Posted by Alligator
Can someone post the file in another location? I'd like to get rid of the AD tag!
Originally Posted by SleepyTheDon
The Links dont work
@ Alligator, SleepyTheDon, luni_g
See Time-Stamp in snapshots below, any of the 3 of you care to explain how these links are 'NOT' working ??
Safety Car
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From: San Diego, CA
Originally Posted by funkymint
@ kkravi - WHAT are you talking about???? - Your speaking of things that are MONTHS old!! -
Originally Posted by funkymint
@ Alligator, SleepyTheDon, luni_g
See Time-Stamp in snapshots below, any of the 3 of you care to explain how these links are 'NOT' working ??