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Post by BeardyJon » Mon Jan 08, 2018 6:56 pm

Hey Mods - genuine question: Why do all the threads about sat nav updates keep getting locked? I don't understand.
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Post by markplant » Mon Jan 08, 2018 7:00 pm

Normally because some one will link to a source for illegal software
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Post by Wondermike » Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:25 pm

Correct, they usually get a couple of posts in before that happens.

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Post by BeardyJon » Mon Jan 08, 2018 10:27 pm

So 3rd party maps for idrive are illegal then?
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Post by Wondermike » Mon Jan 08, 2018 11:24 pm

It’s not the map data, but the FSC code which is required to make it work - a bit like getting a MS Office disk and then using someone else’s key or a generated key.

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Post by Lazza » Mon Jan 08, 2018 11:54 pm

I thought the key had to come from BMW. Obviously not. How does that work?
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Post by Wondermike » Tue Jan 09, 2018 12:57 am

It would be pretty ironic if a thread asking why nav update threads get locked also ended up getting locked.

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