VAMike
Well-Known Member
I've do/done tech professionally for decades. If the system were more open I'd actually write some changes to improve this whole process. But it isn't; the updates are signed and there's no ability to make meaningful changes to the software. The cyanlabs stuff is basically an elaborate framework trying to repackage fords updates into something that's easier to get onto a usb drive, but still doesn't really fix the underlying flakiness. So the "fun" of trying to work around ford's badly written update process doesn't exist IMO. You can make it work one time, and the next time it just won't. You can't do anything to permanently fix it, you can't create a guide that will reliably make it work for others, you can't honestly create a step by step procedure because you have no way to know which of the voodoo changes you made did anything at all. (I've seen so many people run around in circles following bogus advice, that it's made me more vocal about just ignoring this broken crap for a better quality of life.) If wasting hours trying to install an update that has no meaningful changes is fun for you then have at it, just make sure you clearly add a disclaimer to that effect in any thread like this so that people who wouldn't consider that to be fun know what they're getting into.I'm sure there are a lot of people who think like VA Mike. But I venture the typical person who buys an EV this early in the game is a little more adventurous and tech savvy than the typical ICE driver. I'm not letting Ford off the hook for their overly complicated update process. But I actually enjoy researching problems and figuring out solutions or work arounds. I've made software changes and up dates with Forscan and SYN3-Updater. I mean, who doesn't want a Raptor splash screen in the lowly XLT?I imagine most MME owners don't give up just because something is a little complicated. Afterall, where would we be if we gave up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
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