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    How do I unlock the PCM?

    I used a bin file from the repository and would like to know how to have to unlock the pcm.
    Is this possible?

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    please start here http://www.hptuners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11178

    files in the repository are for viewing ONLY & should never be loaded directly into your pcm.
    It doesn't have to be perfect, it just needs to be done in two weeks...

    A wise man once said "google it"

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    That link does me no good. I have done numerous searches and still found no answer. I have been reading everywhere on this site and still have not found my answer so please don't assume I have not.
    I took one persons suggestion to go back to stock. I got charged my additional credits, now I am out of credits. I am on a stock tune and the pcm is still locked. Eight credits used up on one car.
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    if you read the link I just posted you would see the 4th bullet which clearly states "Do NOT load a file from the repository directly in your vehicle"

    if your changing operating systems you need to do a write entire.
    It doesn't have to be perfect, it just needs to be done in two weeks...

    A wise man once said "google it"

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    I understood that Bill.

    I went this route as well with no luck. It is still locked.
    http://www.hptuners.com/help/index.h...al_details.htm
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    best bet is to post the files & step by step of how you got to this point so we can figure out what you did exactly. If your the person who locked the file you should be able to read & unlock it just fine.
    It doesn't have to be perfect, it just needs to be done in two weeks...

    A wise man once said "google it"

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    Here is a stock tune I have on the car right now. I had another tune from the repository that I was tinkering with but never messed with the security(attached) I was using it before then went back to this stock one.
    I flashed entire stock tune unlocked and it is still showing the pcm as locked.
    I am totally bewildered.

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    the tune is not locked...
    you need to have a liscense for that second file

    if it was locked then you couldnt even open the file at all...

    heres the locked one...try it and you will see a huge difference
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    Then why is it telling me I need the custom key to load a new OS with a different tuner? HPTuners is the only one I used on the car.
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    btw mod that (stock tune.hpt) file you posted is NOT a stock operating system...its a custom operating system as you can see under the OS tab so trying to read it with efilive like your doing isnt going to happen. Go back to your stock operating system that you initially read & licensed & you'll be fine. Next time come clean with what your doing and we'd be able to help you out much sooner.

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    Last edited by Bill@HPTuners; 04-28-2007 at 11:01 PM.
    It doesn't have to be perfect, it just needs to be done in two weeks...

    A wise man once said "google it"

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    Quote Originally Posted by -=Mod=-
    Then why is it telling me I need the custom key to load a new OS with a different tuner? HPTuners is the only one I used on the car.
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    take a screen shot....
    show us what you are talking about
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