[cmicali]

I have a 22 pre-lci, had anti dazzle coded with VO change. Dealer updated software at the 10k mile service which reset most of my other coding changes but anti-dazzle still works.

[K1984tx]

Originally Posted by Orient330iNYC

if im reading what happened correctly, the VO code on the car was modified. then the dealer update enabled the functionality when it programmed the car based on the VO. my guess is that the coder removed 5AP from the VO. and it let him commit the changes to the VO.

so i think you would need to find someone to change the VO code with esys, then get the dealer to update.

i dont think anyone have been able to code the modules with esys since ID8 coding needs to talk to the backend server.

I didn't have any clue what a VO was until last night, but apparently my coder out of California changed that and I guess it didn't actually do anything noticeable until the software update.

I'm still very confused myself and apologize for all craziness in the forum that my lack of knowledge caused.

[Orient330iNYC]

Originally Posted by cmicali

I have a 22 pre-lci, had anti dazzle coded with VO change. Dealer updated software at the 10k mile service which reset most of my other coding changes but anti-dazzle still works.

FDL coding will get reset with a reprogram.
vo coding will stay, and in the case of ID8, get activated.

FDL parameters are generated from the VO. normally coding is just changing those default parameters. when the car is updated, the programming system reads the VO and calculates the parameters from that.

[danbone7]

Originally Posted by K1984tx

I didn't have any clue what a VO was until last night, but apparently my coder out of California changed that and I guess it didn't actually do anything noticeable until the software update.

I'm still very confused myself and apologize for all craziness in the forum that my lack of knowledge caused.

What was your original reason to visit said coder?

[Orient330iNYC]

Originally Posted by K1984tx

I didn't have any clue what a VO was until last night, but apparently my coder out of California changed that and I guess it didn't actually do anything noticeable until the software update.

I'm still very confused myself and apologize for all craziness in the forum that my lack of knowledge caused.

its been years since i've done esys coding but what i think happened was this.

your coder removed 5AP (decoding antidazzle) from your VO. normally you would hit recalculate and code the modules, which would set all the parameters. but with ID8 and the signing needed he couldnt code the modules. he left 5AP missing from your VO

when the dealership updated your car, the system read your vo (now missing 5ap) and set all the programming for the modules to reflect a car that has not had antidazzle disabled.

I'm very tempted to get someone to remove 5ap from my VO before i get the car updated. mind PM'ing me who did your coding? i've reached out to my coder but always good to have someone who has connected and changed the VO on the 2023s.
the downside is, im not sure if the mothership can tell if a VO has been modified and what the consequences will be.

[K1984tx]

Originally Posted by danbone7

What was your original reason to visit said coder?

I wanted him activate anti-dazzle and VLD like he'd done for my 22 X7. But when he connected in, he found he couldn't access those areas of the code. He consulted with other coding friends and they had all met with the same problem.

[K1984tx]

Originally Posted by Orient330iNYC

its been years since i've done esys coding but what i think happened was this.

your coder removed 5AP (decoding antidazzle) from your VO. normally you would hit recalculate and code the modules, which would set all the parameters. but with ID8 and the signing needed he couldnt code the modules. he left 5AP missing from your VO

when the dealership updated your car, the system read your vo (now missing 5ap) and set all the programming for the modules to reflect a car that has not had antidazzle disabled.

I'm very tempted to get someone to remove 5ap from my VO before i get the car updated. mind PM'ing me who did your coding? i've reached out to my coder but always good to have someone who has connected and changed the VO on the 2023s.
the downside is, im not sure if the mothership can tell if a VO has been modified and what the consequences will be.

That sounds like the most logical explanation, but like I said I, as I learned last night, know Jack about how all this works. 🤦🏻*♂️

Sure if you PM me I can give you his info.

[ntailor]

Originally Posted by K1984tx

Found out yesterday that my coder can now work on iDrive 8. Going to have him activate VLD, and a few other unrelated things, and see what that does to the irritating dark spot the headlamps have.

Looking forward to hearing if those dark spots go away, I'm tired of my lights looking like a city skyline

[RogueX7]

I would be surprised if it goes away. It’s a hardware problem. Turn your brights on and you will see like this black line across the middle and then above that line is like a bunch of bar graphs.

[DonJuan]

Originally Posted by RogueX7

I would be surprised if it goes away. It’s a hardware problem. Turn your brights on and you will see like this black line across the middle and then above that line is like a bunch of bar graphs.

Just took delivery of our '23 X7 a week ago, and couldn't help but notice this on the first night drive.
I have a '22 M4 with Laser lights and adaptive function, which I believe is the same or very similar hardware, and you can see the "skyline pattern" but it gets less noticeable since the the adaptive function does a good job at hiding it. What it's horrible are the dark lines to the sides when you're on brights, that is definitely a bad miss on BMW's part.

I would be way more happy to have the adaptive Xenon's our old F15 X5 had than this "new technology". Prove that new is not always better.

[Phasers]

Looking for recommendations on a VO coder to remove 5AP from a build.

Also K1984tx what did you tell dealer to get them to do a software update?

[K1984tx]

Originally Posted by Phasers

Looking for recommendations on a VO coder to remove 5AP from a build.

Also K1984tx what did you tell dealer to get them to do a software update?

I didn’t need to tell them anything since BMW released the 07/2022 update right around the time I took it to the dealership and their was a recall out and they did it without me knowing.

[Orient330iNYC]

Originally Posted by Phasers

Looking for recommendations on a VO coder to remove 5AP from a build.

Also K1984tx what did you tell dealer to get them to do a software update?

there's likely another OTA update coming out soon, bmw press notes an april update that will enable features. my guess is that it will be a 03/2023.XX release

In spring 2023, the BMW Digital Key plus already available for many current BMW models will gain new and extended functions. These include automatic vehicle unlocking when approaching the car for owners with Samsung smartphones and other smartphones running the Android operating system and the UWB (Ultra-Wideband) chip. Added to which, BMW Digital Keys shared with third parties can be activated more easily inside the car.

unless its just an update to the phone app, this will probably be an OTA.
my coder believes he can write a modified VO, so i might have him remove the decoding for NGHB and VLD (if thats on there, not sure if VLD decoding is a discrete decoding on the 2023 LCI, theres definately another one on that thats a very generic decoding- 8TT)

[K1984tx]

Originally Posted by Orient330iNYC

there's likely another OTA update coming out soon, bmw press notes an april update that will enable features. my guess is that it will be a 03/2023.XX release

In spring 2023, the BMW Digital Key plus already available for many current BMW models will gain new and extended functions. These include automatic vehicle unlocking when approaching the car for owners with Samsung smartphones and other smartphones running the Android operating system and the UWB (Ultra-Wideband) chip. Added to which, BMW Digital Keys shared with third parties can be activated more easily inside the car.

unless its just an update to the phone app, this will probably be an OTA.
my coder believes he can write a modified VO, so i might have him remove the decoding for NGHB and VLD (if thats on there, not sure if VLD decoding is a discrete decoding on the 2023 LCI, theres definately another one on that thats a very generic decoding- 8TT)

I would assume they will have an OTA comin out 3/2023 or 4/2023 since 4/2022 was the original software my X7 came with before the 7/2022 and 11/2022 updates.

While I am in no way an expert on coding, it seems (based off my car) that so long as 5AP is removed from the VO, then Anti-dazzle should come online after an update. VLD isn’t part of the VO (that I’m aware of) so I can’t speak to that.

[Phasers]

Originally Posted by Orient330iNYC

there's likely another OTA update coming out soon, bmw press notes an april update that will enable features. my guess is that it will be a 03/2023.XX release

In spring 2023, the BMW Digital Key plus already available for many current BMW models will gain new and extended functions. These include automatic vehicle unlocking when approaching the car for owners with Samsung smartphones and other smartphones running the Android operating system and the UWB (Ultra-Wideband) chip. Added to which, BMW Digital Keys shared with third parties can be activated more easily inside the car.

unless its just an update to the phone app, this will probably be an OTA.
my coder believes he can write a modified VO, so i might have him remove the decoding for NGHB and VLD (if thats on there, not sure if VLD decoding is a discrete decoding on the 2023 LCI, theres definately another one on that thats a very generic decoding- 8TT)

Does your coder do remote coding? If so can you DM me details?

I won't be getting my '24 until late April anyways.

[Orient330iNYC]

Originally Posted by K1984tx

I would assume they will have an OTA comin out 3/2023 or 4/2023 since 4/2022 was the original software my X7 came with before the 7/2022 and 11/2022 updates.

While I am in no way an expert on coding, it seems (based off my car) that so long as 5AP is removed from the VO, then Anti-dazzle should come online after an update. VLD isn’t part of the VO (that I’m aware of) so I can’t speak to that.

thats what i wasnt sure of. other cars had 8S4 which is vld decoding.

[Das-Boot]

Hi there. New to the forum but I’ve been tracking this thread for a while. I picked up my ‘23 X7 in March, 23 and like many members here was somewhat surprised / disappointed by the headlights (especially the “skyline feature”). I came from an ‘20 M340 with the laser lights, which were incredible. I’m still hoping that someone will eventually figure out how to enable the anti dazzle technology on the LCI X7s. Does anyone have any updates here? Thank you in advance!

[AvGeek]

Originally Posted by Das-Boot

Hi there. New to the forum but I’ve been tracking this thread for a while. I picked up my ‘23 X7 in March, 23 and like many members here was somewhat surprised / disappointed by the headlights (especially the “skyline feature”). I came from an ‘20 M340 with the laser lights, which were incredible. I’m still hoping that someone will eventually figure out how to enable the anti dazzle technology on the LCI X7s. Does anyone have any updates here? Thank you in advance!

Also very interested to see if coding was able to be done in some fashion on this car to "trick" enable the anti-dazzle.

[Orient330iNYC]

Originally Posted by BG X7

Also very interested to see if coding was able to be done in some fashion on this car to "trick" enable the anti-dazzle.

it can be done very bluntly by removing 5AP from the FA and writing to the car and then waiting for either a software update OTA or dealer update. when it flashes the car, it will code the car based upon the FA and remove the block.

when i say very bluntly, the activation threshold is pretty high, it needs to be basically pitch dark with no streetlights. in the past, coders were able to increase the amount of activation by doing fdl coding, but thats not possible anymore.

you'll get the high beam tunneling, matrix leds lighting up the shoulder, etc, but it will activate with a much higher threshold than the prelci that was coded

[AvGeek]

Originally Posted by Orient330iNYC

it can be done very bluntly by removing 5AP from the FA and writing to the car and then waiting for either a software update OTA or dealer update. when it flashes the car, it will code the car based upon the FA and remove the block.

when i say very bluntly, the activation threshold is pretty high, it needs to be basically pitch dark with no streetlights. in the past, coders were able to increase the amount of activation by doing fdl coding, but thats not possible anymore.

you'll get the high beam tunneling, matrix leds lighting up the shoulder, etc, but it will activate with a much higher threshold than the prelci that was coded

Basically, not worth the effort it sounds like. Thanks.

[Orient330iNYC]

Originally Posted by BG X7

Basically, not worth the effort it sounds like. Thanks.

nope.

[bmw_x7 lights prob]

Hi guys, our 2023 X7 has a shadow line in the lights too, but we dont know is normal or wrong the lights. I made a video about it. What do you think, is it normal? Or we should go to the service? It is annoying, and distracting.
in the video it is not as spectacular as when you are in the car