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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 04:05 PM
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Lightbulb Good lesson learned!

I found a EVO IX modified map on aktivematrix.com and reflashed my friend's evo IX to see how it runs
after reflashing the ecu, the car won't start
I got frustrated so I called my tuner and he said you are not suppose to use other vehicle's map in another vehicle b/c each evo has different immobilizer #.

Luckily, I saved the stock rom and use the ecu unblocker to reflash the ecu with stock rom.
This may seems stupid to some of you, but I am sure there are still others out there don't know.
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 05:22 PM
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you can just copy your immobilizer code to it or just copy the tables one by one...that is if you really want to. I wouldnt leave it on for more then a day though...maybe just experiemental.
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 09:28 PM
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write it down?
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Old Apr 14, 2008 | 05:12 AM
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yeah luckily you actually saved your stock rom. thats the first thing all the tutorials tell you to do - backup the stock rom.

you have no idea how many newbies come in here saying they lost their immobilizer and never backed up their rom.
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Old Apr 14, 2008 | 07:34 AM
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my question is what the heck is this guy doing it to another guys car if he dont know what he is doing. If it was his car then thats a different story. Geee what a nice friend you are.
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Old Apr 14, 2008 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by lemmonhead
my question is what the heck is this guy doing it to another guys car if he dont know what he is doing. If it was his car then thats a different story. Geee what a nice friend you are.
WHAT AN IDIOT!!!! HE NEEDS TO LEAVE THIS CRAP TO THE PROFESSIONALS...
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Old Apr 14, 2008 | 09:25 AM
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I memorized my immobilizer code, kinda ingrained itself the first time you realize you forgot to add it to a patch
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Old Apr 21, 2008 | 07:04 AM
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Originally Posted by lemmonhead
my question is what the heck is this guy doing it to another guys car if he dont know what he is doing. If it was his car then thats a different story. Geee what a nice friend you are.
I felt bad at first, but since I saved the stock rom and reflash back the stock rom using ecu unlocker, I didn't feel so bad afterward.

That's why I am posting my mistakes b/c I know there will be somebody make the same mistake again.
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