is there a good DIY out there for using Vag EEPROM 1.19 to retrieve SKC's

[DPDISXR4Ti]

I had problems with putting my genuine vag com in "dumb" mode, so I use my 10$ eBay cable for SKC extraction and my vag com for FOB programming

That is precisely my plan. I'm just not sure if there's any difference between all the different eBay cables, so I figure I should have backup plans since the car is an hour away. I'm also planning to bring a battery charger and generator, as I've read that the 12.5 minimum voltage is critical.

Thanks again for all your help.

[ecbo0m]

Anyone have a working link to EEPROM 1.19? Does it work on Windows 10 or does it have to be on an older OS? Any specific drivers required?

[A41.8TB6]

I think you will have alot more success using older OS. I did use a Windows 7 and eBay cable and run it dumb mode. But I'm only using it on rb4 cluster.

Anyone have a working link to EEPROM 1.19? Does it work on Windows 10 or does it have to be on an older OS? Any specific drivers required?

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[cschuster]

Anyone have a working link to EEPROM 1.19? Does it work on Windows 10 or does it have to be on an older OS? Any specific drivers required?

I posted a link to my google drive with all the software in it somewhere earlier in this thread.

[DPDISXR4Ti]

I ran mine on Windows 10 without any issues.

[kliton]

I read the skc of old cluster, put the new one in(color fis) i read the skc using eeprom programmer of new cluster.
I followed the procedure to match immo but new cluster doesnt accept immo of the car

I got tired and just installed the old cluster back. Now the car dont start even with original untouched cluster.

Any idea?
EDIT : the problem was the blue connector on the instrument cluster

ill try again to code the Color fis
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[DPDISXR4Ti]

EDIT : the problem was the blue connector on the instrument cluster

You just didn't get it fully connected?

[kliton]

You just didn't get it fully connected?

Yea wasnt working as it should.

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[kliton]

Still havent manage to get the color cluster working

[jokh]

Hi,
Can someone guide me with, how to write my saved encrypted file back to my bricked cluster?

Is it correct to do the following or how?
1. set back to mode 6
2. press write EEprom Encrypted
3. open saved file?

Thank you

[ramack]

At this point, all I am trying to do is read the SKC to be used in VCDS to program the transponders in two remotes. Has anyone tried reading the SKC using EEPROM 1.19 and a VCDS HEX-V2 cable? These will be used with a 2007 A3.
It's unclear to me which cable to use with EEPROM. Very few posts I've read on most web sites don't have good things to say about the chinese cables off eBay. What's a source for a decent OBDII cable? My [limited] understand is that the cable at least needs to be for a CAN bus?

Edited later (found answer to one question).
According to Ross-Tech, the HEX-V2 cable won't work since it cannot become "dumb". This is for the K line, so assuming in general the cable cannot become "dumb".
https://forums.ross-tech.com/showthr...ll=1#post94550

[Cybersombosis]

I’ve used a cheap $6 Vag com cable on 3 different clusters using Vag EEPROM programmer downloaded from the google drive listed in cschuster’s post.

https://drive.google.com/drive/mobil...usp=drive_open

[Cybersombosis]

Hi,
Can someone guide me with, how to write my saved encrypted file back to my bricked cluster?

Is it correct to do the following or how?
1. set back to mode 6
2. press write EEprom Encrypted
3. open saved file?

Thank you

If you are still trying to recover from a bricked cluster, follow the directions from the google drive from cschuster’s post. It worked for me when I tried to use A Vag Dash Can dongle. I promptly put that dongle away and pulled out my generic Vag Com cable and restored it using Vag EEPROM programmer and the bin listed in the google drive.

https://drive.google.com/drive/mobil...usp=drive_open

[DPDISXR4Ti]

As others have mentioned, I also had success with EEPROM 1.19 using the cheap eBay cable. IIRC, the first time it didn't work, but the second time it did. I changed nothing; it was just weird, but others had also indicated similar experiences. As I mentioned above, I had my charger on the battery during the process, just to make sure I was getting proper voltage. No idea if it mattered, but I was trying to cover all bases.

[ramack]

I don't know much about the Audi communication buses, but I believe that my 2007 A3 has a CAN bus? I need to make sure that at a minimum the cable supports CAN. I'm seeing several DCAN bus cables that also support BMW, is DCAN compatible with CAN or do I need to stick with the K+CAN bus cables?

If I were an EE, I would design my own cable, probably try to sell them. I thought an appropriate product name for a Colorado based business selling them would be CANiBus.

[Cybersombosis]

I believe this process only works with RB4 clusters from the 2002-2005 years. This documentation is meant for this generation of car, not the RB8 cluster. You would have to make sure your cluster from your 2007 A3 is compatible.

[ramack]

I believe this process only works with RB4 clusters from the 2002-2005 years. This documentation is meant for this generation of car, not the RB8 cluster. You would have to make sure your cluster from your 2007 A3 is compatible.

Thanks for the clarification!

[Probaholic1]

Replying to this thread, since it seems to be a little clearer and more active than the other. I have a b6 with a swapped 27 using me7.1 with an mbox (basically ecu out of an 01 S4). With I think immo off (which has immo II).

From what im gathering and read is that an RB4 cluster cannot be adapted with used keys with immo in the ECU. Read a post that only new unused keys will pair with rhe cluster. Can anybody confirm that?

[EuroxS4]

Replying to this thread, since it seems to be a little clearer and more active than the other. I have a b6 with a swapped 27 using me7.1 with an mbox (basically ecu out of an 01 S4). With I think immo off (which has immo II).

From what im gathering and read is that an RB4 cluster cannot be adapted with used keys with immo in the ECU. Read a post that only new unused keys will pair with rhe cluster. Can anybody confirm that?

if you have a swap out of a us spec s4. None of them had immobilizer not even the 01.5 vehicles. First year for immo was 2002 the A6 got it first and was immo 3. European s4 had immo 2. That being said you can solder a 95040 eeprom to the ecu pcb but you will need to have matching keys. Ideally if your using b6 cluster and have matching keys to the cluster. In theory it should be possible to pull out the immo data from cluster and import the data into the 95040 eeprom to have working immobilizer in the vehicle. Plenty of people are doing this with a6 clusters or allroad clusters that had immobilizer. I havent done or tried a b6 yet but in theory it should work.

Also note yes keys are a one shot deal once programmed they cannot be reprogrammed. However if you have keys and want to match them to immobilizer without replacing the key all you need to change is the immobilizer pill in the key they are megamos 48 iirc for audi. That being said if you decide to change the pill and watn working immobilizer you need a specialized locksmith with the right tools to adapt the keys to the cluster(if not using immobilizer in ecu as the cluster needs to see matching keys in order now to throw a SAFE lights on or mil light) or you need to solder in a 95040 chip into the ecu as ecu is immobilizer master all immo functions go through ecu. Hope this helps.