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Tacoma - OVTUNE - VFTUNER - Update Info and Original Development

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by OVTune, Jun 9, 2017.

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  1. Dec 7, 2020 at 3:49 PM
    16taco-trd

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    Mat, I am sorry to hear that. I ran into that at one of my previous manufacturing jobs. One company in the US used our patented design to build and sell cloned products in the US and we also found clones on Alibaba in China. Unfortunately, it is difficult filing lawsuits until they get successful enough to have something worth pursuing. You are also probably getting a lot of zendesk tickets from unauthorized purchases as well.
     
  2. Dec 7, 2020 at 5:11 PM
    OVTune

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    It's just going to make a change in our software.

    A good change though. 1. No more registry based registration for your flasher.
    It will all be built into VF. So Once you have your master key you're all set.
    Instead, there will be VIN verification.

    Our new flasher is almost ready to roll out. And 2.0 "performance / full EROM patches" come out after our new flasher rolls out.
     
  3. Dec 7, 2020 at 5:27 PM
    mZiggy

    mZiggy Honey badger; VFPro licensed; YotaWerx Tuning

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    What does VIN verification mean for vF and how flashing will work?
     
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  4. Dec 7, 2020 at 5:38 PM
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    i am new to this tuning thing. Is the 04b04-reg-stock.vft the factory ecu setting?
     
  5. Dec 7, 2020 at 6:21 PM
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    No. The Stock tune is in the vF installation folder. \\c:\program files (x85)\vftuner
     
  6. Dec 7, 2020 at 6:25 PM
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    No. That’s 2.0 for stock gears / tires
     
  7. Dec 7, 2020 at 6:30 PM
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    SWEEET! maybe a merry Christmas present? haha big smile over here can't wait to have gearlock back.
     
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  8. Dec 7, 2020 at 8:13 PM
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    Hey, you did say it would be out by Christmas a while back :)

    Anyway just figured I’d login and do some reading. Took a while and thought this thread became the second vf tuner thread for a second. Looking forward to the 2.0 performance tune one day. Thanks for still working on it behind the scenes.
     
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    Wil this affect the .vft tunepacks? Or just the .p5f files?
     
  10. Dec 8, 2020 at 1:53 PM
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    This will limit us to only flashing the vehicle with the initial vin number used to create the account correct? Can we still flash shared files or will each file be assigned to a specific vin as well?
     
  11. Dec 8, 2020 at 1:54 PM
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    You can still share files as much as you want they wont be VIN locked.
    Pro users may get a VIN locking option on files, not sure yet about that.
     
  12. Dec 8, 2020 at 1:57 PM
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    Will the program be locked to our VIN? Will we still be allowed to flash another truck with the same ECU ID?
     
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  13. Dec 8, 2020 at 1:59 PM
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    So this will be an updated flash manager, and there will be an updated VFTuner as well? Will these updates include the infamous 2.0 Performance tunes as well?
    :fingerscrossed:

    And the goal (not guarantee) is within a month or so?
     
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  14. Dec 8, 2020 at 2:01 PM
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    MD - these questions are for Mat - but based from conclusions to Mat's post you quoted.

    @OVTune Ugh - so the idea of being able to flash others with the same ECU id will go down the tube since they obviously have a different VIN. So what happens if we don't download the new vfT tune version and stick with the current - not possible, or? So a condition of getting the 2.0 performance tunes is updating to the new vfT software version?

    Guess I'm gonna find a part-time job and jump to a 01-19-35-005-BL and call it a day.
     
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    I'm thinking it will be locked to one vin unless it's a pro tuner package. At which point you may or may not be able to lock a file to a specific vehicle???
     
  16. Dec 8, 2020 at 2:03 PM
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    Well the pro package would still allow you to flash others I believe. $$ that could be made up fairly quick if you know enough people...
     
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    We have not made a decision on all of this yet. I don't want to give you guys info on something until we know for sure exactly how we are going to do it.

    the purpose of locking a FILE to a VIN would be, lets say a shop sells a custom dyno tune file. Well they wouldn't want that file freely distributed out and about.
     
  19. Dec 8, 2020 at 2:11 PM
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    It makes sense.
     
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    We won't be deciding anything that makes using our software *worse* for the end user.
    I can assure you removing a step (registry keys) is a big step in making it *better*
     
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