Hondata Tour Jailbreaking the DE5

[notorious9i6]

If anyone was interested in going to the Hondata Jailbreak Tour. I highly recommend it! For those who want to see what it all about and more about the flashpro I show my experience in a video:


Now what Off the shelve map should i get next. Phearable or the Two step performance one?

 

[Needs3Pedals]

What does jailbreaking cost at one of the events?

They will be 1.5 hours from me in April. I may go, but mostly to say I went to Woodstock (Georgia) on 4/20 in my DE5 with VIN 420.

 

[notorious9i6]

I paid for the combo (jailbreak and new flashpro usb c) for 860.

 

[bigmikevegas]

Might be a dumb question but can dealerships even tell if it's flashed or not? If I ever needed warranty work couldn't I just put the tune to stock and take it in?

 

[24DE5TypeS]

Do they load offer to load their base maps for everyone that asks for it or did they just do it since you were filming? I’m going to the Austin event and I’d like to drive back with their map loaded if possible.

 

[Krazydan19]

They doing an event in austin ?!

 

[24DE5TypeS]

Yup, April 14th!

 

[Krazydan19]

Right now that’s the only thing on my calendar . That video makes it look like the perfect way to get it done and find all the Honda people in the area.

 

[notorious9i6]

Might be a dumb question but can dealerships even tell if it's flashed or not? If I ever needed warranty work couldn't I just put the tune to stock and take it in?

They have two people working, one jailbreaking, and the other one doing exactly what you see in the video. So you will be driving home with the new tune!

 

[Krazydan19]

They have two people working, one jailbreaking, and the other one doing exactly what you see in the video. So you will be driving home with the new tune!

So how is the tune!?

 

[SlippyFist]

Might be a dumb question but can dealerships even tell if it's flashed or not? If I ever needed warranty work couldn't I just put the tune to stock and take it in?

i've asked this same question and received conflicting answers; my takeaway is that they can tell if they use the right tool even if you've re-flashed it back to the stock tune

 

[NoelPR]

i've asked this same question and received conflicting answers; my takeaway is that they can tell if they use the right tool even if you've re-flashed it back to the stock tune

Correct with the right tools they can tell. Worse case Honda might request to get the ECU shipped to them for further analysis.

Anyway you can just buy a spare ECU and clone it. Then use the spare one as your hondata ECU leaving the stock ECU untouched. If for any reason you need to go to the dealer for anything, just swap them and play dumb.

Here is a link of one of the Hondata Service providers options about ECU cloning.
https://www.phearable.net/services/ecu-unlock.html

 

[SlippyFist]

Correct with the right tools they can tell. Worse case Honda might request to get the ECU shipped to them for further analysis.

Anyway you can just buy a spare ECU and clone it. Then use the spare one as your hondata ECU leaving the stock ECU untouched. If for any reason you need to go to the dealer for anything, just swap them and play dumb.

Here is a link of one of the Hondata Service providers options about ECU cloning.
https://www.phearable.net/services/ecu-unlock.html

i'm surprised there isn't some serialization that prevents that

 

[NoelPR]

i'm surprised their isn't some serialization that prevents that

Me too but got the confirmation from the thread of the guy that lost his jailbroken ECU during shipment.

Hondata had a backup of his OEM ecu, in addition to that they managed to get a new one too.
So restoring the backup into this new ECU was the next step. After completing the restore and jailbreak, they shipped it to the customer.

He was able to start his car without problems. No need to pair the new ECU or keys in the dealer.

 

[StingertimeNC]

How do you explain it though? "Uh, I seem to have lost my ECU."