FWIW I looked at this powerpc flasher that this thread is about, and note that 'calibration' flash includes the OS, but not the boot sector. So code patches in the OS but not the boot sector for vats would be written with it. I think it would work. Thanks Antus, I have a vehicle that I did with Hpt...

kur4o wrote:e38 needs VATS delete patch[available in universal patcher]. And write entire for sure. There is some gm programs that might give you a headstart on write entire with mdi, but it is not preferred to be publicly discussed here.

Thanka kur40, i will keep investigating

Hiya, I apologize for being a jerk in my reply. Obviously you are serious. Setting the VATS flags has never worked so what most of us do is jump to end of VATS crapola, which is in the OS so, yes, that normally requires a "full write". I never looked at it too deep. I have never used univ...

OK, it does read in car, although it has errored out on me occasionally.. Since you have an MDI I believe it should work ok. I just checked and even with the latest MDI software it is still connecting ok for me. select J2534 pass Thru in the 1st drop down. Should be showing Bosch - MDI in the drop ...

Has anyone who has experience using this program got any insight into selecting a j2534 device. When I open the program and select J2534 the only options that show in the drop down are a couple of Autel tools (Stupid autel app installs every driver even for devices I do not have). I have manually t...

Has anyone who has experience using this program got any insight into selecting a j2534 device. When I open the program and select J2534 the only options that show in the drop down are a couple of Autel tools (Stupid autel app installs every driver even for devices I do not have). I have manually ty...