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Rooting Bosch lcn2kai Headunit for a car infotainment system

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Re: Rooting Bosch lcn2kai Headunit for a car infotainment system

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If the author is reading this, the version info screen shot[0] includes a unit serial number that can absolutely be traced back to you. [0] https://github.com/ea/bosch_headunit_root/blob/main/images/0...

I believe that's from the spare head unit that they bought second-hand so it could be taken apart.

Re: Rooting Bosch lcn2kai Headunit for a car infotainment system

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I'm pretty sure my Nissan Versa has one of these and I'm going to give it a shot tomorrow I think.

This is a really good reverse engineering exercise but as a cautionary note: If you are doing this in your real car most of the trim on the dashboard is secured by plastic clips. You need specialized car trim tools (similar to the phone case ones but well bigger) to remove them along the edges without denting the outer plastic edges. Also most of them are meant to clip-on once. So if you take them apart too many time…

The exploit doesn't require removing the unit. Simply inserting a prepared flash drive is all that is required.

Re: Rooting Bosch lcn2kai Headunit for a car infotainment system

#17
I have Nissan Rogue 2016. I used to receive phone calls and mails from Nissan Connect enticing me into subscribing for different bundles at roughly 20$ a month. I did not want their entertainment. I was ready to pay for live traffic updates only. That was not an option. Though this project will not let me display live traffic updates it enables custom software running on a headunit. I hope other projects will spring into existence. I will be making a trip for USB-ethernet dongle. Thank you for posting it here.

Re: Rooting Bosch lcn2kai Headunit for a car infotainment system

#18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a really good reverse engineering exercise but as a cautionary note: If you are doing this in your real car most of the trim on the dashboard is secured by plastic clips. You need specialized car trim tools (similar to the phone case ones but well bigger) to remove them along the edges without denting the outer plastic edges. Also most of them are meant to clip-on once. So if you take them apart too many time…

The exploit doesn't require removing the unit. Simply inserting a prepared flash drive is all that is required.

They also explore using a serial connection at the bottom of the chassis. It is specifically that part of accessing the bottom of the chassis that I was advising some caution.
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