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Thank you for the heads up. I’m going to start tonight
Oh, and one more thing: When you get to the IPC update, there is a good chance that the USB method will fail. If it does fail, FDRS will ask if it went through and when you select no, it will give you the option to CAN it in. It is possible that CAN may be the only for you to do the first IPC updates. This process will take 6 hours......bare than in mind when you get there.
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Oh, and one more thing: When you get to the IPC update, there is a good chance that the USB method will fail. If it does fail, FDRS will ask if it went through and when you select no, it will give you the option to CAN it in. It is possible that CAN may be the only for you to do the first IPC updates. This process will take 6 hours......bare than in mind when you get there.
Fingers crossed the IPC update works with the usb drive then. Another six hour update is kind of wild but we’ll see what happens
 

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Fingers crossed the IPC update works with the usb drive then. Another six hour update is kind of wild but we’ll see what happens
I had to do two IPC updates via CAN. The third one is the only one that went through with the USB.
 

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Fingers crossed the IPC update works with the usb drive then. Another six hour update is kind of wild but we’ll see what happens
The last BCM update will not be able to be installed either. Your looking at 15 to 18 hours of updating. During the process find a couple of stopping points, end the FDRS session and take the truck for a short ride. Then start again.
 

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Great success! Time for round two of updates.

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I have been following your thread. Congrats on the success.

Would you please clarify how you ultimately got it to work? Was it the new battery? Did you CAN the update? Or was it something else you tried?
 

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I have been following your thread. Congrats on the success.

Would you please clarify how you ultimately got it to work? Was it the new battery? Did you CAN the update? Or was it something else you tried?
I honestly think it was time and the new battery. You unfortunately can’t CAN this update. You just have to be patient. Rumor has it these updates look at battery state of charge. If it’s under 80% it will not even try. Try getting your battery charged to 100% over night and see what happens. It’s at least worth a shot.
 

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Congrats on the success!

Small chance you will run into issues as I did with other USB updates. Everything except APIM can be done over CAN. My notes say I did one of the GWM updates over CAN because USB kept failing. I have 3 hours for the time spent on that.
 

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The adventure is finally over! I thought I would make it to at least 2024 software but it looks like this is all I got. Thank you everyone for the help!

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Great job! You're now driving a truck that is all it should have been from day one!
 

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The adventure is finally over! I thought I would make it to at least 2024 software but it looks like this is all I got. Thank you everyone for the help!
Many vehicles get "stuck" on this sync version until Ford releases the next update needed to be able to get fully updated. Nothing you did wrong......this is all you can do for now.
 
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Many vehicles get "stuck" on this sync version until Ford releases the next update needed to be able to get fully updated. Nothing you did wrong......this is all you can do for now.
Does that update show up as an OTA or do I have to do the update with FDRS?
 

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Does that update show up as an OTA or do I have to do the update with FDRS?
Once it gets released, it can come OTA or it can be done fdrs. With the help of the resident guru, we used to be able to get around this hurdle, but Ford messed up the loophole he had found and now we can't do shit about it.
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