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Hello everyone,

I am new to this forums and this is my first post.
Please go easy on me :) . Mods if this thread should not be posted, please delete.

I have just found online link to the Techstream software on\

( Actual Link ) - Free Download Toyota Techstream V17.00.020 Software, Patch and Driver | OBDII365.com Official Blog

Some other goodies for car owners with OBD adapters.

Toyota Techstream v17.00.20 ( 248.56 MB file on MEGA )
Drivers MCVI 32bit & 64bit ( 320.34 MB file on MEGA )
Patch ( 1.8 KB file on MEGA )

Hope this will help someone.
 

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If you are referring to Autokent's Mini VCI driver, its a false positive. Dont use that driver if you dont want to :) but the links are from OBD website , i dont think they would put a ransomeware in there. Can anyone else please confirm if that might be the case, else I will remove the files. Let me know.
 

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A good read, How to fix your broken/dead MVCI cable,
Again thanks to OBD365

 

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this page also contains both new techstream 18.00.008 installer, driver and patch.
Again thanks to OBDII365
 

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i use the vcxnano with the latest teachstream which you can download from the toyota eu website. it also runs with vcx manager too. You just need to use the "patch" (which is really a shortcut adjustment) to make it run. Alternatively you can apply for a techstream licence ...but its not cheap.
 

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I don't really see the issue. Its not like toyota is trying to hide the access, and in the EU i think they are obliged by law to give access to their software/tools for workshops etc.

What I do find annoying is that you need to pay for two lots of access (in europe atleas). For example
1. to gain access to use techstream and to generate the key
2. to gain access to the modules where you can download the firmware upgrade files / calibration files.

Compared to the Mazda MDARS software, where you pay one subscription and the software checks for any firmware/calibration file updates and will download it automatically in the software and update the ecu (obviously if you select it to do so). So its one process within the software, unlike the techstream where you still have to download the files seperately.
 

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would this be compatible with other odb2 cables
According to the various region techstream sites, you have to either get the approved toyota obd cable or a SAE J2534 passthru cable. I got the more expensive VCX NANO, however there are other J2534 cables, which might work.

As for this "crack", in the later techstream version eg 17 or possibly 18, all the crack is, is just a modified shortcut to the teachstream execution file, and it looks like its telling teachstream software to run in a offline mode or some kind of a mode. Its not really a "crack" or "patch".
 

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Observations and clarifications:
  • If you have a key then vx manager will run techstream within.
  • If you run the patch you will not land in the main menu. Going to the main menu will trigger techstream to ask you to input your license key. Thus you will not be able to run any tasks (if you dont have a license) thereafter unless you exit and start all over again.
  • If you check for update it will display the installed version as 18 but what is available for download is 17.
 

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has anyone else notice, that with verion 17.3 or version 18 when you run the health check, in the columns that appear, the column that used to show calibration update available is missing? there is a column which shows the calibration version, but not a column that shows if there is a update available.
or do i have to tick something in techstream to show that column?
 

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has anyone else notice, that with verion 17.3 or version 18 when you run the health check, in the columns that appear, the column that used to show calibration update available is missing? there is a column which shows the calibration version, but not a column that shows if there is a update available.
or do i have to tick something in techstream to show that column?
Just check today: everything is as shown. That is there is the update column shown. You can also generate a calibration checklist.
 
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