Despite my reservations about this functionality, this is some great info. Well done.

 

For those of you who can't park close enough to your router in order to connect to your home WiFi, you can accomplish the connection using a laptop, and a smartphone that can create a WiFi hotspot. In my case, I used my Macbook with terminal application (to open the SSH session), and my iPhone to create the WiFi hotspot.

Step by step for opening an SSH session to your car:
- enable your smartphone WiFi hotspot
- connect both the car and laptop to the WiFi hotspot
- open a terminal application
- get the laptop's WiFi IP address - if you're using a bash terminal, run this command at the prompt:

ipconfig getifaddr en0 2> /dev/null

- using your laptop's IP you should be able to quickly determine your car's IP. Connected to my iPhone's WiFi hotspot, my laptop was assigned 172.20.10.3. I quickly determined that my car was assigned 172.20.10.4
- open an SSH session to your car

ssh root@your_car_IP

- enter password: jci

Disabling speed limitation

With the SSH session open, you can simply run these two commands at the prompt:

/jci/scripts/set_lvds_speed_restriction_config.sh disable
/jci/scripts/set_speed_restriction_config.sh disable

Copy, paste, and run each line separately.

Dramatically reduce the display time of the disclaimer screen

This is based on firmware version v29. Before running the following commands, verify that the file being modified (systemApp.js) is located in the folder indicated in the commands.

mount -o rw,remount /
chmod 755 /jci/gui/apps/system/js/systemApp.js
sed -i 's/this._disclaimerTime.remaining = 10000/this._disclaimerTime.remaining = 100/g' /jci/gui/apps/system/js/systemApp.js

Copy, paste, and run each line separately.

You will not likely see any difference in the disclaimer display time until the system undergoes a full reboot. The car must be off for at least several minutes, maybe a few hours. It's not clear to me how long one must wait for this to occur.

Attempt the above at your own risk.

 

For those of you who can't park close enough to your router in order to connect to your home WiFi, you can accomplish the connection using a laptop, and a smartphone that can create a WiFi hotspot. In my case, I used my Macbook with terminal application (to open the SSH session), and my iPhone to create the WiFi hotspot.

I had an issue with my router being too far away at first. To solve this I just unplugged my router and plugged it in the garage. Didn't have internet, but was able to connect my Nexus with the car.

Good solve with the hotspot.

 

People should not update to v31 if they wish to tackle this since it removes wifi, too late for me tho

 

Yes, indeed. This a very important detail.

 

Just ran this on my car using my rooted Note II. SSHed in without any trouble and the commands as well. I am on Version 28.

Left my car off for about 10 minutes and took a little drive through a backroad aaaand. it works! Thank you so much guys!

 

This is awesome!!! Thank you! This is exactly the answer i was looking for when I started that thread way back when about hacking the speed limitations for particular functions!

FANTASTIC!

I am going to try tomorrow morning.

 

@phile

Im so frustrated — I cannot connect the car to wifi. It wont pick up my home network so I tried the mobile hotspot and it still wont connect! I'm using the iphone 5s.

How can I overcome this? Anyone else having problems connecting to wifi in their car?

EDIT: Looks like its an incompatibility issue with iphone...typical >:O

 

I am using an iPhone 5s without issue. When you go into the Infotainment's Devices page and enable wifi, you don't see your iPhone's wifi network in the list? If that's not the issue and you are seeing the network, make sure the iPhone's is not sleeping. One of the quirks with the iPhone hotspot feature is that the phone must be awake in order to initiate the connection.

Also, you could expect issues with the hotspot feature if you're running OS8 beta.

 

I can't connect to wifi either, all I get is a message saying "DHCP error. Failed to acquire settings." when I try to connect.

 

@zombiejunkie I'm a dumbass when it comes to this programing stuff so can you walk me through it?

I'll be using a Macbook Air and a Comcast modem which has Wifi built in. I can log into the modem's setting via http://10.0.0.1 but beyond that, I'm stuck as I don't understand the DHCP stuff.

Also, does the Mac have a terminal program built in or do I have to download one?

I wanna have a functioning touch screen. Help a brother out!

 

To use terminal on mac: How To Use SSH on Mac OS X « Ask Different Blog

As for the comcast router, I am not sure. What make/model is it? I use a Linksys gigabit router and connect it to my comcast modem.

 

Its an Arris TG862. It has Wifi built in, so I sold my Cisco router a long time ago.

 

Ok, so it looks like you should be able to log into your router and go to connected devices on the left hand side. Find your car's IP from there.

Then with both your computer and car connected to your router, go to your terminal app. Connect to your car's IP and use the username root and password jci to connect.

If your router is too far away from your car's very weak antennae, you should be able to unplug the router and move it closer to the car. You do not have to have the coaxial connected. You only need the wifi to communicate between your computer/tablet and your car. No internet required.

 

If you disable the speed restriction on v29 and then go to the dealer and upgrade to v31 will it completely rewrite over your changes and revert back?


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Most likely. You would also lose wifi with V31 and would not be able to change it again.

 

I sent you a PM, @zombiejunkie

 

I'll add another positive data point for this hack. It worked for me without any apparent problems. No trouble connecting to the home router from the garage. I tried ia router connection the first day I got th ecar. Up until now I didn't see an obvious use for that feature.

I'm running version 25.00.400 on the infortainment. Other than an occasional BSOD I've experienced few issues with version 25 so I'll unlikely be taking it in any time soon for an upgrade. The upgrade would have to be awfully fantastic to make it worth losing the speed screen unlock.

 

If you can convince them to upgrade you to V29 instead of V31 then you can keep the wifi, but will have to redo the codes.

 

Interesting that everybody talks about 29 and 31 but 30 is always forgotten.

 

That's because v30 was recalled very soon after release.

 

I started digging through the older threads and saw that v30 didn't last very long. Of course my car came with v30 so I'm the odd man out.

 

Anyone in the Los Angeles area able to help me out on this since my car won't connect to my home wifi nor cell phone hotspot :/

 

What version is your car running?

 

Try doing a full reset on the infotainment system, and try sending the wifi signal from your phone and try connecting again. If it won't display the phone's wifi then type it in manually and try connecting.

 

I coded my daughters car this morning, it took about 5 minutes and works like a champ. Thanks to all who figured this out.
Now that I have disabled the speed limitation. What is the coding to disable the Navigation Warning Splash Screen? I have also read somewhere that you can customize the Welcome screen?

 

I will post this as a new post to this thread...
Now that I have disabled the speed limitation. What is the coding to disable the Navigation Warning Splash Screen? I have also read somewhere that you can customize the Welcome screen?

 

First I want to thank all who where involved with the this project, I successfully did both modifications. The following is my experience for those thinking about doing this. My car infotainment software version is 29.

I tried to connect to my home router a Asus 802.11ac on the 2.4ghz band was unsuccessful (was able to in the past on version 25, my signal strength very good but the cars antenna or amp for wifi sucks).

Setup a old Netgear router with no security, no internet and was able to connect on second try (router about 5 feet from car in garage.

Looked at router's admin page to view attached devices to get IP address.

Using juicyssh app on hp tablet hacked running CyanogenMod android 4.2.2, I typed (could not paste the commands) One line at a time.

Shut off car and turned back on, works fine.

Did not like typing commands on tablet so I loaded Putty (a SSH client) on my desktop runing windows 7 64 bit, typed the commands for the disclaimer time.

Waited for about a half hour and took the car for a drive. Disclaimer goes off very fast and full use of touchscreen while driving. Once again THANKS, THANKS, THANKS.

 

Also the text messages now display while driving, but I prefer to have them play while driving.

 

Nice to know. Thanks for reporting.

 

Add me to the list of happy converts. Mine is working, and like the other poster, texts are readable while riding.

 

Does anyone have a good application for Microsoft?

 

Try Putty. PuTTY Download Page

 

Will this be undone once you upgrade to a higher firmware like v31?

 

I am not sure, but most likely yes. You would also not be able to change it since V31 deactivates the wifi feature.

 

was on 25 and disabled speed limitation and reduced the disclaimer display time.
Went into the dealer and it was updated to V31.

Thinking I would lose everything but I noticed that the speed limitation mod is still there.
disclaimer display time mod was wiped,

 

Good to know that the speed limitation mod stays.

 

Darn already on v31 Really good work though! keep it up and hopefully we can all soon disable this stupid "feature". I wish automakers would at a minimum do a check, if passenger airbag activated (which means someone is in the seat) then enable full nav use. That way your passenger can control it.... Stupid car makers!