Alternateurdegolf4 yes I was surprised Jaguar DID suggest this and thought it was important enough that they released a SDD best practices with that in it.
Now I am trying to see if anyone has actually done this?
Seems risky to me with my limited SDD knowledge but as you say it's Jaguar's own suggestion!

Anyone disconnect modules BEFORE a scan and then plug them in to reprogram?
Did it work?
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Guys, I tried swapping the ECMs before reprogramming and... IT WORKS.

I opened SDD 160 and did a scan of my vehicle with the original ECM.
I then went to the programming function for a new module, I clicked until I reached the last step, when it asks to accept or refuse the download of a .bin file. There I turned off the ignition, disconnected the battery, put on the used ECM that I got from another vehicle, reconnected the battery and clicked "yes". The programming started and reached the end.
I still had an error message relating to the immobilizer and the engine would not start. So I programmed the immobilizer and now the enginge starts well. I still have the airbag light flashing and faults relating to the other computers. It may be necessary to programme the different calculaturs. I haven't tried it yet because I noticed that with this new calculator I still have my injection problems so I have no interest in continuing.

I did a new scan of the vehicle and it is indeed the original VID of my vehicle that is displayed and not that of the donor.

Important note: I did not need to activate engineer mode.

 

Great job! I still can't believe that works and it might open the door to many more repairs and updates too.

Thanks again for being a guinea pig and giving it a go!
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Добрый день. можно еще раз скинуть инженерный калькулятор. немогу активировать адаптивный круиз. спасибо!

 

Good afternoon. you can throw off the engineering calculator again. I can't activate adaptive cruise. thank you!

 

who needs a calculator, write either in private messages or by mail, now it's the season of work a lot, I rarely come here

 

Hi all new to the Jaguar world. anoyone know where i can get these files as the link in this chat as expired

​​​​​​calculator of the engineering menu

this is all new to me battery lead was removed now locking wont work so bought mongoose tool to try reprogram as this is what ive read elsewhere.

Thanks in Advance

 

The SDD files for all versions are free and scattered all around?
Here is a quick search and you can spend hours getting them if you want?
SDD Files

Now note in those search results is a GREAT thread over on the UK Jaguar forum?
They have built virtual images of various version of SDD. This is by far the quickest and easiest method of installing SDD.
SDD Software Images
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