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      01-31-2021, 12:24 PM   #1
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Is this a worthy replacement for newTIS?

Has anyone tried to buy these Workshop Service Manual for f48 on ebay?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-X-Ser...-/114079654268

I see them selling the same for other models at £ 14 or $ 19.
Are these the same instructions as on the newtis page that is unavailable?
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Has anyone tried to buy these Workshop Service Manual for f48 on ebay?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-X-Ser...-/114079654268

I see them selling the same for other models at £ 14 or $ 19.
Are these the same instructions as on the newtis page that is unavailable?
Yes,
I bought and downloaded the version for G01. So here are my thoughts
1. It is not a replacement for newtis which was interactive. With newtis , for any part install or removal, there were smart links for preceding and following steps which could be called up and you could quickly jump back and forth. You could also call up all parts associated with a particular factory option (great for retrofits). The forced removal of newtis was a blow to owners and BMW charge for 24 hr access to BMW tis in the US is cynical but not as dreadful as no access for majority in other countries.
2. The eBay download is just a very large 1.3gb pdf document, it is searchable but unless your computer has huge ram and a very fast processor, you can sit for literally minutes before it sometimes hangs. The quality of diagram/picture scans is acceptable but not excellent but text is always easy to read. It can be used, but is only really workable by finding relevant section in the front index and then reading the section through from start to finish. The problem is that it is unwieldy and trying to move back and forth is tricky. It does however list steps in correct order and in this respect is similar to newtis. If you want to remove/replace a part it will tell you how and in what order.
3. My conclusion is that it is better than nothing, the pdf provides material for cars with build date up to 2017 and will help by listing steps and correct order for repairs. It is also useful finding out how to access a part (for example the touch controller, which is not always obvious. The diagrams are useful but some small detail can be difficult to see and finally you will have to hunt to find exact section you need. It is over-priced.
4. There are sellers with 2017 tis/ISTA but they appear to require huge download and virtual machine. This would be much better solution and not model specific. I have not tried so have not given a link.

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I bought this for US$9.99:

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/DOWNLOAD-SER...53.m2749.l2649

It is ISTA+ 1982-2017 and includes F48, which hasn't changed much for 2018+. The download is 30GB for software and data preinstalled/preconfigured in a virtual machine that can run under VMware on either Windows or iOS.
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I bought this for US$9.99:

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/DOWNLOAD-SER...53.m2749.l2649

It is ISTA+ 1982-2017 and includes F48, which hasn't changed much for 2018+. The download is 30GB for software and data preinstalled/preconfigured in a virtual machine that can run under VMware on either Windows or iOS.
Yes, much better option.
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I bought this for US$9.99:

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/DOWNLOAD-SER...53.m2749.l2649

It is ISTA+ 1982-2017 and includes F48, which hasn't changed much for 2018+. The download is 30GB for software and data preinstalled/preconfigured in a virtual machine that can run under VMware on either Windows or iOS.
By the way, it includes all the BMW and Mini cars, so good for people who own more besides F48.
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I bought this for US$9.99:

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/DOWNLOAD-SER...53.m2749.l2649

It is ISTA+ 1982-2017 and includes F48, which hasn't changed much for 2018+. The download is 30GB for software and data preinstalled/preconfigured in a virtual machine that can run under VMware on either Windows or iOS.
Please share how you get on with installation and using.
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Please share how you get on with installation and using.
I have it installed and working. A good document is provided with step-by-step instructions.

I.T. was my profession, so I have used VMware before. I installed on my Windows 10 laptop PC, so I am able to take it to my car, and it should have 8 GB or more memory (mine has 16 GB). The only tricky thing I dealt with is the 4K laptop screen (3840x2160 resolution), so text in ISTA+ looked tiny until I tweaked settings in the virtual machine (Windows 7).

Since the database only goes up to 2017, I cannot enter my 2018 VIN for the application to decode/lookup. Instead, I just manually select the make, model and year. You can find information and images by various categories/procedures or do a search by text.

I am still scratching the surface of the ISTA+ functionality. Definitely worth US$9.99.
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Please share how you get on with installation and using.
I have it installed and working. A good document is provided with step-by-step instructions.

I.T. was my profession, so I have used VMware before. I installed on my Windows 10 laptop PC, so I am able to take it to my car, and it should have 8 GB or more memory (mine has 16 GB). The only tricky thing I dealt with is the 4K laptop screen (3840x2160 resolution), so text in ISTA+ looked tiny until I tweaked settings in the virtual machine (Windows 7).

Since the database only goes up to 2017, I cannot enter my 2018 VIN for the application to decode/lookup. Instead, I just manually select the make, model and year. You can find information and images by various categories/procedures or do a search by text.

I am still scratching the surface of the ISTA+ functionality. Definitely worth US$9.99.
I wonder if it's any different than this? I'm sure the download isn't a torrent but some other host?

https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1581170
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I wonder if it's any different than this? I'm sure the download isn't a torrent but some other host?

https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1581170
It looks like a torrent for the database if you want to try downloading 30+ GB that way. It may take a really long time assuming there are even seeds. The links look like for the application software only.

You can try it, but it is not worth the effort for me to save US$9.99.
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Here is a thread with links on MEGA.NZ for updated ISTA+ versions:

https://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1739583

I successfully installed the highest version v4.27.31 of data up to 2020. It accepts and looks up my 2018 VIN.
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Here is a thread with links on MEGA.NZ for updated ISTA+ versions:

https://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1739583

I successfully installed the highest version v4.27.31 of data up to 2020. It accepts and looks up my 2018 VIN.
A big thank you for sharing all this. For those less savvy/knowledgeable on ISTA would you confirm that the link on f10 forum give everything needed to set up virtual machine and install later versions of ISTA. Or would it be better to purchase package off eBay and then update. It might be really helpful if you are able to provide a quick step by step summary of what you think is best approach to getting ISTA (hopefully with later 2020 database).
Thank you again for sharing this.

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A big thank you for sharing all this. For those less savvy/knowledgeable on ISTA would you confirm that the link on f10 forum give everything needed to set up virtual machine and install leather versions of ISTA. Or would it be better to purchase package off eBay and then update. It might be really helpful if you are able to provide a quick step by step summary of what you think is best approach to getting ISTA (hopefully with later 2020 database).
Thank you again for sharing this.
I entirely agree. Thanks again.
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A big thank you for sharing all this. For those less savvy/knowledgeable on ISTA would you confirm that the link on f10 forum give everything needed to set up virtual machine and install later versions of ISTA. Or would it be better to purchase package off eBay and then update. It might be really helpful if you are able to provide a quick step by step summary of what you think is best approach to getting ISTA (hopefully with later 2020 database).
Thank you again for sharing this.
The main issue I faced was trying to download many GBs from MEGA.NZ for free. The site has daily limits on free downloads without an account, so my download would pause and run slow the next day. After a few days without success, I paid $7.64 CAD for 1 month that allowed me to download reasonably quickly.

If you follow the Setup steps precisely, you have a good chance of success. Being a computer geek, I deviated somewhat to my own liking and also made some tweeks for my laptop with 4K screen. Version 4.27.31 goes all the way to January 2021, including X1, X2, X3 and other BMW/Mini cars.

The eBay version I bought previously for $9.99 USD was only up to 2017. I thought about upgrading it, but that would be almost the same effort as installing the new version and the virtual machine is still at Windows 7 (vs Windows 10 in f10.5post.com version).

It may be feasible for me to upload my preinstalled and preconfigured virtual machine for others in this forum. The zipped size would be 35 GB.
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A big thank you for sharing all this. For those less savvy/knowledgeable on ISTA would you confirm that the link on f10 forum give everything needed to set up virtual machine and install later versions of ISTA. Or would it be better to purchase package off eBay and then update. It might be really helpful if you are able to provide a quick step by step summary of what you think is best approach to getting ISTA (hopefully with later 2020 database).
Thank you again for sharing this.
The main issue I faced was trying to download many GBs from MEGA.NZ for free. The site has daily limits on free downloads without an account, so my download would pause and run slow the next day. After a few days without success, I paid $7.64 CAD for 1 month that allowed me to download reasonably quickly.

If you follow the Setup steps precisely, you have a good chance of success. Being a computer geek, I deviated somewhat to my own liking and also made some tweeks for my laptop with 4K screen. Version 4.27.31 goes all the way to January 2021, including X1, X2, X3 and other BMW/Mini cars.

The eBay version I bought previously for $9.99 USD was only up to 2017. I thought about upgrading it, but that would be almost the same effort as installing the new version and the virtual machine is still at Windows 7 (vs Windows 10 in f10.5post.com version).

It may be feasible for me to upload my preinstalled and preconfigured virtual machine for others in this forum. The zipped size would be 35 GB.
That upload would be awesome if you end up doing it for others to use.
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The main issue I faced was trying to download many GBs from MEGA.NZ for free. The site has daily limits on free downloads without an account, so my download would pause and run slow the next day. After a few days without success, I paid $7.64 CAD for 1 month that allowed me to download reasonably quickly.

If you follow the Setup steps precisely, you have a good chance of success. Being a computer geek, I deviated somewhat to my own liking and also made some tweeks for my laptop with 4K screen. Version 4.27.31 goes all the way to January 2021, including X1, X2, X3 and other BMW/Mini cars.

The eBay version I bought previously for $9.99 USD was only up to 2017. I thought about upgrading it, but that would be almost the same effort as installing the new version and the virtual machine is still at Windows 7 (vs Windows 10 in f10.5post.com version).

It may be feasible for me to upload my preinstalled and preconfigured virtual machine for others in this forum. The zipped size would be 35 GB.
You are, as always, a credit to the forum. Thank you again for info and an upload/download facility would be awesome.

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A big thank you for sharing all this. For those less savvy/knowledgeable on ISTA would you confirm that the link on f10 forum give everything needed to set up virtual machine and install later versions of ISTA. Or would it be better to purchase package off eBay and then update. It might be really helpful if you are able to provide a quick step by step summary of what you think is best approach to getting ISTA (hopefully with later 2020 database).
Thank you again for sharing this.
The main issue I faced was trying to download many GBs from MEGA.NZ for free. The site has daily limits on free downloads without an account, so my download would pause and run slow the next day. After a few days without success, I paid $7.64 CAD for 1 month that allowed me to download reasonably quickly.

If you follow the Setup steps precisely, you have a good chance of success. Being a computer geek, I deviated somewhat to my own liking and also made some tweeks for my laptop with 4K screen. Version 4.27.31 goes all the way to January 2021, including X1, X2, X3 and other BMW/Mini cars.

The eBay version I bought previously for $9.99 USD was only up to 2017. I thought about upgrading it, but that would be almost the same effort as installing the new version and the virtual machine is still at Windows 7 (vs Windows 10 in f10.5post.com version).

It may be feasible for me to upload my preinstalled and preconfigured virtual machine for others in this forum. The zipped size would be 35 GB.
Thanks! I've successfully installed ISTA 4.27.31 (upgraded from the VM) and E-Sys. I haven't coded with E-Sys yet, but tested ISTA with enet cable and it connected and allowed me to run a scan.

Pretty awesome piece of software! Just browsing around, gives you anything & everything you'll ever need for repairs!

I ended up buying the monthly account (non-recurring) for Mega ($6usd) as trying to use the free account to download the files wasn't happening.
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Thanks! I've successfully installed ISTA 4.27.31 (upgraded from the VM) and E-Sys. I haven't coded with E-Sys yet, but tested ISTA with enet cable and it connected and allowed me to run a scan.

Pretty awesome piece of software! Just browsing around, gives you anything & everything you'll ever need for repairs!

I ended up buying the monthly account (non-recurring) for Mega ($6usd) as trying to use the free account to download the files wasn't happening.
I'm glad it worked for you so well. Thanks for keeping us informed.

I hope soon to have my self-contained VM available to other forum members. It will not be necessary to buy an account to download and then install/upgrade ISTA+ from MEGA.NZ. Stay tuned ...
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I'm glad it worked for you so well. Thanks for keeping us informed.

I hope soon to have my self-contained VM available to other forum members. It will not be necessary to buy an account to download and then install/upgrade ISTA+ from MEGA.NZ. Stay tuned ...
My self-contained VM with ISTA+ 4.27.31 preinstalled is now available on Google Drive. The total compressed size is ~26GB, with the files split between 2 Google accounts because each has a 15GB free storage limit. It not necessary to download or install any of the ISTA+ or other files from MEGA.NZ.

The following "BMW ISTA+ 4.27.31 Install.txt" file contains the step-by-step installation procedure and the download links. It is not necessary to download any of the ISTA or other files from MEGA.NZ.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AW-...ew?usp=sharing

You can install the VM onto an external USB drive, but it will be slower than on an internal drive.

Many thanks to MJE60 for testing out the installation procedure and confirming that ISTA is working.
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I'm glad it worked for you so well. Thanks for keeping us informed.

I hope soon to have my self-contained VM available to other forum members. It will not be necessary to buy an account to download and then install/upgrade ISTA+ from MEGA.NZ. Stay tuned ...
My self-contained VM with ISTA+ 4.27.31 preinstalled is now available on Google Drive. The total compressed size is ~26GB, with the files split between 2 Google accounts because each has a 15GB free storage limit. It not necessary to download or install any of the ISTA+ or other files from MEGA.NZ.

The following "BMW ISTA+ 4.27.31 Install.txt" file contains the step-by-step installation procedure and the download links. It is not necessary to download any of the ISTA or other files from MEGA.NZ.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AW-...ew?usp=sharing

You can install the VM onto an external USB drive, but it will be slower than on an internal drive.

Many thanks to MJE60 for testing out the installation procedure and confirming that ISTA is working.
Looks like i couldve waited a few days and just used this instead of the fiasco i had getting it configured lol. In the end, all is good!

Awesome work! Will def help a lot of folks!
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My self-contained VM with ISTA+ 4.27.31 preinstalled is now available on Google Drive. The total compressed size is ~26GB, with the files split between 2 Google accounts because each has a 15GB free storage limit. It not necessary to download or install any of the ISTA+ or other files from MEGA.NZ.

The following "BMW ISTA+ 4.27.31 Install.txt" file contains the step-by-step installation procedure and the download links. It is not necessary to download any of the ISTA or other files from MEGA.NZ.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AW-...ew?usp=sharing

You can install the VM onto an external USB drive, but it will be slower than on an internal drive.

Many thanks to MJE60 for testing out the installation procedure and confirming that ISTA is working.
Thank you for all your time and effort in setting this up for forum members, I for one am extremely grateful.
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Thank you for making this available. Will download later tonight.
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My self-contained VM with ISTA+ 4.27.31 preinstalled is now available on Google Drive. The total compressed size is ~26GB, with the files split between 2 Google accounts because each has a 15GB free storage limit. It not necessary to download or install any of the ISTA+ or other files from MEGA.NZ.

The following "BMW ISTA+ 4.27.31 Install.txt" file contains the step-by-step installation procedure and the download links. It is not necessary to download any of the ISTA or other files from MEGA.NZ.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AW-...ew?usp=sharing

You can install the VM onto an external USB drive, but it will be slower than on an internal drive.

Many thanks to MJE60 for testing out the installation procedure and confirming that ISTA is working.
Thank you very much for setting this up. You've already saved me $500. A note for mac users, VMware fusion now offers a free personal use player license for the mac. I have tested your VM and it works great.

https://customerconnect.vmware.com/w...layer-personal
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