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Stock firmware 0051
The head unit's original software — MX64_V2.01.0051.05-9-R-210326 — to bring a modified head unit back to its factory state, or to repair one.
Only for head units of the same line. It is made for MX64_V2.01.0051.05-9-R-210326 (shown under Settings › About). Our bench head unit runs it. Other versions of the same …05-9… line, such as 0046, should take it like an update — not yet tested by us. The flash replaces the operating system, the apps and all data as one set: a head unit of a different line must not get it.
What is in it
| File | Content |
|---|---|
imx6.bin | the operating system 0051: kernel, recovery, Android system and configuration (the bootloader copy inside is never written) — taken from an unmodified 0051 head unit and checked to contain none of our changes |
imx6ap.bin | the apps (vendor partition, app build 052), the data image and the boot logo — byte for byte the original Aiways package 0046 |
imx6.ini | the flash instructions (ours): writes boot, recovery, system, vendor, data and logo — never the bootloader and never the MCU firmware |
⚠️ The apps are those of app build 052. A car that ran a different app build (060, 104, …) has build 052's apps after the flash.
Download
| File | Size | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|
| stock-0051-usb-stick.zip | 740 MB | c53cc9516f39ca624351d20f281a951637bf49550995ab2ccadce3c8d649090c |
Unzip it and copy the three files — imx6.ini, imx6.bin and imx6ap.bin — to the top level of a FAT32 stick. Nothing else on that stick: no update.zip, update_os.zip or ota_update.ini (two jobs on one stick compete at the restart, and either may win) and never an MCU firmware file.
Flash
Everything on the head unit is erased: ADC, paired phones, Wi-Fi networks, settings. The 3D parts catalogue on the internal storage stays.
On a car with ADC
- Plug the stick into the front USB port. The Connect app opens a box with a row Stock firmware 0051 — press Revert and confirm.
- Connect checks the stick first (the flash instructions, no MCU firmware, the stick is the first USB drive) and then restarts into the flash.
On any car
- Switch the car on and plug the stick into the front USB port — the one official Aiways update sticks use.
- Open Settings › About › Factory Reset and confirm.
- The car restarts and flashes, with progress bars, for several minutes.
Afterwards
- Pull the stick as soon as the flash has finished — left in, a later restart flashes again. If the screen asks you to remove the stick and then waits, pull it and switch the car off and on.
- The first start takes longer; the car then runs the stock software.
⚠️ Simply switching the car off and on does not start the flash — only a restart from the running system does (factory reset, or the Connect app).
To install ADC afterwards, use a separate stick: ADC 0.13.4.