{"id":16518,"date":"2025-07-04T14:18:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T14:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/?p=16518"},"modified":"2025-07-04T14:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T14:19:08","slug":"icom-a3-no-longer-works-after-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/icom-a3-no-longer-works-after-update\/","title":{"rendered":"ICOM A3 No Longer Works After Update (Solved)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"624\"><strong>Customer Concern:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"624\">\u201cWe bought an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/goods-6676-Best-price-BMW-ICOM-Next-A3-Professional-Diagnostic-Tool.html\">ICOM A3<\/a> in December for ISTA. It worked before, but now we\u2019re told it won\u2019t work anymore starting April 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"624\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/icom-a3-no-longer-works-after-update\/icom-a3-no-longer-works-after-update-solved-1\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16521\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ICOM-A3-No-Longer-Works-After-Update-Solved-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ICOM-A3-No-Longer-Works-After-Update-Solved-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ICOM-A3-No-Longer-Works-After-Update-Solved-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ICOM-A3-No-Longer-Works-After-Update-Solved-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/icom-a3-no-longer-works-after-update\/icom-a3-no-longer-works-after-update-solved-2\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16520\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ICOM-A3-No-Longer-Works-After-Update-Solved-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ICOM-A3-No-Longer-Works-After-Update-Solved-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ICOM-A3-No-Longer-Works-After-Update-Solved-2-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ICOM-A3-No-Longer-Works-After-Update-Solved-2-768x749.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ICOM-A3-No-Longer-Works-After-Update-Solved-2-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"626\" data-end=\"642\"><strong>Follow-Up:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"643\" data-end=\"735\">\n<li data-start=\"643\" data-end=\"735\">\n<p data-start=\"645\" data-end=\"735\">Q: Did the software work before?<br data-start=\"681\" data-end=\"684\" \/>A: Yes, it worked until May. Now it\u2019s unusable.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"737\" data-end=\"1130\"><strong>Explanation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"737\" data-end=\"1130\">After reviewing your screenshots, we confirmed that the software was updated to the latest version. Initially, it worked because you were using a cracked version of ISTA.<br data-start=\"930\" data-end=\"933\" \/>However, once you clicked the online update, it disabled the cracked software. As a result, the software now requires a valid online license, and it is no longer compatible with cracked setups.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1132\" data-end=\"1203\"><strong>Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1132\" data-end=\"1203\">To continue using ISTA with your ICOM device, you must:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1204\" data-end=\"1350\">\n<li data-start=\"1204\" data-end=\"1272\">\n<p data-start=\"1206\" data-end=\"1272\">Either purchase a cracked version of the latest software, or<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1273\" data-end=\"1350\">\n<p data-start=\"1275\" data-end=\"1350\">Subscribe to a licensed online account for official updates and access.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/icom-a3-no-longer-works-after-update\/icom-a3-no-longer-works-after-update-solved-3\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16519\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ICOM-A3-No-Longer-Works-After-Update-Solved-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"999\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ICOM-A3-No-Longer-Works-After-Update-Solved-3.jpg 999w, https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ICOM-A3-No-Longer-Works-After-Update-Solved-3-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ICOM-A3-No-Longer-Works-After-Update-Solved-3-768x386.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/goods-7436-BMW-ICOM-Software-ISTA-D-ISTA-P-1T-SDD-For-ICOM-Next-BMW-ICOM-A2-A3-Diagnostic-Programming.html\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">V2025.05 BMW ICOM Software ISTA-D ISTA-P 1T SDD For ICOM Next BMW ICOM A2 A3 Diagnostic &amp; Programming<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Customer Concern: \u201cWe bought an ICOM A3 in December for ISTA. It worked before, but now we\u2019re told it won\u2019t work anymore starting April 2025.\u201d Follow-Up: Q: Did the software work before?A: Yes, it worked until May. Now it\u2019s unusable.&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/icom-a3-no-longer-works-after-update\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,1405],"tags":[359,306,2503],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16518"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16518"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16524,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16518\/revisions\/16524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnautotool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}