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The “Ukrainian scheme” for restoring Tesla certificates: what it is and why it is risky

The “Ukrainian scheme” restores Tesla certificates through Tesla support with a cover story that the car is in Ukraine. The certificates do get restored, but the car lands on a Tesla blacklist: software updates are blocked, maps roll back to the European EU-2019.20, and if the certificates expire again, restoring them is close to impossible. How to spot the scheme before paying, what to ask the operator and what the alternatives are.

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Firmware and forced updates over SIM

The update notification arrives over the built-in SIM, but the firmware package itself downloads only over Wi-Fi. What pulling the SIM actually achieves, why updates hang for months and what it takes to unstick them.

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