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APIM Sync Settings Not Saving, VER_ERR08 Errors, Cannot Perform Master Reset or Upgrades/Updates - Ford / Information - CyanLabs Official Community
How are you using the Syn3 Updater? Autoinstall or Reformat? After performing 2 soft reboots you should be able to reformat the unit as long as it is NOT MY20+. If it is MY20+, the only way out is to run the scripting via Jailbreak.