This is just *** amazing that my 2018 can now get current maps. Thanks @Moffacake for passing this along. Even through I rarely use the MMI maps - as AAWireless with Google Maps is my preference - I love having my MMI current and available for the rare times when I could be offline or whatever. Plus, when I sell the car, this is a good add-on.

I am very technically oriented (programmer, build my own PCs, rooted phones, etc.) yet the last thing I want to do is to brick my MMI by accidentally flashing the wrong firmware. The video Moffacake linked to has the MMI in non-English, Plus the link to the mibsolution.one site didn't bring up the same options as shown in the video (just lots of folders). I chose going directly to the Github repository and followed its instructions which were more to my liking. So, after having successfully gone through the process, I thought I'd summarize for those following.

NOTE 1 - Installation in the video is different from what is on Github and is shown below. The video appears to do the update through the GEM menu (I'm not positive since the MMI options in the video are not in English). The Github instructions I used (and which are below) auto install the patch as soon as the SD card is inserted.
NOTE 2 - I have a 2018 SQ5. From what I can tell, this will work for any B9 or B9.5.

Instructions:
I - Prepare the SD card with files
1a - Go to the following Github repository for links and instructions with very helpful screen prints to follow.

• https://github.com/Mr-MIBonk/M.I.B._...do-stuff-smirk

1b - Get the M.I.B files (currently - V3.4.1 - "Backup Edition")

• https://github.com/Mr-MIBonk/M.I.B._...-Bash/releases
• Under the Assets section is a link to the Source code zip file

1c - Download and install "Free Download Manager" (optional)

• https://www.freedownloadmanager.org/download.htm
• Because the downloads from mibsolution.one website is extremely slow (I tried downloading directly and it was going to take hours), I followed this recommendation which downloaded the patches in minutes. The Firefox addon didn't seem to work so I used the Windows version.

1d - Download latest patch collection (I pasted this link into Free Download Manager")

• https://mibsolution.one/wl/?id=ct7tZ...cHmPMm8pk1YYGa
• Choose the M.I.B.Patches_20220625.7z file (467MB) - or whatever is current

2. Unpack the files

• Unzip the M.I.B files to a directory (e.g. M.I.B._More-Incredible-Bash-3.4.1)
• Unzip the patches files into the "Patches" directory which exists under the M.I.B directory in the previous step.
• RENAME the file _Swdlautorun.txt to Swdlautorun.txt (this allows Automatic Install)

3 - Format a full-sized SD Card (FAT32) - 4 MB minimum
4 - Copy the contents of the M.I.B directory to the root of the SD card. Verify that metainfo2.txt is in the root of the SD card.

II - Install the M.I.B

• Fully charge your battery. I kept my battery tender attached the whole time.
• Turn on the power (without engine running)
• Put the SD card in Slot 1 of your Audi
• The installation will auto-start in about 60 seconds.
• The MMI will reboot three times

• Scroll to the bottom and click on "Resume" which will bring up the following screen:

• Click on "Cancel log update" - MMI will reboot (I believe).

III - Enter Green Engineering Menu (GEM)
Enter the GEM,

• To get into the GEM, you must be on the MMI home screen (Vehicle … Navigation … Map… Settings)
• Simultaneously press UP on the right and left MMI buttons on either side of the wheel and hold for about 3 seconds until the GEM appears. If you didn't get it just right, you'll get either the Navigation or Media screens. Go back to the main menu and try again. It took me a few tries
• Note: To go back to the previous screen within the GEM, scroll to the top and click on the "..." on the first line.

1 - M.I.B

• There are two options at the top of the menu - choose the second one: =>m.i.b<=

2 - Backup

• On the next screen. scroll down past where it says "NEXT SCREEN for more magic...". That next screen has all the menu goodies. Choose Backup_Restore and choose the backup option.
• Keep scrolling as the screen fills up until you get the message at the bottom: "All done! Now you can go back…"
• NEVER interrupt the process by clicking "back" (or removing the SD card) before getting the All done! message.

3 - Patch Image

• After backup, return to the main =>m.i.b.<= screen
• Choose the option "patch_ifs_root_aio"
• Click on "Flash patched image | add FECs | CP/AA coding | and more"
• Wait for the message

• Reboot the MMI - Either 3 MMI button salute, or the reboot option in the GEM menu

=>Note: The above option "patch_ifs_root_aio" is an all in one patch. There are 3 other options below ir which do individual parts of it. If you accidentally choose one of them like "add_feccontainer.fec" (like i did), just go back after it is done executing and choose the correct option. You haven't screwed something up.

IV - Update Maps
1 - Prepare SD Card with map files

• Unzip the maps file linked here (or future updates as we get them)
• Rename metainfo2.txt to metainfo2.bak (or anything else)
  • This is only If you are using the same SD card and haven't deleted the existing files.
  • This is because the maps has a file with the same name and renaming keeps all the files from the first part intact.
• Copy the maps directory into the root of the SD Card

2 - Turn on power (make sure battery is full)
3 - Navigate to the main MMI menu

• Left click on the **** to get options (ridiculously obscure)
• Choose System maintenance
• As it is searching the SD card, you'll get a menu which says

4 - You should get a screen which says:

• Click on "Start update"

5 - You should get a screen which says:6 - The MMI will show the progress to 100% and you should get a screen which saysCongrats!

V - Other goodies

• VIM (video in motion)
  • =>m.i.b.<=
  • vim
  • Choose the option to "Set VIM to 199 km/h"
• Dual Nav (with version 3.4.4 (or newer) - this allows Google maps navigation (or Waze) with MMI in the virtual cockpit (instead of compass).
  • =>m.i.b.<=
  • Navigation
  • navactiveignore
  • Choose the option to "Enable dual navigation"

NOTE: This link shows the MIB menu structure so you can get around.