"Lamenting" is an interesting way to put it. I would be more then happy to share how my issues were resolved.Given that you were lamenting how people said they fixed issues or found proper settings but never explained how, could you post what you did to get rid of the errors, as well as what "tube_version" you used to get the "R"-style cluster look?
First, on my 2017 R I installed "Digital Cockpit" Instrument Cluster 5G1-920-891-A and Dash Trim for "Digital Cockpit" Instrument Cluster 5G0-857-189-B-AAH purchased from https://www.shopdap.com.
Optical Cable purchased from:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/90cm-MOST-fiber-optic-Y-cable-for-AUDI-BMW-MERCEDES-PORSCHE-VW/123822803017?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
A few members that had similar issues did message me privately and all of us had the issue resolved through a VW dealership. The cluster has to be programmed by VW as explained in the links below using ODIS for the immobilizer. From what I know, only a VW dealer can do this and from what I gathered the ABS issues that a few noted, ended up being resolved by their VW dealership. None were given a detailed explanation of how it was corrected. Just that they had to perform a different programming technique. One had a steering rack replaced.
I used these links for installing my retrofit;
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aDvLElA450w5pESjfYC_F_p-kzb3ox_L/edit
https://forums.ross-tech.com/index.php?threads/15084/#post-136017
And this I found posted by pyrotech1620 on the Vortex which helped get the maps to load on the cluster
https://forums.vwvortex.com/showthr...D)-DIY-Retrofit-Guide-for-Golf-Alltrack/page3
THEREALVRT posted this link for the R look. https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/inde...nfo-display-themes-coding-spreadsheed.357983/ I used this link and set my cluster to Variant 6, Tube version 4, display depiction 1, but I changed to 3 for blue dots.
Now I have a fully functional Active Info Display, hope this helps. Thank you again to everyone who helped me along the way.