Scanning for updates

[marks]

So ive connected car to wifi and scanning for updates but it just seems to stay on 'scanning for updates' without anything else happening! Anyone else having this issue?

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[hinch]

seems to take about 5 minutes on mine but it needs a good wifi connection a barely there 1 or 2 bar connection seems to fail all the time. also doesn't like using the phone hotspot even though it says its connected.

 

[kapiteinlangzaam]

As far as I know, there are no 'updates', so that might well be your issue

 

[simonp83]

Where are the options to connect to wifi, in the Sync options?

 

[hinch]

Where are the options to connect to wifi, in the Sync options?

[ame]

 

[PeterE]

Mine takes around 5 mins to complete the update check but I've not seen any applied so its on the same version it was delivered with.

It's parked only a few feet away from the WiFi access point - 5 bars on my phone from inside the car but only 2 on the Sync3 screen so the car does not seem to have a very sensitive antenna.

What is irritating for me is that the WiFi setup keyboard does not appear to have a '$' character anywhere (unless I'm being dumb); why not - this is a US car after all :doh:? My WiFi SSID has a '$' in it and the obvious option would be to change that, however, I have over 15 WiFi enabled devices that connect to the network so don't really want to change every one of them. Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) doesn't work either.

So I just set up a separate WiFi access point with a $-free SSID...

Keyboard layouts:

 

[Lone Survivor]

Sync 2 randomly updated itself today :shrug:

No idea what it was updating, could've been using the Mrs iPhone wifi as we had been listening to Spotify :shrug:

 

[Manders Mustang]

^ Gonna have to put mine on the drive to test this, it doesn't quite reach the wifi on sync 2 in the garage.


As for the $ sign [MENTION=26630]PeterE[/MENTION] try hitting Shift when on the !@# menu or tap that button again. Sync hides things in multiple places by hitting the same button, counter intuitive as fk. Like on Sync 2 when entering a postcode you can hit ABC 3/4 times and get different menues on each one (not that anyone uses the other one in the UK)

 

[PeterE]

As for the $ sign [MENTION=26630]PeterE[/MENTION] try hitting Shift when on the !@# menu or tap that button again. Sync hides things in multiple places by hitting the same button, counter intuitive as fk. Like on Sync 2 when entering a postcode you can hit ABC 3/4 times and get different menus on each one (not that anyone uses the other one in the UK)

Just tried this again - the WiFi keyboard is a subset of the navigation one so does not have the dual extended character set with extras including the '$'.

I even tried setting the system to alternate languages (only European ones available) and the WiFi keyboard is the same for all; I assume that a US keyboard would have the '$'?

Also, if your WiFi network name is hidden, Sync3 won't find it:frusty:

 

[Manders Mustang]

Just tried this again - the WiFi keyboard is a subset of the navigation one so does not have the dual extended character set with extras including the '$'.

I even tried setting the system to alternate languages (only European ones available) and the WiFi keyboard is the same for all; I assume that a US keyboard would have the '$'?

Also, if your WiFi network name is hidden, Sync3 won't find it:frusty:

Smart... Not... if you want, put your phone on the wifi, plug phone in via the lower USB (Under the air con controls by the ciggy lighter), and it should ask to connect to the network, hopefully that'll work (Can't promise)

 

[kapiteinlangzaam]

Reading around, it seems WiFI OTA updates are for SYNC3 only.

Therefore all us poor sods with old cars cant do it ;)

 

[Manders Mustang]

Reading around, it seems WiFI OTA updates are for SYNC3 only.

Therefore all us poor sods with old cars cant do it ;)

How come @Lone_Survivor has his Sync 2 update then? :shrug:

 

[kapiteinlangzaam]

Maybe he was mistaken, I dont know.

I cant find any reference to the Sync2 (myFord Touch) being OTA update-able anywhere on the web, and its mentioned as a 'new' feature specifically for Sync3.

 

[Manders Mustang]

Maybe he was mistaken, I dont know.

I cant find any reference to the Sync2 (myFord Touch) being OTA update-able anywhere on the web, and its mentioned as a 'new' feature specifically for Sync3.

I thought the same, but I could have sworn I also saw a "Check for updates" button on my sync 2 somewhere... maybe mistaken :lol:

 

[kapiteinlangzaam]

I thought the same, but I could have sworn I also saw a "Check for updates" button on my sync 2 somewhere... maybe mistaken :lol:

There is such a button, but its for local files on a SD card, downloaded from the web.

Its not for WiFi OTA.

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