I get that. It doesn't change the fact that the morons who wrote the flash upgrade process were so stupid as to not protect their task by disabling all automatic power-shutdown features. I can't speak for Dodge but GM clearly has better programmers on their payroll.
no matter what they do, they can't really prevent a battery going under-voltage in the middle of an update.
Its possible Dodge and GM would rather just deal with fixing the rare issue without hearing complaints about having the engine running. But Ford would rather point and say "I warned ya!" LoL
I'll stipulate to that. However an automotive battery will hold 12.6V till the end of time and flashing is a trivial current draw. Something is VERY wrong with the power system if it can't maintain stable power off the battery alone for 10 minutes. Otherwise your battery is a goner and won't crank the engine to begin with.
That isn't quite true. A fully charged battery will be 12.6v but how many of those are there around ! Lots are only 75% charged and sitting for 30 to 40 minutes doing a maps update will run the risk of it dropping lower than that as lots of other things will be drawing power as well as the ICE. The starting point is crucial (battery charge level) and Ford have no control over that so to avoid risk advise the engine should be running for an update. I do it on a longish journey when it has no impact. If you don't have a long enough journey to do it in then you would be the highest risk of having an undercharged battery either before or during the update !
Exactly.
See you have the 2015 here. you obviously upgraded to the sync 3 using a donor. I have also have a 15. Bought the parts from a yard and acquired the vin for the donor. Updated the 2.3 software to the 3.0. All was well. Since the update the donor lists no current updates and my 15 lists an update JR3T-14G381-AS. Did you have the same experience I have and if so have you updated since with the .......AS update?
Same here. When I did my upgrade a couple of years ago 3.0 was just coming out so I uploaded the unofficial version. Mine says it is 3.0 Build 18025_PRODUCT. I understand there is a newer one out but on owner.ford.com it says there is no update (when using the donor car VIN). What do I need to do to get this to update? I noticed the car was trying to download the update when at home and on my wifi but it never proceeds to finish it, so it seems to recognize there is an update for it but I just want to manually install it via USB...
I used the vin for the donor to download 18093. and was able to finally get the update to work. After that the program required me to via my account to certify my unit version was updated. What puzzles me is the donor does not show an update., but that my vin shows the new update. Have you checked out an update for your vin? Your APIM was programmed to your specific car? Mine was programmed vehicle specific. Ford now thinks my 2015 My Touch is instead 2017 Sync 3. I if I were to contact Ford about the issue, would only specify the donor vin as with problem. I believe Ford would say rather quickly they do not support our changes.
Two things:
1- Upgrade USB hub, in console, for Apple Carplay - HU5Z-19A387-A