Official Ford Sync3 3.4 Release

[StangTime]

Crossing fingers. The website says it will continue the download if interrupted. But given the history of piss poor functionality of this feature I have my doubts it will complete.

 

[Bikeman315]

I typed in my VIN. It said there was an update. Then when I did the update it did nothing. I called the number on the Maps website and they said I didn't need an update. So I used my free update for absolutely nothing.

You have if you do nothing about it. But that’s up to you.

Try using your phones Hotspot.

The hotspot uses your in car modem, if you have one, on the AT&T network. Will never be as fast as a home wi-fi connection.

As many, including myself, have found over the years OTA updates are hit and miss, mostly miss. Some folks are lucky, most are not. Also in the US, maps updated cannot be done OTA. The files are to big.

 

[Bikeman315]

Crossing fingers. The website says it will continue the download if interrupted. But given the history of piss poor functionality of this feature I have my doubts it will complete.

Just start your car and check the build number on the “about Sync” screen. You will then know if it worked or not. The good news that if it started it will most likely complete. This is based on what other owners have reported In the past.

 

[Matthewstorm]

You have if you do nothing about it. But that’s up to you.


The hotspot uses your in car modem, if you have one, on the AT&T network. Will never be as fast as a home wi-fi connection.

As many, including myself, have found over the years OTA updates are hit and miss, mostly miss. Some folks are lucky, most are not. Also in the US, maps updated cannot be done OTA. The files are to big.

No, not the Hotspot in your car. The Hotspot on your Phone.

 

[Bikeman315]

No, not the Hotspot in your car. The Hotspot on your Phone.

Why would that work any better as it would still need to connect to your router. The throughput would probably be less. Anyway speed is usually not the issue. I’m passing 300gb into my garage and it has never worked.

 

[Bullitt0819]

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I guess the line between pressure of pumping out new products fast without testing and saving costs and making your end user be the beta test is getting very blurred indeed.

Known in the technology field as 'Agile Development.'

 

[Matthewstorm]

Why would that work any better as it would still need to connect to your router. The throughput would probably be less. Anyway speed is usually not the issue. I’m passing 300gb into my garage and it has never worked.

Haha. Dude, your phone Hotspot works off your phones data connection. If you have a 5G signal you could potentially get over 100mbps DL speed. That would make downloading updates very fast.
It has nothing to do with your router.

 

[Bikeman315]

Haha. Dude, your phone Hotspot works off your phones data connection. If you have a 5G signal you could potentially get over 100mbps DL speed. That would make downloading updates very fast.
It has nothing to do with your router.

OK so you want to use a carrier hotspot instead of your home Wi-Fi. A potentially unstable signal that is slower than most home connections. Good luck with that.

 

[StangTime]

This morning the update screen remained the same with the "Downloading update" then when I backed out of the garage thus disconnecting the car from my home wifi, it changed to "Scan for updates". I'm going to let it do it's thing and keep tabs on how long it takes to update. If it ever does . My car is normally not on or running within my wifi range. Using my phones limited 1gig data plan, out of the question. I won't go off on a rant about Canadian cell phone service . Most expensive in the world. The nations network is owned by a duopoly. Sorry, stopping now.

 

[Bikeman315]

This morning the update screen remained the same with the "Downloading update" then when I backed out of the garage thus disconnecting the car from my home wifi, it changed to "Scan for updates". I'm going to let it do it's thing and keep tabs on how long it takes to update. If it ever does . My car is normally not on or running within my wifi range. Using my phones limited 1gig data plan, out of the question. I won't go off on a rant about Canadian cell phone service . Most expensive in the world. The nations network is owned by a duopoly. Sorry, stopping now.

Todd, just use the damn flash drive. You fighting a battle that you cannot win.

 

[StangTime]

Todd, just use the damn flash drive. You fighting a battle that you cannot win.

It's an experiment... Not to test the over-the-air updates, but to test my patience.

 

[Bikeman315]

It's an experiment... Not to test the over-the-air updates, but to test my patience.

 

[Matthewstorm]

OK so you want to use a carrier hotspot instead of your home Wi-Fi. A potentially unstable signal that is slower than most home connections. Good luck with that.

Yes, but you're quite wrong about this. When I have 5G signal I get upwards of 200mbps download speeds. Twice as fast as my home network. It's not unstable in the slightest. Of course, it also depends on your carrier. If you have AT&T then I absolutely agree with you.

 

[Bikeman315]

Yes, but you're quite wrong about this. When I have 5G signal I get upwards of 200mbps download speeds. Twice as fast as my home network. It's not unstable in the slightest. Of course, it also depends on your carrier. If you have AT&T then I absolutely agree with you.

Not sure where you are getting that speed but that’s more than double the record.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cn...obile-now-ranked-fastest-5g-network-by-ookla/

Here’s my iPhone 12 on T-Mobile 5G.

 

[Ferrcad]

Just my 2 cents, the safest way to do this is to build update offline with files from your choosing (Ford/Cyanlabs) and install via USB. As flaky as the OTA has been with all Ford vehicles I would not take the chance.