View Poll Results: How many of you have utilized the SYNC3 update?
Upgraded
627
69.05%
Choosing to wait for Ford
281
30.95%
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Current SYNC 3 and CarPlay/Android Auto Information
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The upgrade, as I mentioned several pages back, went well with my non-nav 2016 XLT. Awesome and thanks again!
Here's a silly question. Let's say that you have a thumb drive connected to the second USB port on the panel with music and that music is playing/not playing before/during Android Auto. Is there not any way to interface to that port from within AA? For instance, it will play but you lose the track popup and you cannot use voice commands, that I know of, to select a track on it. Is there really no way to access it? Does anyone know if there are plans to more tightly integrate AA in the future into Sync3 so as to be able to access the other hardware? I am aware that you can use the touchscreen to flip back and forth but if you are using the navigation piece, for example, that becomes a little painful.
Regards, Phillip
Here's a silly question. Let's say that you have a thumb drive connected to the second USB port on the panel with music and that music is playing/not playing before/during Android Auto. Is there not any way to interface to that port from within AA? For instance, it will play but you lose the track popup and you cannot use voice commands, that I know of, to select a track on it. Is there really no way to access it? Does anyone know if there are plans to more tightly integrate AA in the future into Sync3 so as to be able to access the other hardware? I am aware that you can use the touchscreen to flip back and forth but if you are using the navigation piece, for example, that becomes a little painful.
Regards, Phillip
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Question for the Platinum and Limited Nav version upgraders. Any issues with the features that are specific to these truck models? Just checking if the multi contour seat and accent lighting features are still available after the upgrade. I'm assuming Sync recognizes the installed hardware features from the head unit.
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The upgrade, as I mentioned several pages back, went well with my non-nav 2016 XLT. Awesome and thanks again!
Here's a silly question. Let's say that you have a thumb drive connected to the second USB port on the panel with music and that music is playing/not playing before/during Android Auto. Is there not any way to interface to that port from within AA? For instance, it will play but you lose the track popup and you cannot use voice commands, that I know of, to select a track on it. Is there really no way to access it? Does anyone know if there are plans to more tightly integrate AA in the future into Sync3 so as to be able to access the other hardware? I am aware that you can use the touchscreen to flip back and forth but if you are using the navigation piece, for example, that becomes a little painful.
Regards, Phillip
Here's a silly question. Let's say that you have a thumb drive connected to the second USB port on the panel with music and that music is playing/not playing before/during Android Auto. Is there not any way to interface to that port from within AA? For instance, it will play but you lose the track popup and you cannot use voice commands, that I know of, to select a track on it. Is there really no way to access it? Does anyone know if there are plans to more tightly integrate AA in the future into Sync3 so as to be able to access the other hardware? I am aware that you can use the touchscreen to flip back and forth but if you are using the navigation piece, for example, that becomes a little painful.
Regards, Phillip
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The site for updates is http://ford.navigation.com
Nothing released yet for the 2016's
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Regards, Phillip
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GJ7Z-19A387-B Works for both, but I highly recommend you try yours with a higher quality USB cable first because any USB should work for Android Auto. Also I need to plug in my phone, then unplug, and replug to get AA to work sometimes, but as a Android developer, the part in the USB cable that is required wares out fast even on the highest quality cables, so go buy a new decent cable (test all the ones your own first of course).
Using this cable:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ABXMQLQ/
Also want to clarify that I'm using the same cable with both hubs and AA works great with the original hub. With the GJ7Z-19A387-B hub AA starts up as soon as I plug in my phone (the AA icon shows on the Ford screen and shows the AA interface) for ~10 seconds. After 10 seconds it just reverts back to the standard Sync interface. I can reproduce this every single time by unplugging and re-plugging the phone back in.
When I reinstall the original hub AA works flawlessly ever single time.
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I'm beginning to think that the 1000 Lincoln Sync 1.0 owners may be out of luck getting that upgrade hardware first when we are draining the supply of "white" hubs. (Mine arrived today).
<rant>
It's quite ridiculous that Ford markets the new tech with over the air updates, yet the updates are best case a year apart (fingers crossed, I haven't seen one yet), and in the end the update has to be done by USB. Marketing this type of tech gives us the impression we will be upgraded at the same pace we expect from our phones, doesn't seem to happen, so we end up trading in for the new tech rather than waiting forever. These guys are good.
</rant>
Signed someone that traded in a 12 Platinum for a 16 because it was supposed to have CarPlay, according to Ford literature. My bad.
<rant>
It's quite ridiculous that Ford markets the new tech with over the air updates, yet the updates are best case a year apart (fingers crossed, I haven't seen one yet), and in the end the update has to be done by USB. Marketing this type of tech gives us the impression we will be upgraded at the same pace we expect from our phones, doesn't seem to happen, so we end up trading in for the new tech rather than waiting forever. These guys are good.
</rant>
Signed someone that traded in a 12 Platinum for a 16 because it was supposed to have CarPlay, according to Ford literature. My bad.
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can anyone help me out? I got the first part of the update in and got the message that it was installed and to shut the truck off. I did I went in the house erased it and put the second part on went to the truck turned it on and plugged the usb in and I got the message at the top saying it read the device but It never said updating in process or anything so I went back in and re downloaded the file unzipped it again and reinstalled it on the usb and re tried and still nothing. truck says I still have original 1.0 software
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From: Great Lake State
can anyone help me out? I got the first part of the update in and got the message that it was installed and to shut the truck off. I did I went in the house erased it and put the second part on went to the truck turned it on and plugged the usb in and I got the message at the top saying it read the device but It never said updating in process or anything so I went back in and re downloaded the file unzipped it again and reinstalled it on the usb and re tried and still nothing. truck says I still have original 1.0 software
Perhaps a moderator or somebody can update the first post of this thread to reflect that things are working now and to "start at post number xxx to get it underway"