My Ford Touch Thread

[6769MOPARS]

Originally Posted by me2000

I finally got it installed.... After work I turned on my car and MFT actually turned on. It allowed me to install it again. After the 1st restart, a message kept popping up stating that SYNC couldn't read my USB drive. I tried taking the USB drive out, putting it back in and it still wouldn't work. I even pulled over and tried turning the car off/on and it went back to the same screen after MFT started up again.

At home I popped the fuse and it forced me to start the install all over again. So I left the car on idling for an hour...

The nav card I ordered last night at 6 pm arrived today (which is amazing) so I have a fully functioning system.

I'm an IT professional and I have issues with this damn system... I can't imagine a regular end-user. Ford really needs to rethink its in-vehicle technology. An upgrade shouldn't be this cumbersome.

Strange, my tech gave me the new A4 SD card, and I downloaded and installed 3.5.1 myself with no glitches whatsoever.

I'm a retired IT professional.

[Blockisle9]

Originally Posted by me2000

I only sent myself a text and that worked... I'll check tomorrow and see if it catches them all.

After a couple days, the incoming messages work as long as I don't reply from my phone or send one from my phone. After that MFT stops recieving them until my next reconnect.
O-Well.....
Any one else?

[Pendarus]

Originally Posted by Blockisle9

After a couple days, the incoming messages work as long as I don't reply from my phone or send one from my phone. After that MFT stops recieving them until my next reconnect.
O-Well.....
Any one else?

Do a master reset. It's a pain, but it will work much better afterwards. They should add it as the final step of the upgrade.

[Blockisle9]

Originally Posted by Pendarus

Do a master reset. It's a pain, but it will work much better afterwards. They should add it as the final step of the upgrade.

I did, a couple of times

[me2000]

Originally Posted by copernicium112

What are the new problems? Did you try the master reset as lewisra suggested? Mine was really messed up after installation. I tried a reboot and that didn't fix the issues. Did a master reset and it cleared it right up. First time a reboot did nothing and a master reset accomplished something really good for me. Usually it is the opposite in my experience.



Sounds like quite the PITA. Both of my self-installations completed on the first attempt luckily (3.0.2 and 3.2.2). Dealer did 3.5.1 since it was still on TSB at that point and I needed them to provide me the nav card. Yeah, a pain but at least you didn't have to spend a mind-numbing 2 to 2-1/2 hours sitting at the dealership (hey, gotta look for the positives here, even when they are minimal)! Hopefully, once you finally got there, the install went clean and things are working for you.

Yep. Everything worked out and I haven't had any issues. I was definitely thankful I didn't have to take it to the dealer.

When I upgraded to 3.0.2, I had no issues whatsoever... I guess it's random.

[BlueIce]

How long does 3.5 take to do on your own?

[johnevoice]

Originally Posted by BlueIce

How long does 3.5 take to do on your own?

43 minutes - not counting the master reset I had to do afterwards.

[Merrigan]

I finally get the A4 update on Thursday.

Sent from your mom's house.

[csvt2060]

Originally Posted by csvt2060

Took my Escape in about the disappearing rear camera parking lines, started when 3.5.1 was loaded. Ford is dead set on that it's not software related and dealer is replacing the rear camera. I don't mind I suppose since I am not paying, but I hate to see time wasted when all fingers consistantly point to MFT. I have heard of some Focus with the same issue, and my parents Escape is also doing it. If it is a rear camera, they have alot of cameras to replace!

Update on this, dealer replaced the camera, still didn't fix the problem. Rear parking lines turned off after the next few times the vehicle was used. I was not suprised.

[TiPilot]

I installed my update late last week. Overall, I've noticed some improvements (POIs actually show up on-screen when I'm asked to make a selection instead of nothing loading and Sync Lady yelling at me to choose, and the Shuffle LED finally works on my iPod!) and some issues.

Biggest problems...
- Nav route calculation is dreadfully slow at times. It took over 2 minutes to calculate/load a simple, 20-mile route on Saturday. And that was using a Favorite location.
- Nav in general is slower than before... takes longer to load map when you first switch to it, there's more lag when it's animated/moving while driving, etc.
- Voice commands are suddenly very laggy. Press the Sync button, and then it takes 3-5 seconds for the chime to play so I can say the command. Pre-v3.5.1 the chime happened nearly instantaneously.
- Candidate/selection lists still don't appear sometimes - if I say to play a song and it asks me to choose, no list pops up, but Sync Lady still asks me to pick one.