Official Sync 3 v3.0 OTA upgrade LIVE
Laughing Gas
Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 1,033
Likes: 105
From: Casper, Wyoming
I upgraded mine to 3.0 yesterday and Android Auto worked just fine after I finished the upgrade.
Logistics Pro
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 3,541
Likes: 5
From: Weatherford Texas.
ill try my wifes phone in a while, shes at work. I made sure everything worked before I updated. Oh I have Galaxy s8 plus. EDIT: My wifes Galaxy s7 works fine. Edit again, Had a friend with another S8 install Android auto, His worked fine. It appears I may have a bad charge connector in my phone.
New User
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
If there is a forum monitor in here, I'd suggest moving this thread to a "Sync Application" forum. I'm an Expy owner and found this thread by accident. This post however, is Model agnostic. Someone might creating this same thread under another model.
Senior User
Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 339
Likes: 2
Got mine installed and updated, and then it kept trying to dial my phone number. I would have to kill Blue Tooth for it to work. I finally did a "Master Reset" and added my phone back and now all is good.
It sucked I had to add my stuff back but now it is working well. Glad I did the upgrade, I am liking the ability to slide the bar when listening to MP3, and it changed some of the graphics. I really like it just wished we had gotten a full 10" screen, but I am sure it is coming in the near future. It also seems much snappier (faster) as well.
I need to check the Ford apps, when I asked it to search for apps it didn't come back with anything but Android Auto with Pandora works fine, so not a problem. Overall happy with the upgrade.
File is 1.5 GB for those that want to know.
It sucked I had to add my stuff back but now it is working well. Glad I did the upgrade, I am liking the ability to slide the bar when listening to MP3, and it changed some of the graphics. I really like it just wished we had gotten a full 10" screen, but I am sure it is coming in the near future. It also seems much snappier (faster) as well.
I need to check the Ford apps, when I asked it to search for apps it didn't come back with anything but Android Auto with Pandora works fine, so not a problem. Overall happy with the upgrade.
File is 1.5 GB for those that want to know.
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Posting Guru
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 1,666
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From: Sunny tourist infested FL
I have a 100mb internet connection at the house and it took over an hour to download. I’m assuming the sync server was very busy.
Anyway, I got it installed on the drive home. Sync rebooted after 5 minutes and it took another 15 to get the upgrade complete screen. It takes a key cycle for sync to show the new version data.
Anyway, I got it installed on the drive home. Sync rebooted after 5 minutes and it took another 15 to get the upgrade complete screen. It takes a key cycle for sync to show the new version data.
More Turbo
Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 562
Likes: 45
I tried to update mine to 3.0 last night via thumb drive and it wouldn't work. I got an error every single time I tried. When I unzip the file, it doesn't create the "syncmyride" folder. i tried with and without the folder it it always failed. I was able to do an OTA, but it only gives me 2.3. I'm going to try the thumb drive again tonight, but this is getting frustrating. The OTA download is painfully slow.
Lead Driver
Joined: Dec 2016
Posts: 5,650
Likes: 243
From: GA
I tried to update mine to 3.0 last night via thumb drive and it wouldn't work. I got an error every single time I tried. When I unzip the file, it doesn't create the "syncmyride" folder. i tried with and without the folder it it always failed. I was able to do an OTA, but it only gives me 2.3. I'm going to try the thumb drive again tonight, but this is getting frustrating. The OTA download is painfully slow.
More Turbo
Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 562
Likes: 45
Yes. It's brand new and I formatted with exFat like the directions said. I've even erased it and reformatted a few times. I'm using a MacBook pro and followed the Mac instructions, but will try a Windows laptop this weekend.
Lead Driver
Joined: Dec 2016
Posts: 5,650
Likes: 243
From: GA
I used my iMac for the update and it worked flawlessly but I didn`t use the built in ZIP expander because it doesn`t work very well.
The one that I have used for the last two updates is one that I downloaded from the Mac App store and it works perfectly and it`s totally free.
If this interest you and you`d like to try it, it`s called Extractor-Unarchiver and it should be the first thing that comes up in the Mac app store if you type in Extractor. It`s a bright green folder.
Have a great day.
More Turbo
Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 562
Likes: 45
Interesting.
I used my iMac for the update and it worked flawlessly but I didn`t use the built in ZIP expander because it doesn`t work very well.
The one that I have used for the last two updates is one that I downloaded from the Mac App store and it works perfectly and it`s totally free.
If this interest you and you`d like to try it, it`s called Extractor-Unarchiver and it should be the first thing that comes up in the Mac app store if you type in Extractor. It`s a bright green folder.
Have a great day.
I used my iMac for the update and it worked flawlessly but I didn`t use the built in ZIP expander because it doesn`t work very well.
The one that I have used for the last two updates is one that I downloaded from the Mac App store and it works perfectly and it`s totally free.
If this interest you and you`d like to try it, it`s called Extractor-Unarchiver and it should be the first thing that comes up in the Mac app store if you type in Extractor. It`s a bright green folder.
Have a great day.