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Have a 2020 F350 with Sync 3.4 and having issues browsing for new songs from a USB drive while the vehicle is moving. Works fine when stopped, but would like my front seat passenger to be able to change songs from a USB drive while moving. Our 2018 Expedition with Sync 3.0 doesn't have this issue, so wondering if anyone has found a solution.
Answering my own question, but posting if someone runs into the same issue that IS interesting in upgrading to SYNC 3.4. If you update the APIM in Forscan to enable navigation while in motion, it takes care of the USB audio browsing issue that I mentioned above. 7D0-02-01 x*xx-xxxx-xxxx is the location where the * needs to be changed from 5 to a 7 to enable navigation in motion.
If you update the APIM in Forscan to enable navigation while in motion, it takes care of the USB audio browsing issue that I mentioned above. 7D0-02-01 x*xx-xxxx-xxxx is the location where the * needs to be changed from 5 to a 7 to enable navigation in motion.
Good to know as I've seen this same setting enabled to view texts while in motion. Thanks for sharing.
Good to know as I've seen this same setting enabled to view texts while in motion. Thanks for sharing.
The only downside is that this disables the E911 functionality since this update is changing the SYNC region to Europe where they allow navigation changes while in motion.
The only downside is that this disables the E911 functionality since this update is changing the SYNC region to Europe where they allow navigation changes while in motion.
Discovered today while driving that when an album ends Sync 3.4 will allow you to select a new artist/album from the USB drive as long as the album repeat button isn't selected. While it would be nice to select "New Search" while an album is playing, this is a doable workaround especially since you can skip to the end of the album with the steering wheel controls if needed. I'll likely revert back to the US region setting so that E911 will still be enabled.
Does this update change anything to the cluster screen? The bigger cluster screens. Thanks.
I can confirm that this update does allow another navigation app.
Magic Earth has modified their navigation app to work on the main Apple CarPlay screen when it’s in the split screen mode with the three tiles. So far, it’s the only navigation app that has taken advantage of the iOS update and it’s definitely the first.
I’ve been using Magic Earth for almost a year now and it’s just as accurate as any navigation app out there.
The main / larger tile used to be tied to Apple maps only but not anymore.
Hello, I successfully upgraded my sync 3 system on my 2017 F250 from version 3.0 to 3.4 20021. My speed limit is not displaying the correct MPH sign for North America. Instead it is displaying the speed with the “red circle”. does anyone have a fix for this or can assist me to make the changes for the correct speed display? Thanks In Advance!
My rig was running just fine with only the 20021 apps, but decided I wanted the 1.19 maps and all the correct files. Performed a complete reinstall of Sync and now have all current files. Good discussion here for anyone interested.
Leon McKee
Followed your steps and did full update as well.. easy peasy.. new update does look crispier. So far so good.. thx for the guide.
Even though I haven’t done the update, I really don’t like the blue scale background.
There should be a way to turn it to black.
I did the previous update that people were talking about last October. I have my usb stick ready for this one so I'll probably go ahead and do it. Anyway, if you force the display mode to stay in night it's a much nicer blue theme. Blue if my wife and my favorite color so we love it more than the original. To each their own, though. If you are interested I'll try and get a pic posted. Someone probably has further up the thread though.
I did the previous update that people were talking about last October. I have my usb stick ready for this one so I'll probably go ahead and do it. Anyway, if you force the display mode to stay in night it's a much nicer blue theme. Blue if my wife and my favorite color so we love it more than the original. To each their own, though. If you are interested I'll try and get a pic posted. Someone probably has further up the thread though.
Thanks for the offer.
This is the overall theme and look of the new SYNC 4 and I’m sure it’ll look much better in Lincoln vehicles.
With blue aka Ford Blue being the company color, I can understand why blue is so prevalent / dominant.
Good luck on the update when it becomes available or when or if you do it beforehand.
Sync version 3.4 20021 is out in the wild. I strongly recommend waiting to upgrade until the early adopters that are IT savvy have done their due diligence.
Remember that Sync 3.4 is NOT an official release for vehicles not shipped with 3.4 and is not supported by Ford. Those of us with Ford trucks that shipped with Sync 3.0 or lower will NOT receive upgrade notices for 20021.
I'll report back to this thread when I've heard good reports. For those of us with Sync 3.4 installed I'll also include a sample upgrade install script and the location of the actual Ford file.
IMPORTANT: I would discourage anyone not comfortable with IT from unofficially installing Sync 3.4
Leon McKee
UPDATE:
PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK. With that said we can always downgrade to prior 3.4 versions if there's an issue with 20021. I personally suspect that this version is simply a bug fix release.
I've heard of no issues relating to the 20021 upgrade other than having to manually reboot.
THIS 3.4 UPGRADE WAS ON MY 2018 F-150 WITH NAV
THIS UPGRADE WILL UPDATE ANY VERSION OF 3.4 TO 20021
NON-NAV UNITS MAY REQUIRE A COMPLETE REINSTALL OF 3.4
Here's what I did:
1) Formatted USB 3.0 Flash Drive to ExFAT and renamed to SYNCMYRIDE
2) Downloaded 20021 app file 5U5T-14G381-EB.tar.gz from here. This is a Ford file server.
3) Renamed file to: 5U5T-14G381-EB.tar.gz (I always standardize file names to avoid confusion)
5) Moved files to USB 3.0 Flash Drive and created correct file structure (I'm on macOS):
6) Unmounted and removed USB 3.0 Flash Drive.
7) Inserted USB 3.0 Flash Drive into truck and started truck. Left truck running during install.
8) Observed the following:
a. Indicated upgrade in progress.
b. Upgrade message disappeared.
c. One minute later Updating System Software message appeared and remained.
d. Six minutes from start the message Update Complete appeared. USB 2.0 Flash Drives take longer BTW.
9) I shut truck down, opened/closed driver door and restarted truck. The previous version of Sync was still being reflected. I then rebooted Sync by pressing and holding the volume and skip right buttons down until the restart occurred. Correct version (20021) was reflected after Sync reboot.
10) I see no forward facing user feature changes. Seems visually crisper and also more responsive. I rely on my iPhone for music and nav so I don't have feedback on this version's native apps at the Sync level.
Leon trying to wrap my head around the point at which started here's what I did.
Is it really as simple as what you listed:
Here's what I did:
1) Formatted USB 3.0 Flash Drive to ExFAT and renamed to SYNCMYRIDE
2) Downloaded 20021 app file 5U5T-14G381-EB.tar.gz from here. This is a Ford file server.
3) Renamed file to: 5U5T-14G381-EB.tar.gz (I always standardize file names to avoid confusion)
4) Created autoinstall.lst install script:
[SYNCGen3.0_3.4.20021]
Item1 = 5U5T-14G381-EB.tar.gz
Open1 = SyncMyRide\5U5T-14G381-EB.tar.gz
Options = AutoInstall,Delay
Is the above ^ how you laid out the file on the usb drive.
I am very interested in updating to 20021 and looking for guidance.
TIA
Hinzy
