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I talked to the BMW Genius line:
Statements as follow: only 2015 2-Series verts receive OTA updates. They cannot confirm remotely what individual unit has been installed in a specific vehicle. A dealer will be able to confirm the actual technical unit installed.
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Man. My build date was Feb. 1. That means the 2015.5 switchover happened sometime in February ...
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"who is they" are the cellular towers, I could not find out if it was AT&T or Verizon who is providing the service. With that came my final question, should I believe them as both carriers have 4G LTE all over the DC area!
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And I'm in Dallas, which is AT&T HQ country and a frequent U.S. test market for new mobile tech and service upgrades. That said, even here 4G/LTE can be spotty ... but not no-service-anywhere spotty ...
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_Assist" rel="ugc" target="_blank">http://<a href="http://en.m.wikipedi...BMW_Assist</a> OK... Who provides GSM nationwide? That should narrow the provider list down a couple of notches... I'm betting on AT & T. |
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Man, I would be, too. Like I said in a previous post: something doesn't compute about your EVO HU and its SIM ...
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If you highlight the NAV line item under the Technology package, it gives a detailed description of the NAV capabilities on each car. Only the convertible states the maps upload over the air. The coupe's description says nothing about over the air updates. Like I said, this may be old news to everyone... |
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At the risk of getting in trouble... a) as many of you know, you can update your nav on your own w/ use of some computing tricks and/or remote services... b) my dealer actually told me that "they'll take care of me" re: nav upgrades (which means either they can somehow slide you into "free upgrades" or similar, likely when you just recently bought a car from them, etc.)
No guarantees on what I said, but there you go. For example, I my car has 2015-1 and I know there's already 2015-2.
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Thought I would bump this thread to see if anyone had confirmed one way or the other about 2015 coupes getting free map updates. With my Feb 2015 build that doesn't include the aluminum air vent trim, I'm guessing I missed out on the 4G Nav unit, but not sure.
I called my CA on Saturday to ask if there were free map updates - my car is due for its first service in April, and I figured if the update was free I'd get it done then. My CA does have the BMW Genius title, but she didn't know the answer to that question and was going to get back to me. I'm still waiting for the answer. In the meantime, anyone here know if map updates from the dealer are free during the 4 year free maintenance period?
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but you can get the maps online and generate the FSC code yourself http://www.2addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1054704 |
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I have read the threads about downloading the torrents and generating the code, but just not comfortable doing that stuff. The dealership did give me a pretty good deal on the car, and gave me a nice bag full of about $100 worth of BMW goodies - hat, mug, key chain, cleaning products, etc. So who knows, maybe they'll give me a free update too. If not, then I may just bite the bullet, cross my fingers, and get the maps online like everyone else.
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All that being said, my car is still running on the base 2015-2 map with 2015-4 regional updates. I've seen the regionals update several times, but I never noticed a base map update and don't know if it came with 2015-2 at delivery last May.
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