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  1. dkonigs

    Scheduled departure time charging unreliable (2015 Model S 85D)

    I have the exact same model car, but I've upgraded it to MCU2. Regardless, scheduled departure time charging (the default it now always makes you use) is completely unreliable and untrustworthy. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. When it doesn't, I have to reboot the MCU to get it...
  2. dkonigs

    Software updates

    What baffles me is that, while these complaints are rampant in these forums (and I certainly have them myself), they're practically invisible on the outside. You don't see anyone writing articles about them, or making any noise visible anywhere outside the community. The public-facing side of...
  3. dkonigs

    Whats new with 2020.20.1

    These issues almost make me want to actually try to get hired at Tesla, just so I can have the necessary access to fix all this damn "quality of life" issues that irritate me on a constant basis. But then I think that there's no guarantee that I'd actually be allowed to work on the software I...
  4. dkonigs

    Comprehensive USB Bug List

    I apologize if someone else already mentioned this... A thread with >2000 posts of everyone's unique pet issues is bound to experience some tl;dr. However, I just did a test, and I'm extremely happy to report that current V10 actually fixes my personal #1 USB media regression that I've been...
  5. dkonigs

    Could we finally expect the USB Media Player to be fixed in Ver. 9.0?

    This nonsense is why I always browse by folders, not the Albums/Artists categories. However, they went and screwed all that up in v8 by sorting alphabetically (rather than by track number, which is part of the filename) in that view. I've come to the conclusion that Tesla doesn't deserve my...
  6. dkonigs

    Supercharger - Buttonwillow, CA (10 V2 stalls)

    Was driving northbound along US-101 mid-day today, and I saw what I think is the "out of service" icon over both Buttonwillow and Bakersfield as well (not on my route, but still covered by my map view). Didn't look too closely beyond that, but I'm guessing the problem isn't resolved yet.
  7. dkonigs

    Supercharger - Burbank, CA (Service Center, no longer on nav map)

    Normally I do like to stay near convenient charging, but that's not always practical. Sometimes there are other reasons for picking a hotel, such as in this case. (I also wish that "please see valet" wasn't plastered on 75% of Tesla's "destination charging" spots, but that rant is a little off...
  8. dkonigs

    Supercharger - Buena Park, CA (removed from car nav 31 Aug 2018 but still operational, 8 V2 stalls)

    Unfortunately, they haven't bothered to put chargers in their hotel parking lots. So I still like to simply arrive with as full of a charge as I can manage... and not need to immediately charge at the end of the trip. Hoping this supercharger isn't too bad mid-day tomorrow, since its going to...
  9. dkonigs

    Supercharger - Burbank, CA (Service Center, no longer on nav map)

    I'm tempted to completely write off this location, and/or places like it (small'ish superchargers well positioned for use by locals). I've been taking advantage of the new in-car realtime supercharger status on this road trip I'm currently on. Right now we're at a hotel about 10 miles away (20+...
  10. dkonigs

    Comprehensive USB Bug List

    If you go that far, the filenames become too long to actually read the song titles :-) I just do "## - Song Name.mp3" in my files, and determine artist/album by the directory structure.
  11. dkonigs

    Comprehensive USB Bug List

    So this morning I popped in a USB stick where I've completely stripped the tags from most of the files. The scan took just as painfully long, and even restarted itself part-way though. But once it was done, I was able to use the "Folders" view to successfully navigate my media using the sane...
  12. dkonigs

    Comprehensive USB Bug List

    Excess tags, or all tags? I'm proposing stripping out all tags, so it can't mis-index/mis-sort all my descriptive data (song titles, album names, etc.) and theoretically has no chose but to actually present my sane filenames.
  13. dkonigs

    Comprehensive USB Bug List

    I've run into this bug too, except in my case the two numbers are much further apart. When it happens, if I navigate (via "Folders") to a listing of files it didn't get around to scanning, my entire Folders view actually switches over to just showing raw filenames. Usability-wise, this is...
  14. dkonigs

    Why can't Tesla make a decent media player?

    And you've only cited a few of the bugs and usability issues. If you let people in this forum contribute, they'll bloat this list to 40 more pages of bugs, limitations, and personal nitpicky feature requests. (Likely so many of the latter that the actual bugs will get lost in the noise, and be...
  15. dkonigs

    Comprehensive USB Bug List

    I have very little faith in this. I often feel like no one at Tesla actually uses or even bothers to test USB playback, and only notices issues when we all loudly complain hundreds of times via many (often filtered/ignored) feedback channels. In this latest update we all got, the "Folders" view...
  16. dkonigs

    Supercharger - Tejon Ranch, CA (expanded to 24 V2 stalls)

    Stopped here around mid-afternoon today. Apparently one of the stalls wasn't working, so I found myself 3rd in line for the next open spot. I also discovered that the Yogurtland has recently closed, to be replaced with a Firehouse subs. I guess this now means I really have no reason to stop...
  17. dkonigs

    Supercharger - Harris Ranch, CA (18 V2 stalls)

    Pulled in around lunchtime today, at stall 2B... The charging session kept flaking out around 50 miles in, reporting a charge cable fault. Thankfully, while not charging as much as I'd like, I still managed to get enough to make it to my next stop. I wonder if some of these older heavily-used...
  18. dkonigs

    8.0 USB Media Player workaround

    Unfortunately, song sorting in the "Folders" view is still broken. It still ignores the filenames and track numbers, just sorting alphabetically by song title. Is it that hard to just sort the files by filename? Why do they insist on punishing those of us who actually bother to organize our...
  19. dkonigs

    Build 2.42.40 improves USB audio

    They're not alphabetical by filename. That's kinda my point, if you look at the 3rd image. My files are already named so they would normally sort in the order I'd like. They're alphabetical by song title, as extracted from the metadata. So there's really nothing I can do to fix this, besides...
  20. dkonigs

    Build 2.42.40 improves USB audio

    Well, it looks like the USB audio issue that irritated me the most in 8.0 has not yet been fixed... Top image: Track listing when browsing by "Folders" Middle image: Track listing when browsing by Artist/Album Bottom image: Actual file listing Seriously, Tesla... Why is it so horrible to...
  21. dkonigs

    Build 2.42.40 improves USB audio

    Pre-8.0, when browsing by "Folders", songs would list and display in filename order Original-8.0, when browsing by "Folders", songs would list and display by ID3 song title alphabetical order. (completely ignoring filename order and ID3 track numbers) This basically made original 8.0 useless...
  22. dkonigs

    Build 2.42.40 improves USB audio

    Did you try selecting an album by using the "Folders" view, or just the "Albums" view? In the original 8.0, order was correct in the Albums view, but totally messed up in the Folders view. (For those of us with large collections, its much easier to hierarchy browse by folders.)
  23. dkonigs

    Media player in 8.0 actually got worse (for local music)

    Actually, opening this stuff up to 3rd parties would be a lot more work than just getting it right themselves. For 3rd party access, you'd need to develop/manage a stable API, a means of loading and securing external code, and all the management/infrastructure surrounding that whole process...
  24. dkonigs

    Comprehensive USB Bug List

    Here's a screenshot comparison I took shortly after upgrading, browsing the same album by "Albums" and by "Folders": Media browser, by folder and album
  25. dkonigs

    Media player in 8.0 actually got worse (for local music)

    What makes this so painful for me, is that I'm fully capable of actually fixing these problems if I were sat in front of the source code and development environment. I'm a software engineer. I have experience with some of the frameworks they're using. I have a lot of experience working on...
  26. dkonigs

    Relese 8.0 USB and XM

    Ext4 also works just fine. Wouldn't surprise me if anything an older Linux system can read, without needing special add-ons, would work.
  27. dkonigs

    Media player in 8.0 actually got worse (for local music)

    That workaround (alphabetical-grouping directories), combined with writing a script that injects track numbers into the ID3 tag song name field, may be the only way to get this thing usable again. But we REALLY seriously should NOT have to do any of this. Of course the only real solution may...
  28. dkonigs

    Comprehensive USB Bug List

    In 8.0... When you browse via the "Folders" view, it now completely screws up track sorting. Album tracks are sorted alphabetically by song title. (Ignoring any track number in the metadata or filename.) If you browse by "Album", it still sorts tracks correctly. But good luck actually...
  29. dkonigs

    Media player in 8.0 actually got worse (for local music)

    So I'm one of those weirdos who actually keeps a large USB thumbdrive full of music in his car, and often prefers to use it as a source of music playback. I even go so far as to organize the files in the music collection so they're easy to browse. After upgrading to 8.0, I've noticed a few...
  30. dkonigs

    Hey Tesla, there is a need for that NEMA 14-30 adapter still!

    I personally use a NEMA 10-30 adapter at home, since that's the only outlet I really have. (Older dryer outlet in the garage, as I have a gas dryer.) The house doesn't really have the electrical service to support anything better, and it was really my only option without putting in major...
  31. dkonigs

    Isn't it about time. . .

    I'm just wondering what bugs Tesla will accidentally introduce in the media player in 7.2. Seems like its the one part of the system that actually gets worse with each release, like no one there ever heard of regression testing.
  32. dkonigs

    New Forum Design

    The drastically lower information density IS the problem. Its so bad, it makes me not even want to browse the site anymore. I'll likely still try, but its now an exercise in frustration.
  33. dkonigs

    Whatsapp Group is migrating to Slack!!

    There are no ads on WhatsApp, but the group limit is now 256.
  34. dkonigs

    Strange network behavior... car incessantly attacking my nameserver

    When I first got my car, I couldn't get the mobile app to connect to it when the car was on my home WiFi. Upon packet sniffing, I think I saw similar behavior (but don't recall completely, since its been a while). I then configured my DHCP server to give the car Google's DNS server IPs...
  35. dkonigs

    Supercharger - Buttonwillow, CA (10 V2 stalls)

    While mentioned by nobody, and not on the info page, Google also shows a place called Willow Ranch BBQ across the street, that looks like it could be a good option. Wonder if its worth going to as another option.
  36. dkonigs

    Supercharger - Burbank, CA (Service Center, no longer on nav map)

    Everything I've been hearing about locals clogging this supercharger has really gotten me worried. I was originally excited about the prospect of this being a good "final top-off" stop on Disneyland road trips (given the lack of good destination charging at the near-the-park hotels we'd...
  37. dkonigs

    Phone App: iPhone/Android app

    Nope. It was today. Just found/installed it an hour or so ago myself.
  38. dkonigs

    You might be a Tesla owner if...

    Or alternatively... If you don't park in EV charging spots, because you feel bad for owners of other range-challenged EVs who need them more.
  39. dkonigs

    LTE Upgrade, Did YOU Do It?

    I've got the LTE upgrade planned for a service appoint I have scheduled for next week. I think my car was built only a few weeks before it became standard, so I was a bit annoyed, but might as well get the upgrade. However, I think its embarrassing that we need to reboot the center console to...
  40. dkonigs

    Supercharger - Buttonwillow, CA (10 V2 stalls)

    From looking at the map, it might even allow for: Bay Area -> Buttonwillow -> LA In other words, a single-stop trip to LA! Then again, the margin-of-error on range might be cutting it a tad too close for comfort. (home to Buttonwillow is about 215 miles) Now if only they'd put one at Bravo...
  41. dkonigs

    Firmware 7.0

    This part is definitely true. They usually create a ripple of reacting (or overreacting) cars that lag their passage by at least a car-length. Even when I am looking for lane-splitters (in stop-and-go car traffic), they still surprise most of the time.
  42. dkonigs

    Firmware 7.0

    This was actually mentioned in the release notes I reviewed this morning when my car updated. Looking forward to it, since with v6.2 the A/C didn't really work very well (on auto) unless the outside temperature was above some magic threshold.
  43. dkonigs

    Firmware 7.0

    Glad to see that I'm not the only one who is irritated by the speedometer change. Annoyed to see that you're just about the only person who has complained about it. Yes, I actually do want a somewhat-analog indicator of my current speed. Just about every other car has some form of this...
  44. dkonigs

    Firmware 7.0

    How well does AP work when you're in the HOV lane, and lane-splitting motorcycles keep coming at you from out of nowhere on your right side? I've noticed some human drivers grossly overreact and steer half-way out of the lane, while others just hug the left side of the lane and are fine. I also...
  45. dkonigs

    Can you drive a Tesla and still be a REAL MAN(tm)?

    This may sound a bit dorky, but the topic kinda reminds me of a time back when I was in college. Back then, my friends and I had a bit of a hobby in acquiring certain old and large computers that the school was getting rid of. This started with a DEC VAX 8530, which was refrigerator sized, ran...
  46. dkonigs

    Consumer Reports: "The Model S isn't a very good primary car"

    Might not be as much as you think. My utility has TOU plans for EV owners (PG&E, SF Bay Area), but they implement it by jacking up the peak and partial-peak rates so high that you don't actually save much money. (Though it does make the incremental cost of vehicle charging look lower.) I...
  47. dkonigs

    My first real Tesla moment!

    I've had my car for almost 3 months now, and haven't yet had a single "moment." Its probably because I live in the SF Bay Area (Silicon Valley), and Teslas are actually quite common out here. They're everywhere in the area I work. Not quite as common near where I live, but I still see them...
  48. dkonigs

    Units

    "The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it."
  49. dkonigs

    Buying a Tesla for all the wrong reasons?!

    I was personally a little paranoid about wanting to squeeze out all the range I could get, just in case, plus I wanted something more practical and robust. So I went for the 85D with 19" wheels.
  50. dkonigs

    Key FOB tricks and Uses

    You mean the key fob has a purpose beyond sitting in my pocket, and triggering some proximity sensor? :wink: