WilliamG
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Guessing you're HW2.5. As far as I'm aware this isn't an issue on HW3 (never been an issue for me on HW3). I'm amazed Tesla hasn't addressed the black screen bug in all this time. Bewildering, really.
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2020.4 Anything New?
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Guessing you're HW2.5. As far as I'm aware this isn't an issue on HW3 (never been an issue for me on HW3). I'm amazed Tesla hasn't addressed the black screen bug in all this time. Bewildering, really.
It seems like voice commands react differently and more consistently than with 40.50.x. I haven't had to play around with tapping the green icon on the screen to randomly make voice commands work like before.
For those who don't remove their USB drive before an update, it can save you a reboot later.
For those who don't remove their USB drive before an update, it can save you a reboot later.
Homelink 5 supports two way communication with the garage door opener. This allows your remote control for the opener to know the last known status of the garage door. This requires that your opener is also Homelink 5 compatible.
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This version fixes a charging bug. Previously, the car would not “follow” changes to the available charging current made while charging. For example if the car was charging at 20 amps and the EVSE changed from offering 20 amps to 30 amps, the car might or might not increase charging to 30 amps. This was a problem for cars being charged with EVSE that were part of a load sharing group as the available current can change while charging as part of a load group.
This version now properly follows changes to available current while charging.
This version now properly follows changes to available current while charging.
TydalForce
Member
Polaroids are actually liquid inside when they first come out (you can squish it around with a coin for interesting effects) - so people shaking their pictures to make them "develop faster" were actually making them a little blurry while doing absolutely nothing to the speed.
Xambler
Member
For the reason people waved the polaroids you have to go waaay back in the days. Remember those tubes containing those nasty smelling bars you had to slide over the polaroids right after the picture came out? You had to wave those around a bit to get them to dry faster (and quit stinking). Remember them because in the electronics labs the curve tracers all had Polaroid cameras built into them so those tubes got used a lot for (mostly) harmless lab grenades when filled with a squirt of liquid freeze. Guess people just got used to waving polaroids around after they did away with the need to use that fixative practice.
srs5694
Active Member
This may be a quibble about the definition of "constantly," but that's not a word I'd use for when a Tesla checks for software updates. AFAIK, when the car goes to sleep, it stops communicating with Tesla's servers, and so will not check for software updates. My car, when left parked for an extended period (like when I'm on a trip and have parked the car at an airport parking lot), will wake up once every day or two, then go back to sleep. I don't know precisely what it does at these times, but my bet is that one thing it does is to check for updates. I've often noticed update notifications after these short wake-up events, even when the car is parked for a shorter period of time. For instance, if the car goes to sleep at 9:00 PM and wakes up at 2:00 AM, I'll notice an update is available when I wake up that morning. To be sure, updates don't always appear after such events, but I don't recall ever seeing an update notification when the car had not recently been awake. I have no idea if the car checks for updates more frequently when it's awake for other reasons, like when it's being driven, or if it's on some sort of fixed schedule of checking every 48 hours or something.
BTW, I use TeslaFi, which is how I know when my car is awake vs. asleep. Of course, TeslaFi can interfere with a Tesla's sleep schedule, but I have no evidence that TeslaFi is causing the car to wake up in the middle of the night. I therefore believe that these events are intrinsic to the car itself, and probably done to check for updates, check the battery status, upload driving data to Tesla, etc.
linux-works
Active Member
electric cars have to balance how much battery they use, while parked and not being driven.
sleep states are key, but some have to be kept in a fast-wakeable state so that the user doesn't feel that the device is 'laggy'. doing a walk-up unlock is one example.
there are maintenance jobs that have to run in cars. you don't want them running while being driven, but you want them to run periodically. so, cars will raise from sleep to non-sleep states to run a job, then go back. this is normal and I don't see this going away, no matter what the brand/vendor or model (now or in the future).
network connectivity is a bit power-hungry, so vendors try to minimize how much time the 'radio' is on. in some countries (china, for example) its a legal requirement that the car sends telemetry to various (much more than one) govt agency, in order to be allowed to keep running. in the US, we have no such rules (yet..) but in china, they certainly do. I would think that the 'wake-up and report' cycle is even more aggressive in china.
tesla, as a corporation, like to keep 'metrics' on things and so, connecting remotely, getting stats and then disconnecting is common behavior, whether we like it or not. (iot is also like that, even more so, in fact).
sleep states are key, but some have to be kept in a fast-wakeable state so that the user doesn't feel that the device is 'laggy'. doing a walk-up unlock is one example.
there are maintenance jobs that have to run in cars. you don't want them running while being driven, but you want them to run periodically. so, cars will raise from sleep to non-sleep states to run a job, then go back. this is normal and I don't see this going away, no matter what the brand/vendor or model (now or in the future).
network connectivity is a bit power-hungry, so vendors try to minimize how much time the 'radio' is on. in some countries (china, for example) its a legal requirement that the car sends telemetry to various (much more than one) govt agency, in order to be allowed to keep running. in the US, we have no such rules (yet..) but in china, they certainly do. I would think that the 'wake-up and report' cycle is even more aggressive in china.
tesla, as a corporation, like to keep 'metrics' on things and so, connecting remotely, getting stats and then disconnecting is common behavior, whether we like it or not. (iot is also like that, even more so, in fact).
Homelink 5 can do two way communication.
It can show the garage open or close status when you press the button.
My 2017 Subaru Crosstrek does that.
WilliamG
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That’s interesting. Does that not rely on the actual opener in the garage supporting that?
RayK
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I've noticed this several updates ago. It appears to me that the driver profile needs to fully load before gear selection, Drive in my case, is enabled. I've found myself having to press down on the right stalk twice in order to get going sometimes. I keep my mirrors out when parked so the profile is basically moving the seat forward and the steering wheel down (from the Easy Access position). If I press down on the stalk while the seat and wheel are still moving, gear selection is not recognized.
kevinhanff
Living the dream
Range at 100% charge now shows 322 miles. To be absolutely clear, what I mean is, “when I slide the range slider to 100% in the charging section of the app on my Galaxy S10 or my iPad, range shows 322 miles.”
2020 Tesla Model 3, dual motor, 19” silver wheels.
2020 Tesla Model 3, dual motor, 19” silver wheels.
coconutboy84
Member
which is annoying. I remember them saying “all model 3s built have the hardware for FSD capability. Now our early model 3s do not (with 2.5). I guess at least they are giving a free upgrade for those who bought FSD.
