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Hrm, I just finished updating to 7.1 (2.9.154) on my Model S 85D, in California, and "waited for WiFi" doesn't quite match my experience. I believe my car got (at least some part of) the update over 3G because for the hour before it posted the "a software update is ready" notification I was driving the car around, out of range of any WiFi networks it knows about.
(And for the record I timed the actual installation of the update at approximately 1 hour, 12 minutes.)
ddimit
Member
Just got a notification that my classic S has a firmware update available. Started the install. I'm in California.
Ok. "Summon feature not yet available in this region"
NVM now it let me turn it on
Does it actually work? I've been asking because I spotted something in my hacking efforts that suggests summon is disabled in Nevada... not sure why, that's above my pay grade.
dirkhh
Middle-aged Member
So with the floodgates apparently open in much of California (and a bunch of people in Oregon also mentioning on the local mailing list that they got updates), can I ask people to please report things in the tracker? We only got another 30 reports this afternoon and given that approximately a third of all Model S are in California it seems that a lot of you didn't enter your data. Thanks. Much appreciated.
BTW: we're at 256 updates in the tracker so far - and extra thanks to the eight of you who were kind enough to note that you are in California in the notes.
This is an amazing community.
HA! As I am typing this my iPhone shows me that my car has an update pending.
Should I do it? It feels like staying on 6.2 really doesn't make much sense anymore... I was kinda holding out for 7.1 hoping for a much improved UI... but as many here predicted, I'm starting to feel left behind...
BTW: we're at 256 updates in the tracker so far
- and extra thanks to the eight of you who were kind enough to note that you are in California in the notes. This is an amazing community.
HA! As I am typing this my iPhone shows me that my car has an update pending.
Should I do it? It feels like staying on 6.2 really doesn't make much sense anymore... I was kinda holding out for 7.1 hoping for a much improved UI... but as many here predicted, I'm starting to feel left behind...
JenniferQ
Active Member
Do it! Do it! Do it! Uh, oh. Sorry; Excited a bit. Just got my update notification and started process. Will update tracker when complete.So with the floodgates apparently open in much of California (and a bunch of people in Oregon also mentioning on the local mailing list that they got updates), can I ask people to please report things in the tracker? We only got another 30 reports this afternoon and given that approximately a third of all Model S are in California it seems that a lot of you didn't enter your data. Thanks. Much appreciated.
BTW: we're at 256 updates in the tracker so far
This is an amazing community.
HA! As I am typing this my iPhone shows me that my car has an update pending.
Should I do it? It feels like staying on 6.2 really doesn't make much sense anymore... I was kinda holding out for 7.1 hoping for a much improved UI... but as many here predicted, I'm starting to feel left behind...
Screwbal
Member
Update installing now in Washington... Don't have AP enabled so I think the only thing I get to look forward to is the improved wiper stuff and maybe Slacker radio assuming that's coming to the USA but I swear I had read elsewhere it wasn't right now.
MarcG
Active Member
Andyw2100
Well-Known Member
Rest assured...you will have your Slacker radio in the US! That won't be a problem at all.
(What you won't have is anything new, like Spotify.
)
eye.surgeon
Active Member
dirkhh
Middle-aged Member
+1
(on both the "do it Dirk!" and "just got the update" pieces :biggrin
You guys are cracking me. But what will Hank think of me? Won't he feel abandoned? I thought the irony of the two people most active on the firmware update tracker still being on 6.2 was priceless...
Oh well
/me walks out to the car and presses "install now"...
The problem is that the AP in 7.0 is better. So 7.1 is a clear downgrade.
That's not a good direction to take for Tesla....
Huehuehue, peer pressure finally got to you. Welcome to having a Toy Car.
I updated the tracker just then as installation completed. 2.9.154, same as everyone else.
I haven't driven it yet, but I don't think this is accurate. The fact that Autopilot is recognizing more than one car, as well as motorcycles and trucks is a great achievement. Not to mention Summon is great for when some idiot parks close to you in the parking lot.
I think that adding more nags is necessary to be brutally honest. My car has tried to swerve completely randomly out of the lane (mostly on carpool lanes), and if I wasn't holding the wheel, it would've resulted in a possible accident. I've got a 300mi round trip tomorrow, so I will definitely be able to test it out
JenniferQ
Active Member
As a newbie, I must admit I was a bit confused about that irony myself.
Yay, the dark side wins!
The practical usefulness of that is pretty much zero. The angle of view of the camera is too narrow to reliably detect cars to the side of you.
I have more than 8 thousand miles on the current 7.0 AP, all of that road trips. AP's problematic spots are entirely predictable after a while.I think that adding more nags is necessary to be brutally honest. My car has tried to swerve completely randomly out of the lane (mostly on carpool lanes), and if I wasn't holding the wheel, it would've resulted in a possible accident. I've got a 300mi round trip tomorrow, so I will definitely be able to test it out
And I'm actually not that worried about nag - I can adapt by gripping the wheel tighter as I'm already keeping hands near the wheel all the time. The main issue is the @*&#^!*&#^ speed limits. Tesla can NOT read signs reliably, and in any case +5mph to the speed limit is way too conservative.
My 2 cents after upgrading:
AP does a better job staying in the center of the lane - especially on turns. I always felt it dove too far into a right turn, only to turn at the last second. It now reacts to the turn more quickly and stays centered much better through the turn. Also, it seems as if it's doing more frequent micro-corrections to lane position where before it might ping-pong slowly. On straight highway, I think it's a bit distracting - especially with hands on the wheel where you feel every correction. It's still does an amazing job though. Love it.
Nagging is increased for me but I don't mind. As another poster mentioned, just keeping a couple fingers draped on the wheel keeps the nag from showing up at all.
Summon is amazing! My two car garage is tight - always a hassle for me to get out of my car if the wife's is already parked. Problem solved! I must have run my car in and out 20 times tonight. It balked a couple times when it was pointed too far toward the edge of the garage. It did much better when angled slightly toward my wife's car (or straight) at the start. In any event, it worked perfectly 90+% of the time - and never hit anything! (boy, was I nervous the first few times...)
I'm a fan of the update so far.
AP does a better job staying in the center of the lane - especially on turns. I always felt it dove too far into a right turn, only to turn at the last second. It now reacts to the turn more quickly and stays centered much better through the turn. Also, it seems as if it's doing more frequent micro-corrections to lane position where before it might ping-pong slowly. On straight highway, I think it's a bit distracting - especially with hands on the wheel where you feel every correction. It's still does an amazing job though. Love it.
Nagging is increased for me but I don't mind. As another poster mentioned, just keeping a couple fingers draped on the wheel keeps the nag from showing up at all.
Summon is amazing! My two car garage is tight - always a hassle for me to get out of my car if the wife's is already parked. Problem solved! I must have run my car in and out 20 times tonight. It balked a couple times when it was pointed too far toward the edge of the garage. It did much better when angled slightly toward my wife's car (or straight) at the start. In any event, it worked perfectly 90+% of the time - and never hit anything! (boy, was I nervous the first few times...)
I'm a fan of the update so far.
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