hacer
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I'm not sure about that. I think the cost of the near-field receivers in the car and the ID cards is likely similar to the conventional fob + radio interfaces. If it is then there is no cost savings for Tesla.
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gf cant get into car with iphone app. 24/7 SERVICE WONT ANSWER PHONE!
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FlyF4
Son of a MX
Yes, not far apart. I have designed both for other clients. Fob was twice the cost in 100,000 quan. Likely even closer at the quan T buys them. I've never asked.
I think they were trying to be more modern in eliminating the fob and did a pretty good job since it doesn’t need external servers if the app is logged in and running as most apps are these days for this sort of thing.
But a replacement for people that want one (and not the card) would be a good idea.
But a replacement for people that want one (and not the card) would be a good idea.
Sometime last year, May or June, shortly after I purchased the S, I forgot my fob. I was in a rush, but decided to go back and get it.
Later that day, I was trying to pre-cool the car and it wouldn’t connect. Found out there was some at&t outage affecting the data connections. My phone worked fine. Lucky I went back.
I’ve made sure to carry the fob ever since.
Later that day, I was trying to pre-cool the car and it wouldn’t connect. Found out there was some at&t outage affecting the data connections. My phone worked fine. Lucky I went back.
I’ve made sure to carry the fob ever since.
Hugh Mannity
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This is all on Tesla’s end. If you don’t believe it, try your app when your phone is on wifi. 
FlyF4
Son of a MX
This reminds me that it's a bit entertaining the APP reports "Temporary Maintenance"This is all on Tesla’s end. If you don’t believe it, try your app when your phone is on wifi.
I guess that is simpler than saying.... our server is completely dead and we are not sure if we will ever get that thing running again!?
Yeah, was telling my GF, wtf, what’s permanent maintenance?This reminds me that it's a bit entertaining the APP reports "Temporary Maintenance"
They actually probably meant ‘Temporsrily unavailable for maintenance’ and didn’t have the space. But what gets me is the time it took to put that up and the lack of planning that they have no alternatives. Something must have gone extremely wrong.
And it won't just be Teslas cars down the road but other mfgrs as well at times. Hey just wait when all those home connected things have server issues.
A few years back the phone lines and electricity as I recall all went out. Sabotage by someone cutting all the cables underground. Didn't have service for a few days. Felt like the dark ages. I insist on still maintaining one of those old-fashioned phone connections called a land line so in event of wireless phone carrier going out, we can still at least call out from home.
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Even so if you end up in a situation without cellphone coverage (carrier outage or other physical reasons due to locality). Both of us keep our fobs with us even with our phones in tote all the time.
Remembering about member here relaying he was driving in desert area (no cell coverage) and when he got out of car to take some scenic photos and closed door (auto lock) he had a bad feeling.
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FlyF4
Son of a MX
Are you folks reading above? You might have not noticed that this is not a cell company issue Every cell phone user will have the same result
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Doesn’t prove anything unless the car is also on wifi.This is all on Tesla’s end. If you don’t believe it, try your app when your phone is on wifi.
Edit: to clarify for @FlyF4 and @DerekH , I’m not arguing it’s a Tesla server issue, it definitely is. I’m in Australia and still have the problem, using a totally different cellular network.
My point is that the car’s cellular provider might be the same as your phone, so just switching your phone to wifi doesn’t actually prove it’s a server error. You would have to make sure both car and phone were on wifi before you could definitively rule out the cellular network as the fault.
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I'm pretty sure he meant both your car and phone are on Wi-Fi (which mine currently are)
This is no longer a debate tho, the error message now states "temporary maintenance".... It's clearly a Tesla issue
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Why did you disagree? I said “unless the car is also on wifi”.I'm pretty sure he meant both your car and phone are on Wi-Fi (which mine currently are)
This is no longer a debate tho, the error message now states "temporary maintenance".... It's clearly a Tesla issue
FlyF4
Son of a MX
I'm pretty sure he meant both your car and phone are on Wi-Fi (which mine currently are)
This is no longer a debate tho, the error message now states "temporary maintenance".... It's clearly a Tesla issue
Just so you know, that message is programmed into the app and will appear for ANY reason that he app can't connect to the API server.
It wasn't saying that earlier...earlier it just said connection error (or network error, can't recall). But it definitely did not indicate a maintenance issue and it didn't suggest I try again later.
