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Phone App: iPhone/Android app
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How do we know the car can significantly heat up the battery pack? I don't think this is a given. Currently it seems it gets heated up by discharging/charging the batteries.
I know it has some climate control on it but do we know it can do more than keeping the pack from freezing?
In my experience pre-heating the car while unplugged has heated up the battery at least some. Before the app when I would come out after a day of it sitting at ~0-5F I would have no regen and limited output. After the app and preheating for 15-20 mins I would come out to ~50% regen and "full" output. Now I can't speak to if this has changed in the last few weeks as my car has been at the body shop but with 4.2 and the most current android app it did.
huntjo
Member
Yeah but you reduced your range by having the heat on while unplugged. I think that was the question. My uneducated assessment is that by preheating unplugged, you are using battery charge more than you are gaining any distance by having a warm pack. If the battery is cold and you are unplugged- just start driving and the pack will warm as you get a few miles under your belt. If range is not a factor for you and you are interested in either a comfortable warm cabin or eliminating performance limit/ regen limit, then preheating the car while unplugged may be worth your while.
FalconNinetyD
Active Member
Perhaps its my phone (HTC Evo LTE) or provider (Sprint), but the last few days I've had *many* more instances where after launching the app, you just get the spinning cursor and have to exit app and relaunch, sometimes 2-3 times to get it to connect.
kevincwelch
Active Member
I'm on Sprint, and I use the app constantly (most times purely for entertainment). Haven't experienced any delay in program function.
On another note: would like to see a control function to crack the windows for us folks who don't have the sunroof.
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ClearwaterBchSteve
P445 / VIN 1794
Forgive me if somebody already posted about this, but I checked the app while my wife was out in the S running errands and the "location" function not only shows realtime position and speed, but even the power/regen arc! Pretty damn cool if you ask me 
Todd Burch
14-Year Member
Forgive me if somebody already posted about this, but I checked the app while my wife was out in the S running errands and the "location" function not only shows realtime position and speed, but even the power/regen arc! Pretty damn cool if you ask me
Yep, that was listed in the release notes when you updated to v1.1 of the app. Cool indeed
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It was broken. It show blue immediately if you changed your set temp to be below the indicated interior temp -- which was NOT necessarily reflective of what the HVAC was actually doing. Same for heat. The app was not reading whether the car was heating or cooling the car.
Babylonfive
Power12
Yep, that was listed in the release notes when you updated to v1.1 of the app. Cool indeed
Todd, was this the iphone app that's at 1.1? My android is still 1.0.80 8 (
Todd Burch
14-Year Member
Has there been a mobile app outage for everyone this evening?
The android app (And other custom apps) are all timing out with the first connection to https://portal.vn.teslamotors.com/login
for me (on both cellular and wired internet connections)
The android app (And other custom apps) are all timing out with the first connection to https://portal.vn.teslamotors.com/login
for me (on both cellular and wired internet connections)
I found it to be really slow. 2nd or third attempt would connect. Usually connection is very quick. This is not normal.
Seegem
Member
Haha having same iPhone app outage issue, and I too ran to the car (and am sitting in her now) and see everything else to be working fine. I even reset the main display, but no change
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