jkoya
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Mine is "supposed" to be delivered tomorrow. I'll find out how well the passive entry actually works with the new fob....
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Mine is "supposed" to be delivered tomorrow. I'll find out how well the passive entry actually works with the new fob....
jkoya
NA2 NSX
With the first version you could, so I am assuming it will be the same for the new one.
Johnstac
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I’ve not been able to find this setting yet. First I checked settings under bluetooth but I don’t see apps listed there to select those 3 options. Now under settings where the program app is located, it does offer the 3 choices under location but the bluetooth setting there is simply on or off with no other options. I also have Background App Refresh on as well. If I am missing something, lmk. Has anyone else had an issue with IOS 13? My wife has not updated her phone yet and it seems to be working fine even with Tesla’s update. Seems like this issue may be more likely related to IOS 13 then the Tesla update
Dan203
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looks like it's a bit different then I thought. I know it offers you choices when it runs the first time, but in the settings it's either on or off. It's in the Privacy section though. That's the one I was talking about.
the fob works well so far, but i haven't used it much since the phone key is working again. i just used it when it first came in to test and make sure it works, and it works exactly how the phone key SHOULD work...keep it in your pocket, walk up to car, open door, get in, drive away. auto lock works when you exit and walk away.
the buttons to pop the trunk and especially the frunk are nice to have, easier than unlocking your phone and expanding the notification to do it IMO. frunk more so than trunk, since the trunk you can just walk up to and press the button if the key is in your pocket.
My Pixel 3 and 3XL have been (mostly) flawless.
After every single Tesla firmware update, I am prompted to re-authenticate with the card, and something else always goes sideways until after I restart the computer.
Also, after every phone reboot cycle (for whatever reason), you have to re-launch the Tesla app for the thing to start working again. And BT has to be turned ON.
Other than that, the phone-as-a-key has been pretty reliable.
i haven't had any of the problems you just mentioned, which is why the phone key is so frustrating. i have had several updates since getting my pixel and obviously rebooted my phone more than once, and it worked just fine until the car was just before v10. once the car updated to v10, everything started working again...so either they had something in the previous software in the car that was causing it (unlikely since other people seemed to be ok), or there was something in the app that was looking for something in v10 that wasn't there yet (and that's what was making my car go fubar). has to be one or the other.
I'm having issues here too with Samsung Galaxy 9 running Android 9.
On approach it sometimes does not recognize my phone and won't unlock the car. If I wave my phone by the rear view mirror it usually recognizes it and unlocks. It has never been an issue on walking away from the car, it locks every time.
On approach it sometimes does not recognize my phone and won't unlock the car. If I wave my phone by the rear view mirror it usually recognizes it and unlocks. It has never been an issue on walking away from the car, it locks every time.
I starting having an issue with auto unlocking using my iPhone 7 after the v10 update. I've read through suggestions in this group and update the Bluetooth and location settings to "always" from "while using" - iOS 13 has pop-ups that suggest you only select "while using" and that may have caused the problem. Will test this afternoon, if that change would enable my auto unload.
Dan203
Active Member
I found an interesting quirk... I was having an issue with my iPhone unrelated to Tesla so I went into the task view and just swiped away all the apps, including the Tesla one. When I went to open my car it didn’t work. I had to open the Tesla app first. So it appears that the app has to be running, even if it's just in the background, for it to work.
clydeiii
Member
You also got iOS13, which very likely changed something related to bluetooth permissions.
Johnstac
Member
That is the exact problem I have. I have to have the Tesla app open now or the phone will not open the car nor can I drive without it open. It can be open in the background but open nonetheless.
daranello
Member
So my wife and I upgraded our phones from iPhone 6s Plus to iPhone 11 Pro. For over a year getting into the car was seamless and we just walked up and opened the doors or trunk. Now with the upgrade to the new phones we can never just walk up and open the trunk, even the drivers door has issues from time to time.
Does anyone know whats going on? Apple did improve the Bluetooth on the new phones but our performance is WAY less
Does anyone know whats going on? Apple did improve the Bluetooth on the new phones but our performance is WAY less
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