I always have my phone because I’m an addict I guess, lol. I like not carrying a fob. I went to keyless door locks at home. The keycard, the couple of times I’ve played with it, seems reliable and it small. I don’t understand why that option doesn’t work? What’s special about a fob?
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Tesla backing away from "Phone Key as primary key"
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I can say this doesn't seem to be the case...I unlocked just now at the store with the key card (phone didn't work), and the car locked when I got home and walked in the house (I was still in the garage when the mirrors folded in so I know it did).
When you must fall back to using keycard, you must use it to lock the car too and often to start it, it's super inconvenient versus a fob (or the phone when it actually works, which for many of us is not often enough)
Though perhaps they have at least fixed the lock with keycard required after unlock ... even if so it's still super inconvenient.
Interesting. Maybe they changed that? It used to be the case.
at this point i'm wondering if when it didn't do the walk away lock the other day, perhaps i didn't put the car in park. maybe i just had it in hold mode after pulling into the spot and forgot to hit the button to put it into park...that could be the reason.
diamond.g
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Kotoko
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Galaxy s9+ user. Since owning the Model 3 I had no issues whatsoever opening the door with my phone in my pocket. Never had to reopen the app, etc. I added Tesla Model 3 as a trusted location and it works. Every single time.
This should not be the case. It should not auto-lock if the key card was used to unlock the car. I've tested it myself and posted in another thread about it. What could have happened is that after you used the key card to unlock and start the car, during your drive home the Bluetooth LE connection was established and the phone took over as the key, which allowed auto-lock to work.
So ridiculous. Upgrade your phone, car stops working properly. Big fail. That fob can't arrive soon enough!
Msjulie
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Granted its only been 2 weeks or so but the car has never failed to unlock when I walk up to it w/my phone; charge door is a different story but mostly ok
Previous 3 was pretty good so suspecting firmware updates have had an impact
Previous 3 was pretty good so suspecting firmware updates have had an impact
I know this isn’t really a fix in all situations but I got a A,Avon IoT button and programmed that to unlock and lock the car. Works at home when that is on the WiFi and is perfect for me. Essentially main use case is to allow my daughter to lock and unlock the car.
You can read up and see a video here: My Tesla Model 3 “Keyfob”
You can read up and see a video here: My Tesla Model 3 “Keyfob”
Nothing works 100% of the time. What I don't understand is: if you cancelled, why are you still posting on this site?
We have a Model 3 & a Model S.
One observation on the iOS app. If the Model S is visible in the app, the phone as key is inoperable for the Model 3. The instant I swipe to the Model 3 in the app it immediately works every time. This may be by design. Not sure.
This is how the app works with multiple Teslas.
One observation on the iOS app. If the Model S is visible in the app, the phone as key is inoperable for the Model 3. The instant I swipe to the Model 3 in the app it immediately works every time. This may be by design. Not sure.
This is how the app works with multiple Teslas.
N5329K
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Easy. Because the success of Model 3 is vital to Tesla, and the success of Tesla is vital to the transition away from oil. And I'll find out when fobs become available here before anywhere else.
Speaking of which, the fob for my 2013 Prius V has worked exactly 100% of the time, and has never once left me wondering "Will it?"
Robin
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I've had the car for two weeks now. My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S8. The Phone Key has always "worked" but once in a while it takes a few seconds to sense my phone.
Android phone key issue FIXED! For background, my S7 worked all the time for 1 month. Then stopped working unless I opened the Tesla app, and opened the door within a few min of that. I’m Android v8.0.0. Fix was in Device Maintenance > Battery > Always Sleeping apps. If Tesla is listed, hold till checked, and select Delete. Since then it’s back to working 100% over several days. Hope others might find this helpful. I probably had done something inadvertent to benefit battery performance and had changed settings that caused the app to sleep.
this is complete nonsense. as i've said many times, my 2013 volt and its key has not once failed to allow me to enter the car, nor start the car, nor drive away without ever taking the key out of my pocket. not once in 5+ years of ownership, and that's not an exaggeration...it LITERALLY has worked 100% of the time.
plenty of us have had battery optimization turned off and it still doesn't work. glad that helped for you, but it's not a be all end all fix.
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