I'm a second time around Tesla owner. First a model S in 2019, now an M3P 2023 that I have owned for 6 days, 105 miles and counting.
Having enjoyed used FSD beta in its nascent days, I went ahead and purchased it with the FSD package. I was disappointed, however, because my M3P came with FSDb-acking 2023.20 firmware. I thought I might be without FSDb for months! Then I saw that the newest 2023.20 update (2023.20.6) rolled out with FSD a few days ago, and i've been forcing my car to search for software update several times a day (using the forget Wifi network trick) this week to no avail.
Sooooo I did some Reddit/Tesla forum digging, and there were a few threads suggesting that accessing the wifi at a Tesla SC may short-circuit your car to receive the next available update. Most replies were usually "LOL nah bruh that's bc wifi sux at your house" or "it was dumb luck/coincidence" if that happened.
I decided why the hell not b/c my local Tesla SC isn't too far from where I live, and I rolled up there around just before close around 6:30pm today and hung out on the wifi for 20 minutes parked in a visitor spot. I didn't see much happen on my dashboard, and so i relegated that me and my brand new VIN probably on the 2023.20 firmware would be waiting a few weeks to months before FSDb came along.
BUT as soon as i parked my car and it re-engaged my home wifi, i got the glorious "software update available" phone notification! I thought it was an error because only 1 car in the TeslaFi fleet had 2023.20.7 firmware..... still, you don't look a gift horse in the mouth as they say. I was momentarily let down again because the preview of the release notes while it was installing just gave a cryptic "minor bugs and fixes" line. To my surprise, I started up my M3P and there was FSBb 11.3 6 waiting for me! See attached for 2023.20.7 notes.
I believe my VIN should be at the very back end of any queues that for Tesla software updates. My car is a week old, and i have only 12 autopilot miles on it. I do have my software update selection toggled to "Advanced". Somehow even though my car was not selected for the still very small inital wave of 2023.20.6 updates, I was granted a leap-frog to 2023.20.7? At install only a single digit number of Teslas were running this firmware.
tl;dr. Moral of the story --- if you find yourself impatiently waiting for a firmware update, try letting your car access a Tesla service center wifi network for a nominal amount of time. I did it today, and anecdotally i believe it got my car got into a very early wave of firmware 2023.20.7 and (w FSD beta.
..... or, you can stop doing the MOST, and just wait a few days to weeks, since FSD beta is now part of all the Tesla software offshoots and appears to be being pushed as part of most updates![Melting face :melting_face: 🫠](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1fae0.png)
Having enjoyed used FSD beta in its nascent days, I went ahead and purchased it with the FSD package. I was disappointed, however, because my M3P came with FSDb-acking 2023.20 firmware. I thought I might be without FSDb for months! Then I saw that the newest 2023.20 update (2023.20.6) rolled out with FSD a few days ago, and i've been forcing my car to search for software update several times a day (using the forget Wifi network trick) this week to no avail.
Sooooo I did some Reddit/Tesla forum digging, and there were a few threads suggesting that accessing the wifi at a Tesla SC may short-circuit your car to receive the next available update. Most replies were usually "LOL nah bruh that's bc wifi sux at your house" or "it was dumb luck/coincidence" if that happened.
I decided why the hell not b/c my local Tesla SC isn't too far from where I live, and I rolled up there around just before close around 6:30pm today and hung out on the wifi for 20 minutes parked in a visitor spot. I didn't see much happen on my dashboard, and so i relegated that me and my brand new VIN probably on the 2023.20 firmware would be waiting a few weeks to months before FSDb came along.
BUT as soon as i parked my car and it re-engaged my home wifi, i got the glorious "software update available" phone notification! I thought it was an error because only 1 car in the TeslaFi fleet had 2023.20.7 firmware..... still, you don't look a gift horse in the mouth as they say. I was momentarily let down again because the preview of the release notes while it was installing just gave a cryptic "minor bugs and fixes" line. To my surprise, I started up my M3P and there was FSBb 11.3 6 waiting for me! See attached for 2023.20.7 notes.
I believe my VIN should be at the very back end of any queues that for Tesla software updates. My car is a week old, and i have only 12 autopilot miles on it. I do have my software update selection toggled to "Advanced". Somehow even though my car was not selected for the still very small inital wave of 2023.20.6 updates, I was granted a leap-frog to 2023.20.7? At install only a single digit number of Teslas were running this firmware.
tl;dr. Moral of the story --- if you find yourself impatiently waiting for a firmware update, try letting your car access a Tesla service center wifi network for a nominal amount of time. I did it today, and anecdotally i believe it got my car got into a very early wave of firmware 2023.20.7 and (w FSD beta.
..... or, you can stop doing the MOST, and just wait a few days to weeks, since FSD beta is now part of all the Tesla software offshoots and appears to be being pushed as part of most updates
![Melting face :melting_face: 🫠](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1fae0.png)