Using Phone as Key - Stolen Phone

[sgreenstonenj]

What happens if yo uare using your phone as a key and its stolen? If the thief knows your car, they can now take your car.

How do you quickly remove the phone from the car if you no longer have the phone with the app?

 

[sixela]

With your key card.

 

[sgreenstonenj]

So you use the card to get into the car and you can remove the phone from inside the car? I dont have my tesla yet, so forgive me if this is obvious

 

[ewoodrick]

Let me restate your question and remove some words.

"What happens if your key is stolen? If the thief knows your car, they can now take your car."

With a Tesla the key can be disabled. I'm not sure if any other vehicle has that capability.

+1 Tesla

 

[sgreenstonenj]

You restated my question perfectly, but you ahve not provided me with HOW you disable if you dont have the app? Cna you disable the key from within the car?

 

[sixela]

https://www.tesla.com/content/dam/tesla/Ownership/Own/Model 3 Owners Manual.pdf

[BTW, if you have ordered a car you can download and read the manual from the page used to manage your order, and look at some videos.]

Section named "Keys" on page 9.

IYou have a screen where you can list all keys enabled and you can delete some (including the key cards) and add keys, and you can also disable mobile access for keys (which means you can then only use key cards). Of course, don't delete ALL keys or you'll be calling roadside assistance soon ;-).

So yes, once you're in the car you can disable a phone or, if you can't remember which phone is which and you don't want to delete the "good" phone left, disable all phones temporarily.

 

[commasign]

You restated my question perfectly, but you ahve not provided me with HOW you disable if you dont have the app? Cna you disable the key from within the car?

Yes. In the settings, go to the security page,
key section, and simply remove the stolen phone from the list.

 

[sgreenstonenj]

Thanks didnt expect you to be so snarky. As I mentioned I dont have the car yet, so thought I would seek help from those that did.

This was for sixela.

 

[sgreenstonenj]

Yes. In the settings, go to the security page,
key section, and simply remove the stolen phone from the list.

Thank you that was what I was hoping to be provided. Appreciate the kind assistance

 

[jjrandorin]

Thanks didnt expect you to be so snarky. As I mentioned I dont have the car yet, so thought I would seek help from those that did.

This was for sixela.

@sixela DID provide you with an answer, along with a link to a manual where you can read to your hearts content while you are waiting for your car.

Why is a link to the manual where you can read all about the features while you wait for the car "snarky", especially when its provided with an answer to the question?

Have we reached a point where if someone tries to both "give someone a fish" and "teach a person to fish" in the same post, they are somehow doing something wrong?

 

[Wyomingtim]

Lock your phone...

 

[sgreenstonenj]

@sixela DID provide you with an answer, along with a link to a manual where you can read to your hearts content while you are waiting for your car.

Why is a link to the manual where you can read all about the features while you wait for the car "snarky", especially when its provided with an answer to the question?

Have we reached a point where if someone tries to both "give someone a fish" and "teach a person to fish" in the same post, they are somehow doing something wrong?

It seems he edited out the snarky part where he said "if it's still too much information to read through yourself: "

 

[sgreenstonenj]

Lock your phone...

My phone is always locked. That doesnt prevent the Bluetooth from working.

 

[cwerdna]

How about remotely wiping your phone? You can do it via Find My iPhone and for Android, Find, lock, or erase a lost Android device - Google Account Help.

 

[Wyomingtim]

My phone is always locked. That doesnt prevent the Bluetooth from working.

Ah, ok. I have an S, which requires the user to open an app to operate the car. Is the 3 different?

 

[towndrunk]

I see nothing wrong with Sixela's comment.

A link to the manual and where to find info AND copying and pasting relative sections, requires a lot of research.

 

[towndrunk]

Ah, ok. I have an S, which requires the user to open an app to operate the car. Is the 3 different?

The S comes with a fob. The 3 uses the phone exclusively, unless you opted for the optional fob.

 

[sgreenstonenj]

I see nothing wrong with Sixela's comment.

A link to the manual and where to find info AND copying and pasting relative sections, requires a lot of research.

Its the part he deleted that was snarky.

 

[sgreenstonenj]

How about remotely wiping your phone? You can do it via Find My iPhone and for Android, Find, lock, or erase a lost Android device - Google Account Help.

I thought of that, but if I am out and about and have no way to remotely wipe the phone

 

[sixela]

Its the part he deleted that was snarky.

Well, that's not there, now, in part because when I reread it I also found it a bit too snarky (even though it was meant to be taken at face value, i.e. "let me give you a short summary if you don't want to read the manual" -- I think we all know that the short summary was always there, right?)

I insisted in providing a link to the manual and to point out where you can find it (together with some useful videos) because that might be useful for other things as well.

But I'll be sure to remember next time to just think RTFM and leave you in blissful ignorance, since that would be far less snarky. And apparently, it's more important to be avoid being snarky than to try to be helpful or not [and yes, that is me when I dial my snark level up a few notches.]