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Chris Redfield
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Yes. Absolutely. The first LTE cards were installed in late April/early May 2015. All factory MCUs since have had LTE, and will not have a continuing connectivity issue. When Tesla started making the refurbished MCU1 and the upgrade MCU2 available, those too have LTE cards and no connectivity issues.
Mine stopped in February. It all depends on where you live and what their shutdown schedule is.
Chris Redfield
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So I'd been meaning to post that I started to lose 3G in certain areas of the cities I commute through (hour long commute). It was like the car would lose signal every couple miles or so. As if they left SOME towers to allow 3G, while others, not at all.
This went on from middle of May until now. Well, then.
Most likely, to end this thread once & for all, I'm here to report that on Saturday, June 18th, it finally happened. I lost all 3G connectivity. Nothing left of the signal. Only a signal bar icon with a line through it. Permanently. So there you have it. AT&T Phoenix waited until now to pull the plug. In all reality, it was a good run.
Of course now my MCU1 is misbehaving badly as in frequently freezing, stalling, taking way longer at startup, being random with the different window placements, crashing, & even rebooting all on its own, etc..
This came right after the complete shutdown of 3G. Interesting. Now I get to decide when to pay for MCU2. With all of the recent funny business happening to my screen, I know this is so worth it. It's time. My car's way of telling me to please give it new life.
I guess I was lucky because it was all working fine before. Of course the navigation was slow, but I got by with it being that way. No more Tesla app functionality either. That was a no brainer. Knew that was coming. Well, here's to the next chapter in its life - MCU upgrade. I already know I'll be ecstatic afterward.
And all of this comes at a time when I can actually afford it. Like it was waiting for me to be financially ready. Thank you, universe.
This went on from middle of May until now. Well, then.
Most likely, to end this thread once & for all, I'm here to report that on Saturday, June 18th, it finally happened. I lost all 3G connectivity. Nothing left of the signal. Only a signal bar icon with a line through it. Permanently. So there you have it. AT&T Phoenix waited until now to pull the plug. In all reality, it was a good run.
Of course now my MCU1 is misbehaving badly as in frequently freezing, stalling, taking way longer at startup, being random with the different window placements, crashing, & even rebooting all on its own, etc..
This came right after the complete shutdown of 3G. Interesting. Now I get to decide when to pay for MCU2. With all of the recent funny business happening to my screen, I know this is so worth it. It's time. My car's way of telling me to please give it new life.
I guess I was lucky because it was all working fine before. Of course the navigation was slow, but I got by with it being that way. No more Tesla app functionality either. That was a no brainer. Knew that was coming. Well, here's to the next chapter in its life - MCU upgrade. I already know I'll be ecstatic afterward.
And all of this comes at a time when I can actually afford it. Like it was waiting for me to be financially ready. Thank you, universe.
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JAlbury825
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Yep... it's gone now for me. I'm saving up money to get my MCU replaced with MCU2. So, in the meantime, I turn on the "Mobile Hot Spot" on my phone, and set my car to "stay connected while in drive", and I can connect. I also had to 'downgrade' my communication band to 2.3 Hz, so that my Model S 60 can find my hot spot and use it. The only issue still have is that when I leave the car, and I take my phone with me, my car has no connection to the Internet until I return. And like the above poster, I noticed my MCU is unresponsive a lot more now, requiring a scroll wheel reboot. Since I have "PIN to DRIVE", I have to use the app to start the car in those situations, and I just reboot when I get to my destination.
This thread is not the customary thread where you would see this. But please consider it a worthy warning. If your MCU is increasingly unresponsive, you very well one day could come out to go and its completely blank. PIN to Drive could prevent you from starting. I caution you to turn PIN to Drive off until you get your MCU issues resolved, sir.
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I haven't noticed any changes since losing connectivity, my startup delays tend to happen on hot days. I park in the shade every chance I get.
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