So, if a car can 'unlock'... it's "functional"? Man, do I have some "functional cars" on cinder blocks I'd like to sell you!
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Wife's car was a paperweight. (And not a very good one). [RESOLVED]
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So, if a car can 'unlock'... it's "functional"? Man, do I have some "functional cars" on cinder blocks I'd like to sell you!
Maybe the difference is between "the car is bricked" and "the battery is bricked"?
Oh I remember now. You were the one who posted about calling Tesla every hour about a refund problem.5:30 PM. Still a brick
So you have a third car but rented one solely for the purpose of causing unnecessary expense? Nice attitude. They don’t owe you a rental and I’m guessing there’s no legal statute requiring it.
No, reread that post. He would have done that if they didn’t have the third car.
Are you the brick police?
His car didn't start ... and he has every right to use that word.
"Bricked" has generally been used as referring to a permanently dead HVB in the EV community. Turn around and put your hands on the hood. Do you have anything in your pockets?
While we debate semantics, his car sits there dead ...
Looks like Tesla pushed the update another 2-3x over night.
Car appears to work, but my wife is scared to drive it.
Tesla says it should be okay to drive, but there is still an error on the screen.
Fingers crossed! It's been Unbricked... sort of. It can now move, so it's become a car again!
The Brick Police can officially stand down! lol.
Car appears to work, but my wife is scared to drive it.
Tesla says it should be okay to drive, but there is still an error on the screen.
Fingers crossed! It's been Unbricked... sort of. It can now move, so it's become a car again!
The Brick Police can officially stand down! lol.
NeverFollow
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I'm surprised that there isn't a Recovery process allowing to roll back the previous update, like Microsoft do:
Somehow during it's Schrödinger bricked/not-bricked state, we did mange to get it into drive ONCE.
But then never again.
If it's going to be stuck in park, it's preferable to be stuck in your own garage and not a random location...
We shall see at quitting time what the story is... I hope it's fixed. we still love the cars, but there has to be a better resolution when an update fails. Either a rollback option or retry option for the consumer.
I know! they can call it 'Unbrick me' and put it right on the dash
forkee
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to me a "bricked" tesla would be completely dead, no function, no hint of life. absolutely no response to anything in any situation. a bricked smart phone is literally just a slab of metal and glass vs a dysfunctional one that might be stuck in boot loop but still not useful for all intended purposes.
but enough with the nomenclature
it really is unfortunate to be in that situation, it seems like such a small anomaly that Tesla may have not even considered cases like yours (or thought it would be an easy fix). i feel like maybe in the process of updating, the firmware unpacked the data incorrectly or missed a section or downloaded a corrupted packet while getting the newest software. unfortunately a lot of programs need to purge previous versions to install it's replacement. it might have thought it was a full replacement but during install realized that something was not right (and could not revert back). instead of just letting you use it "AS IS" and potentially causing an unsafe operating condition, it went into really limited hibernation mode until it can be reflashed with the proper software.
i wouldn't worry too much about it, but the hassle of dealing with it does suck as their availability is close to nothing.
but enough with the nomenclature
it really is unfortunate to be in that situation, it seems like such a small anomaly that Tesla may have not even considered cases like yours (or thought it would be an easy fix). i feel like maybe in the process of updating, the firmware unpacked the data incorrectly or missed a section or downloaded a corrupted packet while getting the newest software. unfortunately a lot of programs need to purge previous versions to install it's replacement. it might have thought it was a full replacement but during install realized that something was not right (and could not revert back). instead of just letting you use it "AS IS" and potentially causing an unsafe operating condition, it went into really limited hibernation mode until it can be reflashed with the proper software.
i wouldn't worry too much about it, but the hassle of dealing with it does suck as their availability is close to nothing.
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