Received Uconnect update message. Anyone know details?

[mgroeger]

Can anyone provide more details on how the update works? Do you have to have the app on your phone? Do you have to have clear satellite connection? Can you manually check?

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[MARSHMELLA]

I haven’t received the update on my 2021 JLUR yet. Are there others who haven’t?

I also have not on my 2021 JLUR....

 

[ekimgnuj]

Mine's been parked in the garage for about a month. I guess I should start it and pull it out and see if an update comes up/starts. My 8.4 works great and always has so I'd almost be nervous to do an update lol.

I don't know what is in the update, but if yours is working properly you may want to avoid the update! Mine has been plagued with problems, repeatedly turning off and on, blue screen of death, not connecting to Car Play.

 

[eck]

Can anyone provide more details on how the update works? Do you have to have the app on your phone? Do you have to have clear satellite connection? Can you manually check?

Mine popped up on the display on its own after a drive cycle. I went to go pick up food and when I put it in park at the restaurant it popped up on the screen asking if I wanted to update immediately or schedule for later. I scheduled it for an hour later and went about my business. The next day when I fired the Jeep up it displayed a message that said the update was complete.

I didn't do anything else beyond that. No phone app, no manually checking stuff. As you know, satellite/cell service is fine in Apex so I have no clue if that makes a difference. Maybe you should have stayed here instead of abandoning us!

 

[Oncorhynchus]

I just completed mine about 1 hr ago, but in my haste, I clicked cancel instead of "see what's in the update". Anyone know what's new? Or should I say anyone who is smarter than me, that clicked the button to see what is in the update???

I got a one sentence statement that there are improvements.

 

[Oncorhynchus]

Only thing I noticed was loosing all my pre sets on satellite radio.

same with me

 

[mgroeger]

Mine popped up on the display on its own after a drive cycle. I went to go pick up food and when I put it in park at the restaurant it popped up on the screen asking if I wanted to update immediately or schedule for later. I scheduled it for an hour later and went about my business. The next day when I fired the Jeep up it displayed a message that said the update was complete.

I didn't do anything else beyond that. No phone app, no manually checking stuff. As you know, satellite/cell service is fine in Apex so I have no clue if that makes a difference. Maybe you should have stayed here instead of abandoning us!

Hmmm... let me think about that... stay in Apex so I can catch a Uconnect update or move to UT and... hmmm... what am I going to be doing in about 2 hours? Hmmm... oh that's right... going over to Sand Hollow to wheel!!!!!!

 

[jludave]

Do you have to have the app on your phone?

No.

Do you have to have clear satellite connection?

The update is pushed out and received via the factory satellite/GPS antenna. So, theoretically, you would need a clear sky. If, for example, you were parked in a garage for a while you'd likely not see the update until you were out driving.

Can you manually check?

You can go to the Uconnect web site and enter your VIN to check for updates. However, over the air updates don't often show there.

 

[mgroeger]

No.



The update is pushed out and received via the factory satellite/GPS antenna. So, theoretically, you would need a clear sky. If, for example, you were parked in a garage for a while you'd likely not see the update until you were out driving.



You can go to the Uconnect web site and enter your VIN to check for updates. However, over the air updates don't often show there.

Dude... thanks.
It's nice to have a clear answer without someone going off on a tangent about something I didn't ask or their opinion on the latest color Jeep is offering.

 

[OldGuyNewJeep]

You can go to the Uconnect web site and enter your VIN to check for updates. However, over the air updates don't often show there.

The site shows my VIN has an update available, and it’s two releases old!

OTA is the way to go.

I accepted the update and can attest to improvements - my Sirius favorites work again, and I’ve had no crashes/reboots/loss of backup lines/blue screens. My off-road pages app also updated its version number and while it looks the same, it used to frequently fail to load. Now it loads reliably.

 

[AlamoDawg]

Only thing I noticed was loosing all my pre sets on satellite radio.

Same thing happened to me with
My presets.

 

[JeepAustinWeird]

Only thing I noticed was loosing all my pre sets on satellite radio.

I lost both my satellite presets as well as my FM ones. Other than that no Idea what else it may have done...good or bad

 

[wolf]

I haven’t received the update on my 2021 JLUR yet. Are there others who haven’t?

David armed; I haven’t either. 2020 jlr

 

[BobW]

I check Uconnect: https://www.driveuconnect.com/support/software-update.html
My 2018 JLU (bought new in 2019) is still up-to-date.
I updated my wife's Grand Cherokee a couple years ago--used laptop to get instructions download update onto flash drive, then plugged into JGC and followed instructions. A very useful update....

 

[Oncorhynchus]

I lost both my satellite presets as well as my FM ones. Other than that no Idea what else it may have done...good or bad

Losing presets is a rookie unforced error. Cannot imagine what kind of S/W engineer would do such a thing.

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