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12-06-2017, 09:29 PM | #1 |
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Software Update issue/question
I've never updated the software on my car and it has been roughly five years, so I thought I would give it a try to see if it might resuscitate the e-mails I used to receive and who knows what else. I have a 2013 vehicle(10/2012 build date).
I downloaded the file for my VIN off of the bmw.com/update website, loaded it on to a clean, formatted flash drive and received the following message: "Incompatible software on USB device." More info: on the website above. Anyone have any experience with this? Any recommendations. Thanks, Bill
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12-07-2017, 11:12 AM | #4 |
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Thanks for the responses. I'd be surprised if my five year old car has the latest software. I suppose the dealer could have updated it when in for service, but I rather doubt it.
I will check on the formatting, but I believe that is how I did it. Bill
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Last year when I got my car I did the same thing and got the same error. Incompatible software on USB device. I tried few USB drives all formats no go. I went back to the dealer when picking up plates I asked the technician to look at it and he said version it's up to date. At that point, my car was already coded so I didn't even bother updating.
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You are aware that this update to which you refer is just for the Phone connectivity to the car and Bluetooth compatibility. I always format the USB as NTFS and that has worked fine for me. For the older cars there hasn't been an update for quite some time.
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I actually wasn't, so thanks.
May not be worth the bother. I had just read a claim on another post that the software update restored traffic information (without having to shell out to BMW for the privilege). I also thought it might restore the ability to pull up e-mails on the NAV screen rather than just texts. I had this, then lost it some time ago when I regrettably upgraded the IOS on my I-phone. Bill
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