G30 latest Map update for USB

[sly fox]

Come across a snag with the latest map update Road Map EUROPE EVO 2021-3 -

when you use the BMW orndownload manager to pull down the latest map, it's 33gb.
So this exceeds the largest file size you can write to a FAT32 formatted disk.
And therefore you cannot use the USB update at all?

Anyone gone through this with BMW and got an answer?

[mmm-five]

Mine's the older NEXT maps not EVO, so don't know if it's different.

Do you put a single 33gb file on the stick? I thought you were supposed to unzip/uncompress it first and then copy the folders over to the USB stick. None should be larger than the 4GB FAT32 limit.

But I tend to get the dealer to do it, because I've paid for a map update - and the BMW Download Manager says it's going to take about 126 hours to download on a 1Gig connection

BTW, don't you have OTA (over the air) updates available on your model?

Edited by mmm-five on Monday 4th October 12:21

[Uncle Meat]

Just doing the same (in my F85). I'm pretty sure my car has just read a 64GB ntfs usb stick which suprised me.
If yours doesn't, you can get tools to format larger usb sticks as fat32:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/usb-disk...

[sly fox]

So it's a known issue -

the sat nav should only recognise FAT32 formatting.

I've got an email from Connected Drive helpdesk stating that i can take the car into the main dealer and they will do an update for me.

Not that convenient but at least it's done.

[Uncle Meat]

sly fox said:

So it's a known issue -

the sat nav should only recognise FAT32 formatting.

I've got an email from Connected Drive helpdesk stating that i can take the car into the main dealer and they will do an update for me.

Not that convenient but at least it's done.

I've just double-checked mine and it's definitely reading an NTFS formatted usb stick and updating the maps.
What happens when you put an ntfs stick in your car?

[sly fox]

Uncle Meat said:

I've just double-checked mine and it's definitely reading an NTFS formatted usb stick and updating the maps.
What happens when you put an ntfs stick in your car?

Absolutely nothing - plugged in the stick but the map upgrade process does not start. Menu option for the upgrade not visible either within iDrive.