Premium connectivity - £9.99 a month!!

Premium connectivity - £9.99 a month!!

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Heres Johnny

7,175 posts

123 months

Sunday 15th May 2022
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RemarkLima said:
Just navigated back home yesterday night, and the notification was "routing without traffic data" - so it seems that you'll only get the traffic based routing if you have a WiFi connection...

So, once on the move without a hot-spot, I'd assume that there is no nav changes based on on changing traffic.
You probably have the setting not to share data set somewhere on the screens. Change that and it will work.

Been running ours for months without PC and it's fine.

The only thing to be wary of if you're using a hotspot is if they decided to collect a load of data fromn the car or send down a big update. My mobile data consumption went up a fair bit although still well within my data plan (and my whole mobile contract is only £10 a month).




lizardbrain

1,939 posts

36 months

Sunday 15th May 2022
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RemarkLima said:
I'll be hotspotting as if I could pay annually, I may think about it, but the PITA of monthly invoices just make me think "nah"... Plus we do not use that much data, and our phones have tons to spare.

I've been using this in my other car:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com....

Works really well, when your phone connects to selected bluetooth devices, the app will turn on the mobile hotspot, and turn off once disconnected. There's probably an iOS version out there.
This is a good idea. Is there an IOS version?

VTECMatt

1,168 posts

237 months

Sunday 15th May 2022
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RemarkLima said:
VTECMatt said:
CheesecakeRunner said:
You’re aware it does traffic-based routing anyway without Premium Connectivity? All PC does is give you the pretty colours on the map to show you where traffic is. The nav takes it into account when routing anyway.
Do I need to switch this on, I PC but it never shows traffic status?
If you tap the map, you have a bunch of options at the top left of the map, like satellite View... Is traffic in there?
Thank you, that did the trick 👍

Zoon

6,654 posts

120 months

Thursday 13th October 2022
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Just be aware that since the last update you cannot use the hotspot trick now to access the Cars Spotify Account.
For the sake of a tenner for unlimited data I've subscribed.

lizardbrain

1,939 posts

36 months

Thursday 13th October 2022
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Spotify I can understand but traffic data is inexcusable. Very tacky

Is the guy against congestion or not?

Zoon

6,654 posts

120 months

Thursday 13th October 2022
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lizardbrain said:
Spotify I can understand but traffic data is inexcusable. Very tacky

Is the guy against congestion or not?
You still get traffic data when calculating routes on the navigation, it's just the visualisation on the map missing (red lines for busy roads etc).

PushedDover

5,623 posts

52 months

Monday 24th October 2022
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CheesecakeRunner said:
You’re aware it does traffic-based routing anyway without Premium Connectivity? All PC does is give you the pretty colours on the map to show you where traffic is. The nav takes it into account when routing anyway.
Is this correct?
Live traffic needs the PC I believe.

Zoon

6,654 posts

120 months

Monday 24th October 2022
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PushedDover said:
CheesecakeRunner said:
You’re aware it does traffic-based routing anyway without Premium Connectivity? All PC does is give you the pretty colours on the map to show you where traffic is. The nav takes it into account when routing anyway.
Is this correct?
Live traffic needs the PC I believe.
As per my reply above, yes it's correct.

BigShick

57 posts

82 months

Sunday 29th October 2023
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Bringing an old thread back, but my premium connectivity just ran out.. same as others I think I can live without it, however since its ran out I've found that the app almost never connects to the car any more. So if I wanted to turn the climate on before I got there or whatever, 99% sure it won't connect. Door still opens fine when I get there, but just frustrating about the app. Same happened on the missus phone too so I guess this is related to Premium Connectivity and it uses the data from that to connect?

CheesecakeRunner

3,706 posts

90 months

Monday 30th October 2023
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Completely unrelated. The car still uses its internal sim for app connectivity, updates etc. I’ve been without Premium Connectivity for the last 18 months, and never had a problem with my app connecting.

General reason for the app not connecting is the car is in a place where its mobile signal is weak. In the UK they use O2.

AlexIT

1,482 posts

137 months

Tuesday 31st October 2023
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CheesecakeRunner said:
Completely unrelated. The car still uses its internal sim for app connectivity, updates etc. I’ve been without Premium Connectivity for the last 18 months, and never had a problem with my app connecting.

General reason for the app not connecting is the car is in a place where its mobile signal is weak. In the UK they use O2.
I second that.
Nothing to do with premium connectivity

BigShick

57 posts

82 months

Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Ok thanks. I've tried rebooting car and phone, logging out of app.. I'll have to try reinstalling it

Gone fishing

7,175 posts

123 months

Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Tesla are updating the whole backend on this to cater for new security and 3rd party access capabilities next year. I would suggest you make sure your app software is up to date (on IoS you have to visit the app store, find the app and seeif there's an update option) and see if that makes any difference

But overall, it may well be them and not you