[marksandygill]

Originally Posted by __AD__

That's very interesting, thank you. I do have spotty cell service at my house and add to that the car is always garaged so that could be it, but I have the my bmw app and it supposedly should notify me.

I'm in the US, but by national carrier do you mean an FM station?

We have national carriers like BBC1 etc (which broadcast country wide) and local carriers that broadcast over much smaller areas (say a county or region)

Most radio stations these days are DAB as you get a stronger more reliable signal!

[Talisman77]

Originally Posted by __AD__

That's very interesting, thank you. I do have spotty cell service at my house and add to that the car is always garaged so that could be it, but I have the my bmw app and it supposedly should notify me.

I'm in the US, but by national carrier do you mean an FM station?

I have the My BMW app and I swear I got a notification for an update months ago but then mysteriously when I tapped on it nothing happened. I didn't think anything of it at the time and figured maybe it needed time to download or w/e but now I'm second guessing whether that actually did notify or not.

Sorry yes, basically any high-power station should suffice, rather than something like MW.

[ramparts]

None of that makes any sense, the SIMs in the vehicles are LTE ( 4G ) and have nothing to do with the FM spectrum at all!

[paulockenden]

Originally Posted by davidoff86

None of that makes any sense, the SIMs in the vehicles are LTE ( 4G ) and have nothing to do with the FM spectrum at all!

Totally agree. Sounds like complete nonsense.

[Charlie (Wessex)]

And surely the Mobile App would say that there was an update pending. Mine is religiously stating that there isn't one.

[Talisman77]

I *believe*, and I'll get confirmation when I next bring the car in, but it's to do with the adaptive component inside the car that learns which areas are "suitable" to pull updates at. By switching to a high power radio station, antenna gain is likely reduced which then indicates to the car there's a better chance at being in a "high signal" area.

Essentially, it's not so much the medium of the radio spectrum as the car's ability to receive a signal, which thereby impacts the likelihood of the car continuing with whatever process it has through the updates. One of the big impedances to receiving OTAs is the determined signal strength. In my case I live near an airfield which they suggested could also be affecting communications. In any case, the fault code in the car reported my signal strength at 22, with the "poor" strength band being 18-33.

Not saying it's a silver bullet either, just something that was recommended to me by the w/shop manager after they updated my car to the latest i-step. Dealer gave usual caveats of not knowing if the update and radio suggestion would do anything to help, but was the first step in the processes they have to go through. They did say they consulted with BMW on it after pulling up a field test report, but I'll try get some case numbers etc. and report back.

In any case, can't do much damage to try... other than to your sanity if you end up stuck with Jeremy Vine

[Talisman77]

Originally Posted by Charlie (Wessex)

And surely the Mobile App would say that there was an update pending. Mine is religiously stating that there isn't one.

This was my experience too, but your app communicates with the car. If there's an issue with the car's data collection function or just in a rut in terms of your car's build/spec/i-level then it's possible you never actually receive a notification going forwards.

When I spoke to the BMW ConnectedDrive team about it, they mentioned internally some cars having what's referenced as an "RSU Defect". I wasn't getting map OTAs either (and still haven't yet actually), so when I mentioned to the CD rep that it does seem like some issue with the data collection function inside the car (since both OTAs and map OTAs haven't been coming through) they recommended I contact the dealer with their reference code, and subsequently the work was done under warranty.

[Martsatart]

Mine was on 03.21 and have been checking for updates weekly .
Car went in for 1st service and the wing nut re-call so I told them car wouldn't update software or maps . I've always updated maps manually by usb when they become available though .
The said they tried and initially it said downloading but then stopped . When I went to collect the car she put they fob on some sort of reader (looked like a charging pad) and said there was no software available .
After reading the comments about radio station and signal strength I changed to Radio 1 yesterday and then changed media back to carplay (rarely listen to radio - usually car play) - couldn't hurt .
Today was driving for about 15 mins and a notification popped up on idrive that a software update is available to download on my phone.
Sure enough My Bmw app also notifying to download update and connect to car.
Coincidence or just my turn . I'll leave it on radio 1 in future !
Also where I was when it notified is a poor signal area

Car buit 02/20

[Ross_]

07/2021.85 came through for me about an hour ago, about time.

[ramparts]

Originally Posted by Ross_

07/2021.85 came through for me about an hour ago, about time.

I've got 03/2022.20 now

[Ross_]

[/QUOTE]

Originally Posted by davidoff86

I've got 03/2022.20 now

Oh… way to rain on my parade 😂 I might get that one in 2024 hopefully

[ramparts]

Oh… way to rain on my parade 😂 I might get that one in 2024 hopefully[/QUOTE]

Well, I've been having connectedDrive issues, and they pushed a "technical update" to the car on Friday to resolve. It's a new build, so no doubt they've had to fix-forward into the march i-step (came from factory with 21-11-538)

[330Stevie]

Originally Posted by Ross_

07/2021.85 came through for me about an hour ago, about time.

Me too, however having downloaded it it’s taking forever to upload to car. Progress bar has sat at 0% for approximately an hour, gave up as not running engine for the sake of it!

[Paul D3]

07/2021.85 arrived today for me. Took a long time to upload to the car, didn’t move off 0% for about 20 mins. Process probably took just over and hour. Now the wait to see when the car decides to install it.

[AkiraT]

Not sure if a coincidence or not, but I phoned ConnectedDrive services to tell them I'm having issues getting the latest software. They sent me an email to try out some steps such as hard reset idrive and delete and recreate a profile. I didn't get a chance to try any steps yet but within an hour I got pushed the latest 07/2021.85 OTA update.

I suspect that when I contacted ConnectedDrive services something triggered the OTA when they were searching for my car on their system.

Worth a try if anyone is still struggling to get the latest OTA.

[a.summers86]

Mine came through today also. Seems something must have been pushed through from BMW.

[gnolivos]

Can anyone state if there is anything newer than my 2021/11.30 ? I see someone mention a 2022/03 version but that seems implausible seeing as how we are in February still

I have en ever seen an OTA update in 3 months of ownership but maybe I'm in latest version.

[ramparts]

Originally Posted by gnolivos

Can anyone state if there is anything newer than my 2021/11.30 ? I see someone mention a 2022/03 version but that seems implausible seeing as how we are in February still

I have en ever seen an OTA update in 3 months of ownership but maybe I'm in latest version.

The march istep started coming out 2 weeks ago , but as I said earlier bmw pushed a manual version to mine car to fix some connected drive issues( outside of the main roll out you guys are seeing today ). My car has the 6P1 option which removes CarPlay and AA temporarily, it's likely got different hardware and the drivers are only in 03/22 onwards

[ramparts]

Also, if you are already on the 11/21 release, then although there's some minor patches, there's no new functionality for you yet. November is up to .568 patch level ( my car came with .538 then went to .560 when I added Full beam assist from the store )

[330Stevie]

Did separate journeys this morning the first took it to 47% the second, which was longer didn’t advance it at all so still stuck on 47%.
All a bit rubbish really

[a.summers86]

I found it would stick for a few minutes on a certain % then jumped 15-20% at a time.

Oddly this is the first time in 4 updates I have not had the option to pull the update from the car - insisted it was done via my phone app. Assume its BMW trying to save on data transfer?

[danorman777]

What is the best contact for Connected drive to help stir this into life? Mine hasn't updated and I want my sport display of the rev counter back.