Sync 3 questions

ME120 said:

Hi,

I am new to the forum and just purchased a 2017 black ford raptor with 8000 miles and a may 2017 build date three weeks ago. Love the truck so far.

The question I have is in regards to the sync 3 system. My system has not been updated since June 2017. So as I am sitting in my driveway within Wi-Fi range trying to update the system, after 45 minutes the computer says to try again later. I think I have the 2.3 version of sync 3 in my raptor. My question is how long does it take to update the system and was there another update after 2.3 version. I actually have my first service Monday morning at 7:00 am and have asked the dealership if they can update the system.

The other question I have is when I plug my Apple phone into the truck via USB, the truck does allow me to use Apple car play fine, but the apps. Icon will not let me in saying I need to be plugged in via USB, which I am. Just wondering if anybody else experienced this.

Lastly, can you receive text messages while driving, either thru Siri and Apple car play, and or the sync 3 system and can you respond to them. And I have been told that the gen 2 raptors can not be equipped with the at&t plan to make the truck a lte or Wi-Fi hot spot like you can with a platinum, king ranch, limited, or expedition. Is this true ?

Sorry for so many questions it is my first time with a ford sync 3 system.

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ME120 said:

Hi,

I am new to the forum and just purchased a 2017 black ford raptor with 8000 miles and a may 2017 build date three weeks ago. Love the truck so far.

The question I have is in regards to the sync 3 system. My system has not been updated since June 2017. So as I am sitting in my driveway within Wi-Fi range trying to update the system, after 45 minutes the computer says to try again later. I think I have the 2.3 version of sync 3 in my raptor. My question is how long does it take to update the system and was there another update after 2.3 version. I actually have my first service Monday morning at 7:00 am and have asked the dealership if they can update the system.

The other question I have is when I plug my Apple phone into the truck via USB, the truck does allow me to use Apple car play fine, but the apps. Icon will not let me in saying I need to be plugged in via USB, which I am. Just wondering if anybody else experienced this.

Lastly, can you receive text messages while driving, either thru Siri and Apple car play, and or the sync 3 system and can you respond to them. And I have been told that the gen 2 raptors can not be equipped with the at&t plan to make the truck a lte or Wi-Fi hot spot like you can with a platinum, king ranch, limited, or expedition. Is this true ?

Sorry for so many questions it is my first time with a ford sync 3 system.

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smurfslayer said:

There’s another sync3 long running thread, about updating to 3.0. Lots of us did the USB upgrade. I thought I read somewhere here that a user did get an over the air update, but mine never did.

I don’t have a lot of car play experience.

Text messaging is doable, you can use the bluetooth / voice / screen prompts. NOTE: just because your phone bluetooth syncs when you start, doesn’t mean text messaging works. navigate to the phone screen / text. if it says connected you’re good. Lucille rejects text message syncing at startup about 50% of the time. just do the retry and go forward.

I generally don’t text while driving but I like to get them because I’m subbed to local news station traffic alerts by sms.

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grumble said:

Sync 3 current version is at software version 2.3 right now - you're up to date as far as "released" software goes.

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