My Ford Touch Sync Update Gen2-V3.7

Morgasm11 said:

A little off topic here but it seems as if a lot of you know what's going on with the updates. I have a 2010 and was wondering if I update my firmware will it show the track/artist when using Bluetooth?

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george16 said:

Hi Guys, I am new here, and I just got a 2013. I installed the recommended update, and I got the Lincoln Presidential splash screen. Anyway, I just read this whole thread, and I saw the pathc posted by the Ford Rep. However, she said that it was intended for 2014. I tried it anyway, and I got an error.

I am a software developer, so I took a look at it and made a small change.
Change the autoinstall.lst file to the following:

Code:

;+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++! 
;          Microsoft Windows Automotive         ! 
;         USB Installation Directive File       ! 
;    Raptor Specific Patch for Startup Screen   ! 
;                                               ! 
;+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++! 
 
;;; 
;;; The following tags are software versions supported by this update 
;;; 

[SYNCGen2_3.08.15128]
[SYNCGen2_4.32.14122]
Item1 = EA5T-14F496-MA
Open1 = SyncMyRide\EA5T-14F496-MA.zip
Options = AutoInstall

Hope that helps someone. It worked for me.

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;+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++! 
;          Microsoft Windows Automotive         ! 
;         USB Installation Directive File       ! 
;    Raptor Specific Patch for Startup Screen   ! 
;                                               ! 
;+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++! 
 
;;; 
;;; The following tags are software versions supported by this update 
;;; 
[SYNCGen2_ALL]
Item1 = EA5T-14F496-MA.zip
Open1 = SyncMyRide\EA5T-14F496-MA.zip
Options = AutoInstall

S197Mach1 said:

So I updated my 2014 to 3.8 this weekend figuring you know Ford wouldnt let the issues arise again of the splash screen changing... I was wrong. Upon final boot I was presented with a lovely Lincoln Presidential splash screen... Yay, Does Ford even QA what they put out?

So being frustrated I contacted SYNC support which they told me they were aware almost immediately and told me a master reset should clear my issue up. 4 or 5 resets later I still was receiving the Lincoln splash screen. So popped over to the forums to see what I could figure out...

Saw george16's post as quoted and downloaded the ford patch... no go, wouldnt install said it was incompatible or something similar. So cool must be a version matching installer aka looks for specific versions and will only install on those versions. Time to dabble. End result I made the install file generic and as soon as I plugged it in success! I got my raptor splash screen back. Here's the code if anyone else is having issues, I'm pretty sure it will work on any version as I dont have a tag in the install file for a specific version just a generation 2 radio. Enjoy!

Code:

;+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++! 
;          Microsoft Windows Automotive         ! 
;         USB Installation Directive File       ! 
;    Raptor Specific Patch for Startup Screen   ! 
;                                               ! 
;+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++! 
 
;;; 
;;; The following tags are software versions supported by this update 
;;; 
[SYNCGen2_ALL]
Item1 = EA5T-14F496-MA.zip
Open1 = SyncMyRide\EA5T-14F496-MA.zip
Options = AutoInstall

P.S. I took a look at the files that are installed and saw .mpg video files and I'm willing to bet if I match a video file to the time/resolution/bitrate/filename of the factory files I could customize the boot screen =), might dabble with that at a later date heh.

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torrin said:

I downloaded the upgrade from Ford last night and they seem to have fixed there issue as my splash stay Raptor with no additional effort. Based on the recommended little hack, it looks like it is not in the package from Ford direct.

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