wakhtar

I was enquiring about when Android Auto would be available on the IS at Lexus Birmingham last week and their service chap told me the new IS was coming out Q4 2020 or Q1 2021 which would include Android\Apple. 

latest map version is PZ445-US335-0S, anyone have this who is willing to share ?

regarding the warranty, I took the option of extended 2 year warranty as I do a lot of motor mileage. Had the car in for a service recently and asked them to fix the up and down scroll button near the trackpad, the down scroll button wouldn't work correctly,  they ended up changing the whole trackpad unit at a cost of £1900 !!! Obviously it's not the end of the world if that button does not work but I figured I have the warranty and why not. 25k miles driven so far this year and 3rd service fast approaching.

hello sir and welcome

On 9/21/2018 at 6:47 PM, mikejt said:

Hi,

I've been lurking on here for a few weeks but now I've actually bought a Lexus I thought I'd better speak.

Last week I collected an IS 300h F Sport in satin silver, 65reg, 8000miles, Black Leather, ML, Mem seats, Premium nav. great experience with Lexus Carlisle, They Supaguarded car and it was presented very well. Just the 320 mile drive home so it was a busy day.

One thing someone may be able to help with. I created a journey on my PC in the My Lexus account and sent it to the car but miserable failure, despite the car connected to my wifi - nothing! I've googled and Youtubed etc etc and the car nav won't play, any ideas?

Love driving the car after 4yrs of Octavia vRS oil burner now  a smooth quiet ride and a decent chassis, the motorways are less bumpy already.

Regards

M

 

Not wanting to state the obvious, but assuming you setup connected services within the nav? It should then download the trip from what I can remember. oh and welcome 

4 minutes ago, matt8 said:

I'll try again!

Did your friend do anything else other than tweak the version number?

It was the first time he had used google play music so maybe delete the data from storage (Apps > Google Play Music > Storage) and then try again.

Maybe try spotify and see if thats different,.

On 9/18/2018 at 11:01 PM, matt8 said:

You suggested this a few posts up, and I said I'd report back, but I can't see that I did (I though I did).

I changed to 1.3 and there was no difference sadly.

A real shame...

indeed, a friend of mine who has a pixel 2, tried the same and the playlists were displaying ok, interesting. 

3 hours ago, matt8 said:

Ability to browse playlists on my phone when connected via Bluetooth.

Hi, Did you try changing AVRCP to version 1.3  via developer options on your phone?

I am guessing my annual 15k mileage has something to do with it. 

Just had my renewal, £1100, it was almost half that on my IS300 running on LPG, they are both supposed to be the same insurance group, what gives? Anyone else notice the same, tried the comparison sites but staying where I am still worked out cheaper. 

yet to hear the noise in my 13 plate, maybe your vent it blocked?

Delete the app data for google play music and then try playing something, should be listed under Apps > Google Play Music > Storage.

The specific setting that causes the issue can be found under developer options > Bluetooth AVRCP Version >

AVRCP 1.3 is fully supported by Lexus, 1.4 onwards causes problems. 

This is an issue with android as oppose to the update, its related to Android 8.0, the issue is fixed in 8.1 but if like me you have a Samsung S8, we are still waiting for the 8.1 update. 

Thanks pal

Hi, I have a service plan and extended warranty on my Lexus, I understand brake pads are considered consumable items but what about brake discs, are they replaced under the warranty or service plan do you know?

Had the same issue, delete the app data on your phone, re-launch the app then connect to the car, should be visible again. The issue is fixed in android 8.1, its to do with the versions of AVRCP implemented in Android 8.0, or more likely the lack off, AVRCP version 1.3 will work perfectly in this car but it was removed, Android 8.1 adds it back in. You can check this via Developer options on your phone but in the meantime, deleting the app data on your phone will kind of work. 

@Carl1983 what version is your firmware after the upgrade from lexus? 

10 minutes ago, matt8 said:

Hello @wakhtar

Any chance of me getting the same please? I'll have a tinker with it and see if we can get updates for all!

Thank you

yup messaged you

Have messaged you

I have created the image, its created with the .dmg file extension as I have a mac, I believe there is software available for windows users to convert .dmg to .iso

Will upload tonight

3 minutes ago, Capt.Insano said:

If I already have a Micro SD installed & associated with my car, can I erase and replace the files on it with new files and perform an update?

Or are the Micro SD cards read only?

I believe they are read\write but perhaps check with @matt8 as I think he will be doing the same as you.

9 minutes ago, matt8 said:

I believe this is the case yep, so nobody else will be able to use your card!

I'd be grateful for an image though, for the sole purpose of updating mine as well.

Thanks!

Sure thing, will create the image now and upload this evening

Just now, Capt.Insano said:

Thanks a million,

An image would be great as it would be a 1:1 copy of all the SD card data and formatting. Insert the SD into your PC and use something like win32diskimager to "read" the SD to make an image file of it.

It will probably be a large file so may need sharing through mega or other filesharing site.

 

Apparently the cards are registered to the head unit after first use so cant be used in a different system, but sure I can try and create an image of it for you.  I think its around 11GB.

10 hours ago, Capt.Insano said:

Could anyone post the latest firmware (VD12104B??)?

 

@wakhtar could you possibly post an image of the SD Card to see if I could update my system? I am having probs with my oneplus 3 since updating to Oreo.

 

Thanks all!

I can upload it this evening and share a link

you want an image of the micro sd card itself?

Just to update,  I found the issue to be with Android 8.0 and certain apps, Spotify sends over more metadata than Google Play Music. Apparently the issue is fixed in 8.1. 

this is why I don't speak to the sales people, congrats, looks amazing. Is that the facelift model?

5 hours ago, Andrew888 said:

That's strange first thing when  I put the new microsd card in it initialised the firmware update.. 

Hi Andrew, I re-inserted the old card and put the new one back in and it did the firmware update this time, unfortunately the problem with metadata remains, I am on VD12104B now. I have been searching on the web and it seems to be a common problem with Android Oreo, affects people randomly though so not sure if there is anything else I can do.